Reflections of An Uncommon Common Man

Jasmine Crockett opened her Texas Senate campaign yesterday in what some Conservatives are calling an odd way. In my view it would be a toss-up between who is the dumbest, AOC or Crockett. Having said that I think the announcement ad for her Senate campaign was brilliant. I don't know who is handling her campaign but I think the ad has the potential to be very effective. In the ad she doesn't say anything. She is just sitting there in her best hair and makeup while Trump's voice is playing in the background. Trump is pretty much belittling her intelligence and character in the harshest terms. I agree with what Trump is saying. In my view she is an attractive woman but she is a moron and not up to being a dog catcher much less a U.S. Senator. Trump's tone, however; does not play well with many women. I have noticed this with conservitive women like my wife and others. They know at election time that Trump, or the Republican on the ballot is their only logical choice to v...

 A group called The Legal Clarity Team explains the Posse Comitatus Act this way. The Posse Comitatus Act, codified as18 U.S.C. 1385 is a federal law that limits the use of the U.S. military in civilian law enforcement. Enacted in 1878, it was designed to prevent military involvement in domestic affairs without explicit authorization from Congress or the Constitution. The statute states that anyone who “willfully uses any part of the Army or the Air Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws” is in violation. While it does not explicitly mention the Navy or Marine Corps, Department of Defense regulations extend similar restrictions on these branches, ensuring the prohibition applies broadly. Several legal exceptions allow military involvement in domestic law enforcement. The most notable is the Insurrection Act, which grants the president authority to deploy federal troops to suppress insurrections, domestic violence, or unlawful obstructions of federal law when lo...

 There is a scene in the movie Lone Survivor where a Navy SEAL team runs into a group of Afghan goat herders. The SEAL team tries to avoid detection but are discovered. The goat herders are captured and the SEAL team is faced with a moral dilemma. This movie is based on the real life Operation Red Wings in Afghanistan. It's goal was to disrupt the operations of Taliban militias in the area. It took place in the Summer of 2005. Upon capturing these Afghan locals the four SEAL team members begin arguing over what to do with them. Since they are isolated and so close to the enemy they basically had three options. Kill them, tie them up and gag them or let them go. They know that if they let them go it will only be a matter of time before they are confronted with overwhelming odds but they they decide  that choosing this option would keep them out of trouble with the political left and the mainstream media. They let them go and predictably the goat herders ran back to their villag...

 President Trump has encouraged the Republican Senate to end the filibuster. After much thought I agree with him. For years I was strongly opposed to ending the filibuster because if the Democrats ever regain control over the executive and both legislative branches America will be finished. They will vote to end the filibuster and simple majority votes will transform this country into a Communist hell hole. The Supreme Court will be packed with Communists, Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico will become states. The electoral college will be abolished. Their political enemies will be jailed and murdered. That includes average American patriots who resist. Believe them when they tell you that they want us dead. This is not hyperbole. We are one election away from tyranny and believe me that they will definitely end the filibuster if they regain power.  Trump makes a good point about the filibuster. We have a golden opportunity here. If Republicans can muster the backbone they have a...

   My great great grandfather Goodman Seagraves fought for the Confederacy. He was a private in the 4th Regiment Tennessee Cavalry (Mclemore's). He was born in 1829 in Wake County North Carolina near Raleigh. Goodman died in 1904 in Cherry Hill, Polk County western Arkansas which is near the infamous town of Mena. I am not sure when he enlisted but the unit was formed in May 1862 at Camp Robertson and I am assuming that he fought with the unit until it was surrendered to William T. Sherman in Durham North Carolina. It was assigned to Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry and fought at Parkers Crossroads, Chickamauga, the Atlanta campaign and the battle of Franklin. The men in the unit came from Wilson, Marshall, Bedford, Rutherford, Smith, Marion, Coffee and Franklin counties.  Goodman was married twice. A family story says that his first wife, and my great grandmother Narcissa Ellen Turner supposedly heard that he had been killed in battle. Thinking that she was a widow she ...

 No one but the Communist left is angry over the arrest and deportations of thousands of violent illegal aliens, sexual predators and D.U.I. offenders but some among the more right leaning patriots of the country get a little jelly legged at the prospect of rounding up illegals whose only sin was crossing the border illegally. They are seen as virtuous hard working people who are simply victims of circumstances trying to escape grinding poverty and oppression for a shot at the "American Dream". Is this really an accurate depiction?  How many of these people are committing fraud by working on stolen social security numbers? How many of them are driving without a valid drivers license and insurance? How many leave the scene of an accident because they don't have these things? These things drive up our insurance costs. How many are voting illegally canceling out the vote of legal American citizens? How many are being paid in cash under the table avoiding the payment of incom...