Comments on the current political climate

I was born 60-plus days before Pearl Harbor, which I don’t remember of course. But I remember my uncles and cousins who served in combat talking to the family. Pride in America, honoring the flag and reverencing God was the norm. How things have changed. Now we see disrespecting the flag, the police and persecution of churches for meeting.

You have to be some kind of naive to think Biden’s choice for VP is a good one. It’s common knowledge she had an affair with a man old enough to be her father to further her political career. She prosecuted African Americans with a vengeance as AG in California. If you need convincing, I suggest your read “Profiles in Corruption” by Peter Schweizer. We don’t need any more race baiting than we already have. Any time some people don’t like the results or the outcome, it’s racism. I will agree there is prejudice today, but it comes from all races. A good example is the interview on Fox and Friends this week when Donna Brazile and Tammy Bruce got into it because Tammy asked about the Democrats explaining the rioting. Racism was the problem Donna spouted. I was taught early in life that work ethic and performance spoke volumes, race played no part. In my 29 years in the military I saw performance, not race, played out for a successful mission.

Switching gears, it’s getting a little old for the liberals to complain about the present administration. We’ve had Russia Gate, Impeachment Gate and COVID-19, which is Trumps fault. What else is his fault? He’s only added 400,000 manufacturing jobs, the poverty rate has fallen to a 17 year low, a total of 7 million jobs have been created, the stock market is at an all time high, African-American, Hispanic, Asian unemployment is at an all time low. All these stats were pre-COVID, but the facts are the facts. Now we see some wanting to vote by mail. We can go to Walmart, Lowe’s and any other big box store, but you can’t vote in person. Think about that!

Now we see anarchy and rioting. There has been over 30 deaths since this insanity began. No law and order enforced in those Democrat-run cities. “Boys will be boys,” it might be said. Where will this end? Almost every one of the police shootings that started the rioting, looting and burning was the result of individuals not obeying a lawful order. In the military, there was a command while on guard duty: “Halt or you’ll be shot”. The same applies with the civilian police force. To not respect the law gets you anarchy. Sound familiar?

God Bless America!

Lee Roy Lollar

Columbus

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