A few days back, Sir Elton John performed at the White House before an audience that is the who’s who of the liberal echo chamber.
Following his performance, Biden
announced that John would receive the National Humanities Medal, which
recognizes those who
A week ago, singer James Taylor performed at the White
House, to celebrate the newly enacted Inflation Reduction Act.
Clearly, D.C thinks this is a joyous
time that merits celebrations and merrymaking.
How
is the media react?
The
WaPo is relieved that celebrities returning
back to the White House after the ‘Trump drought’ and so is ABC
News. The New York Times also celebrated John, who they claim is a
favorite of Trump, was performing at Biden’s White House.
Public-funded NPR
lauded John for singing at the White House and turning down ‘megafan’
Trump's offer to sing at his inauguration.
So’s what happening beyond D.C?
Inflation is at a forty-year high. The
costs of goods and services have
risen by 8.3 percent in the last 12 months.
The stock market continues to be
volatile.
High
gas and diesel prices are hurting citizens and contributing to the already high
inflation , since gas and diesel play an important role in supply chains.
The unguarded border caused more than 1.7 million migrant
encounters in 2021 and more than 2 million in 2022. Human trafficking and
the smuggling of illicit drugs are on the rise.
The Democrats' demonization of their
police and the vaccine mandate has resulted in understaffing of police forces
across America.
Consequently there has been a spike
in violent crimes in the U.S. while the murder rate spiked by 30%, the biggest increase since
record-keeping began in 1960.
Under the Democrats, political
opponents are targeted. Many other Trump allies have either been arrested or targeted and
had their phones
seized, some 40 in all. The January 6 protesters have been
subjected to subhuman conditions in prisons awaiting trial for prolonged
periods. Trump's home was raided.
Dissent is being criminalized
Parents
who opposed Critical Race Theory being taught in school were labeled domestic
terrorists. An Orwellian "Disinformation
Governance Board" was set up to monitor the utterances of regular
citizens, the Biden administration claims this board has been ‘paused’
The
right of choice was trampled upon by vaccine mandates and the
right to movement was restricted due to COVID-19 lockdowns.
The
media is compromised and so are investigative agencies, the result is the
nation is subjected to a series of disinformation campaigns, the Russian collusion hoax,
the Ukraine
call hoax, and now the insurrection hoax.
Perverse and
sexually deviant ideas are being forced on young children in schools.
To sum it up the citizens are
struggling on every front, their wallets are being emptied, their jobs are at
risk, now safety is being compromised, they are being brainwashed and if they
dare to complain, they are demonized.
The situation abroad isn’t encouraging
either.
Biden’s hasty and unplanned withdrawal
has left Afghanistan unstable such that Al Qaeda seems to be back in control.
The war in Ukraine continues. The
rhetoric of regime change and nuclear threats continues to inflame the
situation. Instead of leading peace initiatives, Washington has dispatched
billions of taxpayer dollars and advanced weaponry, with no tracking mechanism.
Back to Elton John.
"I
just wish America could be more bipartisan on everything," John said
during his White House concert.
Perhaps John missed Biden demonizing
his political opponents as a "threat
to democracy".
John had performed at Donald Trump’s
2005 wedding to Melania, however, John declined an invitation to play at
Trump's 2017 inauguration.
John
had claimed the possibility of a Trump victory made him
“fear for the world” and that Trump will ‘marginalize people' and persecute
LGBT+ people.
Does
John really care for LGBT+ causes such that he would turn down lucrative gigs?
He
performed in Russia and Morocco,
which have a record of persecuting members of the LGBT+ community.
Wikileaks revealed that John performed
for Kazakhstan’s strongman Nursultan Nazarbaev, also accused of a raft of
rights abuses.
Trump,
however, has never been anti-LGBT+, in fact, he was the first Republican
President to hold the rainbow flag at the GOP Convention and support the
community.
So
why did John turn down Trump's offer?
Simply
because he feared being blacklisted by the entertainment industry which would
prevent lucrative gigs.
John’s name
appeared in the infamous Pandora Papers among myriad other celebrities
who had benefited from offshore shell companies and tax havens.
Clearly,
John’s primary concern isn’t the welfare of marginalized communities but the
welfare of his bank balance. There is nothing wrong with that. It's the
hypocrisy and the virtue signaling that is revolting.
Back
to Biden’s White House.
Anybody
with even a smidgen of empathy knows that rude polite to make an ostentatious
display before the less fortunate. If you have to engage in guilty pleasures
you do it behind closed doors.
The
nation is going through myriad hardships due to Biden's misgovernance
The
consequence of inflation is personal spending is reduced. Recreational
activities such as attending concerts are postponed indefinitely.
Yet
neither the Democrats nor Elton John who claims to be brimming with empathy
realized how insensitive they appeared. Perhaps they realize but no longer
care for what happens beyond their plush habitats.
This
also explains why in response to rising fuel costs they recommend expensive
driving expensive electric cars.
It
explains why they want to take away guns, which are the only affordable method
of self-defense, while they have armed bodyguards.
It
explains why open border advocates want to resettle illegal immigrants in
working-class localities. They get to virtue signal while the working class
suffers. When illegal immigrants of color are transported to their localities,
they call the national guard and have them evicted.
During
the pandemic, the 'elites' supported draconian lockdowns. They didn’t care
that people with meager savings, living on low-paying jobs, or running small
businesses will be financially ruined due to prolonged lockdowns. They lived
comfortably within their spacious mansions and could remain within their premises for a prolonged period of time, problems that others faced were irrelevant.
Biden’s inauguration itself began with a display of insensitivity.
all of D.C. was on
lockdown due to the ‘insurrection’. While regular citizens
were compelled to stay indoors, multi-millionaires from showbiz and beyond were in
attendance. Some even posted
photos on social media alongside members with National Guard members who were
maintaining the lockdown.
There are numerous instances of tone-deaf and insensitive utterances
and behavior that could even embarrass Marie Antoinette.
During such turbulent times, one expects the fourth estate to speak out.
Alas, the media is comforting the comfortable and afflicting the afflicted
instead of doing the opposite.
The opposition i.e. the GOP is making some noise but not enough.
The Elton John concert is a sterling opportunity for the GOP to make
advertisements that can be broadcast nationally. They could do a split screen, with Elton singing for 'elites' on the left while inflation, crime, open
border, the fentanyl crisis, etc. on the right.
It is high time their barks evolve into roars.
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