manning5 Loc: Richmond, VA

I worked up a list of the 12 main issues from the Left that frustrate me on a daily basis:

1. The Constitution: it must be revised in directions that suit the Left and be allowed to become a "living document". It is in their way! With a few tweaks, it could support Socialism!

2. Bias: The Leftist teachers have biased whole generations of our students from public K-12 through college against the USA and for some kind of Socialist/Communist mishmash. It is only later in life that they learn enough to become rational, if ever. The MSM has bitten the mind-twisting fruit of bias too.

3. Racism: Of late, the teachers around the nation have been inculcating our K-12 students with the many layers and languages of Critical Race Theory. The children are taught that they should hate their whiteness if white, and for blacks to use their blackness as a weapon to become superior.

4. Abortion: Christians are keenly aware that God does not accept abortions, yet they join the others in having them performed, more for the convenience than for any health reason. In sum, the law permitting abortions, Roe vs Wade, is contrary to God's Word, and should be abolished. This is a major Left issue.

5. LGBTQ and Same-Sex Marriage: We live with these situations either by choice, by necessity or because of the law. God makes it very clear what his opinion of all this is and warns Christians away from such. The Left supports both situations.

6. Socialism/Communism: Either one of these governance ideas is an anathema to our Democratic Republic. Yet we find Congressmen and our youth running around yelling about things and championing some squeeze of this Asian/Russian affliction onto the USA. Bernie Sanders actually went around under the socialist label while running for President rubbing it in!

The youth I can sort of understand, but not excuse, because they have been brainwashed from childhood, are afflicted with the politics of envy, have no real prospects in life, are scared of going to war ever, and are not yet well-anchored in adulthood. Some have obviously been radicalized and are lost in the mists of the Left.

7. Attacks on Christianity: Ever since prayer in schools was outlawed, there has been a growing movement to destroy or marginalize Christianity. This is not on! Plaques of the Ten Commandments have been removed by legal maneuvers from the ALCU and other organizations, and the idea of "Separation of Church and State" has been screamed in the faces of Christians, and by whom? Those who support the atheistic movement called Secular Humanism for one.

8. Secular Humanism: So, let's do away with religion and substitute Humanism at was set forth in the Humanist Manifesto I (1933), or II, or III. In the subsequent versions they had to tone it down considerably to gain some acceptance, but go for the First, it is enlightening! A key tenet I found in my version was that our children should be taken over by the state and raised by them...you get the drift!
Added here is yet another fundamental movement that appears to be a darling of the Left: that of Scientific Materialism, which fits right in with Secular Humanism. In that, all we have is things! Go figure!

9. Global Warming/Climate Change: The argument rages on about what to do and how far to go. The US is miles ahead of most nations in reducing air pollution, and light-years ahead of the likes of China and India. Those two nations are continuing to build many tens of coal-fired generation plants all over their lands. The world has to wait for them several eons to begin the changeover to less-polluting generating systems.

Besides, most conservatives remember very well what the French said: AGW is how we bring down the US to size and start global management of the world.

10. Elitism: We all know what elitism is, and perhaps many know just how wrong they can be for the nation. How they are given respect and privileges similar to Hollywood celebrities is legion, and how they believe they have the answers to thorny questions is also known. It took Thomas Sowell to lay out the case for their terrible actions over time in his book: Intellectuals and Society. He was particularly adamant about elites costing us the Vietnam War. The majority seem to come from the Left!

11. Elections: One thing is clear: half the population believes the 2020 election was a fraud. They will believe that to their deaths. Thus, a pillar of our nation has been seriously weakened and the trust shaken simply because it actually seemed to be fraudulent. Who elects a dementia patient to the top office in the land? How does he get elected without showing his face to the public? How did Harris get selected? There are questions about this election that will not go away! Further, it raised questions about every other election to come!

12. The Biden/Harris Administration: Who runs it? Biden is a puppet! Who wants to turn the US into a forsaken land? Why have all the good and proper things done by Trump reversed? Why are we massively overspending and running our National Debt into the sky? Why is our southern border open? Why are our cities safe havens for illegals, why are our cities allowed to be ravaged by Leftist mini armies such as BLM and Antifa? Why are we closing down our oil production, raising prices for it, and importing it? There are a million more questions one can pose about this Administration.

God help us!

Forkbassman Loc: Missouri

Great analysis & spot on! The last election was a fraud. Dems are crooked as ever & will do anything to keep Trump from running in '24.

guzzimaestro

Great post

teabag09

Again I say we need to Ted Williams you thoughts, put it on a chip and play it for every one on that corruption that is a television every night instead of the BS the media puts out. God bless and a happy trip. I love that you're a Virginian. Live free or die! Mike

Coos Bay Tom Loc: coos bay oregon

None of that equates to myself or what I believe-just so you know.

archie bunker Loc: Texas

Because you're not a leftist, Tom. You best be careful, or they'll revoke your Democrat card.

Radiance3

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The whole target of all that's going on is conversion of the US government to Marxism or communism And we are almost there. The constitution does not function anymore. Our freedom does not function anymore. Capitalism is being destroyed. Massive spending and rising national debts does not matter. Redistribution of wealth to masses, and taxing the highest those who worked, earned and saved. Biden wants to take possession of the assets or properties of the people. Biden wants to eliminate the Suburbs and build multiple units for people to live equally. It is like living in North Korea.

Biden is demented, and he is not the sole power running this government. There are groups behind him.

Why did they destroy president Trump? He is not one of them. He is a hindrance to their goal of transforming this country to communist or Marxist government.

Everything happening now is against the Constitution. The 3 separate powers of government does not function anymore.
Most particularly Congress and the White House. SC is partially and gradually moving to the left. The 2020 presidential election should have been handled by the SCOTUS effectively, the fact that overwhelming evidences of fraud against president were documented and presented. Trump should have won the election. But SCOTUS HEAD refused to review the details. And rendered decision against president Trump without due process.
President Trump had won the election. And now who did we get? Biden the demented one, and for 1 year rapidly brought the US to destructions. But the real power behind him dictates how to do it.

Conspiracy by Pelosi against president Trump is still going on. The latest one is the framed-up of the Jan 6th mayhem. They have bankrupted president Trump and wanted to permanently prevent him coming back to the WH.

LogicallyRight Loc: Chicago

Well said at can't disagree with much.

manning5 Loc: Richmond, VA

Tom, I am not sure just what you mean! None relates to you? In no way the Constitution relates. Do you believe in it without modification? If so, OK! Tell me more of what you actually mean by your remark, please. What is your stance on the head items, never mind my text that may be in the way? Number 12 is mostly questions, sincere questions about the current administration. But are you satisfied with it? Help me out, here!

manning5 Loc: Richmond, VA

I say a big thank you to those who gave me such favorable comments. I am doing my best to put the word out and keep it fresh. That is just about all I can do now besides vote.

Mann

Coos Bay Tom Loc: coos bay oregon

I believe the constitution is fine and should not be changed to fit any one person or organizations agenda. I do not believe teachers to be indoctrinating students to have leftist beliefs even though a great many educators are democrats. Take it down to elections. This election fraud bullcrap is the con job of the century. I know how it started -who started it and who keeps hammering on it. I'm not buying into it. Biden isn't on television tooting his horn constantly or having a steady string of campaign style rallies. He is only as good as the congress he works with. What we have is obstructionists with their own agenda-- waiting to seize power. They won't back any thing that will be good for America as long as Biden is president. Once he is gone they will pass bills similar to Biden era bills then claim they are the heros. I'm not impressed especially since we have 3 more years of this inaction caused by political treachery.

Coos Bay Tom Loc: coos bay oregon

Your middle "destructers" deal with religious beliefs and I can tell you there is no war on Christianity being waged by the left. Certain atheists might have an attack religion attitude but the majority of those called leftist are not that way.I leave others alone that are not cisgendered--it is their life and nothing to do with me. Now it comes to Socialism-- If a person is of age or disabled they draw social security. Republicans fought this program most fiercly when it was in its beginnings. The big fight now is over universal healthcare and free community college calling it socialism. We are being passed up academically and in life expectancy by the rest of the developed world. On racism -- all kids are taught about the civil war and that blacks were once slaves. I do not believe this should mean white children are being made to be ashamed of being White. I personally think Aunt Jemima -uncle Ben and Rastus on the cream of wheat box and the Indian maiden on butter were never offensive symbols but their removal was offensive.

Big dog

Amen!!!

manning5 Loc: Richmond, VA

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Tom, I thank you for quite an expose of your thinking and your various positions! Obviously, we have a few conflicts which I will not harp on. Since I am a Conservative Republican, which is a well-defined subgroup of the Republican Party, differences are expected. We Conservatives do not follow the Republicans in all matters either.

One comment however: the teaching of CRT in its various forms has been verified in every state, and hundreds of schools. Over 22 states have written laws to prevent this teaching, but it is not so easily stamped out because of all the differing approaches that are available without admitting to teaching CRT itself, and the supervisors cannot be in each class all the time.

This is the teaching to whites that they are inferior to blacks, and blacks are superior to whites using a number of different but parallel word schemes. Virginia will now cease teaching it thanks to Gov. Youngman who has just taken office. So, the problem has been teachers slipping into the mode of telling their students how to take racism; blacks good; whites bad! In my opinion, this CRT thing is not a Left or Right issue, it is clearly injecting trouble into the minds of very young children, white and black, when they are far too young to cope with the information.

Coos Bay Tom Loc: coos bay oregon

I agree. Things like the Tulsa massacre- Rosewood massacre--Emmitt Till-- Ruby Bridges are more for college curriculum as a study of our racist path. Young kids need to be shielded from this until they are mature enough to handle it.