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!
There is no limit to what politics can do to a state. In fact California legislators and regulators take pride in pushing to the ultimate limits and then beyond. When I read that truckers in California are no longer able to renew their vehicle registrations unless it’s an Electric Truck I thought it was absurd. Now with what seems to be presidential backing Californians will soon be unable to purchase new gasoline or diesel powered vehicles anywhere in the state. Only new Electric Vehicles by 2035.
No problem you say, “I have an older vehicle and it runs just fine, so I don’t worry about buying a new one anyway.”
What is to stop these out of control legislators and regulators from expanding their gasoline vehicle ban to ALL MOTOR POWERED VEHICLES – trucks, cars, motorcycles, bicycles, dune buggies, gocarts, lawnmowers, edgers, trimmers, chainsaws, rototillers, farm tractors and equipment?
So what happens when a state known for its rolling blackouts where the power grid is unable to support current electrical demands, is hit by massive millions of NEW EVs plugging in – in your neighborhood?
Remember the cows? They must be plugged as they alone are responsible for greenhouse gases leading to climate change…….. Yah Right!
There are going to be a massive exodus of California residents headed for places like New Mexico and Arizona or Wyoming, Montana and other states with more land per capita than residents. As with every other exodus the crazies will leave too, so they can spread their nonsense to other population centers.
Well my only advice is to stop sending your crazies into local and national politics. There needs to be massive statewide recall elections where votes of no-confidence and expulsion from elected and/or appointed political office is not only expected, but demanded!
More importantly don’t bring your crazy ideas to Colorado, we already have enough and we have guns, grass and enough rocky mountain highness to keep us floating for many years to come! –
I came upon a Facebook posting concerning cows being the cause of greenhouse gas pollution. As expected the “Fact Checkers” confirmed that cows really were the problem. As with all the media attention citing the positives of AOC’s “Green New Deal” being promoted by the hierarchy of the Democratic Party and world experts like that girl in Europe who knows more, about what’s good for all of us, in her young life than Maw and Pa Kettle and the Clampets combined.
For years we’ve been sold a bill of goods on climate change such as global warming adversely effecting melting glaciers, and now greenhouse gases destroying the planet. We’ve been told to save the whales, wild birds and trees but are unable to save ourselves from ourselves.
It reminds me of the idea of recycling.
I remember loading up the old SUV with electronics and computer parts. After leaving only enough room to operate the vehicle safely I headed to the salvage yard expecting a huge payout. After unloading my vehicle, I left with probably $8 in cold hard cash, not worth the effort.
Separating items at home and taking them to a recycle center would be a good idea if the payout made it worthwhile. But getting a recycle container to put on the curb alongside your normal trash container actually costs you. Sure the recycled products are being repurposed or turned into products made from recycle waste, but at whose expense?
Until we as individuals get into the habit of picking up after ourselves and placing our trash in containers instead of throwing stuff out the window or dropping it on the ground for someone else to pick up, how are we helping or are we just contributing to the problem?
We accept failed ideas which cause massive restrictions being perpetuated on our society and massive financial gain by those at the top in which the real green goes all the way to the bank.
In every case, whether it is windmills, wind turbines, solar power in homes or businesses or the latest push for EV’s for government, industry and everyday family vehicles – somebody is ca$hing in, or rather catching a very big payday at our expen$e while placing the blaming cows – a most idiotic line of reasoning, or lack of an actual thought process. Again what is it going to cost us in the long run – everything? –
“So what do you think of Trump now?” Said a friend, implying about the classified documents Trump had at his house in Florida.
My response was that this is typical of the 2 phony impeachments while Trump was in office and the J6 incident. Democrats keep trying to threaten Trump with political shenanigans that have sunk a great many politicians in the past. When I told him this was all happening to get Trump to announce he would not run in 2024.
My friend said that Trump is not a politician but a businessman who has lied, cheated and stole to make his fortune in the business world. Trump would tell them he wouldn’t run, then break his word like he’s always done and run anyway.
He said all that and didn’t even break a sweat and his democratic-like attitude against Trump says a lot more about democrats like him in general than it does about Trump.
In fact it has been reported that if Trump announces he won’t run all these attacks would simply go away. And that is why democratic tactics don’t phase Trump or cause him to back down. When Trump responds he does it with style and doubles down.
What amazes me (not really) is that even after 20 months of the Biden presidency nobody talks about our tanked economy, the higher prices of gas and groceries (commodities), the influx of illegal immigrants due to Biden’s open border policy, the stopping or restricting of petroleum drilling and difficulty in transporting goods to the consumer while forcing the green-new-deal on an unwilling public without the infrastructure to support it. Nobody is talking about our woke ineffective military leadership adversely affecting our national defense while enemy states are emboldened by our weak-kneed president.
Back to this apparent breach of protocol and national security. As a retired military noncommissioned officer I take seriously the handling of classified documents.
I have serious questions about how this entire incident was and is being handled.
The sitting president has the authority to declassify documents and protocol dictates how it is to be done thereby always leaving a paper trail (a chain-of-custody). That being said, prior to President Trump vacating the White House on January 20th, 2021 who determined what was to be packed, transported as well as what and where boxes were to be stored? Obviously if formerly classified documents are involved there are specific protocols to be followed. What specific documents were involved? Were any of them from Hillary Clinton’s missing 34,000 emails or Barack Obama’s birth certificate or print outs from Hunter Biden’s laptop? I seriously doubt it!
Who “leaked” that classified documents had been moved to Florida? Supposedly it was someone close to the president, like maybe the person responsible for supervising, while insuring that certain “classified” documents were included?
Is it logical or feasible to assume that a 75 year old Donald Trump single-handedly gathered, packed and transported a truckload of classified documents under the watchful eyes of the secret service detail? Would they not feel compelled to participate in assisting the president?
It was the same thing when then President Clinton boarded those Epstein flights, did the secret service simply stand on the tarmac and wave goodbye as the plane departed? I doubt that!
So why did it take a televised convoy of FBI agents and swat teams to pick up an untold number of boxes of documents from Trumps residence in Florida? The military would call that a show of force. In democratic circles it’s laying all the cards on the table so the opponent knows he’s been had.
Democrats have been using those same tactics for the past 6 years, in storming the home of and arresting Roger Stone for his association with Donald Trump, and the little old grandmother who photographed herself at the Capital Building on January 6th, and a great many others have been hunted down, arrested, imprisoned, harassed and belittled simply for standing up as a MAGA supporter.
Remember when the abandoned Hunter Biden laptop incident came to light? A computer shop owner contacted the FBI and was ignored. He turned the laptop over to a third party who then took it to the FBI where it was ignored allegedly because Hunter’s dad was a political opponent of President Trump.
And even when the video surfaced of improprieties by then Vice President Biden blackmailing the Ukraine government to drop a national investigation (fire the prosecutor) in exchange for receiving military aide from the US, it too was buried by the press.
So here we are nearing the crossroads where a major political opponent of President Biden is considering a run to take back the White House in 2024 and the democrats are pulling out all the stops in the democratic political playbook in an effort to stop him.
My friend said, “Oh their going to get him this time!” inferring that all the other times didn’t work but this time it will. In my book democrats really are taking stupid to a whole other level! –
Man has always sought someone who could right societies wrongs. From the biblical stories of David and Goliath, Samson and Delilah, and Ruth it was the underdog who rose from obscurity to stand up against evil has inspired boys and girls of all ages as myths and legends were born.
Crusading armies marched across the known world to conquer and divide the spoils of war and grow empires.
Nation against nation, culture against culture as empires and kingdoms rose and fell.
The love of money, the lust for power and control laid many before the alter of corruption.
When Jesus lived on the earth as a man people were marrying, children were being born, and a great many were dying in their sin.
What was Jesus’ main concern?
Why did Jesus come if not to save mankind from ourselves?
Jesus is love and his message was ‘God loves you’. Every day of his ministry he told the only way to the Father was through him.
Jesus is the ultimate super hero, the only one who saves the soul of man with the shedding of his own blood and through the grace of Almighty God.
Accepting salvation must be a conscience decision of each man, woman or child.
The Bible tells us that God created everything. So when you feel small or insignificant take heart that God created you for his purpose and for his glory. Nobody else can be you (not even an identical twin).
Some folks online were discussing common law marriage and a law that doesn’t care about just living together to consummate the relationship, but it depends on the intentions of both parties or do they tell others they’re married?
Now think about that for a moment, then apply that train of thought to just about anything you can think of.
It would effectively cancel out the presumption of innocent until proven guilty guaranteed by the Constitution.
One would automatically be guilty if you walked into a bank with the intent to rob, regardless of whether you committed the robbery or not.
You would automatically be liable if you went to Micky Dee’s intending to buy a Big Micky sandwich meal it regardless of whether you actually ordered or bought one.
Under this “law” 2 people of the same gender who are roommates would be declared to be “gay”, regardless of whether they were or not.
Take immigration, a person wold be considered a citizen if they intended to become one before entering the country (legally or not).
Now if someone intended on voting conservative they would be considered a card carrying Republican even if they voted Democrat (or vise versa).
All those celebrities who said they intended to leave if Trump became president would under this law be considered GONE! Wouldn’t that be nice? –
What is the purpose of law? Is it not to maintain orderly control for the safety and security of the people? Who is ultimately responsible to maintain the law? Is it not ‘We the People’? How many government agencies are dedicated to law enforcement? Do these agencies communicate effectively within the law enforcement community? The foundational document which forms the basis of the law of the land is the Constitution of the United States and the foundational document of each state is a state constitution. Among and within the Bill of Rights (first 10 Amendments) is the right to free speech, to own and bear arms, the freedom to worship God and the prohibition of quartering troops in our homes.
I don’t know why congress feels that existing government law enforcement agencies are unable or incapable of enforcing federal or state laws or why does they feel it is necessary to arm and hire 87,000 more IRS agents? What is their intended purpose in doing so unless it is to circumvent the constitutional rights of citizens? Why not simply use existing and available government assets by arming mail carriers who already come to our front doors? Would that not be too obvious or would they be afraid mostly tame pets might be harmed? –
Sometimes life throws you a curve ball that you never saw coming. In my life I’ve had quite a few. I was raised with my three younger brothers on the poor side of town (figuratively speaking) in Homedale, Idaho. Our home was an old chicken coup on a ditch bank not far from the city park.
I could be seen riding my 20” high bicycle to school most every day. When my brothers started school we most likely walked to school together. Our family centered on crews traveling the migrant fruit-picking circuit throughout the Treasure Valley Idaho area and beyond. When not in school we worked alongside other families. We were paid by the bag, box or bucket. We worked hard, played even harder, but Saturday night was a big deal with a coke, a burger and fries at the Dew Drop Inn or a huge chocolate covered ice cream cone at the Frosty Palace.
We moved around a bit, but always stayed in the Homedale – Wilder area. We were in Wilder when dad hurt his leg and was transported to the Boise VA Hospital. Because it was a service connected injury the VA removed his left knee, fused his leg together and sent him through rehabilitation. It was then we sold the farm and moved into the city to be close to dad when they discharged him. He was a disabled veteran.
I went into middle and senior high schools in Boise and was introduced to the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) where I learned about air force style discipline, curtesy and the military. We moved after my junior year and I graduated with the Kuna High School class of 1967.
After graduation I moved out, got my own apartment, job and a car. Life was moving right along for me until I was introduced by a friend to Steve Jones. A few months later Steve came to me about joining the army as helicopter pilots no less and in September 1967 we were in basic training together at Fort Lewis, Washington.
I never made it to helicopter pilot training school, but signed up to be an army truck driver. After basic I went to the army truck driver training at Fort Ord, California where I learned about international road signs, hauling cargo, convoys and doing it under combat conditions because we were told Vietnam was in our immediate future.
Now you might think that the army was a pivotal point in my life and you’d be right. However when life throws a curve ball it’s not always what you’d expect, and being a farm boy from Idaho I had never heard of a place called Thailand, but that is where I was sent in 1968 and that proved to be the pivotal event in my life for a number of reasons.
The army was my first time away from home. In 1968 going overseas to Southeast Asia and into the Land of Smiles would change my life forever. I found myself with other guys my same age, doing the same job and most of us had no idea where we were or what we were doing there.
It wasn’t love at first sight but one local Thai girl captured my attention and I became focused on getting her to like me. It was easier to get her folks on my side, than it was her older brother, but eventually he too came around. It wasn’t until September 1969 that we were married in a civil ceremony in her village in Northeastern Thailand.
After doing the paperwork to bring her to America we settled for a time in Boise, Idaho. I worked various odd jobs and she began working at a leather factory until the birth of our daughter. By early 1972 we went back into the military and once again I was at Fort Lewis, Washington, only this time with a family.
I spent the next 27 years trying to get stationed back in Thailand, but ended up taking my family to Panama where our second daughter was born, and back to America where we moved around to different military bases before going overseas again, only this time to Germany. After Germany we came back to Fort Carson, Colorado and made plans to retire from the army.
Instead of quietly retiring I received orders to go alone to Japan for 2 years. This meant leaving my family in Colorado.
In 1990 after returning from Japan I retired from the army. My eldest had finished school, the youngest was almost ready to graduate and my wife was operating her own beauty salon. We surrounded ourselves with retirees who were married to Thai women and we had kids all in the same age group. Our life revolved around Thailand for obvious reasons. Our wives traveled yearly to Thailand to visit with family and on occasion I managed to go back as well.
Every trip I made back to Thailand was a time for me to go out to our old camp to walk around and take pictures. Year after year the old camp footprint grew smaller and smaller until it virtually disappeared.
Over the past 20 + years I have created and been actively involved with Thailand Veteran’s groups online with a focus on education, reuniting old friends and making new ones. Now as it has been since leaving Thailand in 1970 my focus continues back to those good old days when I was just a kid in the army in Thailand.
My children and grand-children have been to Thailand and look forward to going back again soon. –
The day began as I started my vehicle and that annoying flashing yellow light indicated I had low air pressure in my tire, but which one? Surely someone could make it show which one is low?
Anyway I backed out of the driveway and headed to the nearest tire place so they could check each tire and fill as needed. The technician who serviced my vehicle said none of the tires were low. He went back inside and came out with this handheld device slightly bigger than an iPad and went around to check each tire. He said the TPMS device in two tires was not sending out a signal and it was probably the batteries which last approximately 10 years (my vehicle is 15 years old).
I went to the parts department of my local dealership and found the TPMS unit was $110 each and then there was installation. From the looks on the faces of the customers sitting in the waiting room I didn’t want to be there, at least not all day, and I had no idea what the installation costs would be. I spoke to a service representative who said I could place black electrical tape over the light (Not kosher coming from a dealership).
Not knowing what I was going to do I ended up stopping at a tire place and asked if they did TPMS replacements? The service guy said yes and they could get me in right away (it was almost 9 am) at a cost of $90 per tire installed. I gave him the go ahead and even told him the two defective units and waited for them to finish.
I even got a Krispy Cream donut and a cup of coffee for FREE! WOW!
I watched as they pulled my vehicle outside, ready to go. Then the manager went out with his handheld device to make sure everything was okay – it wasn’t!
He said after changing 2 units there was still 1 TPMS unit not working. He recommended changing out the other 2 units and I agreed.
Back inside there were on more donuts, but coffee was still free.
I watched as they finished up, or so I thought. The manager came to me and said that there was also one unit inside the spare tire and it wasn’t working either. So I told him to change that one as well.
I began watching as the mechanics went over my vehicle with a fine tooth comb looking for something. They checked under the back seat, every compartment and were unable to find what they were looking for. Here comes the manager again. He informed me they couldn’t find the unique spare tire jack handle that was needed to lower the spare from under the bed (yup I had a pickup). I went out there and checked myself and sure enough this bag with this unique handle was definitely not there.
I said I’d order one from Amazon and have it in a day or two, then I’d come back in and they could change out the spare tire unit.
Now I’m waiting on Amazon, and the package arrives 2 days later. I open it and yes it’s all there.
The next morning I’m back at the tire place at 8 am. I tell them what I’m there for and they get to work. Then they tell me to drive it around and it should reset itself so the light goes off. So I do some driving around town, have lunch with some friends and almost go to the North Pole (there is one over by the entrance to Pikes Peak).
The light is still on so back to the tire place I go. This time the manager is there and I explain that all 5 units have been changed and I’ve driven around but the yellow TPMS light is still on. He brings that handheld device and the connector cable to the vehicle. He checks each tire (including the spare), plugs in the unit and then has to go outside and check each tire unit again (including the spare) before it resets and the yellow light goes out.
According to the service manager at the dealership I could have saved a lot of money, time and stress by using a strip of black electrical tape & at least I wasn’t sitting in the dealership waiting area all day…..! –
I know it’s a cheesy title but hey it reeled you in didn’t it? There is so much going on behind the scenes in American politics that we often glaze over or completely ignore it, much to our own detriment. We sent friends, neighbors and all too often strangers to be our voice in state or federal legislatures. Now honestly would you want someone to be a dog catcher who couldn’t even catch a cold? No, you want that person to demonstrate their capabilities BEFORE running for public office.
This past summer I had the privilege of speaking with a couple of political hopefuls who were well spoken and well informed. I was even invited to their weekly strategy meetings. I probably would have voted for them on the spot as one was a veteran but bent on unseating a political candidate that I support. As they wrapped up our brief discussion they made it plain that they were running for office on the Democratic Party platform.
To me that sealed the deal, I will never vote for a candidate who runs as a Democrat.
Democrats say they’re for the working man and that they have our backs and even smile as they plunge the dagger straight into our heart all the while telling us it’s for our own good.
You think I’m kidding? Well I’m not.
Throughout the history of our nation, and particularly during the Civil War and immediately after what was the biggest threat to Americans? It was the Democratic Party “hit squads” wearing white sheets provoking fear over the poorest of our nation – minorities and their supporters by placing burning Crosses on lawns, in yards and conducting murder and/or public lynching to keep them in their place.
Democrats have fought against the right to vote for minorities and for women.
Democrats have fought hardest against those rights.
Democrats fought against ending segregation.
Democrats fight for women’s right to choose ending the life of their babies through abortion.
Democrats fight for ending the right to bear and keep arms.
Democrats fight to enact and extend COVID lockdown measures, mandate isolation, masking and requiring vaccination against a virus which is less deadly than the common cold or flu.
Democrats fight for open borders and illegal migration at the threat to the health, safety and welfare of American citizens.
Democrats control the Legislative and Executive Branches of government and have fought to pack the Supreme Court in order to control the Judicial Branch.
Democrats control the narrative of both the mainstream and social media.
Without a doubt it is the Democratic Party is using fear and intimidation tactics that have worked so well in places like Chicago, Seattle, New York and almost every other city with a large urban population, as it has worked to destroy socialist countries around the world. The Democratic Party has introduced and implemented wokeism and critical race theory into our society from public education to our military forces.
The Democratic Party that is the single most threat to our nation’s National Security. –
Do you know the difference between sheep, goats and politicians?
When God created sheep they began following their master unceremoniously but goats, that’s another thing altogether. Goats butt heads over nothing, just because they can.
Politicians on the other hand are confused to say the least. Their entire term is spent learning the ropes on how to be a good Democrat / Republican. They often did-remember why they were elected in the first place.
The two main political parties in American politics were badly named from the start. Or were they?
Democrats are hard headed, stubborn people who think they are God’s gift to America. They get an idea in their heads, convince themselves and others they are right – the only ones who can be right. Maybe the mule is a closer fit as a mascot than say a goat? Power hungry Democrats think they ARE God.
Republicans are learned people who understand the constitutional application of the bill of rights, but many times lack the intestinal fortitude necessary to persevere over the opposition. Republicans WISH they were God so they could zap those pesky Democrats into oblivion.
Voters wish both sides would simply GROW UP and act like Americans!
We spend way too much time fighting each other and the real enemy wants both sides to do each other in so they can pick up the spoils of war.
Too bad we can’t just boot them all out and start over, or can we? –
The Real Truckmaster 