Bipartisanship – A Whisper of a Bygone Era

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AI defines “Bipartisanship” as – “A political situation in a two-party system where opposing parties find common ground through compromise and cooperation to pass legislation or form public policy.”

Ironically, perhaps sadly AI itself is now the focus of decidedly partisan politics. The left side of the political aisle seems to want it heavily regulated and controlled by the government. The right side of the aisle wants minimal government interference in the development process of AI. The left wants data centers funded by utility rate payers but the right sees that as an abuse of taxpayer’s dollars. The political left wants to share the R&D involved in building and refining said technology with America’s geo-political and technological advisory, China while the political right remains staunchly opposed to such a notion.

 The left seems set on referring to it as Artificial Intelligence while the right seems to like the renaming of it to Super Intelligence.

Put another way, the future of technology and for that matter the future of mankind’s everyday lives has no common political ground.

If we can’t even find common ground regarding how to manage the process of building a new form of technology that will permeate our future in ways we can’t even now imagine…is there any real hope for a political future where bipartisanship can exist? Personally, I am not optimistic in that regard. Like the horse and buggy, gas street lights, TV’s that only picked up 3 or 4 channels, not wearing pajamas when one went out in public and knowing the difference between males and females…bipartisanship may well be on its way to becoming a whisper of a bygone era.

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Iran’s Regime – Low on Time, Out of Leverage, Long on Desperation

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As the Islamic regime in Iran grows more desperate, knowing that they are being economically choked to death, knowing their leverage via the Strait of Hormuz is gone, and facing the reality of their dwindling military capabilities, one thing remains clear…their apocalyptic death-cult is planning for a last-ditch, blaze of barbaric savagery akin to what I described at the end of my commentary a week ago as “burning their country to the ground so they can rule over the ashes.”

I’ll get back to this shortly.

While the IRGC does indeed fear military responses should they decide to strike Israel, from both Israel and the U.S., and while they know (even though they would never admit it) that such strikes would be devastating to the regime, there is something they fear even more…the Iranian people. The IRGC understands that an all-out military operation by Israel, by the U.S. or what would most likely be a combined U.S., Israeli military campaign unlike anything ever seen can, and would destroy IRGC and regime personnel, they also know only the Iranian people can truly topple the regime and remove the 7th century, 12 Shia ideology from power.

So, what will the regime’s “burning their country to the ground so they can rule over the ashes” look like…at least in part? Near the end of our RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS broadcast last Tuesday, September 29th, at the 1:21:45 mark you will hear in that discussion Diane Sori bring up “bio-weapons.” Diane said “if they were smart, they would not shoot them at Israel…” To be clear, “smart” has nothing to do with their calculation. DESPERATION has EVERYTHING to do with it, but it goes much deeper than most people think as some believe Israel is likely to be the regime’s primary target for that final desperation hail Mohammad.

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The Future of the Middle East – The Bigger Picture

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Last week, it was reported that senior military leaders held a private meeting in Germany to discuss the ongoing conflict with Iran and regional security. That meeting, as it has been called, was engineered by the U.S., and hosted by Admiral Brad Cooper, included the military chiefs of staff from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan, and Egypt.

That in and of itself is remarkable because the participants don’t always agree with one another regarding political, cultural or military points of view, but it gets even more remarkable when one considers the one participant not included in the aforementioned list – Israel.

That’s right, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir had an equal seat at that most incredible assemblage of military leaders. From what we know, Adm. Cooper reassured participants that the U.S. would maintain its military footprint in the Middle East despite recent regional escalations and attacks on American bases but that was just the opening statement. The topics under discussion included an exchange of intelligence and assessments regarding regional war developments and Iranian attacks on military installations, reviewed American strategic proposals to safeguard and expand protected commercial ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, and the recent escalations involving Houthi forces in Yemen.

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Our Quirky Founding Fathers

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Those of us lucky enough to have received an education rather than an indoctrination think of our nation’s Founding Fathers as serious men on a mission. History books are filled with their grand achievements, their deep thoughts, boldness, courage and their vision for a new nation.

That particular association of the Founders regarding their gravitas has been made more compelling through paintings and etchings depicting them as very serious fellows, but there are things about them that while true, seem to have been glossed over unless one is willing to take a deeper dive into their…quirkiness.

Let’s start at the top with the Father of our Country – George Washington.

We all know that certain presidents have been known to spout off from time to time. Harry S. Truman reportedly had no problem calling a “son-of-a-bitch” a “son-of-a-bitch,” and both LBJ and Nixon were widely known to use colorful language, but a deep dive into our first president reveals the man had an explosive temper and a short fuse. He was also, reportedly, fond of swearing.

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“The Deal” –  Pragmatism vs. Emotionalism

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A pragmatist is a person who approaches problems, decisions, and beliefs based on practical, real-world results rather than abstract theories, ideals, or emotions.

When it comes to the Middle East, there is no shortage of emotional responses, theories and ideals. I understand those points of view and while I certainly do NOT agree with such emotional anti Semitic views as expressed by the vast majority of the liberals, I DO stand with Israel, the Jewish people and Prime Minister Netanyahu.

Netanyahu has wisely stated, “If Israel’s enemies put down their weapons today, there would be peace, If Israel put down her weapons today, there would be no Israel.” That is a very pragmatic view. It is based in historical reality. Since 1948 when Israel officially became a nation, they have wanted to live peacefully with their neighbors, but the fact remains, Israel’s neighbors have, for the most part, wanted Israel eliminated.

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The Caregiver’s Revenge

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After 4 very long years of the Joe Biden occupancy of the Oval Office, after 4 very long years of nonsensical yarns blathered by the dazed and confused Joe Biden, after 4 very long years of watching Joe Biden stumbling, bumbling, falling on stairs, falling off his bike and wandering aimlessly about the White House lawn…what I’m about to get into should come as no great surprise.

After the whole world saw Biden shaking hands with invisible people…time and time again, after the whole world listened while Biden related a conversation he had had with an Amtrak Conductor years after that Conductor had died, a story Joe told time and time again, after the whole world watched creepy Joe sniffing girl’s hair…time and time again and listening while the old dolt related a yarn about his uncle being EATEN BY CANNIBALS…what I’m about to get into certainly isn’t breaking news.

In 2020, Joe Biden campaigned from his basement, and when he was allowed out of his habitat, crowds were, at best, sparse, comprised of 10’s of people, and Joe wasn’t allowed to talk to the press. But he supposedly got 81 million votes.

Uh-huh.

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Operation Let Them Talk

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Every time a prominent liberal opens their pie-hole, what comes out is pure rubbish, propaganda or nonsense which prompts those on the right to label them as idiots. It’s a fair assessment. For the most part, it is accurate and an apt description of the mental acuity of said liberals.

Some on the right wish the prominent liberals, be they from the media, Hollywierd or the halls of congress would just sit down and shut the hell up, but I believe that would be a mistake.

Operation Let Them Talk, simply put, could well be the best thing for those on the right side of the political aisle who seek election. Day in, and day out, the liberals are creating political ads for 2026, and 2028…for Republican candidates.

Let me give you a few examples.

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Gaslighting vs. The Receipts

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Last week, just 24 hours after the third assassination attempt against President Trump, Barack Hussein Obama, seeing that liberal propagandists were losing to the clear facts, decided to weigh in with what sure appeared to be a last-ditch effort to to bolster the liberal litany of lies.

Obama claimed that the shooter’s motive was…unclear.

There was just one tiny problem…Cole Thomas Allen’s manifesto, the shooters own written words regarding his motive, had been released to the public nearly 10 hours earlier. Perhaps Obama didn’t get the memo…nobody outside violent bought and paid for activists and homicidal maniacs are buying the crap he’s trying to sell.

Cole Thomas Allen laid out all the liberal talking points and marching orders…a laundry list of absolute bullcrap…the same bullcrap so prevalent amongst those suffering from stage 4 Trump Derangement Syndrome removing all doubt as to his motivation and from where he got it. It was already in the public forum, but there was Obama, trying as liberals so often do to tell us that the words actually written by the shooter didn’t mean what they clearly meant.

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The Clock is Ticking…What Comes Next?

Op-ed / Commentary By: Craig Andresen and Diane Sori / Right Side Patriots 

On February 28th, 2026, President Donald Trump began what no U.S. President had the courage to do over the past 47 years – he began military action against the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, Iran. In concert with Israel, over the past two months, the radical Islamic regime’s military assets have been pounded into the dirt, pounded to the bottom of the sea, and eliminated from the air. The ranks of the regime’s leadership have been decimated, and their ability to continue striking Israel, their neighbors and U.S. forces has been severely weakened, but not completely eliminated.

Likewise, the Iranian regime’s ability to rearm, resupply and finance their proxy armies has also been severely damaged, but not completely eliminated, and the regime’s hold over the Strait of Hormuz,  which they rely upon for shipping oil, their primary source of income has slipped away and is now all but controlled by the U.S. and a naval blockade.

But this war is not over. Unless and until whatever remains of the Iranian regime has been driven out…out of power, out of Iran and/or permanently eliminated, the threat to Israel, the Middle East, Europe and indeed to the United States still exists.

Here is the problem – The War Powers Resolution.

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Brute Force and Common Sense

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So, the war against the terrorist regime of Iran has been ongoing now for nearly two months and despite the loss of their navy, their air force, most of their ability to target our bombers and the loss of better than 50 of their regime leaders, Iran continues to make one absurd claim after another, most of which revolve around how they haven’t been hurt, and are still a strong power in the region.

They’re not.

They know it.

We know it,

And they know that we know it.

For the past 47 years, the Iranian regime has been chanting “Death to America” and “Death to Israel,” and they have insisted that they are at war with both America and Israel. In act, those have been more than just words as the terrorist regime’s actions have killed thousands of both Americans and Israelis. Israel has, up until now, always responded to the constant attacks against the Jewish state and the Jewish people coming from Iran or their proxies in a bigger tit for a smaller tat sort of way, but October 7th, 2023 changed that.

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