TOWSON, Maryland, Monday, September 18, 2017 - Alright, here we go. Trump is pussyfooting with the ultra left legislative cabal, people with the spurious names of Schumer and Pelosi and whatnot, in fact, there are a whole bunch of whatnots. None of this would be a big problem if the people who knew names would name names. There are a bunch of unethical jelly-spined "republicans" in the Congress who take gobs of money from the types who buy votes and souls using, you guessed it, gobs of money. But they skate around without being named.
I can name some of the names. The elected folk I am about to name are registered Republicans. They ran for either the House of Representatives or the United States Senate as Republicans. But they are not real Republicans. They are beholden to groups like the Chamber of Commerce and similar groups who give away great big gobs of money. The people who take this money vote just like the people giving the money away want them to vote.
Isn't that stunning!
The GOP does not have a monopoly on legislators who are loyal to people filling their pockets with greenbacks. The entire Ultra Leftist Democratic Party gets its pockets good and full thanks to upstanding people like, well, you know who I am talking about. His name is George Soros. George, groomed personally by Nazi operatives when he was still a teen, has learned from the very best, that is, if you want to learn from people overly familiar with what pulsating evil will get you. And with all the green Soros has to throw around, the evil Ultra Left Dems just can't do enough for him. We're on board on this fact, right? Nobody is fooled by any talk of idealism on the left. There is no idealism, only an overwhelming desire for pure power.
But for now, back to the GOP and the RINOs within it. They have the United States Congress at a virtual stand still these days. Who is "they?" That is the big question.
If you wanted to know the names of the people in the GOP who take the money and then betray the people who voted for them, you can, as they say, "follow the money." They will be the Senators and Congressmen and Congresswomen who try to keep the President from doing what he promised to do before he got elected. They will be the ones trying to keep Obamacare afloat. They will be the ones who are against President Trump's tax relief package. But they also will be the ones screaming blue murder when the President cuts a deal with the Ultra Left Democrats.
So, come on now, who are these people? It is very easy to identify the RINOs in the Senate. They are very brazen about what they are up to. The easy names are Maine Senator Lisa Collins, Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski, Arizona Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake, West Virginia Senator Shelly Moore Capito, Alabama Senator Luther Strange, Kentucky Senator and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and Utah Senator and Senate President Pro Tempore Orrin Hatch; and, oh yeah, lets not forget the always marginal Lamar Alexander, a Democrat who mistakenly registered with the wrong party. RINOs each and everyone. But the Senate is not the house where all of the RINOs ply their snarky and really awful trade. There are some much better hidden RINOs in the House of Representatives.
The "RINOs" in the House of Representatives are far more difficult to identify. RINO Congressmen, generally, are more ubiquitous, less well known and more 'hidden' from pubic scrutiny. The conservative publication "Human Events," back in 2009, named their "Top 10" House RINOs. Their Top 10 actually included 11 Congressmen and Congress Women. The reason for this is that the publication devised a method of scoring their RINO-ness (which I understand is not a word, but you know what they are talking about), and the No. 10 position ended in a tie between Mike Rogers of Alabama and Peter King of New York. Also, the list includes one elected official, Shelly Capito of West Virginia, who is now in the Senate. I have named her in my list of easy RINO picks in that August Body. The Human Events House RINOs include Chris Smith of New Jersey, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida, Fred Upton of Michigan, Shelly Moore Capito of West Virginia, Mike Rogers of Alabama and Peter King of New York. The publication also named others, but funny thing is, a whole bunch of the ones identified as RINOs are not in the Congress anymore. How'd that happen? Might the voters have figured out they were being taken for a ride?
It is quite audacious for the GOP to beg people to vote for their legislative nominees as an alternative to the Ultra Left Democrats, and then allow the folks to figure out that the people who are running as conservatives aren't conservatives at all. Take the Senate President, good old Mitch McConnell. In his tough campaign for re-election, he ran ads that promised he would lead the fight against Obamacare. Every single day as the election approached the people in Kentucky were subjected to ads wherein old Mitch promised - and I do mean promised - to do everything he could to get rid of Obamacare. It was a noble thing that McConnell was promising, since Obamacare was taking a whole lot of normal hardworking Americans broke.
But it seems that old Mitch had no intention whatsoever to throw Obamacare under the bus (which is where it should be put). The very next day after the polls closed on a McConnell victory, he gave interviews where he said that Obamacare could not be repealed because, well, it just couldn't be.
Which was a lie. A flat out humdinger of a lie. The truth was that McConnell didn't want Obamacare repealed because groups that gave Mitch a lot of money didn't want it repealed. Mitch said he would not do anything that would risk shutting down the government, even if such a step would lead to a repeal of that awful Marxist Obamacare thing. Once he said that, the Dems knew McConnell wasn't down for the fight to do away with Obama's "signature" legislation. Who cares what is his "signature" anything. It was a really bad and very Marxist piece of stinking legislation that should never have seen the light of day.
And now, here it is the end of September, and since January the GOP has controlled the White House and the Capitol and Obamacare is still the law of the land, even though 99% of the folk who voted for McConnell and Ryan and Trump hate Obamacare and all it stands for. It stinks so bad that even people in places like Baltimore can smell it, and we are miles away from Washington.
Folks, you know, we're only chatting about Obamacare. What about that Wall we all voted for? And what about that tax cut package? I was hoping against hope that the President would let it be known which Republicans were stabbing him in the back. But apparently he is making his peace with the Democrats, a fact that a bunch of us are not too comfortable with. We know he isn't a practiced politico, but did FDR chat with the evil Adolph once the war started? The answer for anyone historically challenged is "no." Schumer doesn't look like a used care salesman for nothing.
As it turns out, the people who were stabbed in the back were the citizens of America, at least the ones who went to the polls and put the GOP in charge of the government. We were betrayed. Yes we were. And the next time around, we will not be taking prisoners.
Weekend Sports:
Ravens Blitz Browns, 24-10; Defense Harvests Five More Turnovers; Flacco Comes Out Slinging; Buck Allen Has Second Straight Solid Performance; Yanda Injured, and Lost for Season
On the opening weekend, the Cleveland Browns gave the vaunted Steelers one whale of a game. While they succumbed in the end, everybody came away thinking they could give the Ravens a real good game come week 2.
Turns out the Browns were not ready to challenge the Ravens. Not even a little bit. Joe Flacco completed 25 of 34 pass attempts for 217 efficient yards and two touchdowns to lead the Ravens past the overmatched Browns, 24-10.
While Flacco was, indeed, on his game, it was once again the Raven defense that had fans blinking in disbelief. People were saying they had seen this before. And they had. It was the 2000 season, when a Raven defense led by Ray Lewis and Tony Siragusa manhandled and intimidated NFL opponents as the Ravens marched all the way to a Super Bowl victory. Yesterday, for the second straight game, the Ravens caused five turnovers in yet another one-sided victory over a division opponent. In Week One, the Ravens blitzed home-standing Cincinnati, 20-0. Yesterday, with five more fun filled turnovers, the Ravens ran roughshod over the Browns.
Four of the turnovers came via the interception route. After just two games, cornerback Brandon Carr and safety Ladarius Webb already have two interceptions apiece. But they are not the whole show by any means. Four other Raven defenders have one interception.
On the offense, Flacco is getting a great deal of help from his running backs. Surprisingly, no. 2 halfback Buck Allen is shining the brightest. He had 60 more yards yesterday after getting 71 against the Bengals. Allen also caught 5 Flacco passes for 35 yards and a key touchdown. Another bright light yesterday was the play of Ben Watson, the veteran tight end who the Ravens were looking to for big things - but that was last season. In the final exhibition tuneup, Watson tore his Achilles Tendon and was lost for the season. This season, he came out of training camp as the no. 2 tight end even after Dennis Pita was hurt and lost for the season and, really, the rest of his career. Watson did not catch a pass in the first game, but he performance in Jeremy Maclin's long touchdown catch was one of the most important in the game. Watson and Maclin ran a criss-cross pick play, and Watson's execution was so perfect that Maclin was able to waltz into the endzone he was so wide open. Watson ran the pick for Maclin and completely cleared the middle of the field for the wide receiver. Raven coach John Harbaugh saw what Watson did and singled him out for the way he executed his assignment and sprung Maclin for the touchdown.
Things get very interesting for the Ravens as far as their schedule is concerned. Next week, they fly to London, England to play the Jaguars. They fly home immediately after the game and travel the following weekend to Pittsburgh to challenge their longtime rival the Steelers for divisional supremacy. Both teams are currently 2-0. The game after they travel to Pittsburgh they fly all the way to the West Coast to play the Raiders. If the Ravens are 5-0 after the Raider game, you might be safe in planning to purchase playoff tickets. But don't tell Harbaugh I said this.
Yankees Take Three of Four From Struggling Orioles, Who Stand 5.5 Games Behind in the Race for the Final Wild Card Playoff Berth
The pit the Orioles have dug for themselves is so deep that only a miraculous finish can save them and their playoff hopes. After losing three of four to the Yankees in New York over the weekend, the Orioles stand five and one-half games behind the race for the second and final American League Wild Card Berth.
As I write this post, the Orioles are home against the Red Sox, and the game is tied, 8-8, as the Orioles bat in the bottom of the tenth inning. Austin Hays, the Orioles Rookie Outfielder, has knocked in two of the Orioles' runs, and veteran Pedro Alvarez has hit a home run. Dylan Bundy started for the home team, but could not make it out of the fifth inning. Miguel Castro is pitching now for the Orioles and has restored order after Boston fought back from what was once a 6-1 Orioles lead.
Sadly, the Red Sox struck for two runs in the top of the 11th inning to beat the Oriole, 10-8.
In Sunday's game, unpredictable Ubaldo Jimenez struck out ten Yankees as the Orioles salvaged the final game of the series by winning, 6-4.
Even With Heaton Injured and Out of the Burnley Line-Up, Claret Gain Draw at Liverpool
At Anfield, Burnley's All England Goal Keeper, Tom Heaton, could not play in the wake of the shoulder injury he sustained in last week's victory over Crystal Palace, but backup Nick Pope did a fine job and the Claret made a goal by Scott Arfield stand up in a 1-1 Draw with Liverpool.
In fact, the Telegraph and other sources say that Burnley came oh so close to getting a three point victory. An outstanding pick off the goal line by Liverpool's Joel Matip denied what looked like sure score by Ben Mee of Burnley.
The really important fact for Burnley and their fans is the number of points the Claret are collecting away from Fortress Turf Moor. In five Premier League matches, Burnley stands in 7th place with 8 points. Scott Arfield scored the Burnley goal yesterday,
Tuesday Night the Claret take on Leeds in the Carabao Cup. The match is at Fortress Turf Moor.
NCAA Soccer: Maryland In 2-0 Shutout Win at Penn State
Sebastian Elney and Eryk Williamson each scored, and Dayne St. Clair recorded yet another shut out in Maryland's 2-0 Big Ten Conference Win at Penn State. Maryland is now 6 wins, 0 defeats, 1 draw on the season and 2 wins, 0 defeats, 1 draw in the Big Ten. At the moment, the Terps are in second place in the Big Ten Standings with 7 points. Ohio State has 9 points.
In the current Top 25 Poll, Indiana is No. 1, Notre Dame is No. 2, Maryland is No. 3, Wake Forest is No. 4, Stanford is No. 5, and Michigan State is No. 6. Maryland received two first place votes. A new poll is due out tomorrow.
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