By Ray Cardello for February 6, 2023 Season 16 / Post 8

Today I would usually publish a Sunday Spotlight, but what is happening in the sky over our mainland is too important not to address today.

I always got a kick out of ordering Chinese take-out. No matter what you ordered or the quantity, it will always be ready in 10 minutes. Egg Rolls, Steak Teriyaki, Chicken Fried Rice…..10 minutes Shrimp with Lobster Sauce, Chicken teriyaki, Beef Fried Rice….10 Minutes. Joe and Hunter Biden on a silver platter…10 minutes. The variety of your choices does not matter. It will all be ready in 10 minutes. The Chinese own our President, and what will he not allow the People’s Republic of China to do to America and Americans? Covid, Fentanyl, theft of intellectual property, and now a surveillance balloon traveling at will over our mainland, and what is Joe Biden doing? Eating popcorn and watching old movies in Delaware with Dr. Jill. Pathetic.

This floating airship is not a weather balloon but a surveillance device. In actuality, it’s a “trial” balloon. China is testing American leadership to see how far we can be provoked before we react. We have known about it for months. It is a violation of our air space and sovereignty. It violates international law. Yet the Pentagon and Administration claim it is not a threat. Are you kidding, or do they think we are all ignorant? They are underestimating the acumen of the American people. The Pentagon admits they do not have knowledge of the equipment on the balloon but that they have neutralized the information-seeking equipment. These two statements cannot both be factual. Again, we are given a story and not the truth.

Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon’s press secretary, met with the media on Friday and did his best Karine Jean-Pierre impersonation. We watch this situation unfold as we allow this camera in the sky to traverse our mainland over some of our most sensitive military bases. Why do these people even hold these briefings if they refuse to answer questions? This dodge and deflect is not transparent. It is insulting. And as the day progresses, and these spokespeople need to walk back earlier comments, it shows we are fed a narrative, not the facts. We expect the Chinese to lie to us, but we should insist on our government giving us a straight story. Washington continues to disappoint us. On Saturday, a second balloon was detected over Latin America. It is not ironic that our heartland and Central America are regions where the Chinese have bought land.

It appears that inaction is the plan of our administration to handle this assault by China. We should not be surprised. Inaction is how Biden has dealt with the source of the COVID virus, Fentanyl, the theft of American intellectual property, the inhumane treatment of the Uyghurs, and now a violation of our sovereign airspace. A compromised President, such as Joe Biden, is extremely dangerous to our National Security. When our most significant adversary can run roughshod over our country, our President has violated his most crucial role: protecting the homeland and its people.

Anytime our country has faced a situation that threatens us in any way, the President has gone before the people to answer questions, calm the masses, and explain our mission to rectify. We have gotten nothing from Biden. Joe Biden is a weak, feckless, compromised “leader” of our country, and we will feel his impact for years. America is a pawn in the relationship between the Biden Cartel and China.