Political Junkie

My previous blog post focused on three anniversaries that took place over the course of the past week; specifically, the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks and the Benghazi terror attack, and the first anniversary of the derailment of the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings with decades-old, vague sexual assault allegations.   Since all three of those anniversaries brought back a lot of bad memories, I decided it might make sense to focus on an anniversary that people across America can look forward to celebrating as well as two personal anniversaries. This week, I celebrated three special anniversaries. All Americans should join me in celebrating the first anniversary, Constitution Day. 232 years ago today, representatives from 12 of the 13 colonies signed the nation’s founding document at Independence Hall in Philadelphia.   As a testament to the Founders’ wisdom and vision, the Constitution has demonstrated an incredible resiliency. As I explained in one of my ve...

Happy belated Fourth of July, everyone!   243 years ago this week, Thomas Jefferson and a group of revolutionaries signed the Declaration of Independence; which kicked the underestimated experiment with self-government that later ended up serving as a model that many other countries around the world would follow.   People celebrate Independence Day in a variety of different ways.   Some people with cast-iron stomachs vie for the top prize in the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog eating contest. Most other people enjoy either hamburgers and hot dogs but with a much smaller portion size. Many communities and neighborhoods gather for fireworks displays and those whose communities do not offer fireworks displays had the option of watching the Macy’s Fireworks Spectacular on NBC and/or the “Salute to America” put on by President Trump featuring a series of air shows as well as a fireworks display. Most Americans make sure to include the colors of the American flag in their war...

National Public Radio recently ran a story about a man who did not get to see his dying wish, perhaps the most recent item added to his bucket list, fulfilled. The man would die without getting to see the Mueller report.   I have a political bucket list of my own and I have included some of the highlights below with a little explanation on the recent progress the nation has made in achieving each goal on my political bucket list. The Repeal of Roe v. Wade : I know that I share this in common with many other conservatives, who have this at the top of their political bucket lists.   Roe v. Wade has served as a black mark in American history and a symbol of the cultural revolution that began sweeping through the nation in the mid to late 1960s and had fully engulfed the country by the time the Supreme Court made this landmark decision to legalize abortion in 1973. Even Norma McCorvey, the plaintiff in the case, wanted to devote the rest of her life to undoing the law that be...

I had plenty of topics to write about this week.   For one thing, I could have written about that horrendous new abortion law in New York State and the desire of other states, such as New Mexico , Rhode Island , and Virginia to pass similar legislation.   I also could have written about the necessity for a brand new “Fire Pelosi” Bus Tour or the hysteria surrounding the potential that Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz will run for President as a “centrist independent.”   I still have time to write about all of those topics.   After the week that I have had, I felt compelled to write about something else. Two days after graduating from high school, I received a laptop computer as a gift.   My parents made the calculation that it would come in handy as they went off to college.   Their calculation proved correct.   Unfortunately, I did not get to spend that much time with my new computer right away; I had to head off to college orientation.   My fa...

On day one of the 116 th Congress, liberals declared war on the Electoral College.   Congressman Steve Cohen of Tennessee introduced a Constitutional amendment that would abolish the Electoral College and award the Presidency to the candidate receiving the highest share of the popular vote nationwide.   In all honesty, liberals began declaring war on the Electoral College the second President Trump won the 2016 Presidential Election by capturing 306 electoral votes while losing the popular vote to Hillary Clinton; making him the second Republican President to win the Electoral College and lose the popular vote in less than two decades.  Liberals act as if the Electoral College gives Republicans an unfair advantage; apparently forgetting that liberals, in fact, always start out with an enormous mathematical advantage.   The Democrats can always count on winning California , New York , Illinois , New Jersey , Washington , Massachusetts , Maryland , Connectic...

Today marks the 231 st anniversary of the signing of the Constitution.   In addition, today also marks my 23 rd birthday, making me roughly one-tenth as old as the Constitution.   When I first learned about Constitution Day, I mistakenly thought it September 16 th .   Perhaps that was because my birthday fell on a Saturday that year. 231 years later, the United States Constitution still serves as the founding document of the Republic, as opposed to France , which has repeatedly “ripped up” its Constitution.   The framers deliberately made the Constitution difficult to amend; any Constitutional amendment requires the support of two-thirds of the members of Congress and the support of three-fourths of the state.   Given the current makeup of the House and Senate, that means any Constitutional amendment would require the support of 67 Senators and 290 members of the House of Representatives.   America now has fifty states; meaning that the state legislat...