Articles: Politics

When Russian President Vladimir Putin blasted his way into Ukraine, he thought he was simply reassembling the great Russian Empire. What he actually did was reverse the global tide toward authoritarianism under the banner of woke politics.

The stage was set and the world was watching. Moscow, Beijing, Tehran, Riyadh, Tokyo, Tel Aviv, Seoul, Pyongyang, and every European capital was listening to his words, assessing his gestures, noticing every slurred phrase, and making critical policy decisions. President Biden’s first State of the Union address was one of the most important speeches given by a world leader in decades. Much of the world fears that Russia’s attack on Ukraine may be the beginning of World War III, and could lead to nuclear confrontation. They were looking for a strong expression of principles and a clear vision for the future of the world, and especially for freedom, democracy and the rule of international law.

The speech ended leaving much of the world discouraged.

President Biden recently outlined his economic strategy, highlighting his commitment to “Made in America.” Oddly, at exactly the same moment, the State and Defense Departments were endangering U.S. security by preparing to spend up to $4 billion to outsource part of America’s nuclear and space attack warning systems to foreign sources – American companies are not even allowed to bid. In short, providing jobs, on a critical national security program, to foreign countries, with U.S. taxpayer money. It raises so many questions about whether this White House knows what its State and Defense Departments are doing.

The Ukraine crisis has exposed NATO weakness and Russian disdain for the Biden administration. But, most importantly, it signals the beginning of the end of the precipitous decarbonization policies promoted by the White House and many states.

As President Biden steers America toward possible global shooting wars with the Chinese and the Russians, tries to incite a second civil war here at home, and drives full steam into American economic collapse and energy shortages, he — with help from progressive Democrats and most mainstream media — is watching the broad-based center of the Democratic Party bleed away.

December has arrived and it’s time to forecast 2022. I’ll start the ball rolling by framing the most gloomy scenario: 2022 could mark the end of the world, via global war and nuclear exchanges.

It’s often said that Barack Obama’s principal legacy was Donald Trump. Soon, Joe Biden’s main legacy also may be Trump. In both cases, Trump could be seen as a broad-based, middle-class populist reaction to massive overreach by progressives, their powerful supporters in the media and tech communities, and a firmly entrenched, permanent bureaucracy.

The spike in inflation is the flashing red warning sign that U.S. government spending must stop growing. The only reasonable answer is to reject any new spending and attempt to reduce current spending where possible. In short, the federal government must begin to grasp what every household in America understands — that unfamiliar, six-letter word: budget.

The Build Back Better bill — let’s call it B4 — combined with the infrastructure bill and President Biden’s green energy schemes are unprecedented threats to American national security and economic stability and must be stopped now. It could break America’s back by spurring an ever-larger surge in inflation, leading to Fed curbs, much higher taxes and recession. If the Congressional Budget Office doesn’t spell that out in the clearest terms, it has been politicized beyond redemption.

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) suddenly has emerged with that ever-shifting title “Most Powerful Person in Washington.” Over the past couple of months, Manchin, along with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), has stalled President Biden’s domestic legislative centerpiece, the Build Back Better plan, a virtual Christmas tree of progressive dreams to drastically change America (although many progressives might balk at the association with Christmas as just one more misguided, traditional, unwoke, joyful celebration by the majority of Americans who still believe in those “backward” ideals of family and spiritual light, and drive progressives to create additional grievances to further split Americans … so, please, cancel that metaphor!). In any case, moving on.