It’s been a big week and I’m going to try to keep what I have to say pretty short and concise on three large topics. The Noor verdict, the proposed Minnesota gas tax, and the AG Barr senate testimony.
On Noor:
So officer Noor was found guilty of murder this week. This is unfortunately good news for all the wrong reasons. We’ve had police officer after police officer gun down unarmed black men in this nation, with or without a crime, and they all get off the hook with what should be murder. All of a sudden, however, a Somali-American officer shoots a pretty white woman and BOOM! Murder.
Not once did I hear anything from the NRA supporting him. Not once did I hear anybody who ever #alllivesmatter support him. Not. A. Single. One. What’s the difference? Well, it’s obvious, he’s not white.
The positive that can come from this? Hopefully this case can be used and applied to other cases where police use extremely excessive force and kill unarmed human beings. We shall see what the future holds, post Noor.
On the gas taxes in Minnesota:
I’ve been hearing a lot of people (both Democrats and Republicans) come out against the gas tax proposal. I’ve got news for you, however. One way or another tax money will pay for infrastructure. What the gas tax ultimately does, however, is a number of things.
First off, it collects more money from those who use roads the most. If you use roads more, you are responsible for more wear and tear on those roads. This also ensure that some business that maybe aren’t based in Minnesota are paying for some of the road repairs, as opposed to that falling solely on Minnesotans.
That leads me to my 2nd point, it ensure that some businesses can pay their fair share in taxes that repair the roads. How many times do we hear about businesses paying $0 in taxes due to various tax incentives they receive, and loopholes they exploit? This ensure that some of the revenue to pay for the roads actually comes from businesses, as opposed to the regular folks of Minnesota.
The 3rd point goes back into my opening statement on the matter. Roads are in disrepair. Bridges are in disrepair. In some way or another the money needs to be taken via some form of a state tax. You can either be taxed directly from a paycheck, taxed from a sales tax, or the more direct method, taxing those who are actually using the road more. Regardless, by the end of the year tax money will come from tax payers that will go towards the roads. This just ensures that the money is being taken from more than just the regular Joe and Jane.
On AG William Barr’s testimony:
So after listening to most of today’s hearing live, and then re-listening to some of the biggest points a few things are glaringly clear.
First off, William Barr admitted that he didn’t read the entire report/examine the evidence. William Barr was not acting as the Attorney General, rather than as the personal counsel for Donald J. Trump. This is not his job, however. William Barr intentionally mislead the American public before and after Robert Mueller wrote him a letter expressing his disappointment in Barr’s actions.
Secondly, how anybody can continue to say there was zero obstruction on the part of Donald J. Trump is madness. Unless you keep your head firmly planted in the sand or in your ass it is obvious that Trump, on multiple occasions, tried to end a legal investigation of him/his campaign. Just because he was too stupid to know the laws and many of his underlings deliberately disobeyed his direct orders does not clear Trump of wrong doing. If a hit-man was hired to murder somebody and failed, that does not mean the person who hired the hit-man is innocent. How is this concept so hard to understand?
Lastly, Barr himself even admitted that Russia played a great role in undermining our democracy. While I sat and listened to Republican members finger-banging Barr, acting like the real crimes were committed by Hillary Clinton and/or the Democrats, Barr was still stating that Russia successfully hacked our elections. How are these GOP members doing their job to protect America? Just because the Russians hacked in your favor does not make it acceptable. It is now a known fact that the Trump campaign willingly took information and help from a hostile foreign power. It is now a known fact that the Trump campaign willingly took a meeting with a hostile foreign power to obtain information on their opponent. If a hostile foreign power contacts your campaign to provide information, your next phone call should be to the f**king FBI to report that shit. What the honest f**k? Are you really going to allow this shit because “hey, my guy won!” Have we devolved this much as a society where we’ll try to win by any means necessary?! That is the most anti-American stance I’ve seen in my lifetime. Shame on anybody who supports it!
So there you have it. You get a three-fer. I was tempted to do this as three different posts, but I’ve been completely amped up all day long. Also just watched Endgame, and needless to say, it hit me hard in the feels.
Goodnight.
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