In this letter, Id like to look at various, seemingly disparate topics and demonstrate how they together show the folly of putting anything but the minimum amount of trust in our government or any party that tells you the government is the solution (i.e., the Democrats).
The first is the tragic case of the female Olympic gymnasts who were abused in Michigan for 20 years by the team doctor, Dr. Larry Nassar. The fact that the US Olympic Committee and USA Gymnastics program let this predator horribly abuse the girls given to his care is bad enough. The girls are severely damaged for life. The blind eye turned to the program also speaks of the sometimes perverse desire that parents and society have to see children succeed in sports regardless of the cost. That is a separate topic.
What was most troubling about the Senate testimony was how the FBI, that lauded institution, failed to protect the girls or properly investigate the charges. In fact, the FBI told the girls to stay quiet so as not to negatively impact the programs Olympic success while assuring them that the investigation was underway. In fact, it was not. The FBI lied to these girls about their efforts in order to pursue Olympic glory and engage in the ever-common practice of CYA.
In other words, our government failed to first protect these children and then to properly deal with the perpetrators and enablers when the charges finally came out. Despicable.
Now lets turn to the debacle in Afghanistan, where the leading figure of the Democratic Party, Biden, made promises after promises that the situation in Afghanistan would be just fine and that we could trust him to properly manage the withdrawal and evacuate all the US citizens, green card holders, and special visa applicants/Afghan allies.
We all know what happened. Everything Biden told us about the situation was at best wrong, and at worst a bald-faced lie.
This man, purportedly famous for his empathy and caring, couldnt care enough about our own citizens and friends in Afghanistan to spend 10 minutes to figure out how to properly manage the evacuation without leaving people behind or turning the country back over to the very same malignant actors we removed 20 years ago.
Again, here we have an example of the government failing in its basic duty to protect the people given to its charge, and not because of a lack of ability, but because of a lack of will and an overriding concern for political posturing.
How about Covid? Do we think our government has done a good job handling this most deadly of pandemics? Trump had his mis-steps, to be sure, but I recall both Biden and Kamala Harris saying they would not trust a vaccine developed under the Trump FDA, as if he controlled the vast throng of bureaucrats in that agency or any government agency (heck, his own FBI was out to get him).
Then, once they got elected, the message changed 180 degrees. Get the vaccine! Its the greatest thing ever! What changed? Did the Democrats somehow improve the testing or development process, or change key personnel at the FDA? Nope. They deliberately sowed mistrust of the governments efforts to support the vaccines development, thus endangering Americans, but then tried to fool the American public by taking credit for it, with the complicit help of the media, as usual.
Have the government or the Democrats pushed the CDC to do thorough studies of Covid? No. We largely depend on Israel for such studies. Instead, they just impose their will on issues like masks and the vaccine, regardless of what the data might tell us, which in turn sows distrust in the public of the safety and efficacy of the vaccine. (Again, to be clear, I strongly support getting vaccinated.)
They have also nearly ignored treatment options, whether it be hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin, or monoclonal antibodies, treatments which may have the ability to save peoples lives. In fact, the monoclonal antibody treatment was approved for use by the FDA in November and HHS is sufficiently confident in its efficacy that they have bought millions of doses.
And yet, have you heard Biden say anything about it during this surge of the pandemic of the unvaccinated? He did finally mention it in his speech on Sept. 9, finally, but meanwhile Gov. DeSantis in Florida has been actively distributing it to treat Covid patients since its been shown to reduce hospitalization by 70%.
Biden and the chattering classes have been largely silent on this highly effective treatment option precisely because their political enemies have embraced it, showing once again that the party of government puts politics and government power above the interests and lives of the people.
The final example is the recent fetal heart-beat law passed in Texas. Here we actually have a case of government (in Texas, at least) stepping in to protect the most innocent and vulnerable of human beings, the unborn.
And yet, what does the party of government do when such a law is passed? They immediately go into action to strike down the law in the name of protecting womens rights and the laughably named idea of reproductive rights (abortion takes place AFTER reproduction has happened, people!).
Its perhaps logically consistent that the same government who is unwilling to protect female gymnasts from sexual abuse, Afghan women from the oppression and predations of the Taliban, or rape victims at the chaotic Southern Border is very eager to ensure the deaths of baby girls in the womb. Theres a cause they can get behind!
These are the same people that ask not for less, but vastly more control of the country and your liberties, people who when confronted with real problems (often of their own making) routinely fail to fulfill their most basic duty of protecting the lives and well-being of American citizens.
The Democratic Party and its massive force of allies in the bureaucracy, media, academia, journalism, and now corporate America are simply a force for more and more government with more and more control over our lives. Its not mere socialism, but CONTROL and the ability to re-shape society according to the ideological precepts of woke progressivism.
They do not care who they hurt along the way, whether they play by the rules, whether they need to lie or cheat to achieve their goals. The ends justify the means, and so if that means lying about Russian collusion for 4 years, or colluding with our actual enemies (re: General Milleys reported discussions with the Chinese military), or ginning up racial animus, they will do it as long as the action redounds to increasing their power.
These people must be resisted and called out for their immoral methods and un-American goals, or our republic will crumble. And they certainly cannot be entrusted with protecting your children, your health, or your property.
Trey Hoffman
Peachtree City, Ga.
See the rest here:
Why we can't trust government - The Citizen.com
- Government Oppression Of Climate Protesters Is Rampant. Are You Next? - CleanTechnica - February 5th, 2024 [February 5th, 2024]
- Invasion Day protests oppose oppression of indigenous Australians, genocide in Gaza - WSWS - February 5th, 2024 [February 5th, 2024]
- Florida's 'hostile' laws? Five laws NAACP listed in travel advisory. - St. Augustine Record - May 22nd, 2023 [May 22nd, 2023]
- Iran Faces A Huge Budget Deficit It Tries To Conceal - - May 22nd, 2023 [May 22nd, 2023]
- Satyendar Jain taken to Safdarjung Hospital after losing 35 kgs - The Statesman - May 22nd, 2023 [May 22nd, 2023]
- Opinion: Reassessing the approach to Israel | DW | 22.05.2023 - DW - May 22nd, 2023 [May 22nd, 2023]
- Durham Report Is Latest Choose-Your-Own-Reality Adventure - TIME - May 22nd, 2023 [May 22nd, 2023]
- In Conversation with Stan Grant - Honi Soit - May 22nd, 2023 [May 22nd, 2023]
- Rep. Bare: Assembly Republicans' local government funding plan is ... - WisPolitics.com - May 22nd, 2023 [May 22nd, 2023]
- Never Again Is Right Now in Palestine - Jacobin magazine - May 22nd, 2023 [May 22nd, 2023]
- UF community condemns bill defunding DEI initiatives - The Independent Florida Alligator - May 22nd, 2023 [May 22nd, 2023]
- Prices of basic commodities and foods have gone insane in Sierra ... - Sierra Leone Telegraph - May 22nd, 2023 [May 22nd, 2023]
- Don't cancel Gladstone. He was a true friend of freedom at home ... - The Telegraph - May 22nd, 2023 [May 22nd, 2023]
- If you want to do things like gender ideology, go to Berkeley: DeSantis bans diversity, equity and inclusion in Florida colleges - The Mercury News - May 22nd, 2023 [May 22nd, 2023]
- TikTok: The new frontier for political info-wars - DAWN.com - May 22nd, 2023 [May 22nd, 2023]
- Israeli Apartheid - The Legacy of the Ongoing Nakba at 75 [EN/AR ... - ReliefWeb - May 22nd, 2023 [May 22nd, 2023]
- PPP's CEC condemns attacks on army installations, calls for ... - Pakistan Today - May 22nd, 2023 [May 22nd, 2023]
- Tim Scott says Im running for president of the United States in announcement speech live - The Guardian US - May 22nd, 2023 [May 22nd, 2023]
- Opinion | America's Poverty Is Built by Design - POLITICO - May 22nd, 2023 [May 22nd, 2023]
- 'Pity these oppressed random attackers': Inside the thoughts of Canada's bail system - National Post - May 22nd, 2023 [May 22nd, 2023]
- How Can We Resist Book Bans? This Banned Author Has Ideas. - Truthout - May 22nd, 2023 [May 22nd, 2023]
- Owners of Nigeria and their multiple worlds - Guardian Nigeria - May 22nd, 2023 [May 22nd, 2023]
- When People Decide They Want Change, They Will Bring in Change - The Wire - May 22nd, 2023 [May 22nd, 2023]
- 5 Interesting Facts about Simon Bolivar - The Collector - May 22nd, 2023 [May 22nd, 2023]
- China Built Over A Million Uyghurs "Re-Education Camps" In 6 Years: Report - NDTV - May 22nd, 2023 [May 22nd, 2023]
- Queer folk, the hour to save ourselves has come - Daily Maverick - May 22nd, 2023 [May 22nd, 2023]
- Preposterous! Book ban adds bureaucracy and removes parents ... - IndyStar - May 22nd, 2023 [May 22nd, 2023]
- End Jew Hatred: Fight for social justice must be above political fray - The Jerusalem Post - May 18th, 2023 [May 18th, 2023]
- Political strife, not protest anymore - The Korea JoongAng Daily - May 18th, 2023 [May 18th, 2023]
- 'A Man Without a Gun Is Not a Citizen' - The Texas Observer - May 18th, 2023 [May 18th, 2023]
- State Department Report Says China Oppressed Tibetan Buddhist ... - Central Tibetan Administration - May 18th, 2023 [May 18th, 2023]
- Facing Reality on South Africa - Council on Foreign Relations - May 18th, 2023 [May 18th, 2023]
- Federal Charges of Political Activists Show the Racist and ... - Left Voice - May 18th, 2023 [May 18th, 2023]
- Age of Disorder || Pakistan on the Brink: Down with Capitalist PDM ... - International Socialist - May 18th, 2023 [May 18th, 2023]
- Tim Stevenson | Living with the Long Emergency: Rising Fascism ... - Brattleboro Reformer - May 18th, 2023 [May 18th, 2023]
- Members of new City Council weigh in on water bills - CBS Chicago - May 18th, 2023 [May 18th, 2023]
- DIIR Statement on 28th Anniversary of Enforced Disappearance of ... - Central Tibetan Administration - May 18th, 2023 [May 18th, 2023]
- KAN-WIN shares timeline of gender-based violence toward Asian ... - Daily Northwestern - May 18th, 2023 [May 18th, 2023]
- Alleged leaker fixated on guns and envisioned 'race war' - The Washington Post - May 18th, 2023 [May 18th, 2023]
- Employment and Labour pays tribute to Dr Dennis George - South African Government - May 18th, 2023 [May 18th, 2023]
- Opinion | Trump Cannot Be Unseen - The New York Times - May 18th, 2023 [May 18th, 2023]
- Toronto to rally against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia ... - NOW Toronto - May 18th, 2023 [May 18th, 2023]
- Election 2023: Te Pti Mori accuses Prime Minister Chris Hipkins of 'oppression' for telling parties to 'be careful' with demands - Newshub - May 18th, 2023 [May 18th, 2023]
- What's the current state of LGBTQ rights in Europe? - Euronews - May 18th, 2023 [May 18th, 2023]
- Baptist Health Foundation Receives $3 Million Gift from the Jos ... - South Florida Hospital News - May 18th, 2023 [May 18th, 2023]
- The Politics and Moral Economics of Seun Kutis Police Assault - Tekedia - May 18th, 2023 [May 18th, 2023]
- Is a temporary coalition of anger against the old regime a basis for ... - Sierra Leone Telegraph - May 18th, 2023 [May 18th, 2023]
- Mexico: against 'neoliberalism' or capitalism? The final year of ... - In Defence of Marxism - May 18th, 2023 [May 18th, 2023]
- White Christian Nationalism and the 2023 Montana Legislature ... - Daily Montanan - May 18th, 2023 [May 18th, 2023]
- Left-wing lawmakers press for federal reparations for Black Americans: 'We're here to demand it' - Fox News - May 18th, 2023 [May 18th, 2023]
- Underground cyphers are helping young Kashmiris reclaim their ... - Huck Magazine - May 18th, 2023 [May 18th, 2023]
- Tory MP uses controversial term connected to antisemitic conspiracies - The Jerusalem Post - May 18th, 2023 [May 18th, 2023]
- Fijis 1987 coup: Why did Prime Minister Rabuka apologise to the Indo-Fijian community? - The Indian Express - May 18th, 2023 [May 18th, 2023]
- Declaration on the Migrant Crisis: Socialists From the U.S., Mexico ... - Left Voice - May 18th, 2023 [May 18th, 2023]
- WNBA star Brittney Griner standing and listening to national anthem - Gainesville Sun - May 18th, 2023 [May 18th, 2023]
- Imran Khan to unveil next plan of action at a rally on Thursday - ANI News - May 18th, 2023 [May 18th, 2023]
- Delta Youths Threaten Showdown Over Exclusion In Multi-Billion ... - SaharaReporters.com - May 18th, 2023 [May 18th, 2023]
- Remarks by Homeland Security Advisor Dr. Liz Sherwood-Randall ... - The White House - May 2nd, 2023 [May 2nd, 2023]
- Are some human rights more important than others? Religious ... - Jacksonville Journal-Courier - May 2nd, 2023 [May 2nd, 2023]
- Postcolonial Plague: The Legacy of Apartheid South Africa in ... - Brown Political Review - May 2nd, 2023 [May 2nd, 2023]
- UN expert urges Japan to step up pressure on Myanmar junta - OHCHR - May 2nd, 2023 [May 2nd, 2023]
- CSIS confirms to MP that he and family were targeted by China - The Globe and Mail - May 2nd, 2023 [May 2nd, 2023]
- Opposition leader says govt sent a bureaucrat to talk with calan - Duvar English - May 2nd, 2023 [May 2nd, 2023]
- The Badger Herald Editorial Board: The bounds of free speech The ... - The Badger Herald - May 2nd, 2023 [May 2nd, 2023]
- AIbom NLC to Set up Monitoring Team on Petroleum Products - THISDAY Newspapers - May 2nd, 2023 [May 2nd, 2023]
- Amplifying Iranian Voices: The Call for Freedom and Democracy ... - National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) - May 2nd, 2023 [May 2nd, 2023]
- As inequality deepens, who will rewrite the rules? - Al Jazeera English - May 2nd, 2023 [May 2nd, 2023]
- Discover the Brilliance of George Orwell: Books That Will Inspire You - Economic Times - May 2nd, 2023 [May 2nd, 2023]
- Nature has way of settling scores, says UP CM Yogi Adityanath on Atiq Ahmad's turf - Times of India - May 2nd, 2023 [May 2nd, 2023]
- Tens of thousands hold Labor Day rallies nationwide - The Korea Herald - May 2nd, 2023 [May 2nd, 2023]
- Incoming Nigerian Government Must Improve Poverty Wage ... - SaharaReporters.com - May 2nd, 2023 [May 2nd, 2023]
- Can the European Union Tackle Afghanistan's Crises? - The Diplomat - May 2nd, 2023 [May 2nd, 2023]
- Iran sees nationwide protests, night rallies marking Int'l Labor Day | - The Peoples Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) - May 2nd, 2023 [May 2nd, 2023]
- G20: Responsibilities of the people of PoK - ANI News - May 2nd, 2023 [May 2nd, 2023]
- From IWD to May Day: Connecting working women's struggles - Spring Magazine - May 2nd, 2023 [May 2nd, 2023]
- 1 May 2023 || The Working Class is Back! ISA - International Socialist - May 2nd, 2023 [May 2nd, 2023]
- Are the Marxists on to something? Catholic World Report - Catholic World Report - May 2nd, 2023 [May 2nd, 2023]
- Manoj Kumar Jha and Ghazala Jamil write: Why Pratap Bhanu Mehta is wrong about social justice politics and caste census - The Indian Express - May 2nd, 2023 [May 2nd, 2023]
- Generational crimes are being committed thick and fast. No wonder Australian kids dont vote conservative - The Guardian - May 2nd, 2023 [May 2nd, 2023]
- A Proclamation on Jewish American Heritage Month, 2023 - U.S. ... - US Embassy and Consulate in Poland - May 2nd, 2023 [May 2nd, 2023]