HELLO DIEGO GARCIA

We had been wondering for a while who on a little-bitty place like Mauritius would be reading this blog. Since it is mostly about American society and politics, we surmised that they were seeing if the Dodo still exists.  

Then we remembered that Mauritius is the home of Diego Garcia, the NATO air strip which used to house a squadron of B-52s (if memory serves) and is still an important U.S. military installation. 

And so, if I have readers in the U.S. Military out there on Diego Garcia; THANK YOU for your service to our Republic. A special shout-out for any of you who are veterans of the 24th Security Police Squadron, 24th Composite Wing, Canal Zone, Panama. That's my old regiment (1972-73, 18 of the best months of my life). By the way, the 24th SPS has its own Facebook group, of which I am a member. 

I have four police procedural novels out, guys. "The Peterson Investigation"; "Georgetown in Plainclothes"; "A Piper for Danny"; and "The Resurrection of Sergeant O'Bannon".  I have decided to write a new novel about the Pacific side of the Canal Zone. The working title is going to be "Zona Canal Zone" just like the signs in Spanish and English said on the border.  Everything is available on Kindle at $2.99 (cheap!). "Zona Canal Zone" should be available around Christmas (I hope). DEFENSOR FORTIS!

THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION 2016

The pot's a-boiling in Cleveland now as the Republican National Convention meets to anoint Donald Trump as the Republican nominee. The "never Trump" crowd of morons is pulling stunt after stunt - today there was a walkout of delegates - in a futile attempt to stop The Donald from actually obtaining the formal nomination. 

Much is being made of the fact that there are armed groups outside, taking advantage of the fact that it is lawful to openly carry a firearm in the State of Ohio. And these groups range from the New Black Panthers to the Oath Keepers (of whom I am a member); and the press and the City officials are begging Governor Kasich to ignore the law and the Constitutions of Ohio and the United States and suspend the right of open carry in Cleveland. So far Kasich has stood firm for the rule of law. 

Actually we think there will be no "gun violence" at the convention. As the great Colonel Jeff Cooper (google him) famously said, "An armed society is a polite society". As a matter of fact, I'll bet that crime in general drops precipitously in Cleveland while all those armed guys are there (much to the consternation of the media, who have a special corps of "reporters" who will jump on the first hint of even potential "gun violence" like a duck on a June bug). 

What is going on inside the convention, however, is the convulsive "last stand" of the Republican Establishment and its failure to recognize that "go along to get along" is NOT the way to deal with a Democrat Party that has been hijacked by American Statist Progressives (ASPs). Even Party Chairman Rince Preibus has joined the Trump bandwagon. Lots of these types have come to realize which way the wind is blowing. 

It is our hope that when the smoke clears and Trump is the nominee, everyone will then realize that keeping Hilary Clinton OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE where she will - if not prevented - crazy-glue Obama's "legacy" into place for all time. If Clinton wins, the Republic is finished. Stay tuned.

POKEMON GO AWAY QUICKLY, PLEASE

Sometimes - well, rather often, of late - we wonder if many of the grown-ass adults in this country have decided to regress to childhood because they cannot handle being adults. 

I thought I had seen the worst of it with those "adult coloring books". I'd understand if they were "adult" as in "erotic", but no, these are outlines of spiral shapes and flowers to be filled in using kids' crayons. 

And proudly hung on the refrigerator with magnets, where the proud "artist" can suck on a pacifier while he/she/it is praised by his/her/its "significant other". Ho-lee...

And remember back in the late 1990s how those metal kids' scooters were being marketed to adults? By God, anybody over the age of 12 looked absolutely ri-god-damned-fucking-DICULOUS riding one of those. 

Now comes "Pokemon Go", a "smart phone" application based on the 1990s children's card game "Pokemon". Basically the "app" directs users to locations where "Pokemon monsters" of various values are lurking, and users get points for capturing them. 

So now we are seeing in Washington, D.C. people - ADULT PEOPLE - walking around museums, surrounded by fascinating displays of major cultural, scientific, and artistic significance; and they are IGNORING the exhibits and instead staring at their "smart phones" trying to find a "Pokemon" before anyone else. What's worse, a bunch of "Pokemon hunters" was recently thrown out of the HOLOCAUST MUSEUM. THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM, which is a memorial to the victims of a mass slaughter perpetrated by a mesmerized bunch of fanatics. 

I hate to predict this, but it's gonna happen. A carload of idiot Millennials is going to collide with a tour bus full of schoolkids and kill twenty people because the Millennials were intent on getting that Pokemon monster at Mount Vernon before another gang of idiots. 

Pokemon go take a walk East until your hat floats.

THE ALEXANDRIA DAILY POOP ENDORSES DONALD TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN 2016

Yes, Gentle Readers, we have had our doubts about Mr. Trump. And we still to some extent do. But it would be a far far better thing to put Donald Trump in charge of the Executive Branch than to allow Hilary Clinton to assume the post. 

Strong conservative majorities in the House and Senate will - unlike with the Current Resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest - not be hesitant to deal sharply with Mr. Trump if he tries to go too far. Mr. Trump is neither African-American nor is he female. If Mr. Trump needs impeaching or even needs to be arrested, a conservative Congress will not shrink from doing so.  The fear of offending some or another minority by calling Trump to task will be totally absent. He's a "rich white guy". And we believe that he, unlike Mrs Clinton, will not treat classified information as carelessly as did Mrs. Clinton.

So we at the Alexandria Daily Poop urge all our readers who can vote to vote for The Donald. 

But also, vote in Republican conservatives who will keep him on course.    

IT'S TIME TO CALL AN ARTICLE V CONVENTION

The Constitution of the United States contains a way to amend it without going through Congress. It's contained in Article V. 

If 3/4 of the legislatures of the States agree, a convention may be called to propose amendments. Any Amendment drafted must then pass muster and be ratified by 3/4 of the States. It's a way to bring an out of control government to heel without the need for an armed revolt. 

This Convention has been called a "Constitutional Convention" by politicians who are terrified that We the People might want to clip their wings. I had a fucking "progressive" dweeb in my cab the other day and we discussed Article V. The blowhole actually wagged his finger in my face as if I were a child reaching for the cookie jar and said: "What if you wind up losing your precious Second Amendment? You could wind up with a runaway convention!"

I repeat: ANY AMENDMENT ADOPTED MUST BE RATIFIED BY 3/4 OF THE STATES!!! THERE WILL BE NO FUCKING RUNAWAY CONVENTION!. What's more likely is that U.S. Senators will be chosen by the State legislature and be subject to recall by the legislature AS WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED BY THE FRAMERS in order to give control of the Federal government back to the STATES and not to a bunch of bureaucrats and politicians in Washington. 

What's more likely is that the role of the Supreme Court will be more clearly defined and that it will be made clear that the Court is NOT an un-elected "super legislature". Term limits and the ability of 2/3 of the state legislatures to overturn any judgment of the Court will rein in the idiotic stretches pronounced by the Court concerning the Commerce clause and the "Takings" clause. 

And what's more likely, you ASP blowhole, is that it will be made clear that "Arms" are anything up to and including that which is carried by a modern light infantryman - which means a fully automatic select-fire true assault rifle. (grenades, bazookas, mines, and nuclear weapons are not "arms" they are ordnance, for all you idiots out there.)

Radio host Mark "The Great One" Levin has written a book called "The Liberty Amendments" Get it, read it, and then get busy writing and/or e-mailing your Governor and State legislators.  

ts

DOES SOME DEMOCRAT HAVE A VIDEO OF FBI DIRECTOR COMEY SODOMIZING A CUB SCOUT??

Truly, Gentle readers, we certainly hope that there are no skeletons
in the life of the Director. but what on Earth could explain how Comey could rattle off about 14 Federal felonies committed by putative Democrat Presidential nominee Hilary Clinton and THEN conclude that "No reasonable prosecutor" would seek an indictment??  

There was some mealy-mouthed argle-bargle about "lack of intent"; but this isn't about "intent"; IT IS ABOUT RECKLESSNESS. Recklessness which could cost people working for us on the down-low to be discovered and KILLED. 

We suppose Director Comey didn't want the FBI to be seen as practicing partisan politics in an election year. That's fine, but the woman who put our national security at grave risk - and by all accounts did who knows what damage - by transmitting secrets over an unsecured personal server - is trying to get her hands on an office that will give her access to the most sensitive information IN THE WORLD.  The FBI exists to PROTECT US from snakes like Hilary Clinton. 

For her part, Clinton says she now realizes what she did was "improper" and everyone should be assured that she won't do it again. 

REALLY??? 

That's like some dude who  drove a speedboat drunk in a no-wake zone and capsized a bunch of kayakers wants to captain a cruise ship and promises not to do it again. 

Mr. Trump, please tell Director Comey that even if there does exist a video of him plowing some Cub Scout's back forty, once you are President he will be pardoned if he does the right thing and changes his recommendation to the DOJ. Seriously.

WHY DON'T WE TRY LESS EMOTION AND MORE LOGIC?

This country has been presented with yet another spate of police-related shootings, of course of African-American males. And of course the Left has been out raising holy Hell about it before all the evidence is in. In one Minnesota case, the black man shot to death was the holder of a concealed weapon permit. As it turns out, the dead man told the cop that he had a gun. 

Then like an idiot he reached into his jacket to retrieve his permit to show the cop. 

HINT: NEV-ER EV-ER tell a police officer you have a gun and then put your hand into your clothing. KEEP YOUR HANDS WHERE THE COP CAN SEE THEM AND ASK HOW HE WOULD LIKE YOU TO RESPOND. AND FUCKING DO AS HE FUCKING SAYS WHEN HE SAYS TO DO IT!! It's no freaking wonder the cop started blasting. You tell me you have a gun and stick your hand into your jacket or your pocket, and I'll probably draw and fire, too. What? Was the cop supposed to wait for the dude to present his piece and open fire?

There were also a couple other police shootings, but we at the ADP don't know enough about them to comment. What we do know is that this latest spate of police shootings was followed by a sniper ambush of cops by some black dude who hated white people in general and white cops in particular. But he is being portrayed as a fucking saint gone wrong by the anti-gun media and politicians. 

Meanwhile, right here in Virginia a couple years ago we had a white dude by the name of Geer who was shot to death while had his hands up and presented NO THREAT whatsoever to the cop who shot him. (and this was verified by the cop's fellow officers). 

The cop got convicted of INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER and was sentenced to TIME SERVED! 

Did Geer's family  and neighbors riot? Did some white-supremacist  group burn dumpsters in the street? Did some white guy open fire on a bunch of Fairfax  cops?  NO. 

We suggest that everyone eschew the tendency to jump to conclusions before the corpse is room temperature and wait for the case to close - or at least for the investigation to conclude - before we start in with the yelling and recriminations. Everybody needs to put their brains in gear before engaging their mouths.