Planning On Flying America’s Friendly Skies? You Better Think Twice. Air Travel In The US Just Got Less Safe.

It feels as though Joe Biden has been making verbal gaffes almost since the beginning of time. When he became President he took his art form to a whole new level. For example, at a news conference, he actually directed some of his comments to a dead person that he thought was in attendance. On another occasion, after finishing a speech, he began to wander aimlessly around the stage wondering where he was supposed to go next. Eventually Mrs Biden took pity on him and led him off the stage. At another appearance President Biden unknowingly spoke into a hot mic and asked, “What am I doing here?” This is the current leader of the free world?

These are just three examples of the dozens of faux pas that Joe Biden has made since becoming President. It is a safe bet that he will continue to improve on his art form and make dozens more.

In addition to his limitless talent to commit verbal gaffes, this President has shown the American public that he is unable to make sound, rational decisions that are in the best interest of the American public. Our botched withdrawal from Afghanistan is a prime example of this. This disaster, which he ordered against the advice of the military commanders in the field, not only cost the lives of 13 American servicemen, it also forced our personnel on the ground to abandon approximately $10B worth of weapons and other military hardware. 

Also since becoming President he has put the US economy at risk by causing the worst period of inflation since 2008. He has put our national security at risk with his bone headed decision to open our southern border and let millions of illegal immigrants into the US. Border Patrol estimates that in FY 2022 600K “ got aways “ came through our border undetected. There is almost a 100% percent chance that some of these “ got aways “ are terrorists that will eventually attempt to do us harm. We will no doubt be hearing from these people in the future.

This is the President of the United States and at times he has no idea where he is or what he is saying. Millions of Americans have viewed these gaffes on TV. The Chinese, the Russians, and the Iranians have viewed them as well. Are you comfortable with this man as our President?

In an effort to portray himself as having at least a modicum of concern for the disaster he has created at our southern border, our bumbling, addled excuse for a President has decided to divert members of the US Air Marshals Service to our southern border.

These members of Federal Law Enforcement are not being sent there because there has been an uptick in the number of flights around our southern border. They have been transferred from their primary duty of protecting air traffic from terrorist attacks by Secretary of Homeland Security Mayorkas. To give you an idea of this man’s credibility, or lack thereof, this man has stated on numerous occasions that “ The border is secure.” Really?

He is sending these Air Marshals to the border because there is an urgent need for more personnel to handle the thousands of illegals per week that are seeking asylum here in the US. Once there, they will assist our Border Patrol in caring for and processing this onslaught of humanity that is invading our country.

Our Border Patrol personnel have become overwhelmed by the 2.3M illegals who have come to our border just in FY2022 in the hope of getting into the US. When we add in the 600K “got aways “ that yearly number increases to just under 3.0M. 

This swarm of uninvited immigrants, many of whom are unvetted, are arriving at our border from as many as 160 countries. Many of these illegals, including those that are unvetted, are being released into the US with just an appearance ticket to go before an immigration judge at some future date. Most of these people will never show up for their court date. Duhhhh! Why would they? They will simply disappear into the interior of this country and most likely never be seen by immigration officials again. 

If any of you that are reading this think that this is as bad as it’s going to get, you had better think again. It’s going to get a lot worse. When Title 42 is lifted, which is now scheduled for May 2023, it is expected that the number of illegals entering our country will increase to 14K per day or more. That computes to 5.1M per year. That is just an estimate. The actual number could be substantially higher. If this were to become a reality, how long do you think it would take for those of us who are native born US citizens, to become a minority in our own country?

Joe Biden’s so-called plan to mitigate the out of control dilemma at our southern border is comparable to putting a bandaid on open heart surgery. Not only have his actions over the past two years failed to solve the problem, they actually made the situation worse. In addition, he has created a potentially more dangerous problem in the air travel industry. By implementing this policy of diverting Air Marshals to our southern border, only one flight in one hundred will have an Air Marshal on board. This moronic decision will only serve to make air travel in America less safe. 

The safety of Americans and other air travelers in the US should be of paramount importance to any Presidential Administration. Unfortunately this is not the case with the BIden Administration. Diverting US Air Marshals from their primary responsibility which is to safeguard air travel in the US and sending them to our southern border is not prudent. It is fraught with risk and leaves the airline industry vulnerable to a terrorist attack. Every single air traveler is being put at an increased level of risk by this new policy. This is especially true for those who are frequent flyers. Obviously, the more often you fly the higher your risk of encountering a problem. 

These highly trained members of federal law enforcement have been sent to the border to serve as cafeteria workers, taxi drivers, baby sitters, and a-s wipers for the hundreds of illegals that are arriving at our border every day. These Federal Air Marshals, for all intents and purposes, have become attendants for these uninvited and unwelcome border crashers. What a let down this must be for them to now be expected to perform low skilled menial tasks for those who shouldn’t even be allowed to enter this country. To me this is the ultimate disrespect to these federal law enforcement professionals.

It is not rational to try and solve one crisis by creating another one. This is exactly what President Biden has done. If the President wants to send more personnel to the border he should do so. Don’t leave the airline industry unprotected by diverting US Air Marshals from their main duty of protecting air travel. Instead send some of the 87,000 new IRS agents to the border. That choice would help the border patrol and not put air travel at risk. Can you imagine the results if just half of those new IRS hires were sent to the border? We might be able to significantly lower the number of “ got aways “ entering the US. Confiscations of the deadly drugs such as fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine would increase. Human trafficking would also be reduced and terrorists would find it much more difficult to enter the US.

Another problem that our so-called Commander in Chief has failed to deal with is the worsening drug problem here in the states. Although this problem is closely related to the open border issue it is a separate problem altogether given that over 100K Americans are dying each year from drug overdoses. Even with the tons of fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine that are confiscated each year there are still tons upon tons of these drugs that are finding their way into our country. This problem was bad enough during the previous administration, but now with Joe Biden’s open border policy, and the insufficient number of Border Patrol and ICE personnel the amount of these deadly drugs is still sufficient to kill 107K Americans annually.

One of the main problems that is hindering our Border Patrol is that many of these agents are being kept busy taking care of the thousands of border crashers that are arriving at our southern border every week. If our border patrol personnel were not tied up playing nursemaid to these illegals they would be able to do the job that they were actually hired to do, which is protecting our southern border. This being the case you would think that the idiot in chief and his lackey Cueball Mayorkas would take the appropriate steps to correct the situation. The main obstacle here is that neither one of these two morons will even acknowledge that there is a problem. Whenever he or anyone from his administration is asked a question regarding the crisis at the southern border, the response is almost always the same. “ The border is secure. “ Neither one of these two useless individuals have lifted a finger to address this problem.

I just recently came across some information that some of these drug cartels have acquired jet fighters. What’s next, will they put to sea with their own navy? It’s time for America to take the gloves off and put these cartels in the ground. I’m not talking about a “ one and done “ operation. We need to go after these cartels as if they were a terrorist organization that posed a “ clear and present danger to the US. “ It is my view that killing 107K Americans or more every year fits that definition. 

It is also my belief that many Mexican government officials are on the take. If this were not true there is no way that these cartels could operate with as much freedom as they have. It is high time that America acted unilaterally to eliminate these cartels from the planet. 

Since the conflict between Russia and Ukraine began, the US and NATO have been sending advanced weapons systems to Ukraine. The value of the weapons sent by the US thus far is valued in the tens of billions of dollars. 

A partial list of those weapons would include Javelin anti tank missiles, Stinger anti aircraft missiles, 155mm Howitzers with 900K rounds of ammunition. The US has also sent Patriot surface to air missile systems, and High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS). The US has also sent armored personnel carriers, helicopters, grenade launchers, small arms and ammunition, and much more. This is in addition to everything that has been sent by our NATO allies. 

I totally support the decision to help UKraine in its fight to remain a free country. I am also in agreement with our decision to send billions of dollars worth of weapons to Ukraine. The problem that we are now facing is that our inventories of these weapons are becoming seriously depleted. It has become such a problem that our military’s top brass have become concerned.

The skutlebutt is that the inventory of these weapons is so low that if we were forced into a confrontation with China over Taiwan, we may not have the inventory to fight a sustained conflict. This would leave Taiwan vulnerable to be invaded and taken over by the Communist Chinese.

The problem we have here is that these are not the types of weapons that can be ordered on a Monday morning and then delivered the following week. These weapons take months to manufacture and ship. It is my sincere hope that whoever is in charge of procuring these weapons started placing orders when this conflict began.  If not, the US may find itself with empty weapons.

Joe Biden is the Commander in Chief of the US military. It is his responsibility to see to it that our armed forces are ready to defend the US and its allies at all times. This may be the first time since Pearl Harbor that the US finds itself unprepared for a serious military confrontation.

Everyday the citizens of the United States lose a little more control of their own country. It is costing the US taxpayer roughly $200B per year just to care for the roughly 25M illegals that are currently living in the US. This number includes $45B just to educate their children. This number of $200B is not stagnant. The larger the number of illegals becomes, the higher the cost to the American taxpayer. 

I estimate that there are approximately 3 billion people on this planet that either live under the rule of a repressive government or wake every morning wondering how they are going to feed their families. These are the people from the 160 countries around the world who are trying to immigrate legally or otherwise to the US. Suppose 20M immigrants a year start showing up at our border. The America we know would disappear. It would turn this country into a society similar to that which was portrayed in the movie Blade Runner. They want a better life. I can’t blame them for that. But I don’t think it is the responsibility of the US taxpayer to provide that better life. I also do not think that America should be sacrificed to achieve that better life.

There are currently at least 25M illegal immigrants living here in the US. If the injunction issued by a federal court putting a hold on the lifting of Title 42 is canceled, it is expected that 14K illegal immigrants per day will overrun our southern border and be allowed to stay in the US. That computes to 5M per year. Doing the math tells me that in 25 years roughly one third of the US population will be illegal immigrants. This will be the end of America as we know it.

Thankfully I won’t be here to see the end of the greatest country to ever exist on this planet. However my grandchildren will be here and they will be the ones who will suffer the consequences of our stupidity and bad judgment.

The US National Debt currently stands at just under $32T. (That’s trillion with a T.)  In addition to the hundreds of billions of dollars the US will spend on the support of the illegal immigrant population over the next decade, interest expense on that debt will explode to $ 1T per year or more by the end of this decade. Since the US is already borrowing $1.4T per year, all the money to pay for the support of the illegal immigrant population and the interest expense on the national debt will need to be borrowed. The total of just those two line items in ten years will double the annual deficit of $1,4T. This will be the legacy that we leave our children and grandchildren. They will be spitting on our graves and they will have good reason to do so.

Depending on the source, the inflation rate in the US since Joe Biden took office has varied between 5.0% and 9.0%. This calamity that has beset the US consumer falls 100% at the feet of President Biden. It was he and he alone who went on a spending spree by borrowing trillions from the Federal Reserve and flooding the US economy with cash. We’re not talking about a few hundred million or even a few hundred billion. We.re talking about $5.5T, most of which will be borrowed.

Joe Biden, who is not one of the great economic minds of our time, along with the Democrat controlled House and Senate have passed the $1.9T Covid Relief Bill, the $1.2T infrastructure bill, the $750B Inflation Reduction Act, and the $1.7T spending bill to fund the federal budget for FY 2023. Roughly $650B of that of that $1.7T was unnecessary “ pork barrel spending. “

When this much cash is infused into the economy it creates demand for goods and services. If the supply of goods and services is not sufficient to meet that demand, prices will increase. This is inflation plain and simple.

The good news is that the supply of goods and services is increasing and will eventually be sufficient to meet the demand. This is supported by the fact that the current inflation rate has decreased to the current rate of 6% from the high of 9% in 2022. I anticipate that the rate of inflation will continue to decline in 2023.

The higher prices that the country has had to live with for the past two years are the direct result of runaway spending by the Biden Administration and the Democrat controlled congress. This added to the supply chain issue that the country experienced at the end of 2020 and into 2021 caused inflation to surge. The inflation rate is only now beginning to moderate. This current inflation event has had such a detrimental effect on our economy that according to CNBC 63% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. Included in that 63% are some families or individuals that earn above $100K per year. It’s a sad situation when families with incomes in the range of $100K per year are having a hard time making ends meet.

Joe Biden will not go down in history as one of the great decision makers to occupy the White House. With the exception of his stance on Ukraine, every other policy decision he has made has been problematic.

His decision to ignore the advice of our military commanders on the ground led to the hasty, unplanned withdrawal from Afghanistan which was directly responsible for the deaths of 13 US servicemen. It also resulted in the US abandoning roughly $10B worth of military hardware and supplies.

It was his decision to open the southern border to millions of illegal immigrants, some of whom were murderers, rapists, drug dealers, and various and sundry other criminals who now call America their home. Welcome to America where everyone is welcome: even career criminals.

Let us not forget that in addition to the millions of illegal immigrants that are flooding over our border, there are tons upon tons of fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine that are being smuggled into the US. These drugs have killed 107K Americans in just the last year.alone. Is President Joe Biden responsible for these deaths? God forbid. Let’s find someone else to blame. I know. Let’s blame it on Trump.

Since October 1st, 2022 at least 39 known terrorists have been apprehended at our southern border trying to cross into the US. I wonder how many other terrorists have made it through? Is Joe responsible for this too? God forbid. This is a disaster waiting to happen, but this isn’t Joe’s fault either. 

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO), which is a non-partisan watchdog entity, has just stated that our national debt will increase by an additional $5T over the next ten years. This $5T  debt increase is over and above the annual increase from the federal budget deficit which has been running in excess of $1T per year since the Covid epidemic. This will cause our annual deficit to increase to at least $1.5 per year. This addition to the yearly deficit will cause our national debt to soar to $47T or more in ten years. No problem. We’ll just borrow more money.

Joe Biden has two more years left in his presidency. In addition to all the above he has threatened the civil rights and the freedoms that US citizens have enjoyed for almost 250 years. Since taking office he has weaponized the DOJ, the FBI, the CIA, the IRS, the EPA, and the CDC. Did I miss anything? 

I shudder to think how his poor judgment and leadership will negatively impact this country and its citizens over the next two years and beyond. If this country is able to walk away, relatively unscathed from the detrimental effects of Joe Biden’s rule, I will consider it an act of Divine Intervention.

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