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  It has been over half a month since I wrote a piece for my blog. In fact, I was reminded that my last piece was posted on October 8 th . I had started writing a piece about the Israeli /Palestinian ceasefire when I began to feel a little under the weather. It started like a common cold and quickly progressed to affect my lungs. My wife called 911 when I could no longer breathe, and I was rushed to the hospital. In the emergency room, I was put on a BiPap to help me breathe and was admitted for a respiratory infection and cardiac observation. My pulse was over 130, and my blood pressure was sky high. I spent four days in the hospital on the 8 th floor at Health Park, in Fort Myers, Florida. I have to admit that the room had a great view, and I could watch the sunset every evening. From out the window, I could see all the way to the Sanibel Causeway. Overall, my care was good, but you could tell that at times they were understaffed, but were doing their best. I do wish that they c...
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  I keep seeing videos and reading stories about ICE abusing United States Citizens. If you follow me on social media, you will know that I keep asking the question of why these ICE agents are not being arrested for assault. I thought that assault was assault, no matter who commits it, and that no one person is above the law. Where are our police who took an oath to protect the people and the Constitution?   Why aren’t the police out there protecting our right to protest? The Constitution guarantees our right to protest, which they took an oath to defend. Why are they not defending that? I read a story about how   ICE raided a Chicago apartment building. They had two vans, and they put all the Blacks in one van and all of the Hispanics in another. It doesn’t appear they had warrants, and it does appear that many were United States citizens. Why are the police and the local governments putting up with this type of Gestapo-type abuse? I asked the question, “Does our poli...
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  Silence should not be an option. It is our silence that is damaging our nation the most. I know that I am not silent, but I can tell that by the reaction to what I write, too many are either too afraid to speak up and be counted, or that too many are just burying their heads in the sand and just trying to ignore what is going on around them and what is gripping the nation and ripping it apart. Instead of American pride, what we have is racism, bigotry, and hatred that is eroding the heart of this once great nation. The American exceptionalism that is ripping apart America was on full display at the Ryder Cup. The entire world witnessed it, and the world as a whole was appalled by what they saw. It is bad enough to watch the bigotry and racism that ICE brings to the table, but to treat invited guests and their families as what happened at the Ryder Cup shows how much we as a nation have fallen.   President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summoned 800 generals and a...
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  Today, we love to put labels on everything. We use the labels “right or “left” even though we don’t really know exactly what right and left are. We label people “communist” or “Marxists”   without really knowing what the hell they really mean. As soon as something bad happens today, we need to put a political spin on it to try to make the other party look bad. Both parties play the blame game, but I have to admit that the party that plays it the best has been the Republican Party. On Sunday, September 28 th, a man identified as Thomas Sanford drove his truck into a Mormon Church in Grand Blanc, Michigan. He drove his pickup into the church during services. He opened fire with an assault rifle, killing two with gunfire. He then set the church ablaze using gasoline, which killed two more. Sanford himself was killed in a shootout with the police outside the church. Immediately after the shooting, I swear, everyone was searching not for answers but for political motives. The ...
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  Is political rhetoric polarizing the nation? The problem that I see is that people don’t know what rhetoric is, let alone political rhetoric. Today, we hear a lot of rhetoric about the so-called “deep state”. The popular Definition of “Deep State” is   “ A hidden network of career government officials – often in intelligence, military, or bureaucratic agencies – allegedly working to manipulate policy or undermine elected leaders. Political scientists have long used the term to describe the “Deep State” as “entrenched power structures in countries like Turkey, Egypt, and Pakistan, where unelected officials (e.g., generals, spies) exert control over civilian governments.” In the U.S., the idea gained traction during Trump’s presidency with claims that federal agencies were actively resisting his agenda. Nearly half of Americans polled believe that a deep state exists, though many see it as a conspiracy theory. My opinion is that Trump loves to use the “Deep State” as an excuse...
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  I have heard people say that Trump is the most corrupt President in U.S. history. I have also heard people say that they are all corrupt. Well, I thought I would ask that question, and here are the results. It lists them by the timeline of their service, with the first being Ulysses S. Grant. Grant's presidency was marred by the Whiskey Ring Scandal, which involved Treasury officials stealing tax revenues, as well as other major corruption cases stemming from poor oversight. Next, there was Warren G. Harding, who was infamous for the Teapot Dome Scandal, in which senior officials accepted bribes from oil companies in exchange for access to federal oil reserves. Then there was Richard Nixon and the Watergate Scandal, including illegal surveillance, campaign dirty tricks, and abuse of executive power. Next comes Ronald Reagan and the Iran-Contra affair and the HUD Scandal. Who can forget the trading of weapons through Iran to the Contra Rebels to bypass congressional oversight? We ...
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  Where have all the conservatives gone? I hear a lot about conservative and conservative values, and today I shake my head. I was born and raised in a conservative home. My father was a Republican and a fan of Barry Goldwater. Conservatives at one time had values. Limited government was once a conservative value. Free markets were once a conservative value. Individual liberty was once a conservative value. Traditional social structures were once a conservative value. Let's look at what is happening today. When it comes to economic policy, traditional conservatism has pushed for Free markets, Low taxes, and Fiscal restraint. Today's so-called conservatives cut taxes, increases spending, and instead of free trade, they practice protectionism. Cutting taxes and increasing spending has made the deficit explode more so than at any point in our history, and then turn around and blame the poor and the services they need as the reason why the deficit is exploding. They have intentio...
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  Ever since Charlie Kirk's shooting, I continue to hear about all of the violent rhetoric from the left that is causing the violence. I have to say that I have no idea what violent rhetoric they are talking about. I do know that the Democrats are not going to tell Trump how great he is because they don’t believe that Trump is great, and neither do I. I know that no sane Democrat is going to think of Trump as the second coming of Christ. So, I decided to take a look at all the political rhetoric, as much as I could find, and share my opinion on it. In researching the Democrat rhetoric, the first thing that pops up is a conversation Biden had with a group of donors on a phone call. Biden reportedly said that it was “time to put Trump in the bulls-eye”. First, I will say that it was during a private phone call and not during a speech or rally. Not the greatest choice of words, but not what I would say was violent rhetoric to try to manipulate the public. He was using it as a refere...
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  Why does America lack respect for life? I’m not talking about the unborn child and the when does life start debate. I mean, taking a life because of violence. Violence in America is growing, and in the wake of the Charlie Kirk shooting, I am looking for the answer to why. Gun violence has increased by 17 percent since 2008, going from 10.21 per 100,000 in 2009 to 11,96 per 100,000 in 2016. The data shows a clear increase in gun deaths following the 2008 Supreme Court ruling, with a pattern linked to gun ownership and state-level gun regulations. States with the highest rate of gun ownership and the weakest gun violence protection laws had the highest death rates, such as Alaska at 23.86 per 100,000, Alabama with a rate of 21.51 per 100,000, and Louisiana with a rate of 21.08 per 100,000. States with the strongest violence laws and lower gun ownership had the lowest rates, like Massachusetts at 3.55 per 100,000 and New York at 4.56 per 100,000. Utah had a rate of 14.8 per 100,000 ...
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  A speedboat leaves the port of San Juan De Unare, Venezuela, carrying 11 passengers. It travels about 80 nautical miles from the port. It is then blown to smithereens, killing all 11 passengers and completely destroying the boat and all of its cargo. We were made aware that it had just been destroyed by a United States military jet. We are then told that it is ok because the boat was in International Waters. We are then told the boat was carrying drugs to the United States. We are told that the boat is being operated by Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang that is designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the Trump U.S. State Department. I have one thing to say: Prove it! Since when do we have the right to destroy a speedboat in International Waters from a nation with which we are not at war? Since when do we have the right to sentence 11 people to death because we think they are part of some gang that the Trump administration has designated a terrorist organization without ...
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