Message from the doghouse 4/15/2025

1. The IRS sucks hairballs.

2. RIP, Vaughn P. Drake Jr. – America’s Oldest Pearl Harbor Veteran. Mr. Drake was a native of Kentucky and was 106 years old when he died. On December 7, 1941, Mr. Drake was an Army engineer at the Kaneohe Naval Air Station on Oahu. There are currently 15 confirmed survivors of the Day That Will Live in Infamy remaining.

3. The Leftists have been blowing head gaskets for weeks over the deportation of illegal alien Kilmer Abrego Garcia to an El Salvadoran prison. The Marxist tools in this country have elevated Senor Garcia, a “Maryland father”, to sainthood status. Now the facts. Senor Garcia is a citizen of El Salvador and a member of the MS-13 gang. Senor Garcia entered this country illegally. MS-13 has been declared a terrorist organization. Senor Garcia is currently sitting in a prison in his country of citizenship – El Salvador. Senor Garcia’s remaining in an El Salvadoran prison is at the discretion of the El Salvadoran President Nayib Armando Bukele Ortez. Once upon a time, El Salvador was one of the shit hole countries that U.S. President Trump referred to during his first term. The people of El Salvador got sick and tired of having their lives ruled and ruined by gangs – particularly MS-13 – and a Conservative Populist movement took hold in El Salvador and elected a forward thinking president. Today, it is safer to walk the streets of San Salvador than the streets of Chicago, New York, or Washington D.C. Gang members were swooped up and thrown in prisons in El Salvador. President Nayib Bukele was seated at a press briefing in the White House with President Trump yesterday. White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller gave a great synopsis of the Garcia situation. Of note yesterday, a Maryland jury came in with a guilty verdict in the Rachel Morin case. Rachel Morin was a mother of five who was kidnapped, raped, and murdered in 2023 by an El Salvadoran in the country illegally. Democrats are rushing to aid Senor Garcia including going to El Salvador – on the taxpayer dime I am sure. Did any of these Democrats reach out to the Morin family? Kilmer Abrego Garcia has not been accused of such heinous crimes, but his affiliation with MS-13 should be enough for anyone with common sense to realize that he is not an individual we want to make the U.S. his home. Apples do not fall far from trees.

4. Some unhappiness with FBI decisions regarding leadership have occurred over the last few weeks. In particular: 1. Domestic Terrorism Section Chief Steven Jensen to run the FBI Washington D.C. field office and 2. Special Agent Stanley Meador to run the FBI’s Richmond field office. Jensen was involved with investigating J6 participants and Meador was involved with investigating supposed Catholic domestic terrorist threats. These two appointments raised my eye brows and caused me some initial agida, but I have been following Trump, Patel, and Bongino for almost a decade and I trust them. The world of governance and politics is as stinky as my bathroom after a meal high in cauliflower, broccoli , and bean content and sometimes you have to make strange bed fellows to get the job done. Rudy Giuliani, General Mike Flynn, and Tom Fitton of Judicial Watch have expressed their displeasure. I also like these three dudes. Taking a deep breath, I realize that Rome wasn’t built in a day. The Marxist March started in America with the Election of 1912, so it would be unreasonable to think that the Trump Administration could have the mess cleaned up in less than 90 days. The cleanup on Aisle Marxism will take prayer, perseverance, and years and years and years.

PoopDDog

Message from the doghouse 4/9/2025

I pulled up my ballot for the 5/6/2025 election and I have two issues to vote on – Ohio Issue 2 and a Fire Department Levy. When I turned 50 many moons ago, I decided to wise up and start reading the owner’s manual for every car and appliance I purchased. With advances in technology came much confusion and the days of product design being “intuitively obvious” were over. When I turned 60, I decided that I would vote NO on any issue that popped up on my election ballot that I could not definitively figure out nor make a good argument for one way or the other. Ohio Issue 2 is one of these circumstances. What is Ohio Issue 2? It is a proposed constitutional amendment to fund public infrastructure improvements by permitting the issuance of general obligation (GO) bonds. Strike one for me was “proposed constitutional amendment.” Unfortunately, as I delved deeper into Issue 2, I learned that Ohio can only issue GO bonds through the amendment process. Issue 2 is a legislative request voted for overwhelmingly as House Joint Resolution 8 (2024) in a lame duck session – 30 yeas/1 nay Ohio Senate, 87 yeas/4 nays Ohio House of Representatives – my suspicious/cynical barometer hits the red zone any time I see Democrats vote in unison which they did on HJR 8. Approval of Issue 2 will allow the State of Ohio to issue 2.5 billion dollars worth of GO bonds over a 10 year period. This process first began in 1987 and has been renewed every 10 years since. Currently, 200 million dollars per year is administered to local municipalities by the State Capital Improvement Program (SCIP) through grants and loans funded by passage of Issue 1 on the 5/6/2014 ballot. Issue 2 will increase the amount to 250 million/yr over 10 years. What I am having a really hard time wrapping my head around is why does the State of Ohio even have this program when 250 million dollars is chump change in the scheme of local infrastructure expenditures in a given year. Last November, my township had a levy on the ballot which was approved to fund infrastructure projects. If my township wants to receive a grant or loan through this process, township staff has to be available to complete the application and jump through the process hoops – added overhead expense for my township. Counting on the mercy of State of Ohio employees to approve an application from a township in Ohio’s wealthiest county seems a little risky to me. And now from my “I’ve learned a lot from grabbing my ankles during my lifetime” vault – are palms getting greased with this process? If I were to do a deep dive, would I find that the bulk of this money goes (i.e. a charitable contribution from the rest of Ohio) to Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Dayton and Toledo? Why is this issue showing up on what is likely to be a low turnout election? For reference: Delaware County 2024 General Election Turnout 81.92%/2020 General Election Turnout 83.76% – 5/4/2021 Special Election 17.26%. There are still 4 weeks left in this cycle, but I have noticed that I have received nothing via the USPS regarding the upcoming election and Issue 2. The voter registration deadline for this election passed on Monday. Last Ohio election cycle (November 2024), I received a mailing from the Secretary of State’s office which included a mail in ballot application. I was initially going to vote YES on this issue – it is about the roads after all – but since I have been chewing on it for a few weeks, I am going to vote NO. The election get out the vote silence on this GO bond just ain’t smellin right to me. If the issue gets voted down, then the political powers that be will have to make their case for the higher turnout 11/2025 election.

Ohio Issue 2, Local Public Infrastructure Bond Amendment (May 2025)

General Obligation (GO) Bond: Definition, Types, Vs. Revenue Bond

The Grassroots Freedom Initiative – Issue 2

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