President Trump: Killing President Reagan's Legacy

Back in 2016, I made the decision to run against Lisa Murkowski and the reason was mainly over her position with ratifying START. 

This would be the last time I would be a registered Republican and it would be the last entry I made on this blog. 

For myself, I saw the GOP was moving away from what Reagan achieved with his foreign policy achievements and the GOP was heading towards a reset with the Kremlin. During the 2016 GOP convention that reset was put into the GOP platform. 

 The Original Draft vs. Final Language

When GOP platform committee member Diana Denman tried to insert language calling for the U.S. to provide "lethal defense weapons" to Ukraine -which was fighting a separatist insurrection backed by the Kremlin - Trump campaign representatives intervened and asked that her proposal be set aside for further review. 

In the end, the language was softened from "providing lethal defensive weapons" to a more vague phrase "appropriate assistance." 

A Controversy 

Another GOP delegate, Rachel Hoff, believed the final platform language signaled that a Trump administration would refuse to send lethal defensive weapons to Ukraine, putting Trump outside mainstream conservative foreign policy and national security opinion. 

The change was associated with Trump's then campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who had direct contacts with intelligence officials with the Kremlin. 

The Mueller Investigation Findings 

The Mueller report ultimately found no evidence that Trump ordered or was even aware of the platform language change. Trump himself said publicly " I wasn't involved in that. Honestly, I was not involved." 

First Term - 2019 (The Impeachment Incident) 

The Trump administration conducted a 55 day halt of hundred of millions of dollars in military assistance and weapons sales to Ukraine which was initially unpublicized. The Defense and State departments, along with an overwhelming majority in Congress, strongly supported assisting Ukraine, but the assistance was opposed by President Trump. This episode became the central issue in Trump's first impeachment. 

Second Term - Early 2025 (Post-Inauguration) 

The U.S. briefly stopped shipping weapons to Ukraine in the first days of Trump's second term as the new administration debated its policies toward Ukraine. Following an explosive meeting with President Zelenskyy, the Trump administration paused aid to Ukraine. 

Since Trump assumed office in January 2025, there has been no legislation or other authorization of significant new aid to Ukraine. While the U.S. has made no new aid commitments in 2025, European countries significantly increased their support and collectively have provided more aid than the Trump administration has since the start of the war. 

So in essence, the 2016 platform change from "lethal defensive weapons" to "appropriate assistance" is the template that Trump has followed. Which raises the question of what Trump knew going into the GOP convention and the change in the platform with regard to Ukraine. And the question has to be asked, how thorough was Mueller's investigation into Trump possibly being involved in the GOP platform change.

Moreover, two big players in the funding Ukraine debate are Elon Musk and Howard Lutnick. Under Trump's second term, Musk and DOGE agreed to audit U.S. funds sent to Ukraine, amplifying unsubstantiated money laundering claims. DOGE also defunded Yale University's Humanitarian Research Lab, which was tracking nearly 20,000 Ukrainian children abducted by Russia. 

Howard Lutnick stated flatly on Fox News that the U.S. would not provide funding to Ukraine until Zelenskyy presented a peace proposal. In short, Lutnick has been one of the more vocal administration voices framing Ukraine aid as something Ukraine must earn through concessions. 

The Numbers Tell a Stark Story 

Of the richest Americans, 80% of their political spending went to Republicans in 2024. The pattern has been set and is explicit - billionaire investment banker Howard Lutnick was made Commerce Secretary after contributing over $21 million to Republican campaigns. 

Elon Musk spent roughly $290 million backing Trump and then was appointed to head DOGE. The irony is both had ties with Jeffery Epstein. 

Let Europe Handle It 

Trump has been using European burden-sharing as justification for pulling back on Ukraine - yet when Trump launched us into a full blown war with Iran, very few European officials were told in advance about the strikes by Trump. This has led European leaders to push back by saying this is not Europe's war. 

The Double Standard in Plain Sight 

Trump's position is essentially: Europe should fund Ukraine's defense and Europe should send warships to support the war in the Middle East. A war started by Trump. 

Given Trump's position of taking a soft stance with the Kremlin when it lifted sanctions while knowing that the Kremlin is feeding intelligence to Iran, you have to question his double standard when dealing with Ukraine and Russia. For myself, in 2016 I saw how the GOP would be transformed into what it is today. 

It has become the voice of Trump and not conservative values. It has become a station for oligarchs to control and wield power while enriching themselves knowing that Trump can pardon them.

For a Reagan Republicans like myself, I left because the so called MAGA movement has tried to destroy Reagan's foreign policy legacy. In the end, his legacy will prevail and contrary to Trump's comments made to Zelenskyy, Ukraine does hold the cards and the spirt of Reagan in their hearts.

Claude AI

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Sarah Palin Screwed the Pooch

First for those on the Left - you're idiots because you support an idiot in the office of the president and are hypocrites as pointed out with Ellen DeGeneres's silence on a pic of a young child stepping on a dog's back.

However, its expected of the Left - now to Palin and her silence is consent with John McCain - not one word of criticism towards John McCain - her silence doesn't stop there - her silence with her bud the newly elected Gov of Alaska Bill Walker, the guy that has expanded Obamacare's Medicaid to include the cost of abortions, then you have her putting a service dog training facility in the spotlight.

I see these dogs being trained at our place at work weekly and I will tell you the trainers would not put that dog in that type of position. You can see by the photo when one foot is placed on the dog's back, that the dog is looking at someone who is giving the dog directions.

I have seen these dogs with families who are in the military and have autistic children and I can tell you that when the child climbs on the dog, that is a no no - the  parent quickly instructs the child to not climb on the dog and with good reason.

These dogs are highly trained to detect dangerous situations not trained to be used as a stepping-stool.

Her latest attempt on her Facebook page really shows her immaturity when she tries to shift focus and use her own lack of common sense as a foil to attack the lack of common sense of her critics on the Left.

And to those who support Palin, you are enablers to a behavior that has brought the spotlight on a agency that has been put unwittingly in the public spotlight.

You folks are no different than the idiots on the Left.

Sarah Palin's Spite Comes Home to Roost in Alaska

The not too commonsense conservative Sarah Palin endorsed the not too bright Bill Walker in this past 2014 Alaska Gubernatorial election.

In a close race, and with the help of Democrats, the not too bright Bill Walker won by a narrow margin.

What I fount interesting with Palin's endorsement was while the not too commonsense conservative Sarah Palin was attacking Obama on Obamacare, her choice for Alaska governor Bill Walker was embracing the medicaid expansion found in Obamacare.

The medicaid expansion that the Susan B Anthony List fought diligently against.

• Medicaid Expansion – The Affordable Care Act incentivizes states to expand their Medicaid programs for the poor by raising the eligibility limits for lower-income residents based on family size and structure. 
  
  • Slightly more than half of the states have chosen to expand their Medicaid rolls and roughly two thirds of these states pay for elective abortions for their Medicaid populations.  As a result, millions of uninsured women in these states will become eligible for state tax-paid abortions as a result of Obamacare. 
  • These state tax funds will be paid directly to providers filing claims and not merely to insurance companies providing the coverage. 
   

Everyone who was paying attention to the candidates, knew Walker was going to do this and when Walker came out with the expansion, Planned Parenthood let everyone know in a press release.

So there you have it - Palin endorsed a candidate that supported expanding Obamacare.

This comes as no surprise as she continued to support candidates like John McCain and her endorsement of Walker was done out of spite because Parnell smartly eliminated Palin's ACES with SB21.

The irony is Palin gets hit twice by Walker. He's keeping SB21 because it is working and bringing in more revenue than ACES did at the current price of oil and he has sided with a provision in Obamacare.

A provision that the Susan B Anthony List fought against.

One has to ask if Palin will be invited to speak at a breakfast with the group and explain her endorsement of Walker while her spite comes home to roost in Alaska.

How Turkey Neutered A Member of NATO

The Middle East and North Africa are areas that the U.S. has failed to change; a lesson learned by Russia - and NATO has involved itself in liberating Libya from Gaddafi only to see the Libyan Parliament take refuge in a ferry.

NATO punted on Russia invading Ukraine and now Turkey a member of NATO has decided to not allow the U.S. to use it bases to attack ISIS. 

On September 6th, I posted a thread that was related to ISIS and the responses from people in Turkey.

From the responses, Turkey has some serious internal problems and as such, a civil war could erupt in Turkey.

Moreover, an issue on energy has emerged where ISIS is smuggling oil into Turkey.

For the moment, Turkey has neutered the U.S. who is a member of NATO.

Alaska Gas My Ass: Putin vs Parnell and Walker

A catchy Alaskan phrase I decided to use to play off of the slogan Canada My Ass, Its Alaska's Gas.

I have written extensively about Gazprom, Putin and how Alaska will not, will never, even if hell freezes over, compete with Russia when it comes to selling natural gas to Asia whether it be Japan, China or some remote chain of islands in the South Pacific named Vanuatu.

It's a political season and you have Bill Walker pimping an all Alaskan pipeline pumping LNG to Asia - and Sean Parnell pimping a pipeline pumping LNG to Japan.

Both are wrong and a LNG pipeline built to pump LNG to Asia will fail. It will fail even when it will have to be heavily subsidized by the PFD.

Here is why:

Bringing Alaska North Slope Natural Gas to Market  (US Energy Information Administration 2009)

The LNG option is further undermined by the fact that there are large reserves of stranded natural gas elsewhere in the world that have a significant competitive advantage both because of their proximity to large consumer markets and because they would not require construction of an 800-mile supply pipeline through difficult terrain. Although there is definite interest in the LNG export option in Alaska, current advocates of the project have not yet secured letters of intent from potential buyers to purchase the LNG, nor do they have ownership of low-cost AD reserves, extensive experience in the management of large-scale projects, or strong financial backing. Finally, if shale deposits in the rest of the world turn out to be as rich in natural gas as those in the United States, worldwide demand for LNG could be reduced considerably from the levels that were expected just a few years ago. 

China and Russia’s US$400-billion natural gas deal ‘complicates’ new LNG projects

Japanese Lawmakers to Lobby Abe for Russian Gas Pipeline

Japan's LNG imports fall

Japan spot LNG contracted in June falls to $13.80/mmBtu (June 2014)

Japan spot LNG contracted in August falls to $11.40/mmBtu  (August 2014) 

What about Putin's use of energy as a weapon: 

Poland stops reverse gas flow to Ukraine, Kiev blames Russia

Russia’s Gazprom Cuts Poland Natural Gas Supply

There is no way in hell any Governor in Alaska going to go head to head with Putin on selling gas.

Moreover, not much attention was placed by Alaskans on Ukraine - too bad, because it shed light on how strong Putin is - sanctions by many nations didn't deter him - and he has proven himself to be ruthless.

Alaska gas? My ass - there isn't enough people in Alaska to pay for a failed gas pipeline before it is even built and a Governor smart enough to take on Putin.

@PutinRF_Eng gets Visited from Turkey via Twitter Retweets

I had sent a tweet out on Jun 11th - in the past few days it was picked up by people in Turkey and retweeted to @PutinRF_Eng - 

 

Religion and Patents

Mother Jones has a bogus study trying to equate religion and education.

While Universities in the US have come up with bogus studies on public vs private schools, a study in Canada which is not considered a religious country, shows how Catholic schools compare against public schools.

One is a Catholic school, for instance. And it’s scoring significantly higher than the other on Ontario’s standardized EQAO tests.

The trend isn’t isolated, as this Spectator analysis of EQAO scores at more than 140 local elementary schools shows.

From one end of Hamilton to the other, Catholic schools are achieving higher pass rates on standardized tests than nearby public schools, despite being part of a single, publicly funded provincial education system designed to level the playing field for all kids.

 As for patents issued in 2013 the US had 147666 patents China had 6597 - the study is clearly bogus.