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Too Cute By Half

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I wrote late Friday about the deceit in some California propositions.  Impeachment, now effectively over, has involved a lot of deceit.  Why cute tricks?  Make your case, if it’s a good one you’ll win.  If you have to resort to “spin” to even have a chance, well…what’s that say about the quality of your offering?  At this point is not this entire impeachment charade Exhibit A that the Dems do not think they can beat the president this fall?

The line between spin and deceit is a very fine one and it just seems like lately it is getting crossed far too often.  And so this Sunday morning I turned to a Biblical lament:

Oh that my head were waters
And my eyes a fountain of tears,
That I might weep day and night
For the slain of the daughter of my people!
Oh that I had in the desert
A wayfarers’ lodging place;
That I might leave my people
And go from them!
For all of them are adulterers,
An assembly of treacherous men.
They bend their tongue like their bow;
Lies and not truth prevail in the land;
For they proceed from evil to evil,
And they do not know Me,” declares the Lord.
Let everyone be on guard against his neighbor,
And do not trust any brother;
Because every brother deals craftily,
And every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.
Everyone deceives his neighbor
And does not speak the truth,
They have taught their tongue to speak lies;
They weary themselves committing iniquity.
“Your dwelling is in the midst of deceit;
Through deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the Lord.

Sometimes you just find a passage that perfectly describes your mood.  But in this passage Jeremiah is talking to the nation of Israel.  While the similarities between then and now seem obvious, there are also some differences.

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As California Circles The Drain…

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…state and local authorities in California  want to put in a bigger drain pipe.  Did you listen to the hosts interview with Pete Peterson of Pepperdine this past Wednesday?  They did not paint a pretty picture and they are just scratching the surface.

Super Tuesday will be here before we know it, and California will vote.  Early voting and absentee balloting have begun.  Votes are being cast right now.  And as always much mischief is afoot – particularly in a low turnout, especially for Republicans, election like this primary.  And so we have a tale of two propositions absolutely guaranteed, if passed, to drive the state to ruin that much faster.

The first is currently titled as follows:

1870. (19-0008A1)
INCREASES FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY COLLEGES, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES BY CHANGING TAX ASSESSMENT OF COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

This, frankly, is a straightforward repeal of California’s famed Prop. 13 for some “limited” situations.  What it really is is a recipe to drive business away from the state at an even faster rate than they are currently migrating.  It will cost jobs, and raise prices on virtually everything.

The other measure is in LA County only and is technically not a property tax.  They are calling it a “parcel tax” since it is based on square footage of the property, not its value.  Shakespeare said it best when he said something about, “a rose by any other name….”

The sheer hubris evident in these offerings is noteworthy.  There are three things I find remarkable about all this.

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Impeachment, Coronavirus and a New Road Map for the Middle East

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This week on the Townhall Review with Hugh Hewitt

The podcast takes a close look at the impeachment as Hugh speaks with Arizona rep. Debbie Lesko, a member of Trumps defense team.  Later, Hugh covers the coronavirus threat in a conversation with retired U. S. Air Force Colonel Randall Larson, now the National Security Advisor for the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.

Fellow host Dennis Prager examines Trump’s Middle East peace plan with ambassador Davie Freidman.

And Sebastian Gorka covers the celebration of Brexit with James Delingpole of Breitbart London.

And there’s more.  Much more.  Go here to get the entire podcast.

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