Properly Subversive
Remember when it was all the rage to suspend constitutional rights at the drop of a perceived “health” emergency? I thought we learned that lesson already after disgraced Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak lost his job when he tried to close churches over fears it might spread COVID-19.
The Nevada Supreme Court ended that nonsense, pointing out the governor can’t close places of worship with one set of “emergency” rules and then establish a different set of rules to keep casinos open.
As we are learning from bad leaders – almost always liberals who disagree with certain laws in America – authoritarian “solutions” to social problems lurk just under the surface of a free society. Consider the now oppressed people of New Mexico.
After a spate of gun violence in Albuquerque, New Mexico’s Supreme Ruler, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, suspended the Second Amendment to the Constitution for law-abiding citizens because she called the criminal gun violence a “health emergency.”
“The time for standard measures has passed,” she Grisham said in a press release. “And when New Mexicans are afraid to be in crowds, to take their kids to school, to leave a baseball game – when their very right to exist is threatened by the prospect of violence at every turn – something is very wrong.”
Her solution: Make it illegal for any citizen to carry any gun (openly or concealed) in public in Albuquerque for one month.
Of course, this won’t stand. By the time you read this I suspect the courts will strike this rule down. Constitutional rights may not be suspended like this. If this is her solution to gun violence, then New Mexico needs a leader with better solutions.
GO TO BED?
President Joe Biden just got off a worldwide trip to India for the G-20 Summit and a side trip to Vietnam to show American voters that he’s still got the stamina to do the job.
Unfortunately for him, the trip proved just the opposite. It wore him out so much that he landed dazed and confused, unable to do a minimum of Q&A before his press secretary had to call a halt to his rambling.
He ended a press conference, as his voice trailed off mid-answer, with the quip: “I have to go to bed now.”
What? The leader of the free world needs a lie-down? How embarrassing.
The international press universally reported on the president’s inability to stay with it during his schedule. The Daily Mail headline read:
“Incredible moment White House staff abruptly end Biden’s rambling Vietnam press conference mid-sentence and cut his mic.”
The report continued: “In another bizarre twist, jazz music then began to play over the loudspeaker, with the 80-year-old still seemingly trying to answer questions as he continued to speak into the microphone. As the president tried to answer a few more questions, the music grew louder prompting Biden to put away his leather-backed folder and shuffle offstage, disappearing behind a black curtain.”
Joe Biden is done. Democrats are going to have to pull him off the stage before he keels over during the primaries and the party is forced to carry on with Kamala Harris at the helm. Can you spell “wipe out?”
ONE MORE THING
– Forrest Gump’s password: 1forrest1.
– Grocery clerks make you pick between paper or plastic because baggers can’t be choosers.
– My book on walnuts still hasn’t cracked the Best Sheller’s List.
And, that will do it for today. Thanks for reading. Until next week, avoid soreheads, laugh a little and always question authority.
“Properly Subversive” is commentary written by Sherman R. Frederick, a Nevada Hall of Fame journalist and co-founder of Battle Born Media, a news organization dedicated to the enhancement and preservation of community newspapers. You can reach him by email at shermfrederick@gmail.com.
