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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Many if not most are proud to be an American. They tell you this, if you ask, and will usually elaborate saying there’s no place they’d rather be. A few might complain how health care, tax rates or eldercare are better in this place or that, but generally the facts on these are sketchy and [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many if not most are proud to be an American. They tell you this, if you ask, and will usually elaborate saying there’s no place they’d rather be. A few might complain how health care, tax rates or eldercare are better in this place or that, but generally the facts on these are sketchy and not nearly enough to make them move.</p>
<p>When we say we’re proud to be American, is this being patriotic? I think it is to some degree, but there’s much more to patriotism than just lip service. I think to be truly patriotic one must honor our founding, the founders themselves and the founding documents, including the Constitution, Bill of Rights, Declaration, etc. If we’re taught these in K-12 we get how revolutionary and innovative they were at the time, how unique compared with other countries. We learn the special distinction between being a <em>subject </em>and a <em>citizen</em>. We learn how there are natural or God given <em>rights</em> and lesser man-given rights, along with privileges and benefits. The founders wanted to preserve our <em>natural rights</em>, no matter what!</p>
<p>If we’re taught these things, we learn how America is a very special place, not your run-of-the-mill democracy, republic or parliament. It is in fact a <em>constitutional republic</em> with its emphasis on <em>liberty</em> – not equality. That sounds harsh but the key to achieving equality lies with liberty: the relative ease and individual freedom we each enjoy as we pursue our happiness. Remember the <em>Declaration –</em> life and <em>liberty</em> &#8211; not <em>equality.</em></p>
<p>If these concepts and ideals were properly taught in schools during our formative years we’d carry them with us as we go through life, never doubting their accuracy or effectiveness, always aware how various other nations around the world boast of their freedoms/opportunities but over time prove their susceptibility to ever tightening controls, loss of individual rights, diminishing fairness, stratified society, growing oligarchical/dictatorial authority and ultimately a quietly encroaching tyranny.</p>
<p>The more we see these things the more we realize how lucky we are to be in America, where the original founding principles still hold sway over the current sociopolitical trends of activists/ideologues who think they can do better. Their only problem, they can’t effect major change without discarding portions of the constitution and <em>/so far/</em> they’ve been unable to do that!</p>
<p>The constitution however old or archaic still embodies our basic human rights, which are the same today as they were 250yrs ago. It’s the anchor of our governmental raft, protecting and insuring we don’t drift too far away from our founding principles. A <em>patriot</em> understands this and to some extent can explain it to others, depending on education/interest. At minimum, a <em>patriot</em> will stand and defend these principles at risk of criticism, chastisement or ostracism. These could next develop into rejection or repudiation. Even humiliation could result at an inability to properly articulate feelings/beliefs, knowing in his/her heart they’re right but finding it difficult to express/prove. These are fruits/foibles of a strongly proclaimed <em>patriotism</em> – <em>which we need more than ever!</em></p>
<p>We’ve suggested a <em>patriot </em>isn’t bashful about loving their country and defending it as best they can against all other places and systems, foreign or domestic. We state they should’ve become educated to some degree about our country’s founding and the details surrounding it, gaining a basic understanding how we started, what we believed and what we were willing to do to defend it against all others – again, foreign or domestic.</p>
<p>A <em>patriot </em>knows his country isn’t perfect. In fact, it has many flaws requiring redress/solution but as bad as many think it is, it’s still the best! Those rushing to alter/correct our founding documents don’t comprehend the risk they take in doing so. The wisdom and experience of the ages are compiled and distilled into these documents and they’ve stood the test of time to good measure, evidenced by the current state of our country compared with others of equal size and complexity. <em>Still, we need patriots now more than ever!</em></p>
<p>We are a place of reason and justice in a chaotic world. We offer more fairness, help and opportunity than others are   wont, likely or able to do. We do this because of who we are and what we believe. Things may not work as our principles dictate but we know this and strive to do better. Racial prejudice, limited elitism, economic disparity, educational misfeasance and judicial/governmental decay are all derived from ideological splits away from our guiding documents, as well as from the frailties/weaknesses of our human condition. A <em>patriot</em> knows we’re constantly strive to repair these but no matter how much we improve we can never achieve the perfect utopian society. <em>Patriots</em> believe we’re a work in progress struggling towards this end.</p>
<p>Equality in thought and spirit is one thing, but in <em>reality</em> entirely different. People vary in their abilities, goals and aspirations which are the guiding hands leading to prosperity. These cannot be arbitrarily manipulated or forced. Society can clear a path and offer guidance but, bottom line, it’s up to each individual to achieve their goal, satisfy their ambition. The sad truth? In most cases this requires work, dedication and sacrifice which many if not most individuals are unwilling to do. The <em>work ethic</em> is another value being misfeased in our schools by ideological teachers. One quickly sees if youth are not taught our real history, if they’re not taught the real meanings, morals and ethics of our founding documents and advantage of learning a skill, trade or profession over the path to governmental help and welfare /<em>the core beliefs of</em> <em>socialism</em>/ it becomes difficult to be a <em>patriot! </em>One literally doesn’t know what to think since they’ve been indoctrinated/immersed in a <em>non-republican ideology! </em>How can you praise and love your country if you really don’t know what it stands for? <em>Real patriots, apply here!</em></p>
<p>The result is fewer and fewer <em>younger patriots</em> and more and more <em>older ones. </em>Those over 60 were schooled in a different era during the 1950’s-60’s. Classrooms were wholesome and dedicated to the credo of American superiority. We re- cited poems, sang songs, read books and watched movies extolling the brilliance of our founding and our way of life. This was reinforced by parents, teachers, clergy and friends. We drank in the idealism like it was a tonic or sweet nectar, never doubting we were the best!</p>
<p>Today upper middle-aged, senior statesmen/executives, retirees with a paltry group of young adults lucky or strong willed enough to avoid being brainwashed believe/exhibit the most<em> patriotism</em>. The younger demographics are a mixed bag with some sloughing off the attempted indoctrination and some taking it to heart, resulting in the gradual lessening of constitutional restraints as these masses infuse and populate the ranks and polity of our governing class and taint the voting electorate.</p>
<p>Making matters worse, we’ve had unbridled illegal immigration in the tens of millions over the past ten years and these also infuse/dilute our polity. It’s been shown we even give some a vote which they use to elect their patrons and benefactors who in most cases are as unpatriotic as it gets. Their agenda is not to preserve our constitutional republic, but to promote and benefit themselves! This goes beyond ideology into deep graft, corruption, even treason!</p>
<p>How can an illegal who doesn’t speak English and was paid to come here, who takes menial jobs and follows the instructions of his handlers and probably only cares about his loved ones back home and when he’ll get to see them again, how can this person give a whit about America, let alone defend and be willing to fight and die for her? <em>Attention: any patriots</em> <em>out there?</em></p>
<p>An immigrant escaping from brutality and tyranny who man- ages to get here knows how lucky they are and does anything necessary, gladly and willingly, to prove their intentions and gratitude. They even volunteer for our military and will in fact <em>fight and die if necessary</em> to prove their loyalty! They act out of love and appreciation for this country, but we really can’t call them <em>patriots</em>.</p>
<p>This means most <em>patriots </em>are either over 50, or between 18-49 and managed to avoid/escape indoctrination, or are new arrivals who understand and appreciate how lucky they are. Of course, some are well schooled about America and some are not. Sprinkled amongst these are some other elements who, for whatever reason, are not really patriotic owing to their self-interest regarding their job, business, gender, race, ethnicity and so on. They have it in their heads they can pursue their top priority, whether independence, equality, equity justice or non-conformity and still be considered <em>good citi</em>zens. Their rationale seems to be – if they aren’t hurting any- body and not breaking the law they should be left alone to do their thing. This makes them <em>passive citizens</em> at best. Some confess they don’t even vote, could care less about who’s president and try hard to avoid taxes, still expecting the goods and services they’ve come to enjoy! <em>Are any patriots</em> in <em>the house?</em></p>
<p>I hope we agree these people are not enhancing/promoting America but simply draining it of its hospitality/resources. They are citizens by statute only, but not even<em> patriots</em>. In many cases their pursued self-interest is a genuine effort to de-assimilate/factionalize America, breaking it down into ethnic or activist sub-groups to achieve more power. This entails/leads to the eventual deconstruction of our society and its constitutional republic.</p>
<p>A <em>patriot </em>is one who loves their country, honors its history and traditions, understands how superior it is to most if not all other countries, realizes the dangers of experimenting with alternative forms of government and is willing to step up and participate in citizenly duties such as gainful employment, obeying the law, voting, giving/charitable and, when called, volunteering for military or humanitarian service.</p>
<p>This is a brief sketch of what it means to be an <em>American </em>and what it takes to call oneself a <em>patriot</em>. Meanwhile, we’re evolving into an admixture of competing factions who only see their interest and nothing of the big picture. This will ultimately end in disaster! We need every citizen to act and feel like a <em>patriot; </em>to fear the prospect of America’s decline; to heart-en/embolden themselves against any such possibility and to do everything they can to preserve, protect and defend these United States of America!</p>
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		<title>EXPOUNDING SOME BELIEFS</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>As children we learn about right and wrong, good, bad etc.  We learn these things from our parents, then from clerics, teachers and finally, perhaps most importantly, our peers. When we played games with our pals we learned there were rules which usually coincided with what we already learned at home/school/church but they quickly took [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As children we learn about right and wrong, good, bad etc.  We learn these things from our parents, then from clerics, teachers and finally, perhaps most importantly, our peers.</p>
<p>When we played games with our pals we learned there were rules which usually coincided with what we already learned at home/school/church but they quickly took on more meaning since not playing by the rules had immediate consequences. This gave instant relevance to the axiom do to others as you want them to do to you or something like.</p>
<p>Not everyone went to church or even the same church, but somehow the ethics, standards and moral codes we developed became universal, all of us coming to the same understanding of what constituted good and bad etc. You could say these teachings/beliefs were universal since we shared their understanding and as we grew they held their sway/utility as we moved thru life. I would venture to say they were axiomatic, bordering on absolute.</p>
<p>Honesty is the best policy; lying about anything is almost always wrong! In daily routines if our behavior/demeanor is honest and truthful we tend to get along better than if we of-</p>
<p>ten or even sometimes lie. To make friends people have to trust you and trust is built on dependability, which in turn depends on telling the truth.</p>
<p>Can we therefore say lying can never be good or come to a good result? Philosophically or abstractly I think we can, but pragmatically in our daily life we can expect that, in some ex-treme situations, lying is actually good. For instance, a criminal enters your home, confronts you and asks if there is any-body else on the premises? You say no, even though your lit-tle brother is upstairs in his room. You act to achieve a best result, which is protecting your brother, though you must lie  to achieve it.</p>
<p>Does this prove The Golden Rule or Honesty is the Best Policy are not workable absolutes in our daily life? I think not. In an overwhelming majority of times, telling the truth serves us best. Now, how about truth itself? Can it be objective and provable, or is it almost always variable/relevant to the situation at hand, meaning different people see it differently?</p>
<p>The OJ Simpson trial was supposed to prove one thing: did he kill his wife and her lover or not? The jury decided no. Given the evidence and circumstance, I believed he did, and considered their verdict a travesty of justice. They apparently believed he was a widely loved celebrity, a wronged husband and a Black man, giving them license to view everything from his perspective; benefit of any doubt, sympathy for his rage at her infidelity, deciding it was high time to get payback for Blacks! As for truth, only OJ knows. It’s lurking there in all the opportunity, motive, evidence, circumstantiality. Most reasonable unbiased people saw it in the absence of an air-tight alibi . .  but as a person I know likes to say, he was found not guilty, even if truth found him guilty, and that’s what counts.</p>
<p>Many saw this verdict looming ahead and were OK with it. Does that make it right? Should emotions/prejudices/vindictiveness carry our hunt for truth? What about elections? Our country works based on consent of the governed and elections shout out that voice. If those in minority are fed up with this reality and decide the only way they can be heard is by shouting louder, over-stepping/cheating does that make it right? Why do many people think so? Why are so many not able to see this truth?</p>
<p>There are literally mountains of evidence proving, state by state, the elections were rigged. Where’s the outrage! In one state they actually caught an individual who was responsible for tampering with procedures/machines causing a shift of over 600,000 votes from Trump to Biden, giving Biden the victory. For some reason, authorities reduced the charge from vote tampering/treason to gov’t trespass and let him go. This was treason in its simplest form, denying consent of the governed in their majority! A minority has rights and can air them in a variety of ways but, bottom line, if they don’t convince enough people they’re being mistreated/disen franchised or how their way is best, they must accept the voting majority has final say over the destiny of a republic.</p>
<p>Take Socialism. Many people believe in it, think they can make it work, wish that America would move closer to the socialist model. Most people/most Americans believe our democratic republic is the best form of government and continue to vote in support to this. A socialist-minded person who was born/raised in America and exposed to the same teachings/learnings as the rest of us consequently shares the same values/ethics about right and wrong. If they actively participate in election fraud they know it’s wrong, it’s breaking the law and can’t be thought of as their constitutional right. No matter what they believe or how dedicated they are, that rationale can never be justified.</p>
<p>Regular rank and file citizens who vote without study or re-view, who don’t listen to the candidate and simply vote red or blue, count on their Party’s loyalty to America in terms of current diligence and future trajectory. If the Party hierarchy has been taken over by radicals/ideologues and candidates project those ideas, hapless voters think they’re voting for traditional blue/red but in reality may be voting to overthrow the government!</p>
<p>This is not hypothetical! It’s happening right now in many states where the Democrat Party is endorsing candidates who are radical left socialists and/or Islamists. Both hold and represent anti-American ideas and concepts and will pose a political threat should they ever get traction with the electorate. If a person willfully or ignorantly votes for such a candidate they are aiding and abetting a seditious effort to start a revolutionary movement whose sole purpose is to destroy our republic!</p>
<p>Does one/should one have a right to be a socialist, globalist or communist? The Declaration states we have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The Bill of Rights under the Constitution, 1st Amendment, states we have the right to Free Speech. Some if not many look at this and interpret it to mean YES!, we can think and believe anything we want and the Constitution guarantees our right to do it!</p>
<p>The 2nd Amendment also guarantees our right to own a gun, but doesn’t say we have the right to use the gun to kill someone or commit a crime. Isn’t this the crux of the issue? The founders gave us a dozen rights thinking we would use those rights to better enjoy life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. They never dreamed a growing element over time would try</p>
<p>using these same rights to tear down government itself! Why would they, when they felt they had crafted the best government ever known to man, which eventually would make it the happiest place on earth. Why would they constitutionally insert steps/procedures/actions that could lead to if not precipitate nation-cide?</p>
<p>The first time we let a Muslim swear into office on the Koran we were inviting this outcome. The Koran contains mandates which are anti-American and incompatible with American ideals and way of life. The Declaration and Koran can’t work together; Socialism-Communism-Globalism the same! One who loves America and its values/freedoms cannot look for betterment in these radical, unfair, unholy systems!</p>
<p>Under Biden we allowed virtually anyone to come into our country, no questions asked: Obama almost the same. The twelve years of those administrations resulted in virtually tens of millions of illegals coming in, setting up house in ethnic/theocratic enclaves and started the process of diluting our polity. Anti-American activists began running for office locally/nationally and winning! If there are ten million interlopers living here that send their proportionate number to congress and they all vote Democrat on top of the rank and file voters who vote Democrat no matter what it’s a recipe for disaster! If these millions are spread across many states, each state sends 1 or 2 to the federal house and 1 or 2 more to the state house. Next thing you know, there are dozens or more in DC and who knows how many more in states?</p>
<p>Consider: illegals are being counted in the census; they’re being added to voting rolls; elections are being rigged by partisan ideologues of the left who wish to bring down America! The controlling supervisory mechanisms policing elections including police, lawyers, judges, courts and state/ federal officials are all infused with moles, saboteurs/leftist radicals who allow this to happen and look the other way. That’s the inside picture; foreign countries add their intrigue/expertise to further this along, from the outside. We begin to see how slowly but surely this becomes a real problem!</p>
<p>So again, is it OK to call yourself a leftist in America? If so, how far can you go promoting your ideology and still be OK? Can you lie about your intentions? Can you swear to be true and loyal to this country on a book that supercedes the civil authority of our constitution with its theocratic authority and ideology? Can an orthodox Muslim be loyal to both?</p>
<p>Should noncitizens or illegals be allowed to legally march and protest anything about America, openly brandishing the flags of their homeland? Should their voices be heard in our state houses and federal government? Should any of our tax dollars, even down to 1 penny, be used to fund and support their activities? Are they really entitled to the same rights and privileges of citizens and if so, what are their duties and responsibilities and accountabilities?</p>
<p>I believe our fundamental rights are natural or God given, meaning we exist, therefore we have a right to live; we were free in our antecedent state of nature so should remain free under the yoke of a man-made society; we pursued activities that helped us thrive and be happy, so we should be able to continue pursuing any such activities that will contribute to our happiness.</p>
<p>I temper all this, of course, with the rights of others in mind. We cannot intrude into their paths to happiness, or impose our beliefs on them to the detriment of their own beliefs. As a society we mutually agree, by majority, to abide by our laws and constitution, to respect each other’s rights, and to give our loyalty and patriotism to our country.</p>
<p>One is not an American who believes we need a new or re-vised constitution or radical change of any kind. We can all exhibit shades of conservatism or progressivism, so long as these comport with our founder’s plan and we conduct ourselves ethically/legally as we try to change things: a periodic vote offers the possibility for change; the amendment process offers another path to change; Convention of States is a process whereby states unhappy with federal lawmakers can in majority override the federal congress/senate and ignore their law and/or adopt new law as they see fit. Finally, we have a Supreme Court that hears complaints of unfairness/unconstitutionality that can render decisions/verdicts resulting in change.</p>
<p>If we’re brought up and educated here, if we learn how our American government/society is equal or superior to others of equal size and complexity, we come to respect and revere what we have and, although we know it isn’t perfect, we get how its better than most and satisfy ourselves with trying to change things using the methods/actions cited above and by staying within bounds of ethicalness, propriety and legality.</p>
<p>I believe we must act honestly, truthfully, legally, righteously. We cannot promote/support any plan, law, system or person who is interested in overthrowing our government. No matter how persuasive, charismatic, credible or insistent it might be if we are born/raised American we know it’s wrong! Any who come to settle here, assimilate and thrive must believe same and not try to instigate/implement societal, cultural or legal change even on a limited or localized basis. They came presumably for a better life. Why bring their old ways with them?</p>
<p>Most people coming here should be prescreened/vetted for minimum health standards, criminality, political activism</p>
<p>and self-reliance, such that they will not become a burden to society. Having a minimum net worth or a sponsor willing to take responsibility might also make sense. The only exceptions should be persons seeking political asylum or safe refuge from immediate harm or endangerment.</p>
<p>A final point is the wrong and illegal use of sanctuary zones, be they cities, counties or states. Under our law there can be no such thing, let alone a politically sanctioned area, what-ever the size. It’s been long understood a hunted person for whatever reason could take temporary refuge in a church and find sanctuary from their pursuers, whoever they might be. But this was temporary to give calmer more reasonable heads time to prevail. The person/persons availing themselves of this safe haven knew it wouldn’t last and, ultimately, they’d be turned over to authorities and held accountable.</p>
<p>What we have today and for the past 30yrs are lower level political units openly defying federal authority, offering shel-ter and sustenance to all manner of illegal, undocumented persons and, candidly, virtually anyone running from federal authority in an effort to remain in America, including convict-ed criminals. This must not be allowed to continue! I believe any political entity defying federal authority should be cut-off from all federal funding, immediately placed under an effect-ive legally instituted siege and the leaders, managers and of-ficers of that entity be held personally accountable for all costs and liabilities associated with said action.</p>
<p>It wasn’t that long ago most of what I’ve described here and stated wouldn’t have been necessary. It was a time when most were on the same page, felt lucky to be Americans and more than happy to play by the rules and abide the law. We were a mostly happy, contented people. Those coming here kissed the ground on arrival and thanked God for their good fortune. They wanted to join in, assimilate and become fully Americanized and knew there was no other place like this that could offer them this opportunity.</p>
<p>Let’s stop playing games, ignoring the truth and face reality. America is in trouble, too many people have lost their way, too many others are blind to their peril. We need to begin a process of discovery, revealment and recognition. We need to help our friends and families open their eyes to the tragic and absurd state of affairs we find ourselves in. We need to apply corrective actions to fix our house, before it topples into its own footprint and becomes lost in the debris field of history. There’s still time. The world holds bated breath . . .</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>JOE M   WILL B   JOHN B   JOHN K   DICK N   BARRY G  ANITA B    ROBERT B    RON R    SARAH P   MIKE F   DONNY T In the course of recent history and within the scope of my own memory there have been many public officials/candidates who because of their beliefs were criticized, ridiculed, demeaned, humiliated and [&#8230;]</p>
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<p>In the course of recent history and within the scope of my own memory there have been many public officials/candidates who because of their beliefs were criticized, ridiculed, demeaned, humiliated and boycotted. Their views were rejected, their opinions held in contempt and their personal integrity attacked/besmirched such that their careers were damaged and, in some cases, livelihoods destroyed!</p>
<p>The ones shown above stick out in memory, but there are many more beyond my recall deserving mention as having been subjected to the same sort of witch hunts for no reason other than going against the tide of public opinion – <u>as charaterized by media</u>.</p>
<p>Reviewing each individual a common thread keeps repeating challenging the notion they were outsiders, radicals or extremists; they were simply of the <em>right</em>. I think each in his/ her own way were learned, reasonable, experienced and patriotic, maybe ahead of the curve in their wisdom. Here’s the list, you be the judge . . .</p>
<p><strong>JOE M</strong></p>
<p>A tail gunner in WWII who went on to become the U S Sena- tor from Wisconsin, serving from 1947 until death in 1957. He came to everyone’s attention in 1950 with allegations government was filled with members of the Communist Party, many of them carryovers from Roosevelt’s administration. Befriended/admired by JFK, supported/corroborated by ex-communist Whittaker Chambers and proven partially right by the trial of Alger Hiss, he never-the-less had exaggerated the problem; it was true in essence, but not extent. <em>Zeitgeist </em>at the time was <em>democrat and left, </em>especially academia, in-telligentsia, media, Hollywood. Vilified as a hysterical <em>right winger,</em> especially by Edward R. Murrow, he remains to this day the poster boy for mccarthyism, a term coined to mean unwarranted, unjust, vicious hounding: <em>Joseph R. McCarthy.</em>   <em> </em></p>
<p><strong>JOHN B</strong></p>
<p>An army intelligence officer in post WWII, he was killed by a Chinese Maoist during a military confrontation due to his principled intractability. Many years later in 1958 business-man Robert W. Welch Jr founded a political movement in his name, which became widely ostracized as a bigoted right-wing think tank of rabid nationalists/patriots. I was person- ally badgered/bullied for having one of their pamphlets in High School in 1961, calling me a capitalist, jingoist and fascist. My crime? I was trying to learn more about the <em>John Birch Society</em> and conservatism. At their peak they were several million strong, mainly picking up where McCarthy left off, warning about a growing <em>leftist influence </em>and growing communist sympathy in America.</p>
<p><strong>BILL B</strong></p>
<p>Upon graduating from Yale he famously stated  . . .  <em>if I ran my finger down the names in the NYC phone directory randomly selecting new members for congress, they’d be just as good/ no worse than the ones we have!  </em>He instigated/re-kindled  intellectual conservatism, started a magazine, ran for congress, had a TV show, authored copious articles and books. He regularly debated megastars of the left including authors, professors, journalists, entertainers and politicians, gaining widespread respect for his wit, intellect and poise. Still, <em>Will- iam F. Buckley Jr </em>was held by most in low esteem if not con- tempt, never getting media-wide credit for his integrity, passion, intellect, and commitment.</p>
<p><strong><em>JOHN K</em></strong></p>
<p>He first represented the people of Massachusetts as a congressman, then was elected senator. Prior to his public service he served in the navy in WWII and was awarded a medal/commendation for heroism. In 1959 he ran for president, narrowly defeating Nixon. He served for 1000 days before being assassinated by persons unknown in Nov’63. He was an immensely popular president, being both the youngest person ever elected to that office and the first Catholic. He was also a Democrat, although by today’s standards he might be a moderate/centrist Republican. He made enemies by allowing his brother Bobby K to go after the mafia. He also talked about dismantling/reorganizing the CIA, had disgruntled operatives blaming him for the failed invasion of Cuba at Bay of Pigs, was talking of changing the central banking monetary system and supported various other policies that ran contrary to the <em>party line.</em> In brief, he wasn’t demeaned or ridiculed by the left and barely criticized for the nuclear showdown with Russia, but <em>John F. Kennedy</em> wasn’t playing ball, so was simply assassinated.</p>
<p><strong><em>DICK N</em></strong></p>
<p>Congressman from California, served as Vice President under Eisenhower, lost an extremely close election to JFK and eight years later won the presidency against Humphrey; he was re-elected in a huge landslide for a 2<sup>nd</sup> term in 1972 but one year later became embroiled in the Watergate scandal, forcing him to resign in 1974. He created the EPA, signed the Clean Air Act, pushed Title IX blocking discrimination against women in government funded education and took US off the gold standard. An avid anti-communist, he opened talks with China, ended the Viet Nam War claiming Peace With Honor, initiated ground-breaking Cold War policy with China and USSR and signed a SALT Treaty with Premier Breznev. <em>Richard Nixon</em> was an effective president in most regards but is remembered primarily for the Watergate cover-up, resigning under threat of impeachment. For decades until Bill Clinton came along, his was the most ridiculed presidency, bar none. Media made him poster boy for scandal, deceit, dis- honesty but some believe he was targeted and entrapped.</p>
<p><strong>ANITA B</strong></p>
<p>She was Miss Oklahoma, 1<sup>st</sup> runner-up Miss America, a pop singer with numerous Top 10 hits in late 50’s /60’s and en- joyed widespread celebrity and popularity amongst her fans and mass audiences. She had corporate endorsements and did concert tours representing differing business, industry religious groups with her persona and talent, but took issue with <em>LGBGT </em>in her home state of Florida fighting against their marketing/promotion believing children shouldn’t be expos- ed to their sensationalized propaganda. The <em>left</em> basically killed her career, threatening promoters/advertisers with   boycotts and legal action. Seems they already had clout be- hind scenes with corporate America, record industry and movers/shakers of culture. They finally blocked <em>Anita Bryant</em> from performing, promoting, singing, depriving her of her livelihood! Why did mainstream America and the <em>Christian Right</em> go along? She stood up for her Christian beliefs when no one else would; we got robbed of an enlightened, whole- some, talented spirit by less than 2% minority faction whose <em>gay zeitgeist</em> was already loose in the land in the late 1970’s.</p>
<p><strong>BARRY G</strong></p>
<p>U S Senator from Arizona, outspoken conservative, presidential Republican candidate in 1964 against LBJ. He wrote  books and gave lectures on his ideas about conservatism. He famously <em>{in error}</em> voted against the Civil Rights Act citing constitutional grounds for his lack of support, standing his ground against a huge negative backlash from his own party.  He was victimized horrendously by a misleading Democrat campaign ad characterizing him a war mongering odds-on user of nuclear weapons, a gross defamation according to family and those who knew him, but it was enough. <em>Barry Goldwater</em> should have easily defeated the corrupt, unpopular, irascible LBJ, but instead suffered a landslide defeat due to advertising chicanery,  media collusion and the naïve gullibility of American voters.</p>
<p><strong>RONNIE R</strong></p>
<p>A lifeguard, radio announcer, sports broadcaster, horseman, rancher, film star, <em>Democrat</em>, President Screen Actors Guild, GE spokesperson, <em>Republican</em>, Governor of California and President of the United States twice, such were the attributes and accomplishments of <em>Ronald Reagan</em>. He was almost assassinated by a single gunman, struggled through the Iran Contra Scandal and was accused of being too old/mentally infirm to conduct his presidency. He not only conducted it, he soared through various diplomatic moments including  Iran Hostage Crisis, Nuclear Disarmament Treaty, ending the Cold War and tearing down the Berlin Wall to name a few. He was sometimes called the Great Communicator, often going direct to the <em>people </em>and around the biased-left media that demeaned his economic programs, witch hunted his involvement in Iran Contra, excoriated his diplomatic style, belittled his intellectual prowess. Seems he was not an <em>Ivy League’r </em>like most in/around the beltway. <em>Class-conscious bigotry of the blue-blooded left </em>reared its ugly head over and over again in the past, in Reagan’s Era, and again, unbelievably, to future conservative president.</p>
<p><strong><em>ROBERT B</em></strong></p>
<p>An attorney, Yale Law School professor, Solicitor General and Acting Attorney General, already twice confirmed for government posts, sitting judge on the U S Court of Appeals and Supreme Court Nominee by Pres. Reagan, <em>Robert Bork</em> was mischaracterized/demonized by the congress and sen- ate during the confirmation process, Sen. Joe Biden being particularly hostile/partisan-frenzied. In one of the worst confirmation ordeals ever, Judge Bork’s nomination was defeated by leftist bile, vitriol and hate, and it wasn’t about Judge Bork’s credentials, qualifications or expertise: it was about the composition of the court and ongoing politicization of the judiciary.</p>
<p><strong><em>SARA P</em></strong></p>
<p>First female governor of Alaska, councilwoman, twice Mayor of Wasilla and chair of an energy and gas consortium working to build a pipeline and other energy related projects to the people of Alaska. She was Vice Presidential nominee of John McCain in 2008, running against Obama/Biden. She authored three NYT best sellers, was a political commentator and frequent speaker at Republican events. This experienced and qualified candidate who stood to become the first female Vice President of the United States was attack- ed, belittled/impugned in every possible way, most memorably during a Katie Kouric interview who asked where she got her information and what magazines she read. <em>Sarah Palin</em> hesitated/faltered in her answer and this became <em>the</em> <em>cause celebre</em> for the rest of the campaign.</p>
<p><strong><em>MICHAEL F</em></strong></p>
<p>A US Army Intelligence Officer reaching the rank of Lt. Gen during his career, he became National Security Advisor under President Trump but quickly resigned due to allegations he had lied under oath in a Justice Dept deposition; convict- ed and under sentencing, he appealed on grounds he had been legally misused, entrapped and subjected to illegal and/or unconstitutional questioning and interrogation. The Attorney General on behalf of the Justice Dept dropped the charges but the presiding judge ignored the motion, trying to <em>railroad</em> <em>General Michael Flynn</em> into imprisonment! He was pardoned by Pres. Trump and went on to win a legal settlement from the government for malicious prosecution. Obama knew Flynn to be a thoroughly competent intelligence manager who knew <em>where the bodies</em> <em>were buried </em>so tried to poison Trump’s mind about his loyalty and capability. He went so far as to sick the <em>DOJ </em>on him with a parade of falsehoods causing his entrapment.</p>
<p><strong><em>DONNY J</em></strong></p>
<p>Real estate tycoon, media mogul, cultural icon and darling of the <em>Jet Set</em>, he was all this and more up to the time he ran for president. Originally a <em>Democrat</em>, he was NYC born and raised, a building rehab wonder, revitalization expert, deal-maker supreme and business impresario, until he and his wife came down the escalator in Trump Tower announcing he was running for President. How dare he! Who does he think he is? What makes him think he’s qualified?</p>
<p>Sometime previous to his announcement he had switched party and became a <em>Republican. </em>He was challenging the heir apparent and standard bearer of Democrats, Hillary Clinton, who was touted/rumored to be an absolute shoe-in, a slam dunk to win the race. Who would dare oppose her? <em>Donald J. Trump</em>, declaring he was an outsider non-politician, would defeat Hillary, start a long process of <em>draining the swamp </em>in <em>Washington DC. </em>Unlike Reagan, he had never run for office, had no political experience, might not understand the law-making game and appeared to lack the class, polish and <em>savoir faire</em> required of a president. But he hit the ground running, making breath-taking changes until an immediate avalanche of charges, claims, allegations and lies made him stop and spend most of his time defending himself against spurious unsubstantiated assertions/accusations. He was impeached based on a fraudulent, concocted dossier; falsely indicted/convicted of four separate crimes all of which are now dismissed or under appeal. Then he was charged with sexual assault for an encounter twenty-five years prior, convicted by a hostile corrupt judge/jury and ordered to pay a large settlement. He will appeal this and every charge until his name is completely cleared and the record expunged.</p>
<p><strong><em>IN SUMMARY</em></strong></p>
<p>I titled this <em>The Dirty Dozen </em>because that’s what the media, journalists and talking heads wanted us to believe. For these seventy(70) odd years every prominent republican or conservative that came along was instantly taunted, ridiculed, criticized, demeaned or flat-out demonized as being a hard right wing wacko, an unsympathetic disciplinarian or a fascist!</p>
<p>McCarthy was <em>un-American </em>with his effort; Buckley an elitist blue blood, haughty and arrogant; Goldwater a backwoods hick out of the mainstream; Nixon a small minded racist with questionable morals; Bryant a raging homophobe; Reagan an actor, simpleton airhead who didn’t understand foreign policy; Bork a stuffy, pedantic scholar who was book smart but real politik dumb; Palin a pretty face from outer Mongolia who was more <em>backwoods cabin wife</em> than politician<em>; </em>Trump was/is the ultimate goon, buffoon, target-worthy lampoon; he has been hounded and persecuted nonstop since taking office, mostly on flimsy facts, scurrilous evidence. In fact, the impeachments have proven to be fraudulent, as were the criminal indictments, wasting millions and millions of our dollars for nothing!</p>
<p>Is it just the <em>Democrats</em> behind all this? Could they on their own perpetrate/prosecute/persecute all of these and more  the past century like some kind of scandal machine set up to instantly find the skeletons and dirty secrets in closets of anybody who comes along they don’t like?</p>
<p>Not possible, on their own. But with help from a few billionaires, celebrity spokespersons, media bosses, reputable educators, corporate marketers, whore-like scientists and some international political saboteurs and agencies like CIA, MI6, KGB and MOSSAD aiding them then yes, they could pull it off. We only know/believe what we hear, so if the airwaves, newsprint and institutional officialdom are all <em>BLUE &#8211;  </em>that’s what we believe . . .</p>
<p>Dirty scoundrels the lot, according to ABC, NBC, CBS, NYT, LAT, 60 Minutes, Nightline, Saturday Night Live, Bill Maher, The View, Bette Midler, George Clooney, De Niro <em>ad infinitum  </em>Like a flock of screeching magpies they feed the fire with lies vitriol and hate. Miraculously, Trump is still standing even though the attacks have been merciless!</p>
<p>Pop Culture calls them the Dirty Dozen; I would pick any seven at random, among others, and proudly applaud them as &#8211; <strong><em>The</em></strong><em> <strong>Magnificent Seven</strong>!</em>  If not for them and people like them, our country would have tumbled down to 3<sup>rd</sup> world status long ago; Bush, Obama, Hillary and Biden were doing that, making it happen. Dirty or Magnificent? You decide . . .</p>
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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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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 09:48:36 +0000</pubDate>
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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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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 09:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
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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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					<description><![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 [&#8230;]</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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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
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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><u>YES</u>    <u>NO</u>    <u>DON’T KNOW/CARE</u></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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