I have been there. That moment of deer in the headlights. You feel like everyone else is speaking and comprehending an alien language. You have been dismissed. Not yet fired but you know that everyone, including the cafeteria worker, is wondering why you haven't gotten the memo. At 3 PM on Monday, August 11, 2015, Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser and Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith shared that look. Invited to the party, dressed elegantly, only to find out you have been given the wrong addressed. You're fired! (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/K3ebU8SYJ0E) You have been told there has been an official change and still you show up proclaiming that Pamela Smith is in charge of the MPD. You assure this knowing that you have had no personal contact with the President or his administration. We are to be livid that he called you "incompetent" during a press conference at the White House. Not the first time. President Trump called you that in June 2025 according to The Hill, “The incompetent Mayor of Washington, D.C., @MayorBowser, who’s budget is totally out of control and is constantly coming back to us for ‘handouts’, is now fighting with the National Guard, who saved her from great embarrassment over the last number of nights,” Trump said in a series of tweets Friday (https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/501360-trump-blasts-bowser-as-incompetent/). Just in case, you are unsure if you qualify, the etymology is the following:
1610s, "insufficient," from French incompétent, from Late Latin incompetentem (nominative incompetens) "insufficient," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + Latin competentem (see competent). Sense of "lacking qualification or ability"
When the BOSSMAN deems that you are insufficient to handle his matters, its okay to have that deer in the headlights look. You may not believe it but you are worthy of being dismissed. This is why you save leave time. By Executive Order, you are suspended for thirty (30) days and it becomes the Pete Rose Special, lifetime, when Congress gets back from summer vacation.
Men of Reason want to know, "Why are Democrats doubling down on crime and supporting your local criminal?" It's real reasonable if you stop using reason. Yes, we know that a prudent attention to crime suppression bolsters the economy and improves overall quality of life. But you are thinking too much. John McMillan, author of "Democrats Are Kidding Themselves On Crime", "But crime is going down!' That’s what many liberal thought leaders are bleating lately, and who can blame them? President Trump has called Washington, DC, a 'crime-ridden hellhole,' teeming with 'bloodthirsty criminals' and 'roving mobs of wild youth,' and he’s quipped that 'even the rats' are fleeing the nation’s capital"(https://www.compactmag.com/article/democrats-are-kidding-themselves-on-crime/). McMillan, no Trump or MAGA fan, concurs that since the 1960's, Democrats have used crime as a means of drawing support for programs and policies that they support-afterschool programs, no cash bail, leniency on sentencing for violent crimes. Others, more radicalized, used race in urban America as justification of a no or softer approach to crime suppression. I give you the Home Rule Act. Used by Marxist radicals as an ability to subvert the Constitution and draw cover for crime and the criminal shielded by a disinterested Congress.
President Richard Nixon, a supporter of self government since his time in the House of Representatives in 1948, signed the Home Rule Act on December 24, 1973. Nixon stated, "One of the major goals of this Administration is to place responsibility for local functions under local control and to provide local governments with the authority and resources they need to serve their communities effectively." A system of management of the federal city, steeped with a great deal of responsibility. Simply put, to manage the local well is to manage the federal well. Take care of the Nation's Capital and we will look away on how you govern yourselves. Sounds simple enough. Its more complex than that. Congress was tired of managing DC directly and citizens were tired of 535 people, especially Southern Senators and Congressmen, giving any racially tinged input. Many radicalized Democrats saw it as an easy way to pickup two Senate seats eventually while seeding racial disharmony in a coveted population that confused self-determination with self governance. Some Democrats were seeking to prove that you needed political power before economic power. But all knew that management competence was essential whether you were a radicalized Democrat or a conservative Republican. The Washington Informer printed an essay on September 30, 2020 which pointed to this essential role, "The District operates politically under a Home Rule Charter in which local officials legislate and manage the city under the watchful eye of the U.S. Congress, an arrangement unique to the nation’s capital." Yet, Bowser contends that "full access to American democracy" requires statehood not management that requires a detailed attention to public safety and economic prosperity.
Amazing, if statehood was the requirement then, why not from the Black Savior, President Barack Obama, for he had total control of Congress 2009-2011 and gave us Obamacare not DC Statehood. Radical Democrats had been waiting. Support for Norton's bill has been overwhelming, according to Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton. H.R. 51 has a record number of House cosponsors (223) and the Senate's D.C. statehood bill, introduced by Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), also has the most cosponsors ever (34). Earlier this year, the House passed H.R. 1, the For the People Act, which contained extensive findings supporting D.C. statehood, marking the first time in history either chamber of Congress has endorsed D.C. statehood. In addition, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) strongly endorsed D.C. statehood upon introduction of H.R. 51, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) has endorsed D.C. statehood in a strong op-ed earlier this year, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) unveiled a sweeping proposal to combat voter disenfranchisement. Seems like a winner. Keep us abreast of any outcome.
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