Dixie Rebel

It appears from the various bills and campaigns that the Democrats are pushing that their goal is to bring millions of Central American immigrants to the US and have them vote for Democrats.  The Democratic effort to bring more immigrants into the US has been going on for years. It is likely that the Democratic drive to bring Latino immigrants into the US was one of the main reasons that Donald Trump was elected President.   His first campaign speech, when he rode down the escalator at Trump Tower, was about immigration.   Trump is white trash and he knows how white trash thinks.   He knows the Democrats despise white trash and believe that destroying its political power is their road to political victory.   That’s one reason they applaud and encourage the destruction of Confederate statues.   Not all Southerners are white trash, but Democrats think they are.   By vilifying white trash and stuffing the country with immigrant blacks and Hispanics, the Democrats elected Donald Trump.

  Two recent articles on the Foreign Affairs website deal with the question of what Putin plans to do about Ukraine.   Will he invade or not? ·        Russia Won’t Let Ukraine Go Without a Fight ·        Ukraine in the Crosshairs I think the first ignores the history of the relationship between Russia and Ukraine, while the second tends to downplay the importance of the history.   The second article refers to an essay by Putin on the history of the relationship, calling it “revanchist drivel.”   There are several matters that may be prompting Putin to threaten to invade Ukraine.   ·        Putin see Ukraine as a historical part of Russia and does not want to see it move further toward the West. He may try to keep it physically under Russian control.     ·        Lukashenko, the Putin-supported president of Belarus is being challenged by a popular movement in Belarus. Putin may fear losing his proxy in Belarus as he did in Ukraine.   ·        Putin’s popularity and suppor

 Fulbright This post of an excerpt by the Abbeville Institute from William Fulbright’s book The Arrogance of Power reminds us that not all Southerners are idiots as the New York Times and Washington Post would have us believe.  The people who got us into Afghanistan and Iraq would have done well to read Fulbright’s book.  Fulbright wrote: The attitude above all others which I feel sure is no longer valid is the arrogance of power, the tendency of great nations to equate power with virtue and major responsibilities with a universal mission. The dilemmas involved are preeminently American dilemmas, not because America has weaknesses that others do not have but because America is powerful as no nation has ever been before and the discrepancy between its power and the power of others appears to be increasing…. We are now engaged in a war to “defend freedom” in South Vietnam. Unlike the Republic of Korea, South Vietnam has an army which [is] without notable success and a weak, dic

 John Heilman looked like an out of touch idiot on “Morning Joe” this morning, as did most of his Democratic diehard colleagues sitting around the table.  The polls on the Virginia governor’s race were off, but the polls on the New Jersey governor’s race had no resemblance to reality.  Whether the Democrat Murphy wins or loses, the polls about the election that had him winning easily were wrong.  Polling companies in America appear to be corrupt, bought by the Democrats who cite the fake polls everyday in the political punditry.  Based on polls, Hillary Clinton prepared a big fireworks display to mark her victory over Donald Trump in the 2018 presidential election.  Polling data seems to be strongly biased in favor of Democratic candidates, and the Democrats seem to cite polling more than Republicans, since the polling favors them.  Unfortunately it makes the media and election campaigns look corrupt and undermines public faith in elections and democracy.  Joe Scarborough, John Hei

There are two components to the “infrastructure” plan being debated in Congress – a plan to do construction and a plan to distribute money to people. There is bipartisan support for the “hard” infrastructure bill to repair roads and bridges, expand internet access, and do other types of physical work. The “soft” distribution portion is actually a down payment on reparations for slavery. President Biden is committed to paying reparations because his election was totally dependent on the support of the black community, epitomized by his primary victory in South Carolina, which was engineered by black congressman Jim Clyburn, and which made him the Democratic nominee after losing badly in earlier primaries. Although President Biden has traditionally been a moderate Democrat, his obligations to both the black electorate and the progressive wing of the Democratic party are pushing him strongly to the left. The gigantic portion of his infrastructure plan that is not for physical constructi

  The following is from a Christmas 1856 letter that Robert E. Lee wrote to his wife.  At the time he had never owned more than half a dozen slaves, and they had probably been inherited or given to him by his father-in-law, Mr. Custis.  “In this enlightened age, there are few I believe, but what will acknowledge that slavery as an institution is a moral & political evil in any Country.  It is useless to expatiate on its disadvantages.  I think it however a greater evil to the white than to the black race, & while my feelings are strongly enlisted in hehalf of the latter, my sympathies are more strong for the former.  The blacks are immeasurable better off here than in Africa, morally, socially & physically.  The painful discipline they are undergoing, is necessary for their instruction as a race, & I hope will prepare & lead them to better things.  How long their subjection may be necessary is known & ordered by a wise Merciful Providence.  Their emancipation wi

  Watching the analysis of the 20 th anniversary of 9/11, I was stuck by how many of the talking heads were Muslims.   It looked like 9/11 and Osama bin Laden were the best things that ever happened to American Muslims.   Twenty years ago, you seldom saw women wearing head scarfs; now you see them everywhere.   It was a rough few years for Muslims immediately after 9/11 as suspicious minds tended to believe that all Muslims were terrorists.   But then the reaction set in.   American media and academia defended and supported Muslims as good, ordinary people.   As a result Muslims and Islamic ideas have become much more important to American politics and thinking.   America has become more Islamic and less Christian.   Islamists not only won the war in Afghanistan, they won the war for minds in America.   Osama bin Laden did not “win,” but he should be proud of what he accomplished in terms of promoting Islam.   In 2001, there were no Muslims in the American Congress; today there