Some More Truth About Correctional Workers

My friends and family know I worked in corrections as my career. I spent 22 years working in federal prisons.
As a correctional officer/lieutenant and captain in the Federal Bureau of Prisons, I had to deal with some of the worst people in society - people who would have killed me if they needed to in order to do what they wanted. I worked the U.S. Penitentiary Lompoc, California, and the U.S. Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, each for 3 years. The men there weren't there for being nice guys. The other 16 years were spent at medium security and administrative (pre-trial) institutions. But the men and women in those institutions were bad guys as well.

As bad as the inmates were, I can say without a doubt that I worked alongside some of the best people in society. I worked with people who had my back; people who would risk their own lives to save mine. They were dedicated law enforcement officers/staff who volunteered their own safety to protect the public - people they didn't even know.

One of the advantages of being a correctional worker over a police officer on the streets is that correctional workers know who the bad guys are. Police officers don't always know that. They encounter people every day in the course of their duties - some who are bad guys and need to be put away and others who are merely law abiding citizens who need their assistance.

In the world of corrections there are no law abiding citizens who just need assistance. There are bad guys who need assistance sometimes - but they're still bad guys who are incarcerated because they were not law abiding citizens at some point. And the higher the security of the institution where they are assigned, the worse their crime(s) were.
When correctional workers begin their shifts every day they know who the bad guys are. They know each inmate who approaches them for something is there for a reason. Certainly there are inmates who don't cause trouble; who serve their time quietly and without drama, and eventually go home without returning. But the majority are repeat offenders. They make their livings by committing crimes, knowing they will return to prison if and when they're caught.

According to federal and state statistics, the recidivism rate for inmates is between 67% and 77% within the first five years following release from custody. Those figures are part of the reason that the concept of rehabilitation has mostly been abandoned in US prisons. In reality, inmates become law abiding citizens for one reason only - they don't want to return to prison. But that doesn't apply to most inmates. They live their lives of crime with full knowledge that prison will be a part of it. And most are OK with that.

My point here is that some of the best friends I have in life are people with whom I worked in the Bureau of Prisons. They had my back then and they still have it now if need be. And I would do the same for them. Law enforcement officials trust each other with their lives. It's a special bond, very similar to that of combat soldiers. When you put your life in the hands of another person, knowing that his/hers is in your own hands, you form a special bond. And we as correctional workers have that bond with hundreds of others.

The other point I want to make is this: The Bureau of Prisons is facing budget cuts and staffing cuts at an alarming rate. While the inmate population continues to increase, the staffing levels go down. Retiring staff are not being replaced in many institutions. (I have friends who are still working who are telling me this.) Cameras and technology are replacing staff these days. But cameras and technology do not respond to emergency situations in which staff and inmates are in danger. Lawmakers don't seem to understand this concept.
I was never a union person but I absolutely agree with the union that staffing levels need to be maintained for the safety of everyone. The inmates already outnumber the staff by a large margin. Reducing staffing numbers at institutions makes that even worse.

When I was a Captain I was instructed by the regional office to create a new staffing roster for my department (Correctional Services) reducing the number of correctional officer positions by five. That was in 2006. It's been 12 years since I left there and I have no doubt those numbers have decreased again since then. It's dangerous.
As much as I hate to say it - it's going to take some major incident in the Bureau of Prisons, that makes national news, before lawmakers in Washington are going to pay attention to staff shortages and the need to increase the ratio of staff to inmates. It will take a riot, an escape or the murder of a staff member to bring this danger to light with the American public. I hope none of those things occur. But mark my words... one or more of them will.

Like It Or Not The Dreamers Are Here To Stay

This is going to make some people happy and other people angry. Won't be the first time - won't be the last. But before anyone accuses me of hating freedom, hating the Constitution, being willing to give up my rights, or any other charge that I sometimes get because I might have a different opinion than they do, please just read what I say with an open mind. I don't think my title for this piece is wrong.

From the beginning of the Presidential campaign in 2015, I have said over and over that no President, Democrat or Republican, was going to deport 12 million people who are in the country illegally. Trump has deported some and will continue to do so, but he is not going to round up and deport the Dreamers. That's just the plain, hard truth.

The federal government has been allowing people to cross the borders illegally for most of my lifetime. And they have allowed most of those people to stay by refusing to secure the borders and refusing to deport those who simply don't cause trouble. Democrats like the votes and Republicans like providing cheap labor to the companies that donate to them. Letting them stay has been a win/win situation for the politicians but not so much for American citizens.

Think politicians care about your opinion on illegal immigration?"Kate's Law," HR 3004, named after Kate Steinle, who was murdered by an illegal alien in San Francisco in 2015, passed the House in 2017 and the Senate has yet to vote on it. Kate's Law would increase the penalties for crimes committed by people in the country illegally. Given the tragedy of Miss Steinle's untimely death, how could the Senate just ignore this legislation? But that's what's happening.

The State of California tried Kate's murderer and gave him a slap on the wrist. He was convicted only of being in possession of a weapon as a convicted felon.Trump is deporting criminals as often as he can and trying to find a positive solution for the young people who were brought here as children and who have grown up in the United States. They may or may not know the native language of their parents but they certainly don't know the countries of their parents well enough to be suddenly shipped there. And that's not their fault.

As much anger and even hatred as I've seen from the Democrats about various things (white nationalist marches, gun control, abortion rights, etc.), I'm seeing much of the same vitriol from the right about a path to citizenship for Dreamers. "Deport them at any and all cost" seems to be the rallying cry for the hard right. But I'm telling you - like it or not, that's not going to happen.So why not a reasonable alternative? Otherwise things will remain at the status quo and our illegal immigrant population will continue to grow.

Trump is willing to work with the Dreamers on a pathway to citizenship rather than blanket amnesty and instant citizenship in exchange for a wall, the end of chain migration and the end of the Visa lottery. I have no real problem with that. Part of the deal should be that all Dreamers wishing to stay must be fluent in English, must have a clean record, and must complete certain requirements, such as file paperwork with the federal government requesting to stay and become citizens. Those who don't request citizenship should be deported.

I know I'm going to be attacked by some for this opinion but I would ask those who attack: "If deportation is not going to happen what is your "other" solution for the problem?" Because it's not going to go away by itself.If your solution is to vote Trump out of office in 2020 and replace him with someone who will deport all the illegals, including the Dreamers, I say good luck with that. We're already lucky Trump beat Hillary, particularly since the Clinton campaign tried every dirty trick in the book to win.

Dreamers are here to stay - even those who are rude, demanding and all around ignorant. (And I'm not defending those who march carrying the Mexican flag and burn the American flag. As far as I'm concerned, they can be deported. No problem.) The sooner people figure out that Dreamers are not all going to be deported the sooner things can move forward. I am for the rule of law. But when the federal government ignores the law for decades it's not the fault of the people who were brought here as children through no fault of their own. Want to blame someone for the Dreamers and the illegals? Blame Washington for the last 50 to 60 years. I, for one, will be happy to see the issue settled once and for all.

Donald Trump's Surprising First Year

So with the first year of the Trump Presidency over, I must say he's doing a far better job than I expected when I voted for him. He was not my first choice candidate. In fact, the only reason I voted for him was to keep Hillary Clinton out of the White House. That I just couldn't stomach.

But surprisingly, Trump has not only kept most of his campaign promises but he has done good things for the country all around. Employment is up. Wages are up. The markets are going crazy. Manufacturing is returning to the United States. Illegal border crossings are down. MS-13 is being rounded up nationwide. And the Gross Domestic Product is over 3% for the first time in 13 years.

Trump pulled us out of the Paris Climate Accord and the Trans Pacific Partnership (and rightly so) and is renegotiating NAFTA - making things fair for the United States.

He cut taxes for most middle class Americans and, in so doing, got rid of the health insurance mandate put in place by President Obama. He's working to stop illegal immigration, chain migration and the diversity lottery, moving instead toward a merit based immigration system.

He has deported 36% more criminal illegal aliens than occurred in 2016.

He is in the process of draining the swamp, as he promised, beginning with the FBI and Justice Department. The Clinton Foundation and "pay to play" is under investigation, as are her emails.

He appointed Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, giving it a conservative majority again.

Sure - there are things about him I don't like. I don't like the fact that he doesn't have a screener for his Twitter account. I don't always like the things that come out of his mouth or his fingers. But he is who he is and as long as he continues to bring positive growth and positive changes to the country I'll back him all the way.

There is something on the internet every day asking "Will you vote for Donald Trump in 2020?"

My answer to that question is always "It's too soon to know that." But given what I've seen over the last year I am leaning toward it. If our economy is booming in 2020, more people are working and have more money in their pockets, and the country has been made stronger and safer with the building up of our military, I see no reason not to do just that.

Of course - if you only watch the main stream media you don't really know about all thing things I'm talking about because they don't report things that go against their agenda of hating Trump and wanting him out of office. My wife had a conversation with someone like that this morning. The woman hadn't heard of any good thing Trump has done. Sad. Imagine what Trump could accomplish if the establishment Republicans and some of the Democrats would work with him instead of against him all the time.

Why Democrats Hate Negotiating With Trump

It occurred to me why negotiating with President Trump is driving the Democrats crazy. Donald Trump is not Barack Obama or John Kerry.

Remember the Iran nuclear deal?

Kerry (for Obama): We want you to get rid of your nuclear materials.

Iran: No.

Kerry: OK. We want the right to inspect your facilities at any time.

Iran: No.

Kerry: OK. We want to you cut the number of centrifuges that you have.

Iran: No.

Kerry: We want you to slow down on your enrichment program.

Iran: No.

Kerry: OK. That went well. Now what do you want from us?

Iran: $150 billion in assets that you froze years ago because of our terrorism.

Kerry (for Obama): OK. Deal.

Kerry and Obama were so weak on that deal that they agreed to give Iran everything it wanted and get nothing in return except a signed document. And Trump is ready to pull the plug on it, if he hasn't already.

It's a bit different trying to negotiate with a leader who tells you up front what he wants or else there is no deal.

Trump: I want a wall, an end to chain migration and an end to the diversity lotto. Give me those and I will sign the DACA bill and allow Dreamers to become citizens.

Durbin: Mr. President, put through a clean DACA bill and then we'll work with you on the things you want.

Trump: No.

Shumer: Mr. President – sign the bill and then we'll work on the things you want. We promise.

Trump: No.

Nancy Pelosi: Mr. President – you're holding a box of Twinkies and that's like Armageddon.

Trump: Nancy – go home and take your meds.

The President stated up front what he wants in return for what the Democrats want. He wants border security, better vetting of legal immigrants and an end to family members automatically being allowed in. Remember, the last two terror attacks here at home were committed by people (one each) who came here through the lotto and through chain migration. Vetting was minimal.

The Democrats refuse to give the President (and the American people) border security and integrity of our immigration policies. They want the votes of any and all illegals they can get, which is why they're pushing so hard for DACA but not for border security. They want new Democrat voters to still be able to cross the borders unimpeded.

The Democrats don't care about you or me. They care about votes. And Trump's refusal to give in to their wishes is infuriating them to no end. And I think it's hysterical.

A Weekend In San Francisco

From Thursday afternoon until Tuesday morning I was in San Francisco. I went with 11 men from our church on a mission trip to one of the churches we sponsor in between South Park and Mission Bay.

We went to do some repair work on the second floor parsonage for the young pastor and his wife - repairing water damage from a leaky roof (fixed previously), installing new door knobs and locks in the apartment (my job),

putting some new signs on the windows of the church on the ground floor, and painting the living room/dining room area. We also put new venetian blinds throughout the apartment.

We took a break from work Saturday afternoon to have lunch with a man who works as a church planner in the San Francisco area. We met him at a place call "Aunty April's Chicken and Waffles and Soul Food."

Being from Ohio I'm not a chicken and waffles kind of guy. I don't think I'd even heard of it until I moved to Texas. But several of the guys ordered one version or another. I had an outstanding fried fish sandwich.

Auntie April Spears is a rags to riches kind of story. She had a regular job, working for someone else. Friends and family kept telling her she should open a restaurant because her cooking was so wonderful. She said one day she got tired of cooking for large groups (people who would come to her house for dinner all the time) for free so she took the plunge and opened her own restaurant. She has won numerous awards for her cooking and her entrepreneurship. They hang all over her restaurant walls.

April is younger than I imagined. She's friendly and outgoing and it was a pleasure to meet her and talk to her. And her food was excellent.

We spent time on Friday evening and Saturday evening in devotional periods with Eddie Williams, former fullback with the Washington Redskins, Seattle Seahawks and Cleveland Browns, turned pastor. He will soon be opening a new church in Bay City, the very poor part of San Francisco in which he grew up.

Eddie is a fascinating speaker and a dedicated Christian man who wants to serve the Lord by ministering to a poor, multi-ethnic neighborhood that will soon be surrounded by wealthy high tech geeks. He hopes to bridge the gap between the two opposite societies through our Lord Jesus Christ.

We went to another sponsored church in Oakland on Sunday morning. They meet in a local high school and have a team of volunteers who arrive at 7:30 to set up for the service, child care and Sunday school classes. We helped with the setup (for which they were very grateful) and then went to breakfast at McDonald's before the 10am service.

While at McDonald's we encountered a woman who was asking for money to buy a cup of coffee. Rather than give her money, one of our group invited her in and bought her coffee and a meal. We invited her to go to church with us just two blocks away at the high school. She said yes and when we were all done eating we got her into one of the vans with us and took her to the school. She went inside, still with her coffee, and sat in the front row as the band warmed up. She was still there a little while later, just before the service began. But by the time the service was over she was gone.

The pastor at this church (called “The Movement”) is Ed Paz. He's another extremely accomplished and engaging speaker whose enthusiasm is contagious. Their band is similar to ours and they don't have a lead guitar player. (Following the service I introduced myself to the acoustic guitar player.)

Part of Ed's sermon was a simplistic but in-depth explanation of the Lord's Prayer. We all know that Jesus used it as an example of how to pray but how many of us know that God is praised in nearly every line of the prayer? I plan to write a blog about that tomorrow or the next day.

After church and after we assisted with putting things away we headed to lunch at the Black Bear Cafe. I had a dip sandwich made with Tri-Tip. and potato salad. The sandwich was excellent. The potato salad just OK. (For those who may not know what Tri-Tip is - it's a cut of meat from the bottom sirloin that is very popular in Central California.)

From lunch we headed North from Oakland to Berkeley to go by Pixar Animation Studios, then on to the University of California at Berkeley. In between those two sights were numerous homeless camps – one on the side of a road that was at least 200 yards long.

When we got to UC Berkeley I had a strange urge to get out of the van, begin screaming in protest of something and breaking store windows. Fortunately the other guys in the van wouldn't let me do it. But hey – when in Rome....

From Berkeley we crossed the Richmond/San Rafael Bridge over to Marin County so we could go to the Golden Gate Bridge for some pictures before heading to the pier area for dinner and a nighttime bus tour. You cannot get off of the 101 Freeway and go to the scenic overlook on the Marin County side when driving South. You have to cross the bridge and turn around. We didn't want to do that so we went to the visitors' center on the South side of the bridge. It was still impressive and I haven't done that before.

That night we moved on to Pier 39 and took an open air bus tour of the city. At one point we drove halfway across the Bay Bridge to Treasure Island. It was absolutely freezing on top of that open air bus but I had on 3 t-shirts, a long sleeve button down and a lined windbreaker. I was OK. Out of the 11 that were on the top level of the bus when we started out – only four of us stayed up top.

After our tour is when I got cold. I was chilled from the ride back across the bridge to San Francisco. Some headed to a restaurant while others, including me, headed back to our sleeping quarters.

Monday morning we got up, packed for our return trip to Dallas, and went to breakfast. The plan was to eat then drive up to Muir Woods to see the giant, ancient Sequoia Trees. We ate at a place called Sweet Maple. I don't like maple bacon or sausage so I ordered an omelette made with Dungeness crab, spinach and Swiss cheese. It was outstanding. But about halfway into it things changed.

One of our party got a call on his cell phone. The man on the other end said he just found three back packs and one of them had a Bible in it that contained a cell phone number. Someone had smashed the back window of one of our vans and stolen 3 back packs plus one suitcase.

Chuck (the guy who got the call), Kevin (who also lost a back pack) and I (security) headed to meet the man who called. Of course I suspected him of the crime and waited to see what he looked like and whether or not he asked for a reward. The man who returned the back packs was an elderly gentleman driving a contractor's truck. He wanted no reward – even when I offered. He honestly felt badly for us and said “Welcome to San Francisco,” sarcastically.

When we returned to the scene of the crime one of the other men, Randy, said he lost a suitcase. We got back in the van and went to look around the area where the back packs were found but had no luck. Fortunately for Randy, the only thing in his suitcase were clothes. Kevin lost a work phone and a camera.

After the event was reported and Budget Rental was providing a new van it was too late to go to Muir Woods. (The police didn't even respond. They have up to 75 smash and grabs per day in the city and don't really investigate them.) We decided to return to Pier 39 for a couple of hours before going to the airport. I got to go to Boudin's for sour dough bread and got to take pictures of the sea lions and Alcatraz.

We rode the cable car from one end to the other – ending up at Fisherman's Wharf. I was less than impressed.

I made a stop at Boudin's to buy three round loaves of authentic, fresh sourdough bread. Fortunately, I had the forethought to ask the clerk to package them in plastic bags so they wouldn't dry out overnight. Turns out that was a great idea.

Finally, we got into the vans and headed to the airport. When we arrived and began to check in electronically we were told by the computer that our flight was canceled. Airline staff said it was due to predicted bad weather in Dallas. It was 2:30pm and our flight was scheduled to leave at 5.

Without going into detail I will tell you that we were booked on a flight at 6:05am Tuesday morning and spent the night (all 15 hours) at the airport. Can't begin to describe how much fun that was...

The entire trip went really well until Monday. Turns out the Great North Texas Blizzard of 2018 turned out to be a little sleet and a few snow flurries. We could have flown out Monday on schedule and been back in Dallas by 11pm. As it was, I got home around 1:15pm Tuesday.

One side note... while we were still there someone in the city launched a web site that allows citizens to see where the areas are that have the most human fecal material on the streets. I kid you not.

City officials long ago decided that with such a large and ever growing homeless population, public urination and defecation was no longer going to be a crime. As a result, human waste on the streets has become such a wide spread problem that people now feel it's necessary to warn citizens and tourists which areas to avoid. It's truly sad. (San Diego has the same problem but I don't know if anyone has created a web page for it.)

I enjoyed being in San Francisco again. It had been 29 years since my last visit. A lot has changed but a lot has stayed the same.

A shout out to Stu Cocanougher for another great trip. We did some good work, met some wonderful Christian people and got to see some pretty incredible things. I missed out on seeing the giant Sequoia trees but that can happen another time. And oh - that sourdough bread...

Liberal Federal Judge Says President Cannot End DACA

Tuesday, during a historic publicly televised meeting between the President and members of both the House and Senate, President Trump reiterated his desire to pass a bill concerning DACA but that must include a border wall and the end of chain migration and lottery for immigrant visas.

During that meeting, Senator Dianne Feinstein asked the President if he would consider signing a “clean DACA bill” and work on the other things at a later time. It seemed that the President didn't quite understand that a “clean bill” was a bill that was DACA only, without the things the President wanted in the bill. He initially agreed that a clean bill would be OK. But did he really not understand it? One never knows with Trump.

A Republican explained Feinstein's request and the President and he immediately reversed what he said, telling all attendees that the wall, chain migration and the lottery must be included in the bill.

Feinstein knew what she was trying to do. She wanted a clean bill to be passed so the Democrats could get what they wanted on DACA and then refuse to negotiate the other things after that happened. Why would they if they already got what they wanted? The same thing happened to Ronald Reagan after he granted amnesty to illegals in 1986 with a promise from Congress to secure the border. They never did.

Nice try, Senator. But the President is not falling for it. Either work with the President and the Republicans to come to an agreement or forget the entire thing.

In other news, a federal judge in San Francisco has ruled that President Trump cannot end Barack Obama's Executive Amnesty Executive Order. Apparently the judge doesn't quite understand that just at in the case of immigration, the President has full authority to end an Executive Order at any time, just because he's President. Federal judges cannot change that – regardless of how they feel about it. They can rule a new Executive Order as unconstitutional, as happened to President Obama, but they can't stop him from ending and Executive Order since the order is not law but the whim of a President.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the DACA order in 2015. The case went to the Supreme Court and the court, having only eight members at the time, was split four to four.

The DACA Executive Order was an illegal end run around Congress anyway. Congress refused to pass a bill concerning those covered under DACA so President Obama decided to legislate from the Oval Office, which he admittedly did not have the authority to do. President Trump has the right and the authority to end that program. And this judge really should understand that.

These liberal federal judges who prove regularly that they are nothing but obstructionists need to be removed from the bench. The Constitution gives the President of the United States certain authorities and he doesn't have to ask federal judges if he has their permission to legally perform his job. Those judges who rule against the rule of law for political reasons should not be allowed to remain on the job.

The President's attorneys will appeal this decision to the Supreme Court and once again the liberal district judges will be shut down. But in the meantime they're just wasting the President's time.

Will Hillary Clinton Finally Face Justice?

I watched Geraldo Rivera on Hannity last night saying that re-opening an investigation of Hillary Clinton's illegal email activity was the wrong thing to do. He said that he doesn't care whether or not she broke numerous federal laws (as if his opinion is important) - he just wants to look forward. He's an attorney who apparently doesn't care if Hillary committed several felonies. He wants her left alone.

While Geraldo has been a liberal for a while, it's interesting to learn that he wants to protect Hillary Clinton.

He also said "There was no intent so she didn't break the law." That was James Comey's statement as well.

I spent 8 years in the Air Force and can tell you that if Rivera and Comey believe no intent means no crime they know nothing about security clearances. Mishandling of classified, secret, top secret or Sensitive Compartmented information is a felony even if you did it without intent to harm. And when you're given a top secret clearance or above you're taught that very thing. Intent or lack thereof means nothing.

Sebastian Gorka, who was a federal employee with a security clearance in the Trump administration, tried to explain it to Geraldo but Geraldo said "I disagree with your legal analysis," and made himself look stupid.

And by the way, Geraldo (and Comey).... when you are conducting government business, including transmission of classified information, on a private server that's kept in someone's bathroom, and when that server and the associated devices (laptops, blackberries, etc.) are subpoenaed and instead of turning them over you do your best to destroy them - that shows intent. If what you were doing was perfectly legal and you had nothing to hide why would you destroy the evidence? I'm not an attorney nor a highly trained FBI agent. But I'm smart enough to understand that.

Hillary Clinton got a pass from the Obama administration and the Obama Justice Department because Obama wanted her to protect his legacy. Now that Donald Trump is President it's time that she faces justice and I, for one, am happy that the FBI has re-opened that investigation, as well as re-opened the investigation into pay for play in the Clinton Foundation and the shady dealings with Uranium One.

While I'm not going to hold my breath waiting for Clinton to be arrested – one can hope. It's certainly a possibility and would be a very fitting end to the Clinton era. Let's hope our mostly useless Attorney General doesn't mess it up.

Where Is The Real Collusion With Russia...?

Donald Trump is currently being investigated for “collusion” with Russia during the 2016 Presidential election. The investigation should never have been initiated in the first place since collusion, in and of itself, is not illegal and a special prosecutor is only supposed to be appointed if there is suspicion of a crime. The appointment of a special prosecutor was the result of James Comey illegally releasing confidential information (by his own admission) to a friend for dissemination to the media. Comey is the one who should be under investigation.

It's been over a year and the Mueller team has yet to find any evidence of collusion. They have found a few other things, among them corruption at the management level of the FBI and a few minor incidents of Trump's staff violating laws that had nothing to do with Trump or the election.

What they're ignoring so far, however, is the possibly illegal interactions between Hillary Clinton and the Russians.

Hillary is the one who hit the “resent” button with Russia. She did so as Barack Obama's Secretary of State. And it was President Obama who told Dmitry Medvedev (on a hot microphone) to tell Vladimir Puting that he'd have “more flexibility” after the election. One cannot help but wonder exactly what that meant given the fact that the Obama administration had already given away 20% of our uranium to Russia by that time.

It has been proved recently that the Hillary Clinton campaign financed the phony Trump dossier that rogue FBI agents used to obtain a FISA warrant to spy on the Trump campaign. The agents presented the dossier to the FISA court as the real deal even though none of the information it contained had been or could be verified. Agent Peter Strzok told his girlfriend it would be a good insurance policy in case Trump actually got elected.

If anyone should be investigated for illegal activity with the Russian government it should be Hillary Clinton. In 2015, the New York Times reported that while the Uranium One deal was being negotiated, the CEO of the Russian uranium company donated a total of $2.35 million to the Clinton Foundation. Nothing suspicious there, huh?

Mueller needs to admit there is nothing to the Russian collusion thing and say goodbye. A new special prosecutor should be appointed by Jeff Sessions to thoroughly investigate Hillary Clinton's interactions with Russian officials and her pay to play activities while Secretary of State. But what am I asking? Sessions will recuse himself from anything Hillary. He needs to be replaced by someone with some intestinal fortitude.