They have either lost confidence that you can help, or concluded you
do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.” Colin Powell
March 13, 2024, And Every Wednesday
By Linda Case Gibbons, Esq.
(Check out Lest We Forget and FYI.)
George Washington was in every way the Father of His Country.
He had a handle on the finances needed to wage the revolution.
He knew firsthand what his soldiers needed, and through thick and through thin, he led and fought beside them.
Philosophically the Founding Fathers and supporters of independence were closely tied to France.
Patrick Henry’s “Give me liberty or give me death,” and Thomas Jefferson’s “All men are created equal,” reflected the writings of French philosopher Rousseau.
The concept of a government of checks and balances was expressed by the Baron de Montesquieu.
And the Founding Fathers watched the budget
In October, 1776, Benjamin Franklin was sent, hat in hand, to ask France for financial assistance. The French came through to the tune of $13 billion dollars.
Later, America supported the French in their own revolution.
They were allies. Like-minded.
And then there is Joe Biden’s presidency.
Joe leads the country in the manner in which he leads his personal life.
He has no idea of what a balanced budget is, because, in his private life, money just appears when he needs it.
So, he gives money away to college students to pay their tuition and buy their votes.
He gives money to Iran, a state sponsor of terrorism.
He leaves billions of dollars of state-of-the-art military equipment during a hasty, sloppy withdrawal from Afghanistan.
He decides to send millions of taxpayer dollars in “humanitarian relief” to Gaza, and to send U.S. Army ships there to build a floating dock to accept the relief goods.
All while urging US. ally Israel, to throw in the towel.
In an ironic twist yesterday, Biden Secretaries Blinken and Mayorkas asked Congress for $13 billion dollars, to provide housing for an illegal immigrant problem Biden’s open border created.
Joe is an arm’s length president. Totally content to be disconnected from the will of the people.
Under his presidency a two-tiered legal system has been created which exempts people like him and Hillary Clinton from prosecution.
On Tuesday, Special Counsel Hur testified before Congress as to why Joe Biden was not prosecuted for retaining classified documents, and for reading information from those documents to his ghostwriter, Mark Zwonitzer.
The retained documents were marked “secret” and “confidential,” and were related to Ukraine and China, according to Hur’s report, and included documents about military policy, foreign policy, and national security.
Hur testified that Zwonitzer had audio recordings of his interviews with Biden, with Biden reading aloud from classified documents. Zwonitzer "slid those files into his recylce bin on his computer," Hur said, when Zwoitzer learned a special counsel had been appointed to investigate Biden's actions.
“Did the ghostwriter try “to destroy evidence,” Rep. Jordan asked. “Correct,” Hur testified.
“President Biden had strong motivation to ignore the proper procedures for safeguarding the classified information in his notebooks,” Hur wrote in his report.“He was writing a book,” Jordan said. “How much did President Biden get paid for his book?” Jordan asked. “It may be $8 million dollars,” Hur replied.
“Joe had 8 million reasons to break the rules, took classified information, and shared it with the guy who was writing the book,” Jordan said.
“He knew the rules, but he broke them for $8 million dollars in a book advance.”
“It was also his ego,” Jordan said. “Pride and money is why he knowingly violated the rules. “You agree with that, Mr. Hur? You wrote it in your report.”
“That language does appear in the report. And we did identify evidence supporting those assessments.”
We know Joe isn’t the “I chopped down the cherry tree” kind of guy. But one thing Joe and George do have in common: They both loved ice cream.
Of course, George had to keep a cow at Mount Vernon, and import sugar to make his tasty treat. And he didn’t eat his ice cream while the country was in crisis. At war. He took care of business.
Like a good father would do.
Hold the line, America.
Stay strong, Patriots