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THE 2020 ELECTIONS ARE ABOUT FREEDOM…


Those on both sides of the political aisle would probably say, Amen, to that statement but let me clarify what I am talking about.  I believe that one party more than the other is on a campaign to infringe upon our Rights, Freedoms, and Liberties as identified by the Constitution of these United States of America.  The slate of candidates being offered by the Democratic Party are all proponents of Big Government, most of them fully embrace Socialism, and each of them wants higher and higher taxation.  Those are just a few of the items on the table. 

Those items affect our liberty, freedom, and inalienable rights but there are others that are possible more directly aimed at the limitation or revision of our rights and freedoms.  The inane and insane agenda to plunge us into the pre-industrialized eras and take from our right to ‘keep and bear arms’ which means stripping us of our ability for self-defense are clear infringements on the rights guaranteed not granted by the Constitution.  Our Founders sought to identify certain inalienable rights that did not and could not come from the government but from the Creator and protect them.  Those of the Left believe the Constitution to be antiquated and in need of revision if not replacement.  They do not recognize God-given Rights only Government-given liberties. 

There is also an assault on Freedom of Speech, Religion, and Thought.  The PC Police driven by the Snowflake Society is engaged in a direct assault on Freedom of Speech for anyone disagreeing with their liberal slant.  They are demanding that the government establish restrictions and mandate laws to force a Christian into the adoption of and cooperation with lifestyles and beliefs that are anathema to their core convictions.  The Founders would have been up in arms over that, as should every Freedom loving American.

History gives us incredibly dire and clear examples of what can happen to a society that fails to fight for its freedom.  The slow erosion of liberties is like water dripping on a rock, it bores a hole and weakens the integrity of the rock.  Those in Nazi Germany who sought to coexist with tyranny found that coexistence was impossible for anyone outside the ideological slant of those in power.  The plight of the Jews is well documented, and the horror of the holocaust should remind us of the need to be vigilant and diligent in the oversight of our government and those seeking to lead.

In modern times, we are witnessing government’s like that of the People’s Republic of China grow increasingly totalitarian.  Unlike the United States, the people of China have not enjoyed the provisions of self-rule through Representative Government and the erosion into complete totalitarianism is blossoming like a rose and the fruit is on the vine.  The Chinese government has systematically and effectively taken more and more control of every aspect of the people’s lives and stripped them of liberty after liberty. 

I’ve seen reports on the Chinese digital experiment that could rightly be called digital totalitarianism.  It began on a large scale in 2010 and has grown exponentially since.  This allows the government to both monitor and control every aspect of people’s lives.  We have the buddings of those designs in American technology and people are dismissing it as though it were nothing more Orwellian fiction.  The people of China are graded on a social credit scale and a lower social credit score can and does dramatically affect the individual’s life and could cost them their very existence.  There are designs for that in America and those designs are embraced by one party far more than the other.

I have long warned that for Big Government to achieve its objective of total control it must collect massive amounts of intricate detail and data on every citizen.  No one is too unimportant for surveillance.  Google, Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and the other social media venues are working in what appears to be a coordinated effort to build the platform and amass the data required for Total Control.  Yet, when I say that, many simply shrug their shoulders, roll their eyes, and say, “Conspiracist.” 

In the 2020 Elections, we will either vote to give the quest for control by the Leftist paramountcy or we will reject and defeat their agenda.  Millions of Americans are buying the snake oil that is being packaged and sold regarding the inherent dangers of Climate Change or Global Warming. 

They are buying the philosophy that somehow the inanimate firearm is the problem and by stripping law-abiding gun owners of their rights crime, murder, and evil will be eradicated.  They are buying the idea that the rich and corporations are the problem economically and if they are taxed into non-existence everyone will be better off.  They are buying the theory that it is within the scope of a woman’s right to choose and a matter of women’s health to kill that unwanted baby in the womb, disregarding that unborn babies right to life.  They are buying the idea that borders are inhumane, and we are citizens of the world, therefore, people should have free ingress and egress into America.  They are endorsing the philosophy of justification to force a Christian to abandon their core convictions to accommodate the beliefs of another group. 

We are being asked to voluntarily surrender our rights and freedoms and open the door to the very real possibility of having our Freedoms so abridged that any who hold to a conservative, constitutional, and/or Christian view being labeled a criminal.  In a totalitarian government, those of us not in power could find that our ability to read what we choose, watch what we desire, blog what we believe, go where we desire, and interact with others subject to the whim of the ruling powers.  We could lose those liberties or face jail time or death because of our actions or our inactions. 

I believe that is what is at stake in the 2020 Elections and people will either blindly, knowingly, or deludedly open the door to the surrender of their rights, liberties, and freedoms.  Sadly, their volunteering will not just affect them but all Americans.  No, I am not saying the Republican Party is saintly or right in everything.  What I am saying is that the National platform of the Democratic Party and those seeking to lead that Party are dangerously wrong for America.  The toxicity of liberalism the drive toward Socialism, and the stripping our nation of the ability to maintain its sovereignty is deadly. 

Therefore, if you like your Freedom and desire to keep it, please consider voting NO on the Leftists in November 2020.  I truly believe that our Constitutional Republic and our Freedoms are hanging in the balance.

God bless you and God bless America!

PARDON ME, BUT I HAVE AN OBSERVATION AND A QUESTION…


In our politically charged world filled to overflowing with Political Correctness and interminable raving against the current president, I have an observation and a question for everyone.  My observation is that considering the incessant diatribe rhetoric allegations and calls for violence against him, he has been surprisingly calm. 

Before, you blast me claiming that he is anything but calm try to put yourself in his shoes.  Try imagining every day of your life being called a traitor, accused of treason, called a phobic degenerate of some kind.  Try imagining every day of your life where someone on television, in the media, in Hollywood, and in Congress calling for your head.  Try imagining every day where someone is calling for your murder, beheading, the rape, and sodomization of your family and more.  I doubt you can imagine that but try anyway.

Now, try to place yourself in his shoes with the power to fire people under the Constitution and end some of the attacks, would you?  I dare say that most would, but he has not.  He allowed the Mueller investigation to continue even when, I’m sure, he would have liked to nip it in the bud.  He has gone on the offensive and defensive on Twitter and people are calling him every name under the sun for that.  He has called the investigation and charade of the Democrats in Congress and the complicity of the Republicans in allowing them to drive this bus a ‘witch hunt.’  Does that make him a traitor, a racist, a bigot, a phobic degenerate or any of the charges leveled at him? 

I recall former President Barack Obama jumping into situations and taking a side before the facts were known.  I recall the Obama’s and the Clinton’s using various federal agencies to target their perceived enemies.  Bill and Hillary called Ken Starr anything but a human being in his investigation of Bill.  Barack Obama used the IRS, the DOJ, and other agencies to target those who opposed him.  Donald Trump has done less of that than either of those two, but somehow, he is an unrestrained loose cannon that is mentally deranged and unfit for the office of the President. 

I am a Christian, a veteran, a lover of Freedom and Free Speech and consider my self a conservative constitutionalist and a patriot.  That being said, I can tell you, not proudly, but factually, that had someone gone public with the call for one of my children to be kidnapped, raped, and sodomized, I would not have been calm.  My indignation would have reached the boiling point and I would probably not have been too concerned if it was righteous or not.  That’s an honest confession and may make reduce your opinion of me.  You can touch me all you please and I can exercise restraint but touch my family and we have a problem.  I may have to do some serious repenting later but in the immediate, we have a problem!

President Donald Trump has endured over two years of digging, fishing, and investigations into every aspect of his life.  If he does not fully disclose every document and detail that those attacking him want, he is worthy of impeachment to them.  They all seem to forget that Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and others still refuse to give various bits of information requested by those trying to find something on them, but that was okay.  Seriously?  What happened to ‘equal protection under the law’?  What happened to unbiased and bipartisan searches for the truth?  My observation is, that is a mythical creature when it comes to Democrats investigating this President and anyone connected to him. 

In the Hillary scandals, we are told, “that’s ancient history, move on.”  With Brett Kavanaugh, everything from his childhood on was fair game.  With Barack Obama we are told, “that’s ancient history, move on.”  With Donald Trump, everything from the time of his birth is fair game.  The mantra has been and will continue to be that Donald J. Trump is the scum of the earth and so reprehensible that no sane person could support him, although millions did.  The attacks on his name, his character, his victory, his agenda, some which are quite similar to previous presidents is never-ending.  In the minds of the Left and those who detest him so deeply they’d prefer Hillary as president, Trump is garbage and anyone supporting him is, in the words of Hillary, “Deplorable.”  Barack Obama called those of us who support Life, the 2nd Amendment, and our religious freedom, “Bitter Clingers.” 

How are those words acceptable but Trump calling MS-13 Gang members animals, which they are, vile?  It is my observation that this President has demonstrated incredible restraint when, if he were what he is accused of, a tyrant, a totalitarian, and the myriad of other classifications, he would have squashed those opposing him like a bug. 

Those on the Left like Bernie Sanders who want Government Everything are more totalitarian than Trump has been.  Those on the Left who have rioted in the streets destroying public and private property while committing acts of violence claiming to be Anti-Fascist are being Fascist in their actions.  Trump has not done that.  Barack Obama called for those who supported him to ‘get in their faces’ and he called for his followers to ‘bring a gun when the other side brings a knife.’  Hillary expressed that she believes the rest of us incapable of raising our kids because she supported programs, as did the Obama’s that would strip parents of their rights and ability to train their children according to their beliefs.  She even said, “It takes a village to raise a child.”  No, Hillary, it takes a mother and father in a loving home following basic moral principles to train a child to become a responsible and productive adult.

So, it is my observation that no matter what President Trump and his supporters do, they are wrong in the eyes of those on the Left and worthy of extermination.  It is my question for everyone, “If you had to walk a mile or one day in his shoes and have the charges hurled at you that have been incessantly hurled at him, how would you respond?”  

If your plan is to give me a pious response, I must remind you that God is listening and one day you will have to give account for any prevarications.  I’m not saying you would respond in a full-blown attack, but would you have used your power to retaliate?  I believe that Obama did, I know that the Clinton’s did, and can say without fear of having to retract my words, George W. Bush did.  They all did in some measure.  Does that make any of Trump’s flaws justifiable?  No, but his ability to continue trying to achieve what he promised is impressive in the face of this daily fusillade or accusations and innuendos.

Love me or hate me, I love America and will back any President that is willing to put his all on the line to defend and protect this nation and preserve our freedoms and liberties.  I pray that millions wake up before the 2020 elections and help those of us who want to see limited government and a restoration of the Constitutional Republic defeat the followers of toxic liberalism in the Party of the Donkey.

God bless you and God bless America!

DECLASSIFY, MR. PRESIDENT, DECLASSIFY…


I wondered why President Trump did not declassify much of the information regarding Hillary, the Steele Dossier, and much more months ago, but think I see a picture that is hopeful.  It appears that he, probably through the advice of some astute legal and political counsel waited until they had taken their best shot and came up empty.  Now would be a perfect time to put it all on the table, making public the declassified documents, data, and information.  That would put the Democrats and Media in a tizzy and in a pickle, they desperately want to avoid.

If the President declassifies much of the information regarding the Russia probe, the FBI spying, and even the involvement of Barack Obama or his administration, CNN, the New York Times and all the liberal leftist propaganda machines would not be unable to squash it.  They would try but the public and some that they are determined to keep in the dark would have the light shined on them.  Would it matter?  I suggest that it would to those on the fence, but not those on the Far Left or the Far Right, those camps are entrenched. 

I believe that his restraint was a stroke of brilliance and stole from the Left another possible means of accusing him of obstruction.  He waited, they dug, dug, dug, and manufactured and still came up empty.  Robert Mueller violated so many ethical protocols in his report as well as violating the constitutional guidelines and restraints imposed on him.  Do the Democrats care?  Not so far as I can see, but then what would I have expected.  Mueller’s letter as an addendum to his report was designed to provide them a tool to attack and proceed with their never-ending and desperate search for something to hang their impeachment hats upon. 

The public needs to know and the Department of Justice needs to investigate the process and the players in the FISA warrants obtained, the lies told, the fabricated data, to spy on Trump and his associates.  The public needs to be made fully aware of what Obama knew as well as when he knew it.  We need to know the depth of his involvement either directly or indirectly into this attempted coup to overturn a legitimate presidential election. 

We are not a third-world dictatorship where those in power ignore the rule of law and violate the constitution.  We are the United States of America founded on the premise and principle that “All men are created equal and have inalienable rights including the right to Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.”  We have a long-standing principle that everyone is “innocent until proven guilty.”  That has been violated and ignored.

I believe that the declassification of as many documents as legally, constitutionally, while maintaining our national security will benefit the President and the GOP in November 2020.  Of course, the Left would insist that the declassified documents only tell part of the story and are slanted to benefit the President.  They would ignore facts, decry truth, and spin the spin to dupe the dupable keeping them in the fold of liberalism and blind to reality.

I believe that the very fabric of our American Republic is under attack by the Left and those wanting to, as did Barack H. Obama, to ‘fundamentally transform America’.  This is war and failure to recognize it will destroy us.   

If you have not, I urge you to search out and read the letter of Emmet T. Flood to the Attorney General in his response to the Mueller report as well as the investigation.  He details the flaws and failures as well as the incredible legal defect of Mueller’s report and actions.  If you read it objectively you will see the partisan bias from the beginning and the ignoring of ethical and normal prosecutorial procedures by the Mueller Team.  It reveals another reason for the President to declassify as much as he can and release it to the public.

We are witnessing many of our Freedoms and Liberties being eroded in this process.  Before you suggest that the Democrats going after Trump does not infringe on our liberties as citizens, I suggest you pause and think.  If the inversion of “innocence and guilt” are applied as a normal investigative process where does that put us? 

Imagine being accused of some crime and rather than the investigators seeking to find evidence of the crime, they put the burden of proof of innocence on you.  Simply, you become guilty and must prove your innocence.  You are laden with the burden to exonerate yourself.  It is bad enough to be accused of something because the stigma and doubt linger forever in the minds of some, but to be further burdened with exonerating yourself is beyond the scope of the law and the constitution’s guidelines.  That’s what this has been, and it is not only an attack on the President but every citizen who runs afoul of the Politically Correct Police and Ideological Leftist in power.  That is frightening or should be!

I have long prayed for God to expose all the corruption in government no matter what stripe the guilty wear.  I want to see the Swamp drained and the Deep State dismantled.  I want to see America return to being, the Constitutional Republic our Founders established, and we have enjoyed.  I want to see a return to Citizen Representation in Congress rather than career political elitist who have never held any other job governing us.  I want our full constitutional rights, liberties, freedoms, and privileges restored and see a society where everyone is expected to and does carry their own part of the burden of maintaining a Free Society and Republic.

This limited discussion explains, at least in part, why I cannot support the National Democratic Ticket for President.  Their diatribe, rhetoric, ideology, and agenda deter any possibility of my voting for them.  They oppose virtually everything I believe in and hold dear.  They pretend to be for the people but are for themselves and expansive dictatorial authoritarian government and control.  Yes, there are members of the GOP who are not much better, if any, but at least as a whole, the GOP’s basic platform is one I can support most of the time.  I ask that you join me in this struggle and pray for sanity to prevail, freedom to remain intact, and the Left go down in flames in November 2020.  It is up to us!

God bless you and God bless America!

FREEDOM and LIBERTY the AMERICAN HERITAGE…


Freedom and Liberty are two words that engender deep emotions in the hearts of millions of Americans and people around the world.  However, they are also two words that are frequently misunderstood, misinterpreted, and misapplied resulting in a condition that hinders rather than advances them.  Virtually, every American would contend they are supporters of both and want them preserved.  Yet, the divide in America along ideological lines politically, morally, economically, socially, and spiritually reveal that we do not all support the same thing when it comes to Freedom or Liberty.  That is a problem!

Freedom is not being able to do what you want when you want, or even where you want.  Freedom and Liberty are terms embraced by our Founding Fathers and the Framers of the American Constitution to project a truth they understood.  They recognized that both had limitations or parameters within which both had to operate in a Free Civil Society guided by a set of laws, a constitution, and a moral code.  They never intended it to be interpreted to mean citizens could do whatever they wanted without consideration of other people and their rights.

I don’t mean to be crude but the sexual activity between two consenting adults engaged in within the confines of their homes is their business.  The operative and qualifying words are ‘consenting adults’ because even if it is within the four walls of your domicile, pedophilia is both morally and legally wrong and impermissible.  You can do what you and another consenting adult can do what you wish in your own home, but you can’t do that same thing on a park bench, in a subway, on a bus, in a restaurant, or in any other public place.  That would be an infringement upon the rights of others so even though you have Freedom to choose within your own home you do not have that same freedom in public. 

If I exercise my right, any right, and it truly infringes upon your right, my right cannot supersede or supervene upon your rights.  I am not talking about Freedom of Speech as some seem to believe that if one speaks in a manner that is offensive or disagreeable to another they are restricted from the right to speak.  I may not like what you are saying, totally disagree with your premise and thesis, and find your tone objectionable but that does not preclude your right to say it and say it in the manner you desire.  There are limited constraints on speech such as shouting fire in a movie theater or inciting a riot or subversion. 

Your religious beliefs and mine may be polar opposites but you have the right to believe and express your beliefs publicly and privately without infringement by the government.  Of course, if your religious beliefs include the extermination of a group of people other than those following your tenets that is not acceptable in any civil society.

Our Founding Fathers believed in and incorporated the oft-quoted and well-known phrase in the opening lines of the Declaration of Independence that must be examined and embraced if we are to remain the Free Constitutional Republic they established. 

The original draft of Jefferson’s words read; “We hold these truths to be sacred & undeniable; that all men are created equal & independent, that from that equal creation they derive rights inherent & inalienable, among which are the preservation of life, & liberty, & the pursuit of happiness…”  The Committee of Five edited it and gave us the revised version found in the Declaration of Independence.  “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” 

We do not have to like or agree with each other but based on the Constitution and I believe the teachings of Scripture we must respect and honor the inalienable or unalienable rights of others.  Life is more than breathing and existing it defines everything about our existence. 

It includes breathing and existing, but it must include the right to live that life freely without undue interference or restriction from any other person or government.  It is a right given by God.  It is the right to self-determination. It is the right to experience, associate with, and practice what we believe.  Let me add, every human born on planet earth as well as those being formed in the womb have the right to Life and the expectation that others will honor that right.  Violating that right is justifiably met with swift and severe consequences legally, morally, and biblically.

Liberty is more than being able to do whatever you want whenever you want to do it.  That is not Liberty it is anarchy and Freedom cannot exist in anarchy.  Anarchy, if allowed to continue long-term results in oppression, coercion, and absolute control by some outside force. 

Anarchy is, by definition, no rule, no law, no order.  Anarchy results in utter chaos, increased civil warring factions engaged in violence, and undisciplined activity.  It results in Tyranny and Tyranny is also no government or no self-government and obliterates a Republic.  Direct Democracy produces both and although many of today’s politicians and some in institutions of higher learning insist that we are a Democracy in America, we are not!  We should never want to be because of the violation of our inalienable rights it would invite.

I believe that the declaration of our Founding Fathers regarding the inalienable rights of Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness is so far-reaching it should become a stand-alone class in Church and the educational system.  No, I do not mean everything about the Declaration or Constitution, those are worthy of study in their own right but those few words to define our major reason and objective in the break from Great Britain in 1776.  Liberty is not the complete pictures and does not cover the full scope of the objective.  Liberty is encapsulated within equally significant commitments by our Founders to Life and Happiness.  I believe that Life and Happiness give form and substance to Liberty.  All three must be protected against all enemies foreign and domestic.

It would serve us well to reread and study the 14th Amendment in the context of the Declaration of Independence and those guarantees of our inalienable rights.  I won’t go into a long treatise of this amendment but suffice it to say that whenever a government becomes destructive of inalienable rights, it is the people’s right to create a new government with principles and power. 

I am not advocating a coup against our government or our present form of government simply trying to say that the federal and state governments have no right to infringe upon our inalienable rights!  That is part of the sought guarantee and recognition of the right to Pursue Happiness as well as to have Life and Liberty.

This is another in the multitude of reasons I reject the National Socialist Leftist Liberal Globalist Democratic Party and the RINO approach and idea of government.  I support limited government and desire a government of the people, for the people, and by the people.  Both sides of the political aisle have disappointed me and have engaged in agendas and policies that abuse and seek to infringe upon my inalienable rights.  I remember them when it is time to vote.  I remember them when I go to prayer.  I remember them when I speak to others.  I am a lover of America and desire that each of us is afforded our inalienable rights of Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.

God bless you and God bless America!

WHAT’S BEHIND THE LUNACY OF TODAY?


Other than the obvious, the depravity of man, what is the answer?  Some will disagree but, the further society drifts from the principles taught in the Bible the more illogical and irrational it becomes.  I said some will disagree because not everyone believes the Bible or believes in the God of the Bible.  I do, and everything I believe in every sector of life is rooted in that conviction that the Bible is true, and the God of the Bible is the One True and Living God! 

If I have not lost my audience, let me continue in my quest to find the answer to my question regarding today’s political and societal lunacy.  You may find it offensive to call it lunacy, but I am at a loss for any other way to describe what is happening in America today.  There are times when the prevailing winds of idiocy are so powerful I want to withdraw and find seclusion in some remote area with my Bible and family.  If it were not for my deep conviction that that course of action is foreign to the directive of Scripture and other than that of a person who truly loves this Republic, I would do just that. 

Patricia McCarthy, an Assistant Director in the Commercial Litigation Branch of the United States Department of Justice Civil Division and a former nominee for Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims.  She was a nominee of Barack Obama for that court position, so she has ties to the Democratic Party.  Why do I mention her?  She wrote an Article for the American Thinker entitled, “Man’s Inhumanity to Man.  Democrats Have Mastered it.”  She reminded us of Victor Hugo’s novel “Les Misérables” in 1862 and used it to reflect on human beings, incredible capacity for being barbaric. 

She referred to France’s revolution and the Reign of Terror by the Jacobins in 1793 and suggested that the American Left has driven itself into a type of Jacobin frenzy and would use the guillotine on President Trump if they could.  She argued that the Left truly believes that the votes and voices of those with countervailing views should be disregarded and silenced.  They truly believe that history should be rewritten and revised to reflect positively their positions and discredit anything of the opposing view.  They believe they are smart, entitled, and mandated by all that exists to rule over those of us who disagree for they deem us to be ignorant and incapable of governing ourselves. 

The Left and too many on the Right in Washington, are possessed with the desire for power they are driven to use any means possible to attain and maintain it.  The Left, in today’s America, appears to idolize and even worship power and their actions, as well as their words, indicate they prefer Power to Liberty for the individual.  They want Freedom for themselves and want us to “Do as they say, not as they do.”  Presidential hopeful, Bernie Sanders, publicly declared that he would not pay his fair share in taxes unless forced to.  I don’t disagree with paying only what you legally must pay so that is not my complaint with Bernie’s position. His insistence that others do what he refuses to do.

The hypocrisy seen in the Mayors of Sanctuary Cities and the Democratic Politicians who argue in favor of Sanctuary Cities for the illegals and demand open borders is unveiled today.  They are protesting loudly when faced with the possibility of thousands of those illegals being dumped on their streets.  Wait!  If Sanctuary Cities make people safer and are vital to making America the Land of the Free, why wouldn’t you welcome all that can come to your sanctuaries?  I won’t hold my breath waiting for their answer or an answer with any semblance of sanity.

There was a time when I possibly could have voted for a Democrat, but that ship has sailed.  I’m not sure what Democratic presidential candidate that would have been, but on other levels, I possibly could have.  I disagreed with many of their policies but believe that men like Harry Truman and John F. Kennedy loved America and wanted Americans to do well and prosper.  I became incredibly disgusted with the National Democratic Party with Lyndon B. Johnson who was president when I went to Vietnam.  He did so many things that were contrary to everything I believe and foreign to the Constitution yet was deemed a champion of Civil Rights.  Johnson’s declaration about guaranteed Blacks would vote Democrat for 200 years should be appalling to everyone and especially them.

Jimmy Carter was a disaster, not so much because he was diabolical in his agenda and anti-American but because he was incompetent and held misguided views on many fronts.  Barack Obama stealthily and overtly waged a war on the Constitution, our America of the Founders, Christianity, and crippled our economy.  He was and probably will always be a ‘race-baiter’ and fanned the flames of discord at every opportunity.  Michelle admitted her anger and disdain for America until He became the Democratic candidate and even then, she revealed her true feelings time and again. 

The Left has incited riots, allowed and encouraged those calling for a level of violence that is one a par with Islamic terror against anyone who holds other values than those they espouse to go unscathed by their actions.  We have seen America move toward violence that could erupt in a shooting war at any time, pitting those on the Right against those on the Left in bloodshed.  The Democratic Party is trying to determine if it will be defined by Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer or by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaib.  Factions are being formed that are bent on the destruction of anything and anyone on the Right and some of their words indicate violence is an acceptable alternative to the ballot box. 

In today’s National Democratic Party, we see hate so powerful that reason has departed.  I fear that God is about to write “Ichabod” over the door of America.  It might serve us well to reread or read Victor Hugo’s book and realize that what the Left is doing is strangely like their pursuit of the destruction of Donald J. Trump.  America, we are headed for war if we do not return to and reclaim sanity.  That will not happen if the Democrats maintain control of the House of Representatives, reclaim the Senate and retake the White House. 

Now to finally state what I believe is behind the lunacy of today in America, I state the obvious.  It is first and foremost the depravity of the human heart.  It is also, the insatiable and corruptible thirst for Power and Control.  It is facilitated in the ‘brainwashing’ by Liberal Leftists Professors and Teachers seeking to shape the thinking of our youth.  It is the inherent greed of the human heart making the offer of freebies palatable and desirable with little consideration of the consequences or cost. 

How do we fix it?  It is my view that three pathways must be pursued if we are to see America salvaged and restored.  Those of us who pray must pray.  Those of us who hold valuable the Constitution, the Republic, and our Freedom must vote.  All of us must invest ourselves in awareness and uncover the truth and pursue the right.  The first step and third steps can and should begin immediately and the second must transpire in November 2020.

God bless you and God bless America!

THE WARNING SIGNS ARE EVERYWHERE, Why Can’t We See Them?


Each day as I pray, I sense the darkness of this world all around me and the sweet presence of the LORD assuring me that He is still in control.  Each day as I read my Bible I realize the depravity of man and the incredibleness of the Grace and Mercy of God toward us.  Each day as I read what is happening in our nation and what the political jockeys are doing, I weep because of the insanity of many of the political hopefuls.  I weep over the complicity of the mainstream media to spin the spin offered by the toxic agenda of the Socialist.  I find it impossible to fathom the failure of millions to recognize the warning signs and how many are embracing the liberal agenda. 

Each time I muse on what I have read regarding American politics I ask myself, “Why Can’t We See the Signs?”  Of course, many do, but there are multiplied millions who are blind to the dangers and the impending destruction of the agenda of the new breed of socialist in America.  As I attempt to answer that question in my own heart, I realize disturbingly that human greed and self-centeredness is a major culprit in the problem. 

The liberal leftists who are clearly socialist have discovered that they can use human greed and the self-centeredness to achieve their agenda.  When you add to the mix, distrust, envy, hatred, and the fanning the flames of phobic distortion you have the perfect storm for destruction. 

I brought my question to a conversation recently only to have those with whom I was talking to accuse me of thinking I was smarter than everyone else.  That is a million miles from the reality of my heart, but apparently, their perception based on my arguments and presentation of facts, as I know them.  I keep looking for ways to bring clarity to the issues of today and enable people to see the lurking dangers.  When I achieve that objective and am able to formulate my questions and guide the discussion into reason and logic I find that minds are changed, and eyes are opened.   Tragically that fails too frequently because of the perpetual spin presented by the only sources of news many have, The Liberal Main Stream Media.

It appears to me that too often we ask the wrong questions and arrive at wrong or irrelevant answers.  One person recently said, “I think our public discourse is one long non-sequitur.”  I said, “Yep, mostly hot-air and filled with balderdash.” It saddens me that when I try to talk to some, I find that when facts and verification enter the equation they resort to name calling, raised voices, and accusations and innuendos.  The blinders come down over the eyes, and reason departs the brain.  It is at that point that I usually just walk away because I have found that it is futile to try to talk to someone who has made up their minds and are not open to facts or reason.  My time is too valuable to waste in senseless arguments absent of reason.

Let me walk through some headlines I saw just a few days ago.  I will take one day, not a week or a month’s worth of headlines but one day.  I would like to discuss all of them but for the sake of time and appropriateness, I will refrain from that temptation.  Some headlines were in the form of a question and others where exposures of agendas, dangers, and problems.

In the American Spectator, one headline read, “Census and Citizenship: The Wrong Question.”  It was not an article defending the Democrats but changed the question to “Why in the name of sanity and reason should those of other countries who are not citizens be represented in Congress and be allowed to vote?”  It revealed what I have long said the Democrats and too many Republicans are all about power not what is constitutional or best for America.  Okay, now that I have failed in restraint in discussing each item, let’s move on to the next one.

The American Thinker had a headline that read, “Kamala Harris Calls for A Federal Ban on the Right-to-Work Laws.”  The article reveals the nefarious purposes of the powerful lobbyist of some of the incredibly strong left-leaning unions in America.  It also addressed Senator Harris’ thirst for power and her lack of understanding of how our economy works and the needs of working men and women everywhere.  She continues to suggest that she will rewrite existing laws via the Executive Fiat route and that makes her a Dictator in Waiting and Tyrannical. 

The Chicks on the Right had a headline that read, “Beto Bizarrely Compares Our Immigration Laws to Slavery.” Imagine that, an Irish guy from Texas who pretends to have Hispanic and Mexican roots via his adoption of a Hispanic nickname believes that national sovereignty is a problem and should be discarded.  He claims that the “illegals”, those who have ignored our laws and violated our national sovereignty as living in “modern-day bondage.”  He compares our immigration laws to slavery.  Wait, doesn’t he want to be President, and would he not be required to take an oath to “protect and defend the constitution”?  A document that is meaningless to him and most of the Democrats running for POTUS.

Then Fox News had a headline, “Steve Hilton: Joe Biden should be called ‘Joe China’ – and never be allowed near the White House Again.”  Old Joe says that he wants to make America “normal” again.  What is normal to him?  Back to the Obama policies and beyond marching headlong into corruption and destruction.  Thanks, but no thanks, Joe. His corruption and under the table dealings to secure financial rewards for his son and himself should be of concern.  After all, Trump’s business dealings have been a major issue for the Democrats, but Joe’s and Hillary’s and other prominent Democrats, not so much.

The former Senator and Vice President, Joe Biden has a long and sordid history of having his hands in the till and backing donors over Americans.  He could never combat China’s rise when the Chinese government has been funding the Biden family businesses for decades.  Based on the Democrat standards set for Donald Trump, Biden is so soiled and an irreparably compromised by a foreign power.  Disqualified!  No, the Democratic Party is selective in who they consider qualified and disqualified.  I won’t go into the Biden history, but it is readily available for anyone who desires to know the truth.

Those are just a few of the incredibly clear warning signs that millions are ignoring, not seeing, or missing.  Will we wake up enough people before the 2020 Elections to stem the tide of toxic liberalism and socialism in America?  That is reason enough for each of us to be on our knees and on our feet to prevent the Leftists from taking over.

God bless you and God bless America!

WHERE HAS IT GONE – Sanity That Is…


Pete Seeger wrote a song that was considered an anti-war song which Peter, Paul, and Mary recorded in 1962 after the Kingston Trio had recorded in 1961.  Seeger penned the first verses of the song in 1955 while reading the novel, “And Quiet Flows the Don” which was about the Don River in Russia and the Cossacks who lived along it in the 19th century who joined the Czar’s army and sang as they marched. 

The lines “Where are the flowers? The girls plucked them.  Where are the girls? They’re all married.  Where are the men?  They’re all in the army.”  As he dreamed and thought he decided that the line “Where have all the flowers gone” would sing and began to write.  He said that his thought was, “When will we ever learn.”  In about twenty minutes the song came to life.  He sang it at Oberlin College in 1955 and one of the students took the song to his job at a summer camp and added two verses, “Where have all the soldiers gone?  Gone to the graveyards every one / Where have all the graveyards gone? / Covered with flowers every one.”  Seeger added his name to the authorship and gave him twenty-percent royalty.

Remembering that song has given rise to my question, “Where Has All the Sanity Gone?”  When it comes to modern politics, especially the ideological offerings of the Democratic hopefuls for POTUS in 2020 it seems to have vanished into thin air.  The illogic of the illogical is never more at the forefront than when watching the Leftists in the New Democratic Socialist Party defend Islam and promote Sharia Law but they target and attack Christianity and the Bible.  Let me predict that Sharia Law will spread like wildfire across America if the Democrats win the House, Senate, and White House in 2020.  You may disagree but that is my prediction and the question that comes to my mind in the immediate is, why would the Democrats support what will ultimately be their greatest nemesis?

Islam and Sharia Law opposes many things that the Left claim to be advocates for.  When I discovered that our federal government funded a national curriculum titled, “Access Islam” I cringed and wept.  That led to anger and sent me to my prayer closet in repentance and with a plea for God to restore sanity to America.  That program is an instruction on how to become a Muslim.  It teaches students how to pray as a Muslim.  It teaches how to perform Islamic “daily worship,” and how to perform the “core duties” of being a Muslim.  We funded that.  Where is the national curriculum on “Access Christianity” or “Access Judaism?”  It doesn’t exist.

When I discovered that a school in California banned all Christian-based books, I was horrified.  The claim was that the school could not and should not allow ‘sectarian materials’ on their state-funded and state-authorized shelves or classrooms.  Seriously? Then you allow the ‘sectarian materials about Islam” in?  How’s that for hypocrisy?  You allow materials that seek to normalize the LGBTQ agenda and lifestyle, but the Christian lifestyle is taboo?  You seek to mold kids as early as pre-k in the liberal leftist’s ideological mold but ban anything of the Bible or with a traditional family orientation.  But you claim that you are protecting against ‘sectarian views.”  So, my question resurfaces, “Where Has All the Sanity Gone?”

The Democrat-run state legislatures and city councils, as well as the national Democratic Party, have followed their leader Barack Hussein Obama in promoting Islam and attacking Christianity.  Do you remember the former Attorney General Loretta Lynch threatening to “jail” anyone caught speaking badly about Islam?  When did she say that about any speaking badly about Christianity or Judaism?  She didn’t!  She was following her marching orders of the Mr. Obama the man who had said, “If the political winds go sour I will side with the Muslims.”  The man that went on a world tour decrying American exceptionalism, praising Islam, and defaming Christianity.  The man that has insisted that he is not a Muslim but a Christian.  Wow!  With friends like that who would need an enemy? 

The followers of Islam and the proponents of Sharia Law have a mandate and track record of targeting homosexuals, abusing women, and calling for violence and even death to anyone not adhering to their religious and governmental edicts.  Those desiring Sharia Law to supplant the Constitution will, if they gain power, turn on the Democrats just as they will on everyone else not converting to their religion.  The violent religion that claims to be a religion of peace! 

The National Democratic Party is so thirsty for power and control they attempt to use blacks, women, homosexuals, and Muslims as their useful idiots to advance their ideological agenda.  Remember when the media insisted that anyone opposing the Obama agenda was a racist?  I do!  If Hillary Clinton had won the Presidency, any opposition to her policies and agenda would have been deemed sexist.  If the homosexual, Mayor Pete Buttigieg were to win the White House any opposition to his policies would be branded homophobic.

I suggest that people need to be very careful about what they wish for, they might just get it.  We need several revivals in America and one of them is a “Revival of Critical Thinking.”  People, too many people, tend to drink the Kool-Aid offered by the media and their political party without engaging the cognitive part of their brains.  The myriad of illogical offerings the current slate of Democratic candidates for POTUS are so mind-numbing I tremble when I think about them.  Their devastation would be so complete that we would likely never recover as the Free Constitutional Republic our Founders and the Framers gave us.

The quest for Socialism where everything is free, and nobody has to work is lunacy.  The idea of allowing the federal government to control everything is beyond insane.  The insistence that it is inhumane and immoral to have a border is beyond ignorant.  The view that it is the government’s right and mandate to tax, tax, tax to provide freebies for whomever they choose is beyond counter-productive it is destructive.  The desire to transform America from the Constitutional Republic into a Direct Democracy is a death wish even if those promoting it cannot see that eventuality. 

When a society reaches a place that it calls evil good and good evil that society is in grave danger of destruction.  A society that becomes a gathering of snowflake mentality where no one is allowed to be offended or offensive, unless of course, you are a Conservative or a Christian, is so rooted in senselessness it can be defended by no rational thinking person.  America, we are at a tipping point and if we fail to restore Sanity we will watch the systematic and complete destruction of our Republic.  I hope you can see that and join me in praying for America and voting No on this lunacy in 2020.

God bless you and God bless America!

ARE WE REALLY FREE?


Before you rush in and insist, “Of course, we are!”  I suggest that you take a brief journey with me through the annals of history and take a cursory view of what is happening in today’s America.  We have as one of our treasured beliefs, and as is inscribed in our national anthem that we are the “land of the free”, but are we?  Lee Greenwood’s song has the line, “at least I know I’m free,” but are we truly free in 21st century America?  I am incredibly serious in my question.

I would argue that rather than living in a free society we live in a ‘relatively free’ society.  If you are one that asks, “What is the difference?” I will be glad to offer my definition in the following paragraphs, so bear with me.  Why do most Americans believe they are free?  What is it about our society that engenders that view.  I agree, that we are supposed to be free and that is what the Constitution sought to provide, protect, and preserve, but are we?  I suggest that we are ‘relatively or marginally free.’  We are free in some areas but not in all.  We are free in some sectors of our lives but not all, especially when it comes to governmental control and regulation. 

We live in an internet, technologically driven world with a microwave mindset where everything is instant or quick and easy.  We can subscribe to internet and television providers and enjoy more channels and options that we can truly use or enjoy.  Is that freedom? We can sit in the confines and comfort of our own homes and play video games or do whatever our hearts desire, but are we truly free? 

I would argue that the encroachments of the federal government and various governmental agencies make us only “marginally free” not FREE!  I have heard the term “free society” most all my life and the more I try to define that in modern terms, the more disappointed I become with both the mindset of people and the reality of the looseness of that term when applied to today. 

There are Constitutionalist and Libertarians who hold the view that a free society is one that is free from aggression and that the only role of violence is in defense of person and property.  I do not disagree and although I do not identify as a Libertarian but a Christian who is Conservative and a Constitutionalist and support Limited Government. 

My views, at least in my view, are rooted in the Bible and biblical principles as well as common sense and civility.  Every encroachment by the federal government into our freedoms, rights, and liberties is a violation of the spirit and intent of the Constitution.  We have so many government encroachments today that I find it impossible to declare that we are a free society but a marginally or relatively free society.

When we, Americans, approved and ratified the 16th Amendment authorizing the federal government to levy and collect an income tax from all Americas we surrendered a significant portion of our Freedom.  The federal income tax, unlike direct taxes, does not have to be shared with the states. 

The 16th Amendment legalized what had been done before such as the tax during the Civil War where anyone making more than $800 was levied a 3% tax.  That morphed into 3-5% on income over $600.  Does that sound familiar?  Any time the federal government finds a way to take our money it rarely goes down but increases because the insatiable appetite of politicians and bureaucrats to spend, spend, spend never diminishes.  Money is Power!  Income is Life and in taxing our income they are taking a portion of our lives.  Is that Freedom?

If we are guaranteed by the Constitution the Freedom of Speech, Religion and the Right to Property as well as Defense of ourselves and our property how are laws that regulate who we can or refuse to do business with Freedom?  According to the spirit of the Constitution, any business owner should be able to discriminate against anyone for any reason with no explanation. 

Before you call me a non-Christian over that statement let me clarify.  I believe that you have the right to say what you believe, and you have the right, as a private business to do business with whomever you please.  If your actions are racist, bigoted, and laced with a phobic attitude of some kind the public, those who engage in your services or buy your goods can also choose to not do business with you.  You have the right to be a bigot and they have the right to make you pay where it hurts, the pocketbook. 

Is it freedom when the federal government criminalizes speech and regulates who you can refuse service to regardless of your personal convictions or faith?  Some argue for Limited Government and less regulation will not agree with this but as much as I hate ‘price gouging’ that also should be the choice of the individual or business.  In a truly Free Society, you can charge whatever you choose, and I can decide if I want to purchase your product at your price or not.  If I don’t like your price I can either go somewhere else and if there is no other outlet for your goods or service, I can pursue alternatives or seek to provide those goods and services at a more reasonable price.  That is True Freedom!

I realize that what I’m saying will cause some to attempt to pigeon-hole me politically as something I am not.  I am not a proponent of No Government but a strong advocate for Limited Government.  The Founders placed in the Constitution a duty or responsibility of the Federal Government to “provide for the common defense.” 

In Article 1, Section 8 the federal government is mandated to pay the debts of the nation.  No, I did not say pay the people of the nation’s debts as seems to be the mindset of some disciples of Barack Obama and those embracing the entitlement mentality of the Socialist offerings of the Democrat Party today.  They were to pay the debts not continue to increase the national date and spend us into oblivion.  They were to regulate commerce between states and other nations.  They were to coin money, and a few, very few, other enumerated duties.  But today our federal government bears no resemblance to the Constitutional Government authorized by our Founders.

The Nobel-prize winning economist Friedrich Hayek wisely taught, “We shall never prevent the abuse of power if we are not prepared to limit power in a way which occasionally may prevent its use for desirable purposes.”  I believe that when we’re talking about matters that lie outside those few areas that constitutionally belong to the federal government, we should leave it to the states. It may take longer, but the outcomes will be more effective, longer lasting and more affordable.

Are we truly Free?  If you are talking about the freedom to choose the people you associate with socially, yes.  If you are talking about what television programs you can watch in your own home, yes.  If you are talking about what you believe, yes.  But, if you are talking about the full spectrum of life, including the invasion of your privacy and the encroachments by the government, NO! 

How do we return to being a free society?  In my view, there are only two pathways I can endorse.  One is by returning to our moral moorings and in that I mean return to God and once again become a Christian nation.  I believe that it is a need and requirement that those who pray become intercessors and intercede for the nation.    That may not be your cup of tea, but I believe it strongly.  The second pathway is at the ballot box and in maintaining a constant watch on the activities of our elected officials and when they violate our trust, help them find other employment.

I hope you will join me in the pursuit of True Freedom in America again!  God bless you and God bless America!

SOME POLITICAL AND SOCIETAL DECLARATIONS BEG OTHER QUESTIONS BE ASKED…


One of those declarations concerns abortion.  I keep hearing that abortion is about women’s health and a woman’s right to choose.  That may sound plausible, logical, and even compassionate, but it demands other questions be asked.  I hope you will give me a moment to pose my questions and offer my conclusions.  You may agree or disagree, that is your right.  You may feel I’ve gone too far or not far enough, that is your right.  You may have no conflict between your Christian faith and abortion, even abortion on demand, but I do.  So, with that in mind, let’s proceed.

The resistance of those of us who are pro-life has been labeled a ‘war on women,’ by the pro-choice advocates and liberal leftists.  Recently the pro-life film, “Unplanned,” was released and has had some commercial success.  The Georgia legislature joined a growing number of states in passing bills that prohibit abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected.  The attempted actions of Virginia’s governor to legalize infanticide and the actions of the New York state legislature to legalize late-term and post-term abortions are more than a little troubling.  One question, a question, that was not part of my initial planned discussion is, “How depraved have we become as a society?” 

Planned Parenthood has trashed the film and the actions of Georgia and the other states that have taken steps to protect life in the womb claiming this is a ‘war on women.’  Planned Parenthood has a proven track record of being little more than an abortion mill and invests itself heavily in targeting minority communities, the poor, and the ill-informed.  Why is this push for euthanasia and infanticide being so devotedly advanced by the Left? 

I wonder if those in the pro-choice movement who are claiming that opposing abortion is somehow a ‘war on women’ have studied history.  I find it more than a little ironic that the champion of women’s rights and the first female to break the barrier of male dominance in medicine, Susan B. Anthony was an ardent opponent of abortion.  Those who were truly freedom fighters for women in our history opposed the position that feminism, liberalism, and leftism has taken us in America today. 

Susan B. Anthony believed that abortion was the exploitation of women. Imagine that!  She and other women in her army of freedom fighters, especially in the world of medicine and healthcare believed it was their obligation to humanity to protect women from the “gross perversion and destruction of motherhood by the abortionist.”  

Susan B. Anthony believed that women could be liberated from the laws of men by appealing to a higher tribunal, God.  She said: “She must feel herself accountable to God alone for every act, fearing and obeying no man, save where his will is in line with her own highest idea of divine law.… When the mother of Christ shall be made the true model of womanhood and motherhood, when the office of maternity shall be held sacred and the mother shall consecrate herself, as did Mary, to the one idea of bringing forth the Christ-child, then, and not till then, will this earth see a new order of men and women, prone to good rather than evil.”  Wow!

Those in Anthony’s army of suffragettes coined a term for abortion that would infuriate the liberal leftists of today and have Anthony and her co-laborers for women’s rights banned from their society.  They called it “foeticide,” and wrote articles and books on the subject of “Child Murder.”  They considered the terms, “abortion”, “murder,” and “infanticide” synonymous and that too would infuriate those following this ideology of ignoring that life in the womb and any perceivable rights of that unborn baby.

Today, every Democratic presidential hopeful, is a strong advocate of abortion, late-term abortion, and abortion on demand.  There is a view that is seldom discussed that is so reprehensible to me that I cringe when I think of it.  It is called “Evictionism”.  It is a misguided theory claiming to be a moral position advanced by Walter Brock and Roy Whitehead and advanced the political idea that abortion was basically ‘property rights.’  That’s right, “property rights.”  Does that get your attention?  It should and should make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up and send goosebumps down your arms and spine.  I feel a chill just thinking about it.

This theory was erected on the premise and belief advanced by philosopher Murray Rothbard who wrote, “no being has a right to live, unbidden, as a parasite within or upon some person’s body.”  What?  That baby in the womb is considered a parasite and unbidden.  No, it is not unbidden because the woman and some man engaged in coitus in a manner conducive to reproduce.  That is not Unbidden it is Invited! 

The theory was that since this parasite (baby) in the womb is unbidden the woman has the right to ‘evict’ or ‘eject’ the baby from her body any times she chooses.  They view the mother’s womb as her ‘property’ and the baby in the womb as a ‘trespasser or a parasite.’  Wow, what human compassion.  With that kind of mentality coming from those who demand that we must protect the lives of blacks, homosexuals, and a myriad of other groups I must ask, “Is selective protection what you believe in or do ALL LIVES MATTER?”

I don’t want to misrepresent their theory and belief because they do hold that life begins at conception but have also suggested that a woman has a right to evict the baby but can only legally abort on certain conditions.  If the fetus is not viable outside the womb, or…  The woman has publicly announced her abandonment of the right to custody of the fetus she can, in their view, abort at any time!

They suggest that if the woman does then, no one else has the right to ‘homestead’ that right by offering to care for the resulting baby.  I cringe when I hear that because the second part of that equation negates the first and makes it meaningless.  This view holds that the baby in the womb is to be treated like laboratory animals with no emotional attachment or concern for that innocent human life in the womb.  That, to me is diabolical!

I must ask, “How is the position of ‘Evictionism’ different from the abortionists who desire to give people the right to an abortion at any time during the pregnancy?”  You may believe me to be overly dramatic and claim that my convictions on this matter are misguided, that is your privilege. 

However, I must ask, “How is it a war on women to seek to protect innocent lives both male and female in the womb?”  There is an alternative to abortion and it is adoption!  Yes, the mother would still have to carry that child to term.  That is part of the problem, too many don’t want to be inconvenienced or experience any discomfort but want to do the dance without paying the fiddler.

This is another of the many reasons I cannot support the National Democratic ticket.  I am adamantly pro-life and believe that life is sacred, and the innocent must be protected.  I believe that our drift in this area leads to the euthanasia and selective genocide by the would-be gods of society.  I beg everyone to consider the life in the womb and if you don’t want a child please consider the thousands of couples that would love to have a baby but cannot.  They would gladly help defray or pay your expenses and love that child. 

God bless you and God bless America!

THE MOST EDUCATED BUT MORONIC SOCIETY IN HISTORY…


How’s that for an indictment on a generation or society?  But, what society and what generation am I talking about.  Yep, you guessed it, ours today!  There are so many things that cause me to think and say that so let me address a few of them and you decide if I am right or not.  After all, in matters of opinion, each of us is the final judge.  No, what we think does not make it right, but it is our opinion and we make the determination of what that will be.  So, I offer my opinion along with some pertinent facts of historical significance and you decide what you believe. 

One of the more recent things that made me laugh, grow angry, and then weep for our present world and America was in the actions by the New York Yankees baseball franchise to stop playing “God Bless America” by Kate Smith.  The Philadelphia Flyers hockey team has done the same thing.  In fact, in the city of Philadelphia, the statue of Kate Smith has been covered in black to hide her image because the Politically Correct world has deemed that she was a racist. 

What was the basis of this charge of racism?  You may find their charge palatable, accurate and appropriate or you may consider it overreaction and unjustified.  It may make you laugh, get angry, or cry but here it is.  Kate Smith’s 1939 recording of “God Bless America” has been used by the Yankees and Flyers for a very long time.  It was somewhat iconic, and the fans loved it.  Today they are using a different version because the report is that Smith ‘might have been a racist.’  Might have been?  Yep, that’s the assertion.  Not that she was but might have been and that’s enough for the Politically Correct world that we live in to try, condemn and execute anyone.  Sound familiar?

Kate Smith recorded a song prior to WW II, which has also been sung and recorded by blacks and whites.  The song which caused her to earn the brand racist was, “Pickaninny Heaven.”  Was it racism that caused her to record the song?  Could be, I don’t know.  She also recorded, “That’s Why Darkies Were Born.”  Others including black performers have sung that song.  Then, the final straw was the revelation that in 1939 she endorsed the “Mammy Doll.” 

The songs clearly have a racial overtones and are easily offensive to many and rightfully so.  But, to attempt to sanitize history and punish a previous generation for not thinking like we think today is ludicrous.  What bothers me is not the decrying of any racist actions of anyone past or present.  What bothers me with regard to today’s society is the tendency to judge the entirety of a person’s life by an action or two that we deem unacceptable. 

Kate Smith lived in a time dramatically different from our day.  She raised huge sums of money during WWII selling war bonds and was active in the fight to defeat fascism.  She traveled countless miles to cheer up our American Servicemen when they needed it desperately.  Does that excuse racism?  No, but if we are to be consistent should we not examine people like Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, and every Democrat in our history who has engaged in some unbecoming act?  I guess not.

My problem is that anytime the word “racist” or “racism” is hurled at anyone the racialist slobber like Pavlov’s dogs and march to the sound of the bell to destroy.  The attempt to sanitize our history and rewrite it so that there is no mention of the offensive is to invite disaster.  The snowflake society we are creating is hurling along a path of cataclysmic destruction and such emotional trauma that there will be few functional adults left in the world in just a generation or two. 

I decry racism regardless of where it comes from.  If we purge from our music everything every singer has performed because of something in their past, how many songs or singers will we have left?  If we disqualify from serving in any political office every candidate that has anything questionable in their past, what will we be left with? 

If we strip from our history books the true record of our American history, the good, the bad, and the ugly, how will we avoid previous mistakes when those taking the reins in the future will be unaware and uninformed?  We should learn from history and accept that fact that no human being is perfect.  No, I am not justifying racism, but I am asking that we stop being moronic in our attempt to sanitize our world and make it like we would like it to have been.  Let’s learn from our mistakes, admit our failures, and advance the cause of humanity as only we can if we are aware and informed.

We have many difficult and pressing needs in 2019 America and many of those needs and conditions are being ignored while we pursue an almost McCarthy like assault on anything our Politically Correct World believes to be offensive.  We are allowing our border to be erased and a literal invasion occurs endangering Americans and America on multiple fronts.  We are allowing the systematic dismantling of our electoral system, the corruption of our intelligence and federal law enforcement agencies, the weaponizing of various bureaucratic agencies and more.  Those things seem to not bother a large sector of our society, but Kate Smith must be removed as were the Civil War memorials. 

What’s next?  I suggest that if the Socialist on the Democratic side of the aisle wins many of our historical heroes including Jefferson, Franklin, Washington, Adams, and our Generals for WWI and WWII may become likely targets.  What kind of history will we have if even our Revolutionary leaders are purged from our history by this educated but often moronic society?

America, we need to awaken from our stupor and realize that no two of us are alike.  We do not think alike when we actually think.  We do not have the same preferences.  We are not touched emotionally, intellectually, morally, or spiritually by the same things.  We are individuals in a Republic built to allow that and designed to guarantee that we could continue that way.  It is Totalitarian to insist that everyone fit the mold prescribed by the government and no one is permitted to be different, think differently, or embrace different views. 

You may think, I am overreacting to the Kate Smith situation, but it is one of many events that have transpired in recent years and I suspect it is just the tip of the iceberg of destruction.  Our educational system has been more of a propaganda arm of liberalism than it is about expanding the mind and developing independent thinks who can engage in critical analysis, logic, and reason.  Yes, I stand by my statement that this generation is possibly, if not definitely, the most educated and the most moronic of any time in our history.  I fully expect a Salem style Witch Hunt to transpire as the PC Police search for offenders of their ideological preferences.  Watch out America this is not a fantasy it is real.

God bless you and God bless America!