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Yesterday, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke angrily confronted Texas Governor Greg Abbott at the governor's news conference about the Uvalde High School shooting, yelling, "This is on you."

According to Texas Tribune reporter, Patrick Svitek, "the Republican officials onstage quickly denounced O'Rourke. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz told him, "Sit down and don't play this stunt." Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick told O'Rourke he was "out of line and an embarrassment." And Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin gave the most colorful response.

“I can’t believe that you’re a sick son of a bitch that would come to a deal like this to make a political issue,” McLaughlin said.

Considering O’Rourke’s abhorrent behavior, total absence of compassion and brazen self-centeredness spurred thoughts about how differently hard leftists perceive virtually all aspects of life.

Progressive political philosophy coupled with promotion of “climate-change” to the easily swayed intellectually limited has proven to be an economic disaster. Business & Economy News reported on May 13: “US stock markets lost more than $7 trillion this year.”

“Big Number: Nearly 20%. That's how much the S&P 500 has fallen so far this year, putting the benchmark index on the edge of bear market territory. The Dow is down nearly 15% in 2022, while the Nasdaq has dropped 29%”

Aside from irrational costs of hard left economic policy, the nation is totally vulnerable to infiltration by countless unidentified entrants across the southern border, evidenced by those who are found out. Victoria Lopez reports @www.valleycentral.com/news: “On Monday, McAllen Border Patrol Station agents discovered a Mara-Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang member while processing records. The woman had also been previously convicted for assault with a deadly weapon in Washington.

“While processing the migrants the next day, agents discovered a previously convicted sex offender who was incarcerated by Hidalgo County for sexual assault.”

If those are the ones that did get caught, how many others have entered unnoticed?

Absurd administration is further evidenced by Progressive efforts to eliminate fossil-fuel usage without a viable replacement. That shortsightedness, or purposeful endeavor has proven incredibly costly. Deb Kiner writes @pennlive.com: “People traveling by vehicles for the Memorial Day 2022 holiday weekend will feel the pain at the pump in their wallet.

“Americans will be paying about $1.50 a more per gallon of gas to travel this weekend - the highest they have ever paid. The national average gas price today is $4.59 a gallon, according to AAA. The average price in Pennsylvania is $4.77 a gallon - the highest ever.”

Fuel, however, isn’t the only financial burden borne by every-day average Americans resultant of distorted political theorem. Basic living costs have gone through the roof as well. Brooke DiPalma ·Reporter, Booking Producer @https://finance.yahoo.com writes: “You'll likely be spending a lot more for this year's Memorial Day barbecue. Fan favorites like hot dogs, potato chips, and beer are just some of the items that have jumped in price as a result of inflation.

“The Bureau of Labor Statistics' April Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 8.3% compared to the same month last year, with the cost of food rising 9.4% and the at-home food category rising 10.8%.

“Firing up the grill is likely to hurt consumers' wallets the most. The prices of bacon jumped 17.70%, the most year over year; followed by chicken legs (bone-in), up 16.40%; ground beef, up 16.40%; uncooked beef steaks, up 11.80%; and hot dogs (all meat or all beef), up 6.20%. Frankfurters experienced the largest change in price dollar-wise. In 2021, a pound of hot dogs in April cost $3.81; today it comes in at $5.22.

“The only foods to cost slightly less or the same: strawberries, wine and tomatoes.”

Economics, however, is surely not the only aspect of Progressive philosophy that makes no sense whatsoever as a practical reality. It is light years beyond comprehension that any individual could possibly believe crime could be controlled whatsoever if you remove police authority.

To that effect, Dan O’Donnell reported on September 29, 2021 @www.maciverinstitute.com: “For more than a year, liberal leaders and their media allies have been pushing the narrative that the dramatic rise in homicides last year was due almost entirely to the pandemic.  Because so many people who were trapped in toxic relationships were suddenly trapped in their homes with their abusers, it was a tragic inevitability that the murder rate would go up.

“It was beyond anyone’s control, and certainly wasn’t the fault of liberal policymakers who screamed “Defund the Police!” for six straight months.

“Unsurprisingly, the FBI’s newly released 2020 Uniform Crime Report has thoroughly destroyed this lie and proven that the Defund the Police push was perhaps the most disastrous effort that local governments have ever undertaken.

“Aggravated assaults in America rose by an estimated 12.4 percent, while the murder rate increased by a staggering 29.4 percent—the single largest year-over-year increase on record.

“Interestingly, violent crimes did not peak in March, April, and May (the months in which most of America was actually locked down), but rather in the summer—after the death of George Floyd and subsequent nationwide move against policing in many major liberal cities.”

While the preceding illustrates several aspects where political philosophy can be extremely costly, it also raises the question as to why those of different beliefs should pay the price for others. It also brings back thoughts of Rush, who went so far as to consider possibilities of a formal split.

Back on December 10, 2021 an article by Jeffrey Rodack appeared on Newsmax quoting El Rushbo as follows: “Rush Limbaugh, noting conservatives have very little in common with people in certain states, is raising the issue of secession.

Limbaugh made his comments on his radio show on Wednesday.

“I actually think that we’re trending toward secession,” he said. “I see more and more people asking what in the world do we have in common with the people who live in, say, New York? What is there that makes us believe that there is enough of us there to even have a chance at winning New York, especially if you’re talking about votes.

“A lot of bloggers have written extensively about how distant and separated and how much more separated our culture is becoming politically and that it can’t go on this way. There cannot be a peaceful coexistence of two completely different theories of life, theories of government, theories of how we manage our affairs. We can’t be in this dire a conflict without something giving somewhere along the way.

“I know that there’s a sizable and growing sentiment for people who believe that that is where we’re headed whether we want to or not. Whether we want to go there or not. I, myself, haven’t made up my mind. I still haven’t given up the idea that we are the majority and that all we have to do is find a way to unite and win.”

That posting was concluded this way: “Thus, it seems predictions are occurring more frequently regarding rising probability of a cultural rift in the nation which should be paid close attention by leftist leadership. Whereas if they take a step back and face reality, even they can grasp the fact that without the intellectual, financial and commercial support of Republicans, they have no means of real-life survival as individuals.”

And now, a year and a half has transpired since Rush pondered possibilities of secession, during which times things have only gotten worse. And although, like Rush, it may be intellectually frustrating to see people impose irrational legislation, it’s far more likely the cost in dollars that’s going to cause some sort of revolution.

That’s it for today folks.

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