BY FRANK VERNUCCIO
Democrats have seized upon a disturbing
strategy to overcome their
massive handicap in the 2022 and 2024
upcoming elections.
Since their victory in 2020, they
have dominated both the executive and
legislative branches of the federal government,
along with the city halls of
most major cities. The party has also
benefi ted from extraordinary support
from the news, entertainment and social
media realms.
Their resulting exercise of near-total
authority has led to terrible results.
Having made COVID its signature issue,
the Biden administration has utterly
failed to provide viable results, rational
plans or meaningful leadership.
The botched withdrawal from Afghanistan
has proven to be one of the worst
foreign policies disasters in decades. Its
projection of weakness has encouraged
Russian aggression in Ukraine, and
Chinese adventurism in the Pacifi c.
Democrats have misled the American
public about their border policy, rejecting
the very obvious fact that they
have opened the boundary wide. Key
benefi ciaries of this abdication of a
prime responsibility to defend U.S. territory
have been drug cartels and human
traffi ckers.
Immediately upon taking offi ce,
Biden successfully attacked key aspects
of American energy independence,
initiating an infl ationary spiral
at home, alienating union workers, enriching
Moscow’s fi nancial ability to
fund its armed forces, and making U.S.
allies, particularly in Europe, dependent
on nations opposed to the West for
energy resources.
American cities dominated by Democratic
mayors and district attorneys
have descended into chaos. As a result
of policies such as bail reform, defunding
police forces, decriminalization of
certain activities, and emptying out
jails, looting is rampant, violence is
widespread, and homicides have skyrocketed.
Businesses and families are
fl eeing these metropolises for more
sane jurisdictions.
Facing polls that express pervasive
public disgust with their current actions
and future plans, Democrats and
their media allies are resorting to extreme
strategies to retain their power.
Among their proposals: allowing
aliens and felons to vote; federalizing
all elections under the Democraticdominated
federal government; abolishing
all safeguards on voting security;
packing the U.S. Supreme Court;
changing the nature of the U.S. Senate;
abolishing the Electoral College; censoring
the speech of their political opponents;
and outright bans on some individuals
from seeking elective offi ce.
At fi rst blush, these proposals
would appear to be nonstarters with
the public. However, seizing upon a
single day’s violence in one city as an
excuse, a phalanx of elected offi cials
and media supporters are using the
events of Jan. 6, 2021, as a reason to implement
parts of the strategy.
The crocodile tears over the admittedly
wrong actions on a single day in
a single city reek of hypocrisy. Many
Democrats have excused and even supported
years-long attacks in numerous
locations on federal court houses,
invasions of police stations, burning
of shops, homes and neighborhoods,
as well as assaults on innocent passers
by. The support has been far more
than verbal. Vice President Harris
urged supporters to help bail out perpetrators
of these foul acts when she
served in the Senate. In the past, Democrat
presidents have pardoned those
who shot up a session of Congress and
bombed federal facilities.
The use of a single occurrence of
violence as an excuse to shut down political
opponents has a disturbing pedigree.
The United State Holocaust Museum
notes that in 1933, the German
parliament (Reichstag) building
burned down, which Nazis claimed
was an attempt by their political opponents
to challenge their power. “They
claimed that emergency legislation
was needed to prevent this. The resulting
act, commonly known as the
Reichstag Fire Decree, abolished a
number of constitutional protections
and paved the way for Nazi dictatorship…
The decree permitted the regime
to arrest and incarcerate political
opponents without specifi c charge,
to dissolve political organizations, and
to confi scate private property. The decree
also gave the regime the authority
to overrule state and local laws
and overthrow state and local governments.”
The extraordinary, divisive and
militant comments made by many in
the media and the leadership of the
Democratic Party sound uncomfortably
familiar. The calculation appears
to have been made that oppressive
tactics may be the only avenue to preserve
their power in the face of failed
actions and unpopular proposals.
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BY TONY SALIMBENE
First, sad news. Gerard “Skip” Anthony
passed. Condolences to his family
and friends. Condolences to all our
members who lost someone recently
and prayers for a quick recovery of
those ill.
The 4 Chaplains Sunday will be
Feb. 6, muster at 10:30 a.m. for 11 a.m.
Mass at St.Benedict. There will be a
brunch gathering afterwards.
March 13 is the annual St. Patrick’s
Day Parade down the avenue.
Muster at Lafayette Avenue around
11:30 a.m. as usual.
If you are not reading this, you
didn’t give me your address. If you
want a reminder and/or emergency
notifi cations, text me your phone
number at 347-672-4918 as I rebuild the
post calls site.PC Mike reports boys
state will be up and running at SUNY
Morrisville. It’s June 26-July 1. Counselors
always needed.For juniors entering
senior year, please checkout
NY Legion.org and click on boys state.
We usually sponsor two or three serious
candidates and provide transportation.
You can reach Mike for more
info at 917-450-9497.
Until Next Time: You can sum up
life in three words — It Goes On.
CIVIC CENTER
Korony Post 253
Vice President Kamala Harris visited Edenwald YMCA in the Bronx on Oct. 22, 2021. Photo |
Dean Moses
CIVIC CENTER
Community Action
Civic Association
BY JOE MONDELLO
Hello and welcome back Sam Young
Post 620 members, and to all veterans
and military members of the U.S.
Armed Forces to another edition of
“What’s Going On.” Well, so far 2022
has been quiet here at the Post.
A lot of cleaning and fi xing. The
downstairs ceiling has been repaired
as it got damaged from a water leak.
A big thank you to Dermitt, Owen
and Mike who came in on Sunday and
threw up some sheetrock and patched
the big whole. Looks good as new.
Our local Air Force recruiter Sgt.
Gabriel came in on Wednesday with
his new recruits to perform some community
service here at the Post. Had
about 12 young future airmen swing
some paint brushes and rollers. Amazing
what can get done in one hour. We
completed the facelift in the downstairs
kitchen. New paint, soda system
— new look.
Next big project is the cleaning of
the tile fl oor. Always looking for volunteers
to help man the mop. As you
may know by now, the Department
of NY Mid-Winter Conference that is
held in Albany has been cancelled. On
another note, the Kingsbridge home
of the William E. Irwin Jr. American
Legion Post 774 has a new owner, and
it’s not the American Legion. The local
chapter Post 774 sold it’s property
around Christmas time to a developer.
This is an eye opener as we are all venerable
to this type of situation. If you
don’t support your local American Legion,
the outcome can be the same.
Tables are being booked for our
“Wine and Roses” Valentine Sweetheart
Event on Saturday, Feb. 12, starting
at 6 p.m. Donation is $20. Enjoy a
complementary bottle of wine on each
table, roses, a buffet of pasta, bread,
salad, cookies and coffee — bring your
own snacks, too. Cocktails are available
for purchase at the bar. Limited
seating. Call and leave a message at
the Post 718-822-8873. That’s all for
now. In closing, it has been around 700
days since the start of this pandemic
— that’s two years. Get your shot and
start living again. You ain’t getting no
younger. Peace. For God and Country.
CIVIC CENTER
KSamuel Young Post 620
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