It has been over a year since I composed my last Blog ...Covid 19 was just building up steam and I was finding it more and more difficult to write about politics and current events since I found them becoming ever so depressing.
Today, I am starting back*...surprisingly, because I find things Today even bleaker...much bleaker in fact and it has nothing to do with Covid and its various variants.
You will see below that I am once again changing my audience focus, actually I am returning to my original focus. When I first started Blogging, way back when, my target audience was my children and grandchildren. I then refocused to include anyone who might share my interest in world events. Today, I am returning to my original target audience but all others are more than welcome to listen in.
As I reminder...even to myself, that I am a both a Social and a Fiscal Conservative. (Those who say they are one and not the other are and claim to be a Conservative are simply not being honest with themselves.) As a Social Conservative I am proudly and unabashedly values based and confident in the knowledge that the cornerstone of society has always been and will always continue to be The Family. As a Social Conservative, I also believe in helping my fellow man who finds him / herself in difficult circumstances. As a Fiscal Conservative I naturally believe in small government - in balanced budgets and minimal taxation. Money left in our pockets beats government taxation all the time. I also believe in maximum freedom, that is to say, governments' involvement in our daily lives should be kept to a minimum. At heart, I am a Libertarian... that is to say, adults should be free to do what they want as long as their actions do not injure others. For instance and although I would not recommend it, if someone wants to jump off a cliff, without a parachute, I'd expect that person to take care not to land on some innocent when he hits the ground.
Okay we know your political beliefs Dad / Grandpa 'but what exactly has worsened over the course of the last year'?
So Glad You Asked !!
First, the World is now a more dangerous place than it was even 12 short months ago. Wars, Rebellions, Civil Unrest and Terrorist Attacks plague many parts of the World. China and Russia are both on an aggressive military footing, while their vassal states of Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, North Korea keep the caldron pot of social unrest well and truly stirred.
Their Armies continue to grow bigger and stronger; while NATO Countries are not keeping up and our own armed forces here in Canada is simply a running joke. We cannot even procure bubble gum without great delays, steep cost overruns, with zip to show for it in the end. It all reminds me of the run-up to World War II with Winston Churchill crying out in the Wilderness in a futile bid to warn of Hitler's rise.
So what then preoccupies the West? Well Climate Change of course. It started with the Ozone Scare, morphed into Climate Cooling, then Heating, and finally Climate Change. To their credit, the Progressives finally got it right but no great accomplishment when one considers Climate is always changing. As you know, once upon a time we had Rain Forests with Dinosaurs roaming freely in our northerly homeland. Our Climate must have changed !
China and Russia cannot believe their good fortune: while they continue to pollute and build their forces, we in the West beggar ourselves chasing meaningless carbon reduction goals all the while hamstringing our respective Economies. Alice in Wonderland unchained.
This would in and of itself be disastrous but there is more...in fact, much more. Your Democracy is being frittered away. Representatives no longer represent the people; rather they represent Elites and Special Interest Groups. Government For and By The People has long since gone the way of the Dodo Bird. And what is left over is decided by an Unelected Judiciary. Scott (our son) rightfully recently said that "this has come about due to our lack of understanding of our own history and as a result of a general apathy which together represent two massive risks to our collective futures". Not surprising, since your School Systems did not teach you basic Civics and the fact that Democracy is fragile and can be lost from under use. And now things have become so bizarre that educators are place more emphasis on young children's' sexual identity. A suggestion for them - let our children be children for Heaven's sake.
To add insult to injury we are now all classified as Racists...indeed "Systemic Racism" is stated to be rampant throughout all Western Societies (that is to say, White Societies). It of course utter nonsense but that is the spin advanced by the ever more numerous Progressives. Several Folks I have spoken to of late have bought into this nonsense so my reply to them has been as follows: So you are a Racist?...their answer Of Course Not ....my next question ...so your family is Racist?...No Not In The Least...they reply - so I guess it is your friends? No None of My Friends are Racist either. Well someone must be racist to have our societies called 'Systemic' - so it must therefore be your neighbours? No, I cannot think of any of them as being Racist. At that point they begin to look quite Sheepish. The fact is, most people... and that most certainly includes all of you, are too busy earning a living, raising a family and worried about how to make your mortgage / rent payments to even have the time or inclination to be Racist. Plus the fact that even if you were not preoccupied with such, you would not be racist. Full Stop. More on this another time.
And that brings me to the last point...Government Debt. It is out of control. Government Spending was out of control long before Covid but with its advent - the checks and balances on spending have been thrown out the window. As we all know, Governments today have mortgaged your future and your mum and I will likely be long gone before governments are forced by Credit Agencies to get their financial houses in order. In fact, Inflation is even now beginning to raise its ugly head and with it will come higher interest rates. Indeed, as young parents - your mum and I can vividly recall interests rate reaching a spectacular level of 21 and 22 % and we were delighted to secure a mortgage on our home at that time of the unbelievable low rate of only 15%. It is not Covid that is the driving cause of this - it is the Progressives with their hands out like little David Copperfield's please give me more. I am proud to say that none of you have fallen into that trap...you have worked hard to get where you are and have not relied upon handouts to do it. That is not to say that many during this Covid Invasion have needed governments' help and rightfully so - but the trend over these past many years have been toward greater deficits and debt.
Enough Gloom and Doom... for now.
I intended my next Blog to be about our Esteemed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...He who lusts for an Election which polls currently indicate that sadly he will win. However another issue has cropped up in the meantime involving our public school system and it has nothing to do with Gay Flags. Stay Tuned.
As I See It....
K.D. Galagher (aka - your father, father-in-law, and grandchildren)
