Remember the Cowards

 There were numerous times during the cold war when we would see examples of Communist dictators being agreed with by other attendees.

I remember watching a clip where everyone kept applauding for what seemed like eternity because the first on who stopped was likely to be arrested.  

It just seemed funny to us Americans because we would never be like that, agreeing with anything the leader said with no one voicing opposition.

Just ridiculous and now we have the Republican party which has been browbeaten into submission without the threat of death or prison.

Let's be clear, there was no voter fraud, there was not illegal votes, there was no reason to object to our recent election.

Trump lost and by his own standards he lost by a landslide.

His refusal to accept that is really quite ludicrous but he now has a parade of elected officials fall into lockstep.

It won't succeed but I hope the Americans in this country who value independence and those standing for the truth remember these cowards.

Give them what they fear most, losing the next election.

False Information is Lying

 Well the loss of a young congressman-elect to is sad, he had a family, but of course every loss is sad.

Maybe this will help convince some of the holdouts that this is real and deadly.  Probably not though.

In Pennsylvania they are trying to sow discord by comparing complete data with a system the is not fully updated.  Of course this results in two different numbers. Further even if such a discrepancy existed, it doesn't show how the discrepancy would impact the vote, only that a statewide system that is not fully updated shows less votes than the certified county totals.

One is certified and one is not so the one with all the votes would be the one you count.

At this point supposedly educated people are just playing games thinking that it will persuade some people not to trust the system?

Elected representatives deliberately pushing false information to the public?

Well that is where we are in this country.

Its sad and it should be something that haunts them for the rest of their careers.

Protecting our Democracy is important for every elected official.

Vote for Principled Candidates or get This

 One of the things that helps politicians and every one else is to be a person with principles.  You can use those principles to help guide you in a consistent approach to life, work, politics etc.

Republicans, at least many of them, dropped their principles to follow a fickle would be dictator.

The ones with principles have generally retired or decided to kowtow to keep their jobs.

The way we conduct primaries is supposed to be democratic but if people don't vote they aren't.

So having a corps group of loyalists who will turn out to vote against anyone who defies you was a powerful weapon.

To some extent the democratic party has the same issue, but the progressive movement is more like the tea party movement than the current situation in Trumpsville.

If you want to be the Republican candidate you have to win the primary.  In many parts of the country, another non-democratic symptom, being either the Republican candidate or the Democratic candidate is a near guarantee of victory.

Is it shared values or simply tradition?  Maybe a little of both.

So holding on to your principles is likely to cost you your job and either you drop them or you get replaced with someone who will.

The voters are really at fault, they need to vote in the primaries and vote based on issues, not party.

That's not happening anytime soon, sadly.

Almost A New Year

 This is the last week of 2020 and while most of us are glad to see it go, 2021 is not going to start off much better.

Covid is still going to be very much with us for the next few months and we have to deal with the Christmas rush when we see how many of us got Covid this year.

Precautions are still needed by all.

We have to put up with the LameAss for almost another month and he as erratic as ever.  He also might cause a bit of an issue on counting the electoral college votes, for no real reason.

Once he is out of office he will still command attention, at least for a while, and probably not in a good way.

Whether he faces legal problems for his behavior remains to be seen.

They Proved Our Elections Are Honest

 Still three more weeks and a few days of this tantrum throwing toddler.

It was never expected that an outgoing President would act like this, but here we have it.

Certainly something that could be sped up in this day and age.

In fact a lot about our elections could be improved except Republicans don't want to.

For all the pettiness involved, the recent lawsuits filed by our petulant leader revealed one thing.

Election fraud is nearly nonexistent.  They went to court after court and the only thing they could produce were dubious statistical models that proved nothing at all.

No dead voters, no illegal immigrants, no double voting, not real problems at all.

They almost did the country a favor showing how honest out elections are.

We mostly knew that but they proved it by trying so hard to prove the opposite.

They will still harp on it because it helps them do things to suppress voters.

A whole party trying to suppress Democracy.  Its a shame.

Fading Away in Spite

 From the time he was elected it was pretty clear to many Americans that Trump was not presidential material.  His supporters liked that about him, or at least some of them did because they were not successful in America.

Some of his supporters simply supported him because he was the Republican candidate but the real supporters, the ones still supporting him, were unhappy with a progressive America that didn't take care of them.  Of course they haven't done any better under Trump, lack of education and skills is hard to overcome, but they felt better about being failures.

It wasn't there fault, it was the media or the liberal establishments on the coast or the immigrants or the political correct culture that didn't reward their unique skill of be white and stupid.

They had their man in the White House who complained as much as they did about those things.

Like I said, outside of giving them some recognition, he really never did anything for them.

Still they are the only ones who have remained loyal to him and have believed in him despite the clear evidence that he simply lost, and lost big.

He will continue to be their representative and the whole delusional group will continue to occupy a dark corner of our universe thanks to the Internet.

He will mild them for the little they have while they will give their all.

They deserve each other.

Merry Christmas

 Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates it.

Whatever you believe, the life of a single person can have tremendous impact.  

Enjoy the holiday and know that better days are coming!

And for those who don't celebrate, you might as well be merry!

Power Plays

 One of the impacts of a complex society is that strong leaders tend to rise.  The reason for this is that democratic societies don't make decisions quickly when the issues are complex.

Conversely, once you have a strong central leader forces immediately try to undermine it since controversial decision always have losers.

The current LameAss spent most of his time consolidating his hold on the Republican Party and not the nation as a whole.  He may have thought that was enough but it isn't.

The Republican party represents a minority of Americans but has been able vis voter suppression, Gerrymandering and our electoral college and Senate to hold on to a certain amount of power.

Their base is dying off and they are not appealing to young and diverse electorates, at least not enough to hold power.

They have lost the House and the Presidency and possibly the Senate.

Currently of course they are at the mercy of the LameAss who is taking his pot shots at those he feels betrayed him.

That is a long list and the list is growing.  He may actually get Republicans to split away, but they have lost the ability to stand up to him.

The Hissy Fit Continues

Its pretty clear now that the transition from out current lameass President to the next one is going to be a rocky one.

In fact it might actually cause some real damage to the country, at least a first.

Now the opposition has reached ludicrous levels and we are likely to see a last stand objection, with no real basis, to the electoral college votes in January.  There is still some doubt about whether there will be a Senator to support it but we seem to have one unintelligent one from Alabama.

The effort will not succeed but even doing it and allowing more unfounded allegations to get coverage doesn't serve the country or its people.

It might serve to keep the current President relevant for a bit longer but I suspect on January 22 he will start to fade quickly.

He will continue to tweet and claim the election was stolen and his followers will stay loyal for a bit but he will inevitably fade into history.

Will he run again in four years?  Possibly but his opponents will be ready for him and he will certainly be old news.

No one is going to believe the Mexicans will pay for the wall.

If he was to get the Republican nomination barring a disastrous four years the animosity of his time will likely lead to another loss.

Of course four years is a long time and whether Biden would run again or not depends on many factors.

Still the idea of helping the country move on and working for the people is alien to this guy.

Pity.

Stay Alert

 We might be entering a very dangerous period both for out democracy and our health in the last month of this administration.

It continues to ignore the virus and while there is certainly hope with the vaccines it is still very infectious and deadly.  Its going to be quite a while before we have enough people vaccinated to get "herd" immunity.  Of course that only means you are safer not immune unless you had the vaccine.

Its probably a good idea to wear masks in public for quite a while if you want to reman safe.

We are also seeing last ditch efforts to overturn the Presidential election.  Almost everybody believes they have no real chance but they are still dangerous.

They erode the trust in our Constitution and our elections.

There are anecdotes from the past about elections but in the modern era we have no evidence of widespread abuse or fraud.  We need to restore faith that the elections are free and fair.  Continue to make sure that is true while eliminating the one thing wrong, voter suppression.

Government should not make voting hard for people it doesn't like.  

That's the real issue we have, not fraudulent votes. 

Freedom is a Two Way Street

Sometimes, on social media, I see people rant about how they are still going to use Merry Christmas instead of Happy Holidays.  Who is telling them otherwise?

Right wing media creates issues out of very little or nothing at all and convince people it is real.

Sure saying Happy Holidays is more inclusive but if you wish someone Merry Christmas, assuming they celebrate it, who cares?  Nobody.

If of course you are the Government of a town and are putting up a display, it may be problematic assuming you have a multi religious population. That's because even in today's radical political environment you are supposed to represent all of your people.

However none of this applies to individuals.

Maybe if you run a business and send out something to customers you might want to avoid offending some.

That's to stay profitable.

We live in a diverse society and you can still say whatever you want.  Of course if you are a public official or run a business you might want to be diplomatic.

You don't have to be but then again people are also free to vote for someone else or shop elsewhere.

Freedom goes both ways.

Over Dramatic Much?

 As much as I consider the last four years to be a step back for America, it never seemed to me like the country was terribly different. 

Yes we were treating Immigrants badly and police seemed like they felt free to shoot down certain people but we still were on a day to day basis much the same.

It got worse with the Coronavirus and that seemed terribly mismanaged but none of this was so alien as to attack the basis of my country.

Now we have elected a new President who is, in my opinion, more likely to correct some of those differences.

Some people are acting like the very fabric of the county has been destroyed.

Some of this is based on the imaginary claims of voter fraud which implies a great conspiracy of someone who actually runs everything.

It almost as if we are seeing hysteria in some quarters.

Maybe this is simply the yellow media trying to get ratings and ad revenue without regard for the national cost.

We will see some changes, such as climate awareness, better pandemic activity and promotion of health care and better taxes.

It won't really be a major change in most people's lives, unless it saves yours with better health care.

We will still have our system of Government with plenty of representation from the other side.

When did the country become a big Drama Queen?

Voting

 When a political parties existence seems to depend on keeping votes from counting you have to wonder.

Some of the inequity started to protect slavery and it helps to continue discrimination.

In addition to the inequities built into the system via the US Senate and the Electoral college, the primary goal on many levels is to discourage or discount "bad" votes.

In the not so distant past they used things like poll taxes or other reacist means to suppress "undesirable" voters.

Now it has to be a bit more nuanced and they use things like voter I.D. which sounds neutral but isn't for many reasons.

Voting is a right and a privilege and the role of Government should be to make every vote count.  Right not it seems like in some places they want only the right votes to count.

Sad Its Come to This

 Even though the election is over we see the right wing media on a campaign to attack the Bidens not Joe particularly but his wife and son.

The attacks on Hunter are filled with unproven accusations and lots of pre investigation convictions.  It is possible that he didn't pay his full taxes but the rest of it has been debunked already and probably will be again.  Still the issue is that after a campaign where no holds were barred and hearings that were not very friendly we know that while it may not have been the wisest choice, his behavior was not a factor on his father's actions.

More importantly, he was not and still isn't a Government employee.  The attacks are being made simply because of who his father is and if it turns out he owes some back taxes or if in some way his employment was wrong it is simply not relevant to anything.  There are thousands of tax investigations ongoing and lots of people occupy jobs they may not be fully qualified for.  People don't rant about them.

I don't know if Hunter is guilty of anything and I don't really care.  To date there has been nothing indicating it had anything to do with our Government during the Obama years.  Some will believe it did, but we now live in a World where accusations backed by little to no proof are major news on some channels.

The attacks continue on this family as we see Dr. Jill Biden's use of her title attacked.  No one is saying she didn't earn the degree from an accredited University, they just are attacking her use of it and further whether she deserved it or not.  It was granted to her by an accredited University and she had to defend it at the time.  Is the second guessing going to proceed to every doctorate awarded?  Its clearly a politically motivated attack with no real point.  Use it or don't use it doesn't impact anything.  Are they simply jealous?  

Baseless accusations about non-issues are apparently all they have.  Why it would matter is more the point.  The attacks tell you more about the mean spiritness of the attackers who have not real issues to bring up. 

Conspiracy?

 We have free speech in this country and we see a lot of it, especially from certain radical conservative media.  That fine and it apparently is a money maker which is fine but the real question is how did so many Americans get so delusional?

The same people who want the Donna Reed version of America are trying to recreate Nazi Germany.

Their leader is a person who doesn't like them and doesn't respect them but is perfectly willing to deceive them to get their money.

Its no secret, those who knew him best know he is an elitist B list celebrity who found his audience among the great unwashed.

The idea that there is some sort of conspiracy to destroy America led by educated Americans is so absurd that its hard to believe anyone believes it.  But they do?

It had to start a long time ago since it has infiltrated all levels of the federal government and can ignore the political appointees.

I gather every letter but Q is involved?

It reminds me of an old joke about how the alphabet was reduced to 24 letters because L&M were kicked out for smoking.

That didn't happen and neither did your deep state conspiracies.

What holds up this country is a system of laws that must be followed.  They don't change easily, it requires a bill and a presidential signature and they can be challenged in court.  It keeps us stable as a county but its not done by a deep state conspiracy, its the rule of law and checks and balances.

I hope that was covered in school at some point.

One Person, One Vote, Oh the Fraud!

 In this country we get to vote at various times for the people who will represent us.  Assuming more than one person is running, there is a winner and a loser.  Since we are all American citizens who mostly want the same things, the losers are expected to congratulate the winner, wish him/her the best and maybe run again next opportunity.

Poor losers have been frowned upon because it is in bad taste and also because it calls into question the very basis of our democracy.

We have seen the spectacle of the sore loser in this last election and the fact that it is not being wildly condemned is scary.

The attacks on our fundamental basis of Government is the first step to tyranny.

If elections can't be trusted maybe we should adopt the system widely used in dictatorships of selecting the leader and then making people act like they voted for him.

Free and fair elections are so fundamental that the recent attacks on them have been easily rebuffed in the courts if not in the minds of the public.

If in fact there was any real demonstrable evidence it should be disclosed.  What we seem to have is an assumption that the election must have been fraudulent and lots of semi ridiculous theories presented to try to convince people.

The fact that we have media out there engaging in pure speculation because, I think this is the latest, the fraudsters are so good we can't prove they exist.

Maybe they don't.

Investigate What?

 Many Americans were convinced by the losing candidate in the election that there was massive fraud.  There wasn't.  

Multiple court cases failed to produce any significant evidence.

The Justice Department said nothing was there.

Our cyber people said it was a clean election.

Every State certified the results.

The rantings of a not very stable loser doesn't indicate any fraud, just rantings to raise money from followers.  

They are not easily persuaded people, they have drunk the Kool-Aid and that's the end of that.

So some Conservatives are saying the new President should investigate the fraud allegations to put concerns to rest?

Why, didn't we just have over a month of the "best" legal minds trying to find it?  

They couldn't.

Maybe we should launch a probe to get to the bottom of the quality issues at Santa's workshop?  What kind of warranty do you get?

I was always curious about where the Easter Bunny got all those eggs?

How come the Tooth Fairy never pays taxes?

These are more relevant issues than imaginary fraud that lots of people have tried to prove.

Transition Faster

 The Electoral College is going to vote today and we know the outcome will be that Joe Biden wins.

After today there is clearly no point in continuing to challenge the will of the people but that won't stop the Lame Ass from doing so.

We still have almost 40 days of him which is something we should probably need to address for the future.

We don't use horse drawn carriages anymore and while I know the pony express was amazing in its day we can transmit news a lot faster.

Couple of things we could do faster is require mailed in ballots to be counted when received or maybe once a week so on election night we could have the total count.

I am in favor of electronic voting to speed up the process but I know this will be considered risky by many.

We clearly don't need the electoral college.  Whether a State will lose influence is questionable but it would require both parties to try to win all votes not isolate some blocks by State.

It is pretty outrageous that we elected two recent Presidents who lost the popular vote but won the electoral college.

We should also do something about political financing its a bit outrageous how much is spent.  Guess its good for the economy.

No significant corporation would fire an employee and let him take his revenge on the company for over a month.

Why does the country get smarter?

The Real Radicals

 People who are trying to subvert the Constitution are radical Republican fascists who believe in racial determination.

They want to keep America WASPy if not fully WASP since they also not embrace conservative Catholics.

The groups they like to call radical have never advocated for anything similar to their calls to ignore the Constitution and the will of the voters

Groups which want to reform the Government, whether you agree with them or not, are working within the framework.

Groups which try to disenfranchise millions of voters because you don't like their opinion are not.

Weekend News

 Two events this weekend of some importance.  We have an approved vaccine for the Covid 19 virus and the electoral college is ready to vote on Monday.

While the electoral college votes every four years it is normally more of a non-event although it is constitutionally required.  There really was no reason to have so much drama about it this year except that our lame ass (promoted from lame duck) kept fleecing his followers with phony claims.  

He isn't done yet so if you still have a few shekels send it to him now.  It won't do anything but he wants you to.

The Vaccine is another matter and lame Ass could have gone out on a good note if he had focused on its development instead of so much election BS.  I don't think he actually deserves much credit but it happened under his administration so he would normally get some.

Of course he now wants the World to take back Obama's Nobel Prize and give it to him.

The racism in him never stops, he can't believe how a black man was so superior to him in almost every way.

The Burger Will Win

 The latest silly lawsuit trying to overturn the election makes some of the silliest claims.  While anything is possible, the probability of success is very low.

Of course probability is a predictive function, not a determining one.  So we all know the polls get things wrong.  That's because they are based on probability.  Any prediction cannot compete with actual reality.

There are claims going around the Internet about how improbable Biden's win was after the first days of in-person voting.  The numbers are wrong but either way are meaningless.

The chances of winning the lottery for any one person are astronomical, but someone does win.  Both are correct and unrelated.

Still the math of that probability calculation is very wrong because the assumptions aren't sound.  Its a bit like observing the breakfast hour at McDonalds and predicting what products would sell the most at the end of the day.  Burger would be come out ahead, not matter the early results.

Contributions Shouldn't Reduce Taxes

 There are many things in this country that need t be fixed.

It has gotten much worse since the Supreme Court opened up the floodgates in political donations with the Citizen's United Decision.  This allowed unlimited donations to PACs that didn't support a candidate directly but supports political positions.

So you can actively campaign with unlimited tax deductible contributions, for positions held by specific candidates but not the candidate himself.  Well that isn't much of a distinction.  

Sure it may actually be free speech but why are we giving them tax deductions to influence out elections?

We know why the politicians support it and to a certain extent corporations and rich donors might have some quid pro quo going, but if they get a tax deduction, some of that is paid by all of us.

In fact I tend to object to giving tax deductions to most charities.  It passes part of that bill onto us.

We prohibit tax money from going to certain organizations that promote things like abortion. Fine, but then why allow federal funds, which tax deductions are, to go to similar organizations?

Do charitable organizations do good?  Some might actually do harm, but even if they do why is the Government financing them via tax deductions.  I would think that anyone making a deduction has already received their reward.

They don't need to reach into my pocket.

Support the Constitutional Right to Vote

 Elections are run by the States, it is clearly stated in the Constitution.  It is actually pretty simple although in the past there were plenty of instances where States attempted to suppress certain citizens from voting.

Voting is not a privilege it is a right which at first was restricted to white males but has been extended to include minorities and women.

When you see a party or a group attempting to stop others from voting it should fill you with outrage.  It is the same as stealing, taking away their right to vote.  Voter suppression is a real problem in the United States.

Voting fraud is not a real problem.  You can find some instances of it but it is just not prevalent.  Yet we have people claiming it was widespread and use that as an attempt to suppress voting of people that don't agree with them.

The recent attempts to disenfranchise millions of voters is shameful.  Yet many Americans supported it and still do.

Real Americans support our Constitution and the rights of all of us, whether you agree with their views or not.  Everyone had a chance to vote and no significant irregularities have been discovered although many have been alleged.

We are now approaching the day the electors will vote and the good news is that our courts upheld the constitution.  The sad news is that so many of our citizens didn't.

Its Over Except for the Fleecing.

 Today is the date that the state electors are all safe from challenges.  Of course challenges will continue because that allows the fleecing to continue.

The main talent of the trumpeter is ripping people off and protesting the election has been quite profitable.  It never had a real chance at success but it kept donations rolling in.

A very little of the money was used to finance the appeals and the rest becomes a slush fund for whatever.

He will get to influence Republican primaries for awhile.  How long he will tweet is uncertain.  Probably for a long time and he might even run again.

He can do whatever this is America where the suckers keep on coming.

Honest News - Maybe the BBC?

 I think a lot of Americans would simply like to feel like their Government has their best interests at heart and is honest with them.

We haven't had that these last four years.

To accuse someone like Joe Biden of being radical is simply absurd.

To say that the State Officials who ran the last election participated in massive fraud is just as absurd.

We have been bombarded by these type of absurd allegations so long they seem almost plausible.

They aren't.

Understand much of this is the product of the same type of yellow journalism we had when we fought the Spanish American War.  It is not news it is unproveable allegations to sell information.

They need to be more and more outrageous to get sales or ratings to increase their advertising revenue.

Americans need to understand this and rely on honest sources of information.

Of course if you think the railings on some of these media is real, you won't change.

It is so bad that we have members of congress believing some of this stuff.

Maybe we need a news source that everyone trusts.  Certainly some of our media is honest but its been attacked so much people have doubts.

You could always try the BBC, they are used to dealing with ex-colonies.

End The Undemocratic Electoral College

 If you consider the last election you can see how the electoral college distorts our system of Democracy.

In the popular vote Americans clearly picked Joe Biden to be President just like they had picked Hillary Clinton in the last one.  However the overwhelming advantage in votes wasn't enough in 2016 and it also distorted the 2020 results.

Yes we have strong geographical preferences in this country but a vote in California should be as important as a vote in Wyoming.  It isn't

California and other big states do send more electors than smaller states but it isn't equal to the difference in population.  Wyoming is guaranteed three electoral college votes or about one electoral college vote for every 100k voters.  In California with its 55 electoral college votes that represented about 1 electoral college vote for every 300k voters.

Why should a voter in Wyoming or any state for that matter count more than any voter anywhere?

This was a system designed to protect Slavery when we were founded and to this day it continues to allow for unequal treatment.

Its not going to be easy to change but that only means we need to try harder.

Where Is The Outrage?

 We are now seeing new cases in the hundreds of thousands and new deaths in the thousands and the public outrage is muted.

Many seem to think the crisis is a hoax.

It seems that while obviously many have been impacted, the real devastation is a bit contained.

Perhaps because it devastates the old and sick.  These people were probably near the end of their lives in many cases.

That seems callous and I'm sure the family members generally don't feel that way.

Maybe we have simply grown used to the daily reports.

Maybe its just not public enough.

Consider that we have lost many more people in less than a year than we lost in the entire Vietnam war.

Where is the outrage?

Virus Rages, Trump Golfs

 Well we are setting new and ominous records with Covid 19 while the current President fiddles about.

That didn't end well for Nero and we already know a change is coming.

The fact that so many don't seem to take the virus seriously is related to a number of facts.

First we have the politics of it all.

Was shutting down the economy really necessary?  Its hard to say.  It did seem to help in the spring but you can never know the alternative.  Maybe had we been a country that could follow the rules we could have avoided it?

One country that tried that, Sweden, didn't avoid the virus but didn't seem to suffer worse than its neighbors.

The countries that seemed to fare the best used masks, contact tracing and isolation of infected.

Ultimately that is probably the safest course, if our citizens would follow it.

It such a contagious disease it has to be strict adherence.

That simply doesn't seem part of our DNA in this country.

Time to Restore America

 All the differences being highlighted between Progressives and Moderates are really not very important.  It mostly has to do with the speed of change, not the change itself.  

What we would like is for America to clean itself up.  We want to leave our children and grand children the opportunity to grow up in an America that they can be as proud of as the one we did.

I grew up believing how this country was the world leader and while as I got older I realized we had problems both overseas and at home it never occurred to me that we were the villain's.

Some of our corporations were purely interested in profit and the chase for the almighty dollar led them to do some things that weren't right like promote bad products or hide defects, I didn't blame America, I blamed greedy corporations.

We then let money take over the political process and it led to political corruption.

We need to restore the values America stood for.

Clean up politics, restore civility and common goals.

Clean up the environment, our descendants deserve a clean world.

Clean up social justice, no one should be oppressed over the color of their skin or their beliefs.

Clean up our finances, we need to leave a clean balance sheet.

Clean up our health care system, everyone should get excellent care when needed.

Clean up our electoral system, don't suppress voters and get rid of undemocratic institutions.

Clean up our foreign entanglements, we should be a force for good, not oppression or assassinations.

Clean up our educational system, everyone should have the opportunity to excel.

Its pretty simple, make America Good again and it will be great.  .Some of these items might take some time to achieve but they are worth it.

Lies Lies Lies

 There are so many lies being told on the right because it has been a successful strategy for them.

Even the real media responds to the continued lies giving them a hint of credibility.

We have more than one right wing media outlet that lives off of nothing but lies.

Those who accept the lie about fake news are faced with a crisis of doubt.

It continues because it has been successful and it is successful because as famously said, when they go low we go high.

Well unfortunately too many Americans go low.

How we bring honesty and decency back is the question.

Killer Bees or Murder Wasps?

 Some people want America to be a Christian White country. They don't see the need for diversity and don't like change.

Others want America to be inclusive and take advantage of the gifts and talents of all the people in the world.

The first group is in decline mostly because of demographics.  Still if history is any indicator the people viewed as problems for them today may be them in the future.

We have seen this before as Eastern Europeans, Southern Europeans and at one point the Irish were viewed as disruptive.

It almost seems silly today.

Now we see an influx of Latinos from Central America and Asians.  Those that came here years ago have generally assimilated.  Even though many of them came here as refugees fleeing a brutal regime they don't particularly have special concern for other populations fleeing harsh conditions.

I say special concern because obviously they are not all the same.

The Acronym WASP may become inaccurate as the number of White Anglo Saxon Protestants become less white, less Anglo Saxon and less protestant, but the ideas will continue.

Its what always happens.