THE POLITICAL NOTEBOOK

From the Democrats of Hemet San Jacinto.

An article in “Psychology Today” leads off with the following paragraph:   “A staple of late-night comedy is having a camera crew pose simple questions to young people in the street and capture supremely ignorant answers. It’s your call whether this is funny, exploitative, or both. But such bits tie into some durable American credos: that people are stupid; young people are especially stupid; and we’re all getting stupider with each generation.”

Unfortunately there is too much truth to this statement. There are many factors that contribute to this phenomenon. I believe that one factor is the insufficient funding of our public schools which I will address in a future article. The way in which we get our “news” is another. Newspapers are a struggling industry. There was a time before radio and television when newspapers were the only source of news, of information and even advertising. Newspapers would go into depth on a subject giving lots of background and explanation of the headline. The news was not force fed. One could glance at the headlines and one could choose whether or not to read the detail.

Radio and television, on the other hand, had to choose what items to include. In the interests of appealing to a more broad public, more items would be included leaving less time for each item, less time for detail, less time for background information. Despite the attempt at covering a variety of items, in the interest of time, newscasts are unable to cover all the news of the day. I used to enjoy the newspapers. My grandfather was once the editor of the Niagara Gazette. I used to buy my paper from a newspaper stand along the street. Today those stands are almost nonexistent.

In recent years the internet has replaced both the newspaper and newscasts as the primary method in which many get their information. From newspapers we were able to glance at the headings of articles and choose what detail to read. There are fewer choices from newscasts and we get only the short version of many items in newscasts. The internet allows us to pinpoint our interests, to “Google” (really, technically, to “search-engine”) a specific subject. But we only “Search Engine” those items that catch our attention. For those of us on social media, our “friends” we have chosen and who share our interests, point us to limited items the end result of which narrows the information we absorb. Despite all of the new technology, we are becoming less informed as a population.

Another related phenomenon is shorter attention spans. The following information is provided by The Associated Press. Attention spans have shrunk by 50% over the past decade, attention spans for adults in 1998 were an average of 12 minutes while in 2008 attention spans had shrunk to 5 minutes. I don’t know the cause and effect relationship of attention spans and technology but I suspect they are linked. 

With an extremely important election coming we need to make an effort to be well-informed. It will take more than just clicking on topics of interest and you won’t be well informed if you watch or listen to only one station. Choose additional media. Add variety to your sources and make an effort to lengthen your attention span. There are so many critical topics like climate change, moral integrity of our Congress and White House, how the economy affects everyone, environmental safety, foreign policy, the fairness of our elections, the education of our children, access to healthcare for everyone. Pick a topic (or topics) and research them. Be an informed voter. America’s future is at stake. By the way, thank you for reading this article in this newspaper. You are among a dying breed!

Dick Gale
President of Democrats of Hemet San Jacinto

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From the right…a new voice, Ann Walsh

On Jan. 25th more 600 people “Walked for Life” in our community. Many people carried small crosses which they placed in the “Cemetery of the Innocent” at the end of the Walk. They walked in memory of the 3000 babies who would die that day, and who have died every day in our country, so long as abortion remains legal. Whatever happened to the “safe, legal and rare” that was promised if abortion became legal? The people of the US were lied to, as Bernard Nathanson, one of the architects and champions of abortion told us, shortly before his death.  

Nathanson openly admitted that abortion-rights activists of the late 60s and early 70s knowingly lied to the people of the United States…but abortion became “law” 

There were those who tried to warn us in 1973 that we were opening a door that would soon become large enough for a mac truck to drive through: we are there. Infanticide is now defended openly for any child who survives an abortion, a search and destroy mission has begun in the womb for any child who might have a disability (Iceland brags that “Downs Syndrome has been eliminated”), physician- assisted suicide has now become another “right”. And we wonder at the mounting numbers of children committing suicide?

Despite all of this there is always hope. The sleeping giant that is the majority of Americans has been awakened. “The Walk and Rally for Life” that was held here is happening all across America. In cities and towns, large and small, people are gathering to raise their voices on behalf of life. Politicians are beginning to notice the numbers and hear the message that we vote for life. Life matters to us. The lie that pro-life people only care about the baby before it is born is not born out by any evidence. We are the people who fund and staff the Life Centers that offer services to mothers and their babies, before and after birth. We are there to walk with the thousands of women and others who regret their abortion decisions. We also support adoptions for those mothers who are not able to parent a child at the time of their pregnancy. Some children are unplanned but all are wanted by someone. For those who assume that a child conceived in rape should be an exception, go online and read the stories of children and their mothers who have gone through that experience. Listen to the survivors of abortion also. Death is never a better choice.

In record numbers, our young people are embracing the cause of life. They are proud to call themselves the “Pro-life generation.” Growing numbers of Pro-life organizations are found on our high school and college campuses. Pro-life is Pro-woman: we women are strong, courageous, talented and proud to be mothers. We will succeed with our children. We will not accept the lie that we can only rise by sacrificing our children.   

If you are interested in stopping the daily, senseless slaughter of thousands of lives, you can join Valley Pro Life, at valleyprolife.org

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THE POLITICAL NOTEBOOK

From the Right…Robin Lowe

As a Republican, it did my heart good to see such a robust turn-out for The California Congress of Republicans (CCR) meeting this Monday at the Elks Club. The meeting was an overwhelming success which featured many Republican candidates.

Problems which have plagued our state under decades of Democratic control were covered.  These included: problems such as exorbitant taxes, the problematic-at-best voting situation (“Ballot Harvesting,” transportation, infrastructure…and Sacramento’s unwillingness of those in Sacramento to listen to our cities and their citizens.

When asked about the myriad voting problems plaguing California the speakers agreed: “Voter ID Laws. All of those problems are fixed when we go to voter ID Laws.”  And that’s the truth.  The usual clarion call of “racism,” or “bigotry,” hurled from the left at those who only seek honest open legal-voter-driven elections has rung hollow for years now.  Legal identification is used for our most important and sensitive transactions: of course they should be used in the most “sacred” secular transaction in which any and every American is/should be involved: their vote.  

Giving a ballot to someone (and under California’s dubious law, it literally states that anyone can hand in someone else’s ballot) and hoping that they do the right thing is not enough: we need to ensure that the will of the people is adhered to and the way to do that is through enacting Voter ID Laws.  As we saw with the shenanigans of the 2018 mid-terms, this system invites problems.

In the coming weeks, I will endeavor to tackle the problems of ballot harvesting and other irregularities in the California voting system.

If these issues are as important to you as they are to Republicans who seek fair and honest solutions, we urge you to look us up on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/HSJCR/

Again, my congratulations to all the speakers and candidates who attended Monday’s gala event.

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From the right….Robin Lowe

For more than two years, Californians have had to endure headlines like these:

–“Audit finds problems with California “Motor Voter” Program,” from Associated Press.

–“More than 23,000 Californians were registered to vote incorrectly by state DMV,” by the LA Times in September of 2018.

–“Skid Row Voter Fraudsters Preyed on LA Homeless, Authorities Charge” from NBC in November of 2018. That particular case came as national discourse over voter fraud heated up in November of last year when President Trump, had in the past, alleged (and been proven correct) that “millions” of bogus votes were cast in the 2016 presidential election.

–Then there was the August, 2019 California Globe article titled, “DMV’s Six Degrees Of Separation From The Truth About Voter Fraud In California” which explained that thousands of were “…”inadvertently registered to vote.”

Right. Inadvertently. Some began to question, and continue to question Alex Padilla’s competency as California Secretary of State due to these seemingly constant “mistakes.”

The articles above were covered in more depth in an article that appeared in the pages of the Hemet-San Jacinto Chronicle just a few weeks ago. That article chronicled yet more problems with the“Motor Voter” system.

Given the fact that both Google and Facebook have been caught in “undercover stings” admitting that they will attempt to surreptitiously overthrow the electoral process, legal voters here have to wonder if California election officials are just inept…or culpable as well.

In the coming weeks, we will be investigating these issues in depth.

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From the left…Dick Gale

From the Democrats of Hemet – San Jacinto

When I was asked to write a weekly article representing the local Democrats of Hemet-San Jacinto for the Chronicle, I worried that I would run out of topics on which to write. The old “Good News – bad News” applies. The good news is that I haven’t had a problem thinking of topics, the bad news is that there are so many critical topics that it is hard to decide which to choose. Climate change is impacting Australia, causing increased severe storms, affecting our food supply, making hundreds of species close to extinction. Each of those could be a single topic. Of course the constant chaos in the White House is always a topic. The impeachment trial starts this week but we all know proven facts will be ignored by the majority in the Senate. Transparency means nothing to the current administration and the President continues to hide applicable documents and prevent witnesses from testifying. Those are deserving topics. Announced this week, nutrition guidelines for public schools will be reduced. This administration has been eliminating environment protections for our air and water. Current foreign policy offers multiple topics from Russian interference in our elections to nuclear proliferation. Monday we celebrated Martin Luther King Day but racial hatred and intolerance are still in the news virtually every day. So many topics, so little time. I will put all of these topics on the back burner and save them for a future week. This week I want to mention the National March for women that occurred all across America this past Saturday.

Hemet and San Jacinto women (and men) marched at Gibbel Park in solidarity with women across the world. They were marching for equality and to recognize that this year marks the 100^th anniversary of their right to vote. The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted American women the right to vote, a right known as women’s suffrage, was ratified on August 18, 1920, ending almost a century of protest. However, women are still treated a second class citizens in many ways. Women suffer from sexual predators far too frequently. I miss having Barrack Obama as an example of how to treat women. Equal pay for women is still not the norm. Make no mistake we have come a long way over the past few decades but we still have a long way to go. It is hard to imagine that just eight decades ago my mother, a public school teacher, had to get permission from the school board to get married and not lose her job. Until the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), being a woman of child bearing age was treated like a pre-existing condition for insurance purposes. The Supreme Court was established in 1789 but it took almost 200 years for Sandra Day O’Connor to become the first woman on the court. It took 183 years for the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate. Hattie Caraway became the first woman to win election to the Senate (Arkansas), in 1932. No woman has been chosen to be Majority Leader. It took 218 years for Nancy Pelosi to become the first woman Speaker of the House. We have yet to have a woman President. Could this be the year?

A female neighbor of mine back in the 1960s, an active feminist, had a favorite saying. “Behind every successful woman is a man………..who tried to hold her back”.

Dick Gale
President of the Democrats of Hemet – San Jacinto

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The impeachment process of Donald Trump has been in the news since the House of Representatives officially began the process in early November.  While items such as assassination, missiles hitting a U.S. Base in Iraq and the collateral damage from the assassination of a civilian airline being downed have pushed news of the impeachment process into fourth place, it will be coming back to the forefront when the Senate takes up the trial process. Understanding the constitution is vital to understanding the framework for how this process will proceed. Mitzi Carver of our local Democrats wrote the following as an explanation of why the impeachment process is necessary.

THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION: THE SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND

By Mitzi Carver

Secretary of the Democrats of Hemet-San Jacinto

The government of the United States was created through the writing of our Constitution in 1787. In this document, our Founding Fathers set up our democratic form of government with a balance of power between three separate parts: Congress (legislative branch), the Courts (judicial branch), and the President (executive branch). The purpose of separating power between these three branches was to prevent our government by the people from falling under the rule of any one person–such as King George III of England was in 1776. Avoiding any form of a dictatorship was one of the highest goals set by the Founding Fathers at the Constitutional Convention. As a result, our Constitution is the supreme law of the land–not any one citizen or one group of citizens.

To be sure our public servants work to serve the people of the United States, they all take an oath of office which requires the officials to uphold, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. This is their primary role as our public servants. This means these elected officials accept the separation of powers between the 3 branches of our democratic government and will work to maintain checks and balances on the actions of the other branches. This is exactly why impeachment procedures are included in the Constitution. Impeachment is a tool for the legislative branch to monitor and correct any abuse of power by an elected official. 

As Americans, we must support our Constitution above any political party or elected official in order to maintain the democratic government created through this amazing document, which is truly the Supreme Law of the Land. 

An additional point should be mentioned. The Constitution states that a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court will preside over the trial. While Chief Justice Roberts is more conservative than I would prefer he has demonstrated that he is vitally concerned with the integrity of the Court and will go to great lengths to protect it. I point this out because there is a high probably that the leader of the Senate, Mitch McConnell and Justice Roberts will be at odds over the issue of witnesses. From all appearances the Senate majority leader does not want witnesses. I think we all know that when a witness takes an oath before any court they swear to tell the truth and the whole truth and the whole truth will not come out without several first hands witnesses appearing before the Senate trial. I hope the Chief Justice understands that the integrity of our system of justice will be severely negatively impacted if the whole truth does not come out. He is the presiding officer of this trial and he can rule that witnesses need to appear. The Senate majority can call a vote on this issue but I doubt very many Republicans will vote to overrule the Chief Justice in an election year. At least I hope they will.

Dick Gale
President of the Democrats of Hemet – San Jacinto

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From the Democrats of Hemet – San Jacinto

Money.

Money is defined by Merriam-Webster as “something generally accepted as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment.” There are many slang terms that are often used to mean money such as bread, dough green loot, scratch. The topic of money is mentioned in the Bible over 800 times if gold, silver, wealth, riches, inheritance, debt, and poverty are included.  The Book of Matthew says it is difficult for a person of wealth to get into heaven.

Prior to “money” our ancient ancestors used bartering to trade goods and services such as exchanging food for weapons. Money has been around for about 3,000 years. Use of tokens is believed to have originated in China. About 2,500 years ago the first official currency is attributed to Lydia’s King Alyattes. Today we have “virtual” money transferring value electronically. The use of physical money, bills and coins, is steadily declining, but it is hard to imagine physical money going away altogether. How would you transfer money to a beggar on the corner or give a little spending money to your young grandchildren electronically?

Money is used not only to buy physical items but is often used to buy services. It is also used to “buy” influence. Wealthy individuals (those who have accumulated a lot of money) sometimes use their money to gain influence in our political elections. The Koch brothers, Charles and David, have contributed large amounts to Republican causes. Tom Steyer and George Soros have contributed large amounts to Democrat causes. How politicians raise money for their campaigns has become a topic in the Democratic debates. Do donors give to campaigns because they believe in the principles espoused by the candidates or do they give to try to gain influence?

The distribution of money or wealth has been a hot political topic since Reagan significantly cut taxes. A large shift in wealth to the upper one percent has taken place over the past few decades. The Investipedia website states “In the years since the Great Recession, the bottom 90% saw annual wage growth of just 5.4%; by contrast, the wages of the top 0.1% grew 29.8%. Specifically, the top 1 percent of Americans have 40 percent of the income, and the top 20 percent have 90 percent of the income.

Society suffers, and America suffers when income inequality exists. It has a domino effect and creates injustices in areas such as education, innovation and health, making its growth even more serious. For example from 1870 to 1977, income inequality drastically dropped by 40%. At the same time, there was a rise in the number of applications for patents while productivity and income also increased. The bottom line is this: when income inequality fell, innovation rose. Empirical evidence indicates that income inequality has a negative effect on economic growth in rich economies. If you are not in that top percentage of income wealth you should strongly consider voting for a candidate who is committed to reducing income inequality. Both you and America will be better off.

Dick Gale
President of the Democrats of Hemet – San Jacinto

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From the Democrats of Hemet-San Jacinto 

The holidays have come and gone. This time of year inspires us to reminisce about holidays past and to try to look into the future, hoping the best is yet to come. Frank Sinatra sang a song composed by Cy Coleman, with lyrics by Carolyn Leigh entitled “The Best is Yet to Come”, a love song of sorts.

Many of us have Holiday traditions that we repeat every year. We sing our favorite carols, have a traditional holiday meal, attend a special worship service, etc. We watch our favorite holiday shows on television. “A Charlie Brown Christmas” has been around since 1965. My favorite is “It’s a Wonderful Life”. From Wikipedia  “It’s a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Christmas fantasy drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra, based on the short story and booklet The Greatest Gift, which Philip Van Doren Stern wrote in 1939 and published privately in 1943. The film is one of the most beloved in American cinema, and has become traditional viewing during the Christmas season.”

Watching the movie this Christmas Eve I couldn’t help placing the main characters, James Stewart as George Bailey and Lionel Barrymore as Mr. Potter, into today’s political parties. I see Mr. Potter as a staunch conservative, placing his personal interests before others, perhaps having a narcissistic personally disorder. We have all known people like Mr. Potter. George Bailey, on the other hand, wanted to see the world and build great things, but couldn’t put those personal desires before what he saw as his duty to help others. George Bailey sacrificed his own interests and put others first. I see George Bailey as a liberal today. This is over simplification of course. A complete personality cannot be developed in a 2 hour movie. I know conservatives who on a personal level do wonderful things for others. If only they would let their personal feelings of compassion and empathy out of their box and into the world of politics. And of course I know of liberals who have done some very selfish things. But generalizing, this is what I see.

Sunday on CNN, Anderson Cooper reflected upon the legacy of a few famous people who have died this past year and what the legacy of current politicians might be. Ross Perot died in July. While many will remember his running for President, some will remember his personal involvement in freeing two of his employees from a jail in Iran. The story is told in the book “On Wings of Eagles” by Ken Follett. It’s a legacy anyone would be proud to have. John Paul Stevens served faithfully as a Supreme Court Justice for 35 years, passed away in July. You might be hearing some of his opinions during the upcoming impeachment trial. Elijah Cummings represented much of Baltimore in the House of Representatives from 1996 until he passed in October. A fierce champion of human rights and tolerance, the City of Baltimore is renaming a courthouse in his name.

What will the legacy be of those who refuse to address climate change when the severe effects that are already here get even worse. How are you supporting our democracy or helping those in need. How are you supporting the general welfare of our city, our state, our Country. Will you be remembered as a Mr. Potter or a George Bailey.

Dick Gale
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From the right…Robin Lowe

As the year comes to an end, I feel that, while it’s time to say goodbye to 2019, and look forward to 2020 and the Presidential election (may it not be tainted with the same heavy-handed DNC cheating as was 2016), I note a total disrespect for the American taxpayer that must be addressed.  This is especially egregious here in California.

I see that the day after Christmas, a storm hit the Southland and totally crippled the “Grapevine” and Cajon Pass.  

Some were stranded on the road for three days!

While civil preparedness goes woefully underfunded due to mismanagement, professors in California are wasting money on the study of Soviet (hello) wines!!  (https://www.judicialwatch.org/corruption-chronicles/wasteful-spending-in-midst-of-22-trillion-national-debt-mariachi-training-soviet-wine-study/)

This storm of course, gave rise to price-gouging at the hotels and motels along the way: nothing like local businesses profiting off of the mismanagement of California so-called leaders.  One poor man was trying to get off the exit to take his children to a motel, until he called and he realized that the the hotel in question had raised its rates from the usual less-than-$90-per-day to $300!!!

I’m sorry…I thought that Californians, who pay among the highest road and gas taxes (and the taxation of anything else liberal leaders can think of) were supposed have their taxes PAY FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES…CalTrans, no less.  A three-day wait to get to a destination in modern-day America?  Democrat leaders have us marching (backward) to the 19th century.

The CHP can’t do it all.  After a lifetime of the Grapevine being shutdown…where are the illustrious Professional Engineers in California Government (PECG) whom the state pays to design our highway system?  They have the money to waste on building a median down the center of our town, possibly ruining small businesses…but the “fix” to a decades-old, chronic problem with a major artery of California which transports hundreds of thousands of people goes unaddressed?  This is what Democrats see as response-able government?

California is among the worst offenders in wasting tax-payer dollars. Maybe if liberal leaders could come up with something other than viciously attacking the President, they could foster an electorate instead of having to use tax-payer dollars to buy an electorate. (https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/hans-bader/california-budget-deficit-rising-wasteful-spending-minimum-wage-hike-blame)

I find an analogy among the wasteful spending here at home and the wasteful spending on the lie of Trump/Russian Collusion.  Oh wait…I’m sorry, that was a few months ago: the new lie is Trump/Ukranian Collusion and Quid Pro Quo.  Robert Mueller alone paid himself a piggish $200+thousand-per-month, for…what? Answers to simple questions, which made him look like a candidate for a dementia study?  That’s YOUR tax money!  And liberals are cheering this?

Realize that this stunt is D.O.A. once it hits the Senate, and liberal leaders KNEW this from the beginning and WASTED this time and taxpayer money anyway.  And if we conservatives don’t want to waste more taxpayer money…money that you work for…it’s WE who are considered the problem?  I ask again: where is the respect for the American taxpayer?  Where is the respect for the senior on a limited income?

And in May, California was requesting a staggering 7 BILLION DOLLAR BAILOUT?  Even more waste forced on the backs of US/California taxpayers?  And those who protest are in the wrong???  (https://www.cagw.org/thewastewatcher/california’s-7-billion-bailout)

It must be so nice to be safe and warm at home while unsuspecting drivers who thought they could trust their state to provide safe passage during the holidays are left literally “out in the cold.”  It must be nice to waste the money worked-for by others, and then have the gall to think less of them and call them names, all while you’re wasting that money.

When calls for fiscal and personal responsibility are met with shouts of “racism,” and “self-centeredness,” there can be no useful discourse. The days of wasting taxpayer’s money and then calling them names if they disagree, are long gone.  It’s time to hold those who would “earn their angel’s wings on someone else’s dime,” accountable.  That accountability starts in 2020 and it begins with the election: that’s when we will really begin to take back America.

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From the Democrats of Hemet – San Jacinto

A child is the most precious of all gifts. Nelson Mandela said “Children are our greatest treasure.” As the holidays approach our focus turns to children, and thoughts of Santa, elves, reindeer, and stockings. We decorate trees and cookies, we wrap gifts. Holiday specials and ads about toy-drives flood our TV screens. Of course there is also the Grinch and Scrooge. What are your memories of the holidays? Are they positive? Are they of a special gift or family gathering? I had a grandfather that was married on Christmas day in 1901. Christmas was an emotional time for him. I have a daughter who was born at 6:00 am Christmas morning which is my favorite memory of course.

Unfortunately not all children are able to enjoy the holidays. Poverty, hunger, discrimination, abuse and the like are all too prevalent in America. 18% of children live in poverty in America. Poverty affects nutrition and nutrition affects the ability to learn and thrive, to enjoy life. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has tried to address child hunger by providing access to food for low income families. It has been proven that children both behave and learn better when they have an adequate breakfast. The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) helps keep the children healthy and well-fed through the rest of the school day and further increases their learning ability.

There are other issues which negatively affect children. Climate Change is one of them. A great article in the November 25, 2019 Time Magazine under “The Brief Health” states that children’s bodies are not equipped to deal with hot weather as efficiently as adults. Children’s immune systems are not fully developed so the increased bacterial growth resulting from higher temperatures negatively affects them. Global warming is reducing the duration of growing seasons for maize, rice and spring wheat, three crops very important to our food supply. In addition, warmer ocean water is causing a reduction in fish stocks. In short, children are disproportionately negatively affected by climate change.

As we go through this holiday season give special consideration to our children and as we go through the political year ahead continue to give consideration for children by supporting candidates who want to address climate change and to provide adequate funding for social programs that help children. By doing so you will be supporting America’s children. Don’t be like Scrooge, be like Santa.

Dick Gale
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