Be happy!

While the results of the presidential election are still not determined, and the news media has called the race for Democrat Joe Biden, the news across the country for the GOP is excellent. Be happy!

While the results of the presidential election are still not determined, and the news media has called the race for Democrat Joe Biden, the news across the country for the GOP is excellent. Be happy!

Bastrop GOP LogoBastrop County GOP swept every contested race in the County.  Every GOP candidate won here.  Congrats to Mike Gepner on providing the leadership, and hands on work, that a county chairman should.  Congrats to Mike and his team on building the network needed to take us forward as a growing county with a growing Republican Party.

Republicans are expected to gain 13 more seats in the US House of Representatives. Current totals are Dems: 215, GOP: 201, Not yet decided: 19.  218 are needed for a majority.

Republicans held all statehouse chambers. And, the GOP gained control of both the NH House and Senate. Redistricting happens after a census year, so in many states, including TX, FL and NC, GOP legislatures will be drawing the maps. Those three states represent more than 80 house seats.

Congressman Michael McCaulTexans continue to be represented by two Republican US Senators: Senator Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, who handily won re-election. In our own Bastrop County, both Congressman Michael McCaul (CD-10) and Congressman Michael Cloud (CD-27) won re-election.

Let’s talk Texas:

  1. All statewide positions stayed with the GOP.
  2. Nearly all judicial positions remained in GOP hands.
  3. The Texas House continues with a GOP majority: the same split as it had in the 2019 session (83 GOP to 67 Dems).
  4. The Texas Senate continues with a GOP majority. We lost the super majority by one seat, but kept the split nearly what it was in the 2019 session. (19 GOP to 12 Dems in 2019; now 18 GOP to 13 Dems)
  5. Overall, Texas did not lose one GOP Congressional seat and is poised to pick up two, or possibly three, additional seats due to the census. With both the Texas House and Senate firmly in GOP hands, and a Republican governor, the redistricting map, including those two new Congressional districts, will be drawn by the GOP.

There is much to celebrate for the GOP both in Texas and nationwide. Be happy!

#StopTheSteal #UniteFor45

Facebook and Big Tech are at it again. They’ve now shut down Stop The Steal groups on Facebook three times. That’s right. Three different groups. They claim the group was promoting violence. I guess our peaceful protests are viewed as violence by Facebook, whereas actual violence is viewed as peaceful protests. 1984.

Bastrop County TX Trump RallyShould they shut down our Bastrop County Patriots group, come on over here to my website. We’ll keep y’all informed via blog posts.

Our parade and rally will be Sunday, November 8 at 4PM. Posters with details are right here on this website:

ONE up flyer, suitable for sharing: https://republicancarol.org/…/12/Trump2020-11ParadeFlyer.pdf

TWO up flyer, suitable for printing: https://republicancarol.org/…/Trump2020-11ParadeFlyer-2up.p…

We also recommend you join Parler (parler.com). They are a true platform as defined in Section 230 of US Code. You won’t get banned there. You’ll find me there as ChazTX.

Did you know that Google stopped returning any Brietbart articles in Google searches since May? I suggest you stop using Google and instead use Duck-Duck-Go as your search engine. Google, Facebook, Twitter and others hide behind Section 230, claiming they are platforms (think RR tracks) rather than publishers.

Only Certain Allegations

Speculation ran rampant for more than three years. Allegations flew from the mouths of anonymous accusers and on-the-record accusers. Newspapers printed it all, both online and on paper. Social media was abuzz, sharing and tagging were the order of the day on all social channels.

But not this allegation. Not this speculation. This has been blocked by Twitter and Facebook. They wanted you to know every little alleged detail about Donald Trump, Russia and the Ukraine. They don’t want you to know every little alleged detail about Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, China and the Ukraine. So, they’ve blocked users who had the nerve to share a story from the nation’s fourth largest newspaper.

Front Page - NY Post Hunter BidenThe NY Post published an article citing emails and showing photos of Hunter Biden with a crack pipe in his mouth. Where did all this come from? Allegedly from Hunter Biden’s own hard drive.

And today, the NY Post revealed more of those emails, tying Biden to a Chinese firm for a $10 million deal and 50% of the firm.

Twitter and Facebook blocked sharing of this article and shut down users who attempted to do so. I hope you weren’t blocked. I hope I’m not blocked.

Looking for the article? Use DuckDuckGo as your search engine. Break away from Google and its algorithms that control what you see and search return rankings.

Explain how Trump is okay for our country

A friend private messaged me on Facebook. “I would love you to explain to me how Trump is ok for our country and constitution and tell me you think he is a good president. I will try to revisit my position.”

I responded as follows:
“First: he’s done what he promised to do. The elected official that actually does what he/she said he/she would do is rare.

“Second: I believe in the wall to stop guns, drugs, and human trafficking as much as possible. He’s moved that forward.

“Third: I’ve been hearing “energy independence” since sitting in gas lines in the 1970s when I needed gas to work. We have achieved that under Trump due to deregulation.

“Fourth: The First Step Act which has given those non-violent offenders with ridiculously long sentences another chance at life out of jail, changing people’s lives.

“Fifth: Calling out China on their abuses…. cheap Chinese labor is nothing more than slavery in another country and our corporations have benefited from that ever since Clinton gave China most favored nation status. Trump is holding the Chinese back from buying Africa through Chinese funded infrastructure project loans they can never pay back, using Chinese (not local) employees, and Eastern Europe through energy dependence.

“Sixth: Opportunity Zones in the inner cities, leading to lower unemployment… these encourage economic development in our cities where it’s desperately needed for jobs and a tax base to support civic programs.

“And, this is purely subjective.. he believes in this country, its people, and is a cheerleader for innovation and economic growth.”

For anyone reading this far: visit https://promiseskept.com/ to compose YOUR list of why you’re voting for President Donald J. Trump.

Boycott the NFL on Military Appreciation Weekend

This was sent to me by a friend via email. It is a perfect explanation of why some of us are so angry at players in all sports who “take a knee” and in doing so disrespect this great country… the one without a caste system, where the only thing that holds someone back is a lack of education and a lack of initiative, where “rag to riches” stories abound. Major league athletes should thank God every day that they live in this country, hold themselves up as role models, examples to others so that they might also achieve. When you don’t, you are selfish and self-centered, egotistical. Think about where you could be because, as Mom always said, “there but by the Grace of God go you.”

Open Letter To NFL Players. The Boycott is coming. 

You graduated high school in 2011. Your teenage years were a struggle.  You grew up on the wrong side of the tracks. Your mother was the leader of the family and worked tirelessly to keep a roof over your head and food on your plate.  Academics were a struggle for you and your grades were mediocre at best. The only thing that made you stand out is you weighed 225 lbs and could run 40 yards in 4.2 seconds while carrying a football.

Your best friend was just like you, except he didn’t play football. Instead of going to football practice after school, he went to work at McDonalds for minimum wage

You were recruited by all the big colleges and spent every weekend of your senior year making visits to universities where coaches and boosters tried to convince you their school was best. While they laid out the red carpet for you.

Your best friend worked double shifts at Mickey Ds. College was not an option for him.

On the day you signed with Big State University, your best friend signed paperwork with his Army recruiter.

You went to summer workouts. He went to basic training

You spent the next four years living in the athletic dorm, eating at the training table. You spent your Saturdays on the football field, cheered on by adoring fansTutors attended to your every academic need. You attended class when you felt like it. Sure, you worked hard. You lifted weights, ran sprints, studied plays, and soon became one of the top football players in the country. 

Army soldier and jeepYour best friend was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division. While you were in college, he deployed to Iraq once and Afghanistan twice. He became a Sergeant and led a squad of 19 year-old soldiers who grew up just like he did. He shed his blood in Afghanistan and watched young American’s give their lives, limbs, and innocence for the US. 

You went to the NFL combine and scored off the charts. You hired an agent and waited for draft day. You were drafted in the first round and your agent immediately went to work, ensuring that you received the most money possible. You signed for $16 million although you had never played a single down of professional  football. 

Your best friend re-enlisted in the Army for four more years. As a combat-tested sergeant, he will be paid $32,000 per year.

“You will drive a Ferrari on the streets of South Beach.  He will ride in the back of a Blackhawk helicopter with 10 other combat loaded soldiers.  You will sleep at the Ritz. He will dig a hole in the ground and try to sleep. You will “make it rain” in the club. He will pray for rain as the temperature reaches 120 degrees.  On Sunday, you will run into a stadium as tens of thousands of fans cheer and yell your name.

American Flags on gravesFor your best friend, there is little difference between Sunday and any other day of the week. There are no adoring fans. There are only people trying to kill him and his soldiers. Every now and then, he and his soldiers leave the front lines and “go to the rear” to rest. He might be lucky enough to catch an NFL game on TV.  When the National Anthem plays and you take a knee, he will jump to his feet and salute the television.

While you protest the unfairness of life in the United States, he will give thanks to God that he has the honor of defending his great country

To the players of the NFL: We are the people who buy your tickets, watch you on TV, and wear your jerseys. We anxiously wait for Sundays so we can cheer for you and marvel at your athleticism. Although we love to watch you play, we care little about your opinions until you offend us. Football player kneelingYou have the absolute right to express your opinion, but we have the absolute right to boycott youWe have tolerated your drug use and DUIs, your domestic violence, and your vulgar displays of wealth. We should be ashamed for putting our admiration of your physical skills before what is right. But now you have gone too far. You have insulted our flag, our country, our soldiers, our police officers, and our veterans.

You are living the American dream, yet you disparage our great country. 

I encourage all like minded Americans to boycott the NFL.  National boycott of the NFL on Sunday, November 8, 2020 – on “Military Appreciation“ Weekend. Boycott all football telecasts; all fans, all ticket holders, stay away from attending via any media (or in person if things open up). 

Honor our military, some of whom come home with the American flag draped over their coffin.

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Put the blame where it belongs… on Democrats

Since 1945 when Hubert Humphrey became mayor of Minneapolis, for only 2 years and one day have Republicans led the city. Independents led the city for another 6 years.

Since 1945, seventy-five years, Democrats have controlled Minneapolis with the exception of a total of 8 years and one day.

House Speaker Democrat Nancy Pelosi

Yet, today, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi blamed the death of George Floyd on Republicans.

“On Tuesday, as Senate Democrats rejected Sen. Tim Scott’s (R-S.C.) police reform bill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) accused Republicans of ‘trying to get away with murder, the murder of George Floyd.'” (pjmedia.com)

Just let that sit for a minute. Almost 70 years of Democrat mayors and Pelosi blames Republicans.

  • Who appointed police chiefs throughout those 65+ years? Democrats
  • Who approved the size and organizational structure of the police department throughout those 65+ years? Democrats
  • Who approved police “standard operating procedures” (SOPs) throughout those 65+ years? Democrats
  • Who hired police officers throughout those 65+ years? Democrats
  • Who interviewed police officers for advancement and promotion throughout those 65+ years? Democrats
  • Who supervised police training throughout those 65+ years? Democrats
  • Who disciplined police officers throughout those 65+ years? Democrats
  • Who reviewed their personnel jackets when determining who was eligible for promotion? Democrats
  • Who negotiated police contracts? Democrats

The Federal government does not appoint mayors or council members. Local voters elect them. The Federal government does not hire police chiefs, dictate SOPs, hire or fire police officers, determine the use of community policing, number of officers on the road at any point in time, or any other aspect of the organization and policies of police departments. Local elected officials and their administrative hires do.

In Minneapolis, Democrats did. Now, Democrat Pelosi tries to shift the blame. Democrat Pelosi says the proposed Federal legislation doesn’t go far enough, even though the Federal government has no role here.

Democrats have created these problems through feckless leadership over 65+ years. Democrats are the problem today, watching their city burn and doing nothing. Democrats in Washington continue to be the problem today, now blocking Federal legislation.

Hold Democrats accountable because they are.

Stat source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Minneapolis.

There’s no First Amendment right to criminal rioting

They aren’t right. They aren’t left. They aren’t white supremacists. They aren’t left wing nut jobs. They aren’t fascists. They aren’t protesters.  They aren’t peaceably assembling, and thus aren’t protected by the First Amendment.

THEY ARE CRIMINALS and deserve to be treated as such.

These CRIMINALS hijacked a situation that was poised to bring everyone together, foster a serious conversation about government – citizen relations. These CRIMINALS hijacked it for the tear down of society as a whole.

Protest peacefully during the day, but it’s time to clear the streets after 7PM. The Constitution does not give people the right to riot.

Governments are instituted among men for the protection of the whole. If these states, even with National Guard, cannot control rioters, cannot enforce their own laws, cannot protect people or private property or public property from damage, it’s time to invoke the Insurrection Act as was done in 1992 during the LA riots.

So you don’t have to look it up: 10 USC 333

Sec. 333. Interference with State and Federal law
The President, by using the militia or the armed forces, or both, or by any other means, shall take such measures as he considers necessary to suppress, in a State, any insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy, if it–

(1) so hinders the execution of the laws of that State, and of the United States within the State, that any part or class of its people is deprived of a right, privilege, immunity, or protection named in the Constitution and secured by law, and the constituted authorities of that State are unable, fail, or refuse to protect that right, privilege, or immunity, or to give that protection; or

(2) opposes or obstructs the execution of the laws of the United States or impedes the course of justice under those laws.

In any situation covered by clause (1), the State shall be considered to have denied the equal protection of the laws secured by the Constitution.