WINNERS

President Donald J. Trump and his family. Everyone that worked long and hard with him on his victorious campaign. All of his loyal staff members. The hosts on Fox News that stood by him for almost three long years, and defended his reputation. His base that never quit believing in him. And most of all, the American People that now know, without a doubt that their president did not circumvent the law to achieve political victory. He did it the old fashioned way, with hard work and never ending energy. Congratulations Mr. President.

LOSERS AND LIARS

                   

                                     

                                                                                                                   

The worthless Democrats, and certain Republicans in the House of Representatives and the Senate. The slime balls that started this whole mess in the FBI and the DOJ, James Comey, James Clapper, Andrew McCabe, Peter Strzok, Lisa Page, Bruce and Nellie Orr, Loretta Lynch, Sally Yates, Rod Rosenstein, John Brennan, John McCain ( yep, not a mistake ) The Podesta Brothers, Hillary Clinton, Christoper Steele, Glen Simpson, Samantha Power, Susan Rice, and yep, in my opinion, the big guy himself Barrack Hussein Obama. All of these sleeze bags are in it up to their necks. Now it’s time to appoint another special prosecutor, and let these assholes squirm for a couple of years. Sweet Dreams. 

NOW MORE THAN EVER, VERITAS VINCIT

LIVE FREE OR DIE

  

 

THE TRUMP FAMILY IN 2016

In my previous article I laid out how the left and the deep state pulled out all of the stops to prevent Donald Trump from being elected, then after he won, gave it everything they had to take him down. As we have learned over the past two days, it was an total failure. However, as you might imagine, the moronic democrats will not simply quit, so buckle up.

Not being content just to attack the man politically, the left has disgraced themselves by attacking his family. One of their favorite targets is Ivanka. She is a very attractive, smart, well educated, business woman. An articulate speaker, she exudes class and dignity. She is totally loyal to her father, however will challenge him when she feels it necessary. Her strength and spirit represents her family very well. Yet on many occasions, the left has taken cheap shots at her, making themselves look small and petty. Samantha Bee called her a “feckless cunt”. Samantha Bee is a feckless idiot.

It is abhorrent the way the left has treated the first lady. They can’t bring themselves to say one single positive thing when it comes to Melania. They criticize her clothing, her shoes, it doesn’t matter what she wears the media picks her apart. If you remember, as soon as the Trumps moved into the White House, numerous fashion designers said they would not dress her. Let’s talk a little bit about the fashion world. It is a virtual slime pit of unsavory characters, that prance, around with their noses in the air as if they are some sort of aristocracy. In reality, they are a bunch of whiny little bitches that look like freaks from a side show. None of them are worth a moment of Melania’s time.

Remember Michelle Obama was featured on the covers of all sorts of fashion magazines? Everyone was always talking about how beautiful she was. Listen, as a totally heterosexual male I have spent a great deal of my life looking at women. I think I’m a pretty damn good judge of what constitutes beauty. I have seen stunningly beautiful women from all races, from all over the world that made my heart race. Sorry, but Michelle Obama falls short of what I would call beautiful. Melania puts Michelle in the weeds, but not one of these left wing fashion rags would dare put her on the cover. Melania is one of the most beautiful first ladies to ever grace the halls of the White House, she makes me proud every time I see her.

THIS IS CLASS

All that I have written above is maddening to say the least, but doesn’t compare to the comments that were made about Barron by Hollywood scumbags. Remember how the left lectured us about how Chelsea Clinton was off limits during the Clinton years? How the Obama girls were off limits during the Obama years? Suddenly, now that Donald Trump is president, all bets are off, his kids are fair game. The towering genius, Peter Fonda, ( idiocy has been proven to be genetic ) said that Barron should be ripped from his mothers arms and placed in a cage with pedophiles. You remember Peter Fonda, he made one B rated flick about a dope smuggling biker, played by himself. Total loser just like his sister “Hanoi Jane”. The genius Peter Fonda also made horrible remarks concerning Sarah Huckabee Sanders children. The man is sick and demented. Another genius that continues to amaze us with her intellect is Rosie O’Donnell, who makes the claim that Barron Trump is autistic. She made that diagnosis by simply watching videos of Barron appearing with his parents. Let me be clear, I am not a medical person of any sorts, but I’m pretty sure Rosie O’Donnell is bat shit crazy.

You tell me, that if all of this happened to you, it wouldn’t make you mad as hell? It’s hard enough for me to be civil as it is, but if people were attacking me and my family non stop, I would be out of my ever loving mind. Every time the prez takes down a lefty, or takes a jab at Hollywood, I’m sayin’, yeah baby. Go!!!

VERITAS VINCIT   ~   LIVE FREE OR DIE

THE BLASTING CAP AND THE DYNAMITE

Dramatic suspense movies are usually about two hours long, give or take. You have just watched the equivalent of a high stakes drama, play out for just shy of two years. That is, the part that you saw first hand. The deep state bad actors were setting the stage for several months prior to the actual beginning of the Mueller probe. This story is a grotesque misuse of bureaucratic power, to subvert the election of the President of the United States of America. I never dreamed I would live to see such a thing happen. If you had asked me before hand if anything like this could happen, I would have called you crazy for even thinking it.

The two candidates running for the office of President, were obviously Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Neither of the candidates, despite being chosen in their respective primaries, were very well liked by the general public. Both of these individuals had an uphill battle in front of them. Despite Hillary being unpopular she was expected to win, hands down. It was pretty much taken for granted that she was going to be the next president, all of the poles agreed.

Hillary, being Hillary, and the democrats being democrats, paid a reported six million dollars for a completely fake dossier compiled by Russian operatives, orchestrated by Christopher Steel, a British spy, Glen Simpson and Fusion GPS. A document that was meant to cast serious doubt on Donald Trumps character. The FBI got into the game and used the dossier to get FISA warrants to spy on the Trump campaign. President Obama’s Department of Justice was all too happy to play along. There are so many moving parts to this story, it would take weeks to compile all of it. I’m just hitting the high points.

Then in the heat of the race, it was discovered that during her tenure as the Secretary of State, Hillary had been using an unsecured server, and other unsecured communication devices to conduct the business of the State Department, even while in foreign countries. This of course caused he FBI to launch and investigation into her activities. However, fortunately for her, she had some very loyal followers in the FBI. The investigation turned out to be a sham, in spite of the seriousness of the charges. Her exoneration letter was written before the FBI actually interviewed her. The Attorney General, Loretta Lynch, instructed the FBI to go easy and make sure the case was dropped. The famous tarmac meeting between her and Bill Clinton should not be forgotten. This my friends was collusion and obstruction of justice in real time.

During this time of turmoil over the Hillary emails, James Comey made his now famous grand stand play. He carefully laid out all of the violations Hillary had committed, he literally had everyone on the edges of their seats, then dropped the bomb, in spite of being grossly negligent in her duties, they were not going to prosecute her. Then later in the race, Mr. Comey makes another appearance concerning more State Department emails that were uncovered on Anthony Wieners laptop. That must have been an interesting read, State Department emails mixed in with pictures of good old Anthony’s penis. I think the song ” I have friends in low places ” was written with Hillary in mind.

Fast forward to post election, Donald Trump is now president. James Comey is the head of the FBI. The now President Trump has time to reflect on all of this, and who can blame him for not wanting James Comey anywhere near him, and issues his famous words, “your fired”. Robert Mueller approaches the president and applies for the job of heading up the FBI. The president says no thanks, likely because he knows he is James Comey’s BFF. Everyone starts screaming that the president fired James Comey to obstruct the Russian collusion investigation being conducted by Comey and the FBI. It is then revealed that Comey was fired in large part at the recommendation of Rod Rosenstein, the acting AG.

This is where it gets really interesting. James Comey leaks classified FBI document to his friend, a law professor at Columbia University, who in turn leaks them to the New York Times. This whole exercise was done for one reason, so James Comey could appoint a Special Counsel to investigate the Russian collusion narrative. His choice was, of course his best friend, Robert Mueller. We now know, by reading testimony by Peter Strzok, that nobody really believed there was any collusion. It was all done in an attempt to oust a duly elected president on a totally false premise.

All of this nonsense went on for almost three long years. All predicated on lies and corruption at the highest level of the FBI and Department of Justice. Of course the main stream media outlets were carrying water for the Democrats and were repeaters of the lies and corruption 24/7/365. The intensity of the reporting was successful in convincing over 60% of the public that all of it was real. It has cast a cloud over the Trump Administration that has done untold damage to our foreign policy relations. It kept many important policies from being implemented simply because of perceived political implications.

My friends, this whole exercise has proven what I keep repeating over and over; The Democratic Party is nothing more than a party of lies and deceit. If they can’t get the desired results legally, they won’t think twice about cheating and lying. However, I think everyone will agree, that the level they were willing to take it, to try and oust the duly elected President of the United States of America should scare the living hell out of you. 

The next time you see a tweet from President Trump that is sharply worded, put yourself in his place. He has every right to be thoroughly pissed off.

VERITAS VINCIT   ~   LIVE FREE OR DIE

 

I was a Seattle area resident for 15 years. Moved there in 1990 because I wanted out of the California nonsensical lifestyle, made that way by miserable left wing politics. When I moved to California in 1963 it was pretty darn close to paradise. Raised my family in southern Cal, would not change that for the world, what a ride. We are all gone now, we have moved to better places where life makes more sense. When we moved to Seattle, it was a truly beautiful city, just like California was, when we moved there. Over the years we saw the same thing happening to Seattle that happened to California. Leftist politics were slowly destroying a gorgeous city. The documentary you will see is truly disturbing. The city governments in all of the major west coast cities should be thrown out and be replaced with interim officials until they can clean up this disgusting mess. This should not be happening in America. 

Think about something while you are watching this documentary. The morons running these major cities are more concerned about shielding illegal immigrants from ICE, than fixing this truly deplorable problem. These people in the city governments are absolute halfwits, worthless in every sense of the word.

https://komonews.com/news/local/komo-news-special-seattle-is-dying

 

Do whatever you can to help make this problem go away. First thing to do is quit electing democrats to run your cities. They run them alright, right into the ground.

VERITAS VINCIT   ~   LIVE FREE OR DIE

AMERICAN BISON

This is where all of these climate problems started. When the settlers started moving westward, they were met with stiff resistance ( there’s that word again ) from the native Americans. If only those poor suckers could have anticipated what was going to happen they could have built a friggin’ wall somewhere east of St. Louis. The great plains was like a damn freeway, those white suckers just rolled into Wyoming like a whirlwind. Those evil white folks and cavalry figured out pretty dang quick that the bison was the mainstay of the native Americans, for their basic needs. So it only made sense to kill off the bison and starve out their foes. So the slaughter began.

By the late 1800’s most of those pesky bison had been eliminated and the native Americans were officially conquered. However, Karma was about the reach out and touch those evil white folks. Little did they know that those millions of bison were expelling methane gas by millions of cubic feet, causing the temperature on the great plains to rise. The absence of the bison farts caused the temperatures to plunge. 1889 was freaking cold, and became the standard by which to measure cold winters. There were only 45 states at the time, and the bone chilling cold invaded every single one of them.

Tallahassee Florida dipped to minus 2 degrees on Feb. 13, 1889. The only sub zero temperature in the city’s history. It was minus 16 degrees in Minden Nebraska. Yep, killing all of those bison, and eliminating those buffalo farts, had a dire affect on the weather. The numbers of bison are growing again, they are no longer on the endangered species list, and our weather is warming up again. It was that simple.

The experts really have no idea what they are talking about. Cow farts are nowhere near as potent as buffalo farts. So my point is that we need to monitor the number of buffalo until we get the climate exactly right, and then make sure we keep the numbers of buffalo right at that point. Sorta like a big thermostat. Geronimo probably could have told those white guys that if they had just asked him. But then, they probably wouldn’t have listened.

Here is a fact you may not know,  Hollywood made a movie in 1971 titled ” Bless the Beasts and the Children” and probably saved the American Bison from extinction along with the rest of the world. If the American Bison had gone extinct, we would have been plunged into another ice age. Can we ever thank Hollywood enough?

VERITAS VINCIT   ~   LIVE FREE OR DIE

 I SWEAR, I DID NOT KNOW ALL OF THAT SHIT!

A special thank you to Leif Erickson of Centennial, Wyoming for the scientific data.

THIS PICTURE IS WORTH SO MUCH MORE THAN A THOUSAND WORDS!

So Beto shows up again today, and announces he is running for the White House in 2020. I don’t even know where to start on this. Probably the thought that would come to mind first, is that if I were looking for a really smart person for the position of the President of the United States, he would not be on my short list, or long list, or any list. I would be looking for a person with a long list of accomplishments, a person that’s a “can do” type  person. A person of courage, commitment, and personal values that don’t change with every little political breeze. Nope it wouldn’t be him.

I saw him doing a speech today, I believe it was in Iowa. He was waving his hands and arms around like a crazy guy, plagiarizing a speech by AOC, saying if we don’t take the drastic action called for in the New Green Deal, we all be dead in 12 years. Human life will become extinct. What is it with these 12 year clocks? I’ve seen these “dooms day” nuts all of my life and they all seem to have a 12 year deadline when everything is going to end. Beto and AOC are trying to tell you that the USA is the main culprit in pollution which is pure B.S. Let me run some numbers by you to put this into perspective.

Total square miles of earths surface: 196.9 million. 70% of that is covered by water, leaving about 30% of dry land. Of that 30% of dry land, 57% of that is desert or mountains. So, out of all of the earth’s surface, we are left with about 12% of habitable area. Of that 12% the USA is is a mere 6%. No rational person that really thought about this for more than a nano second would come to the conclusion that mankind could affect the climate to any measurable degree. Anyone that thinks this way has not really considered how minute man really is in relationship to the overall planet, and planetary system. Consider this; the planetary system is not a machine, with all of the parts mechanically connected to control the trajectory of the planets. The earth’s rotation around the sun is not on a fixed path, it varies. Even the earth’s axis is not fixed. The magnetic north pole is currently moving toward Siberia. As a matter of fact the north and south magnetic poles have flipped numerous times. There are so many variables involved it’s mind boggling. Suggesting that man can control the climate is nothing short of ludicrous. Only a fool would believe that.

Over the past 100 years they believe the earth’s temperature has risen about 1.3 degrees Fahrenheit. They only started keeping records since 1880. Exactly how much the temperature of the earth varied before that, nobody knows. The earth has gone through some really catastrophic periods in history, none of which are attributable to man. So, what happens if they were to put these practices in play outlined in the New Green Deal and they don’t work? What happens if they completely destroy life in the USA as we know it and the temperature doesn’t change? You won’t be able to hold any of these idiots accountable, they will all be dead. This is the danger of listening to these morons. They can literally convince people to do crazy shit, screw up an entire economy, and just walk away with no consequences.

Bottom line is this; These idiots are trying to convince people to put them into office using fear tactics. In reality, they don’t know what the hell they are talking about. They are simply parroting B.S. that they heard someone else say. They think it’s their ticket to a seat in the game. For me, I would never vote for a person spouting this nonsense, it tells me they’re liars, or just plain stupid.

VERITAS VINCIT   ~   LIVE FREE OR DIE

 

THE MOUSE THOUGHT THE CHEESE WAS FREE??

WHAT’S THAT GOT TO DO WITH SOCIALISM??

Have you figured out how this moron got to be a congresswoman. It’s not that hard to figure out. She was elected by other morons. That means there are a lot of morons living in one place, which is kinda scary. She graduated from Boston University, and has a degree in economics and international relations. Taking that into consideration, after hearing her expound on how she thinks the world economics should work, the professors at Boston University must be morons as well. I watched an interview with the guy that worked with her to create the “Green New Deal” his name is Robert Hockett, a law professor at Cornell Law School. This guy talks and acts like a certified mad man. I guess my Mom was right, she always told me that “birds of the feather, flock together”. I have an actual, real deal copy, of the “New Green Deal” on my desk, it literally looks like something a middle school student might have written. Over a hundred democrats have signed on to the “New Green Deal”, including some of the presidential hopefuls. If I had not witnessed this myself, I would have said there is no way, you could dupe that many half wits at one time. Then I thought of Jim Jones.  

  

IF YOU’RE A COMMIE AND YOU KNOW IT RAISE YOUR HAND….

Another example of a lot of morons living in one place. If good ol’ Bern runs for president he will be 78 years old. He and I are the same age, so I know a little bit about being this old. I’m in pretty darn good shape, but there is no way that I could keep up the rigors of being the president of the United States, and he can’t either. If Bernie somehow managed to actually get elected, by the time he finished the first four years, he would be 83. Who the hell wants an 83 year old guy in the oval office. He probably wouldn’t be chasing the interns that’s for sure. If we had a real crisis he would probably sleep through it. 

SOME GUYS COLLECT BASEBALL HATS, ERIC SWALWELL COLLECTS TIN FOIL HATS

If you’ve ever seen this guy in an interview, you know what I mean. He is the  Representative from Castro Valley, California. He is absolutely sure, with every fiber of his being that Russia totally rigged the 2016 election. He is absolutely sure that Donald Trump is really a Russian double agent. He has said numerous times, that he has documents that prove that Russia rigged the election in favor of Donald Trump. He has of yet to produce anything other than empty rhetoric. I really think this guy lives in some sort of parallel universe. Or maybe the more realistic answer is, that the lying sack of crap standing behind him, fed him all of that B.S. and Eric is dumb enough to believe it. He’s not the brightest light in the chandelier. He’s probably been snipe hunting more times than you’ve been to the 7-11.

AL GREEN, CONGRESSMAN FROM TEXAS

Every time you see footage of this guy, he’s talking about impeaching the Prez. I can’t take him seriously,  all I can think of is how much he looks like that guy in the old Geico commercials.

When I look at these people in congress, I keep thinking of a sign I once saw that said:  “United States Government, created by geniuses, ran by idiots”. Which by the way, doesn’t say much about the voters that put them there. ( and leave them there )

VERITAS VINCIT   ~   LIVE FREE OR DIE

ONE OF MY RARE POLITICAL CARTOONS

Watching these bozos in Congress over the past several days was my inspiration for the cartoon above. These people ( if that’s what you wish to call them ) seem to be hell bent on dismantling this great nation from the ground up. They have actually been working toward this goal for quite a long time in sort of a stealth manner. They have been inching forward ever so slowly so as to not arouse suspicion. I guess they are now feeling comfortable, thinking they have indoctrinated a couple of generations pretty darn thoroughly, that it’s time to throw off the masks and just go for it, balls out so they say.

I have often suspected that neither party really gave a rip about border enforcement. The border enforcement that we had was nothing more than a deterrent, the politicians were never serious about real border security. Both parties were benefiting from the flow of illegals in one way or another. I have often cited that I really don’t think the politicians care if illegals are using fake social security numbers. Being a fake non existent number, the money only flows one way, and that’s to the government coffers. I really think the government just views it as another stream of income. However, the democrats have now stepped up to the plate, and officially said, they don’t care if the border is wide open, keeping foreigners out is immoral. They want to abolish ICE and just let the never ending stream of migrants flow into our nation. 

I have told you before, that abortion is an Article of Faith in the democrat party. If you oppose abortion you are, in their eyes, a heretic. Speak out against abortion and you are committing blasphemy my friend, and the mob will come for you. Recently, they have enacted laws allowing for late term abortion, and some of these laws would actually allow the babies life to be terminated after a successful birth, or in other words infanticide. In my home state, which is controlled by democrats, they passed a law that says a woman can choose to abort the baby based on the sex of the child. In other words, we’ll just keep killing those pesky girls until we finally get a boy. ( or vice versa ) Doesn’t that give you a warm feeling about your fellow human beings? It brings real meaning to the bumper sticker that says, ” the most dangerous place in the world is in the womb”.

The left has been waging a war on families and religion for years. I don’t know if you’ve  noticed but they’re winning. The policies of the leftist politicians have made it virtually impossible for low income people to get married. Couple that with the demise of the neighborhood churches and you have a real social catastrophe. Churches and religion is the glue that holds families together, and all of these things combined create a social fabric that makes a strong nation. Families are the cornerstone of a strong, healthy society. A couple of days ago, I saw a story about a Hollywood star talking about the fathers of her three children. This woman is obviously free to live her life how she chooses, but this sends a very wrong message to young women that are nowhere near as affluent as she is. Unmarried women with children are much more likely to live below the poverty line. The left wants you to be dependent on the government, they want you to think that by voting them into power, you will be rewarded with the benefits you need to sustain your lifestyle. It is a sinister plan, that is bad for our nation. Remember this, the more benefits the government dispenses, the higher the taxes have to be to sustain it. When people realize they can exist without working, they will stay home, and the tax base will get smaller and smaller. It’s a pyramid scheme that will eventually collapse. Think Venezuela.

The democrat party has been taken over by far left crazies, that are bent on the destruction of the American principles that made this country great. They’re doing a pretty darn good job. It’s time to take a stand, speak out against these nut jobs, don’t be intimidated by the mob. Pay attention to the candidates and their records.  Elect people that will fight for what is right. Keep making America Great!!!

VERITAS VINCIT   ~   LIVE FREE OR DIE

THIS IS A HUMAN BEING. THIS HUMAN BEING IS PROTECTED BY THE SAME LAWS AND RIGHTS THAT YOU ARE. IT IS JUST AS WRONG TO KILL THIS HUMAN BEING, AS IT TO KILL YOU.  MOTHERHOOD DOES NOT QUALIFY WOMEN TO ACT IN THE PLACE OF GOD. 

This past weekend, was the beginning of the ” Bridge Crossing Jamboree ” which commemorates the terrible day of March 7, 1965 when a group of civil rights marchers and activists were participating in the Selma to Montgomery March. As they crossed the Edmund Pettus bridge, they were driven back into Selma by State and local law officers. Many of the marchers were seriously injured.

As you might imagine, the Democrats take the opportunity to stoke the fires of racism during this event, and Hillary was right in the middle of it. As I listened to her speech, it was nothing more than the same old tired talking points of the left, that they have used over and over again. As a matter of fact, so many times, I could have actually written the speech she gave from memories of her past speeches.

This is a list of the talking points that Hillary and the other Democrats cite, again and again;

• Voter suppression  ( no proof that this still happens, it’s pure B.S. )
• Manipulating elections. ( she should know better than anyone )
• Blacks being oppressed by widespread racism ( more B.S. )
• Republicans are racists and evil, and want to hold back blacks and people of color.
• Republicans want to take away women’s rights.
• Republicans are racists for wanting to stem the flow of illegal immigration.
• Republicans are trying to take away freedom of the press.
• There needs to be more gun laws and universal background checks.
• If they lose, the electoral college needs to be abolished.
• Free healthcare and college education for all, no matter the cost.
• Republicans are xenophobes, homophobes, misogynists, and smell bad.

She actually said, that during the presidential election, voters in Wisconsin were not allowed to vote because of their skin color. If you or anyone else actually believes that crap, you probably believe that the earth is flat. Virtually everything that comes out of a democrat politicians mouth is a blatant lie. Debbie Wassermann Schultz was quizzing the weasel Michael Cohen about election collusion when she herself was kicked out of the DNC for rigging the primary for Hillary. Think about that one for awhile. Donna Brazil was feeding the debate questions to Hillary so she could prepare her answers in advance. Hillary bought a fake dossier on Trump for six million dollars, got her friends in the FBI to use it to open a probe and spy on the Trump campaign, which ended up becoming the Mueller probe, and she has the audacity to talk about election rigging. She broke multiple laws with her private server while serving as the SOS, and her buddies in the FBI and DOJ, covered it up. If all of that ain’t collusion, I’ll kiss your butt on main street and give you thirty minutes to draw a crowd.

So when you hear Hillary and other democrats talking about corruption in the government, listen to them, they know what they’re talking about. They’re responsible for most of it. Hillary has used every dirty underhanded trick in the books. She and Bill wielded a tremendous amount of power in Washington for a very long time. So much power that politicians on either side thought twice before taking them on. They were part of the deal that sold 20% of our uranium to Putin, made millions, and got away with it. They used Clinton Foundation funds for personal gain and got away with it. But their day is over, they are two tired old war horses that seriously need to be put out to pasture. Her rhetoric is old and worn out, and totally predictable. She just needs to shut up and go away. A growing number of democrats agree.

VERITAS VINCIT   ~   LIVE FREE OR DIE

UNTESTED RAPE KITS

This is a topic that I came across purely by accident. I didn’t know such a thing existed. The more research I did on it, I found out that this problem has been going on for years. I am going to lay out some facts that will boggle your mind. I can’t remember hearing a news report about this, ever. I heard a conservative talk show host mention it briefly a week or so ago, and being a father, grandfather, and great grandfather of young women I wanted to know more about it. After you read this, it won’t surprise you why a lot of rapes go unreported.

To start with, if a woman is sexually assaulted and wants to report it to the authorities she is facing a considerable medical expense. Victims of other violent crimes are not required to pay medical expenses for injuries suffered at the hands of the assailant. Unfortunately, rape victims with private insurance are looking at paying an average of $950.00 or about 14% of the total cost of medical services. On the average, insurance providers pay about $5,789.00 to care for a rape victim. These costs don’t include mental health services that many of these women will desperately need.

For a woman willing to go through reporting the rape, and spend the money for the rape kit and exam, you have to believe she is dead serious about bringing this guy to justice. Unfortunately she may not live long enough to see that happen. Some of these rape kits have been awaiting process for 20 years or more.

The total number of untested rape kits sitting in police facilities across the US exceeds 200,000. These cities simply never took this seriously enough to develop a system to track and process them in a timely manner. Right here in my backyard, the city of Portland, Oregon in May of 2015, had only tested 39% of rape kits collected since 1985. They had over 1700 untested kits in inventory at that time. Imagine being a rape victim in 1985 and your evidence sat on a shelf for 40 years, nobody was remotely interested in looking at it. I’m sure some of these women went to their graves during that 40 year period. I can hear some knucklehead politician make the excuse they couldn’t afford the $1,700,000.00 to process the kits, but they had plenty of money to spend on homeless people and building bicycle lanes all over the city. The real truth is, that finding the rapists are way, way down the list of priorities. They’re pretty much saying, “just get over it girls”.

So, the next time you hear a politician tell you how much they care about the needs of women, you would be wise to mark that down as political B.S. and classify that person as a liar. However, there is some very good news. Mariska Hargitay, star of the hit series Law and Order, Special Victims Unit, has formed a foundation called Joyful Hearts. She is doing fabulous work for rape victims all across the United States. You can learn more about her organization by going to www.joyfulheartfoundation.org. The web page has a slight tinge of politics, but I’m willing to overlook that for the work they are doing. They have forced some states including my home state of Oregon, to end the backlog of untested rape kits, but as I said above, there are still over 200,000 untested kits nationwide. That’s not right.

VERITAS VINCIT   ~   LIVE FREE OR DIE 

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