11-3-2018

 

I Met A Homeless US Navy Veteran Today

 

While downtown this morning watching as the Colorado Springs Veterans Day Parade was forming up I met a homeless Veteran I’ll call him Navy (US Navy, former aircraft maintenance tech on an aircraft carrier).

 

Navy asked a simple question, “Why is nobody helping Veterans in this town?”

 

Navy has been in town for a month, has money for rent but no agency has offered help. Even the VA clinic said they didn’t carry blankets, which is probably true as they are not a hospital. He said one homeless shelter has only 12 beds and there’s a waiting list. Other cities have organizations or programs that one can call and when you tell them you’re a veteran, they find you a bed where you can stay up to 6 months. I told him I don’t think we have that here.

 

I told Navy there are places that help veterans and gave him directions to a place I was sure could get him help or information of where to turn. I then continued walking and crossed to the other side of Tejon St. and it was barely 8:30 am, still an hour and a half before the parade would start.

 

I was approached by Navy again after he went to the place I sent him but they offered no help.

 

We parted and Navy faded back into the sea of homeless veterans and others living on the streets of Colorado Springs becoming invisible in plain sight. As I walked I saw many homeless persons on the streets, some with shopping carts full of their entire life possessions, others with nothing more than the clothes they were wearing. I continued walking a block or two down the street, crossed back over and ended up back at my vehicle.

 

It was cold 38 degrees and breezy and I just couldn’t take the cold and I returned home puzzled and depressed thinking about this homeless guy Navy, a guy whose been sleeping under the bridge, dodging eggs and rocks and ridicule while simply trying to survive. How does our society deal with our homeless? We care more for our illegal aliens and refugees, providing for their needs, but ignore the homelessness of American citizens and Veterans. There has to be an answer. I just don’t have one yet.

 

I went online and found a couple of possibilities, but most are geared up for counseling or adventures for veterans dealing with issues they had during active duty. I found very few local agencies or organizations in Colorado Springs that dealt with feeding or housing the homeless.

 

Winter is upon us, snow is in our future and we can bundle up if we must go out. What about the homeless veterans and others who have no shelter?

 

There is at least one company in town who builds tiny houses for those who can afford them. So why can we not allocate the resources necessary to address the homeless, provide assistance in food, shelter and job training and assistance for our most vulnerable?

 

In Colorado Springs there are motels (ComCor) that are turned into secure facilities for convicted criminals that are really facilities for rehabilitation and reentry into society.

 

Why not for our homeless? Not simply to provide housing, but to provide a total “VA Stand down” atmosphere where Veterans show up to have their veteran status verified, provide temporary housing, food, medical and dental checkup (prescriptions filled, eye ware renewed) job training and placement so they can moving into affordable housing, access to transportation and reentry into civilian life as productive citizens once more?

 

It’s easier said than done, but there has to be a way? It would require staffing services, committed medical and dental facilities, as well as dining facility and staff & food stocks, and oh so much more but it could be done with the right push by citizens, churches, non-profits, civic leaders and state legislators and the Department of Veterans Affairs all coming together to make Colorado Springs a leader overcoming homelessness.

 

As I said earlier I don’t have all the answers, but lots of questions and “Winter is Coming” and already is upon us. – I am the Real Truckmaster!

 

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11-2-2018

 

What is American Political Correctness?

 

 

To understand what we mean by political correctness we must identify the definition, terms and conditions of its application and use. Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary defines Political Correct as an adjective where “Conforming to a belief that language and practices which could offend political sensibilities (as in matters of sex or race) should be eliminated.”

 

In biblical terminology we see that there is a spiritual force behind Political Correctness as the forces of evil continue their rebellion and resistance to the supreme power of Almighty God.

 

We also need to understand when it began to be used and the context and for that we must refer to The Origins of Political Correctness as in the article by Bill Lind published on February 5, 2000.

 

Bill Lund’s article reveals Political Correctness in its three forms Cultural Marxism, Classic Marxism and Economic Marxism. Political Correctness has its roots as cultural Marxism. It goes back to World War I Europe and has the basic tenets as classical Marxism. Marxism is translated from economic into cultural terms.

 

Here we are in 2018 (eighteen years) after Bill’s article was published and what we see today are the advanced stages of feminism where feminists are the victims, the gay rights movement has morphed into the LGBT movement where they are the victims and history has been rewritten by the invented statistics movement, plus all the lying liars and all their lies and baseless demands have many Americans fearful of what they say, what they write and what they think.

 

Anyone on the political right who uses an offensive or insensitive word are labeled as racist, sexist or homophobic, while the political left claim its freedom to speak.

 

Cultural Marxism of Political Correctness, like economic Marxism, has a single factor explanation of history. Economic Marxism says that all of history is determined by ownership of means of production. Cultural Marxism, or Political Correctness, says that all history is determined by power, by which groups defined in terms of race, sex, etc., have power over which other groups and nothing else matters.

 

In the classical economic Marxism, certain groups are good – workers and peasants, and other groups are evil – capital and business owners.

 

In the cultural Marxism of Political Correctness certain groups are good – feminist women, (only feminist women, non-feminist women are deemed not to exist) blacks, Hispanics, homosexuals. These groups are determined to be “victims,” and therefore automatically good regardless of what any of them do. Similarly, white males are determined automatically to be evil, thereby becoming the equivalent of the bogyman in economic Marxism.

 

It is also interesting to note that in 1923 Germany a “think-tank” was established to translate Marxism from economic into cultural terms, thus creating Political Correctness as we know it today. A wealthy German by the name of Felix Weil became a Marxist and used his money to sponsors the First Marxist Work Week bringing leading Marxists together to iron out the differences in Marxism.

 

In the United States we see PC become prominent first with the peace movement and the hippies of the 1960s. Over time these hippies became college and university professors and deans and cultural Marxists began taking over campuses across the nation.

 

Because both economic and cultural Marxism rely on expropriation which is taking away personal property and rights of those who didn’t espouse the Marxist thought process. They began using things like quotas for admissions, affirmative action, regulating who graduates and who doesn’t.

 

In the business world and in government contracts are withheld from white owned companies in order to give minority and women owned companies priority, this is another form of Marxism.

 

Classical and Economical Marxists both have a method of analysis that automatically gives the answers they want. For the classical Marxist, it’s Marxist economics. For the cultural Marxist, it’s Deconstruction.

 

Deconstruction essentially takes any text, removes all meaning from it and re-inserts any meaning desired. So we find, for example, that all of Shakespeare is about the suppression of women, or the Bible is really about race and gender. All of these texts simply become grist for the mill, which proves that “all history is about which groups have power over which other groups.” We see that today as Political Correctness.

 

Since 2015 when Donald Trump announced his run for the presidency, he said he was going to drain the swamp. It was a figurative statement with literal repercussions. What he began doing after being sworn in as President was to begin deconstructing the political correctness we call the swamp.

 

The swamp is like the many tentacles of an octopus.  Once you identify and take measures to remove the tentacles, others begin earnestly interfering because they know that they are on the chopping block too.

 

The talking heads of the media and other Trump critics are constantly saying that he is too hard on the media, calling them the enemy of the people and Fake News. Normally politicians are trying to appease everyone and not become offensive. In case you don’t know, Donald Trump is not a normal politician. Every time he opens his mouth or sends a tweet someone is offended. It’s like America wanted another politician? Quite the opposite, America NEEDED a warrior president who would stand up for Americans and place America First.

 

Did I say that Donald Trump was not a normal politician? Well he isn’t!

 

World leaders know what the American liberal left has yet to learn, Donald Trump doesn’t make idle talk as President. He speaks from the heart and he makes promises that he intends to keep. His goal is for ALL Americans to get a better deal from our government. When he makes an announcement he has weighed the pros and cons and had already decided when he feels it is right for all Americans.

 

Donald Trump may very well be America’s “Last Samurai” warrior or our last “Gladiator” so be advised that he takes the job of being President of the United States very seriously and will never give up or give in when it comes to the welfare of the American people or the United States of America. – I am the Real Truckmaster!

 

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11/1/2018

 

Anchor Babies and the 14^th Amendment

 

President Trump has indicated that he’s going to issue an executive order putting a stop to the Anchor Baby citizenship debacle.

 

I know what you’re going to day. Everyone born on US soil is automatically an American citizen, right? Not so fast Sherlock that may not be true. In fact that may be the complete opposite of what is written in Section 1 of the 14^th Amendment.

 

Amendment XIV (1868)

Section 1. “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside……….”

 

When the amendment was written the writer specifically noted that no special law was being made, but it was to include blacks who had been slaves and thus not afforded the rights and privileges of citizenship.

 

Although the 14^th Amendment has been challenged in the SCOTUS a number of times and upheld, there still seems to be an overall misunderstanding over its intent and meaning. A child is born to a natural born or a naturalized US citizen parent they are in fact citizens by birth.

 

 

In fact the misunderstanding is over what it didn’t say.

 

The 14^th Amendment did not give automatic citizenship to foreign visitors, foreign dignitaries or illegal aliens nor did it give citizenship to offspring of foreigners born while on US soil, they are simply called uninvited guests who have unlawfully entered the US and are not US citizens by birth. They are citizens of the country of their mother’s citizenship.

 

Forget all the misinformation coming out of the main stream media or even when it is communicated by members of the US Legislature or other political figures. All foreigners must apply for citizenship and complete the naturalization process to be sworn in as US citizens after taking the oath of allegiance to this country and our flag. This includes denouncing their allegiance to their former homeland and forfeiting their citizenship.

 

DACA recipients were allowed to reside in the US with a path to citizenship that was illegal and unconstitutionally done through executive order of Barack Obama. Steps to terminate or invalidate it have been met with stiff resistance from politicians and through the legal system.

 

Although not needed, an executive order to close the door to what has become a lucrative business of encouraging and taking advantage of Anchor Babies is the perfect way to change the “business as usual” thinking of those engaged in the process. Any executive order issued by President Trump should probably include a directive invalidating or revoking the citizenship of EVERY Anchor Baby to date.

 

At the same time Congress should seriously consider Comprehensive Immigration Reform that closes loopholes and clears up confusing language leaving no doubt new immigration standards for the United States. The president may also want to close the borders to immigrants wanting to cross into the US from Mexico until such time as he feels that immigration control has become satisfactory. – I am the Real Truckmaster!

 

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10-31-2018

 

So Ironic Don’t You Think?

 

Just when you think you’ve seen everything. President Trump and his family have gone back into campaign mode just to peak interest in Republican voters and draw them away from their couches and televisions for a chance to listen to the president speak and say good things about the “Red” candidates as well as some comical things about the “Blue Wave” candidates accentuating the Tsunami that never happened. With more than a dozen rallies over the past few weeks where tens of thousands of Trump supporters have come out in droves, many being unable to even get inside the venue.

 

On the flip side I saw a posting on Facebook where Democrats are soliciting and offering $15 for people to show up for a Georgia rally on Friday November 2^nd where former president Barack Obama is going to speak in support of the Democrat running for governor. The ad admits that attendance has been a bit low. How come Obama can list 83 Democrat candidates on a newspaper ad, but is unable to attract more than 43 people (body guards and maintenance workers included) at his last rally? It seems that when he speaks out in support of these leftist candidates, he spends much of the time talking about himself?

 

It appears that every new day brings a new way to disrupt and divide the American people just a little bit more. Alleged scandals, false reporting, inaccurate opinion editorials disguised as journalism and outright calls for “taking out” the president, and I don’t feel that Maxine Waters was going to treat the president to ice cream, unless it was Ben and Jerry’s new flavor “Pecan Resist” that hides their propaganda under the inside of the lid.

 

When President Trump speaks he always talks about bringing the country together as one, but I’ve never heard him speak about catering to the rich and famous or giving in to the demands of the ultra-left.

 

As we wind down these final 6 days before the midterm election votes are counted we must not forget that every citizen’s votes count. Those who stay home or refuse to vote are in fact voting in absentia by withholding their voice so that others might win.

 

Let us not forget our brothers and sisters in law enforcement and in the military who put their lives on the line EVERY DAY so that we can live in the land of the brave and the home of the free.

 

The will of our nation is about to be seriously tested over the next few days and we look to Almighty God to handle the details and to protect our men and women in uniform.

 

May God bless the United States of America – I am the Real Truckmaster!

 

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10-31-2018

 

Winter is Coming!

 

My grandsons once told me, “Papa, Winter is Coming” and he had that smug smile on his face, something from one of those video games where everybody tries to out sniper everyone else.

 

The leaves are changing and falling from the trees and I woke up to snow on the ground, but I know that “Winter is Coming” as the political climate has shifted from the hopelessness of Obama to the optimism of America’s future under Trump. We’re in the home stretch of the mid-term elections and the leftist rhetoric is one of fear and intimidation. The Democrat platform is one of “higher taxes, gun control and impeach Trump”. It’s a very exciting time for Republicans.

 

We are being told by the media that “thousands” of migrants are heading toward the US Southern border with Mexico and they are predicted to travel the final 800 miles on foot with a projected arrival date of 5 November 2018, the day before the US elections. We are told they are seeking asylum from a terrible situation (bad government, gang violence, low wages, etc), but which country is all this attributed to? Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Belize, Panama or elsewhere in South America?

 

What we see are these hordes of people headed toward our southern border in what can only be described as a massive invasion headed toward our homeland. They are seen as vandals bullying their way uninvited into Guatemala and now Mexico. They are military age men who will fight police and armies as they are intent upon making their way into the US.

 

The reality is this we are a nation of laws. Our laws derive from the Constitution. Our men and women pledge their sacred honor to defend our Constitution against ALL enemies both foreign and domestic. They pledge to support the orders of the President of the United States and the officers appointed over them and they take that as a Solemn Oath before Almighty God. It is not taken lightly.

 

Our military has deployed against armies, factions and tribes in foreign lands around the world and have trained a vast majority of the armies of today’s modern world. In the face of today’s domestic and foreign threat our military forces are positioning along some critical areas of the Southern border, and should the President declare martial law and/or order them to form an armed defensive line, there is no force able to breach it. In addition to the military force, there are hundreds of thousands of fully trained military Veterans who would jump at the chance to defend our homeland.

 

We also have home grown domestic terrorists, only we don’t call them domestic terrorists for fear of offending someone.

 

We have criminal elements in our society who revel at the chance to cause fear and confusion among the American people. Some attempt to send harmful letters and packages to politicians and have no problem simulating harmful “copycat” style packages designed to strike fear in the hearts of men and women across the nation.

 

We also have elected officials who would rather escalate violence instead of choosing to bring people together in peaceful protest. Instead they call for harassment, intimidation and physical altercation as a means of bullying those who disagree to remain silent.

 

With the midterm election so close its predictable that violence will increase and we will most likely see wild and crazy things coming from the left. What is at stake as the political swamp continues to drain, more individuals are coming forward to get their name in front of any type of audience as they seek their 15 minutes of fame.

 

We still have entertainers and athletes who feel they are so self-important and must express their personal and political views to an American public that is past the point of caring.

 

 

Now for a “Deranged Supporter” of Trump to hatch a fake bomb scheme so closely after the Trump and Mattis suspicious letters incident that were filled with the deadly chemical “Ricin” but was intercepted before it got close to the intended targets, stinks to high heaven of copycat.

 

To make matters worse the “alleged” phony bomb bomber had a list of 100 political targets in his sights, thus 14+ devices have surfaced in various parts of the country. Think of the costs involved in this endeavor? One would have to purchase a lot of PVC piping, a white substance, wires, electrical tape and timers, padded envelopes, shipping tape and dispenser when planning for 100 such devices to be delivered and what about the manpower needed to get these packages into the postal service without drawing attention?

 

I doubt very seriously if one man alone could come up with a plan like that, then have enough patience, time or money to put everything into play. Then there is the logistics of taking each one to a postal facility or stopping a postal carrier on the street and handing him/her say 100 suspicious packages, each with misspelled mailing labels and return addresses. It would seem that someone even got a bit confused and sent on package to the return address and having one envelope going to the same return address?

 

It took less time for authorities to apprehend the suspect and confiscate both of his white vans, while passing off to the public that there is only one white van. That should make someone suspicious right away.

 

The intent of these hoax bombs, fake bombs or inert bombs is the fact that they seemed to be intended as a scare tactic to keep Republican voters from the polls so that the Democrat Party candidates would have a much better chance of winning they’re individual elections. This also served as a means to keep everyone’s focus away from the southern border incident about to unfold, say on 5 November 2018.

 

American’s are a lot smarter than other people think they are and can see through the fog of distractions quite well, since distractions are popping up at critical times in our nation’s activities both at home and abroad.

 

While there is not as much rumbling from the political left, one must remember they are out “beating  the bushes (figuratively speaking) trying to get their candidates with no actual political stance other than getting elected. But don’t forget – Winter is Coming! – I am the Real Truckmaster!

 

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10-28-2018

 

I Am Tired of the Political Correctness

 

I don’t know about you, but I’ve had it with all the political bickering, name calling and slandering the good name and at the expense of decent law abiding and respectful Americans.

 

If you knew the truth about the Donald J. Trump presidency, would you still choose to oppose him?

 

I have watched since the 2015 announcement of a run for President by Donald Trump, where friend and foe alike have taken liberty to “go for the juggler” by personally attacking first his name, his reputation and attempt to discredit him and disavow the legitimacy of him and his administration.

 

I have seen entertainers and political hotshots taking potshots at the President of the United States with outright lies and slanderous accusations. I’ve watched as American media outlets and major networks gleefully publish in print or broadcast over the airwaves and through the internet articles that award winning journalists would spew out of their mouths. Gone are the days of standards of excellence in journalism.

 

I have watched as racism has taken over the legislative branch in an outright attempt to take down the executive branch while forcibly influencing the judicial branch, effectively circumventing the separation of government guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States.

 

In my lifetime I have watched as politicians have themselves manipulated the consciousness of America by changing the methods and curriculum of our public education system, altering historical facts and attempting to shame citizens into submission and control.

 

More than you’ll ever know beginning with the 2018 mid-term elections we are now in the midst of, this is a most pivotal time in American history. It is not about left wing or right wing of the same bird, it’s about the moral center of our nation and of we the people.

 

We have political “experts” telling us that right is wrong and wrong is right, that there is no such thing as simply male and female as God Almighty has created in mankind and in all creation. We are told that if you feel it, you can be it and parents should not stereotype their children into being boys or girls because their gender is simply a state of mind. Bull Poppycock! Horse Pucky!

 

Let me tell you this straight up. God created everything. God set the laws of nature into existence. God created the laws of physics and set everything in its place in the entire universe – and beyond. There is not a man or woman living or who ever lived who could change what God has set in place.

 

God is the creator and we ALL are his creation.

 

Throughout history God intervened many times to reset the direction being taken by mankind. From the Garden of Eden, Sodom and Gomorrah,  the Flood, Israel’s 40 years of wandering in the desert, the Roman empire, the Cross on Mount Calvary, even world wars, famines and pestilence, hurricanes, and earthquakes. To be clear Mohammad is not God’s prophet, but a false prophet who has deceived many.

 

In the life of the United States Christians and followers of Christ have relied upon the God of creation for sustenance and protection over events beyond their control and God has never failed. He never will!

 

Whether you believe it or not, God did not fail when he sent Donald Trump to become the 45^th President of the United States on 20 January 2017 (less than 2 years ago). God answered the prayers of his faithful followers and it has changed the course and direction of the United States at home and abroad by sending a warrior to take down the Spirit of Political Correctness in America.

 

Just to be clear God did not send another Billy Graham-style preacher President, nor did he send someone deeply schooled in Christian-ese church talk, nor was he a man who walked and talked with God his entire life. God sent a man he had known since BEFORE he came to being in his mother’s womb and before God created time.

 

I know that everyone is born with a purpose, a mission if you will. Something he/she is to accomplish while they are on this earth and that includes the babies who are aborted in the mother’s womb. Everyone has a purpose in life and it’s not to collect the most “stuff” to win the game of life. God loves you. There is not one person living, has ever lived or will ever live that God loves more than he loves you.

 

I’m tired of the world turning around and around and around, same old thing over and over again. I’m really tired of listening to all the excuses and the endless blame game where everything is always the other guys fault.

 

We are at a point in the history of the world where God can use one man to make a difference in the lives of many. In fact with God, one man is a majority and there is nothing that he cannot accomplish and with God there is nobody who can stop that one man until God’s purpose has been completed. – I am the Real Truckmaster!

 

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10-28-2018

 

Nationalists versus White Nationalists

 

“If you don’t stand for something you’ll fall for anything” – Alexander Hamilton

 

On Monday October 22, 2018 President Trump declared, “I am a nationalist” at a Cruz rally in Texas. Immediately critics took up the cry of racism and worse by misstating the Trump’s own words and declaring that he supports White Nationalists.

 

I guess it’s natural to jump to conclusions if you follow the statement above by Alexander Hamilton and especially if you don’t know the difference between nationalists and white nationalists. So let me break it down to something you can understand.

 

A Nationalist is someone who is devoted to nationalism and advocates a strong national government.

 

It’s easy to tell a nationalist by the displaying of the Stars and Stripes and by the way he honors the United States and is willing to lay down his life to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States against ALL enemies both foreign and domestic. Their trade mark is patriotism.

 

A White Nationalist is someone who advocates for enforced racial segregation and taking control of government and opposed to Israel.

 

On the other hand it’s quite easy to tell a white nationalist by the displaying racist and/or Neo-Nazi banners, swastikas, and banners which are filled with hateful rhetoric referring to others as inferiors and are totally opposed to anyone of color or ethnic diversity. They are opposed to Israel and are very quick to escalate into physical violence with law enforcement or other groups. Their trade mark is hate. A recent FBI report suggests that White Nationalists are a larger threat in the US than ISIS.

 

So the false reporting or misprinting or misrepresentation of the truth saying that President Trump is a Nationalist who supports white nationalists  is completely wrong and a perfect example of fake news.

 

I challenge anyone to show me where Donald Trump has incited violence during his campaign rallies or his presidency. Show me where he’s stood in front of television cameras, hate filled crowds or presidential press conferences and urged conservatives, Republicans, liberals or Democrats to viciously harass or attack anyone of any political party? Show me his opposition to Israel, the Jewish people or to American citizens. Show me where President Trump has clearly sided against the United States or American people when it comes to national security, national defense or foreign policy?

 

Nationalists are in fact patriots coming from all walks of life (Veterans and non-Veterans alike) and from every state or US territory who respect and uphold the Rule of Law.

 

I am a US military Veteran, I love God, my family and the United States of America and YES I AM A NATIONALIST! – I am the Real Truckmaster!

 

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10-27-2018

 

Who lives in the swamp and who created it?

 

In case you didn’t read my earlier post I’m going to try and answer those questions, “Who lives in the swamp and who created it?”

 

Let me explain that the swamp is not a physical body of water but a cesspool of political corruptness that is a result of political ambitions over time. Nobody “lives” in the swamp, people ARE the swamp they who go into politics for any number of reasons.

 

They are like the guy who gets handed his sergeant stripes (Acting Jack) and the sudden power trip goes to his head. He may have been your buddy, but once he’s made sergeant he can’t handle it. He makes lots of mistakes and lots of enemies, yet he doesn’t know when to back down or ease up. If you were military maybe you knew that guy at one time or another?

 

The swamp refers to the political climate in Washington. The politicians are like the swamp creatures are like the “king” of their own domain. The water skipper bounces around on the water searching for something to eat. Along comes a fish and swallows the water skipper; a bear who eats the fish; and a hunter kills the bear. So on and so forth, up the food chain.

 

Trump said he was going to drain the swamp, not literally empty a body of water, but drain the “politics as usual” out of Washington politics, if you will return government back to the people.

 

When he began breaking up the power groups he was met with resistance (same thing you do) as he targeted certain politicians, government agencies, regulations and policies of previous administrations (not just Obama’s).

 

As I said in my post I’ve looked at every president since WWII, beginning with Eisenhower. None of them were truly great presidents, although many were great or at least above average military officers and leaders of men. Those how went into politics became deeply entrenched in the swamp BEFORE running for president. They had power and influence and that is hard to let go of.

 

Those who became president were unequipped for the job. They had their On-Job-Training (OJT) and relied on others to make some of the really tough decisions. From the research I’ve done on the past 13 presidents, they were each tested by world leaders, congress and other events. Some failed greatly, while others seemed to rise to the occasion.

 

Truman tried to wrap up WWII, but the Korean War began and he left it for Eisenhower. Eisenhower got the US involved in Indochina, left it to Kennedy who increased our involvement, but Johnson stepped it up a notch or two, then it went to Nixon, Ford, and Carter before we pulled out.

 

North Korea has been a problem since Stalin appointed Kim Jong Un’s grandfather supreme leader. No US president has been able to deal with North Korea, through incentives, broken treaties or threats of total destruction.  Remember McArthur wanted to go straight to China and Truman fired him.

 

A great many things have been shoved under the carpet primarily because president’s had no idea how to handle them.

 

Congress has been the same thing. Politicians promise the moon and for the most part deliver squat. Although technically qualified they are often unsuited for the legislative duties of congress. Because there are no term limits, a great many of the 535 members of congress “homestead” in congress. They keep promising and we keep electing them and they end up with a lifetime of public service which is in no way service to their public. They stay until they die (ask Kennedy and McCain) and there are others.

 

In my opinion the swamp consists of congressional caucuses which pit legislators against each other, then you throw in lobbyists to the mix and the clear focus of congress becomes clouded real fast. You have political “clicks” made up of various factions that each have their own agenda, which they demand from everyone else.

 

Political holdovers of previous administrations often referred to as the deep state which is a very integral part of the swamp. They are the day to day administrative staff that turns out the lights at the end of the day and keep government running. They have their prejudices and their own political stance and they do not care who is elected or appointed because they know that they will remain long after the “top dogs” are gone.

 

Our government is one of the people, by the people and for the people. The swamp has stepped that up until it is really to the people, by our people and for ourselves who know better.

 

Without safeguards our Constitutional-Republic would not function the way it was designed. Separate branches of government, first the Legislative Branch = make laws; next Executive Branch = enforces laws; and the Judicial Branch = interprets laws (based on the Constitution). National elections for president are public and although the popular vote may favor a certain candidate, the Electoral College chooses “delegates” who choose the president.

 

The Electoral College is not part of the swamp however the members of congress who make up the EC may in fact be swamp creatures.

 

Now back to our presidents. Some have been thrust into the presidency by the death or resignation of a sitting president. Truman, Johnson and Ford are three who fall into that category. All three became wartime presidents, although Ford began shutting down US involvement in Vietnam. Every president who sent US troops to war was also a wartime president.

 

There are not many presidents who understand economics or have the business sense to lead a nation out of economic peril. Most are reactionary, the economy drops they panic and rely on others to come up with a solution, which often doesn’t quite work.

 

There are not many presidents who are true visionaries that see the future and know how to make that future a reality. Kennedy may have been one but his presidency and his life was cut short. Reagan may have been one but he could only take the country so far. Trump may be one and he has the ability to stay focused on the vision and will not simply take “no” for an answer. He can’t do it alone, but he has the unique ability to inspire others and the wisdom to appoint key administration officials who are able to carry out his vision for America.

 

You may disagree and that’s alright. I’ve never been told that my assessments are perfectly sound, or that I’m hitting it out of the ballpark. Nor do I expect to. However if all you do is complain and “parrot” a particular party line without doing your own research you have absolutely no room to talk.

 

Our nation is at a historical crossroad. Do we go high or do we go low? Maybe we need to turn left or turn right? Maybe, just maybe we need to get off social media so we can stop to smell the roses. Remember it’s not the destination, but the journey that makes life enjoyable.

 

https://cb75948.com/2017/06/01/draining-the-swamp/

Read this article by Michael Master published on 1 June 2017 and see if you can see the relevance after 16 months of the Trump presidency. Great article – I am the Real Truckmaster!

 

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10-27-2018

 

Corruption in Politics a Major Facet of the Swamp

 

Those who know me also know that I despise corrupt politicians. Nothing has become more evident in recent days, weeks and over the past two years than seeing that political parties breed corruption.

 

In April 1887 Lord John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton said, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority, still more when you superadd the tendency or the certainty of corruption by authority. There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.” He was exactly right and his words prove just as true today in 2018.

 

When President Trump made his campaign promise to “drain the swamp”, everyone just thought it was “Ha-Ha” funny.  It turns out to be not so funny now. We’ve seen the swamp fight back with everything they have. Sexual allegations are just another tool in the bag that has worked so well should someone get out of step politically. There is no limit as to what tricks can be used and outright deceit and lies are the norm. Another ploy is financial mismanagement or allegations of accepting bribes. They usually keep wandering politicians who stray off the beaten path as they do not want to lose their political office or influence in Washington, D.C.  Political Correctness is a third tool that works for politicians and influences public opinion. Nobody wants to be the one to go against what “everyone wants”, especially when it’s a manufactured ploy by some self-proclaimed political elite. The race card is a fourth tool of preference that can be used effectively to bring down a political opponent or even a “friend” who loses sight of the obvious political goal. One merely has to call out that someone is a racist and they will pack their bags and head back to hometown USA with their tail tucked safely between their legs.

 

Each of the above mention “Tools” have been ineffective in moving President Trump in the desired direction of the established political elite because maybe he’s not just your run of the mill politician. He is not worried about what other people think or about offending anyone. According to those on the political left he offends everyone with a simple tweet. He is a wild card who does the unexpected politically and gets results.

 

I’ve looked at the political careers of recent Presidents and each one either comes into office with an agenda and no idea how to achieve their stated goals or they have no agenda and no idea how to accomplish the many campaign promises they have made to get elected. President Eisenhower was a military man, a leader among men and was drafted into the Republican Party for the presidency. He delegated to others and was primarily riding on his own coattail. Eisenhower expected his cabinet to run itself and used Vice President Richard Nixon (future President) as his primary spokesperson for political affairs.

 

Almost every other President after Eisenhower either came out of Congress or from a governorship with aspirations of becoming President. Once they were elected they were rarely able to keep their campaign promises. Some like Kennedy were visionaries with America’s future as their goal. While others were absorbed with their own self-importance until they were thrust into becoming a wartime president. Most were ineffective as president, doing little more than rattling a sabre and quietly leaving office, while others have been unable to lay down the mantle. All have been part of the swamp, wielding power and “ruling” over the masses.

 

In recent weeks we have seen public demonstrations, rioting, looting and overall lawlessness and disrespect for the highest office in the land, the office of President of the United States. We have seen public and open threats against the life of the President without as much as the batting of an eye.

 

More recently we have seen real threats carried out by packages containing “Ricin” a poison more lethal than cyanide sent to the President, his family and members of his administration receiving little or no public attention.

 

On the other hand we have seen openly flaunted multiple “copycat” packages disguised as “pipe bombs” being sent to Democratic current and former members government receiving nationwide attention by all media outlets, while pertinent details of the “investigation” and threats of law and order being transmitted on social media and even the arrest of “the suspect” who is seen as a Trump supporter gone wild.

 

The trouble with the above scenario is that multiple incidents of violence committed publicly by Democratic voices, many are sitting members of Congress who are threatening violence against the sitting President, and they do so with impunity. There have been a mass shooting of sitting Congressmen participating in organized congressional sports, and the shooter was a disgruntled Democrat.

 

Still another tool in the box of the Democrats on the left is Fear. While Congress has the constitutional responsibility to create and change laws, their failure to take appropriate action to secure our borders through Comprehensive Immigration Reform is inexcusable.

 

Rather than do what they have been elected to do, the Congress has chosen to allow the political left to mandate what duties they will or will not do. These orchestrated and increasingly massive immigrant “probes” across Central America toward the US Southern border are designed to test the strength of the Trump administration in preventing unauthorized, illegal immigration with little to no support from Democrat members of Congress. When a “probe” is successful Congress blames the President for allowing it to happen or tearing families apart at the border, but fails to acknowledge their lack of support is the bigger issue which is not acceptable. The problem is not a strictly political one, but of greater importance. It is a problem of right over wrong, truth over lies. It is about upholding Freedom in its many forms. Freedom isn’t Free!

 

The mid-term and the upcoming 2020 elections are the way US Citizens can uphold the Constitution and input our dissatisfaction of Congress by voting out these demi-gods that inhabit the United States Congress. – I am the Real Truckmaster!

 

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10-24-2018

 

The Fake Bomb Scare and the Invasion

 

Don’t you get tired of all the dastardly and dirty tricks played by folks who just don’t know how to lose an election? We’ve gone from simply name calling “Basket of Deplorables” and “Snowflakes” to actual personal and public assaults of American citizens and prominent politicians at their homes, in restaurants and even in the halls of Congress.

 

There are the alleged sexual allegations that popped up during the campaign; presidential nominations and backing for office; open calls for the death of a sitting president (a federal offense in itself) as well as these massive migrations demanding admittance into the USA because they are afraid (that’s what they’ve been coached to say).

 

The current waves of Central and South American migrants are aimed at the US Southern border like a heat seeking missiles. There are flag waving, flag burning and chanting obscenities at the US by people who actually think that is the way to be admitted. Go figure!

 

The second wave formed in Honduras and Guatemala are following the same path as the one that is somewhere in the middle of Mexico set to show up at the San Diego border crossing on November 6^th. Maybe the second wave will show up on November 7^th so reinforce the first wave.

 

Now we’re to believe that a series of homemade pipe bombs “mailed” to Democrat politicians, including a former president and a former first lady with evidence points to the return address of former DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz in Florida, yet the packages were delivered to CNN in New York City, with plenty of postage, but no USPS postal stamp, highly suspicious?

 

And there are those who blame it on President Trump to drum up GOP voters. Give me a break. Have you seen the number of attendees at the various political campaign events where Trump speaks? They are overflowing, with many venues sold out well in advance. Why would someone think that fake packages would motivate conservative voters?

 

On the other hand events held by prominent Democrat politicians, such as former President Obama are barely drawing enough people to crowd around the podium. Downwards from 2,000 to 40+ attendees at the recent Obama rally in Nevada. It’d say that possible attention is needed to boost up the Democrat voters and a bomb scare would certainly do it. Target the focus of Republican banter such as Obama, Clinton, Brennan, and others. I don’t know about you, but I would consider them each expendable and a detriment to the Democrat Party in general.

 

I’ve watched enough CSI and NCIS programs where the packaging containing verifiable fingerprints would be processed with results in a couple of hours; DNA samples would be collected and processed, revealing the profile and eating habits of the perpetrator; examination of the pipe bombs would reveal the modus operandi of the bomb maker and what materials were used, where they were purchased and who supplied the delivery vehicle, even identifying through video footage the height, weight, sex and whether or not the person was left handed. All of this could be done before a 60 minute episode is over.

 

All that is happening is to shift the focus from the massive hoard of aliens headed toward the US Southern border. With 2 weeks left before the polls close I’m sure we’ll see some outlandish stunts coming from out of nowhere to keep American voters glued to the TV and away from the polls.

 

In the meantime President Trump has declared a State of Emergency, activated and mobilized 7,000+ National Guard and Federal troops who will form a green wall in support of Border Patrol and ICE agents to stop this invasion in its tracks, should the Mexican government fail to take proper steps.

 

The next phase will be for military assets to delve into the construction of the US Southern Border Wall and will not cease until a solid wall exists from Texas to California. I’m sure that the Coast Guard along with maritime assets will begin patrolling the waters in the Gulf of Mexico and along the California coastline detaining all who choose to try water as a means of entry.

 

Contrary to what you may believe this is not fearmongering as some on the left would have you believe. This is what transparency in government is all about. Obama promised it, but did everything behind a curtain of secrecy. President Trump has been very open in fulfilling his campaign promises to make America safe and to close our borders to unauthorized immigration.

 

As a citizen of the United States and a registered voter who happens to be a military professional I fully support the actions taken by the President of the United States. – I am the Real Truckmaster!

 

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