Posted on Feb 15, 2021
They Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste: The Truth About Disaster Liberalism
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The Title is wrong. It should be Leftism is bad not Liberalism.
Fox News featured the author and this book. It makes sense to add the stress and strain of the coronavirus and the death of George Floyd was the prima -cord to the main charge of insanity and street protest/destruction since that time. Police brutality does exist but it is few and far between but some politicians/ people live on identity politics. Nobody wants to admit that we have been in a near Civil War since late May of 2020.
They only woke up on January 6th, 2021 but many encouraged, ignored the carnage or gave in to the will of the mob, or considered the death and destruction 'mostly peaceful' before that time. Why?
Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants to do a September 11th style investigation of what led up to the riot that occurred on January 6, I hope her final report will discuss preamble of what happened since late May of 2020. I have seen White and Black Militant groups in 2020. Some just walked around with a show of force with weapons out while others burned and pillaged.
I very much doubt she would discuss this because it would show ineptitude by government officials to say no to a mob of anarchists and leftists. We do acknowledge that there are right-wing elements that wanted to kidnap a Democrat Governor. We know of those that had criminal intent to tie up and possibly execute VP Pence, Nancy Pelosi and others in the January attack on the Capitol. Last year the cities burned off and on since May and Democrats were mostly buddies with the destroyers. Now the shoe is on the other foot!
When I discuss this crisis, I am talking as a centrist. Neo-Nasis and Leftist always want to eliminate the middle thinking compromisers. Independents, Moderate Republicans and Democrats are not liked by the Fringe. IMHO Democrats are too afraid to confront Antifa and other leftist groups consistently. If you don't believe me, just look at Portland for the last 7 months. Democrats don't have the balls to condemn Antifa after their own headquarters was trashed. Look at Seattle with a Police Force short of 300 cops out of a total of 800. Look at New York City with no Undercover units. Look at Minneapolis City Management that is now reconsidering its stance on defunding the Police.
The Corona Virus Crisis and George Floyd's Death helped the Democrats secure the Victory last November. Now POTUS Trump is gone. Now you have to deal with those fringe groups on the left as well as those on the right. Keeping 5k troops in Washington DC until this fall is just power tripping. Hopefully, the revolutionary Left and Right will go back under their rocks and not be seen again. Time will tell if catch and release no bail, reduced Police forces and giving in to them will be enough or will they continue to protest, subvert and challenge the Democrats in Power? The Persecuted Orange Man is gone, what is your excuse now?
I am going to order this book tonight.
Here is the summary from the Author
About the Book
Why did the left think they could solve the pandemic with burning cities, closed beaches, blue state budget bailouts, and mail-in ballots nobody asked for
The coronavirus has been a disaster for America, but it's been an unprecedented opportunity for the left. In They Never Let a Crisis Goes to Waste, Jason Chaffetz delves into progressive efforts to leverage crises to force their priorities into law. Whether the crisis is legitimate, fabricated, or exaggerated, the solution is always the same: more government, less individual freedom, higher spending, higher taxes.
He explores how disaster liberalism subjugates individual freedoms to political expediency in times of crisis, and how Republicans need to be ready for next time. Because when we allow government power to become unlimited in a crisis, the crises will become unlimited.
Across the board, Democrat leaders exploited the pandemic to achieve their agenda, invoking disaster liberalism to justify unpopular and unconstitutional power grabs. Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed a gun control bill on April 10—three weeks into pandemic—because he wouldn't have to put up with tens of thousands of protestors. Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers announced he was making it a criminal offense to attend church or go to work, only to see his overreach struck down by the state supreme court. Nancy Pelosi rammed through a $3 trillion liberal wish list filled with proposals unrelated to COVID-19, that immediately died in the Senate.
If not for the courts and local media, many of the Democrats' schemes would have successfully been implemented. As it was, many were—and many of the most egregious violations of Americans' rights were celebrated across the left.
In They Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste, Chaffetz uncovers Democrats' game plan and calls upon all Americans to protect ourselves against future incursions. If we don't pay attention, the left will use every crisis to implement its radical plan, steadily eroding the freedoms we all hold dear. Only the American people have the power to stop the left's next power grab, as Chaffetz shows in this powerful, thoroughly-researched call to action.
The Title is wrong. It should be Leftism is bad not Liberalism.
Fox News featured the author and this book. It makes sense to add the stress and strain of the coronavirus and the death of George Floyd was the prima -cord to the main charge of insanity and street protest/destruction since that time. Police brutality does exist but it is few and far between but some politicians/ people live on identity politics. Nobody wants to admit that we have been in a near Civil War since late May of 2020.
They only woke up on January 6th, 2021 but many encouraged, ignored the carnage or gave in to the will of the mob, or considered the death and destruction 'mostly peaceful' before that time. Why?
Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants to do a September 11th style investigation of what led up to the riot that occurred on January 6, I hope her final report will discuss preamble of what happened since late May of 2020. I have seen White and Black Militant groups in 2020. Some just walked around with a show of force with weapons out while others burned and pillaged.
I very much doubt she would discuss this because it would show ineptitude by government officials to say no to a mob of anarchists and leftists. We do acknowledge that there are right-wing elements that wanted to kidnap a Democrat Governor. We know of those that had criminal intent to tie up and possibly execute VP Pence, Nancy Pelosi and others in the January attack on the Capitol. Last year the cities burned off and on since May and Democrats were mostly buddies with the destroyers. Now the shoe is on the other foot!
When I discuss this crisis, I am talking as a centrist. Neo-Nasis and Leftist always want to eliminate the middle thinking compromisers. Independents, Moderate Republicans and Democrats are not liked by the Fringe. IMHO Democrats are too afraid to confront Antifa and other leftist groups consistently. If you don't believe me, just look at Portland for the last 7 months. Democrats don't have the balls to condemn Antifa after their own headquarters was trashed. Look at Seattle with a Police Force short of 300 cops out of a total of 800. Look at New York City with no Undercover units. Look at Minneapolis City Management that is now reconsidering its stance on defunding the Police.
The Corona Virus Crisis and George Floyd's Death helped the Democrats secure the Victory last November. Now POTUS Trump is gone. Now you have to deal with those fringe groups on the left as well as those on the right. Keeping 5k troops in Washington DC until this fall is just power tripping. Hopefully, the revolutionary Left and Right will go back under their rocks and not be seen again. Time will tell if catch and release no bail, reduced Police forces and giving in to them will be enough or will they continue to protest, subvert and challenge the Democrats in Power? The Persecuted Orange Man is gone, what is your excuse now?
I am going to order this book tonight.
Here is the summary from the Author
About the Book
Why did the left think they could solve the pandemic with burning cities, closed beaches, blue state budget bailouts, and mail-in ballots nobody asked for
The coronavirus has been a disaster for America, but it's been an unprecedented opportunity for the left. In They Never Let a Crisis Goes to Waste, Jason Chaffetz delves into progressive efforts to leverage crises to force their priorities into law. Whether the crisis is legitimate, fabricated, or exaggerated, the solution is always the same: more government, less individual freedom, higher spending, higher taxes.
He explores how disaster liberalism subjugates individual freedoms to political expediency in times of crisis, and how Republicans need to be ready for next time. Because when we allow government power to become unlimited in a crisis, the crises will become unlimited.
Across the board, Democrat leaders exploited the pandemic to achieve their agenda, invoking disaster liberalism to justify unpopular and unconstitutional power grabs. Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed a gun control bill on April 10—three weeks into pandemic—because he wouldn't have to put up with tens of thousands of protestors. Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers announced he was making it a criminal offense to attend church or go to work, only to see his overreach struck down by the state supreme court. Nancy Pelosi rammed through a $3 trillion liberal wish list filled with proposals unrelated to COVID-19, that immediately died in the Senate.
If not for the courts and local media, many of the Democrats' schemes would have successfully been implemented. As it was, many were—and many of the most egregious violations of Americans' rights were celebrated across the left.
In They Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste, Chaffetz uncovers Democrats' game plan and calls upon all Americans to protect ourselves against future incursions. If we don't pay attention, the left will use every crisis to implement its radical plan, steadily eroding the freedoms we all hold dear. Only the American people have the power to stop the left's next power grab, as Chaffetz shows in this powerful, thoroughly-researched call to action.
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I just wish they'd stop calling it Liberalism. The Left is not liberal. Indeed, they are the enemies of liberty.
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SFC Casey O'Mally
CPT (Join to see) - Just as a technical point of order, Sir, CPT Jack Durish did NOT call the left his enemies. He said they were the enemy of liberty. I believe, in context, that he wasn't saying that he is liberty, and they are against him, but rather that they have chosen to take up a position in opposition to liberty. The left isn't CPT Jack's enemy (per se), but rather he believes that the left see liberty as THEIR enemy.
(And, of course, one could very easily imply or infer that anyone who supports liberty should then naturally view the left as an enemy, circling back around to original point. But I think getting there takes some assuming, and some putting words in CPT Jack's mouth.)
(And, of course, one could very easily imply or infer that anyone who supports liberty should then naturally view the left as an enemy, circling back around to original point. But I think getting there takes some assuming, and some putting words in CPT Jack's mouth.)
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SFC Casey O'Mally - I understand that completely, and withdrawal my direction at Mr. Durish. I can almost guarantee that he is a fine American. But the left is an 'enemy' in the same way the 'right' is the 'enemy' in a large percentage of this country, and the use of those terms so close together trigger emotions both ways. It is no longer fellow Americans with disagreements, it has morphed into 'others', and created a complete disassociation that has opened the door to demonization far and beyond that of disagreement. Depending on your political persuasion, and the depth of your extremity in those areas, an 'enemy' of liberty is subjective.
That is the point.
That is the point.
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CPT Jack Durish
CPT (Join to see) - I have no problem disagreeing with my fellow citizens who share my allegiance to the Constitution. The Left are my enemies because they are enemies of the Constitution. Since they can't destroy it outright, they have been perverting it for the past 100 years.
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SFC Casey O'Mally
CPT (Join to see) - On that, you and I are in violent agreement.
It has been, and continues to be, my basic philosophy that EVERYONE is better served when I do my level best to understand the viewpoints of those with whom I disagree. Even if I continue to disagree, I gain understanding of them, and WHY they feel that way. They aren't evil, or contemptible, or disgusting (in most cases - some are, including some I agree with, politically)... just... wrong :-P
Additionally, when I can truly understand "the opposition" I can much more readily predict and counter their political rhetoric and their attempts to move the country in what I feel is the wrong direction. And if I have TRULY worked to understand their viewpoint, I then have the option of either accepting it as being right and admitting I was wrong (it happens! Not often, but it does.) or preparing myself with talking points discussing the shortfalls of their position.
Everyone wins - "they" aren't "othered" or demonized, and I have a stronger political foundation for my positions.
It has been, and continues to be, my basic philosophy that EVERYONE is better served when I do my level best to understand the viewpoints of those with whom I disagree. Even if I continue to disagree, I gain understanding of them, and WHY they feel that way. They aren't evil, or contemptible, or disgusting (in most cases - some are, including some I agree with, politically)... just... wrong :-P
Additionally, when I can truly understand "the opposition" I can much more readily predict and counter their political rhetoric and their attempts to move the country in what I feel is the wrong direction. And if I have TRULY worked to understand their viewpoint, I then have the option of either accepting it as being right and admitting I was wrong (it happens! Not often, but it does.) or preparing myself with talking points discussing the shortfalls of their position.
Everyone wins - "they" aren't "othered" or demonized, and I have a stronger political foundation for my positions.
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This is from the Author:
About the Book
Why did the left think they could solve the pandemic with burning cities, closed beaches, blue state budget bailouts, and mail-in ballots nobody asked for
The coronavirus has been a disaster for America, but it's been an unprecedented opportunity for the left. In They Never Let a Crisis Goes to Waste, Jason Chaffetz delves into progressive efforts to leverage crises to force their priorities into law. Whether the crisis is legitimate, fabricated, or exaggerated, the solution is always the same: more government, less individual freedom, higher spending, higher taxes.
He explores how disaster liberalism subjugates individual freedoms to political expediency in times of crisis, and how Republicans need to be ready for next time. Because when we allow government power to become unlimited in a crisis, the crises will become unlimited.
Across the board, Democrat leaders exploited the pandemic to achieve their agenda, invoking disaster liberalism to justify unpopular and unconstitutional power grabs. Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed a gun control bill on April 10—three weeks into pandemic—because he wouldn't have to put up with tens of thousands of protestors. Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers announced he was making it a criminal offense to attend church or go to work, only to see his overreach struck down by the state supreme court. Nancy Pelosi rammed through a $3 trillion liberal wish list filled with proposals unrelated to COVID-19, that immediately died in the Senate.
If not for the courts and local media, many of the Democrats' schemes would have successfully been implemented. As it was, many were—and many of the most egregious violations of Americans' rights were celebrated across the left.
In They Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste, Chaffetz uncovers Democrats' game plan and calls upon all Americans to protect ourselves against future incursions. If we don't pay attention, the left will use every crisis to implement its radical plan, steadily eroding the freedoms we all hold dear. Only the American people have the power to stop the left's next power grab, as Chaffetz shows in this powerful, thoroughly-researched call to action. CPT Jack Durish LT Brad McInnis CSM Charles Hayden PO3 Bob McCord A1C Michael Allen CW3 Harvey K.
About the Book
Why did the left think they could solve the pandemic with burning cities, closed beaches, blue state budget bailouts, and mail-in ballots nobody asked for
The coronavirus has been a disaster for America, but it's been an unprecedented opportunity for the left. In They Never Let a Crisis Goes to Waste, Jason Chaffetz delves into progressive efforts to leverage crises to force their priorities into law. Whether the crisis is legitimate, fabricated, or exaggerated, the solution is always the same: more government, less individual freedom, higher spending, higher taxes.
He explores how disaster liberalism subjugates individual freedoms to political expediency in times of crisis, and how Republicans need to be ready for next time. Because when we allow government power to become unlimited in a crisis, the crises will become unlimited.
Across the board, Democrat leaders exploited the pandemic to achieve their agenda, invoking disaster liberalism to justify unpopular and unconstitutional power grabs. Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed a gun control bill on April 10—three weeks into pandemic—because he wouldn't have to put up with tens of thousands of protestors. Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers announced he was making it a criminal offense to attend church or go to work, only to see his overreach struck down by the state supreme court. Nancy Pelosi rammed through a $3 trillion liberal wish list filled with proposals unrelated to COVID-19, that immediately died in the Senate.
If not for the courts and local media, many of the Democrats' schemes would have successfully been implemented. As it was, many were—and many of the most egregious violations of Americans' rights were celebrated across the left.
In They Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste, Chaffetz uncovers Democrats' game plan and calls upon all Americans to protect ourselves against future incursions. If we don't pay attention, the left will use every crisis to implement its radical plan, steadily eroding the freedoms we all hold dear. Only the American people have the power to stop the left's next power grab, as Chaffetz shows in this powerful, thoroughly-researched call to action. CPT Jack Durish LT Brad McInnis CSM Charles Hayden PO3 Bob McCord A1C Michael Allen CW3 Harvey K.
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SFC Chuck Martinez
I was asked about Article 1 of our constitution and here it is; Article I describes the design of the legislative branch of US Government -- the Congress. Important ideas include the separation of powers between branches of government (checks and balances), the election of Senators and Representatives, the process by which laws are made, and the powers that Congress has. However, the Supreme Court has ruled that Congress does have the latitude to delegate regulatory powers to ... of Clause One that Representatives shall be elected "by the People" to mean that, in those states with more than one. Section 1 vests all legislative powers of the federal government in a bicameral Congress. As explained above, this is often read to include a principle that legislative power cannot be delegated to the other branches, to individual members of Congress, or to private actors. We are literally giving the Congress full authorization to make laws that we the people do not like or want. Why should a body of the federal government have all the powers to establish laws we the people do not want, or give them the power to take away those laws we do want. Our State Senators and the Congress represent us the people, and they should follow the wishes of the people.
You hear about taking away amendments from our constitution and that is what I am referring to. for example the first 10; 1. Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition. 2. The Right to keep and bear arms in order to maintain a well regulated militia. 3. No quartering of soldiers. 4. Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures. 5. Right to due process of law, freedom from self-incrimination, double jeopardy. 6. Rights of accused persons, e.g., right to a speedy and public trial. 7. Right of trial by jury in civil cases. 8. Freedom from excessive bail, cruel and unusual punishments. 9. Other rights of the people. and 10. Powers reserved to the states. Number 10 refers to all 50 states where the people have a right to be heard and vote on new amendments or new laws added to our constitution which should then be carried by our representatives to the halls of the Congress and the Senate. No body in government should have the right to establish new amendment to the constitution without the blessings of all US citizens all across the country. We now have 27 additional amendments, Since 1789 the Constitution has been amended 27 times; of those amendments, the first 10 are collectively known as the Bill of Rights and were certified on December 15, 1791.
I just don't think that the Congress/Senate with the present members are not doing right by our constitution, and are in violation of. Especially trying to take away our right to bare arms.
You hear about taking away amendments from our constitution and that is what I am referring to. for example the first 10; 1. Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition. 2. The Right to keep and bear arms in order to maintain a well regulated militia. 3. No quartering of soldiers. 4. Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures. 5. Right to due process of law, freedom from self-incrimination, double jeopardy. 6. Rights of accused persons, e.g., right to a speedy and public trial. 7. Right of trial by jury in civil cases. 8. Freedom from excessive bail, cruel and unusual punishments. 9. Other rights of the people. and 10. Powers reserved to the states. Number 10 refers to all 50 states where the people have a right to be heard and vote on new amendments or new laws added to our constitution which should then be carried by our representatives to the halls of the Congress and the Senate. No body in government should have the right to establish new amendment to the constitution without the blessings of all US citizens all across the country. We now have 27 additional amendments, Since 1789 the Constitution has been amended 27 times; of those amendments, the first 10 are collectively known as the Bill of Rights and were certified on December 15, 1791.
I just don't think that the Congress/Senate with the present members are not doing right by our constitution, and are in violation of. Especially trying to take away our right to bare arms.
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One ideology was don’t kill minorities in police custody. The other ideology was fighting over fake election fraud.
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Both extremes need to be investigated. If you read my preamble, I put down the left as much as the right and I talk as a centrist. Trump is now history so I believe some elements of the left are now going to get cocky so maybe that's why Nancy has 5000 soldiers all year in Washington DC? When you are nice to the left, they just go crazy and get cockier. To me, they are like the Borg from star trek
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