Before anyone argues, there is no war, I beg to differ and state that the war is being waged on numerous fronts and it is intensifying.  The COVID-19 pandemic and the Anarchy and Riots have pulled back the covers and exposed those in power, at all levels, as would-be dictators and exposed their dangerous and even treasonous actions.  The taste of power that has been infused into them in the edicts and demands is telling of the true condition of America. 

I am flabbergasted at the ease with which the tiny totalitarians at various levels have exercised ‘total control’ over the populace.  Those charged with governmental oversight have exposed their true desire and character.  The many shapes and forms of the lockdowns have revealed a Napoleonic complex and a Barney Fife-ishness that would be laughable were it not so incredibly serious and destructive.  Fear is an incredibly powerful weapon and a weapon it is proving to be.

Long before the pandemic and massive restrictions were placed on America and Americans there was a war being waged against many of our freedoms and liberties.  Many in power are seizing upon the opportunity to infringe upon our constitutional and inalienable rights.  If Americans are allowed to exercise their freedoms, liberties, and rights, the power-hunger political elitists have no power.  That is abhorrent to them and demands proscription. 

The medical experts, namely Drs Fauci and Birx may be genuinely interested in the health of Americans but their models have been wrong more than right.  Dr. Fauci, who has a long-standing relationship with Bill Gates seems hellbent on forcing America to take a yet to be produced vaccine.  He is also adamant about continuing the lock-down and has even proposed an ID card to qualify us any reprieve from his desired virtual house arrest.  If we are good little boys and girls, they indicate they are willing to toss us a crumb of our freedoms.  That is troubling on many levels.

I argue that the COVID-19 ‘mitigation’ actions have become if they have not always been, a ‘political weapon’ wielded by the Democrats in their effort to defeat Donald Trump.  I have seen documented reports that there has been an escalation in the suicide rates during and directly related to the mandates.  I have seen reports from treatment centers that there is an increase in various opioid addictions as well as alcoholism and food bingeing.  I have seen reports from various sectors, not widely reported, that the unrest and desperation in people have produced an increase in burglaries and other crimes.  In times of desperation and fear, people do things they would not otherwise do. 

Most of us are social creatures and are not emotionally or psychologically equipped for long-term isolation from other humans.  We have the mini tyrants striving to create a condition where neighbors are squealing on neighbors for perceived violations of the mandates.  We are witnessing some of the earmarks of the rise of despotism and created a virtual ‘Twilight Zone.’  I wonder if the fruit of the over aggressive-quarantines can be excluded from the rioting, looting, and mayhem. No, it is not the cause, but may be playing a role in misdirected aggression and anger.

If anyone thinks that those in power, who have stripped us of many of our freedoms, rights, and power will restore that when the fear subsides, you are not being realistic.  Power once seized is seldom restored.  Liberty lost is never regained short of a revolution to reclaim.  Today, the Leftists want to completely dismantle America and render our cities without law enforcement. Well, they want their own brand of law enforcement to be imposed and the obvious result of that will not bode well for legal and law-abiding citizens who do not toe their line.

John Adams, in a letter to Abigail Adams, July 7, 1775, made an arresting statement.  He wrote of the rebuilding of cities and restoration of opportunity to those reduced to poverty and loss.  He then said: “…a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored.  Liberty once lost is lost forever.  When the People surrender their share in the Legislature, and their Right of defending the Limitations upon the Government, and of resisting every Encroachment upon them, they can never regain it.”  That is astounding and germane today.

The War in America is the War for Freedom!  You may or may not like Donald Trump, the current president that is your choice.  However, if you consider the expressed ideological desires and agenda of every Democratic hopeful to replace him, you must see our danger.  If we allow them to ascend to the rule of governance, we will have opened the door for the continued infringement of our liberties and freedoms.

Our Freedom of Speech has been openly challenged for several years and during this time all our 1^st Amendment Rights are in the cross-hairs of politicians.  They desire for us to consider them the grantors of liberties and freedoms rather than believing we have certain inalienable rights.  We have witnessed county judges, mayors, governors, and politicians in Washington demand ‘unlimited power’ and, to a degree, they have been granted their desires.  I warn once they taste and experience ‘unbridled and unlimited’ power they will not willingly relinquish it. 

If you have been troubled with what many believe to be pandemic overreaction, and the results in our cities due to the riots, then you dare not elect the Democrats.  What would make anyone think that once they have tasted that power, they will give it up?  They won’t!  What would make anyone think that after decades of governance in some of our large cities they would suddenly become efficient in governance? They won’t! If you want to maintain your Freedom of Speech and are appalled at being labeled a racist, bigot, homophobe, or some equally derogatory name because you expressed an opinion, you dare not elect the Democrats.

If you want to maintain your God-given right of self-defense embodied in the 2^nd Amendment, you dare not vote for the Democrats.  If you want to maintain personal property rights, you dare not vote for the Democrats.  If you believe that life, all life is valuable, you dare not vote for the Democrats.  If you want to have become so paranoid and fearful that you are willing to hide in your home for perpetuity allowing the government to make all decisions for you, then vote for the Democrats.

Barack Obama promised or threatened to ‘fundamentally transform’ America and was unable to fully achieve his objective.  Following the advice to ‘never let a good crisis go to waste,’ the Left has seized upon this pandemic and now the riots, with the help of the media and instilled fear so strong millions are terrified.  It appears to me that the Democrats and the media are effectively saying, “Screw you America.  Stay in your homes, hide from the world, and when it is safe, we will tell you when you can come out and if you are sheepishly obedient, we will toss you a bone occasionally.  If you join us in defeating the evil Trump, we might let you come out for a few hours each week and live a semblance of a normal life.”  I say NO THANK YOU!

In the words of Benjamin Franklin, I suggest that we adopt the mentality, “Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.”  I believe that every American should commit to protecting and defending the Constitution.  In that, we should respect the rights, beliefs, and opinions of others.  We should become informed and stay abreast of the issues.  We should perform our civic duty when called upon and participate in the ‘democratic process.’  By that I mean, vote, and work to ensure that all elections are legitimate and free of fraud and corruption.  Finally, I believe every American has a duty to defend this country if the need arises and protect it against all enemies both foreign and domestic.

America, we are in a War and that War is a War for Freedom!  I am voting to keep America Free as well as Safe.  I hope you will join me in praying for America, the president, our leaders, and our people. 

God bless you and God bless America!

Yeah, that is an old country song but is my springboard into some thoughts on how high the waters of political corruption are in America.  Each time I think I have a handle on just how corrupt politics is in America something new surfaces to make me realize that I ‘don’t know nothin’.’  The political swamp appears bottomless and the Deep State is beyond deep it is unfathomable.  We have created a monster in America and a monster that likely will destroy us if it hasn’t already.

The COVID-19 pandemic nor the riots created the condition we find ourselves. They have been useful tools in the hands of the politicians and nefarious who want to strip America and Americans of our system of government and freedoms.  Some of the Napoleonic local and state officials seized upon the opportunity to flex their political muscles.  The edicts, lock downs, mandates, regulations, requirements, and threats of fines and imprisonment if we did not comply have been extremely disconcerting. 

I, like virtually everyone in America, want to be safe, but without being an ‘expert’ in the medical field I realize that the stated objective was and is an impossible dream and unattainable.  I saw an article that said the now-famous governor of New York was confused that most of the hospitalizations in his state were from people who ‘stayed at home.’  Wait?  Doesn’t that fly in the face of the insisted requirements issued by the ‘experts’? 

Some, including the governor of California, insisted that the lock down might need to be extended for 18 months. He said, “No normal until there is a vaccine.”  Sadly, that may not available in 18 months and even then, it will not prevent the disease or its spread, no vaccine for any of the flu type viruses has or does.  In some ways, it is grasping for straws and on the darker side, it is an exercise in control where the would-be tyrants and dictators exercise TOTAL CONTROL.  That is dangerous and deadly for any republic.

During the previous administration we witnessed the weaponization of the FBI, CIA, and DOJ, not to omit the IRS and other agencies and bureaus of the federal government.  We have allowed Congress to engage in illegal, immoral, unethical, and constitutionally destructive behavior and activities to achieve their political ambitions.  We shut down the incredible economy that was giving new hope to millions and those ‘experts’ in medicine, science, and law tell us that we may need to do this into the foreseeable future.  How high’s the water mama?  It is deeper than deep, and the flood gates are open.  America’s Constitutional Republican status is hanging in the balance.

Those of us who are ‘baby boomers’ are becoming a rare commodity and our influence and authority are vanishing.  The war on our views and values has been going on for decades and the agenda of academia, the media, political elitists, and globalists are bearing fruit. 

I was and am surprised that there were not been more people violating the mandates issued by the Napoleonic officials.  When thinking patriotic and freedom-loving people are issued a mandate that is illogical, they are likely to violate that mandate.  To tell parents they cannot enjoy a time of recreation in their yards with their kids is illogical and unreasonable.  To tell a citizen that he/she cannot launch a tiny boat on a pond void of other people is illogical and invites the citizen to disobey.  Threaten a Christian pastor with jail or fines for offering spiritual comfort and instruction to his parishioners sitting in their cars in a parking lot is illogical and unreasonable.  I have been surprised at the numbers that acted as docile sheep and complied without a whimper.

When we see members of Congress privy to inside information sell off massive amounts of stocks ahead of a downturn in the market and now find that even family members did the same, what do we expect from the public?  If those charged with making the laws ignore them why should the public value the law?  When Congress can engage in illegal, unconstitutional, immoral, and unethical activities lie to other members of Congress and the public, what are the people to think and do?  Would that not be an invitation to anarchy and chaos on a massive scale?

The psychological dangers in an extended quarantine, as we have been engaged, are off the charts.  Various countries including the United States have experienced a rise in the suicide rates. We have seen an increase in addictions and people relapsing into the bondage of drugs and alcohol as well as a growing number of spousal abuse incidents. I have personally encountered more road rage, shopper’s rage, and general anger over the past few weeks from people I encounter.  I don’t go out much because there is no real need and my wife’s medical condition fighting Stage Four Metastatic Breast Cancer.  We were already ‘sheltering in place’ in a significant fashion before the edicts were issued.

The lunacy of emptying prisons to keep the prisoners from being endangered by the virus but locking up citizens who violate some overly restrictive and likely unconstitutional mandate is insane.  It invites anarchy, resistance, rebellion, and protest. When governors and local tyrants declare that it is illegal to speak ill of them or their policies that is untenable and must be resisted. 

I am reminded of General George Washington, our First President’s words when Congress was seeking to fire him as commander of the army and leader of the revolution.  His understanding of human nature is amazing.  He said:” A small knowledge of human nature will convince us, that, with far the greatest part of mankind, interest is the governing principle; and that, almost, every man is more or less, under its influence. Motives of public virtue may for a time, or in particular, instances, actuate men to the observance of a conduct purely disinterested; but they are not of themselves sufficient to produce a persevering conformity to the refined dictates and obligations of social duty. Few men are capable of making a continual sacrifice of all views of private interest or advantage, to the common good. It is in vain to exclaim against the depravity of human nature on this account — the fact is so, the experience of every age and nation has proved it, and we must, in a great measure, ch⟨ange⟩ the constitution of man, before we can make it otherwise. ⟨No⟩ institution, not built on the presumptive truth of these maxims, can succeed.”

Our Founders believed that true revolutionaries and later government officials should be guided by “pure virtue” without concern for personal necessity and benefit of their service.  John Adams said of his cousin Samuel, “he has the most thorough understanding of liberty.”  They were motivated by Freedom and desired that all be free.  They detested the attitude and character on display in today’s politics and so should we. 

To insist that we must comply or die for the common good is good only if the mandated objective is attainable and reasonable.  We must not destroy an entire nation to save a few lives, that is not reasonable or logical.  COVID-19 has become, if it was not from the beginning, an excuse used by the Deep State to pursue a World Government and Totalitarian control.

We either reject the leftists agenda and throw off the chains of oppression or we lose our freedom.  The choice is a clear and easy one in November for the Lover of Freedom and the person who honestly reasons and weighs the costs and dangers.  I vote against the Leftist, reject the Democrats, and will vote for Donald Trump for president.

God bless you and God bless America!

In today’s America when most media types are aeolists, offering nothing but blellum, we have few options.  Most of the time, what I see, read, and hear causes me to want to defenestrate the material and walk away.  Tragically, some faces on camera pretending to be unbiased purveyors of the news and providers of information are eccedentesiasts and are phony to the core.

We have cities, like the one Nancy Pelosi represents, that have become cesspools where people are forced to live in dung heaps and filth.  She and most politicians practice girouettism and always test the winds of public opinion to guide them.  We reached the place in this pandemic that most developed iatrapistia as we are forced to listen to mendaciloquence of politicians.  Where do we go to obtain truth, facts, and trustworthy information? 

There are times when I watch the antics of Washington, especially those in Congress and the various bureaus and agencies that we have devolved into a paedocracy rather than a representative democracy.  I am tired of being governed by those who exhibit the appearance and characteristics of a yaud and demonstrate that they are well past their shelf-life as they demonstrate they live in a nebulochaotic state.

Where do we turn to obtain truth and trustworthy information?  Not the Media, not the Politicians, not Hollywood, not the self-appointed guardians of the planet.  They offer spin, agenda, rhetoric, distortion, and lies to advance their agenda and ideology.  Even some of the so-called conservative and constitutional media outlets engage in spin and that damages the supposed intent and objective of restoration of Constitutional America. 

Where do we turn?  The only true source, for me, is God’s Word.  You may or may not be a Christian.  You may or may not believe the Bible is God’s Word.  You may or may not believe in God.  If you do not, then you will likely disagree with me regarding the veracity, validity, and importance of discovering and adhering to His word.  You will not find it within your purview of America and government to accept how impactful it was on America’s beginning, our Constitution, and System of Government. 

I believe that it can be documented that America has become a nation with two distinct histories.  Our heritage, in the beginning, was one rooted in a rich spiritual heritage dating back to the pilgrims.  We have a heritage that speaks of a godly purpose and destiny born in the hearts of the colonists and propelled us to seek freedom to pursue our beliefs, purposes, and desires without tyrannical despotic dominance.  We seem to be slowly transitioning into a nation that no longer believes in that ideal and attempts to dismiss the existence of God and His righteous and moral principles.  We are moving toward a society where man is the center of all things, not God.  Politics has achieved preeminent importance for many and the good of society relegated to the back burner.

Through several decades and generations of exposure to the progressive liberal interpretation of our history and the truths upon which America was founded, we have become a nation with spiritual amnesia.  The words of Isaiah the prophet ring in my ears, “Do you not know?  Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth.  He will not grow tired or weary, and His understanding no one can fathom.”  (Isaiah 40:28).  Also, the words of the apostle Paul, “How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed?  And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?”  (Romans 10:14).

I hear the chorus of protests from those who adamantly demand that all things religious and spiritual must be separated from all things governmental and public.  Yet, our founding fathers recognized the existence of God and the importance of the Bible in public education and the governance of the newly formed republic. 

When you examine the historic record, you discover that one of the first acts of Congress in 1782 was to commission a publishing of the Scriptures in America so that people could have free access to it.  Then around 1962, that same government banished prayer and Bible reading from our schools, you see a dramatic transition away from our founding principles to the progressive vision of globalism and the godlessness embodied in that ideology and agenda.

Where do we go for information that is true?  Not to the public schools, colleges, or universities.  Not to the media, Hollywood, or Washington.  The only source of Truth is in God’s Word and the guiding principles of the Bible shaped our laws and helped hold this nation intact for over 240 years.  It is virtually impossible to miss the influence and impact that the Bible had on our nation long before 1776 and continued well into the 1960’s.  We have spent the past 60-100 years eroding the foundational pillars of this Republic by stripping it of the influence of the Bible and its message.  The fruit is on the vine and unless we return to our moral moorings and rediscover our founding principles we will witness further decline and chaos in the nation.

Let me offer a quote from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, one of the chief progressives of bygone eras.  He said: “In the formative days of the Republic the directing influence of the Bible exercised upon the Fathers of the Nation is conspicuously evident.  This book continues to hold its unchallenged place as the most loved, the most quoted, and the most universally read and pondered of all the volumes which our libraries contain.  We cannot read the history of our rise and development as a nation without reckoning with the place the Bible has occupied in shaping the advances of the Republic.  I suggest a nationwide reading of the Holy Scriptures for a renewed strengthening contact with those eternal truths and majestic principles which have inspired such measure of true greatness as this nation has achieved?”  

What happened in America to shift us away from that view? A view widely held by Democrats and Republicans of bygone eras. It is the fruit of stripping all mention of God and the Bible from the public sector.  It is elevating man to a place of preeminence and removing God from that lofty perch.  What we are witnessing today with the paranoia, fear, rioting, violence, hate, bitterness, and racism from all sides is the fruit of that transition we began decades ago. 

I respect the fact that some do not believe what I am saying has any legitimacy or importance.  I challenge you to consider the views of founding fathers such as Benjamin Rush who believed that America’s hope of survival and attaining greatness was to use the Bible in public schools.  His sentiments were echoed by Fisher Ames, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Henry Laurens, Joseph Story, Gouverneur Morris, Patrick Henry, Daniel Webster, John Jay, Noah Webster, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Witherspoon, James Madison, and James McHenry to name a few. 

Love overcomes Hate and only through the Love of God in our hearts can we be reconciled as a people and put out the fires of hate and division that are burning in the hearts of people today.  Until we see each other as God’s Creations and fellow members of the human race we will continue to allow hate, envy, greed, and jealousy thrive.  Until we return to the principles of our Founding and the Bible and each shoulder our own loads and consider our neighbors we will decline more.  We can recover and we can thrive, but not without a restoration of the foundational fabric that produces this nation and made it great.

God bless you and I pray you will consider my plea, not as an indictment or finger-pointing but as a genuine desire to see America heal. 

Have a Great Day!

I am physically sick over what has been happening in recent days. I have s sense of grieving that is causing me to weep. I have purposefully resisted getting involved in the deeply emotional discussions and accusations regarding the situation in Minneapolis and now around the country.  That is not because I am afraid to do so or because I do not have an opinion or care.  I do, and my personal feelings would probably not sit well with some and possibly be rejected by those on all sides of the issue.  I did not say, ‘both sides’ because I see this as a multi-pronged event that has many tentacles, issues, problems, and dangers. 

Based on the information I have and that is limited.  Some may have much more factual information that I, but the information I have, not being privy to the intricated details of the event and not being a mind reader, causes me to say, the actions of the officer(s) went too far. Some will take offense to that wording and say, “Condemn it, man!”  Others will insist, “The officers had to protect themselves.”  I refuse to argue with either sector and say, based on what information I believe that charging the officer and giving him his day in court was required. 

There is NEVER justification for any police officer to engage in what can only be called ‘thuggery’ and causing physical harm or pain to an unarmed citizen.  That is not to say they are not allowed to exercise their right and obligation for the ‘use of force’ when it is justified but bullying or thuggery is NEVER justified.  On the other side of that equation, there is NEVER justification for those in the public to engage in criminal activity, rioting, looting, and doing physical and material damage which is also ‘thuggery’ and ‘criminal.’  Neither can be given even the slightest hint of understanding or justification.  They are WRONG!

I chose the title to this article as “Heartbroke and then some” from the Radney Foster song, “Just Call Me Lonesome,” for a reason.  The reason is that I am heartbroken beyond belief, and I believe God is too! I believe that God is heartbroken over the depth of hate and division we have plunged in America.  That is more than a little troubling.  There are no laws that can fix this issue and it is not one-sided, even though I will be criticized for that assertion.  It is not a Law Problem it is a Heart Problem and only God can mend the heart or change it enabling us to embrace the ideal that All have the inalienable right to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. 

Even the Mayor of Minneapolis acknowledged that some of those who are rioting are not citizens or residents of that city or state.  They have been bussed in from around the country and this outburst has spread across the nation.  Who is behind it?  Some of the information suggests that it is organizations funded by George Soros and other Globalist wanting to dismantle and disrupt our American System of Government and way of life.  The Media and the Left are claiming it is White Supremacist but that is beyond ludicrous.

I have heard statements such as, “they are still doing it,” meaning the police are universally and systematically practicing racism against blacks and other ethnic groups. I have heard that statement directed at all whites and even one of the rioters was chanted, “Kill All Whites.”  I condemn the bad, evil, criminal, and possibly racist actions of bad cop(s)!  I condemn the actions of hate, racism, demonstrated in the riots, looting, mayhem, and destruction!   I condemn evil no matter what it stems from and offer no justification for what is happening. 

I have heard the suggestion of people being ‘guilty by association,’ and that that condition is a plight only experienced by blacks or some white people that stand with them in any situation.  That is offensive to me as a person that has engaged in no racism, damaged no other person, and one who desires everyone to be able to enjoy Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness unimpeded.  Am I ‘guilty by association’ when a white police officer commits an act of violence against a person of another ethnic group because I am white?  If so, how?  Am I ‘guilty by association’ if I reject the Liberal Leftists Globalist agenda, stand against the entitlement mentality, and want everyone to earn what they have, be able to keep it, and succeed based on merit, not any other factor? 

If I give any hint of justification to the officer or the rioters, I become complicit in the problem.  I have heard some say, “I understand.”  They claim they understand the ‘anger’ and therein the ‘actions.’  I may ‘understand’ that something that is or is perceived to be systematic, perpetual, and epidemic can make a person angry.  I am ‘angry’ over abortion.  I am ‘angry’ over those in politics who want to strip us of our inalienable rights and shred our constitution.  I am ‘angry’ over the utter destruction of lives in the COVID-19 shuttering of the economy.  I too am ‘angry’ but can never justify wrong behavior.

I am angry, but I am also an adult, an American, a patriot, and a Christian.  Those views mandate that I ‘control’ my anger and never allow it to rage out of control.  To allow anger to be unrestrained is not protesting it is anarchy and can become barbarism.  When, the police are involved and it is a black man, there are riots in the streets.  The attempts to explain and justify fall woefully short, of moral, civil, and biblical mandates.  Jesus addressed this in Matthew 5:21-23 when He brought to the discussion the issue of the Commandment to Not Murder.  He expanded it and identified the terribleness of anger and compared it to murder.  I contend that unbridled anger is murder begun.  We are commanded to Love not Hate and hate knows no skin color nor does love.

If I follow the moral, civil, and biblical pathway, I may become angry, and am can be fully justified in raising my complaint and voicing it.  However, if I fail to do that in a peaceful manner, I am lowering my anger to the same level and category as that which made me angry.  If I commit criminal acts protesting criminal behavior, I have become what I am protesting.

If the hate and anger filled riots were the result of, as some have said, “because nothing seems to be being done,” does that justify it?  If that were the case then when the officer was fired, arrested, and charged with murder why did the riots not cease?  Why did they expand across the nation?  If armed citizens can go to the State Capital and peacefully protest what they perceive an injustice and infringement on their civil and inalienable rights but in this case, there is arson, bodily and property damage, looting, and other criminal activity why is one deemed ‘justified’ and the other ‘unacceptable’?

We must not allow our society to degenerate into a justification mindset because it breeds the idea of ‘victimhood.’  We can be and often are ‘victimized’ but becoming a ‘victim’ is a choice.  You cannot change who I am on the inside by abusing me, infringing upon my rights, or even doing me harm.  Therefore, you cannot control me on the inside and I can choose to be bigger than the issue and work in a rational, reasonable, civil, and peaceful manner to effect the change I desire.  That may mean I throw my hat in the ring politically or establish an organization devoted to achieving that change.  There are many avenues through which I can work to see the desired change without totally dividing and destroying the Republic.

I condemn racism no matter its source.  I condemn rioting, looting, arson, mayhem, murder, and abuse no matter its source.  As a human being and a citizen of the United States of America who believes in God, I issue my plea for everyone to STOP THE INSANITY!  If you have been victimized, you may be understandably and justifiably angry.  However, you do not have the right to retaliate against others, especially those who had nothing to do with the issue over which you are angry.  We can never allow ‘guilty by association’ to be justification for lawlessness.  The Bible tells us to ‘shun the very appearance of evil.’ 

This may get me unfriended by people on all sides of the issue, but I believe that God is our Hope and Hate will bring about our destruction.  I am praying for America and continually ask God to show me my own heart.  I am unaware of hatred for anyone, but if it is there, I want to be cleansed. 

God bless you and God bless America!