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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Our republic is sometimes referred to as a Ship of State, many favoring this metaphor since its imagery is easy to understand. People can relate to being confined on a ship subject to the whims of not only its captain/crew but also the seaworthiness of the ship itself – and don’t forget, the SEA! If [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our republic is sometimes referred to as a Ship of State, many favoring this metaphor since its imagery is easy to understand. People can relate to being confined on a ship subject to the whims of not only its captain/crew but also the seaworthiness of the ship itself – and don’t forget, the SEA!</p>
<p>If one agrees, for years we’ve had a motley crew, it could be they’ve damaged our ship almost beyond repair. They did it slowly/methodically invading and infesting halls of government, boardrooms of our largest institutions, foundations, nonprofits, corporations; also society’s major thoroughfares including media, journalism, entertainment, TV, sports, business, finance, education, medicine, science.</p>
<p>This is hard to grasp/accept for many, probably most. We’re supposed to be organized as a democratic republic with a unique constitution. We’ve been/are the preeminent example of a free society, exhibiting to the world basic fairness, lawfulness, fundamental rule by Majority and leadership in numerous fields of endeavor. How on earth could we fall so far down the societal ladder that we’re now – in some ways – compared with 3rd world?</p>
<p>To be clear, it’s my contention we stopped functioning as a democratic republic at least 60yrs ago, maybe more, caused by an insidious infestation of leftist progressivism emanating like a destructive tsunami from our colleges and universities. It probably began much earlier in the1920’s, but gathered steam/really began rolling in the 1950’s.</p>
<p>Those unable to imagine such an enormous subterfuge must harken that it’s taken 100yrs to reach current levels. I’m saying in the 1920’s and even before professors/teachers coming from Europe, particularly Germany, brought their scholarly ideas about government and society. There was nothing in Europe like America, so they taught ideological concepts reflecting the dictatorships, monarchies, plutocracies/oligarchies, military juntas, theocratic councils and strongman presidents prevailing at the time. Many of these realms/principalities/duchies fancied themselves democracies, even republics, but relied on constitutions whose authority came from a ruler, monarch, strongman or council so it could be changed at their whim.</p>
<p>Our constitution takes its authority from the consent of the governed a radical new concept in the 18thcentury. Furthermore, it relied on the proposition all men are created equal with certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. This means these rights can’t be taken away by the whimsy of a ruler or governmental body nor can underlying precepts/privileges supporting the rights be denied, as expressed in amendments to the constitution. These facts let us claim we’re a moral, ethical, spiritual society, founded on God.</p>
<p>Today, I think we have two major problems: disbelieving such an enormous deceit could have been orchestrated randomly or by design; ambivalence of the people {masses} to this reality and/or inability to recognize, accept and deal with its impending result: the demise of our democracy.</p>
<p>To explain the first, in the late 1800’s/early 1900’s Europe was awash in the writings of Karl Marx and his cronies. Many academics looked kindly at his theory, some even welcoming the Russian Revolution! They brought the ideas/beliefs here and began proselytizing/indoctrinating our best and brightest, first in the Ivy League but soon in schools across the country.</p>
<p>Within Marxism there developed a mandate calling for an administrative state whereby/wherein unelected experts each in their own field are appointed, acquiring law-making authority to set regulations and constraints across society. Many of these became codified/rubber-stamped by the congress. Since these bureaucrats/apparatchiks aren’t elected, their acts represent rules/legislation without representation!</p>
<p>Coincident with the brainwashing/indoctrination of youth or perhaps triggered by it, The American Communist Party was started along with various socialist/progressive groups all working in a destabilizing confluence to disrupt America’s culture: unions, ACORN, ACLU, NAACP, La Raza, SLA, Black Panthers, SDS, ACT BLUE, BLM, ANTIFA, Feminists to name a few; then there were homegrown agitators like the CFR, Trilateral Commission, CIA/Justice Dept in part and the Democrat Party which became corrosively, irreversibly commandeered by these elements, promoting the Leftist push. Then came internationals feigning brotherhood and world unity: UN, WHO, WTO, IMF, WEF, NATO and the Bilderbergs.</p>
<p>Each strove to change culture, society, governance. Each inserted agents in the mainstream of western societies, focusing mainly on AMERICA since we’re a God-based, freedom loving, multi-cultural society with unique constitution and tradition. We were/are the big bump in their road to globalism and New World Order.</p>
<p>Anyone who was happy/content with our American system in the 50’s was either ambivalent/apathetic/asleep not to have noticed these anti-American forces at work. Yes, post-WWII years were prosperous and exciting with many enjoying newfound opportunities, bright futures and modest emerging wealth. Evidently {sadly} these also brought foolish euphoria distraction and dangerous overconfidence causing us to slacken our grip, dull our gaze and lose our sense of self-preservation. In other words, our good fortune was luring us to peril.</p>
<p>Wide-spread prosperity and generalized sense of accomplishment/success worked in tandem with aforementioned movements to slowly, inevitably weaken and alter our constitutional democratic republic into a polyglot, multicultural cross-purposed democracy, ruled by minority, controlled by political leaders who were more like saboteurs/traitors. Add to this media hype, fake news, propaganda, subliminal messaging, government lies and you have a recipe for disaster!</p>
<p>The leftist-Zionist-environmentalist-globalist agendas infuse the whole of society and all its organs, even though it was the minority view. Most of us sleeping or not were still Americans at heart and in spirit, believing this deceitful ruse would see its day and fall by the wayside.</p>
<p>When one begins to see how duped we’ve become they must address the maddening frustration that, even with blatant signs and telltale absurdities everywhere permeating education, media, entertainment, even government {open borders, birthright citizenship, sanctuary cities, rigged elections, medical skullduggery, massive DHHS fraud, massive NGO corruption, reverse racism, sex-ed for 3-5yr olds, drag queen admirals/generals, proclamation by autopen, defying ICE} a majority still refuse to see it! This second problem is more difficult to explain than the first.</p>
<p>To begin, we all have built-in respect/faith for professionals and leaders. Referring to doctors, lawyers, scientists or professors, or mayors, governors or senators, we give benefit of doubt that they’re serious about their jobs, project/exhibit integrity and share the American understanding of right and wrong; good and bad.</p>
<p>To think a doctor would do wrong for money, lawyer defraud or take advantage, is hard. These same professionals populate boardrooms/halls of power and corrupt these as well. It follows, if you think it’s possible we’re in the throes of a vast undermining of our government and all its agencies, couldn’t it be coordinated across the whole of society?</p>
<p>When we listen to the radio or watch TV we’re being influenced; when we go to school we’re indoctrinated; movies or plays to subliminal messaging; reading/viewing news exposure to propaganda. All this is happening and more. Why can’t most see it?</p>
<p>Sea of Ambivalence means having two contrary opinions at once; being of two minds. This implies we can see what’s happening but can’t decide if its good or bad?</p>
<p>Sea of Apathy means absence of passion, emotion or concern; a state of generalized indifference; we simply don’t care; lack motivation to engage in something we once supported/enjoyed; rather watch the ball game or some lefty comedian trashing Trump, mocking Melania and ridiculing patriotism.</p>
<p>Sea of Slumber means we’re asleep at the helm on our ship of destiny, trusting someone/anyone will keep us going in the right direction . . somnambulating our way through life in a kind of smug-like dream in which we assume it’s all fine, just a bunch of conspiracy theorists shouting the sky is falling!</p>
<p>Many of us {maybe 25-30mil?} have been troubled/worried since 9/11 . . even before that to the Clinton years when we thought we’d entered Clown World! To get an inkling of how we feel I might suggest you check out a song by the Kinks, released in 1965 and reaching #1 called TIRED OF WAITIN’.    I think it captures our angst with Trump and this calamity! Give a listen . . . mind you, I’ve believed in him from the start, trusting he would do the right thing. But like Reagan always said, Trust but VERIFY! Time to put up or shut up!</p>
<p>For those more visual, a movie was released also in 1965: SHIP OF FOOLS. Reviews called it a microcosm of the world in 1933; an allegory of pre-Nazi culture/politics exhibited by  a disparate group of passengers caricaturing aspects of racism, prejudice, elitism, nationalism, Zionism etc. One reviewer said it looks metaphorically at the world on its voyage to eternity. Have a look . . . has America become a Ship of Fools? Are we sailing into oblivion?</p>
<p>If we are 30mil strong, how many more will it take to begin the reveal? Disclosures? Arrests? Scandals? Child abuse, pedophilia, pederasty and blood-lust torture? Maniacal satanism? We are roughly 300mil and approximately half of us vote. So 30mil of the movers and shakers see what’s going on, 120mil are mute/uninvolved. Can that work? Can 20% carry the day? Or more like 10% of our actual total . .  ?</p>
<p>America is a brilliant experiment that became great but now risks becoming something less. We think our ship is sound and can withstand a storm, but the many forces arrayed ag -ainst us are altering our course and speed, levying new rules on how to behave, how to live. Result? The world is losing its sturdiest redoubt, its last bastion against faulty ideologies.</p>
<p>Our ship’s helm is all ahead slow, moving us in ever decreasing circles towards . . what? A world beyond politics? A godless place defying description? A tragic forlorn place that’s been tried many times before, always failing horribly? Pray, we don’t let it happen!</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Hello my friend. It was nice seeing you the other day and catching up on things. After all these years we still think alike. Only a few areas of discord which I think credits our friendship and the respect we have for one another. So, I hope it’s safe to say I think you see [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello my friend. It was nice seeing you the other day and catching up on things. After all these years we still think alike. Only a few areas of discord which I think credits our friendship and the respect we have for one another.</p>
<p>So, I hope it’s safe to say I think you see things from the Latino/Hispanic perspective and it influences your thoughts and judgement. Take this rounding up illegals thing. It goes without question they’re mostly Browns (if I can use that term) so of keen interest to you, right?</p>
<p>To me, an illegal is an illegal and makes no difference who they are or where they’re from. They dilute our polity, change our culture and in mass represent a threat to our national character and security. I appeal to your sense of fair play and lawful disposition, old friend, to try to see it this way and not as a witch hunt on Hispanics! It’s a concerted broad-brush effort to identify, detain and process all illegal persons.</p>
<p>That’s illegals &#8211; not Hispanics. And it isn’t an exacting process, this rounding up. Estimates suggest literally millions filtered across our southern border these past several years, disappearing into the general population. To think we stayed on top of this, tracking every individual to his final abode is (I think) wishful thinking. Granted, we know where some went and came to learn the where-abouts of others using latest security and surveillance techniques, but these don’t constitute the majority.</p>
<p>Consequently when one or more individuals are located, there will probably be similar individuals nearby, necessitating a sweep or raid-like approach to insure they’re caught. If innocents get inadvertently swept up, it should be understood it’s the law of unintended consequences at work and not some clandestine or underhanded strategy to get as many as possible, illegal or otherwise.</p>
<p>We must believe ICE and other authorities will make every effort to quickly identify those who weren’t targeted, freeing them from further action. You seem to worry many of your Brown friends and brethren are misreading this as a trap to round up virtually everybody. Please tell me you don’t believe this. You don’t really believe your friends are afraid to walk the streets for fear of being swept up! You know as well as I they’d simply identify themselves, be quickly ID’d and, assuming they’re citizens or have green card legal status, be released on their own recognizance. On the other hand, they are illegal but living here for years and paying their dues with jobs, families and so on, ICE {Trump} would want to allow that in every way that matters they’ve been good citizens de-</p>
<p>Serving of the right to be treated with dignity and deference in spite of their circumstantial illegality. Let’s hope you and I, this attitude permeates the ranks of ICE and other policing agencies who all will remain poised to act in positive ways to quickly rectify these situations.</p>
<p>ICE is not the Gestapo as the liberal media would have you believe, and Trump is not some dictator drunk with power and eager to spread an iron fist across the land. Like any large grouping there may be a few bad apples, but they will be found, relieved of their authority and punished for any wrong-doing.</p>
<p>I hope you will do your best to spread this message through the community, that there’s nothing to worry about! This effort is reasonable, righteous and of best intentions. Once concluded, America in all its cities, neighborhoods, barrios, nooks and crannies will be a better, safer place.</p>
<p>My final word is, the media has been and continues to be the problem. They paint everything in the worst light, darkening and obscuring the real countenance or inner motives of this president. He is working &#8211; struggling &#8211; to reinstate our political destiny, as envisioned by the framers and founders of our great land.</p>
<p>He is doing this against the odds, immersed in a political quagmire of unimaginable proportions; a detestable swamp</p>
<p>teeming with corruption, crime and evil. We simply cannot comprehend the depth/breadth of this noxious low-hanging miasma blurring our view and destroying our powers of discernment.</p>
<p>With the military behind him he is our last hope for victory  and vindication. He’s already suffered blows, slings and arrows and indignations of outrageous vendettas if not hellbent attacks, yet remains strong and ready for more!</p>
<p>So when he acts and talks in certain ways, don’t be alarmed! Don’t listen to his detractors! There is purpose and sense in everything he does. Remember, we’ve been living in a false reality for years and this ugly truth calls for extraordinary tactics we may not understand, but they’re necessary if not essential to get this thing resolved!</p>
<p>I’m talking about nothing less than America’s survival! We languish at risk, slumber and scoff at our peril! Things are happening and Trump is the force behind them. Make no mistake, he’s our benefactor and leader. He has a Master Plan and knows what he’s about.</p>
<p>Dealing with illegals is one step. Ferreting out traitors within his camp another. Shutting down sanctuary cities another. Telling Venezuela, Iran and Cuba to change their ways or suffer the consequences another. Dealing with world bodies like NATO, UN, EU, WHO, IMF, World Bank and WEF another. Telling Mexico to clean up their cartels or we’ll do it, another. Creating Space Force, shutting down the Dept of Education, switching to a tariff based fiscal system, looking at Greenland and Canada as potential acquisitions, all this is past the average person’s understanding, but Trump is not an average person.</p>
<p>He’s on a mission. He has an agenda. He’s earned the trust and respect of every freedom-loving constitutional patriot who call themself an American whether White, Brown, Black, Yellow, Red or something in between. Do not doubt. Do not fret for your brethren. It’s all part of the Plan. Take care with what you hear, keep your ear at ground. Know your friends but know your enemies better! Nothing is as it seems in this false reality.</p>
<p>I believe these things with all my heart, Diego. I urge you to do the same. Take care my friend. Keep an open mind and stay alert! A new day is breaking on the horizon . . .</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Lately I’ve been watching various political analysts review our current situation, offering recommendations of what to do to recapture the founders’ dream for America. They begin by critiquing Trump’s flaws from the conservative standpoint, expending great effort/ink decrying his aberrant behaviors, untrustworthy exhortations and refusal to identify himself as being this type conservative or that, [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lately I’ve been watching various political analysts review our current situation, offering recommendations of what to do to recapture the founders’ dream for America.</p>
<p>They begin by critiquing Trump’s flaws from the conservative standpoint, expending great effort/ink decrying his aberrant behaviors, untrustworthy exhortations and refusal to identify himself as being this type conservative or that, resulting in praise from one faction, outrage from another.</p>
<p>It seems to honor the founders’ dream you must be a certain type of conservative, such as neocon, Reaganite, Goldwater-ian or Judeo-Christian-ian. You must also subscribe to a particular economic school, following the likes of Von Mises, Hayek or Friedman. Then follow lengthy discourses on the pros/cons of these gentlemen and their ideas, how they enhance/detract from the thoughts and ideas of Jefferson, Madison and Hamilton.</p>
<p>Of course, ever-present in their scholarly musings is TDS [Trump Derangement Syndrome]. It seems many of our best and brightest pundits, talking heads and political commentators suffer from this malady. And recall, I’m talking about conservatives!</p>
<p>I’m frustrated if not disgusted hearing/reading their disserta-tions of his words, actions, policies. They’re so steeped in erudition they can’t see they’re arranging deck chairs on a sinking ship and it’s going down, that’s for sure! Guess they want everything tidy and organized when it does!</p>
<p>Why aren’t they examining/investigating the reasons for our foundering?  Why not look at our last 4-5 national elections? Jan 6th ’21 insurrection? Covid hoax and resulting pandemic? 9/11 tragedy and resulting Patriot Act?</p>
<p>I’m not saying people aren’t reviewing these things, even making good headway, but think-tankers/would-be leaders teaching us, helping us understand, aren’t interested. To them, it’s all about Trump and business-as-usual. Yes, he’s doing some good things, but he could do so much more if he was just one of them! If only he understood the political machinations that create/strengthen partisan power! He’d take the helm and steer us to calmer seas where we could so much better tidy, stow, swish, swab, spit and polish this ship. Yes, we’ve been thru a great storm/upheaval and much about us is topsy-turvy! They want us to lick our wounds and move on. Never mind patching the hull or rudder doesn’t answer helm, engines need repair and we’re low on fuel. They don’t realize how, fair-weather or no, we can’t plot a course. We’ve got to address our ship’s condition right now, and how it got this way!</p>
<p>We’re a battered, tired crew who need to investigate! Who did it? We know far better than passengers [unwary citizens] what we’ve been through and the damage we can’t ignore. We don’t need books, sailor’s manuals or lectures: we need answers!</p>
<p>To review, Covid was developed in labs in several places under US sanction and sponsorship. Liberties and freedoms were taken away unconstitutionally by governors and national/local health authorities. They arbitrarily and without purview curfewed, quarantined and stopped gatherings of any kind. They enforced ineffectual medical protocols and drugs which actually worsened conditions. They blocked the use of drugs/medicines that had proven to be effective. There’s simply no telling how many died due to their agenda, let alone from incompetence and negligence.</p>
<p>We must determine how they got away with this. Where were the professionals? Scientists, biologists, biochemists and doctors who should have sensed this and stopped it? There had to be conspiracy, even collusion, for it to happen. That implies illegality/criminality from highest to lowest across the board!</p>
<p>As evidence develops and proofs are found, I don’t think we want to go forward without finding the ringleaders behind this hoax/tragedy. They need to be held accountable! Why aren’t the intellectuals/experts/scholars {ESI’s} demanding this?</p>
<p>Then there’s the 2020 election and subsequent Jan 6th ’21 in-surrection. State-by-state enough proof has been dug up the past 4yrs to conclude – without hesitation or reservation – the election was rigged and a total fraud! Any valid recount would immediately show Trump actually won and by a landslide! This in turn means Joe Biden was a dupe or imposter if he was astoundingly ignorant; if not, a traitorous ideologue!</p>
<p>The insurrection was a false flag orchestrated by the same malefactors and conspirators who set up Covid. They knew Trump and his people would hold a rally trying to get word out about the bad election – giving them hope for redress &#8211; not promote anarchy, insurrection and treason. Deep state miscreants infested through the whole of government and all its departments/agencies went into action, luring peaceful pro-Trump supporters and demonstrators to shout, march, threaten and storm the capital building. These agents from FBI/CIA/STATE/JUSTICE infiltrated the crowd and provoked them to riot and mayhem. It was a set-up planned in large part by Pelosi, Schiff, Schumer, Liz Cheney, Kamala Harris, Biden, and Obama, among others. Why aren’t ESI’s focusing on this and demanding answers?!</p>
<p>Unwary apathetic citizens [passengers] make up a majority of our citizenry, resulting in no national outcry to right these wrongs! Trump has been trying to enlighten us these past ten(10) years, but to no great effect. It’s believed by some that until a majority of us support Trump and come to awaken/realize all the dastardly things that have happened, there can be no ongoing revealments, disclosures or truth. It would be too risky! The remedies and punishments would be so harsh, disclosures so outrageous, that Trump would appear dictatorial, causing widespread backlash and rebellion. The country could collapse into civil war! I think it’s time we believe these facts and truths no matter how unbelievable, risky or not.</p>
<p>By the end of June the Supreme Court is scheduled to rule on about a dozen cases, many of which will directly effect Trump’s ability to continue investigating/arresting. This will be one indicator of whether or not he is winning the battle. Another will be the mid-term elections. The congress and senate must swing decidedly in his favor for him to promote legislative changes designed to preclude and in all ways pre-vent any such systemic catastrophe befalling us again!</p>
<p>There are many other events needing full disclosure such as 9/11, TWA FLT800, Epstein Island, Kennedy Assassinations, King assassination, phony impeachment dossier, Clinton Foundation, Hillary’s Hit List, Sandy Hook and much much more.</p>
<p>Our Ship of State critically depends on preserving and honor-ing the Constitution/Declaration AND the integrity  and loyalty of the People. This political maelstrom these past 60 yrs resulted from apathy, lack of accountability and excessive leanings/strivings for more and more liberal, progressive and socialized programming/systemization. Thus, we gradually moved further and further away from the founders’ concept of a constitutional democratic republic.</p>
<p>We need resolve, closure and justice! We need to ferret out any remaining traitorous ideologues in government, federal or state/local. We need to pass laws that will prevent anything like this from ever happening again!</p>
<p>At the end of WWII there were the Nuremberg Trials, whereby the Nazi leadership were held responsible for their crimes against humanity. Call it Nuremberg1. We need the same kind of follow-up to this American tragedy/World-wide debacle! Call it Nuremberg 2.</p>
<p>In the former it was soon realized, more than the Nazi’s, there were others who committed heinous crimes during the war, aiding and abetting both sides for profit. Individuals and their companies/corporations should have been called to account for their actions and deeds, helping the trials to appear less of a travesty and hypocrisy!</p>
<p>We must not make the same mistake. Traitors and miscreants from highest to lowliest must all be held to account. And not just those in government. Many persons in entertainment, music, sport, media, journalism, education medicine and science played critical roles in spreading the espionage and must be punished!</p>
<p>Until this happens, our American Ship-of-State will be steaming in circles, going nowhere. No matter how much we pretty it up with spit and polish, or a few band aids, or a bunch of euphemistic ESI excuses, tens of millions of us will not be satisfied, telling Trump administration and all the other movers and shakers it’s unacceptable!</p>
<p>Perhaps 20-30 millions of us are awake, aware and outraged! We’ve been waiting more than 10yrs for this undemocratic, anti-American ideological phenomenon to be recognized and stopped! We hope [hoped] Trump could and would do this, but our patience grows thin and we’re tired of waiting.</p>
<p>We worry that 30 million is still only around 10% of our people, how this isn’t enough to convince our MAGA friends the time is now. We can ill afford to wait any longer. We need a major disclosure event immediately, come what may. Given this, we can bear witness and sustain it. Those who can’t cope must seek professional help to fully grasp, process and totally accept these are the facts and this is the truth; not some Hillary-ious Vast Right Wing Conspiracy as we were once told, and once duped!</p>
<p>Big scare event, emergency broadcast, military tribunals, whatever it takes to make this happen and get it done. We are steaming slowly in circles, going nowhere, but if we can get things moving and begin the Great Awakening, we can right our course, increase our speed and become once again the Shining City on the Hill, the Founders’ Dream, the best ongoing hope for humanity and the world.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>I’m barely aware who Nicki Minaj is, she being a rap-culture entertainer. Trashy, rappy, hippety-hoppy, I’m about three generations and sixty years removed from the age at which her artform is appreciated, but evidently she’s a talented performer with a vast fan club of teens/young adults in the millions. Question: why did she recently post [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I’m barely aware who Nicki Minaj is, she being a rap-culture entertainer. Trashy, rappy, hippety-hoppy, I’m about three generations and sixty years removed from the age at which her artform is appreciated, but evidently she’s a talented performer with a vast fan club of teens/young adults in the millions. Question: why did she recently post on internet the message/warning &#8211; <strong><em>they’re eating babies</em></strong><em>!?</em><span id="more-1957"></span></p>
<p>This came out of nowhere, blind-siding and catching millions of <em>anons/digital warriors </em>off-guard<em>, </em>including me! Given that she could be a good God-fearing person was she confronted in her musical career with this reality? Was she co-opted by the White hats to do this? Or, is she simply using this outrag-eous sensationalism to get attention? I admit I don’t know, but this assertion is the <em>keystone depravity</em> above all others in <em>Clown World Universe,</em> leaping past the previous softly spoken allegations about <em>D.U.M.B.’s, human/child trafficking, pedophiles, adrenochrome, Satanism and ritualistic child sacrifice/cannibalism.</em></p>
<p>If you’ve been reading me you know I’ve touched on/alluded to all these in many articles hoping to hit a nerve, add a grain of understanding to somnolent readers who prefer not to be told of such things. I think you’ll agree, next to rigged elections, covid hoax, false-flag insurrection, dirty FBI/DOJ, this makes those oft repeated allegations pale by comparison!</p>
<p>So here we are. Whether it’s an honest plaintiff cry, a forced or otherwise coerced exhortation or sick publicity stunt, the fact remains: this has been happening and continues to happen, here in America and around the world.</p>
<p>My fellows and I have spent years trying to get the word out, waken people up, but to no avail. Seems <em>run-of-the-mill</em> corruptions, political scandals/outrages aren’t enough, not loud or surprising enough to get a raised eyebrow or even a sideways glance. Maybe you confused me with <em>fake news</em> and we certainly can’t believe anything they say, right?</p>
<p>Should I ignore this interloper’s effort to alert her fans to the horrors being committed? Or grab it, give it legs and ride full gallop to the finish line? Understand, we’re all desperately frustrated with the slow pace of things. We’ve been dying for Trump to release details of all the frauds and treasons we’ve suffered but they keep warning: too much too soon will trigger rebellion; divulge in one fell swoop, society will fracture!</p>
<p>So we dole it out little by little to let the masses slowly process, digest and come to grips with the whole ungodly truth/ evil that has blanketed us for years. Persons we look up to, respect, even love are evil. When we learn what they’ve done we will cry out for mercy, beg to be struck deaf-dumb-blind so we’re incapable of learning such unspeakable horrors.</p>
<p>Can this be the crack in the damn moment? Will cascading torrents of revealment envelop and wash over us, roiling and tumbling us along an ever-steepening path to awakening, enlightenment and impossible truth? Nicki Minaj is hardly a Billy Graham, JFK or Ronnie Reagan. Can we trust her like we trusted them? If this is her truth, can it be ours? Did evildoers overthrow our government on 11/3/20? Did they deliberately release a bioweapon in Jan’20 expecting not just thousands but millions to die? When it didn’t work did they counsel us to take vaccines loaded with lethal toxins/chemicals that debilitated/sickened us? Was Jan 6<sup>th </sup>’21 part of their ongoing insurrection? Was Biden an imposter and rogue president?</p>
<p>There’s more, tons more. The Biden years were a farce, and all in his administration were fraudsters, jokers and traitors! Bill/Hillary, Bush I &amp; II, Obama/Michelle, Biden/Jill, Kamala/ Walz &#8211; all plotters, colluders, traitors! Illegal immigration an intentional strategy to dilute/disrupt our polity; sanctuary cities a tactical ploy; Antifa, BLM, CRT/DEI a divide/conquer effort; defund/federalize the police transparent lunacy; transgenderism/LGBTQ a confusing psychological distraction.</p>
<p>What do we think Epstein Island was all about? The Playboy mansion? The P. Diddy parties, Hollywood scene, Harvey Weinstein, Hunter/Weiner laptops, Pizza-gate, cocaine in the White House, Prince Andrew, Trump’s impeachments,  indictments, felonious convictions on and on . . . We’ve been under the Insurrection Act of 1807 and martial law since 11/4/20. Trump remained President/Commander-in-Chief 2021-2024. He’s POTUS 45/6/7, may find a way to be 48!</p>
<p>Senators, congress-persons, judges, Governors, Mayors, Attorneys General, Secretary’s of State, District Attorneys, election officials, all are suspect and in jeopardy. Biden’s pardons are null and void, as are any/all acts and deeds signed off with the<em> autopen</em>. A day of reckoning approaches.</p>
<p>Again, I don’t know if Minaj is for real, nor Marjorie Taylor Greene, Rand Paul, Pam Bondi, Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson or many others. They’re a cast of characters dancing in a mirrored funhouse in <em>Clown World</em>. All we can do is keep our wits, focus on the wrongs/evils that abound and fixate on the road ahead leading from this swamp back to reality, sanity, normalcy and home!</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My last article gave rise to several comments regarding ideas behind certain terms that were used. I’d like to present them here with my personal beliefs as to where they came from and what they mean. Feel free to embellish/challenge if anything troubles, bearing in mind these are simply how I see things – at the moment.<span id="more-1955"></span></p>
<p><strong>LIBERAL / PROGRESSIVE</strong></p>
<p>Mostly <em>left of center </em>in attitude about government and how much welfare it should provide; think primary job is protect the little guy; want more centralized/standardized controls; education, healthcare, housing should be subsidized to a great/greater extent; taxes grow government and allow goods  and services to be redistributed; no poverty or mega-wealth, only narrow financial band with min-max limits.</p>
<p>AGREE___ DISAGREE___  DON’T KNOW___ DON’T CARE ___</p>
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<p><strong>CONSERVATIVE / STATUS QUO</strong></p>
<p>Usually <em>right of center</em> in attitude toward governance; believe in merit/virtue, adhere to law/Constitution; believe government should be limited/well defined as to duties/responsibilities; believe anything not covered in Constitution is left to states; disseminating goods/services should be strictly controlled, accountable &amp; periodically audited; believe capitalism rests on democratic-republic base; laws emanate from congress; natural law is progenitor of rights to life, liberty, happiness, property.</p>
<p>AGREE___DISAGREE___ DON’T KNOW ___DON’T CARE ___</p>
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<p><strong>PROGRESSIVE LEFTIST / EXTREMIST</strong></p>
<p>Constitution should adapt to societal change brought on by modernity adding amendments to clarify antiquated language; need egalitarian leveling of demographics to insure people of every skin color, culture, ethnicity, language, gender, sexual orientation, religion or political persuasion are equally/equitably represented, enjoying equal opportunity <em><u>and equal results</u></em>; policing should be unobtrusive, noninvasive, w/lethal force only in self-defense; standards of excellence physical/mental should adjust for current appropriateness to give persons of minimum aptitude fair chance to meet the bar/pass the test; immigration should be welcome and open; differing languages are OK; full pregnancy abortion on demand, gov’t sponsored; highly controlled/restricted gun ownership; everyone votes, even if extending hours/days to do so, or absentee ballots, or unclear voting eligibility, or mechanical/electronic outsourcing or even English illiterate.</p>
<p>AGREE___DISAGREE___  DON’T KNOW ___ DON’T CARE ___</p>
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<p><strong>RIGHT WINGER / RIGHTIST</strong></p>
<p>Trust status quo, legal precedents and strict/literal interpretation of the Constitution; believe standards and tests are long established and warrant respect/enforcing as is; believe English is our official language; all persons – citizens/legal residents  – are protected by the Constitution; illegals and  undocumented <em>are not</em>; birthright citizenship is unconstitutional, as are sanctuary zones; state officials proscribing anti-federal strictures are guilty of treason; abortion is personal decision  of mother in 1<sup>st</sup> trimester only, at her expense – laws controlling should be at state level; marriage is legal pairing of biological man/woman &#8211; other legal pairings must be identified by different descriptive, like marital bond, contract or partnership; gun ownership is constitutional right, within reason, regulated by states; freedom of speech can be oral, written opinions on any subject but not violence against gov’t; religious freedom originally covered Judeo-Christian sects, assumed none would be in opposition/contradistinction to core principles of the Declaration/Constitution; predisposed anti-American belief systems are antithetical/anathematic to our republic, shouldn’t be allowed within constitutionally protected territory of United States.</p>
<p>AGREE___ DISAGREE____  DON’T KNOW___ DON’T CARE___</p>
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<p><strong>SOCIALIST / MARXIST &gt; COMMUNIST</strong></p>
<p>Gradations representing more and more centralized control by government over gross domestic product/economy; more and more control over daily activities of citizens, over ideas, thoughts, liberties; subscribing to these is <em>by definition</em> <u>not American</u> and cannot coexist under same American gov’t umbrella since goal is classless society where property/resources are owned by everyone <em>{government} </em>leading to single party totalitarian state.</p>
<p>AGREE____DISAGREE____ DON’T KNOW___ DON’T CARE___</p>
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<p><strong>ZIONIST / ISRAELI NATIONALIST</strong></p>
<p>Movement for the re-establishment/ongoing development of Jewish nation in what is now Israel. Established as a political organization in 1897 by Theodor Herzl, later by Chaim Weizmann, Zionism is nationalist movement supporting self-determination/statehood of Jewish people in their ancestral homeland Palestine, formally established by UN in 1948; Zionism promotes strengthening/expanding Israeli territory by any means, including diplomacy, business acquisition or spoils of war; seeks to grow/establish large centralized state for world Jewry; <em>Sephartic</em> from Iberian peninsula, Spain/Portugal, migrating to north Africa; <em>Ashkenazi</em> diaspora through central/eastern Europe; those occupying Russia’s western territory of Khazar, now known as Ukraine in 9<sup>th</sup> century, took name <em>Kazarian </em>around 12<sup>th</sup> century, co-mingling Khazacs  w/Ashkenazi; Khazacs made trouble for czars, forced to adopt Judaism, joined Ashkenazi and started long-term fight with Czarist Russia.</p>
<p>AGREE___DISAGREE____DON’T KNOW____DON’T CARE____</p>
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<p><strong>GLOBALISTS / NEW WORLD ORDER</strong></p>
<p>Following WWI these strove to create world-governing  League of Nations, believing it would end wars. America balked, stalemating unification for 30yrs; following WWII UN established with other groups to federalize world; globalists infiltrated/infused their anti-American ideology into every nook/cranny of society. Persons swearing to defend the Constitution against enemies foreign/domestic began working to undermine/deconstruct our democratic republic, it being a major stumbling block in the road to globalization. Zionists trying to build bigger, stronger Israel realized their goal used same strategies/subterfuges as globalists, so elements of both began working together. As if not bad enough, other factions (Blacks/Browns) piled on, dampening America’s prospects even more. A globally dominant New World Order or ideologically dominant Marxism both spelled doom for America! Two types of Globalists: political scientists (benign) &#8211; believe world will be safer; banking cabalists/Roth schilds(evil) &#8211; working to dominate planet.</p>
<p>AGREE___ DISAGREE___ DON’T KNOW___ DON’T CARE___</p>
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<p><strong>CENTRAL BANKERS / CABAL &gt; ROTHSCHILDS</strong></p>
<p>Rothschild dynasty began mid-1600’s with Isaak Bacharach building house in Frankfurt, Germany named <em>ROTHSCHILD</em> or red shield in 1567. His son, Mayer Rothschild, was coin dealer who became financial agent to German nobility. He went into money lending, sent five sons to various cities of importance. Their efforts made them richest family on earth by mid-1800’s lending to countries, kings, emperors, titans of business, even financing Napoleonic wars; as territories coalesced into political entities Rothschilds financed these embryonic nations, encouraging systems of central banking that could borrow from them. Early proponents in America were Alexander Hamilton (1<sup>st</sup> Bank of US); John C Calhoun (2<sup>nd</sup> Bank of US) chartered under James Madison near end of his presidency to pay off debt from War of 1812; opposed but no choice;<em> JCC</em> favored, tried forcing Andrew Jackson to recharter but failed; 3<sup>rd</sup> central bank started in 1913 under Woodrow Wilson called <em>FEDERAL RESERVE</em>, part public-part private. Who owns <em>“private”? </em>Until Zionism arose in 1897 the Rothschild cabal worked round the clock/world to consolidate power and achieve supreme control over everybody, including America!</p>
<p>AGREE___DISAGREE___  DON’T KNOW___ DON’T CARE___</p>
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<p>Since <em>liberal ideas</em> are mostly democrat the various interests and movements described above approached the conquest of America thru that Party and central bank, with help from Jews and as more became democrats (70%+) they gained power/influence in the Party and took up managerial/political positions, running Party affairs at the state/federal levels, winning elected positions in all levels of government. A lot held dual Israeli citizenship casting doubt over their loyalties. Seven presidents have been of Jewish heritage.</p>
<p>Karl Marx was <em>Ashkenazi</em> Jew. <em>Ashkenazi</em> who migrated to the Khazar region of Russia spent roughly 800yrs coexisting with their Russian hosts who in turn adopted <u>their</u> religion. Time/ proximity mongrelized them, morphing those practicing Judaism into<em> Kazarian</em> Jews. Many of these became Marxists/ Communists. It’s estimated there were less than 5% across the whole of Russia in 1900. Still, Communists developed a leading majority <em>Bolsheviks</em> with 30%+ Jews in upper ranks. These restarted the revolution and brutally killed the Czar, his wife and children. Concerted efforts by tiny minority in just 20yrs overthrew a large powerful country!</p>
<p>America today has less than 10Mil Jews and 65% are <em>Ashkenazi</em>. Their grandparents/parents emigrated to the US at turn of the century. Largest community of <em>Ashkenazi</em> is here, not Israel. Could they be <em>Kazarian</em>?<em> Zionist? Bolshevik? </em>Of interest: 30Mil+ pro-Israel Evangelicals support the Jewish lobby, as it supports Israel.</p>
<p>So we have socialists/Marxists, two types of Globalists, parasites suckling/leeching fruits of porcine central banking system and <em>man-on-the-street</em> Democrats deaf/dumb/blind to radicalization of their Party and who commandeered it! My thesis is that various ideological groups have slowly/slyly insinuated themselves into the highest levels of society: gov’t all tiers, media, entertainment, health sciences, medicine, academia, business. Look up America’s billionaires you find a significant number are Jewish. Their influence has manipulated our political landscape for 150yrs. Example: search for <em>Bernard Baruch</em> to see what he did behind scenes for Wilson and others up thru Eisenhower. Consider FDR’s cabinet and staff. Men like Alger Hiss and Henry Morgantheau Jr were more concerned with creating the UN, Israel, communizing America than helping <em>US</em>! Hiss was Russian spy, went to prison and instrumental in demonizing Sen Joe McCarthy: <em>the major media backed him</em>!</p>
<p><em>BTW &#8211; Jews are predominantly good people</em>, <em>probably don’t realize what their wealthy cousins have been up to! </em>Antisemitic? Facts: 70% of Jews are Democrat and voted overwhelmingly for Clinton/Obama/Biden/Harris; all will soon be charged with various crimes/treasons with virtually tens of thousands more. Israel’s <em>Mossad </em>will be exposed as prime instigator behind 9/11, various plane crashes, gun violence, bombings. Oh, did I tell you? My mom was Russian Jew.</p>
<p>This has barely scratched the surface of what needs to be  understood about our current political situation. It hasn’t  discussed <em>Satanists</em>,<em> traffickers, woke, DEI, Latinx or LGBTQ. </em>Previous articles tried to describe but few grasp the enormity of what they’ve done!</p>
<p>To see where you stand in terms of understanding, revisit the eight categories shown above and answer each one. Review how many you marked as either Disagree, Don’t Know, Don’t Care. Send me your tally. I’ll debate/respond to any who feel it’s unfair, unscholarly or informationally suspect. I admit from outset I’m no scholar nor did I do more than a minimum of research into my assessments.</p>
<p>Harsh, but I’ve agonized for 21yrs+ with the inertial unwillingness of family, friends, neighbors and masses to wake up! We’re deep in an <em>Evergladian boggy-swamp nightmare</em> yet remain delightfully air-headed, unconcerned. Smell the coffee! Millions of yesterday’s <em>conspiracy theorists </em>are today’s <em><u>realists!</u></em> We know the truth, beg hundreds of millions of our fellows to awake! Rise up! Join us, before it’s too late!</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>We’ve all heard the phrase Justice Delayed is Justice Denied! Trump is about to close out his first year in office. When you think back to the promises he made, along with the promises his staffers made, we have to wonder &#8211; what the heck happened to Justice? Everywhere we look there are bad guys, [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We’ve all heard the phrase <em>Justice Delayed is Justice Denied! </em>Trump is about to close out his first year in office. When you think back to the promises he made, along with the promises his staffers made, we have to wonder &#8211; <em>what the heck happened to Justice?</em><span id="more-1953"></span></p>
<p>Everywhere we look there are bad guys, black hats, plotters, schemers, perpetrators walking around free as birds, some still doing jobs in which they breached our trust, broke their oaths and betrayed our country! What gives? Why are they still not apprehended?</p>
<p>It&#8217;s understood the wheels of justice turn at their own pace, with/without the promptings of good guys, but shouldn’t we be seeing at least a few of these jokers getting their due?</p>
<p>I think lots of us are frustrated at the glacial pace disclosure and punishment are taking! It’s nonsensical when you think how, over and over again, we heard &#8211; <em>They got ‘em! They got ‘em all!</em>  <em>Swamp is real! Draining is underway!</em></p>
<p>We were advised caution was necessary, warned how too much too soon could precipitate a calamity, especially given how enormously bad things had gotten. Many still weren’t ready to learn the truth. They needed time to process the information. If dumped too quickly they could panic, slip into denial or totally freakout.</p>
<p>It’s a valid point something bad or out of control could erupt, taking us into a state of anarchy, even full-blown rebellion! So we tread lightly and watch every move, making sure we’ve got our facts straight and have followed the letter of the law. We can’t afford making mistakes at this perilous juncture, where the road to justice meets the path to our destiny.</p>
<p>Yes, we’re sick and tired with how long this is taking! We’ve been living in something akin to <em>Clown World </em>since daddy Bush took the reins back in Jan’88, meaning we’ve been duped, lied to, politically abused and scammed out of our minds for 36yrs – excepting Trump’s first 4yr term back in Jan’17. That’s over three decades of seditious trickery, insurrectional plotting and traitorous evil-doing implemented by the very persons we held most accountable for keeping us safe: how is that for a conspiracy!</p>
<p>Truth be known, it actually started long ago! For over 100yrs there have been leaders who didn’t like our form of government, reflecting the evolving will of the people, to wit: 19<sup>th</sup> century saw tremendous advancement in America, but it seemed only a handful were reaping the benefits; there was bigotry/prejudice toward anyone who wasn’t native born,  English speaking or White; Blacks and native Americans had suffered this abuse for years, but women and children were sorely disadvantaged as well; still we continued to attract immigrants from every corner as movers/shakers didn’t just get rich, they got filthy rich beyond all imaginings, yet there was still no middle class; if you were in the masses and vast proletariat you were dead poor, thinking it wasn’t fair; you were overworked, underpaid, underfed, under-educated and under-appreciated; many cared less about the constitution or the wonder of our founding and just wanted to feed their families and keep a roof over their head!</p>
<p>Men like Teddy Roosevelt (R) and W. Wilson (D) were both progressives, saw and respected the growing resentment in the people and catered to their need, proffering programs meant to right wrongs and level playing fields. Helping this along was the arrival of academics/scholars from Europe, particularly Germany, who were socialistically oriented and schooled in so-called monarchical democracy, meaning  government run ultimately by a sovereign/monarch.</p>
<p>This was not in harmony with our constitution and its Bill of Rights, but our country had few scholars/professors with advanced degrees, so couldn’t bestow these credentials on students without bringing in a rash of foreign PhD’s. Thus began a trend in academia away from our founding principles toward limited rights, restricted speech and the introduction of micromanaged administrative controls. Then, under WW, the Communist Party of America (CPUSA) arose in 1919, the Socialist Party of America (SPA) next, then many others all cozying up to the labor unions and Democrat Party, working to counter Republican big business and democratize/socialize the polity.</p>
<p>The early 20<sup>th</sup> century was politically tumultuous with WWI, and when the Great Depression hit Hoover (R) was made the scapegoat, setting the stage for FDR (D) to arrive on scene to rescue society with his <em>chicken in every pot</em>. We went from center-right to center-left under FDR/Truman, which was a 20yr run. Then eight more years under Eisenhower who was arguably a <em>RINO </em>(“R” in name only). Light research will reveal he did everything he could to maintain a <em>leftist status quo</em> even though there was now a booming economy.</p>
<p>Leftists/socialists pretty much controlled things for sixty years until JFK came along. Their over-riding ideology had been/was socialism v. {r}epublicanism, but two other ideologies were working their way into the thinking of America’s rank and file:<em> Globalism</em> and <em>Zionism</em>.  The latter is worth mentioning because, even though it was about Israel and all things of benefit thereto, it had come to pass by the time of JFK’s arrival that the power/influence exerted by the <em>Jewish</em> <em>lobby </em>far exceeded their proportion in the populace, making their sway an unhealthy representation of their interests &#8211; as <em><u>Americans</u></em><u>.</u> In other words, they had come to control to great extent media, academia, scholarship, entertainment, even government, wielding their influence in multi-faceted ways to help Israel. Many held dual citizenships with Israel and their influence infiltrated/tainted the workings of FBI, CIA, Treasury, State, Justice and Executive Branch.</p>
<p>JFK wasn’t happy with the Zionism and Israel having the bomb, nor with the rogue CIA and central banking. He was particuliarly worried how the country unanimously demonized senator Joseph McCarthy for <em><u>his accurate view there was communist infiltration in</u></em> <em><u>our government.</u></em> Then, barely 3yrs into his presidency he was assassinated by one of these many possible enemies and LBJ steps up. Kennedy saw and understood the anti-American forces/ideologies working to change America and was trying to put the brakes on, so he was taken out.</p>
<p>Along with Zionism, Globalism was manifested in writings of academics, their speeches and basic political chatter. Many Zionists were also globalists since anything that weakened America and/or strengthened Israel helped their cause. Globalists (<em>NWO</em> crowd) were of two main kinds: PolySci junkies strongly believing in a one world government; power hungry global advocates/megalomaniacs who saw the USA as a major obstacle blocking the way for unifying the planet. These latter types became hyper-partisanized as they gradually took control of the Democrat Party and RINO sympathizers. In many ways the partisanship would take complete control of government, becoming illegal and unconstitutional. Under LBJ we moved farther<em> left</em> becoming a nanny state with almost 50% of GDP managed by government. Only Reagan slowed this down, and <em><u>he was almost assassinated for his</u></em> <em><u>trouble!</u></em></p>
<p>My thesis thus far is that socialism, Zionism and globalism were all working individually and in concert to bring down America. Add to this the corruption and criminality associated with hyper-partisanship and it starts to paint a dismal picture for conservative, patriotic {r}epublicans &#8211; <em>Americans! </em>There was also the <em>criminal</em> corruption of persons like Pelosi and the Clintons with hundreds of millions and llhan with her tens of millions in just 6yrs!</p>
<p>There are two more factors responsible for the terrible state of our country which I know will stretch the average person’s credibility: an over-arching<em> cabal</em> of megarich bankers who pretty much controlled things behind the scenes here and around the world for the past 350yrs, headed by <em>Rothshilds; </em>an exclusive <em>coven of evil, satanic plutocrats</em> whose wealth, power and influence allows them to practice devil-worship and child/human trafficking-sacrifices out of the public’s view. These <em>satanists</em> cross over all ideological boundaries and are rampant throughout the world.</p>
<p>This in brief has been an overview of what I believe. Hillary came within a hair’s breadth of winning, but the White Hats and military stopped her. The evildoers continued their efforts in 2020 seeming to topple Trump. In truth it was rigged, Biden was “declared” the winner and he and his Democrats overthrew the United States Government!</p>
<p>Covid was a hoax. The Jan 6<sup>th</sup> ’21 insurrection was a Black Hat false flag, blamed on Trump; impeachments, indictments, convictions were all orchestrated, falsely adjudicated and subsequently over-turned. Hillary and Obama spied on Trump and invented the Russia hoax. Everything we’ve seen/heard the past 16yrs is in doubt, if not a lie! It really has been <em>Clown World </em>and we’ve all been propagan-dized and <em>MK Ultra’d</em>, 24/7 since the days of Walter Kronkite – who <em>BTW </em>was a Globalist!</p>
<p>It’s also my belief Germany and Japan had become additional stumbling blocks for the globalists in the 1930’s, and men like Roosevelt and Churchill determined that another world war was needed, clearing the way for the following: Trilateral Comm; Bilderberg Group; World Economic Forum (WEF);  NATO; WHO; World Bank; European Union; Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), already established in 1921. All these were designed/intended for World domination! Again, Roosevelt and Churchill thought they’d handle their own lands when it came to globalization, but the rest of the world required realignment to smooth the way, which WWII accomplished . . . actually, both wars!</p>
<p>It&#8217;s time to wake up. The threat has been real and will continue until we all wake up to face this reality! There are tens of thousands of Black Hats/bad guys ready to be indicted. They hate America and will do anything to take it down.</p>
<p>Daddy Bush, the Clintons, Bush Jr, the Obamas and Bidens were all part of the conspiracy, which was gathering momentum and very strong by the time Obama arrived. Hillary was to be the <em>Coup de grace. </em>Think of the crazy things Biden did (<em>Obama’s puppet)</em> like opening the border; giving benefits to illegals; downsizing military; defunding police; breaking voting rules; appointing dirty lawyers to the bench, including the SCOTUS bench! Obama <em>BTW </em>was a <em><u>Manchurian Candidate!</u></em></p>
<p>Biden wasn’t just a puppet, he was an imposter and body-double for the real guy. He became mentally incapable of performing his duties so they replaced him with Kamala who was appointed his VP by partisan high-up apparatchiks of the Dems. She was about as qualified to be president as <em>Bette Midler or Whoopi Goldberg!</em> If you think she got 60Mil votes against Trump, you’re crazier than (<em>you think)</em> I am!</p>
<p>Speaking of crazy, know what I really think (thank you Lee Greenwood!) . . .  <em>“that I’m proud &#8211; to be &#8211; an American &#8211;</em> <em>where at least I know I’m free” </em>But hey, I like eating<em> Jack-in-the-Box tacos, what do I know?</em></p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p> LEFTISTS OVERTHROW AMERICA SURVEY YES    NO    DON’T KNOW/CARE &#160; FDR KNEW PEARL HARBOR    ___     ___            _________ JFK KILLED BY GOV’T / CIA       ___     ___            _________                       JFK / LBJ COMPLICIT                   ___     ___            _________          LBJ / USS LIBERTY                        ___      ___            _________        LBJ / GULF OF TONKIN              ___      ___             _________                    TWA800 / FRIENDLY FIRE         ___      ___             _________  9/11- [&#8230;]</p>
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<p>FDR KNEW PEARL HARBOR    ___     ___            _________</p>
<p>JFK KILLED BY GOV’T / CIA       ___     ___            _________                       JFK / LBJ COMPLICIT                   ___     ___            _________          LBJ / USS LIBERTY                        ___      ___            _________        LBJ / GULF OF TONKIN              ___      ___             _________                    TWA800 / FRIENDLY FIRE         ___      ___             _________  9/11- BUSH II/MOSSAD             ___      ___             _________                  SANDY HOOK / STAGED            ___      ___             _________              BENGHAZI / HILLARY PLOT      ___      ___             _________             J MC CAIN / EXECUTED              ___      ___             _________            B CLINTON / SERIAL RAPIST    ___      ___              _________        HILLARY / TRAITOR                       ___      ___              _________           BHO / KENYA BIRTH                     ___      ___              _________             BHO / GAY-RACIST-COMMIE    ___      ___              _________         BHO / CROOK &#8211; TRAITOR            ___      ___              _________        ELECTIONS RIGGED X 20YRS   ___      ___              _________             COVID / BIO-VIRAL ATTACK       ___      ___               _________      VACCINE / ILLEGAL ORDERS   ___      ___                _________               GOV’T / KIND-CARING-OPEN  ___      ___                _________              SHADOW GOV’T/DEEP STATE  ___      ___                _________</p>
<p>YES    NO    DON’T KNOW/CARE</p>
<p>DJT / IMPEACH-PARTY HATE    ___     ___         _________              DJT / FELONIES-PARTY HATE   ___     ___         _________           DJT / PRESIDENT 45 – 47            ___     ___         _________           DJT / WARTIME PRES’46 COG  ___     ___         _________              BIDEN / UNLAWFUL PRES         ___     ___         _________        BIDEN / CROOK &#8211; TRAITOR        ___     ___         _________             KAMELA / CROOK – TRAITOR    ___     ___         _________        USA / CONTAMINATED LEFT      ___     ___        _________          1619 PROJECT &#8211; RACIST CRAP  ___     ___        _________         DEI / CRT – RACIST CRAP             ___     ___        _________             TRANS-G / LEFTIST, SEXIST        ___     ___          _________          TR-G IN GIRLS VENUES / CRAP___     ___          _________     CLIMATE CHANGE / CRAP          ___     ___          _________           SYSTEMIC RACISM / CRAP          ___     ___          _________        BRUTAL COPS&gt;BLACKS/CRAP  ___     ___          _________     ANTIFA / DOMES. TERRORISTS  ___     ___          _________     BLM / DOMESTIC TERRORISTS   ___     ___          _________    MSM / HUGE LEFTIST BIAS           ___     ___          _________          SANCTUARY’S / UNLAWFUL        ___     ___          _________        UNCOOP STATES / UNLAWFUL  ___     ___          _________  OPEN BORDERS / UNCONSTIT.  ___     ___          _________           WELFARE TO ILLEGALS / CRAP   ___     ___          _________           HARVARD FIGHT GOV’T / CRAP  ___     ___          _________                   ANCHOR BABY CITIZEN / CRAP  ___     ___          _________</p>
<p>YES   NO   DON’T KNOW/CARE</p>
<p>IRS IS UNLAWFUL / ILLEGAL      ___    ___          _________                   FED RSRVE IS BANK SCAM         ___    ___          _________                  DEFICITS/NAT’L DEBT / CRAP    ___    ___          _________                                                                       APPOINTEE LAWS / CRAP            ___    ___          _________                     G FLOYD KILLED BY COP/CRAP___    ___          _________            HUMAN TRAF HUGE PROBLEM___    ___           _________       CHILD TRAF HUGE PROBLEM   ___    ___           _________     PEDOPHELIA HUGE PROBLEM ___    ___           _________   PEDO TUNNELS WORLDWIDE  ___    ___           _________          TRAITORS ARE IN THE 100K’S    ___    ___           _________</p>
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<p>EACH OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS IS ABOUT TO BE                            CRIMINALLY CHARGED ON A VARIETY OF CRIMES UP TO/ INCLUDING TREASON, TRIED IN A CIVILIAN COURT OR BY MILITARY TRIBUNAL. IF GUILTY MAY BE GIVEN CUSTODIAL SENTENCE OR DEATH, WHEN TREASON/CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY ARE PRESENT. DO YOU AGREE?</p>
<p>YES    NO    WHATEVER                 YES   NO   WHATEVER</p>
<p>OBAMA      ___    ___         ____    HILLARY     ___   ___         ____   BIDEN        ___    ___          ____    BUSH II       ___   ___         ____   KAMELA    ___    ___          ____    BUSH I         ___   ___         ____      PELOSI      ___    ___          ____    SCHUMER  ___   ___         ____  SCHIFF     ___    ___           ____    M WATERS  ___   ___        ____</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>We know politics is a dirty game, both elected and appointed. They all speak of public service, devotion to duty, help-ing people, self-sacrifice. Their rhetoric and speeches are filled with lofty ideals and fair-mindedness. Then we see Nancy Pelosi and countless others earning in the few hundred thousands with net worths in the hundreds of [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We know politics is a dirty game, both elected and appointed. They all speak of public service, devotion to duty, help-ing people, self-sacrifice. Their rhetoric and speeches are filled with lofty ideals and fair-mindedness. Then we see Nancy Pelosi and countless others earning in the few hundred thousands with net worths in the hundreds of millions &#8211; go figure!<span id="more-1947"></span></p>
<p>It seems the human nature thing rears its ugly head again, especially if there’s no accountability, no holding feet to the fire. Add to that no term limits, no balanced budgets and a banking system that writes checks out of thin air and you’ve got a formula for corruption &#8211;  hello Maxine Waters!</p>
<p>That’s what we’ve had for decades, putting up with nonsense and shenanigans from bent, opportunistic toadies favoring their friends and lining their own pockets. Maybe get a building named after them or a bridge; perhaps a life-sized statue in the public square.</p>
<p>Given this dubious foundation of dirty games and abuse of the public trust, a new element has been added which some of us have been hearing about for years: fanatical anti-Amer-icanism! These people want to reduce America to 3<sup>rd</sup> World status, then have it join a <em>New World Order!</em></p>
<p>Dirty laundry is a fact of life. Clean things get dirty. Moms and their designated helpers usually handle this job, while the men/boys remain delightfully oblivious to the logistics and cleaning agents involved. All they know is clean shirts and undies magically appear on their bed or in the closet, ready to go!</p>
<p>Now think of our country as a big house, the capital/White House as the laundry rooms; the senators, congressmen, government workers and president as the <em>moms</em>; the citizens/voters as the delightfully oblivious ones; the Constitution, Declaration, Bill of Rights and sub-tending laws as the <em>country’s clean laundry</em>, ready to go!</p>
<p>Well, our appointed/elected representatives have ignored it. Laws, protocols and executive orders keep us a strong, vital republic, but they’re corrupting and dirtying it up, letting the hamper overflow up and down the aisles.</p>
<p>To elucidate what some of the <em>dirty laundry</em> has been I’ve culled a sampling of previous articles over the past several years identifying various aspects of vileness/underhandedness that have plagued us since Clinton’s watch and long before . . .</p>
<p>In this piece – <em><u>DIRTY LAUNDRY</u></em> – we see how sometimes we block things out of our immediate awareness since we know they’re being handled. We do the same at the national level, assuming our representatives are playing by the rules and care about our country. This allows the bad guys amongst them to get away with cheating and crime itself, especially when a goodly number of their peers, law enforcers, courts, media and academia are all in cahoots! There’s no recourse when the entire system is corrupt!</p>
<p>In the piece &#8211; <em><u>CONSERVATIVE ME &#8211;</u> </em>I try to explain the necessity for being conservative regarding<em> Americanism, </em>since it’s unique in the world and must be preserved. Debate the finer points of republicanism/capitalism/free enterprise and work to improve those but never consider changing the Declaration/Constitution since replacing those will destroy America!</p>
<p>In &#8211; <em><u>AMERICAN IDYLL-</u> </em>I argue we once were brought up to love our country, not hate it. This means we’re predisposed to hear bad things, how everything we were taught was a lie which is what we’re hammered with today. We’re not a perfect society, just one of the world’s best, yet liberal/leftist nutjobs are trying to tear it down!</p>
<p>In &#8211; <em><u>NIGHTMARE ON MAIN STREET &#8211; </u></em>I parody the title of an old horror film, satirizing our similar false reality due to a constant 24/7 barrage of mind-controlling propaganda spit out by news media, TV, academia, movies, songs, novels and a heavily left-leaning government! It all adds up to a <em>vast left-wing conspiracy</em> touching/tainting every aspect of daily life. They want to weaken our constitutional resolve, making us vulnerable for morphing into the totalitarian <em>Big</em> <em>Brother </em>society predicted by Orwell in his <em>1 9 8 4.</em></p>
<p>In – <em><u>POLITY &#8211;</u> </em>I explain how America was born of one people with one political opinion. Over time due to social issues, demographics, economic realities, immigration policies and an influx of illegals our similarities have broken down. The  flavor/aroma of this new political mix grows less American and more foreign or <em>left.</em> We’re actively propagandized from within and invaded/infiltrated from without. Even with controlled immigration we run the risk of inviting too many radicalized ethnic peoples into our country, creating an opportunity to eventually insurrect us out of <em>Americanism</em> into some kind of socialism/theocratism/globalism!</p>
<p>This thesis in brief is simply we’ve been under a constant  2-Pronged attack since our beginning! Prong 1 is the frailty/ corruptibility of our human nature. The founders worried how <em><u>only a virtuous God-fearing</u></em> <em><u>people of good character/intent</u></em> would be able to preserve and maintain the<em> republic</em> they had crafted.</p>
<p>Lack of watchfulness/accountability creates unbridled opportunities, making Prong 1 a problematic ever-present issue. Ethical workers saw peer malfeasance and sought justice, but a corrupted partisan system offered no relief. The combination of <em>illegal influx</em> and <em>gerrymandering </em>create a partisan voting pool, giving the partisans a growing majority if not monopoly. It’s a <em>swamp </em>inundating the whole of <em>DC </em>and most City Halls/State Houses across the country.</p>
<p>Prong 1 describes an inherent weakness the founders were aware of and tried to block. Prong 2 is vastly more troubling. We can watch for/fix ongoing corruption within our republic, but this other prong is an ongoing effort to tear down the republic! Radical elements amongst us are working to replace it with a 3<sup>rd</sup> world likeness, hoping to someday amalgamate us into a One World Order!</p>
<p>Evidence is everywhere. Wilson’s pseudo-constitutional plan to create an administrative state with unelected experts running the show; FDR’s New Deal, enticing masses of blue-collar workers into an obsequious proletariat while simultaneously filling government with leftist intellectuals, socialistic ideologues and Commie spies. LBJ’s Great Society moved America to the brink of Socialism, lavishing government help and welfare to an ever-increasing demographic.</p>
<p>Bush II ordered bailouts of companies <em>too big to fail</em>, had dubious ties to 9/11 and created a surveillance state. BHO passed his Obamacare without a single republican vote. He sanctioned numerous incidents rife with racism, taking race relations back 30yrs!  He’s since been named in several investigations concerning things he did both in and out of office. Plus, he’s about to be unmasked as Kenyan by birth,  a real <em>Manchurian Candidate </em>and a rogue, illegal president!</p>
<p>The 2020 election was rigged, Covid was a bio-weaponized hoax and the Jan 6<sup>th</sup> “insurrection” was the culmination of an attempted coup! This means Biden was unconstitutionally elected. Add to this unlawful vaccine mandates, open borders, unconstitutional welfare for illegals, cocaine in the White House, presidential usurpation using the<em> autopen, </em>funding of domestic terrorists Antifa/BLM, tranny’s/cross-dressers filling the highest civilian and military positions and two attempted assassinations of President Trump!</p>
<p>The primary movers behind Prong 2 are the owners of the central bank. They are financial moguls, industrial titans and European monarchs controlling our money. We’ll remain in their thrall until we rid ourselves of their banking system/national debt and use our own treasury notes backed by gold, silver and other hard assets. Other collaborators include leftists, Marxists, globalists and unwitting masses of liberals and non-voters who remain oblivious to the peril.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s time to air our dirty laundry! Let’s publicly condemn all participants, no matter who, and bring them to justice! They may number in thousands, even hundreds of thousands all around the world. Their crimes are numerous, their methods treacherous; the price they pay must be high and very dear!</p>
<p>Let’s put our dirty laundry into history’s hamper. Then let’s wash Hell out of it, re-dress ourselves in clean, good-as-new   founding raiment and re-establish our magnificent, glorious United States of America &gt;  <em>Freedom’s Best Republic!</em></p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>In biblical terms and times, Moab was a kingdom in what is today Jordan, on the eastern shore of the Dead Sea. The inhabitants or Moabites thrived for roughly a millennia and were antagonists of Israel. In today’s parlance, M.O.A.B. is an acronym/abbreviation for mother of all bombs and that’s the connotation here, meaning the [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In biblical terms and times, Moab was a kingdom in what is today Jordan, on the eastern shore of the Dead Sea. The inhabitants or <em>Moabites</em> thrived for roughly a millennia and were antagonists of Israel.</p>
<p>In today’s parlance, M.O.A.B. is an acronym/abbreviation for <em>mother of all bombs </em>and that’s the connotation here, meaning the following will be, for some folks, staggeringly unbelievable, like nukes to their psyches/sense of reality. Some I’ve mentioned before but taken as conspiracy theories. I repeat them now in the hope readers are more awake, better prepared to stare them in the face and accept their truth. It is my further opinion most if not all of these will be validated in mainstream media during the coming months.<span id="more-1942"></span></p>
<p>MOAB#1</p>
<p>In 1871 under U S Grant a deal was struck between a European banking cabal headed by the Rothschilds and British monarch to loan money to the almost bankrupt USA which was still recovering from Civil War. Terms included creating a new <strong><em>USA, Inc</em></strong>. and establishing/consolidating the capital into a new sovereign zone designated <strong><em>District of Columbia</em></strong>.</p>
<p>MOAB#2</p>
<p>These banking interests, syndicate or cabal had long been working to place the USA under a central banking system controlled by them, going back to the first central bank established by Alexander Hamilton. The charter for that one expired after twenty years and the next one came along under President Monroe, spearheaded by Senator John C Calhoun in 1816. It was loathed by Andrew Jackson and he “killed it” during his presidency in 1832.</p>
<p>MOAB#3</p>
<p>The cabal was determined to be the bank for the US so attempted the assassinations of Jackson in 1835, President-Elect Franklin Pierce by derailment in 1853, President-Elect Abraham Lincoln in 1860, assassinated in 1865 along with Sec’ty of State W. Seward, who was stabbed but survived. As mentioned Grant contracted with the cabal in 1871 so things were going their way until James Garfield in 1881 who was shot, then recovering, then died under doctor’s care; W. Mc-Kinley shot in 1901, lingered but died also under doctor’s care. During the 66yr period from 1835 – 1901 there were nine(9) more suspicious, highly improbable deaths of relatively young and healthy famous political persons, including Presidents/Ex-Presidents Harrison, Polk, Taylor, Buchanan, Johnson and Arthur; also of note were Steven Douglas in 1861, age 48, who had become a strong Lincoln supporter and unionist; young Willie Lincoln in 1862, age 11, who’s brother Tad (8) almost died; Garret Hobart, age 55 in 1899, VP under McKinley, allowing Teddy Roosevelt to run with McKinley in 1900 becoming President at his death in 1901. Again, all young healthy Republicans and/or unionists for the gold standard and against central banking.</p>
<p>MOAB#4</p>
<p>The foundation for central banking had been laid in 1871 and in 1913 a small group of powerful bankers/financiers, some of whom were proxy for Rothschild, met secretly in the dead of night on Jekyll Island off the Georgia coast, making plans for establishing the next central bank. W. Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act into law in1913 along with the Federal Income Tax Act, designed/intended to use taxes to pay the interest on the National Debt.</p>
<p>MOAB#5</p>
<p>According to a forensic historian I’ve been following for some time now, there are at least forty(40) examples of attempted assassinations and/or mysterious deaths of famous/near</p>
<p>famous political leaders, senior governmental managers, commentators and other national personalities involving either them or their families in America alone during the past 200 years. If you expand out to all of Europe, Russia, old Soviet Union, India, Middle East, Scandinavia there’s hundreds more. The cabal inserted its banking tentacles into almost every country and no matter if you were monarch, emperor, president, prime minister or general, you block or fight them and they eliminate you: openly, clandestinely, whatever.</p>
<p>MOAB#6</p>
<p>Teddy Roosevelt running on <em>Bull Moose</em> splits Republicans and gives <em>Woodrow Wilson</em> the presidency. The Depression due to tariff action by congress, money-supply manipulation by the FED gives <em>FDR </em>the presidency. JFK’s involvement with Bay of Pigs, Viet Nam, Mob retaliation, plans to break CIA into a 1000 pieces and print new <em>green backs </em>precipitate his assassination, giving <em>LBJ</em> the presidency. Ross Perot running as an Independent splits the Republicans giving <em>Bill Clinton</em> the presidency.</p>
<p>Wilson ushered in the administrative state, segregated federal employment, tried getting us into the League of Nations; FDR expanded/institutionalized the federal government with his <em>New Deal </em>socialism and tricked us into going to war; LBJ created the nanny state with his <em>Great Society</em>, false-flagged us into Viet Nam; Clinton signed off<em> NAFTA </em>kickstarting our $35Tril national debt due to massive trade imbalances, sullied the majesty/dignity of Office of President. Each in their way helped the cabal move the country <em>left, </em>paving way for Orwell’s <em>1984 Big Brother prediction,</em> more familiarly known as <em>New World Order.</em></p>
<p><em>MOAB#7</em></p>
<p>WWI/WWII were contrived, staged, funded by the banking cabal. The wars destabilized most European/Asian governments, re-aligned boundaries and geopolitical alliances, created UN, NATO, Cold WAR and new State of ISRAEL. The direct/collateral damage of the wars plus Russian/Chinese purges killed hundreds of millions from 1914–1980. A generalized <em>leftward drift</em> across Europe, Asia, Africa and North/ Central/South America resulted in a slow methodical infiltration of <em>leftist ideology</em> into the cultures, institutions, governments of most western nations. Foundational ethics/morals/ standards became compromised if not corrupted. In the US starting with FDR, K-12 schools, news media, entertainment, sports, academia, military, courts, law enforcement and the culture itself were all corrupted.</p>
<p>MOAB#8</p>
<p>Israel coalesced and became controlled by the Zionists who were a “sympathetic exponent” of the banking cabal. Like America they were <em>Deep State </em>ruling over a Jewish populace. They wanted not only secure borders but to expand them,  taking advantage of the Arab war. With cooperation of LBJ they attacked <em>USS LIBERTY </em>off the coast of Egypt in broad daylight June 8<sup>th</sup>, 1967 killing 34 sailors and injuring 171. This was an ongoing attack over many hours with maydays ignored by navy vessels in the area. LBJ, favoring Israel, wanted it to look like Egypt was responsible, giving him an excuse to bring America into the fight. He was outraged when the ship wasn’t sunk. NYTIMES and related media, print and TV, remained silent/dumb on the incident. No stories or public outcry ensued. Families were left with little/no explanation or justice for their loss, remaining so to this day.</p>
<p>MOAB#9</p>
<p>Bush 1 &amp; 2 and the Bush family generally were complicit in 9/11, as were CIA, FBI, State Dept and MOSSAD. WTC 1-2-7 were all prepped for catastrophic demolition in the months preceding. VP Cheney and various others yet to be identified were culpable. Planes were a ruse, just images projected by <em>Project Bluebeam. </em>Iraq/Afghan invasions were set-ups resulting from 9/11 to gain regional footholds, control oil production, commandeer the poppy fields and secure drug distribu-tion back to America.</p>
<p>MOAB#10</p>
<p>John McCain committed treason under Trump1, was tried by military tribunal, found guilty, put to death by lethal injection in 2018. It’s highly likely Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff,  Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, George H W Bush among others suffered similar fates. Recall how cards were handed out during Bush’s funeral telling certain guests <em>They Know,</em> <em>they know everything!</em> Hundreds more to tens of thousands are now scheduled to be processed for numerous crimes against humanity in civilian courts and military tribunals. Ongoing appearances of purged persons are facilitated by body doubles using highly sophisticated masks and Hollywood’s latest make-up techniques.</p>
<p>MOAB#11</p>
<p>Barack Obama wasn’t a citizen, ineligible to be president! He gave us Obamacare and socialized medicine, let Hillary get away with espionage and huge breaches in national security and covered up the Benghazi fiasco. He also set race relations back 50yrs by allowing/tolerating groups like Antifa and BLM to burn and pillage a dozen American cities causing billions of dollars in property damage, untold small business failures and many deaths. He exploited the George Floyd in-cident and others like it to enflame the passions of race baiters and their sympathizers to promote racial preferences, affimative action, civil rights actions, government contract favoritism, DEI, CRT and the 1619 Project. His entire presidency was a fraud and should be struck from the record.</p>
<p>MOAB#12</p>
<p>The 2020 election was rigged and a fraud; Biden did not win; he was never officially inaugurated or sworn in properly; his entire presidency should be purged/invalidated. His stolen election was facilitated by the Covid hoax, planned and set in motion by the cabal. It was years in the making, aided and abetted by big-Pharma who foisted upon the world ineffective if not toxic vaccines that actually sickened and/or killed recipients. The J6/2021 insurrection was actually a false flag staged by the insurrectionists themselves to make it look like Trump and his supporters were trying to over-throw Biden’s election.</p>
<p>By issuing certain executive orders and conducting the J6 rally in a manner consistent with the Insurrection Act of 1807</p>
<p>Trump actually remained president/Commander-in-Chief all during Biden’s rogue presidency. According to some, he was the 45<sup>th</sup> president under USA INC., the 19<sup>th</sup> shadow president after Grant and simultaneous with Biden and now the 20<sup>th</sup> president giving him 3 terms. Some think he may find a way to run for a<em> “4<sup>th</sup> term”</em> in 2028, if he wishes, making him the 21<sup>st</sup> president of the republic of United States of America!</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>I remember in kindergarten learning to sing MY COUNTRY ‘TIS OF THEE and memorizing the PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. We stood and recited both of these every day at the start of school. We also said the pledge at every assembly, meeting, sporting event and graduation. In music time one of the first songs we learned [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I remember in kindergarten learning to sing <em>MY COUNTRY ‘TIS OF THEE </em>and memorizing the PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. We stood and recited both of these every day at the start of school. We also said the pledge at every assembly, meeting, sporting event and graduation. In <em>music time</em> one of the first songs we learned was <em>Yankee Doodle . . .</em><span id="more-1941"></span></p>
<p>Pride in America was taught from the very beginning, and before that most parents home schooled their kids in this concept, teaching how special our country was, how proud we were to be Americans!</p>
<p>Someone recently asked me if it was necessary to speak English to be an American? Or to believe in God? It was more like a challenge than a question and it caught me off guard, so I’ve spent some time pondering what I think makes us Americans. Here it is . . .</p>
<p>First, you must believe America is a very special place <em>standing for freedom</em> and <em>individual rights</em>, a place representing <em>fairness</em> and projecting <em>righteousness</em> to the world. You must believe America stands for <em>all men being created equal </em>offering equal opportunity to every man and woman, color/creed, ethnicity/race. We may falter from time to time, but these are our most treasured beliefs to which we strive.</p>
<p>I was brought up believing this, though as I grew I learned of our flaws. These were troubling/disappointing, but didn’t dissuade me from thinking we were probably as good as it gets in this imperfect world, and working all the time to do better, be better!</p>
<p>Entering High School we learned a few more anthems and oaths: <em>AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL, GOD BLESS AMERICA</em>, <em>STAR SPANGLED BANNER</em>; memorized <em>Preamble to the Constitution</em>, Lincoln’s <em>Gettysburg Address.</em> We learned the history of our nation, about the founding fathers and Civil War. College/adulthood brought more information and enlightenment. Some questioned the validity/veracity of the founding being crafted by <em>Rich</em> <em>White Slave-Owners</em>. I believe they knew slavery was wrong but couldn’t be fixed until some propitious time in the near future. Meanwhile they did their very best to establish their new land of, by, for the people with a constitution like no other. These men weren’t perfect but nor were they racist. There was no <em>1619 Project,</em> and though Lincoln cared more about saving the Union than ending Slavery his reasons were clear; if he couldn’t preserve the Union, the <em>American Dream</em> would be lost.</p>
<p>I think being an American requires one to reflect and project the tenets and ideals proclaimed in the two founding documents; <em>Constitution</em> and<em> Declaration</em>. One becomes a living</p>
<p>embodiment of that original American spirit, striving to show all peoples we are of noble spirit and good intent, how we are giving and sharing of our time and resources and that we help and encourage every person to be the best they can be.</p>
<p>America started off and essentially remains a Judeo-Christian society made up of freedom-loving people who mostly communicate in English. Everything so far describes a <em>home grown American,</em> although I am quick to admit not every kid basked in the kind of Americana I experienced. Some were so impoverished they got little or no education. Others were born into Non/native-born families where parents still spoke their native language at home, the kids having difficulty going back and forth between Italian/Spanish at home and English at school. Still others were known as <em>red-diaper</em> babies because their parents were ideologically devoted to socialism/ communism. There were whole communities like this where even the schools subscribed to <em>leftist idealism</em>, rejecting America’s <em>democratic-republicanism. </em>Presumably such kids grew up American in name only, never accepting or believing in fundamental American values.</p>
<p>Still speaking of <em>home growns </em>I know not every kid absorbed every idea or concept of what it means to be an American. Some took to heart its legacy, treasure, spirit while others <em>I suppose</em> took it for granted. To some, patriotism was/is embarrassing, even dumb. You didn’t go out of your way proclaiming it for fear you’d be judged unfairly as a <em>nationalist</em> or <em>isolationist! </em>My school and neighborhood being predominantly <em>blue collar, </em>many peers considered it mean spirited or uncaring, a kind of <em>haves v have-nots</em> dynamic, though why they would think we thought of ourselves as privileged/special is beyond me!</p>
<p>I remember being called a <em>Bircher</em> and <em>Republican in High School, even Capitalist </em>and this was the last thing one wanted! The John Birch Society was ultra-right wing and vehemently anti-Communist! You could agree but never brag, it just wasn’t cool. To get back we slogan-reversed <em>better dead than red</em> at them. Thinking of it now, were we all valid Americans, with some more liberal minded than others?</p>
<p>It seems any particular place/time there have been traditional conservative Americans and quasi/pseudo Americans among <em>homegrowns, </em>depending on how liberal their views<em>.</em> Today we have many Non/native-born citizens and Non/citizens comprising our populace. Also undocumented illegals thought by some to be upwards of 20 million.</p>
<p>Regarding Non/native born <em>naturalized</em> citizens, these gain full participation in society and can vote. It’s questionable however how truly American they’ve become? Some come from strict if not totalitarian places and know how lucky they are. Others seeking better financial circumstances or a friendy nanny-state government don’t care much about politics, only the benefits they can get while enjoying an easier life.</p>
<p>America today is a cauldron full of root-stock Americans and quasi/pseudo Americans who like it here but want to change things or <em>think</em> they want to change things to make it better, not understanding the political uncertainty that could bring. Some are home-grown, some not; some with respect for America and its heritage, some not. Some actually loathe America and want to bring it down to make room for a Communist/Globalist agenda and <em>New World Order</em>.</p>
<p>So what is an American? Again, I think one must honor and respect its founding documents, believe in truths enshrined there and project those truths/values to all parties; should be of a sharing and helpful disposition, willing to expend re-sources and time helping their fellow men; should be good citizens with law-abiding demeanor, their purpose being to personify as productive members of society.</p>
<p>English literacy is very important, but not critical. A Non-English speaking person can certainly hold and revere the principles and values of our founding. In fact, its sometimes said all freedom loving peoples around the world into the remotest corners are de facto Americans such that any attack on America is an attack on them!</p>
<p>Belief in any political system other than a democratic-republic would not be compatible with America. That includes any theocratic system where religious tenets supercede secular government. Islam is an example of a religion that cannot coexist with Americanism.</p>
<p>As already stated, America started and remains a Judeo-Christian culture, meaning the majority in the beginning believed in a monotheistic God. Today that belief has diluted somewhat, with fewer attending services regularly and with many attesting to either a <em>deistic reality </em>i.e belief in an undefined superior being, or an <em>agnostic perspective </em>i.e where one is uncomfortable/uncertain about any kind of God, preferring to leave it undecided/unascertained but stopping short of <em>atheism.</em></p>
<p>So to partially answer the friend’s question about whether one must speak English or believe in God to be an American, I don’t think one needs to. Whether rich/poor, educated/dull, smart/dumb, worldly/unsophisticated or of any color or race, any freedom loving person can fill the bill. A true socialist however, or communist, globalist, atheist or one advocating any kind of religious fundamentalism/extreme libertarianism can’t be, in the truest sense of the word, an American.</p>
<p>An American loves his country, its Constitution, Declaration, Bill of Rights and other Amendments, system of government and living fabric of society. He / She understands it is multi-cultural, marginally polyglot and monotheistic in the main. Also understood is the fact there cannot be a perfect society providing all things to all peoples, nor can there be complete unencumbered freedom. Citizens must share being responsible for maintaining rules, accounting for government. In this regard, apathy, ambivalence and acquiescence are our greatest enemies . . .</p>
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