Cheryl K. Chumley
Columns by Cheryl K. Chumley
America’s scarily sharp COVID-19 turn toward socialism
This is red-flag-waving, alarm-call-clanging, sound-the-troops-and-play-the-trumpet warning time for freedom-loving Americans. The chance for socialism to spread its rot, using COVID-19 as cause, is real. Published May 16, 2020
Tea Party Patriots’ 20% pay cut for Congress a grand old COVID-19 scheme
If American workers have to be out of work, furloughed, stuck at home, all due to the coronavirus crisis -- then so, too, should members of Congress: That's the line of logic being pushed by the Tea Party Patriots. And it's good logic, too. Public servants shouldn't be allowed special rights, above and beyond those of their employers. Published May 15, 2020
Rand Paul delivers a magnificent reality smack to Anthony Fauci
Sen. Rand Paul delivered a much-needed, long overdue reality check to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the White House's COVID-19 whisperer, reminding the NIAID director that hey now, hey guy, you're just a guy, and your expertise on viruses shouldn't be taken as expertise on politics, government, economics, policy or the running of a nation. Published May 14, 2020
Wisconsin high court kicks stay-at-home orders to curb, paving way for other states to do same
The Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down the state's stay-at-home orders, saying the heath secretary's use of the coronavirus to confine free citizens to their residences was "unlawful, invalid and unenforceable." Finally. A moment of sanity among the barrage of insane unconstitutional acts that have swept this nation. Published May 14, 2020
Anthony Fauci needs to get off national stage
Enough of Dr. Anthony Fauci. In widely reported remarks, Fauci, in an email to The New York Times that he was going to tell senators, in his upcoming hearing on the coronavirus that, basically: If America doesn't listen to me, people will die. Fauci, the prophet scientist? Published May 12, 2020
H.R. 6666 a devil of a COVID-19 government surveillance plot
A House resolution from Illinois Democrat Rep. Bobby Rush that would put Big Government in charge of tracking citizens' movements as they relate to COVID-19 mitigation efforts -- even sending health bureaucrats to "individuals' residences," "as necessary," as the legislation states -- has a most apt number: 6666. Published May 12, 2020
Pastor fights ‘tyranny’ of COVID-19 church crackdowns
A pastor in Worcester, Massachusetts, has been fined $300, has been issued a criminal complaint by city officials and has been put on notice that he may very well serve time behind bars -- all for the "crime" of defying the governor's 10-person limit order and holding normal Sunday worship services. You go, pastor. Published May 11, 2020
COVID-19 puts spotlight on science — but scientists often lie
We can beat COVID-19 -- just trust the science, we're told. Trust in the scientists, we're told. Well and good. Fine and dandy. But fact is, scientists often lie. Science isn't always the beacon toward truth. It's not just frequently flawed; it's frequently deceptive. And purposely so. Published May 9, 2020
Illinois governor a mind-boggling blot to religious freedom
The governor of Illinois -- the Democratic governor of Illinois, J.B. Pritzker -- made an astonishing announcement just recently that went like this: Due to Covid-19, churches may have to remain closed for a year. A year. Dear Churches of America: This is why you don't cave to government -- ever. Give an inch, government takes a mile. Published May 8, 2020
Southern California sheriff takes heroic stand for citizen freedom
A sheriff in Southern California, Chad Bianco of Riverside County, told local supervisors earlier this week that he wouldn't enforce stay-at-home orders because, get this, he thinks citizens can think for themselves. Move over, doctors. Step aside, nurses. Bianco is much more a real hero -- not just someone doing his job Published May 8, 2020
New York COVID-19 numbers make clear it’s time to reopen America
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in recent televised press conference that the majority of COVID-19 hospitalizations in the state came from the stay-at-home set, not the out-and-about set -- meaning, once again, the government's projections, predictions, forecasts and conclusions on the coronavirus were, gasp, wrong. Published May 7, 2020
COVID-19 bringing devastating groupthink consequences
The most damaging and lasting effects of COVID-19 on America won't be so much ones of physical or medical as they will be mental. Where Americans once thought for themselves, the government has taken control. Where Americans once decided on their own, bureaucrats have seized the reins. Published May 7, 2020
COVID-19 ‘new normal’ of collectivism doesn’t belong in America
The standard in America is not and will not be this "new normal." The standard in America is freedom, erring on the side of individual rights not government dictates. Fight the "new normal." The "new normal" that's being pitched is not America. Published May 6, 2020
Kansas City church surveillance about as un-American as it gets
If what's going on in Kansas City right now won't get you off the couch, into the streets to protest, onto the phone to demand government accountability -- well then, nothing will. Published May 5, 2020
Executive orders are not laws
COVID-19 has shined some important light on the tendency of government to do as Founding Fathers warned -- stretch and reach and overreach, and tread into places it doesn't belong. And as the executive orders come fast and furious from governors' mansions around the nation, it's high time for a reminder: Orders are not laws. Published May 5, 2020
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot: A blowhard cracking a COVID-19 whip
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot threatened citizens and city-goers with arrest, imprisonment and fines if they dared step foot into the streets, in violation of her COVID-19 stay-at-home orders. Wow. Talk about cracking the government whip. Can you say Constitution, anyone? How about 'Bite me, you blowhard, Lori" -- can you say that? Published May 4, 2020
Virginia COVID-19 smack-down means churches should open, and open now
The Department of Justice just issued a statement suggesting Virginia acted above and beyond its rightful call of COVID-19 government duty by closing churches to more than 10 people while allowing some private businesses to host untold numbers of shoppers. Quite right. Published May 4, 2020
COVID-19 threatens U.S. election integrity
For the first time in months, Democrats are looking with anticipation and excitement to November's presidential election -- and it has nothing to do with their dismal candidate, Joe Biden. It's because of COVID-19 and the chance to do some heavy Election Day damage. Published May 2, 2020
Forced face masking is a civil rights offense
Major U.S. airlines have announced that as a condition of riding their friendly skies, passengers must all put on a face mask. Let the muzzling of America commence. Let the -- hopefully! -- lawsuits against the mask nazis begin, as well. Published May 1, 2020
Elon Musk, COVID-19 hero: ‘Give people back their g—d— freedom’
Who knew Elon Musk, of Tesla CEO fame, would emerge such a freedom-loving hero from this COVID-19 disaster called Government Overreach -- but he has. In an epic earnings telephone rant, Musk called out the "fascist" social distancing measures ordered by government. Published April 30, 2020
