‘Why Good People Shun Politics’

 

It is a well-known saying:  Good people don’t get involved in politics.  There are several reasons for this; we will look at a couple of them now.  First is the hypocrisy of many elected officials.  The following is a report from Arizona:

‘State lawmakers gave final approval Tuesday to two measures designed to promote public health — but not before exempting themselves from one of them.

‘Without dissent, the Republican-led Senate approved House Bill 2164 to eliminate certain artificial dyes and chemicals from what can be served and sold at public schools. That measure, already approved by the House, now goes to Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs.

‘But HB 2165, a proposal to keep people from using their food stamps to purchase sodas, drew unanimous derision from Senate Democrats — particularly after their Republican counterparts refused to apply the same restrictions on the use of the taxpayer dollars they get in a daily allowance for their expenses while the Legislature is in session’ (Howard Fischer, ‘RFK Jr. praises Arizona legislation targeting processed foods, soda,’ tuscon.com).

Second is the petty hatred and accusations that flare up between officials, which is happening now in Louisiana:

‘When it comes to the high price of auto insurance, Governor Landry and Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple are pointing their fingers – not at the insurance companies or trial lawyers, but at one another.

‘When he announced the 20 insurance reform bills he’s supporting, Temple noted that he has not had a conversation with Landry about the issue in a long time.

‘“I have not had a conversation with the governor about insurance reform since May 7th of 2024, when we all met together in the press conference room to do the bill signing for property reform,” Temple said at a news conference in Ascension Parish. “I know there’s been other meetings that have taken place that I’ve not been part of. It’s not because I’ve said no, it’s because I wasn’t invited to be part of those.”

‘ . . . Landry issued a statement Friday on social media.

‘“At a time when Louisianans are suffering and seeking answers to their sky high insurance bills, our Insurance Commissioner (Tim Temple) hosted a media spectacle telling citizens he has all the authority he needs to fix our insurance crisis,” Landry’s statement reads. “Well, why hasn’t anything been done? He gave us a package of bills last year, yet we still have no relief.

‘“I’d remind him that we were not elected by insurance companies or trial lawyers, but instead were elected by the people who entrusted us to fix this mess,” Landry’s statement continued. “Data shows our package of bills will lower insurance rates for all Louisianans and I look forward to the day where our Insurance Commissioner can get on board”’ (Andrew Greenstein, ‘Landry, Temple in war of words over insurance reform,’ louisianaradionetwork.com).

Because of all this ugliness, the folks who want to live a virtuous Christian life, the very ones we need in government, run as far away from it as possible.  The results are easily predictable:  Leftists gain control of most of the levers of government power and force evil agendas upon the populace:

‘A bill in Colorado is making its way through the state legislature that would create legal grounds for the state to revoke custody of parents who misgender their children.

‘The bill is called the Kelly Loving Act, named after a 40-year-old transgender man killed in the Club Q mass shooting in 2022.

‘Its text states that “deadnaming, misgendering or threatening to publish material related to an individual’s gender-affirming health-care services” will be deemed “coercive control” and will influence the court “when making child custody decisions and determining the best interests of a child for purposes of parenting time”’ (Eva Terry, ‘Colorado bill could strip parents of custody for misgendering their children,’ deseret.com).

For those with knowledge of the broader plan of the satanists to overthrow Christianity, they will recognize this proposal as part of Alice Bailey’s ten goals that, once accomplished, would lead to the easy establishment of the anti-Christian, globalist, New World Order:

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The rest is at https://thehayride.com/2025/04/garlington-why-good-people-shun-politics/.

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Holy Ælfred the Great, King of England, South Patron, pray for us sinners at the Souð, unworthy though we are!

Anathema to the Union!

‘A Message for Spain and Dixie on Appomattox Day’

 

Appomattox –

A day of sadness for the South,

A day of rejoicing for her enemies.

I was greeted today (9 April 2025) by an article at the Abbeville Institute’s blog on the ongoing eradication of Southern culture and history at the Viriginia Military Institute.  This is a refrain that has grown all too familiar to traditional Southerners over the years.

Yet cultural genocide is not something Dixie bears alone.  Other Western countries are facing similar situations.  Spain’s Christian monuments in particular are being targeted by corrupt Leftists:

35 crosses have been removed by leftist officials across Spain, with many being destroyed, and more than 100 others could be headed for the same fate under the guise of an initiative to rid the country of symbols of the Francisco Franco dictatorship.

 

Another 12 crosses have also already been victim to ‘anonymous vandalism,’ resulting in their destruction.

 

 . . . Catholic groups report that thousands have gathered in defiance of Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist agenda in recent weeks at the Basilica of the Valley of the Fallen, which is home to the world’s tallest (492-foot) cross. They also insisted that “RECONSTRUIREMOS TODO LO QUE DERRIBEN,” or: “We will rebuild everything they demolish.”

 

The Spanish bishops’ conference also announced this week that this cross will stay standing—for now, at least—despite the government’s plan for “the deconsecration of the basilica and the departure of the Benedictines.”

 

This destruction has, in fact, been taking place for years, and has also seen dozens of statues, monuments and street names removed due to their links to Francoism. Vox’s Jorge Buxadé, recently interviewed by europeanconservative.com, described the destruction of crosses as “a true iconoclastic barbarism, which is hatred of history, culture, identity” (The European Conservative).

But just as the lamentations of both rise together, so too can both peoples rise to overcome the barbarians by the inspiration of their shared ancestors – for Spanish blood has for centuries flowed through the veins of the Southern people.

In particular, King Pelagius (Pelayo) of the Kingdom of Asturias in Spain offers an abundance of fiery hope.  On the Feast Day of the Spanish Icon of the Mother of God (8 April), we find the following recounted:

The appearance of this Icon dates back to the VIII century. With the help of the Mother of God, King Pelagius of Spain, won a brilliant victory over the Saracens in 718. In the same year, in the east, the Saracens were defeated by Emperor Leo the Isaurian. In remembrance of these events, a Feast Day for the Spanish Icon of the Mother of God was established. In this Icon, which is one of the "Most Pure" (Άχρáντου) type, the Mother of God is depicted seated on a throne with the Pre-eternal Child in her arms (Orthodox Church in America).

That brilliant victory occurred at the Battle of Covadonga.  Like the victories of the outmanned South in her battles with the Yankees, it is wonderful to read:

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The rest is at https://www.reckonin.com/walt-garlington/a-message-for-spain-and-dixie-on-appomattox-day.

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Holy Ælfred the Great, King of England, South Patron, pray for us sinners at the Souð, unworthy though we are!

Anathema to the Union!

‘Wisconsin Is a Warning Sign’

 

Elections have consequences.  Electoral systems do, too.

After the 2024 presidential contest, we wrote the following about Trump’s victory in Wisconsin:  ‘In Wisconsin, Trump squeaked by Harris in the popular vote, 49.6% vs 48.8%.  But he trounced her in the county vote, winning 59 to Harris’s 13, making Trump’s county victory in this State 81.9% with Harris taking only 18.1%.’

The point we were making in that essay was that conservatives/revivalists need to make structural changes to election systems, like requiring candidates to win a majority of counties/parishes in order to be declared the winner of an election, not simply look for ways to maximize turnout.  If they did, they would empower the rural areas of the States, which are generally more conservative, and thus have a better chance of consistently winning Statewide elections.

Wisconsin in 2025 shows how ephemeral victories for the Right will continue to be until some major structural reforms like the county/parish majority rule are implemented.  For in the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, the Democrat candidate Susan Crawford handily beat the Republican Brad Schimel 55% to 45% in an election held only five months after President Trump’s victory in the State over VP Harris.

As in 2024, the results in 2025 are misleading.  Crawford’s victory wasn’t very broad.  Like Harris, she won only a minority of counties in Wisconsin despite winning the majority of votes:  23 out of 72 went for Crawford; 49 were won by Schimel (results via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel).  Schimel thus beat Crawford in the county total 68% to 32%.

Republican reliance on voter turnout alone to win in critical States like Wisconsin isn’t a wise strategy.  Even modest declines in voter participation can lead to stinging defeats for those who hold to that strategy.  A report from NBC News about the Wisconsin Supreme Court election confirms this:

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The rest is at https://thehayride.com/2025/04/garlington-wisconsin-is-a-warning-sign/.

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Holy Ælfred the Great, King of England, South Patron, pray for us sinners at the Souð, unworthy though we are!

Anathema to the Union!

‘Who Will Silence the Lord?’

 

‘The heavens declare the Glory of God’ –

            And the devil hates the words they speak.

‘The earth is the Lord’s and the fulness thereof’ –

            But the demons want it for themselves.

 

No generation is safe from the scheming

            Of the evil ones to silence You,

To expel You from Your own creation –

            First by nailing You upon the Tree,

 

Then burying Your life-creating Cross

            And death-destroying grave underneath

A temple of a heathen goddess.

            They cut out the tongues of your confessors,

And break the icons bearing Your Precious Face.

            The relics of Your saints they burn,

 

The verdant surface of the earth they deface

            With the grey ugliness of cities

That obscure Your beauty, and with machines

            That prod us on toward sin and death.

 

But the Lord, the Mighty Lord, will never

            Be vanquished!  Crucify Him, and He

Resurrects.  Bury His Cross, and It appears

            In the sky.  Remove a Christian’s tongue,

 

And he will speak miraculously withal.

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The rest is at https://www.newenglishreview.org/articles/who-will-silence-the-lord/.

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Holy Ælfred the Great, King of England, South Patron, pray for us sinners at the Souð, unworthy though we are!

Anathema to the Union!