The president predicted on Wednesday that the National Football League will ‘go to hell’ if they don’t listen to his demand for a ban on protests during ore-game playing of the National Anthem.
Source: Trump warns NFL owners ‘business is going to go to hell’ | Daily Mail Online
Doug Smith: Free State Patriot history and social editor
Sep 24, 2017
This is in response to Delegate Eric Nelson’s recent guest column in support of the upcoming road bond issue.
I have a few issues with Delegate Nelson’s points. He notes that West Virginia gave the legislature to the GOP in 2014. What he calls a mandate I would instead call hope. So, alas! I was sorely disappointed to see this fledgling GOP majority scurry to roll over to Governor Justice’s desire to massively increase taxes and fees.
So when he says “(we) gave the citizens the opportunity to vote on a new, ambitious program that will create thousands of new jobs here in our state,” my first thought was to check and see if my wallet was still there. My second thought was that promise of creating thousands of jobs here in our state sounds eerily like Barack Obama’s “shovel ready jobs” which were “not as shovel ready as we had hoped.”
You will forgive me if I don’t particularly trust yet another politician promising “tens of thousands of jobs” if only I’ll reward his generosity in giving me the opportunity to vote to let him spend a bunch of my money.
What about the cost, he asks? Not to worry!
“(We) took steps to raise additional revenue for our State Road Fund. in June, the Legislature passed $130 million in additional annual revenue from gas taxes and other fees for our roads.
“These additional funds are dedicated to repay the $1.6 billion bond issue. The bond will be fully supported by leveraging these annual revenue flows over 25 years. These funds will produce more than $3.2 billion over the life of the bond – more than enough to cover repayment.”
Well! Awfully arrogant of you fellas to do that and then come to the voters. If I wanted a tax-and-spend legislature, I’d become a Democrat.
The delegate asked whether we should pay as we go with the money, or take on a massive debt and do it all now. Pay as you go, just like the rest of us who cannot pick someone’s pocket to pay for our spending.
The more important point is that I don’t believe you when you say that this bond will never raise additional taxes. Sixty years ago, the turnpike was going be paid off in 30 years and the tolls removed, yet part of that package you passed was Senate Bill 1003, which keeps the tolls, yet again, and allows the toll authority to increase them.
Son of a gun!
You know, there is nothing more permanent than a temporary government program.
There is a basic principle in economics that no politician ever seems to understand. If you want more of something, make it less costly. If you want less of something, make it costlier. Raising tax rates is no guarantee of raising revenues.
“Politicians, like diapers, need to be changed regularly. And for the same reason,” quipped Mark Twain.
Consider whether you want to fertilize your gardens with political promises at a cost of $1.6 billion. And, a dollar to a doughnut, there will be more taxes out there somewhere.
Doug Smith is Free State Patriot’s history and social editor. He resides in Ceredo, WV.
Mark Caserta: Free State Patriot editor
9.26.2017
Kneeling during our National Anthem is one of those “stand up and take notice” moments.
When you understand the methodology of the progressive movement; you know you can’t budge or compromise on anything directly or indirectly related to the values our country was founded upon.
Every step backward, that accommodates their attacks on conservatism, is a step forward for them. It may appear like the “right” thing to do, but believe me.
It won’t stop here.
Unfortunately, our school systems have revised history and accommodated, even advocated, this progress. When in fact, it’s killing our future.
Kneeling during the National Anthem is a step in the wrong direction, Believe me when I tell you. I know something of progressives. They methodically attack sensitive areas, again and again and again, until we budge. Then they start over under the guise of “humanity” or restoring racial order.
Don’t budge. Don’t forget. Send them packing – period.
NBC & the NFL took a hit on ‘Sunday Night Football’ ratings amidst a day of protests over Donald Trump’s blasting of kneeling players
Source: TV Ratings: ‘Sunday Night Football’ Down Again On Day Of Player Protests | Deadline
Apparently, these professional athletes don’t realize they live in the greatest nation on earth, which is why they make such ridiculous salaries. I’m done with any team that allows this type of irresponsible behavior. I don’t need the NFL, the NFL needs me. Go play “futbol” in some other country if you can’t respect the U.S.
Mark Caserta: Free State Patriot editor
36 U.S. Code § 301 – National anthem
US Code
(a)Designation.—
The composition consisting of the words and music known as the Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem.
(b)Conduct During Playing.—During a rendition of the national anthem—
(1) when the flag is displayed—
(A) individuals in uniform should give the military salute at the first note of the anthem and maintain that position until the last note;
(B) members of the Armed Forces and veterans who are present but not in uniform may render the military salute in the manner provided for individuals in uniform; and
(C) all other persons present should face the flag and stand at attention with their right hand over the heart, and men not in uniform, if applicable, should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart; and
(2) when the flag is not displayed, all present should face toward the music and act in the same manner they would if the flag were displayed.
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A wave of protests swept across the National Football League on Sunday as President Donald Trump escalated his feud with players who kneel during the US national anthem to draw attention to racial injustice. Trump ignited a firestorm of criticism after comments on Friday in which he described NFL players
Source: Wave of protests grip NFL after Trump urges fan boycott
President Donald Trump has ratcheted up the national controversy over black National Football League players who refuse to stand while that U.S. National Anthem is played before games.
Source: Trump: BOYCOTT NFL teams if players won’t stand for Anthem | Daily Mail Online
Featuring Conservative Review’s “Top 25 Rino” list, as well as the 3 GOP members who will bare “sole responsibility” for the failure to repeal and replace Obamacare. We will not forget…
Mark Caserta: Free State Patriot editor
Sep 22, 2017
Click this link to see Conservative Review’s list of Top 25 “Rinos”
https://www.conservativereview.com/top-25-rinos
It’s time for members of the GOP, the ones who truly value their words over their re-election, to begin calling out the dysfunctional members of their party. These “two-timing” Republicans are destroying your credibility.
And in honor of their incredulous deceit, I, somewhat unceremoniously recognize them for the “most outlandish political lie” in 2016.
Congratulations GOP on winning “Free State Patriot’s ‘Lie of the Year’ Award” for promising the American people that once you controlled both Congress and the presidency, you would immediately repeal and replace Obamacare.
To your discredit, you’ve worked hard over the past eight years for this recognition.
Per the Washington Post, from the time The Affordable Care Act passed in October 2009 to March 2014, the House of Representatives voted 54 times on measures to undo or update the healthcare disaster. When Republicans finally took control of the House on the back of the Tea Party, in 2011, they passed a measure to repeal all of Obamacare, knowing it would never be considered by a Democrat-controlled Senate.
Republicans kept assuring constituents they were attempting to do the “right thing” for their country but stood no chance of successfully ridding our country of President Obama’s healthcare debacle until voters gave them control of the Senate and the presidency.
So, in 2014, conservative voters rose to the occasion and gave the GOP exactly what they asked for – the Senate and full control of Congress.
But Republicans still claimed they lacked the wherewithal to get the job done, under the rule of an ultra-liberal president. We must have the presidency! Once this occurs we promised to become a “death panel” for Obamacare! Just trust us, said the spiders to the fly.
But as we approached the 2016 presidential election, success loomed distant on the horizon. Acquiring the presidency meant defeating the Clinton machine and the liberal media. Who would be the people’s champion?
But from one of the largest Republican fields ever to clutter a debate stage, billionaire businessman Donald J. Trump, a non-politician, emerged the victor. Motivated by a patriot’s love of country, Trump decided to shed the comfort of his entrepreneurial empire and return America to greatness by winning the presidency.
Armed with an agenda, requisitioned by an electoral landslide, Donald Trump stepped into the Oval Office ready to execute the mandate of the people and sign legislation for the repeal and replacement of Obamacare.
But, incredibly, after having eight years to prepare for this signature moment, Republicans proved more worthless than “teats on a boar hog,” unwilling to fulfill their promise to the American people.
So, what’s it going to be GOP? Are the worthy among you prepared to demand your party do whatever it takes to keep your word? Or shall voters issue your walking papers at the end of your term?
It’s your call, but know this. You work for us.
We will not forget. We will not forgive. We will replace you.
And in the words of ’70s TV detective, Tony Baretta, “You can take that to the bank.”
Contact Senators Rand Paul, John McCain and Susan Collins now!
Mark Caserta is a conservative blogger, a Cabell County resident and a regular contributor to The Herald-Dispatch editorial page.
Mark Caserta: Free State Patriot editor
Any mason knows if the cornerstone is not laid properly, the structure can eventually falter and collapse. With the deepest of convictions, I believe there is a liberal assault on the family unit, or God’s cornerstone to our society, with the intention of re-branding it as non-essential for the progressive era.
In 2014, I wrote a column entitled, “America should refocus on the family.” In the column, I dealt with the importance God placed on the family structure. The very concept of God’s creation of man gives us reason to believe He understands the need for relationships and the importance of family.
In Genesis 2:18, God instituted the family when He said, “It is not good that man should be alone: I will make him an help meet for him.” He then formed Eve from Adam’s rib, declaring, “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.”
My Christian walk has taught me the attacks from the enemy (whom Christians believe to be Satan) are more heavily directed toward threats to the devil’s plan to steal, kill and destroy in the Kingdom of God. I believe this is the reason the family unit is under attack by liberals who would openly redefine its nature, by whittling away at its foundation.
And despite how often portrayed, the husband is an integral part of the family.
Ephesians reminds husbands to “love your wives, just as Christ loved the church.” The profoundness of this statement is illuminated in that Christ willingly gave his life for the church. In this capacity, the husband is called to be the “priest” of his household, spending time in prayer and attending to his family’s spiritual needs.
Unfortunately, today’s television programs often cast the head of the household as a bumbling fool and lackadaisical in his role as the priest of the home. Don’t think for a moment this is unintentional. It’s a progressive attempt to alter the significance of traditional family structure.
Simply look at the targeted audience of many of today’s television sitcoms or cartoons – our impressionable youth! I believe it’s a deliberate form of indoctrination to a progressive lifestyle.
Look at the channel “Freeform.” The Freeform channel was originally The Christian Broadcasting Network “Family Channel.” The network was eventually sold to Disney in 2001 and renamed ABC “Family,” which propagated the moniker “A new kind of family.” It eventually morphed into Freeform, which incessantly portrays “Becomers,” or viewers between the ages of 14 and 34, as sexually active and engaging in promiscuous lifestyles.
Folks, this is a methodical approach to fundamentally reconstruct the family unit in the likeness of liberalism.
So, what to do? As Christians, we must seek first the Kingdom of God. We must also learn to recognize these liberal attacks in their infancy, before they establish their own sort of “cornerstone” from which they can build on the progressive movement.
Expect to be criticized, even hated, for your faith. But let not your heart be troubled – Jesus understands.
He was crucified for it.
The Bible tells us when we’ve done all we know to do – stand. Remember, every step conservatives take backward, is a step forward for liberals.
Mark Caserta: Free State Patriot editor
Sep 8, 2017
The enormous amount of venomous enmity toward Donald J. Trump, by liberals, is unlike anything we’ve seen in modern-day politics. Their passion to destroy a U.S. president, frankly, makes taking them seriously difficult.
In fact, the magnitude of liberal fury toward President Trump reminds me of the obsessive behavior of Captain Ahab in his pursuit aboard the Pequod to destroy the great white whale known as Moby Dick.
A bizarre comparison, you say? Perhaps, but stay with me.
In Herman Melville’s epic novel, Ahab was a whaling captain enslaved by a maniacal passion for revenge against a white whale that had destroyed one of his legs. This theme aligns perfectly with the current progressive addiction to destroying Donald Trump in that Ahab sought not only to avenge his loss against a mere whale, but over a ruling authority which Ahab refuses to accept, the nature of which is left to the reader.
Nonetheless, the captain’s compulsion was clearly not “normal,” as illuminated in one of Ahab’s final lines in the story that reveals his warped determination to destroy his foe, the great white beast.
“To the last I grapple with thee; from hell’s heart, I stab at thee; for hate’s sake, I spit my last breath at thee.”
No, that wasn’t Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) speaking of Trump, but it isn’t far off the scandalous remarks she and other liberals have made about our president.
Let me be clear. Liberals have absolutely nothing to leverage against our president than their disdain for the fact Hillary lost the election in an electoral landslide.
They’ve even tried blaming Moscow.
But to date, there’s still no evidence Donald Trump ever colluded with Vladimir Putin to defeat Hillary Clinton. Why would Putin want Trump as president when he profited so well under a liberal administration? And the liberal hypocrisy by not addressing legitimate Russian collusion by the Obama administration is very telling.
Remember when President Obama got caught in a private conversation on a hot microphone in Seoul, Korea, telling outgoing Russian president Dmitry Medvedev that Vladimir Putin should give him more “space” and that “after my election I have more flexibility”?
Russian collusion supported by fact.
While ignored by the major liberal media, from 2009 to 2013, Russia began acquiring shares of Uranium One, a Canadian uranium company with holdings in the United States. Under the Obama administration, Russia gained control of nearly 20 percent of the uranium production capacity in the U.S.
Following the transaction, donations totaling $2.35 million dubiously made their way to the Clinton Foundation. Bill Clinton also received a “gratuitous” fee of $500,000 for a speech he made to the Kremlin.
Russian collusion supported by fact.
Is the progressive movement so paramount to the left they’re willing to follow this conservative “white whale” into treacherous waters, wildly seeking to annihilate this threat to their liberal passions?
Liberals would be wise to heed the moral of the story of Captain Ahab and the crew of the Pequod. The passion of their pursuit could eventually precipitate their demise.
Mark Caserta is a conservative blogger, a Cabell County resident and a regular contributor to The Herald-Dispatch editorial page.
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