The politics of entitlement

by Angela K. Durden

When a person believes they are entitled, a certain self-delusion sets in. Then again, maybe the self-delusion was always there and that led them to feeling entitled.

No matter which comes first, the two end up walking hand in hand until eventually they both walk off a cliff and die.

In the meantime, the smart self-deluded and entitled person will invite others into the same play in order to be surrounded by fawning acolytes and willing soldiers.

In all cases, entitlement and self-delusion lead to a lot of evil and dirty deeds  — and done not so dirt cheap, either — designed to destroy the enemy.

This is exactly what happened with Hillary Clinton. Here are only some of the more recent — but certainly not even a complete list of — dirty deeds deployed and designed to destroy freedom and liberty:

• DNC rigs Democratic Primary Election so that Bernie will lose nomination and Hilliary can win. Lots of people watch The Bern burn and seethe. 
• At Obama's direction, his administration begins illegal surveillance on Trump, his family and transition team, and many others associated with him.
• In advance, Hilliary is given debate questions with Trump; oopsey is claimed.
• The DNC pays for fabricated dossier aimed to destroy Trump.
• A former television personality releases a piece of film that does not belong to him but wherein Trump makes the point that when you have money, women will let you grab them even in the you-know-where. MSM is shocked! 
• The Obama Administration illegally taps Trump and team.
• To cover their butts after the fact, the DNC and the Obama administration collude with intelligence agencies in the illegal actions of lying to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court by supplying fraudulent evidence to get a warrant to tap all-things-Trump. 
• Hillary loses general election to Trump, and is shocked and angry. Bill is happy but won't admit it. Clinton Foundation donations come to a screeching halt.
• Ol' Hill did not lose fair and square, say Obama and acolytes. So, in the last days of his term, Obama orders an investigation into Russian meddling in US national elections because Ol' Hill, the smartest woman in the room, couldn't have lost the election herself, doncha know.
• Ol' Hill runs around blaming everybody for her loss but herself, making more enemies, burning bridges, and digging her grave. 
• The Democratic Party plays what it believes to be its "ace in the hole": The ginned-up and fake scandal that Trump colluded with Russia to win the election. There is no evidence or proof, but that does not stop mainstream media from talking about it nonstop. 
• One Huffington Post columnist goes so far as to say in print that after the trial to confirm his guilt, Trump must be executed. Claiming free speech rights, people hang Trump in effigy, and an artist "beheads" Trump then has a Z-lister female comedian hold that head in photo shoot. (That comedian loses all her bookings and complains that it's all Trumps fault she can't get a gig.)

• In a classic "Squirrel!" technique to keep everybody looking away from entitled elites who remain intent on destroying Trump and to keep self-deluded butts out of jail, the MSM continues to repeat the lies even as the Clinton cabal falls apart.
• Social media streams fill with anti-Trump rhetoric that, when boiled down to its essence, is against freedom, liberty, and justice for all citizens — and the ranters don't even understand that.

Tech and social media giants claim to be worried about "fake news" and build algorithms that attempt to shut down everything except the fake news they agree with — which just happens to support Obama, Clintons, Mainstream Media, Socialism, Fascism, and Communism. 

But the rise of the Citizen Journalist continues.

Citizen Journalist.  Novelist. 
Author of other stuff. 

Business writer.  Songwriter.  
Protecting creator's copyrights. 

Where's Al Franken when you really need him?

by Angela K. Durden

If laughing at yourself is a sign of strong moral character and excellent emotional health, then I am healthy as a horse.

Regular readers can attest to the truthfulness of that statement because I, as The Most Brilliant and Hilariously Witty Woman In The World, continually make you laugh with me by making fun of myself.

To show you how emotionally healthy I am, even when people make fun of me without giving me a heads up, a thing that is not pleasant I assure you, somehow I manage to turn their frowns upside down by agreeing with them. That their nasty, raggedy thunder gets stolen is just an added bonus.

As your resident hot mess of contradictory dichotomies, I have no problem bringing other people and groups into my comedy routine — especially when they continually volunteer to get up on stage and offer their services.

Take, for instance, regular volunteers #CrunkNewsNetwork (a title under which all MSM operates), the P-HWPCDLRSFC*, and outlets for FLOTSAM**. There is not a day goes by but that they have their agents call me, wanting to insinuate themselves onto my stage.

Your master of ceremonies, here,
bringing you yet another
primo opportunity to
laugh along with her.
[Props, makeup, hair,
and lip prosthetics
courtesy of Snapchat.]

Much like a vaudeville master of ceremonies, I graciously and willingly become their straight man and feed them the setup so they can deliver the joke. Then everybody gets to laugh. See how it works?

The only problem I'm having in the last week, though, is that many of my volunteers have gone silent. What with the whole imploding situation about the FISA warrant on all things Trump, based on a bought-and-paid-for fake evidence dossier that your Citizen Journalist has said all along was ginned up, even my regular volunteers mentioned above have gone to ground.


Where are you people?
This is not a time for a vacay.
Our public is waiting.
The show must go on?
I've got lines to feed you.
Where's Al Franken when you really need him?

Citizen Journalist.  Novelist. Author of other stuff. 

Business writer.  Songwriter.  Protecting creator's copyrights. 

* P-HWPCDLRSFC is Pussy-Hat Wearing Politically Correct Democrat Liberal RINO Socialist Fascist Commies
** FLOTSAM: For Liberal Opinion That is Serious and Actually Matters