Wisdoma

In the 1990s Newt Gingrich destroyed himself, Bob Dole’s Presidential campaign, and Republicans everywhere through personal narcissism and a desire for hostility and battles against everyone.

Do I need to mention his affair, and then after his wife was diagnosed with a disease his request for a divorce, at the same time he was pilloring Bill Clinton for the Monica Lewinsky fiasco?

One funny statement I saw online – Newt had asked why people instantly dislike him, and he was told because it saves them time.

Which is too bad. He has a sharp tongue, quick wit, and insightful understanding of many complex issues. If only the good could be isolated.

Hearing the unbelievable attacks against Mitt Romney personally this week in Florida, it seems nothing has been learned. Time has blunted the mistakes of the past, so they are to be repeated. We will see what happens. It could be a long campaign. But is there a point in destroying Romney to try and be such a tainted nominee yourself there is no hope of defeating Obama?

I was reading that Gingrich said he could not debate against someone who answered questions dishonestly in a debate. But it was Gingrich recently caught lying about hi marriage and offering witnesses to ABC News in response to questions at a CNN debate. Gingrich flat lied. (Not even a political exaggeration, just a flat lie.) Then with a straight face criticizes anyone who does that.

That is apparently what the Republican Party faces. No wonder Democrats are running ads in Florida against Romney in an attempt to help Gingrich! (If the parties were reversed the Republicans would be doing the same

Assuming Mitt Romney wins the Republic nomination for the Presidency, you can be sure there will be significant attacks on Mormonism by the media in an indirect attempt to undermine his candidacy.

This is something I have been sure of for some time. Today, I saw an early attack on Yahoo news.

Out of the blue, an article about a Mormon teenager’s emotional problems, and a wild claim about womens use of anti-depressants in Utah.

Nothing newsworthy at all about this. A story could be made out of an emotionally troubled teenager for any religion, or non-religion for that matter.

This is to be expected of Bay area based Yahoo, where any and every pro-gay article is fit to run. (Today the story was gays make better parents than heterosexual couples!) And, by implication of the LDS Church’s opposition to Proposition 8 in California, attacks on the Church are welcome.

But assuming Romney is the candidate, I expect to see a class action lawsuit alleging sexual abuse akin to that seen against the Catholic Church. Look for attacks against the Boy Scouts, an organization heavily supported by the Church. Look for more media “stories” about the Church which are not positive.

In this hypersensitive political landscape, in depth revelations about Mormonism, critiques of religious beliefs, and ridiculous (because they are not newsworthy) stories relating to private details told to Church elders (of which Romney was one) will soon be all over the place.

Between now and the Presidential election next year, I predict virtually every story of the Tea Party by the liberal media will include a racial reference.

The goal is to discredit the tea party as a bunch of racists. Better to discredit than to address the issues.

As Obama, the Democrats, and Republicans in Washington dither, engage in class warfare and political warfare, none of the proposals seems to offer a real solution to the deficit and mounting debt.

Obama is currently running a $1.5 trillion deficit PER YEAR – over a trillion dollars worse than the worst deficit under Bush.

Obama’s debt is, simply, out of control.

And yes, it is appropriate to call it Obama’s debt. Out of control spending and a stimulus seemingly almost entirely wasted on pork instead of making an effort to create jobs and induce businesses to create jobs.

The debt proposals talk about reducing the deficit by a trillion dollars over TEN YEARS.

Please. They are still just kicking the can down the road. Like everything else from Washington, in a decade the savings will not be seen. It’s always phony and fraudulent.

I’m getting old, as I’ve seen this over and over and over. It’s ALWAYS a solution that happens to be right after the next election or after someone else will be President.

Is a balanced budget amendment a solution?

Yes, but I’m not in favor of it because you never know what emergencies and crisis will occur in the future – which may require an unbalanced budget. I am thinking of WWII. Not that it will be repeated, hopefully, but the point is you never know what will happen in the future and what you’re straight jacketed into.

On the other hand, maybe it is necessary to force irresponsible “leaders” in Washington from continuing to promise things to get elected – without paying for them.

What if you’re at home having dinner in Indiana and a police officer decides to bang down your door, walk into your den and have a “look” around, maybe see what is on your computer, maybe join you for dinner, see if your teenage daughter taking a shower needs help shampooing her hair, etc.

So you “resist” and say no, get out of my house. You don’t have a warrant so you cannot come into my castle.

For the last 800 years legal systems based on English Common Law, including the US, would agree: No warrant. No emergency. Means no government entry into a private home.

Until now, in Indiana, where the Supreme Court has ruled there is NO RIGHT to resist an unlawful entry by a police officer into your home.

You cannot resist entry and you cannot resist being arrested and sent off to jail to be fingerprinted, have your mug shot taken for TMZ, being tossed into a cell with Bruno, trying to scrape enough cash together to post bail, etc.

Story and PDF copy of the court’s ruling can be found here.

Although the case arose out of a domestic violence situation, the Supreme Court said there is no right to resist government entry into your home. Period.

Why? Because resistance can escalate into violence (no kidding).

And there are remedies. When you get out of jail you can later hire a lawyer and sue – and in the process be subjected to in terrorem depositions and a mauling of your personal life, psychiatric and medical history to determine if your claimed emotional distress actually arises from being Bruno’s buddy.

Or since there is a “police department internal review and disciplinary procedure” there is no reason for you to protect your home, family, and person from invading police.

I’m not kidding about this. Bin Laden didn’t get to resist, and neither do you.