The Vote

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President Trump, NATO and Vladimir Putin’s Russia As President Trump leaves NATO and heads to Vladimir Putin Russia I will make some observations. First, the European countries participating in NATO have not paid their required 2% for many years, and we have allowed it for many years. With an ever menacing Russia looming in the distance, why would any European nation not stand up there own defense and work to make NATO stronger? Answer, They do not see Russia as a threat, we do, they don’t. So who is right? I would say the Europeans have this one right, that Russia is not the threat we claim it is. Let me be clear, when I say we or us, I mean the USA, and when I say the USA, I mean the federal government and the news media they control. We have consistent stream of news reporting on the evil and diabolical Russia. Be afraid Americans, be scared Europe warn the “experts”, but lets be honest, when was the last time the “experts” were right? Or the media? About anything? The experts and media will not tell you, but it should not be forgotten that the Soviet Union bore the brunt of defeating the Nazis during WWII, losing 27 million people, and saw a third of their country destroyed in the process. So we, the USA, Europeans and Russians were allies not so long ago. Russia meddling in our “democracy” is a hoax, twitter and face book accounts by people of Russian decent, it is an embarrassment to watch. It is our own DOJ and FBI that meddled meddled more than any Russian actors. So lets stop this foolishness. President Trump should understand that any move toward better relations with Russia has been already pre-approved by the American people. His position on Russia was well known. Let us hope that a Trump, Putin meeting begins a move toward real reconciliation and away from the threat of nuclear war. NATO is a relic of the past, lets dissolve it and put the money to a better use, that we finally get the peace dividend hoped for. Let it be said that we are not scared little people, in fear of so many countries. Let it be said that we are friends. Times are tough, I understand, but if you can contribute, please do. Regards,  G. T. Zorn Purple50.org

Trump, Trade & Teriffs The most important thing we can do now as citizens, is support President Trump in negotiating trade deals around the world; more specifically, communist red China. I will make three main points, then explain: 1. What do we trade if we do not make anything? Exporting factories is not free trade. 2. What can the Chines buy from us when they make four dollars an hour? 3. Manufacturing is military might. What is being sold as “Free Trade” is not really trade at all, outside of raw materials and if the United States has been reduced to trading soy beans, pork and dairy, we have a problem. We need to make things. As China has benefited greatly by the one-sided trade deal, so have our farmers as they ship food stocks to China. I believe our farmers are patriots and understand that markets will adjust. President Trump should stop usingtariffrevenue to subsidize farmers. With the exception of farmers, those of us out here in the real world feel little to no effect of the tariffs. What we now have is global labor arbitrage allowing jobs to move to nations where the cost of doing business and wages paid to employees is less expensive. We outsource the bulk of their manufacturing to Third World countries, where labor is dramatically cheaper. Jobs outsourced from developed countries to China alsoallows a threat that firms can move offshore helps to keep a lid on wages. Politicians, republican and democrat cannot rail against income inequality without addressing the issue of trade and the offshoring of good paying manufacturing jobs. The trade issue should also addressthe climate change problem as China is a major polluter. So demarcates should lobby China to reduce their carbon emissions, good luck, or seek to bring our factories home. As our factories come home, they will be built or rebuilt using the latest technologies that produce the least amounts of pollution possible. Nations with a lower cost of labor such as China, India and Mexico, paying employees much lower wages, what can they purchase from us, outside of foods? We simply do not produce things the rest of the world wants at a price it can afford. Companies that manufactured here were conceived and grown in the USA, likely to have been funded by our banks, using deposits from average citizens, grew using our labor and knowledge. Companies that once supported whole towns, participated in community efforts and celebration. Companies that paid a good wage, enough where a mother could stay home, raise children in a decent home, take a vacation every year. These companies have left the communities and people who made them for cheap labor with little if any regulation or environmental standards. If returning good paying manufacturing jobs and much cleaner factories is not a good enough reason to support President Trump trade negotiations, national security is. Manufacturing might is military might. War is won with the ability of one nation to produce more weapons of war than the other. If we were to get into another war like WWII a war that depended on America’s ability to produce massive amounts of military equipment, we could notwin because with all of our advanced technology, we are just not building andproducing things like we used to. I want President Trump to be hard on this issue, to have all products involved in military application to bemade in the USA; from the most sophisticated computer chips to the thread in a GI’s sock. With more than 700 billion being spent on our military budget, it is surprising that our ability to manufacture is overlooked. This works both ways, our products sent to China and used in military application has to stop for the purpose of national security. Being a Purple we offer solutions. President, Trump cannot tell China what to do, he can tell China what we will do. Tariffs are used to restrict imports by increasing the price of goods and services purchased from another country, making them less attractive to domestic consumers. President Trump became the first president to threaten and impose tariffs to try and reshape the flow of trade. His purpose for new and higher tariffs? Shrink the U.S. trade deficit, boost U.S. production and increase good paying manufacturing jobs. The purpose of a tariff is generally to protect domestic production and jobs, countries generally impose tariffs to protect certain industries that are perceived as essential. President Trump can also impose quotas or other non-tariff trade barriers to restrict foreign companies from competing in domestic markets to safeguard domestic industry. However, Tariffs will force a tradeoff between consumers and workers. In helping our manufacturing sector, creating more jobs and improving workers lives is a good trade. The U.S. imports from Chinaaccounted for 21% of overall U.S. imports in 2018 and we can afford to have this reduced with little inconvenience. We need to require all industry involved with our military to manufacture here, in the USA, with no exceptions. I see little harm in China making furniture and toys, But only in factories certified as clean, non-polluting, and onlywith a tariff. The talk of China’s commitment to honor U.S. intellectual property rights is nonsense in my opinion. Our companies went willingly to China, knowing they would have to partner and share property and information. We also propose that any US company receiving R & D funding from the federal government (our tax dollars) be required to manufacture here. Do notbe fooled as pundits. Analystssee every stock market dip as a fear of a “trade war”, the selloffs are more a result of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy then trade. We are not helpless; we have been week, Republicans, Democrats and Citizens. If we do nothing, nothing will change. China will continue to prosper, we will continue to decline if the citizenry allows it, as it has been.  So support our President, he has put us first, going up against powerful people, establishment politicians, entrenched bureaucrats and globalists. It is time We Come Home, it is time We put America First, it is time We return to a system that once served us well and can again.

The Vote and the Supreme Court As of this post I’m not confident that we can get a true and accurate vote count in the 2020 presidential election. We must do everything we can to satisfy Americans that the vote count was lawfully done. It seems there is not a clear message or strategy from the Trump team, there should be. We must have confidence in Trump and hope he has smarter people than me on this. We hear of isolated incidences of irregularities in small numbers that seem too small to make a difference. We also hear of systemic fraud and failures in the voting machines and software and this is significant. Attorney Sydney Powell seems to be taking the lead on it, this gives us confidence. Where is the evidence? The states of interest are Pa., Ga., Mi., Wi., Az., Nv. for determining if Trump actually won. Rather than fighting it out in each State Courts separately, and these states being in different Federal Court districts, and time being of the essence, with the possibility of more than 70 million people being disenfranchised, go directly to the Supreme Court. Request a full and complete hand counted audit of each county, in each state in question, this will provide the evidence. The Supreme Court should take the suit under equal protection and/or supremacy. Lawsuits take time, discovery is a slow and we don’t have time. In presenting the case: The common-sense measurement showing massive fraud is off the charts. Provide the logical reasoning, circumstantial but worth considering. The Trump campaign generated the most enthusiasm in decades, and still does. Biden drew flies. I would also argue that Biden sat at home because he knew the fix was in. List the involvement of key demarcate operatives involved in the vote machine and software process. Surely the best and brightest on the Trump team can expand on this list. Move to the statistical and mathematical anomalies, there are many. Then provide all the sworn affidavits of wrongdoing. Do not get bogged down here, this seems like small ball, numbers that may not affect the outcome but can help in getting an audit. Now, the main case, audit the voting machines, the software, and the servers. This should be the main argument. This is where the fraud and collusion will be found. I would suggest only auditing the vote counts in the counties in question. Will a relatively small number of counties in a handful of states be allowed to nullify the legally cast votes of our citizens in prudent counties and states? If one is to bear the burden of wrongdoing, let it be confined to the counties committing the crime, voter fraud is a crime. In essence, asking the Supreme Court for an audited recount is the search warrant, based in evidence and logic, and discovery to locate the proof of fraud and wrongdoing. There is no harm in an audit; all legally cast votes are counted, inquiry is not a threat to democracy. Is the deep state, the money class to strong? This is where we find out, FBI, DOJ do little or nothing; the CIA may be involved. The mainstream media and Big Tech deliver the message that “Biden won, it’s time to come together, let’s move on” and suppress contrary information. This will test our system; the Supreme Court will bear the burden and decide if the United States of America will descend into a full blown banana republic. Will they order an independent analysis of voting data, an audited hand count, to restore confidence and credibility and hopefully end the current controversy in the election process? We cannot count on the Georgia Senate runoff election, a full audit of the questionable counties will bring Perdue in. A Michigan audit will bring James in. Why would anyone believe there will be an accurate vote count if not corrected now? All that remains is to see whether or not the Leftist will get away with making a mockery of democracy or will our longstanding tradition of a nation that stands as the beacon of democracy and leader of the free world continue?