A Garbage Human is any person who’s politics become their highest moral imperative, superseding even the bonds of family, friends, and society.
My first exposure to Garbage Humans was back around 2005, during the Bush 43 years. Online forums were relatively new, at least to me. I came across a story where a woman was seeking validation for what many would consider anti-social behavior.
The woman relates that she was entering the interstate earlier that day when sees another vehicle broken down on the ramp. She slows down and begins to pull over hoping to offer assistance. She another woman standing outside the other vehicle with small children. This is before the complete saturation of cell phones, so getting stranded was still a thing.
Kyle Rittenhouse is neither a hero nor a villain. On August 25th of 2020, 17-year-old Rittenhouse was a scared kid volunteering to provide security to a beleaguered car dealership owned by the Khindris. The family did not specifically ask Rittenhouse for help, which is a fair point of discussion, and provides context.
So Easily Avoided
Given the exculpatory evidence available (both eye-witness and video, for Heaven’s sake) the Prosecution’s insistence in charging Rittenhouse at all should go down as one of the most puzzling decisions in realm of criminal justice. But it won’t. Because we don’t live in a world where we weigh evidence and make rational decisions based on law. We live in a world where prosecutions are political and assistant DAs look at every case through the lens of “will this help get me to the United States Senate of The Governor’s Mansion?”
Afghanistan is already in the rearview mirror. The news cycle has clearly left it behind. This is unfortunate. With respect to War, peace and our position on the Global Stage, I’m not convinced that we’ve internalized the many lessons as befitting a global power.
From my seat in the gallery, I see variations of three choices confronting the United States:
1. Keep The Status Quo.
Deploy our troops overseas in response to anti-Western aggression and continue to take half-measures. Piss off the people we deploy because we simply refuse to do what is required to finish the job. Piss off the taxpayers at home for sending them in the first place. Keep believing. Keep believing that somehow people on the other side of the globe will have a collective epiphany. Because if we’re just nice enough, they’ll convert to Christianity, hold free and fair elections, abandon nepotism, dispense with tribalism, and adopt free markets. [Spit].
Some people ask me what my job was over there. I simply say – even to fellow veterans – that I was a Brigade XO. Second in command. And then everyone lets it go at that. Saying I as a Brigade XO is so much easier than saying, “Deputy Commander of Region Support Command North (RSCN).” Because then I’d feel obligated to give the definition and explain the function of a Regional Support Command, how it differs from a Regional Command, and how both nest into the NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan (NTM-A – an acronym within an acronym), and how NTM-A nested within CENTCOM (ooh – another acronym). Then of course, there was NTMA-A’s relationship with Untied States Forces-Afghanistan (USFOR-A), also under CENTCOM. Two made-up commands with vaguely defined missions co-located under CENTCOM. Wee
Afghanistan is not a Nation-state. It’s a collection of tribes. The area of Central Asia we call “Afghanistan” is a construct of 19th century politics between the British and Russian empires. If Western Civilization has one flaw, it’s our obsession with drawing national boundaries around every square inch of real estate on Planet Earth. We even draw boundaries around water. Go find a world atlas and look for Micronesia in the South Pacific, if you’re skeptical.
But Borders Are So Tidy.
Around 1880, British diplomats looked at the 250,000 square mile region between Tibet and Persia and figured, ‘well, we have to call it something.’ The obvious choice was to name it after the ethnic Pashtos, or Afghans since they were the largest ethnicity comprising just a little over 40% of the population. Pashtos are further divided into numerous tribes: Ghilzali and Durrani being the largest, followed by the Jaji, Safi, Wardak, Shinwari, Tani, Mohmand, Jardan, Khungiani, and Mangal, to name a few more.
Joe Biden – or whomever is controlling him has had the reigns of power for a short seven months. While his bungling of America’s exit from Central Asia is breathtaking, we can’t blame him for why we lost. Credit for that goes to the thousands of people making tiny decisions over the course of 20 years. Here is what I hope is a concise executive summary.
First Lesson of Why We Lost: Continuity.
Republics should never wage wars overseas. Protracted wars require continuity, and representative republics don’t provide that vital factor. At the top, our nation changes the guard every four or eight years, and with that, changes in policy and methods are inevitable.
Some sick piece of work left me a comment telling me I’m going to Hell for not agreeing with them. Just like that. I’m going to Hell. Accepting Jesus as my Lord and Savior? Doesn’t count. Believing on the Lord Jesus Christ according to Acts 16:31? Nope, doesn’t count. Being born of the Spirit according to John 3:5? Doesn’t count. Because Trump. Yes, it was smarmy, brimming with self-satisfaction and self-righteousness. It was also honest, and full of conviction. I can respect the candor while reserving deadly contempt for taking advantage of the anonymity afforded by the internet. Continue reading →
Up to this point, Americans have put up with the rigged game. Elites sent their kids to Ivy League schools. Twenty-two year olds showed up at the Bank on their first day on the job with millions of dollars in accounts – curtesy of Dad and a few uncles. And Junior graduated from law school and was put on the partner’s track on his first day. We got it. We weren’t connected. So we were told that if we were patient, developed our talent, or came up with a really, really useful idea… well, welcome.
President Biden is in office for one reason, and one reason only: God put him there. Let’s not spend the next 4 years re-treading. Yes, mail-in ballots, election officials that did not follow their own state constitution and laws, stopping counting, starting counting, counting in secret, as well every single anomaly going in one direction – I get all that. By whatever method Joe Biden ascended to the presidency, he is there because The Almighty allowed it. So… go unity.
“…the Most High God is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and sets over them anyone he wishes.”
Daniel 5:21
Your Vote Is Not An Indicator Of Your Godliness.
The Bible has very little to say about political systems. It does instruct us to pray for our leaders and to pay our taxes. The Bible also warns us that appointing a strong chief executive will result in our children going off to war. Two recent exceptions come to mind: Jimmy Carter and Donald Trump. With respect to the form a government might take, the onlygovernment that God ever blessed off on is Judicial Theocracy. Continue reading →
If democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding what to have for dinner, then a republic is the sheep in possession of an AR-15.
The Supreme Court refused to hear the lawsuit filed Monday by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The State of Texas asserted that the rights half the country were violated by the ostensible refusal of 4 states – Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia and Wisconsin – to follow their own election laws and/or respective state constitutions.
The summery of the unsigned decision reads: “Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another State conducts its elections. All other pending motions are dismissed as moot.”
Predicably this has provided near-infinite fodder for legal scholars. Here is what I’ve managed to glean:
Pro-SCOTUS:
Bottom Line: you can’t have states running to SCOTUS every time they are not happy with an election result.
Follow up: One state, in this case, Texas, does not have ‘standing’ or legal grounds with respect to how another state conducts its elections. No other facts are relevant. State legislators ultimately decide if the election within their jurisdiction was conducted fairly and within the margin of fraud. The state legislators are empowered to send whichever slate of electors to the Electoral College they choose, based on their interpretation of the popular vote. A willingness to legitimize Texas’ grievance, regardless of how many other states join them, would be a violation of Federalism (State’s rights) in the extreme.
Con-SCOTUS:
Bottom Line: The Court must hear the case when one state brings suit against another. Article III, section 2 impels the court: “The Judicial Power shall extend to all Cases… to Controversies between two or more States…” This extends to mutual disputes as well as lawsuits.
Follow up: Election laws have a lot in common with insurance laws. Diversity does not provide a benefit here. Uniformity is better with respect to both insurance and elections laws. Elections benefit from certainty and an even keel. Parties who fail to keep their contract cause instability and worse, chaos. Uniformity of elections laws are essential to a functioning Republic, and are part and parcel of Ordered Liberty. Without uniformity and stability, one state’s lack of safeguards will have a detrimental effect on the citizens of other states, effectively invalidating their votes.
The Future of The Republic
The Consequences To Our Freedom
SCOTUS has ensured that going forward, elections will become simply a game where the side that manages to stuff the most ballots into the box wins. Not exactly conducive to keeping The Republic. Blue states and counties have stripped all safeguards from the process. Since courts from the state to the federal level up to and including the Supreme Court have blessed off on this process, it would be tactically stupid for red counties and states not to do the same. Otherwise, forget about anyone or any center-right cause winning at the ballot box ever again, and accept the United States descending into a one-party Soviet-style nation.
Consider – if one can get away with a 100% – 200% turnout in a given county, what’s to stop any party from stuffing millions of ballots in a county with only 100,000 or so registered voters?
The Take-Away & With Respect To Our Liberty
The side which that is a greater threat to domestic tranquility always wins. This of course creates its own set of problems. Give in to the mob, and they will be back. Just ask the ancient kings of England. Savages have one overarching trait. Terminal discontentment. You have no interest in savages. Fine. It doesn’t matter. Because they are intensely interested in you, and no degree of appeasement will ever work. Norman Americans are like the frog in the pot with the heat being turn up ever so slowly. Like the wife coming across her ballet shoes in the bottom drawer, or the husband looking at his fishing gear hanging in the garage for the last decade. At some point we’re going to ask ourselves, “what happened?” What happened to our Republic? Indeed, what happened to our right to pursue happiness? What happened indeed.
Human Nature Being What It Is…
The United States is careening toward a dreadful reckoning. No one wants to take the blame for having a hand in that. That includes Chief Justice John Roberts and the entire panel. Still, claiming “no decision” is still a decision. A cowardly one to be sure, but one that gives some coverage. I get it. What if they heard the case and what if SCOTUS rules the four states in question have violated the rights of the other forty-six? Further, what if the mail-in ballots, in a separate ruling turn out to be unconstitutional on the State and Federal level and thrown out? Do the thugs on The Left burn the nation from coast to coast? It’s what they’ve threatened to do. So, it makes sense (to SCOTUS, at least) to kick the can down the road.
It’s a mistake. A mistake on par with the Three-fifths’ Compromise. Our Founders didn’t see it coming, and with the resulting deaths of 680,000 Americans, it’s easy to pass judgment. Will delaying action on voter fraud result in something similar? That’s crystal ball stuff. What we do know for certain? That this issue will not go away and we need to address it. Sooner or later. Sooner is better.
