The Politics of Donald J. Trump

ace in hole trump

8-4-2018

The Politics of Donald J. Trump

Since the 2015 – 2016 Campaign Cycle began Donald J. Trump has captured the attention of the main stream media through his insistent Tweeting and packing campaign events and venues nationwide. What began as some assumed a publicity stunt has gained momentum and is now a full-fledged movement to take back America for the common people of the flyover nation.

Almost immediately after winning the office of President of the United States and even before officially occupying the White House Donald Trump began rolling back the foot print of Barack Obama. Calling for an overhaul of US Immigration laws by Congress and the president called for funding of a border wall along our southern border with Mexico and a zero tolerance policy for unlawful crossings by illegal immigrants. The entire immigration crisis has been created by the unconstitutional executive order by Barack Obama which is called DACA opening floodgates of illegal immigration into the United States. Attempts to let DACA die a slow death have been challenged in federal court where a federal judge has basically ordered the president to keep this executive order alive. Giving Congress a mandate to fix DACA, the congress has chosen rather to ignore the mandate and attempt to hold the president responsible.

President Trump has begun repealing and replacing over reaching regulations and mandates which have stifled the economy under the previous 8 years of an Obama’s presidency. Followed by creating an environment where the US job market returned to American soil and applying tariffs on goods manufactured elsewhere and sold in America. Reestablishing factories where American steel is once again dominant in US production. Opening up fracking and drilling of oil, completing the pipeline and introducing American oil to be sold on the world market. The unemployment rate has been reduced to an unheard of level, as have the rolls of welfare recipients. Employment is higher than it’s been since World War II and the economy is looking better day by day.

America’s foreign policy became “America First”, placing American interests ahead of the interests of other countries. President Trump began calling out the G20 and G7, the United Nations and even NATO over practices which took advantage of and relied on the financial support of the United States over other countries. Next came our allies, who were told that fair and reciprocal tariffs are now required when trading with and for American goods and will lead to zero tariffs between the United States and other countries.

Next came negotiating with a longtime adversary seeking and reaching specific agreements such as the Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula signed by Chairman Kim Jong Un and President Donald J. Trump at the Singapore Summit which has had immediate and unexpected results with the release of Americans held in North Korea and the return of the remains of American servicemen lost during the Korean War almost 70 years ago, as the process for a total and verifiable denuclearization of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has begun.

Negotiations began with a NATO ally whom the president called our competitor when President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation met with President Trump at the Helsinki Summit where he warned of Russian interference in US elections would not be tolerated and that American oil would underprice Russian oil from the Crimea to the European Union.

The successes of Donald Trump can be attributed to setting obtainable goals, maintaining his extreme focus on results while ignoring the organized resist and delay tactics of certain members of Congress.

The main stream media and online social trolls continue to misinform and mislead the American public.

America is presently in an Uncivil War that threatens to usurp the authority of the President of the United States and prevent him from governing. Those who engage in, finance, organize and orchestrate this civil unrest use the tactics of Saul Alinsky which are designed to identify, isolate and attack anyone who stands in their way including illegal tactics from smearing the person, family, administration and supporters of President Trump by any means available and thinking the means justify the end. It does not!

Every attack on the President of the United States is an attack on the people of the United States and our way of life. The Constitution of the United States is the rule of law. Our Constitutional-Republic is very much worth fighting for as it embodies everything we hold dear, the freedom of religion, freedom of speech, the right to bear arms, the right to vote, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, our love of mom and apple pie.

We the people are not few in number. We are your neighbors, your friends and if need be your enemies when it comes to protecting the Constitution of the United States against ALL ENEMIES, both foreign and domestic, so help us God!

I will not stand down, I will not yield, I will never give up! – I am the Real Truckmaster!

Realtruckmaster.blog

Respond to NW or NM with Silence

8-3-2018

Respond to Nasty Woman or Nasty Man With Silence

Have you noticed that when a new “personality” makes an appearance on the scene the quickest way to become known is to use vulgar and obscene tweets, threats or write articles that demean supporters of President Trump? They must take great pleasure in hearing themselves trashed on Twitter and Facebook. It really doesn’t take long once you let out a nasty woman or a nasty man tweet that makes light or fun of the president, his family, the WH staff or his Administration. When a NW or NM deliberately start a firestorm (sorry California, no pun intended) and within a few moments have all the conservative talking heads blasting their name all over the place.

It has been said that copying is a form of flattery and that being said these NW and NM are emulating Donald Trump to the “enth” degree. When DJT opens his mouth, loosens his keyboard or sneezes the media is all over it in a heartbeat. It works so well because he is really reaching American’s nationwide and the MSM and FNN are beside themselves because they have been left out once again.

So when the New York Times hires a bimbo who slams everyone she is not, take a chill pill and let it slide. You read it right, leave it alone. When the Washington Post published what amounts to trashy reporting and it’s directed at the president or his followers, let it lie. And when CNN’s star WH reporter begins whining and sniveling over having his feelings hurt, let him like his wounds in silence.

In my opinion the best way to deal with those who show their true ignorance is to let the sleeping dogs lie. It is a counter-2-resistance in silence (C2RinS). When they are ignored long enough they may find that their terrible-two’s tantrum is no longer gaining the notoriety they anticipated and wipe their own noses.

It has also been said that the squeaking wheel gets the grease. Well in this case the squeaking wheel gets burnt out instead. – I am the Real Truckmaster!

Realtruckmaster.blog

How Our President was Chosen

electorial college 2016 map

8-3-2018

How Our President Was Chosen

People are upset that Hillary Clinton won the popular vote over Donald Trump, yet lost the election. Many considered the election tainted. So to rationalize it in their minds Democrats had to blame someone other than Hillary, so it became the “Russians” and the winner of the 2016 election Donald Trump was obviously helped by “Collusion with the Russians”. Does that sound about right?

When our nation was founded it was determined that choosing a president had to be a fair representation of the peoples vote and balanced by voting by the states with the same number of electors, in 2016 there were 538 legislators. Elections are actually done in two parts.

The first part was the General Election on November 8th 2016 when US Citizens voted for the candidate of their choice. Hillary Clinton received some 3 million more votes than Donald Trump, winning primarily in New York and California, both states having higher population than many states with less population.

The second part was by the Electoral College (there are 538 delegates and the candidates strive to obtain 270 votes to win) on December 19th 2016 where delegates from each state voted for the candidate that obtained the most popular votes in their state. The final result was Hillary Clinton – 227 delegates to Donald Trump – 304 delegates thereby winning the election.

“There’s not a liberal America and a conservative America,” he declared, “There’s a United States of America. There’s not a black America and a white America and Latino America and Asian America. There’s a United States of America.” – Barack H. Obama 2004

After rationalized analyses of the election process it becomes obvious that much of the demonstrations, rioting, civil unrest and nationwide uproar has been manufactured, organized and funded by individuals and organizations with the intent to destroy American traditions and our very way of life. They have either tricked or bought off various national media sources in an order to promote class division among Americans. We and our children deserve and can make America better. – I am the Real Truckmaster!

Realtruckmaster.blog

It’s Not About Trump

8-2-2018 (updated 12-13-2019)

It’s Not About Trump

I know what you’re going to say. Yes it is all about Trump. I beg to differ and here’s why. Donald J. Trump has spent his entire life in his family’s construction and real estate business and he’s done very well for himself, his family and for the business. He has accumulated money, power and fame. In the worldly sense he has arrived. He raised his adult children in the family business instilling within each of them a strong sense of purpose and a no nonsense business work ethic to be admired. Dnald and Melania are currently raising their son Baron, shaping him into the man he will become.  For President Donald J. Trump life is good. If you look past the hype you will see that it’s not about him, it really isn’t.

Anyone who looks at who Donald J. Trump was in the past will most likely agree that he had that snarky look of a hungry insurance salesman or used car dealer, the guy who’s always looking for a deal and not just any deal, he’s looking for a good deal, no a great deal. Hence his book “The Art of the Deal” gives one a sense of his business philosophy and what he determines to be a good deal.

Now before you start thinking (that can hurt), know that I come from the Treasure Valley, and a small town in southwestern Idaho called Homedale. I grew up in and around the Homedale-Wilder area before moving to the Boise-Kuna area where I graduated from high school. I then went into the military and spent a majority of my adulthood traveling around the world as a member of the U.S. Army. I didn’t have time or the opportunity to become politically active, other than voting an absentee ballot.

I have never met, seen or talked to Donald Trump except on an occasional episode of The Apprentice. I just did not like the way he called people out and said “You’re Fired”!

An occasional article in the Associated Press may have filtered down to a local paper but I did not keep up on the goings on of Donald J. Trump. And as I’ve been saying it’s not about Donald Trump.

I’ve read books and articles that tell me Donald Trump has been interested in politics as early as the mid 1980s, but did not actively pursue running for president and at that time he was no political threat. The movers and shakers in business, entertainment and politics all wanted to be seen with him and he with them because big money attracts.

Meeting President Ronald Reagan may have been the catalyst that got Donald Trump’s attention. The flair and flavor of Doonald Trump may have simply repackaged the vision of the Reagan message. Their goals were the same to Make America Great Again and to place proper emphasis on American workers and American goods building up the economy and rebuilding America’s military might so that America is once again respected as the world leader.

It has been said that Donald Trump said he doesn’t do anything unless he knows he will win and failure is not an option. When asked on several occasions to run for President he said no. Over the years Donald Trump has amassed a great fortune with properties located around the world. The Trump name adorns buildings and properties and is plastered boldly across the Trump airplane. Some view that as flaunting or in your face so that everyone knows its Donald Trump. I beg to differ.

It’s almost a forgotten thing we used to hear called “American Pride”. I read an article some time back that said workers would sign their name somewhere on each automobile they helped build to show pride in their work. Remember the tags “Inspector 101” (or whatever number) that showed an item had been quality control checked? That has been all but forgotten in America, but not by Donald Trump. When I see “Trump Tower” or the airplane “TRUMP” or maybe a golf course it’s not arrogance that I see. No it’s pride displayed over the accomplishment of a project well done. Trump does not build Walmarts or Kmarts, but high end exclusive properties.

When I see Donald Trump preaching “America First” and “Built in America” or “USA” I see a man who truly loves the United States so much that he had to do something about the condition of decay that has overtaken this nation after the Second World War and really took hold during the Vietnam War years.

That’s when politicians and protestors began using radio and television to change public opinion to stir up racial divisions among Americans. The images coming out of Vietnam were skewed to give the impression that the war was going badly and America wanted out. Bring our boys home they said, but when we came home we were ostracized and unwelcome. America went into a great depression which today it is called Post Traumatic Stress (PTSD). The ship of state had no rudder.

After World War Two America had 11 presidents who were mostly politicians or businessmen. We were warned by Dwight D. Eisenhower, uplifted by John F. Kennedy, encouraged by Ronald Reagan and lied to by Barack H. Obama each promising to deliver America from this great depression, yet each one failed.

The rise of Donald J. Trump to become President of the United States was about as unlikely as the pope coming out of the Catholic Church in New York City. With so many qualified candidates having already announced their candidacy nobody expected a billionaire from New York to enter a race he was so unqualified to enter. He wasn’t even a politician. The likelihood of him succeeding was even lower than that of Hillary Rodham Clinton former Secretary of State for Barack Obama.

Even at this point it’s still not about Trump. In political circles and in the media it looked like the Belmont Stakes were all set to anoint the favored daughter of New York to become the first woman president in American history. So sure of themselves that the events had been orchestrated down to the very place where the coronation would be held at an event center overlooking Trump Tower and with a glass ceiling so appropriate for celebrating election night.

The campaigning had been relentless with candidates crisscrossing the nation to swoon and sway voters to the left or to the right. The Clinton campaign became over confident and lackadaisical and began coasting to the finish line so sure of victory. The Trump campaign watching the results pour in kept pushing forward until the very end.

An unforeseen consequence happened in September 2015 meeting Donald J. Trump was told by a prominent Christian businessman from Dallas that God had a plan. He would become the forty-fifth president of the United States and he would be an Isaiah 45 president, “a wrecking ball to the spirit of political correctness”.

What happened next can only be described as a miracle as the Electoral College votes were counted and became final – Donald J. Trump was the President-Elect of the United States. This has become the “Shock and Awe” of American politics. During the campaign Donald Trump repeatedly said he would drain “The Swamp” in Washington, D.C. The backlash of “The Swamp” was immediate as organized and orchestrated resistance and delay tactics began and continue to this day.

The Liberal leftists and the Democratic Party were initially stunned and overcome by what is termed as the Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) over the loss of Hillary Clinton’s chances for a presidency she lost in 2006 to Barack Obama and now in 2016 to Donald Trump. What are the chances of lightning striking twice?

I won’t go into the details as the resistance movement a continually constant drum roll on main stream media outlets nationwide against anything Donald Trump says or does. This is a spiritual battle between forces of evil resisting against Almighty God and utilizing humankind as pawns for their enjoyment.

Midterm elections are upon us as Democrat and Republican candidates are jockeying for position in American politics and soon there will be primary elections. It behooves each of us to consider the consequences of our actions to vote or not. Again it’s not about Trump. – I am the Real Truckmaster!

Realtruckmaster.blog

Respect versus Liberal Hatred

2 year old cowboy salutes the flag 32559862_426475031157796_2311270327457415168_n

8-1-2018

Respect versus Liberal Hatred

It pains me to think that the small minority of Americans who claim to be liberal Democrats choose to act as spoiled two-year old kids. Maybe they were raised that way and maybe they in turn choose to raise their kids that way as well.

One of the first things a parent teaches a child is to be respectful of others. Don’t hit; don’t take Johnny’s toy; Don’t pull the tail of the cat; Don’t kick the dog; Don’t talk back; and Don’t mouth off to teachers, policemen or anyone in authority. These are American values that are key to successful relationships and established work ethics.

Back in the olden days violating any one of those would get you taken out back, behind the wood shed or if you were at school you would swiftly become acquainted with the “Board of Education”. You would learn about consequences.

So what happened? Do liberal parents just let their children do their own thing and hopefully they will make right choices? Not a smart way to raise a child. In that case Hillary Clinton’s book “It Takes a Village” would make perfect sense. Doctor Seuss, Doctor Spock and “Beam me up Scottie” would also make perfect sense when it comes to raising children.

One need not look any further than today’s conservatives to see the difference from liberals at home, in school or in the work place.

Conservative – Yes Sir, Yes Mame or No Mame

Liberal – Don’t tell me what to do, get outta my face

Conservative fast food worker – Hello, How May I Help You?

Liberal fast food worker – Whatcha want?

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that honey is sweeter than salt, but liberals prefer to be the salt.

President Trump has initiated a series of tax breaks to stimulate the economy and its working. That’s called applying honey. Liberal legislators are promising when they take back control of congress they will reverse the tax breaks and raise taxes so that they can provide free Medicare to everyone. Free Medicare is going to be paid for by whom? That’s called pouring salt into an open wound.

I don’t understand how American’s can buy into the “free stuff for all” argument which makes absolutely no sense what so ever. One need only take a look at socialist countries around the world to see them collapsing under this state controls everyone and everything and free stuff for all only means starvation for the really poor.

It was not a joke that I said love unites and hate divides. Liberal mania says President Trump has divided this nation and must be stopped. Common sense indicates that President Trump’s love for America is drawing people in by the thousands, and away from the hateful liberal mentality.

When I see liberal logic in action after they have run out of words to say, they bring out the big guns, you know the Vulgar and Crude labeling and name calling for anything Trump or anyone seen as supporting the president. They have run out of criticism and because of their self-serving sense of purpose resort to their inner feelings. It would be better for them to remain silent so they are not looking like fools, than to open their mouths and confirm the diagnosis.

Conservative logic identifies a problem and associates it with a series of solutions, followed by a path to fruition. Liberal logic simply casts stones in a random direction and hoping they solve a problem which they are reluctant to identify or name.

Barack Obama was a man of words. He was charismatic, energetic and talked like the snake oil salesman that he was. When faced with a problem, he simply turned it around as a nothing burger. When it threatened to irrupt he threw other people’s money at it. When confronted, it was somebody else’s fault, he only inherited it. In eight years as a senator followed by eight years as president Obama was unable to provide meaningful solutions to very real problems facing America.

Donald Trump is a man of words too, but also a man of action. He also is charismatic and talks the talk of someone who’s not afraid of problems. He turns them into opportunities and already has solutions to remedy them. When things threaten to irrupt he grabs hold with both hands and doesn’t let go until a solution has been implemented and the problem has turned into success. On over fifty years as a businessman and real estate developer Trump has encountered triumphs and suffered defeat, but has always gotten up and back on the horse. During his seventeen months as president he has accomplished many firsts that have eluded the past eleven presidents and more.

Rather than engaging in politispeak President Trump has engaged in meaningful dialog which has upset quite a number of professional lifetime politicians who challenge his methods. On the other hand world leaders have been cordial at first and in many cases fully supportive as Trump implements his America First agenda.

Trump has a saying that “You cannot always choose your friends, that’s life. However you cannot afford to not identify your enemy.” For him that is easy because a majority of American’s support the president and show up at his rally’s and follow him on Twitter. His enemies on the other hand are very vocal in expressing their hatred of all things Trump, and are easily spotted. They are eager to be seen as the fools they really are.

President Trump has redefined the Republican Party as the party of winners and are continually gaining new converts. While the Democratic Party identifies as the “me, me, me I need my free stuff” party and are simply a rudderless ship without any adult supervision.

It’s time for Americans to come to their senses and support the values which will help ALL American’s achieve the American Dream, which is to “Make America Great Again”. – I am the Real Truckmaster!

Realtruckmaster.blog

A Real Cyber Criminal Madam Secretary

cybersecurity-professionals-top-complaints

7-31-2018

A Real Cyber Criminal Madam Secretary

This will be a short essay on how cyber criminals were able to penetrate the State Department, the Executive and the Legislative Branches of Government. Let me begin by saying yes the Russians have been attempting to influence not only US elections but attempting to penetrate various government agencies and political organizations here too.

It is no accident that Debbie Wasserman-Schultz while head of the Democrat National Committee hired a couple of foreign nationals and gave them access to DNC computers and devices under the guise of working as internet technicians. They were also hired by various democratic members of the House and possibly of the Senate on a part time basis and had full access to the computers, devices and networks connected to them. They were Pakistani nationals who could very well have been implanted by Russian spymasters and along with their family members could have accessed, copied and/or transmitted all kinds of data (secret or otherwise).

Hillary Clinton had a private server installed in her house, with access to Clinton Foundation and DNC servers as well as the State Department’s secure network and was not concerned with communicating directly with POTUS#44 even while traveling overseas and even THROUGH HER PRIVATE SERVER.

Her actions were deliberate and directly violated internet security of government computers, devices and networks and very well opened a Pandora’s Doorway to official government internet traffic. It is most likely and highly probable that POTUS#44 and State systems were both compromised, but to what extent?

It is my opinion that the real culprit and cybercriminal was Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton who was aided and protected by POTUS#44 Barack Hussain Obama and both were protected by the US Intelligence Agencies (NSA, CIA & FBI) and others (Fake News Networks) so as not to blow the lid off until such time as the fake “Russian Collusion” scenario could be played out and using POTUS#45 Donald J. Trump as the fall guy.

Ask any cyber technician how 33,000 emails can simply disappear or vanish from the internet? It just doesn’t happen. There are virtually copies of every email, text message and digital transmission on massive internet servers located around the world and each are backed up daily if not hourly so as to preserve everything on the information highway.

The tentacles of the swamp are far reaching and have serious implications for the entire world population. – I am the Real Truckmaster!

Realtruckmaster.blog

The 3-D Plastic Gun Issue vs 2nd Amendment

3-D Plastic

7-31-2018

The 3-D Plastic Gun Issue vs 2nd Amendment

The latest buzz on the internet is the guy who released detailed information on a 3-D plastic Gun that is printable from home, providing you can afford the 3-D printer and the plastic material. I know nothing about this printer or the process involved, but it does raise some very interesting questions about the future of plastics in a variety of forms and the legality or morality of something like a 3-D plastic gun.

The 2nd Amendment of the Constitution guarantees and is perfectly clear on the freedom to bear arms as a means of protection against a tyrannical government.  Could the founders have known that one day there would be such uproar over things like a child forming a “gun” with his hand and playfully shouting “bang” and being kicked out of school because someone was scared? Or what about the kids playing in the backyard with toy rifles and toy pistols and someone calls 911?

In the 2002 Clint Eastwood movie Blood Work he plays a Secret Service agent being hounded by the villain who at one point uses a plastic pistol during an assassination attempt on the president, it could literally bring fear of someone actually doing something like that. With todays “Trump-phobia” sweeping the world of liberal politics could it actually become a reality?

It seems someone has actually used a 3-D printer to create a working model of a handgun. What’s more is that it has been validated by a federal judge as protected under the 2nd Amendment and now the liberal politicians and liberal media are falling all over themselves and calling for even more gun control legislation.

7:18 pm – One hour ago a last minute injunction has stopped plans for uploading the blue-prints for the 3-D gun on-line after President Trump joined legislators from both sides of the isle in voicing concerns.

It’s pretty sad because there already are laws on the books making murder a crime and using a handgun where someone is killed or injured is also a crime or crimes. Those laws were legislated from Congress and still we have a problem of people getting angry or hurt and vetting out revenge with a fire arm.

While browsing with my buddy Google I discovered that one can draw a gun using something so simple as an Etch A Sketch and I wouldn’t be surprised if someone is so offended that they would call for the banning of ALL Etch A Sketch toys and demonize anyone who refuses to turn them over under threat of huge fines and imprisonment! – I am the Real Truckmaster!

Realtruckmaster.blog

Judge Action Not Just Words

Fact-or-Fake-concept-image-with-wood-blocks

Judge Action Not Just Words

This morning while browsing thru the local paper I spotted an article where “Times publisher asks Trump to reconsider anti-media rhetoric” and I thought to myself, if the media would simply report the news, not editorialize news as their personal opinion piece maybe there would be no rhetoric from the President.

I don’t remember hearing or seeing Donald Trump being quoted over much of anything until he announced his candidacy on March 2015 on the staircase of Trump Tower. Since that day it has been reported by the media almost everything Donald Trump has ever said, or someone thought he said and this includes the private meetings and private phone calls being leaked to certain media sources.

I don’t know how much time President Trump devotes to sleeping, but it can’t be that much because he has to stay up late in order to come up with some of the quips he unleashes on the media just for sport.

How about the time he commented on NFL players standing for the Flag and National Anthem or they be fired. That’s what I said and nobody broadcast it over the air waves or even paid attention to it on Facebook. In fact that is what a lot of people were thinking and possibly saying at the time.

Colin Kapernick started with an act of disrespect to our nation to make a point. Other NFL players, coaches, managers, owners and even the NFL commissioner responded in a sign of solidarity with Kapernick, not in agreement with his point of police brutality, but as a way to disrespect President Trump. Well I have breaking news for you guys – Donald Trump is not the Flag, or the National Anthem and disrespecting the sitting president is….well DISRESPECTFUL on its own accord.

What about the president’s private phone call of condolence to the widow of a recently fallen soldier in Africa? Portions of the phone call were politicized by Representative Frederika Wilson D-FL who just happened to be at the residence of the widow when the president called. Her public display of openly disrespectful actions caused a huge fuss over something so simple and so private.

So the president tweets out something about “Little Rocketman” and immediately the media launches into a panic attack over World War III with North Korea. Can you believe it a country not much larger than the size of a pin head and much of its military might located in and around the capital city? It was almost comical the way the media portrays Trumps messaging over Twitter.

What about when the president of South Korea met with the leader of North Korea for the first time and afterwards stated publicly that President Trump should be recommended for the Noble Peace Prize for bringing the two Korean leaders together? The media made a fuss that “Trump wants the Peace Prize”! It’s sad that the media made such a fuss over President Trump, but when President Obama “won” the Peace Prize for bringing people together, nobody even knows what people he brought together?

After the Singapore Summit between President Trump and Leader Kim Jong Un everyone is in an uproar, not because both leaders signed a denuclearization agreement, but because Trump didn’t ask permission on what to say, nor does anyone know what was said behind closed doors. No public praise over the release of American citizens, the dismantling of North Korean missile facilities or the return of Korean War remains from North Korea.

The media has jumped on the anti-Trump bandwagon over alleged sexual scandals where high profile women were paid to come forward at critical times to accuse Donald Trump of paying them off to keep quiet, which obviously failed.

There has been media support over the Helsinki Summit between President Trump and President Putin over what went on behind closed doors. What promises did Trump make> Why did he take sides with Russia over US Spymasters (who have been instrumental in propagating this Russian Collusion witch hunt)?

Much ado about nothing comes to mind. When the White House staff changes the media is up in arms and prints falsehoods and innuendos about why? The same thing should the president change cabinet secretaries as is his pleasure to do without notice or explanation.

Recently during an almost unheard of media photo opportunity in the Oval Office a “reporter” from CNN began yelling out questions to the president, questions not relevant to the event. When asked to leave she refused and was ejected from the oval office and banned. Had she observed protocol and not let her estrogen overload her sense of duty as a reporter, she could certainly have conducted herself more professionally. I don’t think she would have lasted that long had the meeting been with Donald Trump in his office at Trump Tower.

So to have the Times publisher ask the president to tone down or reconsider the anti-media rhetoric is absurd. Why not issue a stern warning to Times reporters to act professionally at all times and report the news, not editorialize? That would send a clear message for other news outlets and organizations to do likewise. Maybe, just maybe, the anti-media rhetoric would cease on its own as there would be no justification for it.

I wasn’t talking about you, but if the shoe fits……lace that puppy up and wear it! – I am the Real Truckmaster!

Realtruckmaster.blog

The Insignificant and Unknown of the Vietnam War……Thailand REVISITED

FB_IMG_1488507147937

7-29-2018

The Insignificant and Unknown of the Vietnam War…….Thailand REVISITED

Almost 10 years ago (November 7-2008 I first wrote an article which I submitted to a Vietnam Veterans blog site in order to provide insight to misperceptions and inaccurate information dating back to the mid-1970’s.

Upon posting the article there was a firestorm of insults and tactics meant to belittle me and other Thailand Veterans of the Vietnam War who served in the Southeast Asian theater and consider ourselves Vietnam Veterans. We served, were awarded the medals and wore the same t-shirts as our brothers in Vietnam.

There are many Vietnam Veterans who served in Thailand and Vietnam during the war years. They acknowledge the commitment and service performed equally in both countries. They often state that they worked longer hours and sometimes harder in Thailand than they did in Vietnam doing the same job. If you look at the dining facilities, orderly rooms and barracks (hootches) there is no discernible difference. Muddy camps in the rainy seasons; outhouses and outdoor showers during the early days gave way to more permanent facilities at some of the larger bases.

Smaller camps were wooden buildings with the risible wooden shutters covering screened windows for ventilation; walking on wooden pallets and/or PSP planking to and from the outhouses and showers; sitting on the grass or blanket watching the 35mm movie projected on a white sheet between two poles used to hold the volleyball net; signing for haircuts until payday and paying the barber twice a month; NCO club was the old dining facility after the new one was built.

I remember digging bunkers and foxholes while filling sandbags and insuring the fields of fire were cleared of obstructions. These fixtures were manned during alerts called down from battalion headquarters. The commander would call battalion and give a situation report as to when the base was “secure” and the time had better be good. Several facilities enjoyed USO troops touring SEA, Bob Hope was a favorite, as was Hugh O’brien and others.

Our facility in Northeastern Thailand was a trailer transfer point where all convoys headed to the Royal Thai Air Force Bases would transit and in many cases remained over night before loads moved out at zero dark thirty the next morning.

We had the same mission transport munitions and bombs to the Air Force so they could in turn take them across the fence over Laos to North Vietnam. We hauled general cargo from toilet paper, sodas, beer, whiskey, milk and ice cream to Air Force bases and small Army bases.

The roads up country were mostly unimproved cart paths, being mapped and built up by Army Engineers and cutting directly through the areas populated by the CT’s (Communist Thai’s) who had crossed over from Laos and North Vietnam. At its closest point, Nakon Phanom (NKP) Royal Thai Air Base was a mere 90 air miles from Hanoi.

During the early years beginning in 1962 all army personnel were under the 9th Logistical Command deployed from Okinawa to Thailand with a primary mission of civic action projects to build infrastructure (highways, roads, and bridges) where none had existed before linking Thailand together like a huge quilt. It had never before happened, and the conditions of working in tropical vegetation, searing heat and tropical diseases such as malaria tested the fortitude of many young men and women.

Later a new command was activated in Okinawa and deployed to Thailand as the United States Army Support Command, Thailand assuming the missions of the 9th Logistical Command and becoming the parent organization in Thailand. Adding to the mission was the training and pre-operational assistance of Royal Thai military forces to deploy to Vietnam in support of US forces. Training facilities were carved out of jungle and the training included many elements of USARSUPTHAI, to include 46th Special Forces personnel.

Officially there were no “combat” troops in Thailand, yet in the 1962 Crisis in Laos President Kennedy authorized moving combat troops along the Thai-Lao border region until the crisis subsided.  US Special Forces trained Thai military and Thai police personnel on a variety of areas, as well as fielded teams into Laos on then classified missions. Army engineers were not called “combat” engineers but “Construction” engineers, again so as not to alarm the government or give the impression the US was an occupational force.

That being said we did have troops engaged in combat in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia and several of our bases were attacked by Communist Thai, Pathet Lao and North Vietnam forces. Their names are on the wall in Washington, D.C.

US Air Force units and aircraft flying combat missions out of Royal Thai Air Forces Bases of Don Muang (Bangkok), NKP, Takhli, Udorn, Ubon, and Utapao and then classified locations inside Laos; During the ending years of the war US Marines relocated from Vietnam to Nam Phong Royal Thai Air Force Base and continued their combat missions over Vietnam; US Coast Guard operated navigational equipment at various locations throughout Thailand; while US Navy personnel provided guidance on all US Army construction projects throughout Thailand; CIA personnel flew classified missions from Udorn RTAFB into Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam using Air America/ Civil Air Transport aircraft.

A major mission of USARSUPTHAI was to support the USAF as they prosecuted the war in Vietnam and to defend, if necessary the nation of Thailand should it come under aggression by its neighbors.

Thailand was known collectively as part of the “Secret War” and in accordance with the wishes of the Royal Thai Government much of the activity was kept out of local and international media for fear of angering the communist neighbors surrounding a free Thailand.

Keeping communications under control and providing for Air Traffic as well as ground traffic were personnel under the 1st Signal Brigade maintaining links between theater stations and those in Hawaii and Washington D.C.

Thailand based army units received unit awards such as the Presidential Unit Citation, Valorous Unit Award, Meritorious Unit Commendation, RVN Gallantry Cross w/Palm, RVN Civil Actions Honor Medal for their service in Thailand.

Individual awards include the Vietnam Service Medal and the Vietnam Campaign Medal w/60 Device for service in Thailand (1962 – 1975) IAW AR 600-8-22 CH 2, Para 13 and CH 9, Para 19.

Thailand Veterans are battling the effects of herbicide exposure (Agent Orange) and proving to the VA that we were even exposed. The VA has acknowledged that each of the Royal Thai Air Force Bases and some small army bases (unnamed) were sprayed with herbicides, but each Veteran must prove he was on or near the perimeter of an affected base, and by military occupational specialty (MOS) such as a military policeman who was a K-9 handler. That is not anywhere close to a proper determination for exposure. During an alert or an attack MOS is not a precursor to who mans the perimeter and who doesn’t. The person standing next to you in a foxhole or bunker could be anybody (cook, mechanic, driver, admin, etc).

Go here http://www.kohtang.com/ to learn of the Mayaguez Incident at Koh Tang, Cambodia.

There are several books to learn more about Thailand based troops during the Vietnam War.

I suggest reading “One Day too Long” by Timothy Castle about the 11 missing men of LS 85.

Another is “A Certain Brotherhood” by Jimmie H. Butler, COL, USAF (Ret) a FAC flying Cessna’s over the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

I have written several eBooks:

U.S. Army Engineers in Thailand 1962 – 1971 https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/784524

U.S. Special Forces in Thailand https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/799654 and

United States Motor Transport Operation in Thailand 1966 – 1975 https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/772858

I am a retired US Army Transportation NCO (9/13/1967 – 12/31/1990)

I find that education is the key to fending off misinformation and leading to new thoughts on old ideas. I am the Real Truckmaster!

Realtruckmaster.blog

The Children as Cannon Fodder

7-29-2018

The Children as Cannon Fodder

The crime in the treatment of “the children” being perpetuated on America is one of epic proportions and our nation is being taken for a huge ride at someone else’s enjoyment and at our expense.

This is not the first article I’ve written about the unlawful migration of foreign nationals through several nations, including Mexico bordering the southern United States. Let me share portions of a conversation I’m having with a friend and why we both deemed it an issue, but for very different reasons.

But first an illustration:

Reminds me of the old circus coming to town. Everyone wants to come out and see the elephants and the dancing bears. They love the girl riding the horses and standing on top as they circle the ring. It’s a circus and everyone looks forward to it coming around year after year. Until a group shows up protesting the “cruel” treatment of the animals. They make a big show of it and soon the towns folks and the media have broadcast how cruel the circus owner is and they keep it up until the circus no longer comes to town. The protests don’t stop until the owner is drug to court, pays huge fines and even goes to jail. And still the protests continue, only now it’s over aunt Sally and her unruly six dogs on the farm.

My friend in San Antonio, Texas expresses the very real concerns that many Americans have after bombarded by the media, politicians and various groups who oppose the Department of Homeland Security of enforcing the laws of the United States.

“I still get the local newspaper for our area. Everyday, without fail, there is some form of article about immigrants and how they are being treated by ICE. Full page coverage of children being separated from their family. Articles about local church efforts to provide housing for families that are reunited. More articles about legal offices providing “pro bono” assistances to immigrant adults and children. Here, they are the victims and our Federal agencies are the “black hat” bad guys. It is to be expected because San Antonio has a hispanic majority of over 60%. ”

“I am telling you this so that maybe you will understand why it is so much harder for me to support the conservative agenda when I am exposed to the opposites on a daily basis. I see many of the immigrants as people who live in countries where they are constantly subjected to lawlessness, severe poverty, poor or no job opportunities, abuse by gangs, women and children physically and sexually abused….is it any wonder why they are willing to take a chance of being allowed to get a fresh start in our country. I know there are legal ways to try and do that but the process is very slow and cumbersome. Look at how much trouble ICE has had just trying to unite all the children back with their parents or family. What a nightmare. It is a very difficult scenario. It is said that they are of a higher category for total care than our vets, to me seems to be questionable.”

“So many different ways to look at so many different issues confronting our country today.”

“Anyway, I felt I owed you a better explanation about why I feel as I do about issues that impact our country. My city thrives on care for any and all who are hispanic, especially the children.”

“Just sayin’!”

At this point I refer to the DHS secretary talking about “the children” and how they are being cared for until reunification takes place. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/07/24/dhs-secretary-nielsen-says-white-house-is-on-track-to-reunite-separated-families-by-deadline.html

I also referred my friend to this article on “family separation” in the Conservative Review https://www.conservativereview.com/news/government-data-shows-the-entire-family-separation-crisis-was-built-of-lies/

 

My Friend in San Antionio, Texas

“I read them both. Her input as to what has really been going on with immigrants and the conservative “factual take” on the subject. I have read those facts and figures before. They should be ones we can trust and know they are accurate. But, to play the devil’s advocate, there has been many articles in our paper, comments made by various political sources in our area and coverage in our tv news program that have challenged much of those figures. There has also been interviews made by news people with the heads of various “support” organizations that have disputed the same facts and figures. They also show where families are reunited, with pictures of children hugging parents. It goes on and on where I live.”

“If I had to choose who to believe, the head of ICE should be enough. The conservative source seems to support many of the same facts and figures, taking the “truth of matters” even further. The Judge who forced the release of children to “parents” seems to be the one who is most wrong in his or her ruling. I honestly don’t know where to go with it anymore. The pro bono lawyers are looking only at emotion and not at what is law. Well, enough. It is both physically and emotionally draining to me. ”

My friend is right, this saga is physically draining on anyone who religiously sits down in front of the TV and takes in all the “news” about the goings on across our nation. It is as if we are being assaulted on all fronts over so many issues, and by so many people each with their own agenda.

One has to realize that we are in a very real time of civil unrest, not experienced by our nation since the Civil War. This is an attack on reason and sanity of Americans by forces of evil that are after our very souls. Our nation is in a very real spiritual battle over the Constitution and the continued existence of the United States of America as we know it today.

For the very reasons given by my friend and my own observations from where I live in Colorado I don’t put any stock into what is reported and shown on TV. Period. There are groups who stage those photos of kids in cages and it’s simply a photo op against law and order.

The real criminals in all of this are those who:

  • Organize, recruit and execute plans where they bring families and children to the border for this very purpose.
  • Cross the border to coach these migrants (not yet illegal in the US, but are in Mexico).
  • “Fake reporters or journalists” who broadcast these reports to the American public.
  • Are politicians who prey on this as a way to obtain votes are despicable and must be shown for who they are – vultures!
  • Liberal judges who attempt to overrule US law and force DHS to stop enforcement.

I will take the word of DHS anytime any day. There are thousands of children who were brought into the US by people who are not their relatives or parents.

It is possible that parents were paid a token sum and promised that their children will go to America and life will be better for them. I doubt they were told or maybe they did not know the living hell their children would endure. No parent would willingly send their children into the obis and simply hope they made it.

Let me remind everyone that in almost every country in the world there is a US Embassy or US Consulate. Anyone wanting to immigrate would start their immigration paperwork there. If they are truly being oppressed and fearful they would indicate that while requesting asylum at the Embassy.

It is not logical, I repeat it is not logical for someone to leave any African nation or any South American, Central American or North American nation with multiple opportunities to request asylum at the first nation they encounter (as international laws dictate) and “follow the crowd” through Mexico in order to apply for asylum at the United States border. And to do so without any documentation or paperwork to show who they are or their citizenship smells of deceit, fraud and/or extortion or at the very least human trafficking and that is where the outrage should be directed toward anyone or any organization involved in this fiasco.

There is no way DHS will or should release children to anyone other than their biological parents. That means caring for them humanly until the path for reuniting with parents can be accomplished.

There should be outrage not only by Americans, but by the world over this deliberate use of child hostages and child trafficking to the US.

American’s should get involved by volunteering to help in any way possible to assist DHS. Those who obstruct or oppose the way DHS handles these children should look for ways to make it better. After all DHS personnel are simply Americans doing their job the best way they know how and following the laws of the US.

If the laws are broken our legislative body can fix them. Yet politicians would rather blame someone else instead of using their collective energy to do what is right and just. For well over the past 9 years we have become a nation of crybabies wanting our free stuff and wanting more of it because it’s free.

Lastly it is in the best interests of the nations of the World and of the United States for ALL leaders to work together as friends to solve the many issues as they involve us all. Diplomacy is not simply threatening military might if you don’t do things our way. Diplomacy is using EVERY tool in the toolbox, before opening the toolbox of Warfare and President Donald J. Trump holds the key to the toolbox.

Humanity is at stake. We are all brothers and sisters, created by the same God. We breath the same air, drink the same water, eat the same food and bleed the same RED blood.

It is our choice to pray to the God of the Bible, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. It is Jesus who is the Christ, the only Begotten Son of God who lived as a man, died on the cross for our sins, who rose again on the third day and who lives seated at the right hand of the Father, in Heaven – waiting for us to join him.

It is up to us to pray for God’s will to be done and to intervene on behalf of anyone who does not know Jesus Christ as their personal savior.

The battle over “the children” is a battle over ALL CHILDREN.

I am the Real Truckmaster!

Realtruckmaster.blog