From Rob Morse comes this inquistive commentary.
| PROMISES KEPT OR PROMISES BROKEN? |
| Democrats said they felt our pain. They said they understood the problem of affordability for the average person who is struggling to make ends meet. Democrat donors made this one of the most expensive elections in history.They promised to: Lower inflation. Reduce gasoline prices at the pump. Reduce electricity and heating costs. Lower our food prices at the store. Make housing affordable. Increase jobs and decrease unemployment. Keep taxes low so we take home what we’ve earned. Make the streets safe for all of us. Those are a lot of promises. Talk is cheap and there are always excuses. Now we will see the real agenda of the democrat donors. They are the ones who set the political priorities. I suspect there is too much money to be made off the taxpayers to let that happen. Will democrats actually reduce government spending? Will democrats let us pump and refine oil? Will democrats reduce regulation and energy taxes? Will democrats really reduce the cost of fertilizer, of feed, and of taxes? Will democrats actually keep interest rates low? Will they reduce land regulation so we can build new homes? Will democrats reduce business regulation, permitting, taxes and business fees so business can hire more people? Will democrats make it easier to start a new business or invest in an old one? I would love to take home more of the money I earn rather than have the government spend my tax money. We’ve seen what happens when we release criminals back on the streets. It is easy to lie when politicians know their lies will be ignored by the major news media. We will know by next October. |
Of course, we lovers of liberty, especially free-market anarchists, recognize (and proclaim) know that exactly the same questions can and should be asked of the GOP. Both old parties lie a lot, make and break promises constantly, and attack each other for the same reasons.
And Rob knows that the GOP has basically made the same promises, if not in Trump 1.0 or 2.0, in many other regimes (both presidential and congressional).
For us, the point is simple. Put not your trust in princes. Whether elected, inherited, appointed, or by seizing power.
Remember the old saw: “How can you tell when a politician is lying? When their mouth is open.”
And as we learn, more and more to our chagrine, women are as bad as men.
Remember this Veterans Day
A short commentary, as we here at TPOL continue to be working 14-16 hour days dealing with flood issues and massive destruction in the Four Corners.
It is ironic that the day before Veterans Day, Representative Tommy Massie’s honorable attempt to bring attention to the vast constitutional violations of the FedGov regarding military matters was effectively defeated in the US House of Representatives (211 to 204) the day before Veterans Day 2026.
The way in which it was defeated in essence proves that the problem is not with The Donald, not with SecWar (SecDefense) Hegseth, but ultimately lies with Congress and the American people – both voters and those who do not vote.
NPR claims that 11 Demo congress-critturs were absent and did not vote: not even an abstention. We see this as sheer cowardice: a refusal to express their convictions. At the same time, we see the 211 votes to send the matter to committee as being both cowardly and a refusal to obey clear constitutional mandates. In other words, violating their oath of office in the same way that those who voted to NOT table it (get that? Move the process along to impeach the Secretary as a stand-in for PUTUS) claimed those worthies are violating the Constitution.
I do not know if Rep. Massie planned it this way or not: despite the claims of all the talking heads (especially the so-called Conservatives and many who claim libertarian leanings), it is obvious that Massie did not do this to denigrate anyone, let alone the soldiers, sailors, Marines, airmen, guardsmen, or guardians who serve the United States.
Why? Those who take an oath (or make a promise) to defend the Constitution of the United States and fail to understand what the Constitution requires, and fails to carry out those requirements, have already denigrated, disgraced, and dishonored themselves. Whether they are buck privates or seamen, field and flag officers, or members of Congress.
And although voters do not make such commitments, their continued allowance of Congress, and the executive branch to violate the Constitution, and simple morality reflects as poorly on them as on those who did.
At the same time, we at TPOL ask that you DO remember veterans, who at least tried to serve honorably, and show them the respect due.to them for their attempt to preserve and protect the Constitution, the liberties it was supposed to protect, and the people and lands of the Fifty States. Even if they failed, if they didn’t do it right, and if they were indeed the blind leading the blind.
And remember, too, that “We, the People” have failed in every way to contain the greed, power, and stupidity of the men and women in Congress and elsewhere in governments across the land.