Sharing and Commentary: The Blackburn Report from October 22, 2021 (published 10/24/2021)

Introduction

This is the final article in today's Sunday afternoon trifecta. At about 7 AM yesterday, I saw the weekly email (sent at 2:11 AM on Saturday, 10/23/2021) for the Friday, 10/22/2021, issue of The Blackburn Report. As an aside, I wonder who stayed up until after two o'clock in the morning to send out that email.

Conservative folks from around here are proud to call Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn a native daughter. She is much better than the senators we have had before (e.g., Lamar Alexander and Al Gore).

This article links to Senator Blackburn's articles and comments. I started writing this piece close to suppertime on Saturday. Will I finish it this evening? <Pause.>

10/24/2021 update: I had to stop last evening. Yesterday evening after supper, I had to get Molly (our “old puppy”) inside with us, relax, and watch television. Yes, Alabama handed Tennessee a double-stomp loss. I also watched repeats of Gunsmoke and Star Trek. I am finishing this entry today.

The Blackburn Report: 10/22/2021

Blackburn, Marshall, Colleagues Introduce Legislation To Halt Viral Gain Of Function Research (10/19/2021 article). Well, good. Halloween is just around the corner. The Ununited Socialist States of America (USSA) should stop helping the Chinese manufacture more virus monsters in their laboratories!

Blackburn & Blumenthal To Hold Hearing With Snapchat, TikTok, & YouTube On Social Media’s Impact On Children (10/19/2021 article). Again, well, good. Parents and/or grandparents must keep those young'uns off the Internet unless supervised! Young'uns should be studying, doing chores, or playing outside as I did in childhood!

Blackburn, Cotton, Colleagues Fight For Free Speech On College Campuses (10/20/2021 article). When did this once-great nation become so socialistic that citizens have to fight for free speech? I stand, speak, and write without backing down. God gave me the right to free speech, not this once-great country.

Blackburn, Sullivan, Colleagues to President Biden: Stop the Unconstitutional Vaccine Mandates (10/21/2021 article). Folks who, in grave moral error, affirm the right to murder unborn babies in their mothers' wombs argue that a woman has the right to her body. In so reasoning, they exclude the right that the unborn child has to his or her body. A pregnant woman, however, has the right and obligation to care for her body to nurture the unborn child she carries.

With the thought in mind that I have the right and obligation to care for my own body, neither the USSA nor President Biden will force a vaccine mandate on me that violates my God-given rights. I am still a free man in a once-free-and-great nation. In this sense, I have the right to choose. Employees whose employers demand either taking the new cold virus vaccine or being terminated need to stand! All employers (government included) need to be sued if they terminate employees who decide, as free people in a once-free-and-great nation, not to be vaccinated against the new cold virus. I never thought that I would see such a sad situation in this deteriorating nation.

News from TN Senator Marsha Blackburn

The following were not in the 10/22/2021 The Blackburn Report. They, however, are found in the News section.

Blackburn, Cruz, Lee, Raise Concerns Over Conflict Of Interest With AG Garland’s Son-In-Law Running Organization Promoting Critical Race Theory (10/23/2021 article). The following is a direct quote from the article:

U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and Mike Lee (R-Utah), all members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to Attorney General (AG) Merrick Garland raising serious concerns and questions over a possible conflict of interest between AG Garland, whose son-in-law reportedly runs an organization that works with schools to promote critical race theory, and Garland’s recent memorandum directing the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to pursue parents who oppose critical race theory.

In the quote, “possible conflict of interest” should be “definite conflict of interest”! Critical race theory (CRT) is one of several known means by which the “Socialist Utopian” propagandists are “transforming America” into the USSA, a once-free-and-great nation. They are trying to finish the transformation. The FBI has no right to go after parents who stand against the propaganda of the so-called critical race theory.

ICYMI: Blackburn Exposes Border Crisis On Fox Business With Maria Bartiromo (10/12/2021 article). A few folks are trying to stick their fingers into the dike to stop the overwhelming flood of illegal aliens who continue to invade this once-great nation. I wish them well. I support their efforts. Nothing will change until a constitutional conservative is elected to be the next president and the House and Senate are under conservative control.

Conclusion

I cannot keep up with the warp-speed digression of this once-free-and-great nation into “Socialist Utopian Oblivion.” (I need to learn to speak Mandarin.) News segments about this digression are popping up so quickly that I cannot keep up with them. I have reached the point of not caring. I, however, will continue to stand on the Solid Rock as a free man in a once-free-and-great nation.

I came across a couple of interesting details to add in conclusion. First, the Secretary of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg, has been on “paternity leave” since his “husband” and he adopted two newborn children. Two men cannot “marry.” One man cannot impregnate another man to have a child together. Two unmarried men who claim to be married should not be able to adopt children. I stand for biblical-based and conservative values. I will not change. The Solid Rock does not move or yield.

Second, the supply chain chaos is ongoing. (The news is everywhere. I will not cite sources here.) If this once-great nation did not need to import so many goods from other nations, then the supply chain would not be much of a problem.

Mrs. Appalachian Irishman and I enjoyed picking up copies of The Moscow Times when we lived in Moscow, Russia (10/1/1994 to 9/30/1999). The Moscow Times had a 10/22/2021 article about Russian President Vladimir Putin's recent remarks. See Putin Rails Against ‘Monstrous’ West in Valdai Speech. (It is in English translation.) Putin was a KGB agent in the former Soviet Union. He should not be trusted without evidence to support what he says. I suggest, however, that you read what he said. Putin affirmed several common sense and moral values in a pithy manner. His other remarks were diatribe and propaganda. I found some of Putin's comments about the USSA (the former USA) to be rather humorous and correct.

As an aside, did you know that today is United Nations Day? Are you celebrating? I didn't think so. I happened to glance at my home office desk calendar and noticed.

This final article in my trifecta of articles today is done! I almost hiked House Mountain this afternoon, but I had to get these articles published. Further, I had to replace for the second time the passenger-side sun visor in our 2008 Honda Civic. My “favorite” sister-in-law uses the mirror on the sun visor to put on her makeup when it's my wife's turn to drive. (They commute to and from work together.) I need to get outside and enjoy this too warm but sunny weather. See you all later! I'm off of here for now!