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Do You Think They Really Understand the Mess We Are In?
Townhall.com ^ | August 27, 2015 | Matt Towery

Posted on 08/27/2015 10:52:35 AM PDT by Kaslin

It's not just the stock market that is having trouble these days. In reality, everywhere you look there are just plain wacky things going on that somehow much of the media and political "intelligentsia" have failed to report or acknowledge.

Back in April, this column, based on analysis of several readily available financial surveys, suggested that a major correction in our markets was likely, not in a matter of years, but in just months. Bam. It happened.

The most troubling aspects are not the issues or problems that require a crystal ball and a lot of luck. More concerning is a collection of obvious events and patterns that seem to suggest that our nation is running right off the road and into a ditch.

Internationally, we have an absurd potential agreement with Iran. It has come to light that the Iranians will, at critical junctures in enforcing the deal, have the right to comply by virtue of their own self-inspection. No wonder Israel, the Saudis and everyone else in that region of the world are busy arming themselves to the teeth. This is "must-have diplomacy" at any cost, and it makes the late British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, he of appeasement fame, look like General George Patton when compared to Secretary of State John Kerry.

We have ISIS in control of half of Iraq, yet neither President Obama nor his administration seem concerned. Now throw continuing antics from North Korea into the mix.

The economies of most of Europe and much of Asia are in some phase of meltdown and have been for some time. Economic growth has slowed around the world and has turned out to be a pittance here at home.

Meanwhile, racial tensions are the worst since the 1960s, and the broad response has been to overcorrect whatever's wrong. You might have noticed that many of your local news stations often won't provide full descriptions of wanted criminals, even if they are still on the loose. Is it any wonder that so many people are gravitating to Donald Trump's refusal to play the PC game? Whether black or white, we need to know what a suspect looks like in order to find him or her.

And it goes on and on. Unemployment is arguably down, but no one seems to be making any more money than they did before the Great Recession began. Everyone I know has a higher health-care premium and a much bigger deductible than previously. And I don't care what anyone says about inflation; just note how much it takes to fill up that grocery cart compared to a few years ago.

A controversy over the old Confederate battle flag has somehow morphed into people feeling that it's just fine to step on, burn or ban our own U.S. flag. Some colleges and other schools have even banned our national flag from their campuses.

And then there is the contest for the presidency. On the Republican side we have a bunch of idiots at various state GOP parties vowing to keep Donald Trump off the ballot if he doesn't take some loyalty oath to the eventual ticket. This is supposed to be the Republican Party, not the Nazi Party. Such silly efforts only make Trump look stronger, and these leaders look like childish insiders. Trust me, this is going to backfire in a big way.

And then there are the Democrats. Now we see how the Obama loyalists plan to stop Hillary Clinton, just as they did in 2008. Is anyone dumb enough to think that the GOP has provided all the leaks and information related to her "classified emails" on that private server? Boy, the wheels of justice moved swiftly to seize on that one!

I've got news for Clinton: a lot of her current problems might be from partisan politics, but they are coming from her own Democratic Party.

With Clinton tainted Conservatives will be thrilled; that is, until the far more liberal Joe Biden or avowed socialist Bernie Sanders knock her off and the GOP has another potential November meltdown -- leaving us with Obama II.

And we thought just stock market was in trouble!


TOPICS: Editorial
KEYWORDS: isis; racialpolitics; stockmarket

1 posted on 08/27/2015 10:52:35 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin
You might have noticed that many of your local news stations often won't provide full descriptions of wanted criminals, even if they are still on the loose

Jeans and a t-shirt! Should be easy to spot him in a crowd, right?

2 posted on 08/27/2015 10:56:07 AM PDT by relictele (Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The Ends)
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To: Kaslin
Matt, my dear sir:

You are my former representative. You were always a weak sister and a RINO, that's apparently why you quit to go back to working for your family business.

I am glad that you are FINALLY coming to a realization that we have a problem here. Your assignment: Please come to a realization that YOU are part of the problem.

3 posted on 08/27/2015 10:57:10 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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To: Kaslin

I really think we’re living the end times. Those whom the gods seek to destroy they first make mad.


4 posted on 08/27/2015 11:04:28 AM PDT by jmacusa
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All this and he didn't mention the immigration disaster which may be the coup de grâce.
5 posted on 08/27/2015 11:18:03 AM PDT by oldbrowser (The kangaroos have taken over the supreme court.)
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To: jmacusa

I agree.

We had our warning (9/11), and the USA responded with sinfulness and defiance. Now America is about to enter the era of Judgment — markets, economy, society — all primed for big shocks.

I got exasperated trying to explain this to a couple of college professors at the Brain Factory (Diversity University) last weekend. They are big lib/commie/atheists and believe the problem is that America is not immoral enough for their liking.
Oh yeah, they think that Moehammedans are really peachy, and didn’t notice any contradiction.
That’s when I got more than exasperated.


6 posted on 08/27/2015 11:22:01 AM PDT by Zuse (I am disrupted! I am offended! I am insulted! I am outraged!)
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To: Kaslin

Not only did he forget to mention the influx of illegal immigrants he also failed to mention the rampant immorality, homosexual marriage, persecution of Christian businesses, etc.


7 posted on 08/27/2015 12:23:36 PM PDT by tuffydoodle (Shut up voices, or I'll poke you with a Q-Tip again.)
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To: tuffydoodle

He also forgot the removing babies from a mother’s womb and parting them out like a side of beef.


8 posted on 08/27/2015 12:25:21 PM PDT by tuffydoodle (Shut up voices, or I'll poke you with a Q-Tip again.)
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To: Zuse
The commie/atheists/professors/intellectuals consider the Mohammedans savages a means to an end. They really think because these barbarians are anti-Western/anti-Judeo-Christian that in effect the barbarians are doing their work for them and somehow , in the end when the savages do take over, they, the aforementioned pinheads will be free to carry on in their ivy towers and livelyhoods. It's only because the Muslims haven't yet been beheading university professors in Heidelberg, the Sorbonne, Cambridge or Harvard Yard that it's dawned on them that they'll be high on the list to have their heads removed. This isn't sophistry on my part, we both know this. When eventually the savages do start literally storming the ramparts of the teaching centers in the West and start their mayhem will, perhaps, these aforementioned idiots finally understand the danger we all know exists. There are other signs too Kaslin, as you've pointed out that indicate we're entering a final reckoning and for as long as I've been coming to this website you've always impressed me with your grip on the issues. Perhaps too some recent reversals in my own personal life(job loss) has left me a bit dejected in outlook. One should never start pondering such weighty topics like this at such a time.... In any event I hope I'm wrong, a bit sadly perhaps I still pray that God will save our great nation but that's up to him.
9 posted on 08/27/2015 12:37:44 PM PDT by jmacusa
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To: oldbrowser

‘’...the immigration disaster which may be the coup de grace’’. Most definitely true.


10 posted on 08/27/2015 12:39:21 PM PDT by jmacusa
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Seven years ago I made a last ditch effort to wake up a couple of (former) family friends and pointed out that the last line was this: millions of us Americans simply will not just hand over our country by tolerating an electoral “victory” imposed by tens of millions of illegal invaders. They can either wake up or be surprised by the blood that flows in the wake of the attempt.


11 posted on 08/28/2015 6:25:43 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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