Like a Festering Boil

08-07-2018

Like a Festering Boil

Have you ever just stood in front of the stove waiting for a pot of water to boil? Maybe it was just a tea kettle? It takes ever so long, and all you want is a good old cup of coffee, hot chocolate or tea.

And take a canker sore (yes take it, please). When you get a sore on your lip, your arm or down where the sun doesn’t shine (you know where that is right?) at first you don’t notice it until it’s too late. Left untreated it begins to grow and festers until a pinhole breaks through the surface of the skin and puss begins coming out. Not really white, but sorta yukky gray-green and smells like something bad, because it is.

In recent months and in some cases recent hours there have been some pretty gross revelations coming out of congress. Remember when the to “I.T. Brothers” were found working for the DNC and a number of Democratic legislators but were fired after an internal investigation found them out? Now we have a certain Democratic legislator from California who had employed a foreign spy for over 20 years, but fired him 5 years ago and it’s taken this long for that to surface (President Trumps tweets don’t make it for 5 minutes).

We find out that the same Democratic legislator has had very interesting ties to Chinese legislators, former leaders and others. These ties have allegedly influenced her in legislative affairs on the floor in Congress, yet she has been a vocal proponent of the “Trump Russia Collusion” fiasco. Not to mention that she has been a member of Congress for quite some time and one knows what skeletons have been sitting in her closet over the years.

She’s not the only one either. We have many legislators who would be ousted from “public service” should the Congress vote themselves Term Limits, like they do pay raises. We have power hungry, power players and power seekers who can’t seem to get enough power.

I recently counted 242 Caucuses in Congress, until recently when another one sprung up, and how many others are there? Now not all caucuses are bad. I’m sure there are times when legislators must build alliances and a caucus may be the way to further agendas and promote trust between legislators. But I submit that caucuses may be bad for the exact same reasons.

There are 100 Senators and 435 Representatives in Congress. There are say 243+ Congressional Caucuses. Now if every legislator joined at least one caucus whose members agreed on EVERY bill proposed by only their members and jointly they agreed to disagree on EVERY bill proposed by non-members of their specific caucus, what a turmoil would that bring into the legislative process?

There is one Caucus that admits only Black legislators and denies membership to every other race, yet act as the “Race Police” in Congress, forcing or more accurately “shaming” legislators who don’t agree with them. There are caucuses under different sub-headings of religion, race, even accepting only those who have produced a DD-214 showing a military service connection, we can’t get Congress fully on board with Veterans issues but they will ALL form a solid line to stop President Trump from building that wall or fixing immigration and DACA, while calling him out for enforcing immigration with a zero tolerance approach.

We need new legislative leadership, fresh new members of Congress and a new attitude on what it means to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States against ALL enemies both foreign and domestic; of doing FOR American voters, not doing TO American citizens.

In my opinion Americans ran the train off the tracks long ago even before Roe versus Wade. We’ve sidelined the train and nobody has tried rocking the boat over it, until now. It was seen as a speed bump, but the rock of political correctness has grown into the boulder of offense, which no one wants to kick out of the way.

With President Trump’s leadership and with Almighty God’s help the train of America can once again push forward on the tracks of excellence. – I am the Real Truckmaster!

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Distemper in America

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08-07-2018

Distemper in America

I remember as a kid watching the movie “Old Yeller” where they had to lock Yeller in a barn due to him getting distemper. He would snarl, growl and foam at the mouth and was kind of scary watching that as a kid. In the end they had to put him down (that humane for acing the mutt), sic. That is what happened to the Democratic Party after the 2016 Elections and no it had nothing to do with Russia tampering with our elections. Well boys and girls as a nation we did it to ourselves.

At first it was called some unnamed unacceptance syndrome because Donald Trump was elected over Hillary Clinton and all those affected became Hillary’s Snowflakes and cried their eyes out so much that they became unproductive and couldn’t even pay attention to the liberal professors in universities across America.

“Normal” Americans were sucked into the mire and the illness became Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) and that’s when the telltale signs normally associated with distemper in animals began to appear. Behind the scenes there were organized and funded protest marches, rioting and civil unrest. Marchers held carefully worded and professionally done “spontaneous” signs that gave meaning to each type of march to be held.

There were signs against the 2nd Amendment; Gun Control; Sexual Abuse; Pink Hats; promoting Gay Rights; Abortion; against Christian values; Donald Trump; National Anthem; the Flag; the Constitutional rights of Citizens; Civil War symbols and statues; even renaming cities to appease extreme leftists at the expense of everyday Americans. These all happened IN OUR COUNTRY!

Without exaggerating many people on the extreme left have foamed and frothed from their mouths and exhibited (are still exhibiting) signs of mental disorder and those behind the scenes are taking it to the next level. Without shame they have stalked and physically attacked conservatives who support President Trump, his family and members of the Trump Administration.

When people gather together as an organized group, they are no longer individuals with individual rights of citizens they have become a mob or a gang and have surrendered their rights to the group. They act like animals without reason and are herded around like goats, jumping, kicking and screaming, tearing off their clothes, performing indecent acts in public and have done so with impunity.

Distemper in humans should be handled the same way as distemper in animals! Nipped in the bud!

American’s are simply tired of being told what offends them; who to like; where to go or not go; what political party to belong to; or who to vote for. We have been taken advantage of far too long and it’s time to stand up and let your voice be heard.

NO MORE social slavery! NO MORE cyber bullying! NO MORE ignoring the underdog! NO MORE!

My bible tells me that God is no respecter of persons and loves us all the same, even when we don’t love him back. When we lash out and disrespect another human being whom GOD has created who are you really lashing out at? Who are you really disrespecting? Who are you really rebelling against?

God created everything. God created everyone the same yet individually unique. We each have the same needs, wants, desires and abilities. We need air to breathe. We all want to be loved. We desire what is best for ourselves, then our families. Only a few desires what God wants for them.

What does God require of us? Everything! Now let that sink in for a moment.

The God of Heaven desires our praise; our honor; our love; our availability.

We are commanded to love God with all of our heart, all of our mind, all of our strength, with our whole being and to love our neighbor as ourselves; as Jesus loves us.

“There are six things the Lord hates— no, seven things he detests: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that kill the innocent, a heart that plots evil, feet that race to do wrong, a false witness who pours out lies, a person who sows discord in a family.” – Proverbs 6:16-19 NLT

Where love is, there is no room for hate. Where God is, there is love, because GOD IS LOVE!

Am I preaching to the choir? Don’t be like me – I am but a sinful fallen man. Be like Jesus – Love One Another. – I am the Real Truckmaster!

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The Politics of Donald J. Trump

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8-4-2018

The Politics of Donald J. Trump

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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It’s Not About Trump

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

It’s Not About Trump

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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A Real Cyber Criminal Madam Secretary

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7-31-2018

A Real Cyber Criminal Madam Secretary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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7-29-2018

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I have written several eBooks:

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

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

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

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

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

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The Children as Cannon Fodder

7-29-2018

The Children as Cannon Fodder

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

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

But first an illustration:

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Just sayin’!”

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

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

 

My Friend in San Antionio, Texas

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

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

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

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

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

The real criminals in all of this are those who:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I am the Real Truckmaster!

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The Distraction – Sex Sells – Really?

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07-25-2018

The Distraction – Sex Sells – Really?

The Donald J. Trump and Stormy Daniels Controversy Revisited + Paula McDougal

It’s not just a coincidence that “sexual scandals” of Donald J. Trump have come up when they have and by those who bring them to the forefront of public awareness. Nor is it surprising that each time nobody asks why now or when did it happen and what was done about it at the time?

So a porn star and a Playboy playmate individually and possibly together have discovered that they each claimed to have a fling with billionaire turned President Donald Trump back in 2006 – 2011. Each of them leveraged well over $100,000 in hush money so that nobody would know, yet even though they got paid, we were still “told”. How convenient. Donald Trump denies there was anything in either story, but because he’s Donald Trump, he’s a sexual monster. Ha Ha!

I want to know everything what happened in the meantime? Have they had a business slump, you know a recession? Is there no longer top money for an over the hill lap dancer? Does Playboy stoop to paying less than minimum wages that she went to option B? Oh yeah, I forgot it was going to be published by that stellar publication National Enquirer who sold the rights to the story to Michael Cohen, who at the time was the lawyer of then candidate Donald Trump.

Only after getting caught up in the “Russian Collusion” mess had an epiphany and turned the corner at Cohen Street and Trump Avenue and decided to tell the truth to everyone. That in itself is convenient as it is Cohen’s lawyer (former Bill Clinton’s Lawyer) who decided this was the time to “leak” the tape to CNN, another stellar fake news agency. Then to make sure everything is clear as mud, CNN transcribed the tape and had it narrated or rather translated into FN English.

The essence of the tape is that Trump had an affair and wanted to pay off the accuser in CASH. Only problem is that the National Enquirer was trying to blackmail then candidate Trump for $130,000 or they would go with the story, set to be released at the time of the election. Like the pundits have been saying, timing is everything and this is huge.

Another problem is that Cohen taped Trump without telling him he was being taped (sounds a lot like the bus incident with Billy Bush). And just because it could be construed as lawyer-client privilege, there may be legal consequences for Mr. Cohen, who is still under the “Russian Collusion” investigation problem.

If this doesn’t turn into a #1 New York Times best seller and/or go straight to film America and the world will miss out on a really good tale (pun intended). Besides they have that guy (what’s his name) who plays a really bad Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live. Gee I still can’t remember his name?

Still timing is everything, right? With the “Russian Collusion” investigation has been dragging on without merit and once again the focus of the news media and the investigators shifts now to a playmate and a tabloid and a Clinton-era lawyer to break the news publicly to embarrass and disgrace the sitting president?

As we used to say, “That’s all water under the bridge”, meaning “the cat’s out of the bag” and you can’t easily put it back in or pretend it never happened. People have been literally laughing at the thought of Donald Trump draining the swamp, and every day we hear from a new swamp rat or two from the DC establishment as the expected pushback is because while everyone is playing off Chinese checkers, President Trump is playing chess and has been thinking 8 or more steps ahead.

What the liberals and the leftist leaning media have not figured out is why Donald Trump won the presidency or why we voted for him to do exactly what he said he would do during the campaign.

It was during a turbulent time in the life of Donald Trump that God saw a man with determination and all the success the world could offer. He literally had it all. And God smiled!

That’s right God smiled (my words, ok) because Donald Trump didn’t know God, but he loved God. With the world spinning out of control and the United States on the fast track to destruction, it was Christians humbling themselves and praying and God intervened.  God didn’t pick Donald Trump because of his wealth, his fame or his notoriety, no God chose him because of his availability and his obedience when God called. The rest of the story is history and it comes as no surprise that the timing of these “skeletons” jumping out of Donald Trump’s closet is just as the Russian Collusion seems to be losing steam. Only this time things have been coming apart at the seams for special counsel Mueller and DOJ Rosenstein.

American should not allow themselves to be disillusioned by the alleged actions of then Donald J. Trump, but focus on the actions of the President we elected to bring order to a government gone wild.

Christians are familiar with the story of Cyrus in Isaiah 45, a man who didn’t know God, but chosen for a very specific task. Donald Trump POTUS 45 is no coincidence, as God selected Donald Trump to crush the spirit of political correctness and stop the evil so prevalent in America.

So it is not about the past goings on of Donald Trump, but about President Donald J. Trump the man we elected to lead this nation. – I am the Real Truckmaster!

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Revoking High Level Security Clearances

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7-24-2018

Revoking High Level Security Clearances

One needs to ask does pouring salt into a wound make it better? The answer is No it does not.

In the bible Jesus talks about being Salt and Light in a fallen and sinful world.

13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.

14 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.

15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.

16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. Matthew 5:13-16 (NIV)

I recently decided to “clean up my act” so to speak and choose to write more selectively in order to ask thought provoking questions and let the reader provide his own answer. On the news this morning there is political babbling over yesterday’s White House Press release about President Trump over considering pulling security clearances from former top level Obama appointees. The pundits say it’s because the president is mad at those who talk against him. They may be right, however anyone who held a security clearance while serving in the military knows that receiving and renewing a security clearance is on a need to know basis. They also realize that when they leave the military the clearance also goes away.  Is it not the same for governmental cabinet officers and agency leaders?

So what exactly happens when a president, vice president or cabinet officer or member of Congress leaves office? Do they lose their clearance; does it simply go dormant; and are they still privy to classified information? I wonder because there have been president’s and cabinet officials who have misused or mishandled classified documents over unauthorized internet protocols, networks or devices and are no longer in office yet could potentially still be receiving classified information and the potential for continued misuse is still there.

Who makes the determination to terminate a high level security clearance? Is it the president; must it go through the National Security Council; maybe an act of Congress; or is it automatic? What are the rules governing security clearances at various levels? What constitutes revocation and who signs off on it? Why does the public need to know about such things? It’s like pouring salt upon a wound. If it’s within the authority of the President to revoke the clearance, then just do it.

End of story. – I am the Real Truckmaster!

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What Conservatives Just Don’t Get?

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7-22-2018

What Conservatives Just Don’t Get?

By now everyone has seen “The View” and/or heard about the July 19, 2018 episode where Whoopi Goldberg lost her cool, went off on Judge Jeanine Pirro and after spitting on her and calling her racially charged names yelled at her to leave the building where the ABC daytime show is televised. I wouldn’t be surprised if ABC, The View and Whoopi have a change to “Face the Judge” in open court and soon. We see stunts like this all the time and we wonder why Whoopi is still employed by ABC?

A major difference between conservatives and liberals is how we think. When conservatives see a situation such as depicted above we assume there is a logical way to attack this issue. We voice our disgust and concern for fair treatment by the media and entertainment industry. We write editorials and post our opinions on Facebook and on Twitter. Then we move on with our normal lives.

When liberals see a situation such as this they DO NOT think logically in any way, shape or form. What the liberal mind does is plan how to orchestrate a revenge attack only on a huge scale. There are liberal hatemongering groups like Color of Change.org which ups the ante in the game of hate and racial division by organizing a petition to address their perceived injustice.

They create an online petition and post a link to it on their website, Facebook page or on Twitter.

They identify the perceived injustice, and then make their demands for the network to drop the offender and the program from the network lineup.

They begin to contact the sponsor(s) campaign where phone calls to corporate offices; emails and text messages to the corporate leadership teams whereby threatening a nationwide boycott of their products and businesses. This campaign pressure continues until the insane pressure is more than the sponsors can bear so they begin to withdraw their sponsorship of the program. No sponsor, no money, no program – mission accomplished.

They apply the same pressure on the network leadership teams (and their spouses) to quickly achieve cancellation of the show in question.

Some of the effective campaigns against conservative shows on major networks are the Rosanne Barr Show where one simple tweet by the star and her program was immediately cancelled. Others were Lou Dobbs; Bill O’Reilly and Glen Beck where each lost their very popular shows because of pressure from the liberal left.

Another important aspect is initiating contact with the network leadership team and begin a dialog toward ending the offending show.

Sample Petition:

Sign onto our letter demanding that ABC stop allowing the ladies on The View to do further damage to American families by demeaning President Trump and his supporters or verbally assaulting conservative guests like Judge Jeanine Pirro who they invited on The View before verbally and physically assaulting and screaming for her to leave the building. Our legal team will be contacting you shortly concerning this matter and informing you of your legal rights and responsibilities for the treatment of guests on ABC backed programs. On behalf of all American families nationwide we demand that The View be terminated and the hosts be fired immediately.

This requires a full court press from the conservative right and the full support of average Americans who are tired of the tactics of the liberal left. It requires a professional organizer, writer and legal team be formed to address this particular issue and others as they arise.

We must adapt and overcome the tactics of the liberal left because at present we are playing ping pong and the other side is warring with real bullets! – I am the Real Truckmaster!

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