U.S. And International Politics

[John Corbett]

Trump is a new kind of Sheriff.  Congress managed to pass a bipartisan Housing Affordability Act which allegedly benefits both Republican and Dem politicians.  Trump told them to cram it until they pass the SAVE Act.  Any other establishment politician would just have signed it for the PR.   On CNN they used certain buzz words with negative connotations to describe this.  Trump is "obsessed," "fixated," and "delusional" according to them when it comes to the SAVE Act.  If Obama had done something similar, he would be described as "heroic" or "standing up for what he believes."  If crazed right wingers had vandalized the Reflecting Pool, they would be deemed a threat to democracy.  The FBI would drop all other investigations and seek them out to the ends of the Earth.  But the story is that Trump botched the job.

What I like about Trump is he's acting like a guy playing with house money. He no longer has to worry about the next election. I don't think he is all that concerned about the midterms. He's going to do what he thinks is best for the country and he's willing to accept the political fallout. We've had other two term presidents but they governed like they were still concerned with their legacy. Trump doesn't do that. It is reflected in both his actions and his words. He has no filter. He says what's on his mind. I got a big kick out of the Oval Office scene when his Energy Secretary was fumbling over his obviously prepared lines and Trump turned to him and in a good natured way told him, "Nobody cares." The lefties tried to us it as another example of Trump being unhinged but in reality it was a good natured barb at a member of his team. Anyone who has ever played team sports knows this is the kind of trash talk teammates hurl at each other all thee time.

[Richard Smith]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/florida-s-oldest-executed-inmate-s-last-words-revealed/ar-AA26yKl3?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=EDBBAN&cvid=6a3e6e2a27aa4507b21395079cd03e5e&ei=38

Florida just executed the oldest inmate to receive the death penalty. He was 74. Same age as me. The joke is he committed his murder in 1992. 25-30 years has become the norm for death penalty cases to exhaust appeals which is absurd. Another 74 year old man is scheduled to be executed later this year. When somebody receives the death penalty, they are more likely to die of hardening of the arteries before their sentence is carried out.

In the infamous In Cold Blood murder of the Clutter family in 1959 Dick Hickock and Perry Smith were hanged 5 1/2 years after their heinous act. It was never brought out in either the book or the movie but they were also the prime suspects in the slaughter of another family of four in Florida while they were on the lam from the Clutter murders. They were know to be in the area when the murders took place. It seems to me 5 1/2 years is a reasonable length of time to hear all appeals. Once that time period runs out, the only grounds for appeal that should be allowed is if compelling evidence is presented that the condemned person was innocent of the crime. If that can't be done, it's time to say, "Sorry about your bad luck. Adios". 

I also think doing away with lethal injections would be a good step. I don't know why we ever did away with hanging. It worked quite well.

At least they are still carrying it out.  Many states with the death penalty refuse to do so allowing the subjective opposition of certain politicians to override the law, judicial system, and will of the citizens of their state.   There once might have been a valid concern on the basis of some innocent person being executed but with DNA and other advances it is now possible to prove beyond any doubt the involvement of a specific individual in many such crimes.  The endless efforts to thwart the death penalty even in the most heinous crimes against women and children is just another example of misplaced liberalism.  The same people have little concern for American citizens when they are murdered or assaulted by illegal aliens.   In many cases, they won't even acknowledge the immigration status of the criminal. 

[John Corbett]

I accidentally deleted my original post so I am reposting it.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/florida-s-oldest-executed-inmate-s-last-words-revealed/ar-AA26yKl3?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=EDBBAN&cvid=6a3e6e2a27aa4507b21395079cd03e5e&ei=38

Florida just executed the oldest inmate to receive the death penalty. He was 74. Same age as me. The joke is he committed his murder in 1992. 25-30 years has become the norm for death penalty cases to exhaust appeals which is absurd. Another 74 year old man is scheduled to be executed later this year. When somebody receives the death penalty, they are more likely to die of hardening of the arteries before their sentence is carried out.

In the infamous In Cold Blood murder of the Clutter family in 1959 Dick Hickock and Perry Smith were hanged 5 1/2 years after their heinous act. It was never brought out in either the book or the movie but they were also the prime suspects in the slaughter of another family of four in Florida while they were on the lam from the Clutter murders. They were known to be in the area when the murders took place. It seems to me 5 1/2 years is a reasonable length of time to hear all appeals. Once that time period runs out, the only grounds for appeal that should be allowed is if compelling evidence is presented that the condemned person was innocent of the crime. If that can't be done, it's time to say, "Sorry about your bad luck. Adios".

I also think doing away with lethal injections would be a good step. I don't know why we ever did away with hanging. It worked quite well.

[John Corbett]

At least they are still carrying it out.  Many states with the death penalty refuse to do so allowing the subjective opposition of certain politicians to override the law, judicial system, and will of the citizens of their state.   There once might have been a valid concern on the basis of some innocent person being executed but with DNA and other advances it is now possible to prove beyond any doubt the involvement of a specific individual in many such crimes.  The endless efforts to thwart the death penalty even in the most heinous crimes against women and children is just another example of misplaced liberalism.  The same people have little concern for American citizens when they are murdered or assaulted by illegal aliens.   In many cases, they won't even acknowledge the immigration status of the criminal.

That is the case in my home state of Ohio. Governor Mike DeWine. a long time RINO, has created a moratorium on executions. He is on record as opposing the death penalty. There are currently 116 prisoners on death row. Vivek Ramaswamy, the favorite to win the governorship this fall, has said he will unblock the back log of death sentences. I doubt he will get the chance. I'm betting DeWine will commute all of those death sentences on his way out the door. Governors in other states have done that in the past and I fully expect DeWine to follow suit.

[John Corbett]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-adviser-turned-critic-john-bolton-pleads-guilty-to-mishandling-classified-documents/ar-AA26CDDE?ocid=msedgntp&pc=EDBBAN&cvid=6a3ec23241d4425baef59aa782fc2408&ei=37

Former Trump adviser turned Never-Trumper has pled guilty to mishandling of classified documents and awaits sentencing. He has already been fined $2.25 million and could get anywhere from probation to five years in prison. His guilty plea should put to rest claims that these charges were lawfare and that Trump had weaponized the Justice Dept. against him.

The question now is, will the legacy media even report this. Their tendency is to cover up negative stories about Trump's enemies. I'm going to record ABC, NBC, and CBS nightly news programs tonight to see how they treat this story if at all.

[John Corbett]

Neither ABC, NBC, or CBS even reported the story of John Bolton's guilty plea. It's easy to understand why. Being a Trump hater, he's one of their guys. They aren't going to report a negative story on somebody on their team. They all reported on an escaped giraffe and a woman and her dog who chased away a grizzly bear. Bolton's guilty plea isn't a lead story but a former national security adviser pleading guilty to a serious criminal charge is a newsworthy story and all ignored it. I done watching these assholes. They are a disgrace to the journalism profession.