(The full quote is here.) Occasionally, the truth wafts in Washington like the smell from Jerry Nadler’s paper undergarment. First up is Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who has ignored the federal ban on using taxpayer money on abortion. Instead, he changed Pentagon policy and offers women soldiers and officers extra leave time and transportation to get an abortion. The policy also applies to military wives and daughters.
The great majority of politicians from both parties share the evil Carville’s mindset. Amorality runs rampant in the halls of our nation’s capitol building, federal departments and agencies. Same with the majority of state governments, red and blue states.
Aug 18, 2023·edited Aug 18, 2023Liked by Don Surber
Most of your graft and corruption start at the city and county level. His name was Jasiel F. Correia II. He was the mayor of Fall River, MA and he was SO corrupt he would make Joe Biden proud. He was SO corrupt that even after being indicted and formally charged and he STILL wouldn't step down. State and Fall River police had to forcefully remove him from the mayor's office. So, how bad was he? He actually said to reporters as he was being "Escorted" out of the mayors office, he yelled to reporters that "He would run again after he did his time in jail." I believe him.....and he is just as shameless as Joe Biden.
I remember a number of years ago, the liberal Boston Globe said there was NO mob influence or organized crime in Massachusetts. It was the LAST time I read the Globe. I posted this in its competition, the Boston Herald.
"Just because Martha Coakly, then MA attorney general, refuses to prosecute politicians who are ALL crooks, doesn't mean there is no crime." That is the real reason I would never move back
Massachusetts has to be in the top 5 most corrupt states in the country. What a dreadful place! Samuel Adams, John Hancock, John Adams, Paul Revere et al are rolling in their graves.
As a Christian, I don't think it is possible for people to be amoral unless they are incapable of understanding the implications of what they've done. We are all here because we ate of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil; all humans have (1) the capacity at some level to understand what is good and what is evil and (2) a willingness to accept some evil.
A child might not realize that feeding a bear is wrong because it puts not just himself but others in danger. But you'll have a hard time convincing me James Carville doesn't understand that what he said was immoral, that he is putting himself above others and taking advantage of them. Just because he's indifferent to whether it is right or wrong doesn't excuse him from responsibility.
Mr. Surber: "But what The Intercept inadvertently admitted was the truth that Fox News is just another propaganda machine."
I amicably disagree. It's Lachlan Murdoch's Political Action Committee, the twin of the "bankrupt" Silicon Valley Bank (D-CA) (I wouldn't be at all surprised if someday we find out that Dominion returned 25% of the Fox lawsuit money as a kickback after the Madison Square Garden's 1950s Fake Wrestling lawsuit was settled ).
And Austin is a twerp who should be running a barbershop (anywhere you like, name the state and the town). Speaking of PAC's, Austin's Pentagon is America's largest Political Action Committee. Guess whose side they're on. Hint: Not Taiwan.
I still think the only way to break up this unholy uniparty cabal is with a viable third party. I am well aware of the problems with this idea but the last time a third party used its voice to push the unholy alliance was when Ross Perot did it and he was successful in bringing about concessions and changes. We can do it again.
Yes, I can see you have no idea. You quoted Austin's comment from Don's column--I just assumed you read the whole post. My bad. I won't make that mistake again. Have a great day.
Loved me some Stormin' Norman! My great niece lived on Schwartzkopf Circle. I wanted to steal her mail box, but something told me that wouldn't be kosher.
The most frustrating part of this article is the worthless, do-nothing Republicans in Congress. I'm even getting fed up with people like Jim Jordan and J.D. Vance - who can write a real mean Tweet, but can't (make that "WON'T") get any meaningful legislation passed in a Republican majority House! What good are they? Traitors to their constituents.
I'm sure the Almighty can the do what's necessary on DC and slice right around the Museum of the Bible, that I have yet to visit. (400 4th St SW, Washington, DC 20024)
The truths are truly self evident: our country is run by a shadow government with a demented pervert as “leader.” Our military is run by an incompetent set of leaders chosen for their sexual preferences and skin color rather than their merit. Our congress is run by narcissistic sycophants who only want to self enrich themselves. Our fellow Americans are getting poorer sicker and unhappier each passing day.
Anti-American politicians and environmentalists have a common goal. That goal is to keep American capitalism in chains. Don, the coal mining behemoths you mention are getting exactly what they want. American coal production is being killed while Australian coal production thrives. The investors in Australia are mostly the same people who own mines in America. The Aussie mines, without the extreme regulation found in America, thrive by selling coal to China, the world's largest polluter.
Modern American power plants fueled by coal are super clean. They achieve clean power by burning finely ground coal powder injected into the furnace with high pressure pumps. The powder does not burn, it explodes in the furnace, producing minute residue. What residue is produced is filtered and scrubbed out of the exhaust so that pollution is near zero. (You won't learn that from the MSM)
China uses mostly old style burning coal power plants that turn China's air gray. Ask anyone who has visited China and they will confirm the gray air. The Chinese wear masks for a real reason Readers will recall that China shut down many power plants for six months prior to the 2020 (?) Olympics in a vain attempt to clean the air.
Make no mistake, donors are getting exactly what they want, a Democrat controlled Congress, i.e., one that can be bought, to which they have access at will.
You know, I can't help but think if parties were a little more interested in serving than in winning they might not have so much trouble, well, winning.
The GOP neither wins nor serves the American people. They serve the system, the blob, the borg, the elites, the globalists, the deepstate, whatever you want to call it. They are the Washington Generals to the Democrats Harlem Globetrotters.
Great essay with a perfect introduction.Carville has been an assassin of the truth for years but I had never read this statement before.The man even looks like a serpent with [initials]? J C but surely linked to satan himself.His theory that dems are stupid is proven every day where ever one may encounter a lib or rino.Puff poll Dr. cat.
Oliver Anthony just about says it all in his song "Rich Men North of Richmond" but, in light of this great column, I'll add this: rich men giving money to other rich men.
My "Fox News moment" occurred the second that Harris Faulkner shut down instantly the conversation when it turned to George Soros. It was so blatantly obvious I think I may have actually dropped my jaw.
Screw them and their false front conservatism, reminiscent of Hollywood's false front buildings in Westerns.
"The Intercept said, 'The senator received tens of thousands of dollars from Fox executives and lawyers from April to June...'"
Are the contributions from both executives and lawyers of Fox, or assorted lawyers not necessarily employed by Fox, and Fox executives? It's a confusing sentence, and I can guaran-damn-tee that Ms. Jirak, my high school senior-year Composition teacher would have had a field day marking up my submission with a sentence as ambiguous as that.
"...the Green New Deal, which Democrats mislabeled as the Inflation Reduction Act."
The Democrats did not mislabel it - they flat-out lied.
Matt Dole is clearly an idiot. Trump has no coalition in Washington, DC - at best, he has the support of a handful of Representatives, and maybe two or three Senators. Trumps REAL coalition is the millions of voters that the Political Class loves to mock, ridicule, and ignore, if it can. Trump has no need of, or use for "Republicans" in Washington, DC., but Dole has no idea there is an entire nation west of Falls Church, so what is to be expected, really?
The cat must have been tired, yesterday, because the poll question is far too easy. It's Raytheon.
Trump is effectively canceling the Republican Party. Loyalty oath? Loyal to what? The party that has betrayed its own voters for decades? You can smell the desperation, as the RNC seeks relevance. I just hope Trump doesn't screw up this historic, golden opportunity to relegate the Republican Party to the children's table.
It is good to be reminded that truth, hovering in a media jungle of fog and mist, is still visible once in a while. I think it was Abe Lincoln who said "No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar". Eventually, the truth will reveal itself. That's what I'm counting on.
According to Austin's thinking if a future enemy manages to decapitate the military with a surprise attack we would be unable to fight. No seconds in command could step up according to him. That is the military the Left has made for us.
i think they just have a narrower range of people they want to kill (by military means that is - as mentioned above their desire to maximize the intergenerational genocide of abortion knows no limits): first Christians, then remaining heterosexuals, then remaining gun-owning civilians.
. . . courtesy of Slick Willy's program to get good people out of the armed services and make the services vehicles of political patronage. that rot has been going on - and accelerating - for more than thirty years now. can anyone clean those Augean stables?
I want to focus on the very disappointing line aboutNadler’s bowl issue. I fully expected to see some New York Post article or better yet, a picture of the obese waddler having an issue with his, well “issue”. I was expecting to find out the real reason he keeps his pants hiked up to his nipples. But no….
Instead I watched a very funny SNL “commercial “ for a product that is probably more necessary than most would believe. Reminded me of the nights gone by when SNL was actually funny.
Aug 18, 2023·edited Aug 18, 2023Liked by Don Surber
“Austin admitted he puts the nation’s defense second after for the sake of abortion politics.” Exactly.
Gee, republicans favoring democrats in the Senate… Go figure as that is exactly what Blunt (MO), Burr (NC), Capito (WV), Cassidy (LA), Collins (ME), Cornyn (TX), Ernst (IA), Graham (SC), McConnell (KY), Murkowski (AK), Portman (OH), Romney (UT), Tillis (NC), Toomey (PA) and Young (IN) have done for years now. "It was critical we win the two GA senate seats." Not really with these cats.
You are not missing anything Donald, Manchin is a globalist favored by said republicans.
“Republicans are worried” Nada, republicans have said for years that ‘they make more money when our guys lose.”(Justin Riemer, Chief Legal Counsel of the RNC).
The column and the poll nail it.
The elites like Austin don’t work for the American people.
With very few exceptions, congressmen don’t work for the American people.
The political party machinery don’t work for the American people.
PDJT worked and will work again for the American people.
The great majority of politicians from both parties share the evil Carville’s mindset. Amorality runs rampant in the halls of our nation’s capitol building, federal departments and agencies. Same with the majority of state governments, red and blue states.
. . . heck of a lot of it at the county and municipal levels too. that just rarely gets any public attention.
Most of your graft and corruption start at the city and county level. His name was Jasiel F. Correia II. He was the mayor of Fall River, MA and he was SO corrupt he would make Joe Biden proud. He was SO corrupt that even after being indicted and formally charged and he STILL wouldn't step down. State and Fall River police had to forcefully remove him from the mayor's office. So, how bad was he? He actually said to reporters as he was being "Escorted" out of the mayors office, he yelled to reporters that "He would run again after he did his time in jail." I believe him.....and he is just as shameless as Joe Biden.
There is 'shoeless Joe' the baseball player and now Shameless Joe in the White House.
You say he's shoeless
I say He's shameless
You say his ruthless
I say He's Brainless
Shoeless, shameless, ruthless brainless
Let's toss the old guy out!!
I'm old enough to make the connection.
Good Lord, that is shocking. It's a slap in the face to voters, good and hard.
I remember a number of years ago, the liberal Boston Globe said there was NO mob influence or organized crime in Massachusetts. It was the LAST time I read the Globe. I posted this in its competition, the Boston Herald.
"Just because Martha Coakly, then MA attorney general, refuses to prosecute politicians who are ALL crooks, doesn't mean there is no crime." That is the real reason I would never move back
Massachusetts has to be in the top 5 most corrupt states in the country. What a dreadful place! Samuel Adams, John Hancock, John Adams, Paul Revere et al are rolling in their graves.
A government job is a gravy train job. Nobody wants to give that up.
Yes. Those too!
Where do think Nancy pelosi learned b her trade? D’alessandro family ran Baltimore for three or four generations.
Amorality? I think you mean immorality.
No. I meant amorality. An absence of morality, a disregard or incapacity to be be moral.
John Adams wrote the Constitution was not made for amoral people.
As a Christian, I don't think it is possible for people to be amoral unless they are incapable of understanding the implications of what they've done. We are all here because we ate of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil; all humans have (1) the capacity at some level to understand what is good and what is evil and (2) a willingness to accept some evil.
A child might not realize that feeding a bear is wrong because it puts not just himself but others in danger. But you'll have a hard time convincing me James Carville doesn't understand that what he said was immoral, that he is putting himself above others and taking advantage of them. Just because he's indifferent to whether it is right or wrong doesn't excuse him from responsibility.
I agree that Carville will have to account for his behavior and depravity.
afaik "those very few exceptions" are no longer in office. i think Ron Paul was the last of them.
Such wishful thinking, I wish it were true.
I think you misunderstood Denver's comment.
You are right. I am just worried that PDJT won't get the chance to work again for the American people due to cheating and the indictments.
Mr. Surber: "But what The Intercept inadvertently admitted was the truth that Fox News is just another propaganda machine."
I amicably disagree. It's Lachlan Murdoch's Political Action Committee, the twin of the "bankrupt" Silicon Valley Bank (D-CA) (I wouldn't be at all surprised if someday we find out that Dominion returned 25% of the Fox lawsuit money as a kickback after the Madison Square Garden's 1950s Fake Wrestling lawsuit was settled ).
And Austin is a twerp who should be running a barbershop (anywhere you like, name the state and the town). Speaking of PAC's, Austin's Pentagon is America's largest Political Action Committee. Guess whose side they're on. Hint: Not Taiwan.
I still think the only way to break up this unholy uniparty cabal is with a viable third party. I am well aware of the problems with this idea but the last time a third party used its voice to push the unholy alliance was when Ross Perot did it and he was successful in bringing about concessions and changes. We can do it again.
The article says:
"Three of our military services are operating without Senate-confirmed leaders."
I say:
There hasn't been a strong military leader in The United States since General Norman Schwartzkopf and that was 30+ years ago.
You gotta admit, the spin Austin has put on the issue will work in the media.
1) Change the subject from abortion.
2) Declare Tuberville the enemy.
3) Make support for military the paramount question.
4) Keep the question away from the WH & Biden.
Clever maneuvering by PR flacks.
Tuberville's approach is quite good, but Austin's carrying water for Biden admin is effective.
Yes, I can see you have no idea. You quoted Austin's comment from Don's column--I just assumed you read the whole post. My bad. I won't make that mistake again. Have a great day.
I like Ike. The first campaign button I ever wore. I was ten years old.
I was just barely old enough to remember it.
Mine was Goldwater/Nixon. I was 21. I didn't know what a hawk was, and didn't care. I like Barry G's glasses!
Loved me some Stormin' Norman! My great niece lived on Schwartzkopf Circle. I wanted to steal her mail box, but something told me that wouldn't be kosher.
The most frustrating part of this article is the worthless, do-nothing Republicans in Congress. I'm even getting fed up with people like Jim Jordan and J.D. Vance - who can write a real mean Tweet, but can't (make that "WON'T") get any meaningful legislation passed in a Republican majority House! What good are they? Traitors to their constituents.
Rev, even God is wondering if there are any faithful left in DC before he gives them the Sodom and Gomorrah treatment. There aren’t by the way.
Oh, I do hope so very much so!
Can you imagine such a Heavenly surgical strike?
Well, the up side is (there is almost always an up side) is that, if DC went the way of Sodom and Gomorrah, we could start from scratch.
I'm sure the Almighty can the do what's necessary on DC and slice right around the Museum of the Bible, that I have yet to visit. (400 4th St SW, Washington, DC 20024)
They don’t even try. Why aren’t they yelling and screaming about this idiot in Georgia?
They don't call it The Stupid Party for nothing.
The truths are truly self evident: our country is run by a shadow government with a demented pervert as “leader.” Our military is run by an incompetent set of leaders chosen for their sexual preferences and skin color rather than their merit. Our congress is run by narcissistic sycophants who only want to self enrich themselves. Our fellow Americans are getting poorer sicker and unhappier each passing day.
Anti-American politicians and environmentalists have a common goal. That goal is to keep American capitalism in chains. Don, the coal mining behemoths you mention are getting exactly what they want. American coal production is being killed while Australian coal production thrives. The investors in Australia are mostly the same people who own mines in America. The Aussie mines, without the extreme regulation found in America, thrive by selling coal to China, the world's largest polluter.
Modern American power plants fueled by coal are super clean. They achieve clean power by burning finely ground coal powder injected into the furnace with high pressure pumps. The powder does not burn, it explodes in the furnace, producing minute residue. What residue is produced is filtered and scrubbed out of the exhaust so that pollution is near zero. (You won't learn that from the MSM)
China uses mostly old style burning coal power plants that turn China's air gray. Ask anyone who has visited China and they will confirm the gray air. The Chinese wear masks for a real reason Readers will recall that China shut down many power plants for six months prior to the 2020 (?) Olympics in a vain attempt to clean the air.
Make no mistake, donors are getting exactly what they want, a Democrat controlled Congress, i.e., one that can be bought, to which they have access at will.
I respectfully submit it is not the voters, but the Political Class.
I love coal. Oil. Gas.
"His coalition will take their ball and go home.”
Just like Never Trumpers did in 2016 and 2020.
You know, I can't help but think if parties were a little more interested in serving than in winning they might not have so much trouble, well, winning.
Just a thought.
The GOP neither wins nor serves the American people. They serve the system, the blob, the borg, the elites, the globalists, the deepstate, whatever you want to call it. They are the Washington Generals to the Democrats Harlem Globetrotters.
Have to win to serve. We now are powerless.
Yes, but every time they "win" they seem to forget to serve, and so finally, they no longer "win." *shrug* I'm not sure what they expect.
Great essay with a perfect introduction.Carville has been an assassin of the truth for years but I had never read this statement before.The man even looks like a serpent with [initials]? J C but surely linked to satan himself.His theory that dems are stupid is proven every day where ever one may encounter a lib or rino.Puff poll Dr. cat.
Even his wife has referred to him as Serpent Head (affectionately, of course).
Carville is way past his due date. No one should listen to him.
Oliver Anthony just about says it all in his song "Rich Men North of Richmond" but, in light of this great column, I'll add this: rich men giving money to other rich men.
My "Fox News moment" occurred the second that Harris Faulkner shut down instantly the conversation when it turned to George Soros. It was so blatantly obvious I think I may have actually dropped my jaw.
Screw them and their false front conservatism, reminiscent of Hollywood's false front buildings in Westerns.
There have been a lot of "Fox News moments" since election night 2020.
"The Intercept said, 'The senator received tens of thousands of dollars from Fox executives and lawyers from April to June...'"
Are the contributions from both executives and lawyers of Fox, or assorted lawyers not necessarily employed by Fox, and Fox executives? It's a confusing sentence, and I can guaran-damn-tee that Ms. Jirak, my high school senior-year Composition teacher would have had a field day marking up my submission with a sentence as ambiguous as that.
"...the Green New Deal, which Democrats mislabeled as the Inflation Reduction Act."
The Democrats did not mislabel it - they flat-out lied.
Matt Dole is clearly an idiot. Trump has no coalition in Washington, DC - at best, he has the support of a handful of Representatives, and maybe two or three Senators. Trumps REAL coalition is the millions of voters that the Political Class loves to mock, ridicule, and ignore, if it can. Trump has no need of, or use for "Republicans" in Washington, DC., but Dole has no idea there is an entire nation west of Falls Church, so what is to be expected, really?
The cat must have been tired, yesterday, because the poll question is far too easy. It's Raytheon.
Trump is effectively canceling the Republican Party. Loyalty oath? Loyal to what? The party that has betrayed its own voters for decades? You can smell the desperation, as the RNC seeks relevance. I just hope Trump doesn't screw up this historic, golden opportunity to relegate the Republican Party to the children's table.
It is good to be reminded that truth, hovering in a media jungle of fog and mist, is still visible once in a while. I think it was Abe Lincoln who said "No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar". Eventually, the truth will reveal itself. That's what I'm counting on.
The more complicated the story, the more likely it is a lie.
According to Austin's thinking if a future enemy manages to decapitate the military with a surprise attack we would be unable to fight. No seconds in command could step up according to him. That is the military the Left has made for us.
The Lefties hate the actual purpose of the military, which Rush always so accurately said was "to kill people and break things". Any questions, class?
It is supposed to create a warrior class that can kill. Nothing should be shocking or wrong with that.
I think rev did not think it shocking. I didn't.
I reserve the right to question this, at a later date.
i think they just have a narrower range of people they want to kill (by military means that is - as mentioned above their desire to maximize the intergenerational genocide of abortion knows no limits): first Christians, then remaining heterosexuals, then remaining gun-owning civilians.
. . . courtesy of Slick Willy's program to get good people out of the armed services and make the services vehicles of political patronage. that rot has been going on - and accelerating - for more than thirty years now. can anyone clean those Augean stables?
I want to focus on the very disappointing line aboutNadler’s bowl issue. I fully expected to see some New York Post article or better yet, a picture of the obese waddler having an issue with his, well “issue”. I was expecting to find out the real reason he keeps his pants hiked up to his nipples. But no….
Instead I watched a very funny SNL “commercial “ for a product that is probably more necessary than most would believe. Reminded me of the nights gone by when SNL was actually funny.
Good one, Don!
That guy was in the military and rose to general?
Why are the Chinese waiting. Kill us now and get it over
no. political appointee as Secretary of Defense like Rumsfeld two decades ago
“ The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.”
~ Psalm 14:1-3
“Austin admitted he puts the nation’s defense second after for the sake of abortion politics.” Exactly.
Gee, republicans favoring democrats in the Senate… Go figure as that is exactly what Blunt (MO), Burr (NC), Capito (WV), Cassidy (LA), Collins (ME), Cornyn (TX), Ernst (IA), Graham (SC), McConnell (KY), Murkowski (AK), Portman (OH), Romney (UT), Tillis (NC), Toomey (PA) and Young (IN) have done for years now. "It was critical we win the two GA senate seats." Not really with these cats.
You are not missing anything Donald, Manchin is a globalist favored by said republicans.
“Republicans are worried” Nada, republicans have said for years that ‘they make more money when our guys lose.”(Justin Riemer, Chief Legal Counsel of the RNC).