On Saturday I asked whether or not we had forgotten the events of 11 September 2001. In asking, I noted that just two months after an attempt on President Trump’s life, we seemed to have already forgotten how close our nation was to bursting into the flames of political passion.
Well, Reality has a way of crashing back and reminding us of our foibles. A second would-be assassin was apprehended a day after my rhetorical post—and exactly two months to the day after the first! He concealed himself in a sniper’s nest for twelve hours, scoping out (literally) the golf course where President Trump would tee off Sunday.
The aged assassin looked pleased with himself:
I suspect the first assassination attempt was the result of elite powerbrokers looking the other way and allowing a troubled teen unprecedented rooftop access to take a shot at the President. Maybe the kid was trained and coached, maybe he was just decided on his own that he’d take out a man the Left considers “literally Hitler” (one of the most absurd propositions ever put to paper).
This second attempt, I’d wager, was an instance where the gunman believed he was “saving democracy” through his actions. Again, if you think our opponent—who will likely win the election—is “literally Hitler,” wouldn’t you stop at nothing to destroy his chances? You don’t need a grand conspiracy when plenty of losers are looking for Leftist accolades.
What I find particularly disturbing is that we seem to be shrugging our collective shoulders. The general attitude is, “well, that’s the way it is now.” That attitude is unacceptable.
At the same time, it seems—sadly—unavoidable. What are we to do? Form citizen brigades to protect President Trump? I mean, that’s not a bad idea, but all it takes is one poorly-vetted closet socialist to infiltrate the ranks—and we all know how good Leftists are infiltrating places they’re not wanted—and it’s the sequel to the American Civil War.
My pastor started service Sunday morning—I believe service was before assassination attempt—quoting Proverbs 21:1:
1The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord,
Like the [a]rivers of water;
He turns it wherever He wishes.
God Surely Has His Hand of protection over President Trump. If we’re not sure what to do, we should pray—and pray like our country depends on it.
The Portly Politico 
Ask yourself this question. Would that man, the previous one too, have been there if the media and politicians were not calling Trump out as the devil/evil incarnate for nearly a decade? I don’t believe they would.
The left aren’t only ruining the lives of conservatives and suburban/rural America. They’re making life hard for their own support too.
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Amen, dude. You nailed it.
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Have just linked it onto Freespeechbackash. 🙂
I’ve been trying to get readers there over to NEO too but the WordPress issues you fixed here are still an issue at NEO. Maybe Dave is happy with the limited amount of readers/posters on the site? I’ll keep linking – from there and here – and hopefully, one day, the problem with fix itself.
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I never actually fixed anything, haha. I think the issues eventually sorted themselves. WordPress is frustratingly quirky in that regard. I have also found that disabling the Brave browser “shields” makes it possible for me to leave comments on most—not all, but most—blogs.
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In all fairness – I’m a regular contributing writer to NEO and even I got ‘cut off’ and couldn’t post comments there, remember when that happened? Then, after Neo pulled his hair out trying to fix it, he finally had to give up. To this day, I can’t submit my articles on the site – I have to send it to Neo and he posts them for me.
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Yeah, something is really wildly buggy about the NEO comments section. That is wild that you can’t submit your articles, either. WordPress is a mysterious place.
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Port uses the same platform. Maybe it’s an IP problem? Either way, Dave could have knocked heads with Tyler to find out why you can post here and not there. WordPress aren’t being co-operative. Users might just decide that it’s easier to switch.
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We can’t account for it. It worked just fine – until it suddenly didn’t.
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That’s sad. I still read the articles there, like some of the posts, comment when I get on the computer, like I did the other day, but I don’t get too many opportunities nowadays. I’d like to post as I am now on the tablet but I can’t. Until then, it’ll have to remain as I can.
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We’re delighted any time you can stop by.
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“Come on up and see us sometime, big boy!”
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NEO is an excellent blog—great writers, good quality, fascinating posts. It’s a shame that the comments are so buggy. Again, I don’t think it’s anything Dave can fix. It’s going to take some WP Happiness Engineers to get involved, I’m afraid.
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It’s the vagaries of WordPress. Perhaps NEO has not made the proper ablutions and sacrifices.
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I’m not sure the problems Dave experienced is something he and I could have sorted out. I do notice that he uses some different “flavor” of WordPress (notice his URL has “wpstaging” as a part of it; even before I bought a .com URL, my address began with “wordpress,” not “wpstaging.” He may be using WordPress.org, rather than WordPress.com. Same company (Automattic), but different approaches to building websites and blogs—as I understand it. Again, that is my very surface level interpretation of the little information and knowledge I have about the inner working of WordPress.
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I listened to Dave Smith’s podcast while walking James T. this morning. The discussion should not be on the rhetoric, it should be on the assassination attempts and deep state coups.
Thank God for my yoga practice where I breathe out hate and negativity from my mind and body for 75 minutes every day!
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I agree—the rhetoric is a symptom of a deeper disease.
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This is all so very intentional. I oversaw a clip my in-laws were watching where Peter Doocey basically asked Karine Jean-Pierre if the Dem’s divisive language may have contributed to the 2nd assassination attempt. Per KJP, “Peter, you’re asking a very dangerous question.” What??? You’re right — I think prayer is the only real answer right now.
Also with the “Trump is literally Hitler”, it’s beyond asinine. #1 Trump is in no way dictator-like. #2 The average person must not realize that Hitler made sincere and fervent efforts toward peace and ending degeneracy, but his hand was ultimately forced. Oh, the irony…
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You’re writing some unspeakable Truths, Erin! 😂
Trump is definitely not Hitler, lol. He’s basically a moderate Democrat from the 1990s with really good ideas about trade and foreign policy.
The whole saga of attempting to achieve some kind of peace with Britain is really fascinating. I think it’s something that needs to be considered and discussed more in Second World War historiography. I think the Germans had given Britain ample reason to believe that they could not trust any treaty made with them, but it also seems that the peace overtures were sincere—or at the very least in Germany’s national interests.
Controversial, fascinating stuff!
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Once we realize history is written from the perspective of the winner, it really changes everything.
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So true. I’ve been thinking about that more and more lately.
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By the way – off topic – Tina and I recently watched The One’s Who Live, the what happened next sequence to Rick Grimes’ disappearance/rescue in The Walking Dead. Verdict? Sometimes you’re better off not knowing. Awful. Simply awful.
We did, however, start watching True Detective and it’s superb. Pace, story, acting, directing – it’s all brilliant.
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The Ones Who Live was not as exciting as we anticipated but I think it was an important closure. What I find more interesting – and season 2 starts Sept. 29 – I find Walking Dead Daryl Dixon fascinating. I’ve watched season one several times already. It has a different feel, a different look, but no change to Daryl’s character and that’s a blessing.
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I won’t watch the spin offs. They make no sense. Maggie and Negan working in close contact over a series? If I saw a loved one beaten to death in front of me whilst mocked and humiliated, I wouldn’t be able to look at them. That conversation was finalised at the end of The Walking Dead, it didn’t need a series.
As for Daryl’s trip, does it make any sense for him to be in Europe?
As for The One’s Who Live, it was too short so the characters were too insular and you couldn’t get the time to find out who they were; when some of them died, you didn’t care because you didn’t know enough. It started slow and then just bulleted. The diversity hires were appalling and as for Rick, my favourite character in The Walking Dead, I couldn’t stand him. He wasn’t the Rick I respected.
I don’t see how they do a second series. Since Rick is back with his community and the City has altered, it’d just be The Walking Dead, series 12.
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I’m on uneven land here, lol – you are the premier movie/tv reviewer. Let me (us) see how I do: I don’t care for Dead City but not because of Maggie and Negan; it attempts to be grittier than the original WD and it’s just too unrelievedly dark. Not my cup of tea.
Yes; Rick was different in the beginning of The Ones – he was in a place he couldn’t have imagined and was away from all the folks he knew and loved for many years. It seemed quite natural that he would not be the same man. I did like how finding Michone slowly, very slowly, brought him back from who he had become to fit in the new world he was presented.
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Don’t sell yourself short, Audre! You write a pretty good review yourself!
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I’m not steeped in TWD lore like you and Audre, but I also found it weird that one of the guys is suddenly in France (Shudder had an episode one screening of the series you’re discussing). I took it as an excuse to have zombies in Paris.
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Thanks for the warning and the recommendation. If you have enough vitriol to churn out a Ponty Pans review of The One’s Who Live, be my guest!
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Michone hadn’t changed in all those years and I see what you mean, Rick was going to be slightly different but alive and away from those he loved, not so much. In 5/6 years, he tried to escape 4 times. That doesn’t resonate for a guy who, for him, was all about family. He crumbled when the Saviours took charge but after enough time had passed, realised he needed to fight. That was much less than 5 years and the threat was greater, mostly because his family included Karl at that time. He had more to lose so you can see why this new Rick was infuriating.
I’m done with TWD now. I enjoyed the series and I’ll stick with that.
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Sometimes knowing more of the story can actually detract from enjoyment of the story.
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