Happy New Year to all book readers, blog readers, thinkers, writers and doers of whatever…! 2023 is the year of the pre-pre-election preparation for the looming (even now) election of 2024.  This year is the preparation for the big propaganda machinery to start grinding out propaganda in advertising and mendacity in the media. This begins the push, the long slow crescendo toward November of 2024. Information spinning and spewing will begin to change to  mis-information and then to serious propaganda, then to attack ads, and then to the nastiness of lies, smears and the unimaginable boredom of the debate cycles. Somewhere buried in all of this the average voter will strain to find a modicum of truth on which to be able to intelligently cast votes.  A dauntless task.  So…

What now…?

We have a broken, liberal government so wrapped up in unrealistic policies that it is chasing its own tail.  So blinded by the enormous stupidity of far left policies that it has lost all pretense of reason. But it proceeds regardless with a broken compass to blackmail and intimidate not only our own country, but the rest of the world. This is not leadership. When we are being forced into Socialism (pre-Communism) by a liberal, left-wing government and controlled by “one-size-fits-all” policies, what alternatives do we have? Let us check out a few areas that are vital to our everyday existence.

MEDICINE

When all of the highest medical research facilities, e.g. CDC, WHO, etc. are under the control of one person, we have socialized medicine.  We have the decisions of one person controlling the welfare of most of the people in the world.  Obviously, this is not an ideal situation.  If this person is unscrupulous, the organizations will ultimately fail due to narrow-minded thinking. And when the virtual dictator makes it impossible for other experts in the field to offer vital input without being discredited and/or having their careers ruined, the dictator is medically useless.  This is what happens when there is no oversight or checks and balances in any organization.  In this case, many people die. Out of control also in this regard with inadequate oversight are: DOJ, FBI, CIA, IRS, Dept. of Education, Pentagon, and State and Local governments.

CONTENTIOUS ISSUES

More issues that affect us daily that are being forced upon us without adequate research, just left-wing emotional intimidation are:  Climate change, electric everything, solar & wind power, no energy independence, open borders, etc, etc. The impact of more than 5 million people of unknown circumstance having crossed our borders since 2021 will take many years to be revealed.  Due to lack of medical care, lack of jobs & income, homes, and citizenship there are many problems to solve that our legal process for admitting foreigners takes care of – legally, including citizenship.  Most of the above are ill-thought-out, inadequately researched, and many years from being practically introduced into our daily lives. Some are very dangerous.

FENCES

Why do we have fences?  Everyone in the world with property has fences.  We protect our property from encroachment, damage and thievery by people who prey on others for their own existence. Our own defined property is subject to taxes by our governing bodies. We either pay these or lose our property.  Robbers and thieves don’t pay taxes. When our property is damaged or seized we call law enforcement for support.  That is, unless these police are told by a liberal government to “stand down.”  In which case we have incipient anarchy or chaos. This is exactly what happened in cities like Portland, Seattle and Chicago.  Would you feel as liberal if any of the above was your property?  Does insurance really help you to rebuild the work of a lifetime?

WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

All of the above issues and many more are based upon our election process (which has been corrupted for a long time by unscrupulous politicians and those who control those politicians). Our newest issue in this regard is choosing people for positions or jobs or anything just by their color or gender or lack of gender or anything but their meeting the qualifications for that position or job.  This, like many of the above issues is insane.  It is the movie “Idiocracy” becoming part of the way our country is managed.  This should and can be fixed.

And all of this, as bad as it is, is made even worse by the media; everything we hear and view. All of our announcers, journalists, advertisers, sports and entertainment personalities are censored.  All are controlled to become purveyors of the propaganda that we, the citizens daily inhale and absorb.  And for our children, indoctrination occurs in movies, television, social media, amusement parks, and most importantly, in our schools. Don’t dare to protest or criticize.

Even considering this giant handicap in communication, we still have only one ultimate choice:  Clean up and legitimize our election process from the local and state to the national level and institute transparent oversight at every stage of the process.  This is the only hope we have to save our country.  If you believe that the prevalent corruption of the far left is the work of the devil, then prayer is the only answer.  There is work to do in this Happy New Year to wake up friends and neighbors to investigate intellectually the above issues realistically and practically and to vote accordingly.

Regardless, we still sing: “God Bless America.”

If you haven’t already read the following books, please read and learn about present corruption in government.  Fascinating and informative.

“Justice Corrupted” How the left weaponized our legal system. By Ted Cruz,  Regnery, 2022.

“The Real Anthony Fauci” Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health.  By Robert F. Kennedy Jr., CHD Books, 2021.

Is it even possible to anticipate a measure of kindness during this Christmas season?  After roughly fourteen years of Democrat nastiness and Liberal violence, it is “looked-down-upon ”to pray, but maybe we can just hope for a change of heart in the left-leaning, Social-Democrat, Marxist, One-World (Communist-espousing) über-censor class of society-destroyers.  At least may we enjoy one season of anticipated joy and love.

 I am beginning to believe that we have been “hacked” by the devil, whose tentacles are the embodiments of evil.  Think: woke, porn, climate change, BLM, Antifa, diseased government offices, corrupt justice system, teacher’s unions, etc.

College campuses seem to be the worst breeding grounds for propaganda, spreading lies and Socialist filth to the fertile minds held captive in and out of the classroom.  Those who are studying  to be teachers are now being filled with the misinformation of woke and critical race theory which only compound the present problems by spreading them as truth to the young and impressionable. These are in addition being reinforced and even mandated by the NEA, which has turned into a corrupt teacher’s union.  The campuses are so close-minded that they can hear of no other thinking than the current party line of Socialist, Marxist, Woke, and CRT. And, anyone who is invited to present an alternative opinion is harassed and shouted down even before they can speak.  Censorship rules…!   Obviously this is no longer education. It is indoctrination of party propaganda.  So, this is why I am beginning to believe that we have been hacked by the devil.  Everything “on line” is tolerated by the left, except the truth or conservative thinking. The devil wants no accountability.

With the above being stated, is it reasonable to expect any kindness from the leftist, Socialist,Democrat media, including radio, TV, sports, news, woke schools, or any leftist populace? I think not.  But…!

Even with all of the above said, I truly believe that most people are good-hearted to begin with. Most of us celebrate Christmas with the joy and love that is inherent in the season.  Most of us are not infected with the evil that is being spread daily.  I also believe that goodness and love will finally triumph over the present trend of evil. This is why we still go to a church or synagogue or mosque and pray to our God to help us to combat evil.  We believe!

Remembering the birth of Jesus, the Son of God, has lasted for thousands of years against unimaginable evil and the celebration is still with us, even though it is under attack. So, our remembrance is actually two-fold:  we celebrate the occasion and we keep the remembrance of the occasion alive.  This is the way in which we make possible the change of hearts that we hope and pray for every year.  The message we need to send and sing to everyone during this season is: “Put a little love in your heart.”  And, put it also in your “ring tones” and doorbells as a reminder to celebrate love every day of the year.

“MERRY CHRISTMAS” for the year of our love, 2022…!

Anyone who has read anything about socialism in other countries has been exposed to the pain and suffering and basic stupidity of this system (or anti-system).    It attempts initially to attract the unsuspecting citizen who has had enough of the problems in their present way of life to more attractive and better life.  In order to do this it must shut down any opposition and bring about total control of education of the young, the news media, the present political system and anyone who is able to think clearly.  All of these socialist takeovers depend on thugs to bring about violence, senseless killings, destruction of property and the justice system. In connection with this, the police force must be neutralized, the military weakened, and the courts made useless by letting anyone charged with crimes from drugs to murder slide straight out the door.Is any of this starting to sound familiar?  It has been happening here, slowly, in America. But not as slowly as you might think.

In the few short years of our Pandemic we are very close to having all of the above in place for the total control of our own brand of Socialism. And so we think: How has this happened so quickly?  And who has caused this and promoted it?  The answer is censorship.  The freedom of speech guaranteed in our Constitution has been pushed aside.  We are no longer allowed to oppose anything by speaking freely.  Our entire justice system has been politicized against the average person.  No one is immune from prosecution (persecution) for just speaking out or even speaking with each other if it is in opposition to the present propaganda of the ruling party. The DOJ and FBI are laying in wait for anyone who slips up and opposes the ruling party.

Why are seemingly intelligent people still in the Democrat party?  Why are they still supporting policies that are destructive, violent, hateful, harmful and ridiculously stupid? Are they so full of the propaganda that they can no longer think clearly?  Do they just mindlessly stay in a party that their parents and grandparents were in because of a false loyalty? Do they still not realize that they are supporting an evil ideology?  A party which now espouses “social terrorism.”?

This rush toward Socialism started with fake science which began with global cooling, then global warming, then the “Green New Deal,” and then the coup de gras, a global Pandemic caused by a COVID virus which began mysteriously in a lab in Wuhan, China. This, along with the Federal Reserve printing billions of dollars in out-of-control money, has caused the near collapse of our economy.  This in turn has also caused a lessening of income, crises in health and education, and a soaring national debt caused by the over spending of a dysfunctional government with mindless leadership. Because this clueless government has shut down all opposition, it has in effect changed its direction from Socialism to Communism.  Total control of all citizens and enterprises in what used to be the United States of America.

Our mindless and out-of-control government is even now increasing our national debt by causing the Federal Reserve to print even more money which could cause our high inflation rate to accelerate and even cause an international financial crisis.  What then when our clueless leaders have in effect put a hole in our boat (or ship of state). You might ask, who is in charge of this fiasco?  Certainly not a president who has left open our southern borders to cause a looming crisis of unknown proportions.  Big money?  One World advocates?

The left and far left ideologues still push for their sick sexual practices to be mandated nationally starting with elementary school children. Silencing parents is a necessary part of this sickness.   We need to wonder why this push toward the proven evils of Socialism causing the possible destruction of our country and its Constitution.  What is the point?  It has worked well for us for well over two hundred years.  Who is the mastermind behind this madness and how do we, the citizens, stop it?  There is no proven advantage to Socialism or the next step, Communism.  The end result in both is the elimination of freedom.  Only those in charge  (however briefly) tend to benefit.

The Democrat party now offers:  abortion – murdering babies; censorship  – no political opposition;  open borders – impairment of our future; elimination of law enforcement – lawlessness; inflation – economic chaos;  untested health control and vaccines– indetermined future effects; weakened military and national defenses – possible take-over or destruction;  destruction of monetary system – devalued dollar internationally;  racism as a political tool – divisiveness; no freedom of worship – no ethics, morals or conscience; and the effects of all of the above loom ahead with undetermined consequences.

Why?  Why the Left wing, Democrat push toward Socialism/Communism?  It is always money and power and greed. So how do we in opposition push back?  We must cause our friends, relatives, associates to leave the Democrat party. Trump is not the problem.  If you have a personality conflict, don’t listen to him.  Just listen or read about his policies and accomplishments. They are all beneficial to our country and all of its citizens, to our economy and our prosperity and to the basic freedoms guaranteed by our Constitution.  Let us pray for free and legitimate elections and for peace brought about by freedom.

And may we all have a very Happy and meaningful, loving and above all thankful holiday of Thanksgiving during this season of uncertainty.  And may God Bless America!

Fear is an emotion that most of us never have to deal with.  It is debilitating and all-consuming. We know some of its effects from movies and television, but only vicariously.  This watered-down emotion is light years away from the real thing.  If you have ever heard someone in real life scream out in terror, then you have a slight idea of how different this is from acting a part.

Unfortunately, there are places now in America where people are beginning to know fear in reality.  In some places it has become a daily happening.  Places where no one feels safe any more.  Police and law enforcement have been curtailed to the point where they are ineffective or unavailable or even told to stand down.  Even worse, our own DOJ and FBI have begun to terrorize ordinary citizens for unspecified charges when charges are even proffered at all.  An extreme example is the January 6^th show trial which exhibited many illegalities and departures from our shattered justice system.  Most of those detained for over a year without charges were not even allowed to speak with attorneys or family.  Many prominent citizens have since been targeted by the DOJ and then terrorized by the FBI by having their houses broken into by armed teams, then hauled away like criminals for doing nothing.  Even the Amish.

This is all illegally invasive and also unconstitutional.  Parents at a school board meeting who speak in opposition to ridiculous woke policies that are being covertly foisted upon their children are also cuffed and hauled away like criminals.  This is a curtailment of free speech and censorship, which is also illegal and unconstitutional.  The above examples should cause all Americans to be fearful of the present administration and decide to do something to stop the unilateral attack upon our rights by the left, liberals and our out-of-control government. And in addition, why does this administration need to add 87,000 more IRS agents carrying guns to an already questionable department? Control? Domination? Intimidation?

Our fear needs to lead us to action.  There is a crucial election ahead for many parts of our government, both state and national.  This is our best opportunity to get rid of officials who have been in office far too long and have lost their purpose in representing the people who elected them, and now are just accumulating money from special interest groups and lobbyists. It is also the best time to clean house of those who are admittedly socialists and communists. They hate America and our way of life.  They want to destroy our Constitution, Bill of Rights, schools, churches, borders, laws and free speech.  Let us vote them out with all of the Rinos and Trump haters who have only one agenda. Get Trump in any way possible.  Silence common sense and the voice of reason. Bury his accomplishments, then pay the price of stupidity.

Our fears also extend to what we say or what someone thinks we said.  Just pointing a finger anonymously can cause any of us to be accused of racism.  We are being bullied into accepting unscientific and unproven innovations such as vaccines, electric engines to replace gas, climate change in events that have occurred cyclically for millennia, and all things transgender.  All of this is ultimately to promote Utopia, One World, Global Communism, none of which has ever worked and will never work because it treats people like sheep, just animals to be controlled. The question being: who would have the final control?  The one with the most money? The most intelligence?  The most guns and military?  All of the above?  What is happening is evil.  Satan is in charge when any of this becomes possible.

Can we imagine our future without common sense? Without God or heaven? With no country?  No possessions?  What would you have?  You would have John Lennon’s version of Utopia, One World, Global Communism.  A world of sheep with only one shepherd other than Jesus Christ.  How about Soros, Schwab, Gates, Putin, Fauci, Obama, Oprah or Pope Francis? Remember: “Absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Check out the song “Imagine.”

Is there anyone in this country that really believes that printing money as needed, trillions of dollars, is ultimately without consequence?  Maybe someone from BLM or ANTIFA, those who represent fascism and tyranny, destruction and violence.  Only someone totally indoctrinated with the daily reporting of propaganda from CNN, MSNBC, could be suitably lead around by the nose like a sheep.  Let us all also remember: “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” There is no vaccine for stupidity, and there is no immunity.  The freedom to think and to “be” is not guaranteed. It takes constant work.  It takes common sense and a love for your neighbor; in fact, a familiarity for all of the Ten Commandments.

When we forget why we are here on earth and what is next for every one of us, we are doomed.   In this also, there is no immunity. All of us will at some time meet our Creator.  If you believe nothing else, then believe this. Pray for our country and pray for these coming elections.  Nothing is more important now than waking up ourselves and our neighbors. Let us vote for intelligence and common sense. And most importantly, let us vote…!     God Bless America.

I have been aware of our American presidents starting with Harry Truman during World War II. I was born in January, 1941, a war baby. I first became aware of Mr. Truman by listening to his radio broadcasts. My most poignant memory is his “no nonsense” way of talking which communicated his thoughts directly to the listener. During those times of privation, most people liked this and appreciated his candor. Mr. Truman was truly a leader. He was able to make decisions which were ultimately beneficial to everyone, at least that was my understanding at the time, and I retained this as I got older.

After the war was over, I remember the presidential campaign of Dwight D. Eisenhower.  He was the commander in chief of the allied forces during World War II who ultimately defeated the Axis powers.  His leadership in this was vital to the whole world.  His style was also “no nonsense” and direct.  He spoke succinctly to all Americans during his campaign but also after he became president. I still remember his campaign slogan “I like Ike” which was on the campaign buttons which I treasured at the time.When he became president, there was no doubt where he stood on issues or what he planned to do or how he would handle the issues of the day.

After Eisenhower, things became less and less accessible to the American people.  Our next president was John F. Kennedy.  His presidency was termed at the time as “Camelot.” With his wife, first lady Jackie, there was an unreal feeling of a storybook nature to their lives and from the news reporting of the time.  The media started becoming even more prominent than it had been in the past. Television was now added to radio, and with the printed newspapers and magazines there was an increased fervor to report even the slightest happening of note, either real and true or fictional but interesting as gossip. With television, the president spoke directly to all Americans in real time or over and over in short clips edited faithfully or not.  This could have been beneficial, but, increasingly the media got creative. News anchors (reading the text and ideas given to them by the owners of the stations), presented their take on what the president actually said or meant.  They began treating the public as if we were pre-schoolers and that their job was to explain to us the real and deeper meanings of what we just heard.  This became like “playing telephone” and after a time, more latitude was given to adding and subtracting new meanings until we started hearing “breaking news” ad nauseam. Remember the “Bay of Pigs” and the “cold war.”  After President Kennedy was assassinated, Lyndon Johnson became president and was hounded throughout  by the war in Vietnam. He made an attempt at forming the “Great Society,” but he was instead mired in a “no win” situation.

President Nixon was next to attempt organization and leadership. He ended the Vietnam War, but was hounded out of office by the “Watergate” debacle.  His successor, Gerald Ford just accomplished a measure of balance and reasonable organization by the end of his term.   Next was Jimmy Carter and his attempts at peace in the Middle East, followed by Ronald Reagan who was able to bring back a fair measure of “common sense,” prosperity and balance along with trust in God and patriotism (love of our country). Even with these plusses he still had to survive an assassination attempt. Next, President Reagan’s Vice President, George H. W. Bush dealt with internal problems and increasing mid-east turmoil, succeeded by President Bill and Hillary Clinton enterprises. This included the “blue dress” and creeping liberalism.  George W. Bush was saddled next with the destruction of the New York trade center by terrorists,  and his immediate response to go to the mid-east and “kick ass.”  He was both celebrated and vilified for his response and his policies.

With all of this history behind them, the media circus was in full force.  Liberalism was growing exponentially, and those who could actually think were beginning to think of the movie “Idiocracy.”  We, as a nation, were being systematically “dumbed down.” So…enter Barak Obama (after trouncing Hillary Clinton).  Obama caused an explosion of liberalism from the far left.  Blacks  (slavery), gays (alphabetically), health care (Obamacare), everything geared to a Utopian society.  All of this grew stronger through his two terms.  His best friend was the “fake news.”  He could do no wrong.  And, he was just setting the stage for the biggest blow-out in American history which was being re-written along with education in general.  The mood from the top down was Anti-American, anti-God, anti-anything conservative, anti-police and anti-Constitution.  Conversely all was becoming pro-violence, pro-drugs, pro-open borders, and pro-lose our societal identity.  But, when Donald Trump was elected President, he applied the brakes to the dismay of the far left and socialist Democrats and liberals everywhere.  His re-set caused a return to prosperity, low prices for food and gas, respect from foreign countries, secure borders, and a conservative balance both in this country and abroad. Enter Joe Biden, ex-Vice President under Obama.

On his first day as President, Joe Biden began to reverse all of the things that made America once again prosperous and safe to live in. He opened the door widely to the worst policies of the Democrat party and the extremism of the Marxist, Socialist, liberal activists such as BLM and ANTIFA, both fascist organizations.  And, approaching his second year, Biden has done nothing of value.  He has only bought into the evils of the far left and extreme liberals and proceeded accordingly to systematically destroy everything of value in our once great country.

Those of us who are left with common sense and the best conservative ideas must begin to push back.  People who are on the fence must wake up to what has happened.  Read the new books by deep-thinking minds, listen to conservative news programs and prepare to vote the unqualified, unthinking out of office. Everywhere.  Let’s begin  this November.  And, with our deepest, most fervent prayers, let us all ask God to bless and save our beloved United States of America…!

Actually the devil is everywhere.  The devil personifies evil which is everywhere, we just need to recognize its presence.  I believe that the devil is not a man dressed in a red suit and having horns and a pitchfork.  This may be perfect for Halloween, but no help in real life.  The devil is evil, pure and simple. The devil’s tools are seduction, charisma, thoughts of utopia, the internet, and no limits to pleasure, including sex, drugs, atheism, alcohol, crime, and causing hurt to others.  Good, on the other hand, is the total opposite.

Good is based on common sense, religion, belief in a supreme being or creator, responsibility, work ethic, care for others and moderation in our daily lives. Religion tends to give the believer some extra help in recognizing evil and the pitfalls in dealing with it. Warnings to beware of specific evils that are especially destructive are very helpful at times.  This has worked for thousands of years for many and has also been ignored by many for the same amount of time. And during that time we have had to make choices between good and evil constantly in our daily lives.  Choices can be our salvation.

The above sounds to me a lot like the difference between the liberal and conservative ways of thinking. Liberals want to change everything to a utopian way of life.  A lot like living in a sort of Garden of Eden where there are no choices or responsibilities and no limits.  This reminds me of the story of Pinocchio and one of his difficult choices.  He was seduced into going to “Pleasure Island,” the island of lost boys.  Everything was available with no limits or responsibility.  It was decadent beyond his wildest dreams, until it wasn’t, and he ended up as a slave with donkey ears.  He was seduced with false promises.

This seems to mirror our own society at the moment.  We are being seduced with false promises of liberal agendas of the “green new deal” being an easy fix to climate change by getting rid of coal and oil and exclusively using wind and solar without explaining that we do not have grids that can handle this load. The battery necessities, and grids are not powerful enough for this kind or amount of load, and will not be ready for many decades.  This, like electric cars, is an idea that is premature and ill thought out. It is a scam.  Someone is making lots of money. Liberal education is now about teaching sexual perversion in school and perversions of fundamental subjects that used to be helpful to our young.  Liberal politics needs censorship to pass laws that are useless or even destructive. The content must stay hidden until it becomes law.  Irresponsible printing of billions of dollars by the Federal Reserve has caused inflation and printing even more is said to be the cure.  Raising taxes is said to be the cure for our recession.  All of this insanity comes from the inmates of the White House.

Every one of us has to make daily  choices between good and evil.  We can be responsible, care for others, sensibly educate our young, have a religion as our moral compass and express our patriotism and a love for our country or not.  But we have this choice. Until we don’t.  We need to remember the the devil is in all of our details with a seductiveness that is very difficult to resist.  The devil and evil is relentless, but we have a choice and common sense if we choose to use them.  Let us choose wisely.