FRANK VERNUCCIO
By any measure, the Biden
Administration is in deep
trouble.
Since taking office, The
U.S. Southern Border has devolved
into chaos. The Chinese
and Russians are returning to
aggressive acts that had not
been seen since the Obama-
Biden White House days. Race
relations continue to deteriorate.
Inflation has made a
comeback. Riots, once thought
to be a reaction to Trump, continue
unabated. The Middle
East, which had been improving
under the prior president,
has taken a severe turn for the
worse. Violent crime is growing
by the day. The nation
has been repeatedly cyber-attacked.
China’s bioterror assault
on the planet, performed
maliciously or negligently, remains
unpunished.
The Trump Administration
had extraordinary success
in the Middle East, which
the media for the most part
sharply underreported. Biden
reversed the former president’s
get-tough policy on Iran,
and the results have been devastating
as Tehran funnels
cash and advanced weaponry
to Hamas and others.
Inflation, long tamed,
has made a dramatic comeback
under Biden, threatening
to bring back the “stagnation”
era that characterized
the Jimmy Carter Administration.
The U.S. economy,
which should have rebounded
sharply as COVID wound
down, remains relatively sedate.
Listening to the mainstream
media and the speeches
by progressive elected officials,
however, is similar to
a trip to a parallel universe.
Rather than the real world
crises listed above, a panoply
of issues more appropriate to
a faculty lounge at a leftist
university (which constitutes
most of higher education)
than to the overwhelming majority
of Americans takes center
stage.
Those topics are frequently
lacking in data to support the
notion that they do, in fact,
constitute vital national challenges.
The current vogue distraction
issue is “white supremacy.”
An intensive search for
actual statistics backing up
charges that white supremacists
constitute a threat
doesn’t turn up very much.
The Lawfare organization
notes: “…attempt to figure out
the amount of violent crime
committed by white supremacists,
internationally or domestically,
and you’ll find
yourself sorting through various
government documents
that are incomplete in a number
of ways, covering only a
small set of offenses or failing
to label the offender’s ideology
with specificity.”
BRONX TIMES R 42 EPORTER, JULY 2-8, 2021 BTR
What about the “systemic
racism” dilemma? the claim
of systemic racism is wholly
false. There are no laws, regulations
or procedures that
allow racism. Heather Mac-
Donald, writing for the Manhattan
Institute, reports:
“This charge of systemic police
bias was wrong during
the Obama years and remains
so today … A solid body of evidence
finds no structural bias
in the criminal-justice system
with regard to arrests, prosecution
or sentencing. Crime
and suspect behavior, not
race, determine most police
actions.”
There is also much concentration,
particularly in
“blue” states, on keeping
America locked down in response
to COVID. Again, the
facts don’t seem to matter.
Jurisdictions that loosened
restrictions are doing as well
or even better than those
with stiff rules.
Next on the list is manmade
climate change. During
the year of COVID, polluting
activities were brought to an
extensive slow down. The result?
According to the NOAA,
“Atmospheric carbon dioxide
peaked for 2021 in May at a
monthly average of 419 parts
per million (ppm), the highest
level since accurate measurements
began 63 years
ago.” If all the allegations
of human impact were accurate,
that level should have
dropped precipitously.
These policy failures are
an embarrassment to the
national media, whether in
print, on television and, especially,
the internet which did
so much to get Biden elected.
Rather than candidly report
on these dramatic policy
missteps, biased journalists
distract with inflammatory
issues that lack substance.
Next up, UFOs. For several
weeks, many news outlets
have teased stories about the
impending release of Pentagon
data about aerial phenomenon.
Don’t expect much
hard-core information, let
alone an interview with E.T.
But it will allow the media
to, once again, take your
attention away from Biden’s
failures.
CIVIC CENTER
Community Action
Civic Association
JOE MONDELLO
If you are reading this article
on Sunday, you’re too
late. You missed the best Sam
Young Booster’s Annual Independence
Day BBQ at the
American Legion Post 620.
But if you’re reading this on
Friday, then come on by tomorrow,
Saturday July 3 at
1 p.m. All are welcome to attend.
A donation of $20 gets
you food, beverage, music
and comradery on.
We see a few folks read this
article last week and dropped
off their worn fl ags at the
Post. We are happy to accept
them, but next time please remove
the fl ag from the pole.
This Fourth of July, please be
considerate when lighting off
fi reworks in your neighborhood.
The large explosives
are loud and are harmful to
animal and pets, as well as
veterans dealing with PTSD.
Aim them away from homes
too! All fun and games until
someone gets hurt.
On another note, when I
walk in the hall of the Samuel
H. Young Memorial
building, I stop and look at
the photos and displays we
have in the lobby. We tend to
forget or not think about the
very people who once lived
in this neighborhood. We
learnt that Sam Young enlisted
into the Army in 1917
to fi ght overseas in WWI.
He fought the Germans and
was killed. Sam died on Oct.
3, 1918 in a place they called
“Over There.” The “War To
End All Wars” only lasted
about 20 years. Again, back
in 1938, local folks enlisted in
the armed forces to fi ght for
freedom. Some came home,
some wounded, and lots died.
We often don’t think about
this as it seems like such
a long time ago. But television
brings such true events
to teach us and remind us
of what once was. I watched
“U.S.S. Indianapolis: Men
of Courage” on television
the other day. This is one of
many stories that is fi lled
with bravery. We’ll talk more
about this subject in a future
columns. But one thing for
sure, we cannot erase memories
of our history to please a
society with its own agenda.
So this coming Independence
Day, read about the history
of our founding nation,
and the bravery those farmers
who give us the freedom
we now have. Yes, nobody’s
perfect, but what would you
have done back in 1776?
Old Glory, we salute you!
For God and Country.
CIVIC CENTER
American Legion
Post 620
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President-elect
Joe Biden delivers remarks during
a televised speech on the current
economic and health crises at The
Queen Theatre in Wilmington, Delaware,
U.S., January 14, 2021.
REUTERS/Tom Brenner
NYPD, McDonald’s
hold ‘Cookie with
a cop’ day
Coordinating with the grand reopening of the McDonald’s, located
at 1600 Bruckner Blvd., The NYPD’s 43rd Precinct held “Cookie
with a Cop.” In May, toys, cookies and safety information were
distributed to the children. Photo Luciana Montuoro