Author: therealtruckmaster

I am the Real Truckmaster: 1. I am a born-again Christian (a sinner saved by the grace of God). 2 I am a retired US Army Transportation Sergeant First Class (E-7), my last position of assignment was as the "Truckmaster" of the US Army Transportation Motor Pool in Yokohama Japan (1989-90). 3. I am an amateur military historian. 4. I am a Thailand Veteran of the Vietnam War. 5. I detest "Politics as Usual". 6. I'm pro-life (Abortion is murder) and there is no justification or excuse for it. 7. I believe that we must place the security and welfare of America First! Clarification of Real Truckmaster Blogs For those who follow my blog posts on RTM blogs let me clarify and clear up some confusion. I write highlighting the inconsistencies and hypocrisy of the far-left's war on anything Trump. There are too many willing to argue without merit and I would be remiss attempting to argue against their ignorance, they have way too much experience. My writings are my personal opinion intended to be educational in nature, a bit humorous, satirical, while being informative providing food for thought, which is sorely lacking today. For those who find my posts offensive, I am truly sorry, you have the right NOT to read them as have many before you. I will not attempt to change your mind politically, but provide the opportunity to show something you may wish to consider, thereby illuminating prejudice and misinformation! - I am the Real Truckmaster!

On Trump Tariffs

It makes imported goods more expensive so that people are more likely to purchase lower-priced items produced domestically.

6-7-2018

On Trump Tariffs

I never claimed to be knowledgeable on tariffs and that may be why I’m not a financial wizard. It has been reported by the CNN (Fake News) and others that a “private phone call” on May 25^th between President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau became heated while discussing tariffs. I’m not so much concerned by the phone call as I am by the fact that CNN cited “sources familiar with the discussion” told CNN.

What is a tariff and how does it work? A tariff is basically a tax on products imported or exported between two countries. If Country A makes a product that costs $10 and ships that product to Country B, a 20% tariff would make that product cost $12 in Country B. So now Country B makes a product that costs $10 and ships it to Country A and adds a 20% tariff, that product would now cost $12 in Country A.

What President Trump is demanding from other countries that through the use of tariffs if a country does business (import/export) with the US, the prices be fair and balanced? In many cases that has NEVER happened across the board between the US and other countries. American politicians who have been president have not utilized tariffs or strategies to leverage a fair and balanced trade balance, leaving America on the sort end time and again.

I personally don’t think tariffs are what will hurt America as much as what is going on with Americans betraying the trust of their employer (in this case the President) in an attempt to embarrass or hurt politically the President of the United States. In any case they are misjudging Donald J. Trump and his resolve in making America great again.

The incident with the phone call tells me is that as of May 25^th the White House still had a “spy” if you will, a “leaker” who decided it was time to release details of the phone call, that’s the sad part. Americans serving in the White House staff and cabinet do so at the pleasure of the President of the United States. Anybody who’s watched TV’s “The West Wing” with Martin Sheen can tell you that. So why would someone in a trusted position in the White House betray that trust?

I don’t think anyone takes President Trump seriously even into his second year as President. While politicians say things and do entirely different and many times go back on their word as if they had never even said it. President Donald Trump is no politician. He says what he means and means what he says. He is a subject matter expert on the “Art of the Deal”.

On the world stage, the United States has been taken advantage of for quite some time because there has never been a president who understands how business works quite the way President Trump does. This has resulted in politicians going into discussions with other world leaders with no idea how to negotiate while keeping American interests in mind.

It seems (according to this CNN article) https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/06/politics/war-of-1812-donald-trump-justin-trudeau-tariff/index.html that Canada was insulted because President Trump either inferred or outright called them a “national security” threat to the US.

Shocking isn’t it?

Well EVERY country in the world is a “national security” threat to EVERY OTHER country. It must be THE priority of every leader and every government to look to the national security of their country, before looking at security of other countries, if at all.

What I see happening as a result of President Trump’s hard line approach to foreign policy, import and export and border security are causing other nations to reevaluate their approach to America. They are beginning to understand that “give and play” with this American president will have either great benefits for their country or it will have a great detriment.

As for CNN and other Fake News outlets they need to realize that leakers and leaked stories with unnamed sources lend no credibility to their organizations, nor do they enhance national security for America. They need to return to “Fair and Balanced – Reporting” and drop the Fake News. I’m surprised that the White House Pressroom is still accommodating their unscrupulous reporting. – I am the Real Truckmaster!

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LIES AND LIARS

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6-6-2018

Lies and Liars

There is an old say about when to tell a lawyer is lying – when he opens his mouth! Well the same is said about politicians. In order to get elected politicians make all sorts of promises. It’s a given that they have no intention of keeping them. Not even the one “I’ll work for YOU!”

That infamous former congressman from Minnesota Al Franken once wrote a book, “Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them”, which in my opinion covers lawyers and politicians.

Think about this during the 2008 and 2012 elections we heard one overwhelmingly clear promise from Barack Obama to bring change. Well that is probably the only promise he actually intended to keep. In fact Michelle Obama said her husband was going to bring change like never before.

One of the major ones we’ve been dealing with is the Affordable Care Act, which resoundingly passed thru congress (a large part was calling special sessions and locking out the Republican members of congress when time to vote). It passed almost before the ink dried.

What I recently learned was that this is basically the same bill that would have been called the Clinton Healthcare, had it not died in congress during Bill Clinton’s administration. So probably resurrecting this failed bill, tweaking it so as to take full advantage of the American people it is now commonly referred to as Obamacare.

Now during the Trump administration a spot light is being shown on Barack Obama’s dealings with Iran and other sensitive matters and what we are finding out is that Obama’s entire administration has been a lie from the start. Coming to light are matters of national security, circumventing the Constitutions checks and balances by with the phone, the pen and through the use of executive orders.

Yet what the liberals are screaming about is “Trump Lied” when he said Mexico was going to pay for the wall, “Impeach 45”. (It’s not over until the mildly chubby female sings.)

In the first 500+ days of the Trump presidency there have been at least 60 campaign promises that have been kept, and the president is still going – longer than that drum beating bunny of TV commercials.

Although they are too many to list here I would like to say something about a few of those promises kept.

The first one that comes to mind is JOBS. The president has made it encouraging for business to refrain from moving their factories off shore. The result has been unprecedented job growth nationwide, with the possible exception of California (currently experiencing fits of liberal mania).

Another is National Security (including the wall) which has been changing the way immigration is being handled. Illegal immigration figures are down and the wall has been going up. Enforcing immigration laws and increased vetting to insure that immigrants coming into our country are coming as contributors wanting to raise their families in a safe and free environment.

Lastly breaking away from his predecessors, President Trump has taken to Twitter as his way of communicating directly with the American people as well as with world leaders. We still have press releases and the White House Press Secretary briefing reporters on upcoming and current events, but rather than rely on fake news reporting, the president gets his message out to the people directly.

Whether you love him or hate him President Donald J. Trump is not a politician’s president. He doesn’t think, act or conduct himself as a politician. He is a very successful businessman and knows what it takes to succeed and expects those around him to be successful. Staying focused is one of his strengths, even in the face of extreme opposition. His singular all time goal has been in changing the culture of America from a “me, me, me” to a “we, we, we can do” culture of success. Don’t tell Donald Trump that he can’t do something unless you want him to show you how to do it successfully.

In a perfect world the democrats and republicans in congress would be supporting this president’s agenda of fixing what has been historically wrong in America. But alas we are not in a perfect world and most politicians are lawyers. You know how to tell when a lawyer is lying? – I am the Real Truckmaster!

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Liberal Logic

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6-6-2018

Liberal Logic

I don’t know where this stuff comes from. Sometimes it just boggles the mind.

In the news was someone on twitter who was blocked by President Trump for expressing his political beliefs in a tweet. There’s nothing here.

It’s like getting a telemarketer calling on the phone and you hang up. Next you use call blocking to insure the telemarketer doesn’t call back. Sound unusual? No.

Well the blocked tweeter decides to sue President Trump in federal court (or before a federal judge) because the president violated his 1^st Amendment rights to freedom of expression.

The federal judge so decrees the tweeters rights were denied by the intended receiver (the president).

You’ve got to be kidding!

So the tweeter has the “right” to free speech, yet the president (or anyone on twitter) doesn’t have the right to block someone?

Now the tweeter is mad because he still doesn’t have access to the president’s twitter feed so he can spew his unwanted tweets.

Yet every time the president who is the master of tweets “tweets”, liberals want him to stop tweeting?

Where’s the logic in that?

So let’s say you’re walking down the street and someone jumps out at you and says “Give me your money”! You refuse and a fight ensues. You walk away with your money intact while the other guy is knocked out cold. Then a few days later you get served with a civil suit because the guy you knocked out had his 1^st Amendment rights of free speech (Give me your money!) and you denied him that right.

That my friend is “Liberal Logic”! It’s not a democrat or a republican thing, its applying simple logic, or not!

Happy Hump Day – I am the Real Truckmaster!

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A Look Back on Benghazi, Libya

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6-5-2018

A Look Back on Benghazi, Libya

September 11, 2012 – U.S. Embassy Compound

Benghazi, Libya

What we know –

At 9:40 pm (local) on September 11, 2012 the U.S. Embassy complex in Benghazi, Libya was viscously attacked by Islamic militants who set fire to the buildings and then attacked the CIA Annex. At 11:00 pm (local) an unarmed U.S. drone arrives over Benghazi providing live feed of the attack which killed 4 Americans Ambassador Christopher J. Stevens, Sean Smith, Glen Doherty and Tyrone S. Woods and wounded 2 more Americans. At 1:00 am (local) U.S. rescue team arrives in Benghazi from Tripoli and rescues 30 Americans.

It will soon be 6 years since the Benghazi attack and even after the Congressional hearings and reading thru various timeline and reports it is not clear where the breakdown occurred.

Clearly Obama administration placed the blame on an anti-Muslim video and even arrested the video’s creator. President Obama then called it an “Act of Terror”, but didn’t call it what it was “Terrorism”.

The Department of State was notified 20 minutes after the attack began, as the complex had been breached and a rescue team attempted to secure an aircraft in order to leave Tripoli and effect the rescue. Secretary Clinton was informed 4 ½ hours after the attack began that American’s needed to be evacuated. Hillary issues an official announcement condemning the attack and referring to the video, then sends email to Chelsea telling her it was an “Al Qaeda-like group” that attacked and killed Ambassador Stevens.

Beginning at 9:40 pm the CIA operators at the annex monitored requests for help and prepared to assist at the compound as the CIA base chief on the ground attempted to activate local Libyan security forces, yet held back CIA operators for 70 minutes grossly affecting the outcome. Almost 2 hours later embassy personnel are moved to the CIA annex, where the fighting continues. The fighting continued until almost 5:30 am at the CIA annex. The rescue team from Tripoli and Libyan forces moved survivors and KIA bodies to Benghazi airport and depart around 10:00 am. All survivors and KIA bodies were flown out of Tripoli around 7:00 pm (12 Sept) for Ramstein air base in Germany aboard C-17 aircraft.

The Pentagon activated the National Military Command Center 50 minutes after the attack began, even though the AFRICOM commander General Carter Ham upon being notified of the attack acted properly to order the diversion of a surveillance drone to hover over the Benghazi compound just 17 minutes after the attack began, he then began monitoring the situation from the NMCC at the Pentagon. The defense secretary and chairman of the JCS were not notified for 50 minutes due to having been in a pre-arraigned meeting with President Obama.

According to Pentagon officials all relevant commands and the four military branches were on a conference call roughly five hours after the attack began. The Pentagon has what is equivalent to counterterror SWAT teams nearby in Croatia (900 miles from Libya, and roughly 3 hours flying time) undergoing terrorist training, and once diverted they are heard overhead and on the radio net at Benghazi of not begin given permission to land. (This was later denied by Pentagon officials).

CNN Politics – 9-21-2015 by Erin Burnett

https://www.cnn.com/2013/08/06/politics/benghazi-attack-timeline/index.html

The Washington Post – 6-17-2014 by Anup Kaphle

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/timeline-how-the-benghazi-attack-played-out/2014/06/17/a5c34e90-f62c-11e3-a3a5-42be35962a52_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.5c796644400d

Fox News Politics – 11-11-2012 by Adam Housley and Jennifer Griffin

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/11/11/military-timeline-from-night-benghazi-attack-begs-more-questions.html

I didn’t get into the Hillary Clinton emails as presented by The Hill, yet I’ll include the link so you may see for yourself.

The Hill – 5-28-2015 by Ben Kamisar and Martin Matishak

http://thehill.com/policy/defense/243218-timeline-hillarys-benghazi-emails

The nearly 300 emails from Hillary Clinton released by the State Department last week are shedding new light on the administration’s mission in Libya and its response to the deadly terrorist attacks in Benghazi.

The emails include details on the work of Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya who died in the Benghazi siege, and offer a glimpse into Clinton’s concerns that she might have falsely attributed the 2012 assault to backlash against an anti-Muslim video.

I did read thru the Benghazi timeline with Fact Check dot Org as they bring forth the relevant facts in this case beginning with the State Department Timeline of Events https://www.factcheck.org/2012/10/benghazi-timeline/

What I have learned from reading the reports and timeline accounts in my opinion shifts the blame from what I thought was entirely Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s and spreading it equally on Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the JCS and ultimately to President Obama. It didn’t appear that this president took any type of leadership action, but when making his official announcement promised to use all available resources to punish those responsible.

The emergency response protocols which are designed to provide rapid response in the event of emergencies such as the one in Benghazi should have been a clear signal to bring on the rescue of Americans in distress, especially when the signal comes from an American ambassador. – I am the Real Truckmaster

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On Hillary Clinton Accomplishments

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06-02-2018

On Hillary Clinton Accomplishments

In a recent discussion with my Democrat friend who said that Hillary has done more good things for America than Donald Trump, so I challenged him to list Hillary Clinton’s accomplishments. He didn’t directly answer my challenge but said a Google search showed her accomplishments, so I went to Google to see for myself.

I stand corrected. Hillary Clinton has many accomplishments and although some of the websites list her as the one whom singlehandedly passed a number of bills in congress as a NY Senator. Aside from that I wanted to present and give credit where credit is due.

Hillary Clinton was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois.

In 1965 she went to Wellesby College where she graduated with honors in political science.
She graduated in 1973 from Yale Law School where she got her Juris Doctor.
- It was at Yale where she met and started dating Bill Clinton.
- Hillary Clinton’s political activity can be traced back to Yale where she served on the Board of Editors of the Yale Review of Law and Social Action.
- While at Yale she met and did her senior thesis on Saul Alinsky.

After graduation in 1973 she became a staff attorney at the Children’s Defense Fund and became a consultant for the Carnegie Council on Children. In 1974 she joined the impeachment inquiry staff of the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives during the Watergate scandal.

Bill and Hillary became the Clintons after marrying in 1975.

As the First Lady of Arkansas 1979 – 1990

Hillary joined the law faculty of the University of Arkansas.
Their daughter Chelsea was born in 1980.
Hillary founded the Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families.
She served on the board of the Arkansas Children’s Hospital.
She started the Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youth.
Hillary was named Arkansas’ Woman of the Year in 1983
She was named Arkansas’ Young Mother of the Year in 1984.
She was named among the top 100 lawyers by the National Law Journal twice (1988 & 1991).

As FLOTUS 1991 – 1999

Hillary played a critical role in the passage of

The State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and
The Adoption and Safe Families Act.
Hillary pushed her failed initiative known as Clinton Health Care which laid the foundation for the Affordable Care Act.

As Senator

In 2000 she became the first former First Lady to run for elected office and win in the state of New York.
Hillary endorsed bill to extend period of unemployment assistance to victims of 9/11
She endorsed bill to pay for city projects in response to 9/11.
She endorsed bill to assist land mine victims in other countries.
She endorsed bill to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable respite care.
She endorsed bill to designate part of the National Forest System in Puerto Rico as protected in the Wilderness Preservation System.
She passed resolutions to name courthouses after Thurgood Marshall and James L. Watson.
She passed resolutions to name post offices after John A. O’Shea and Sergeant Riayan A. Tejeda.
She voted to designate 7 August 2003 as the National Purple Heart Recognition Day and swore to support its goals and ideals.
She swore to support the goals and ideals of the Better Hearing and Speech Month.
She passed resolutions to establish the Kate Mullany National Historic Site.
She passed resolution to establish the 225^th Anniversary of the American Revolution Commemorative Program.
She passed resolution to recognize the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
She passed resolution to honor the respective lives and achievements of late Alexander Hamilton, Shirley Chisholm, John J. Downing, Brian Fahey and Harry Ford.
She announced running for the DNC nominee for the 2008 Presidential elections.
Lost to Barack Obama but was nominated to become Secretary of State.

As Secretary of State 2009 – 2013

In 2009 Hillary Clinton became the first former First Lady to become Secretary of State in the Obama Administration.
Hillary played a crucial role in improving ties with Russia by providing them with a “Reset Button”.
Her last-minute intervention led to the signing of the historic Turkish-Armenian accord.
She went into damage control in the aftermath of Cablegate, where diplomatic analysis from world leaders and the assessment of the leaders of host countries by US diplomats were made public by WikiLeaks.
Hillary visited Myanmar (Burma) laying the foundation for re-engagement of the Southeast Asian country. First time a high level American diplomat visited the country since 1955.
In 2012 she played a crucial role in negotiating a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas with the help of Egypt.
Hillary hand-picked Chris Stevens to be Ambassador in Benghazi, Libya. During the 9/11 attack on the Embassy Annex, she failed to aid and protect the embassy staff resulting in the deaths of 4 Americans (including Ambassador Stevens) at the hands of terrorists.
She played an important role in tightening sanctions on Iran. (Cash to Iran?)
Hillary operated and maintained a private email server whereby she transmitted classified documents to unauthorized parties, damaging National Security and violating established protocols.
She was the most travelled Secretary of State visiting 112 countries.

The 2015 – 16 Clinton presidential campaign

The Clinton campaign manipulated media coverage data.
Received in advance debate questions and answers.
Renamed mid-American republicans as “a basket of deplorables” for not voting for her.
Shutting out Bernie Sanders to secure the DNC nomination.

After the 2016 Presidential election

Hillary Clinton has led the charge of the Democrat Party’s resistance movement against President Donald Trump.
She is traveling around the world on what appears as a “pity me” tour wondering “What Happened” (as the name of her book), unable to figure out how she lost the election

So for the past 34 years in the public limelight and making herself known on her quest for the highest office in the land, the presidency Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton knows politics and political action or activation and how it works to bring people together and how it divides entire societies.

I find it incredulous that she as SOS did not know about safeguarding national security and classified documents. “Losing” 34,000 emails by deleting them (her or her staff) does not make it as if they never were, and WikiLeaks was quick in letting the world know.

Nor did Hillary as SOS while putting forth the Obama administration’s foreign policy consider the legality of it. Hillary played an instrumental role in the delivery of US currency to Iran, Arms to ISIS in Syria, and Uranium One to Russia, giving the impression of collusion on many levels. Her failure during the Benghazi incident was a major black eye for the State Department and the Obama administration of which there is no excuse. Cleaning up after Cablegate should have made Hillary keenly aware of the pitfalls of failing to properly treat secret documents as they pertain to national security.

I agree that Hillary has done more to this country than President Donald Trump and she had been at it quite a bit longer. First as a Republican “Goldwater Girl”, then as a full-fledged Democrat activist Hillary has certainly made a name for herself. And according to the first one to beat her at her own game, Obama called her “The Most Qualified” for the job of president.

From Benghazi to Uranium One what I see is a woman who has still not come to terms with her run to the White House. It’s been reported that as First Lady of Arkansas Hillary was quick to cuss out her security detail and fire anyone who got in her way. The same was true as FLOTUS, she had little respect or time for others and nobody spoke out of turn around her. Hillary could say “you’re fired” faster than Donald Trump to her staff when they disappointed her.

Hillary Clinton was responsible for increasing security or closing down the embassy in Libya when requested by Ambassador Stevens at the embassy annex. Once it was under attack, the SOS should have insured that help was sent.

Hillary was directly responsible as was Barack Obama.

Orders to stand down didn’t just appear out of thin air and general officers relieved of command for attempting to deploy US forces to the aid of the embassy was not an accident either.

To put forth or allow a fake news story about a video, arrest the creator of that alleged video and during congressional hearings to say in part, “At this point what difference does it make now?” is like pouring water on a grease fire.

Every military trainee is taught that you don’t abandon your comrades. You don’t leave anybody behind.

Something to think about, the US Embassy in Libya had been attacked earlier. Ambassador Stevens had been appointed to Libya and the embassy staff occupied the embassy annex in Benghazi. Tension in the area was high, other embassies had been closed and even the Red Cross had left Libya. What purpose could it serve to keep the annex open? When attack began requests for help were ignored and rapid response was repeatedly told to stand down. Responsibility rested ultimately with POTUS and with the SOS.

It has been almost 5 ½ years and still being covered up.

When the Obama security team gathered in the war room and watched the take down of Bin Laden it is so inconceivable for them to not know about and attempt to rescue our people in Benghazi. (There were live feeds from unarmed drones overhead)!

Unacceptable!

Many American’s either don’t know or don’t care, but how can American patriotic Veterans stand up and defend Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton or Barack (Barry) Hussain Obama for the harm they have ultimately done to this country? They definitely knew better!

Accountability and justice are what is needed. – I am the Real Truckmaster!

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The Deep State Within The FBI

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05-30-2018

The Deep State Within The FBI

A recent article by Nick Arama touches a deeply worrisome problem within the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which I’m sure parallels other federal agencies, the deep state within.

https://www.conservativecash.us/itd-suicide-honest-fbi-agents-afraid-testify-fear-retaliation-bureau2/?utm_source=spn

If true the question becomes how to deal with the deep state actors in law enforcement that then could be caught up in the RICO act? In that case who polices the police? Is it the infamous TV version of the “Internal Affairs” or another agency, say the CIA?

I’ve heard congressmen state that congress created the “agency” and has constitutional oversight. Yet as the article suggests a weak congress casts no fear into the FBI.

What about the presidential executive order on terminating federal workers who un-perform their jobs?

Can the president appoint a “super-cop” as director of the FBI, who has the insight AND the intestinal fortitude to weed out and arrest those deep state actors? How would one go about doing a global sting operation on the FBI, without the “rats” escaping?

Another question is how to vet agents to determine their status?

It has been noted that the “word” has come down to “button up” or face reprisals for career, family and friends. Not an idol threat to agents who’ve stepped forward under the Obama administration.

So how to severe the head of the snake, extract the bad apples and return the FBI to the premier law enforcement agency it once was?

One consideration is the Obama “headquarters” located near the White House, suspected nerve center of deep state. How is it established, organized and able to communicate and to whom do they report?

Deep state agents simply wait out elected and appointed officials, and continue to act with impunity using the same tactics of the Chicago mobsters of yesteryear.

The government of the people, by the people is doing it to the people without the average American citizen realizing that our government has been and is now under siege from within. – I am the Real Truckmaster!

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Life, Liberty and the Pursuit

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05-29-2018

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit

This article is short and sweet depending upon your perception of current events so I’ll take a stab at it anyway. There seems to be a fundamental difference between conservatives and liberals in America, and it’s not even about political parties anymore.

American conservatives are generally supporters of the Constitution and the Rule of Law for which it stands. Ask what they value most as an American?

They may say:

Life

Liberty

The Pursuit of Happiness

Freedom of Religion

Right to Bear Arms

Right to Vote

Freedom from Oppression

Those are just a few of the things that conservatives hold dear and many are codified by the Amendments and in the Constitution.

American liberals although voicing their patriotism seem to have a very different view of the Constitution and the Rule of Law.

When asked what they value most as an American?

They may say:

Life

Liberty

The Pursuit of Donald J. Trump

Freedom from Religion

Right to Disarm Opposing Views

Right of Illegals to Vote

Freedom to Oppress

Right to Free Stuff

Right to Resist

These are just a few of the things that liberals hold dear even though they go against the Constitution and are without regard to the Rule of Law.

Being patriotic is not simply toting the party line, or backing the current president. Patriotism is placing the good of the country before your own interests. Patriotism is placing your very life on the line in defense of the idea that for this Constitutional Republic to succeed gives out a glimmer of hope to a world that is constantly battling one dictator after another, one bad regime followed by one which is worse.

The light beaming out from the United States of America gives hope where hopelessness exists and survival is not guaranteed. American patriots search for ways to bring hope to the hopeless and stand by our motto, “IN GOD WE TRUST”!

A nation divided cannot stand and a proud people will surely fall. – I am the Real Truckmaster!

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When Our Nation Called

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05-27-2018

When Our Nation Called

Tomorrow is the day when America’s fallen soldiers are brought to the nation’s remembrance. It’s been said that we should not mourn their loss, but thank God that they lived.

From Iwo Jima to the River Kwai; the Frozen Chosen to Khe Sanh and the Hanoi Hilton; Somalia to Panama; Kuwait to Bagdad and Afghanistan; Fort Hood to Arkansas; and to VA facilities nationwide let us not forget the sacrifices given for service to God and to Country by our brothers and sisters and their families.

There are just too many battles, conflicts and wars to list here, but one that has gotten little to know attention is the “Battle of Orange” taking the lives of our Veterans every single day, so let me focus on one unrecognized and unknown Veteran.

When our nation called a young man named Mark Olson, from Montana, like so many others joined the military during the height of the Vietnam War, joined the U.S. Army. His training and skills took him to Southeast Asia where he served as an army engineer in Northeastern Thailand from 1968 – 1970.

This army engineer held a variety of jobs as a plumber, material handler and even working with a covert community action unit taking him into the jungles and at times “across the fence” into Laos. The nature of his varied jobs brought him into contact with “Orange” and other herbicides, which at the time had no special significance.

After the military life carried this army Veteran to many locations and many jobs and his health began to change, even his attitude changed and he began treatment under the VA for high blood pressure and a type of diabetes that has been attributed to the exposure to herbicides. Additional treatment began for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) which seemed to help. Linking up with online Thailand Veterans groups gave him a new purpose, assisting Veterans and researching herbicide exposure on US military facilities in Thailand during the Vietnam War.

Mark’s story is one echoed across our nation as Veterans die from exposure to herbicides which at first our nation said were not used, around troops who “were not there” in a war being successfully won until lost by public opinion.

Mark’s battle is over now. It’s been two long years since the cumulative effects of the herbicide exposure (which the VA denied his claims of presumptive exposure) coupled with the PTSD took him from us in 2016, a belated casualty of the Vietnam War. Many came home already dead from the friendly fire of “The Battle of Orange”.

Senate S-2105 and House HB-4843 are in the Veterans Committees of Congress today as an attempt to rectify CFR 38 with wording to include Thailand Veterans of the Vietnam War who suffer the effects of herbicide exposure. (Contact your Congressmen and Senators today and ask for their support of these bills). – I am the Real Truckmaster!

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A Crisis in Our Democracy!

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05-26-2018

A Crisis in Our Democracy

On Friday, May 25, 2018 Hillary Clinton gave her “crisis in our democracy” speech at Harvard where they gave her the Radcliffe Medal for what she did to our country a “transformative impact on society”.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/25/clinton-declares-crisis-in-our-democracy-as-harvard-gives-her-medal.html

I never thought that I could agree with her more on the subject of our nation in crisis, albeit not for the reasons she stated.

As stated in the article former Secretary of State Clinton was called a “human rights champion”, a “skilled legislator” and an “advocate of American leadership” on the world stage. I could stop right there and say that I agree completely with the assessment as introduced by former Secretary of State Madeline Albright during the 25 May 2018 awards ceremony at Harvard. Yes I could, but then again I’d be lying through my teeth.

I don’t know about you, but my recollections are a bit clouded as I wonder why she hasn’t received handcuffs already?

Harvard called her a “human rights champion”, which would be true if you support her ideology, vote democrat and contribute to the Clinton Foundation.

Hard working Americans in mid-America “Fly over-Country” she called a “basket of deplorables” because they didn’t quite get her message. Women voters who didn’t vote for her she said couldn’t vote on their own because their husbands and boyfriends told them how to vote that way. She is a backer for abortions, which is the denial of basic “human rights”. What a “champion”!

Harvard called her a “skilled legislator”, which must have been her accomplishments as a New York Senator. I’m still trying to find out what those accomplishments were. Nothing sticks out except she was real buddy-buddy with now President Donald Trump back then.

Harvard called her an “advocate of American Leadership” on the world stage. They must be recalling her accomplishments as Secretary of State under President Barack Obama.

What I recall of her exploits as President Obama’s Secretary of State when she orchestrated arms to ISIS in Syria, then “handpicked” and sent Ambassador Chris Stevens to Libya, possibly a ruse to recover the weapons before they could be used against American forces.

Up to 9/11/2012 security had been reduced and requests for increased security rejected as our Embassy Annex in Benghazi was under direct attack and rescue requests went unanswered, under Secretary Clinton’s watch. Leaving four dead American patriots in Benghazi.

It could have been the selling of America’s Uranium One reserve to Russia (the real Russian collusion) before she was replaced by John Kerry.

It’s almost funny how Hillary Clinton in poking fun at the president, talked about leaders who seek to polarize the nation, delegitimize news outlets and also spread fake news.

To me it seems that Hillary was talking about herself in a positive spin, discounting her “deplorables” remarks, or the “assistance” she received during the campaign debates. The Clinton minions on CNN must have not really been trying to hurt candidate Trump, but simply to help him not get elected.

The Democrat Party along with Hillary Clinton, the snowflakes and company all had a mental break down over the fact that Donald Trump won the election. This mental breakdown characterized by “safe spaces”, Kleenex boxes, Diaper Pin symbols all were symptoms of the Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) which polarized the nation and perpetuated the spreading of fake news.

It is this line from Hillary Clinton which clearly shows her inner thoughts and motives, “Attempting to erase the line between fact and fiction, truth and reality is a core feature of authoritarianism”. As in her many speeches Hillary has painted a grim outlook for the state of America as she continues to search for the reason she lost the 2016 election.

Hillary sees herself as a “resilience fighter” and suggests finding ways to disagree respectfully (as I am doing with this article). She encouraged voting and American’s must exercise their right to vote, while seriously vetting each political candidate to insure they will represent the best in America.

Hillary suggests subscribing to a newspaper? Is she planning on taking a new career field in print journalism and maybe starting something like the “Clinton Foundation Times”? Well she is a published author and you can still buy any one of her books from “It takes a Village” to “What Happened” at bookstores everywhere, (or not).

Hillary called for having empathy between people of political divides and praised the students at Parkland for advocating for gun control. What she didn’t talk about was the “spontaneous” nationwide protest “marches” that young American students conducted at the urging and insistence of teachers and school administrators pushing the far left agenda on gun control.

There has been no mention of the students nationwide who walked out of school in favor of the right to bear arms in support of the Second Amendment. How many of the very recent school shooting and other incidents involving an armed shooter where the shooter was either neutralized or taken into custody have students NOT been rioting over gun control? Even when the lawful use of a gun by a registered gun owner or a school resource officer or a teacher that stopped the attacker?

There is a crisis in our nation, which by the way is not a democracy, but a Constitutional Republic. The Constitution of the United States is the “Rule of Law” in our land.

Honoring the Constitution, obeying the rule of law and enforcing America’s laws are the way to bring this country back together. Providing a safe and secure environment throughout the nation, and closely looking at immigration through the lens of contribution and assimilation are good ways to start.

Hillary Clinton fears that she would lose the nation? Lose a country she never had in the first place?

My fear was that had Hillary won the election her ideology and her selfish temper would have ruined the country and brought about irreparable damage. The election of 2016 truly saved the nation that I love and the world from ruin. – I am the Real Truckmaster!

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The Obama Legacy Remembered

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05-24-2018

The Obama Legacy Remembered

Democrats want everyone to stop spreading rumors that President Barack Obama had no legacy, and the credit for today’s soaring US economy rightfully belongs to the Obama legacy.

I want to thank political cartoonist Michael P. Ramirez for his inspirational cartoons which brought a bit of clarity. Visit Michael’s website http://michaelpramirez.com/index.html.

I have decided to list the Obama legacy below:

Benghazi
Bowe Burkdahl
Cash for Clunkers
Chelsea Manning Commutation
Clinton Email Scandal
Clinton Foundation
Clinton Server
DACA
Dodd-Frank
DOJ spying on journalists
Executive Amnesty
Fanny Mae / Freddy Mack
Fast and Furious
FusionGPS
GITMO
GM bail out
Holder Contempt
Illegal Executive Appointments
Illegal Executive Orders
Investigation of James Rosen
Iran Cash
Iran Deal
IRS Scandal
National Intelligence Leaks
NSA
Obamacare
Oscar Lopez Rivera
Real Russian Collusion
SPYGATE (DOJ/FBI spying on the Donald Trump campaign 2015-16)
Uranium One
Veterans Affairs Scandal

In all fairness I must admit that President Trump has been working feverishly to either erase or correct much of them already. – I am the Real Truckmaster!

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