Category: Political

One Hundred Civics Questions

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7-30-2019

 

One Hundred Civics Questions

 

I recently read an article that described American’s as being severely uneducated when it comes to knowledge of US History and Government. I thought it would be interesting to see just how knowledgeable we are WITHOUT USING GOOGLE or Siri.

 

  1. Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?
  2. During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
  3. How many amendments does the Constitution have?
  4. How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
  5. How many U.S. Senators are there?
  6. How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?
  7. If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
  8. If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
  9. In what month do we vote for President?
  10. Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.
  11. Name one branch or part of the government.
  12. Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States.
  13. Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
  14. Name one right only for United States citizens.
  15. Name one state that borders Canada.
  16. Name one state that borders Mexico.
  17. Name one S. territory.
  18. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
  19. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.
  20. Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
  21. Name two national U.S. holidays.
  22. Name your U.S. Representative.
  23. The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
  24. The House of Representatives has how many voting members?
  25. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
  26. There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.
  27. There were 13 original states. Name three.
  28. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government?
  29. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states?
  30. We elect a President for how many years?
  31. We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?
  32. We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
  33. What are the two major political parties in the United States?
  34. What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?
  35. What are two Cabinet-level positions?
  36. What are tworights in the Declaration of Independence?
  37. What are two rights of everyone living in the United States?
  38. What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?
  39. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?
  40. What did Susan B. Anthony do?
  41. What did the Declaration of Independence do?
  42. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
  43. What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
  44. What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
  45. What does the Constitution do?
  46. What does the judicial branch do?
  47. What does the President’s Cabinet do?
  48. What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
  49. What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
  50. What is an amendment?
  51. What is freedom of religion?
  52. What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen?
  53. What is one reason colonists came to America?
  54. What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?*
  55. What is oneright or freedom from the First Amendment?
  56. What is onething Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
  57. What is the “rule of law”?
  58. What is the capital of the United States?
  59. What is the capital of your state?
  60. What is the economic system in the United States?
  61. What is the highest court in the United States?
  62. What is the name of the national anthem?
  63. What is the name of the President of the United States now?
  64. What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now?
  65. What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?
  66. What is the political party of the President now?
  67. What is the supreme law of the land?
  68. What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?
  69. What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
  70. What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States?
  71. What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States?
  72. What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
  73. What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
  74. What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?
  75. When do we celebrate Independence Day?
  76. When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?
  77. When must all men register for the Selective Service?
  78. When was the Constitution written?
  79. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
  80. Where is the Statue of Liberty?
  81. Who did the United States fight in World War II?
  82. Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
  83. Who is in charge of the executive branch?
  84. Who is one of your state’s U.S. Senators now?
  85. Who is the “Father of Our Country”?
  86. Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?
  87. Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?
  88. Who is the Governor of your state now?
  89. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
  90. Who makes federal laws?
  91. Who signs bills to become laws?
  92. Who vetoes bills?
  93. Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
  94. Who was President during World War I?
  95. Who was the first President?
  96. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
  97. Why did the colonists fight the British?
  98. Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?
  99. Why does the flag have 13 stripes?
  100. Why does the flag have 50 stars?

 

The questions above have been scrambled and listed in alphabetical order so as to make them a bit more challenging.  What if, you had to answer 60% of them correctly in order to maintain your US Citizenship, could you?

 

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How much of this information is being taught in our public schools or reinforced in our institutions of higher learning? That might be an interesting statistic? Next time you have friends over don’t play scrabble, monopoly or video games or watch TV or a movie without first doing this Civics quiz. You could make it more interesting by posting these 100 Civics questions along with YOUR ANSWERS. Are you up to it? – I am the Real Truckmaster!

 

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Immigration is All About Immersion

7-29-2019

 

Immigration is all about Immersion

 

Ever since our nation’s founding people from all walks of life and every nation, tribe and culture have flocked to our shores. Many have been rejected or outright denied it for a variety of reasons. Others have fought hard to obtain it. Those who have made the often perilous journey and persevered while searching for the ever elusive prize – Citizenship in the United States of America have proudly proclaimed, “I’m an American Citizen”.

 

Many who read this will not understand the sacrifice someone makes when they take the plunge, leaving family, friends and all that is familiar to them to face the unknown. Whether it’s by air, by land or by sea leaving it all for what seems impossible is almost too hard to imagine.

 

All too often our perspective toward immigration and immigrants is skewed by politicians and the media and the elephant in the room is often ignored. One need only to look back at history to see that since our beginning our nation has been and is imperfect because we are a flawed people. In our quest for land and expansion we have taken simply because it was there.

 

As we began to develop our unique style of living we took advantage of age old techniques to enhance farming, technology and industry we used indentured servants and outright slavery for profit and survival. Our society has exploited the poor, disadvantaged, women and people of differing ethnic backgrounds while denying them the right of citizenship, yet we overcame those barriers to become the greatest self-governing experiment in human history.

 

So why does anyone want to come here? Is it the climate; the atmosphere or simply the fact that in a world where dictatorial leadership prevents freedom of expression, this is a place where freedom rings? For some it is a necessity, others it is an opportunity that allows them to become part of something much bigger than themselves. In America you can be anything you choose. When you work hard and follow the rules (law) a poor farm worker can become a small business owner, a corporate CEO or elected to the Congress of the United States. The sky really is the limit when you believe and place your trust in God.

 

There is a Confucius saying, “A journey begins with the first step”. When an immigrant takes that first step in faith, confident that given a chance they will be accepted and succeed, they truly feel that with God all things are possible.

 

Coming to America can be a frightening experience. One clings to native customs and traditions and family becomes the only thing one can hang on to. However it doesn’t have to take long before one becomes immersed into a normal lifestyle of America, while holding on to and passing a rich heritage to children and once someone becomes a US Citizen they are no longer an immigrant, nor are they a hyphenated-American. The greatest responsibility one takes on as a US Citizen is to pledge allegiance to defend and protect the Constitution of the United States against ALL enemies, both foreign and domestic, so help us God. – I am the Real Truckmaster!

 

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Promises Kept

7-28-2019

 

Promises Kept

 

Build the Wall – Drain the Swamp – Make America Great Again

 

During the 2016 campaign season Donald Trump made a number of promises if elected. He would build the wall, drain the swamp and make America great again were among his most repeated and remembered ones. We are now 2 ½ years into the Presidency of Donald J. Trump and what we’ve seen is an active and earnest resistance toward all things Trump by the Democratic Party, Main Stream Media and for the most part by members of Congress.

 

Build the Wall

Build the wall has been met with fierce resistance from the Democratic members of Congress, calling it a waste of money to build “Trump’s Wall”. In what has become a series of assaults by waves of migrants on the border President Trump called it a crisis that needs the immediate attention of Congress to close obvious loopholes and prevent future waves of illegals from overwhelming the Department of Border Patrol agents.

 

Rather than getting to work fixing immigration laws Democrats in Congress have gone so far as to calling the crisis on the US – Mexico border as something Trump manufactured. Some members have called for the abolition of the wall, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the criminalization of Border Patrol for enforcing US Immigration Laws, while calling for the humane treatment of detainees, which result in family separations as well as exposing cells of human trafficking and smuggling of drugs and other narcotics without doing anything in their legislative powers to correct it.

 

Drain the Swamp

Drain the Swamp has brought cries from Congressional lawmakers have transferred themselves into the category of lawbreakers, clearly into the swamp. They have ignored the will of the voters who placed them into office instead choosing to champion the rights of illegal immigrants when the Constitution clearly establishes rights for US citizens, non-citizens have none.

 

In cities across America from Baltimore, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle and many more mayors, county commissioners, and state governors have declared themselves as sanctuaries where illegals are protected and well fed through taxpayer funded programs previously aimed at caring for citizens. Law Enforcement is prohibited from asking their legal status or cooperating with federal ICE agents, resulting in serial killers being released to kill again on the streets. Some city administrations have declared that the President of the United States is not welcome.

 

The chaotic rise and the condoning of street gangs and domestic terrorists such as MS13 and Antifa have given them free reign to harass or intimidate and conduct acts of violence against law abiding citizens with impunity while attempting to restrict the gun rights of law abiding citizens to protect themselves.

 

Several colleges and universities have made it politically incorrect to use words like “Illegal” “Alien” “America” “American” “Man” or “Woman” as they are deemed offensive. Likewise the National Anthem, Pledge of Allegiance and even the Flag of the United States have been banned as being offensive in American schools.

 

Professional athletes and sports teams, who by their name or title as representing the nation on the playing field openly mock, insult and disrespect the President, the Flag and the Nation calling it freedom of speech, I call it offensive!

 

The Swamp of political correctness and breeds hatred and anger that left unchecked become cancerous to our nation’s continued existence.

 

Make America Great Again

Make America Great Again is such a simple phrase that every single US citizen should relish and cherish it as a demonstration of national pride. Instead it has been attacked from the left as symbolic of racial dominance by those who seek to divide the people of the United States by ethnic and racial categories.

 

We have long endured the “hyphenated American” as a way of life throughout the United States.

 

Regardless of whether someone is born here, migrated here legally and worked to become a naturalized citizen, there is NO HYPHEN in AMERICAN. We are American’s first, with distinct heritages, tribal ancestry with many customs and traditions being carried down through our children and grandchildren. It’s important for them not to forget where our families have come from and to be proud of who we are today. The days of race baiting must end in America. There are two important rights guaranteed under the Constitution, the freedom of speech and the right to remain silent I encourage you to choose wisely. – I am the Real Truckmaster!

 

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The Albatross

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7-26-2019

 

The Albatross

A weight around his neck

 

Robert Swan Mueller III – The Mueller Report

 

In May 2017 Robert S. Mueller III was selected Special Counsel by Rod Rosenstein, Assistant Attorney General, to investigate Russian Collusion in the 2016 Presidential Election. Many people do not know even now after the investigation was completed, the report published and released to the public in redacted form that President Trump has been in fact vindicated of any collusion between Russian agents and his Campaign/Transition team.

 

Why was Robert Mueller selected for this high profile position? Was it because of his impeccable character and his reputation as a no nonsense ramrod straight litigator who saw the Constitution as something to be protected and defended since his days as a Marine Lieutenant engaged in combat during the Vietnam War? Or was it his legendary reputation as a litigator? Maybe it was because he was all about the business of the law and never accepting anything less than top notch work from his subordinates?

 

It is a given that his incredible reputation carried much weight among the members of Congress who wholeheartedly accepted and approved of his appointment so that their number one goal would be achieved to bring about the downfall of newly elected President Donald J. Trump who was sworn in on January 20, 2017.

 

What stands out to me is the contrast in the lives of these two men of similar age and privileged backgrounds. One navigated in the world of real estate and business to becoming a billionaire playboy before becoming the 45th President of the United States, while the other chose military service followed by public service in the Department of Justice becoming the 37th Director of the FBI and the longest serving director (12 years) since J. Edgar Hoover.

 

When Mueller was tapped to the Special Counsel position his mandate was clear to investigate collusion between Russian state actors/agents and members of the Trump campaign. That’s a far cry from investigating Russian Collusion in the 2016 Presidential Election. What very well should have happened was the EACH presidential candidate should have had themselves, their campaign staff and records looked at to determine was there any contact with Russian agents.

 

This would have focused on each candidate rather than just Donald Trump’s campaign. It may have led to the discovery of improprieties from a number of sources and angles. However that never happened.

 

This brings up a number of questions about the office of this Special Counsel. Who assembled the team? Robert Mueller or someone else and what were the criteria for team members? Were they non-partisan or did they have ties to a political party or any conflicts of interest with any candidate or staff member?

 

How were the teams set up, investigators and FBI agents? Who hired them? Who controlled/monitored their work? Who decided when to fire or release them? How secure was the information gathered? More importantly what was the flashpoint or document that started this entire fiasco? Did it have any type of oversight?

 

I ask these questions after viewing and reading about the latest Congressional Committee Hearing where Robert Mueller although pre-scheduled to answer specific questions about the report bearing his name, appeared absolutely clueless about the material in the report. This is uncharacteristic given Mueller’s reputation for dotting the I’s and crossing the t’s.

 

I suspect, as others have, that Mueller was in the driver’s seat of a bus with his name plastered all over it while others conducted the witch hunt under guise of investigating. This would mislead the public and the Congress in believing the Robert Mueller was actively engaged as the Special Counsel and apparently that was not true. I don’t believe this was done out of spite by Mueller. I believe he was set up as a giant Trojan horse where the public and President Trump would focus on while all the time someone else controlled what the Special Counsel’s office did. I also believe that the indictments obtained on former members of the Trump Campaign were political entrapment in an attempt to get the President.

 

What should and must happen is that Robert Mueller publicly releases his statement on the role he played as Special Counsel and if that means a public apology, so be it. I think that is what a man of his character and integrity would do because it’s the right thing to do. After all Robert Mueller is an officer and a gentleman and forever will always be a Marine. – I am the Real Truckmaster!

 

I include these links so that you might see something the media will never show.

 

https://www.wired.com/story/robert-mueller-vietnam/

 

https://www.washingtonian.com/2013/05/30/forged-under-firebob-mueller-and-jim-comeys-unusual-friendship/

 

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Taking the Name of the Lord in Vain

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7-23-2019

 

Taking the Name of the Lord in Vain

 

 

The news cycle is spinning in giant circles because during the North Carolina rally President Donald Trump took God’s name in vain, not once but twice. So is that reason to stop supporting Trump? Is God going to strike him down with lightning? That depends.

 

We are told in Exodus 20:7 “You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.”

 

No other words need be added to what God has already declared and cursing is a sin, right? It is not my place or yours to worry about what God will or will not do about sin. Jesus took care of sin on the cross at Calvary some 2,000 years ago when he died, took the keys to hell and death, rose again on the third day and now sits at the right hand of God the Father in Heaven.

 

What we need to know and understand is that God Loves Us individually and unconditionally EVEN WHEN we sin. God hates the sin, but loves the sinner. That is why he gave his only begotten son Jesus to die for our sin.

 

So tell me you without sin, which is the greater sin? Cursing, murder, adultery, covetousness, lying, stealing, gossiping, cheating, slander, or hating yourself the way God created you? How are we to judge? Do we sit on the judgement seat? Are we God? No we are not. However we are told to weigh everything against the Word of God, whether it is true or false.

 

We are told that when we sin we are to confess our sin to Almighty God asking for forgiveness with a grateful heart and he is just to forgive us of our sin. We are to turn away from it and sin no more (don’t do it again). Maybe, just maybe that applies to President Trump as well, right?

 

Many of us have children and grandchildren. We have “in-laws” and in many cases we have become outlaws in the eyes of God. When we or anyone in our family sins does that make them any less a part of the family, except by choice? When they use words we don’t approve of do we immediately kick them out on the street and say go ahead and take care of yourself because I don’t like the way you talked or the words you used? Of course not! That would be like throwing out the baby with the bath water because the water’s dirty.

 

Many have expressed their displeasure, others have written to President Trump asking him to make better word choices and maybe he will. No matter what happens it is up to Almighty God whether to use fire and brimstone or a measure of grace. Let’s face it we are all fallen sinful man. The wages of Sin is death, according to scripture. Death is what we deserve. Yet God often chooses a measure of His Grace which is sufficient for anything that life throws our way.

 

I am reminded that God uses people to do his will. All he requires is availability and obedience, nothing more and nothing less. God has a plan and purpose for everyone, even for Donald J. Trump with all of his faults. God even has a plan for you? – I am the Real Truckmaster!

 

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Alleged Corruption in Congress

7-22-2019

ALLEGED CORRUPTION IN CONGRESS

 

Like many others I have often thought that if there were proof of corruption of members of the House or Senate there should be an immediate investigation into the matter and all parties involved should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. I still think that way.

 

When I saw this article and began reading I saw many recognizable names and wondered what has kept this out of the news and why are they not in jail? Then I went back and read the date of the article, less than 1 month after President Trump’s inauguration. If true there is lots of meat to chew on and I don’t think the President would waste any effort unless he was sure of the validity of this article. I could be fake news right? In any case the Liberal Left Democrats and their lackey’s in the MSM have been constantly attacking President Trump for almost 3 years now and there have been a number of cabinet changes that have taken place including the Attorney General Jeff Sessions. His replacement Bill Barr has been rather busy doing what an Attorney General is supposed to be doing, straightening out some of the crooked lines that have developed within the DOJ, entertaining Congressional Committees and conferring with the President of the United States.

 

The allegations are that George Soros through his foundation and non-profits have bought a number of members of both the House and Senate for a petty sum, unless he “donated” to their election/re-election campaigns. The article does not give specifics, dates, payment amounts or anything critical that could be confirmed, only denied at this point. Should these allegations be found to have merit, there will be a lot of head rolling with 3 former Senators or Representatives and 2 former Governors and 1 Deceased Senator – leaving 51 possible impeachments (preventing them from serving elected office).

 

List of George Soros Politicians ‘Bought and Paid For’ Includes Republicans

February 6, 2017 – Jim-Kouri posted on www.conservativebase.com

 

CLINTON, HILLARY (D-NY)    FORMER              SENATE                                                $22,400

LOWEY, NITA M. (D-NY)        (CBC)                     HOUSE                                  $15,800

FEINGOLD, RUSS (D-WI)                                       SENATE                                                $13,500

KANDER, JASON (D-MO)                                      SENATE                                                $11,100

BENNET, MICHAEL F (D-CO)                                                SENATE                                                $10,800

DUCKWORTH, TAMMY (D-IL)                              HOUSE                                  $10,800

HASSAN, MAGGIE (D-NH)                                    SENATE                                                $10,800

MCGINTY, KATIE (D-PA)                                        SENATE                                                $10,800

RYAN, PAUL (R-WI)                 FORMER                              SENATE                                                $10,800

SCHUMER, CHARLES E (D-NY) MIN SPKR        SENATE                                                $10,800

TEACHOUT, ZEPHYR (D-NY)                                 HOUSE                                  $10,800

BLUMENTHAL, RICHARD (D-CT)                         SENATE                                                 $8,100

MALONEY, SEAN PATRICK (D-NY)                     HOUSE                                    $8,100

THRONE-HOLST, ANNA (D-NY)                           HOUSE                                    $8,100

ELLISON, KEITH (D-MN) (FORMER CBC)          HOUSE                                    $5,400

HARRIS, KAMALA D (D-CA) (CBC)                     SENATE                                                  $5,400

LEAHY, PATRICK (D-VT)                                         SENATE                                                  $5,400

MASTO, CATHERINE CORTEZ (D-NV)                               SENATE                                                  $5,400

MURPHY, PATRICK (D-FL)                                     HOUSE                                    $5,400

ROSS, DEBORAH (D-NC)                                        SENATE                                                  $5,400

STRICKLAND. TED (D-OH)                                     SENATE                                                  $5,400

NADLER, JERROLD (D-NY)                                     HOUSE                                    $5,200

KAINE, TIM (D-VA)                                                  SENATE                                                  $3,700

GRAHAM, LINDSEY (R-SC)                                    SENATE                                                  $3,500

APPLEGATE, DOUGLAS L (D-CA)                        HOUSE                                    $2,700

BUSH, JEB (R-FL)       FORMER GOV FL                                                                $2,700

CAFORIO, BRYAN (D-CA)                                      HOUSE                                    $2,700

CARROLL, MORGAN (D-CA)                                 HOUSE                                    $2,700

CRIST, CHARLIE (D-FL)                                            HOUSE                                    $2,700

DERRICK, MIKE (D-NY)                                           HOUSE                                    $2,700

HARTMAN, CHRISTINA (D-PA)                           HOUSE                                    $2,700

KASICH, JOHN (R)    GOVERNOR OHIO                                                              $2,700

KIHUEN, RUBEN (D-NY)                                         HOUSE                                    $2,700

MOWRER, JIM (D-IA)                                             HOUSE                                    $2,700

MURRAY, PATTY (D-WA)                                      SENATE                                                  $2,700

MYERS, KIM (D-NY)                                                 HOUSE                                    $2,700

RUBIO, MARCO (R-FL)                                           SENATE                                                  $2,700

SANTARSIERO, STEVE (D-PA)                              HOUSE                                    $2,700

SHEA-PORTER, CAROL (D-NH)                            HOUSE                                    $2,700

VERNON, MONICA (D-IA)                                    HOUSE                                    $2,700

BOEHNER, JOHN (R-OH)      FORMER SPKR     HOUSE                                    $2,600

ENGEL, ELIOT L (D-NY)           (CBC)                     HOUSE                                    $2,500

HECK, JOE (R-NV)                                                     HOUSE                                    $2,500

LIEU, TED (D-CA)                                                      HOUSE                                    $2,500

MCCAIN, JOHN (R-AZ) DECEASED                     SENATE                                                  $2,500

MENG, GRACE (D-NY)                                            HOUSE                                    $2,500

ROYCE, ED (R-CA)                                                     HOUSE                                    $2,500

ADAMS, ALMA (D-NC)           (CBC)                     HOUSE                                    $1,000

BECERRA, XAVIER (D-CA)                                      HOUSE                                    $1,000

COLEMAN, BONNIE (D-NJ) (CBC)                     HOUSE                                    $1,000

GRASSLEY, CHUCK (R-IA)                                      SENATE                                                  $1,000

JOHNSON, RON (R-WI)                                          SENATE                                                  $1,000

RODGERS, CATHY MCMORRIS (R-WA)            HOUSE                                    $1,000

VAN HOLLEN, CHRIS (D-MD)                                               HOUSE                                    $1,000

WILLIAMS, CLYDE (D-NY)                                      HOUSE                                    $1,000

CANOVA, TIM (D-FL)                                              HOUSE                                       $500

DONOVAN, DAN (R-NY)                                        HOUSE                                       $500

 

https://conservativebase.com/list-of-soros-politicians-bought-and-paid-for-includes-republicans/?fbclid=IwAR0JfqFIKIvzFJQ5C_od4M6MKsSdg_4etqafQ6c9XxAnfxD1eg_kQ_LTmj4

 

Remember that under the Rule of Law everyone is assumed to be innocent until proven guilty in a court of law before a jury of their peers. So how does one find a 12 –man jury of crooked politicians to conduct 51 individual criminal cases? In the meantime this is food for thought – What If? – I’m the Real Truckmaster!

 

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So Blind They Will Not See

7-22-2019

 

So Blind They Will Not See

 

 

“Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not” – Jeremiah 5:21 (KJV)

 

While watching the John Wayne western classic “Rooster Cogburn” (1975) on television recently one line caught my attention. Shortly after the movie began Eula Goodnight (Katharine Hepburn) said to Marshal Rooster Cogburn (John Wayne), “Marshal Cogburn we are here together and we’re obligated to be on good terms with each other”.

 

I began thinking about something our pastor said during his Sunday teaching, “There are none so blind as those who will not see” (John Heywood – 1546). He was referring both to Jeremiah 5:21 and what John Heywood said. So I decided to Google it.

 

There are none so blind as those who will not see:

According to the ‘Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings’ this proverb has been traced back to 1546 (John Heywood), and resembles the Biblical verse Jeremiah 5:21 (‘Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not’). In 1738 it was used by Jonathan Swift in his ‘Polite Conversation’ and is first attested in the United States in the 1713 ‘Works of Thomas Chalkley’. The full saying is: ‘There are none so blind as those who will not see. The most deluded people are those who choose to ignore what they already know’. http://www.actualfreedom.com.au/richard/abditorium/nonesoblind.htm

 

This saying true in religion, politics and life in general as there are some things that are right before our eyes. It’s like we are wearing spiritual blinders or have scales over our eyes. We used to have a saying for things we didn’t quite understand “were clear as mud”, if that helps.

 

Our political climate in 2019 has been hammered at us for the past 50+ years with Roe vs Wade; Political Correctness; Removing God from family life, schools and from government.

 

We are told that male and female are not the only genders (you can choose your gender). Parents are told they cannot even change a baby’s diaper without the baby’s permission and stop identifying them as boys or girls and children should make their own decisions about their sexuality. Perverted adult behavior is to be tolerated as normal when it is clearly not.

 

We are lead to believe that murdering children through abortion is somehow a woman’s choice about her own body and aborting a child AFTER birth is accepted? It’s OK to take vital organs and body parts from an aborted child and sell them for medical research instead of using medical research to maintain and prolong the life of the child. If that doesn’t make you angry there is a good chance that you are wearing those spiritual blinders.

 

The ridiculousness doesn’t stop there either. There are people who use their own racism to declare that others are racist. They use the term as a catch all for those who don’t agree with their warped point of view. To them everything and everyone is race bait material. What is normal has been determined abnormal. Abnormal behavior is considered normal? Patriotism is somehow racist behavior, while Communism and Socialism are what a small group of people are striving to have accepted as normal.

 

Colleges are declaring the words “Americans” and “America” prohibited on campus, why because they offend or exclude some individuals. It is seen as offensive to raise the American Flag or stand during the National Anthem, in fact don’t play the anthem at all and keep the flag off campus too.

 

What about immigration? Is it not the sovereign right of a nation to define and protect its national borders? Are nations now forbidden to prevent entry of anyone for any reason? Why then lock your doors? Must a homeowner stand idly by without protecting his family or property while a prowler ransacks the house and do nothing?

 

Can a business be forced to serve those who seek to destroy that business? Should a bank simply give money to anyone who demands it, whether or not they have an account or a sufficient balance? If you are OK with what is happening in America today there is something drastically wrong with your thinking.

 

On the political scale are you fine with a politician who promises to do you harm to appease others and it is alright for you to work hard so that others who choose not to work can profit from your hard work? The bible says that a man who doesn’t work shouldn’t eat. Man was created to work the land.

 

There is one who is fighting for America, under a mandate from God to stop evil from progressing under the guise of political correctness. His example is one of love for God, his family and for his Country. He stands firm against what others declare is normal, to insure that God is brought back into homes, schools and government. There is a meme or photo circulating on Facebook with President Donald J. Trump saying “They’re after you. I’m just in the way.”

 

Let me remind you of what the bible says in Exodus 20:2-17 (Ten Commandments):

  1. You shall have no other gods before Me.
  2. You shall not make idols.
  3. You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.
  4. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
  5. Honor your father and your mother.
  6. You shall not murder.
  7. You shall not commit adultery.
  8. You shall not steal.
  9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
  10. You shall not covet.

Those commandments are the foundation of the Constitution of the United States and embodied in the Bill of Rights (Amendments 1 – 10):

 

Amendment 1 – Freedom of Religion, Speech, and the Press

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

 

Amendment 2 – The Right to Bear Arms

A well-regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.

 

Amendment 3 – The Housing of Soldiers

No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

 

Amendment 4 – Protection from Unreasonable Searches and Seizures

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized.

 

Amendment 5 – Protection of Rights to Life, Liberty, and Property

No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation.

 

Amendment 6 – Rights of Accused Persons in Criminal Cases

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor; and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.

 

Amendment 7 – Rights in Civil Cases

In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States than according to the rules of the common law.

 

Amendment 8 – Excessive Bail, Fines, and Punishments Forbidden

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

 

Amendment 9 – Other Rights Kept by the People

The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

 

Amendment 10 – Undelegated Powers Kept by the States and the People

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

https://nccs.net/blogs/americas-founding-documents/bill-of-rights-amendments-1-10

 

I find it is no coincidence that we have 10 Commandments from God and the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution as guiding principles for our conduct and that of our government having lasted for 243 years. Many people are confused as to whether our nation is a Democracy or a Republic and it is neither. The United States of America is a Constitutional-Republic. Based on biblical principles and guided by the Constitution as the Rule of Law.

 

A Constitutional-Republic:

A constitutional republic is a form of government in which a representative is elected by the people to govern over them, according to the rules established in the law of the land. An example of a constitutional republic is the United States’ form of government. U.S. citizens elect a President, and other representatives, who then govern them as the Constitution directs them to. To explore this concept, consider the following constitutional republic definition.

https://legaldictionary.net/constitutional-republic/

 

Every American citizen must arm themselves with knowledge of the heritage of the United States. How was it formed and why? What were the obstacles faced by these early Americans? How did they persevere and overcome those obstacles?

 

There was a time when this was taught beginning in elementary school by teachers without any ulterior motives or political spinning. By the time a child entered high school there were classes that encouraged critical thinking and debating skills were honed to a fine point. When a student graduated high school they were armed with the tools to successfully meet the challenges of the day and in the world they could become major players and decision makers. Colleges were finishing schools where doctors and lawyers received detailed schooling on medicine or the rule of law. Trade schools were where technical skills were taught, learned and developed. Everything else was learned by on-the-job training and through military service.

 

Much of that is lost today as the protestors of yesteryear (1960s-70s) have become college and university deans and tenured professors. Everything has become political and brainwashing has become almost undetectable and considered the norm.

 

One is considered a free thinker when they accept everything at face value and simply go with the flow. Never questioning or challenging what they hear or read. Their personal opinions are shaped by main stream and social media to the point that political correctness rules!

 

The Commandments of God are the standard for life and they never change. Regardless of whether you choose to obey them or choose disobedience to them – the choice is yours. Obedience without compromise is what God requires from each of us.

 

I refer back to what Eula Goodnight (Katharine Hepburn) said to Marshal Rooster Cogburn (John Wayne), “Marshal Cogburn we are here together and we’re obligated to be on good terms with each other”.

 

We are all created equal in the sight of our Creator God. We come into the world and depart the world with nothing. All the knowledge, power and “toys” we accumulate in this life are here today and will be gone tomorrow. There are no U-Haul’s in the great beyond or what is called the afterlife. As light casts no shadow, there will be only light or darkness for eternity. What you do with your life that God has given you will determine how you spend your eternity – With God or Without God? In darkness there is no light! God is the light! – I am the Real Truckmaster!

 

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Seriously Now?

7-19-2019

 

Seriously Now?

 

I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase “Throwing Caution to the Wind” and that’s exactly what happens preceding a presidential election season. The right throws at the left and the left at the right and at times neither hit their target.

 

The 2020 campaign season is a perfect example.

 

The candidates on the left use campaign slogans like “Feel the Bern” and pitch ideas that would make the Titanic sink by sheer lunacy:

Raise taxes (on the super wealthy, the middle class and well everyone);

Make it illegal to enforce immigration laws;

Free healthcare for all (you won’t be heartbroken if you lose your private insurance);

Lower the voting age to 16;

Take care of illegal immigrants (food, housing, medical, education and money);

Tear down Trump’s wall;

Decriminalize illegal migration;

Legalize abortions up to and including immediately after birth;

Legalize prostitution;

Encouraging and actively promoting division along racial ethnicity and religion;

Demeaning and marginalizing entire groups of Americans in order to shame them into voting party lines;

And take guns from law abiding citizens.

 

The list goes on endlessly in an attempt to turn the United States of America into a sanctuary country where anything goes and nobody is held accountable. It kind of sounds like the growing pains America went through say over the last 243 years.

 

The candidate on the right has a campaign slogan “Keep America Great” and has over the past 2 ½ years produced results like:

Placing America First (at home and in foreign affairs);

Protecting religious liberty under the Constitution;

Creating more Jobs resulting in higher employment of Americans;

Lower taxes which result in a better national economy;

Rebuilding of American military (equipment and pay);

Emphasis on America’s veterans by revamping the VA;

Defunding abortion providers in order to stop or greatly reduce abortions altogether;

Improved national security with construction on sections of the southern wall and pushing for comprehensive immigration reform, all of which will lead to better protection of American families.

 

One doesn’t have to be a brain surgeon or a rocket scientist to see clearly what is happening in American politics. The political parties of the past have gone rogue. Democrats are now the party of socialistic and communistic ideology with the intent on fundamentally changing our nation by rendering the Constitution mute. Democratic politicians who swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution are themselves chipping away at its pillars – The Bill of Rights.

 

Candidates on the left are quick to classify segments of society as un-American, Racist or Ignorant and traitors to their “race” for not staying true to the failed Democratic Party cause – the continued enslavement of American minorities.

 

The Candidate on the right is equally quick to tag Democratic candidates with monikers which reflect certain character traits or ideals using twitter and live rallies to garner support without demeaning Americans of either party while poking a bit of humor their way which causes them personal pain and confusion as how to respond.

 

The bottom line is this that we were American citizens before we associated with any political party. It is our privilege and our obligation as citizens to treat others fairly and with respect. We encourage immigrants coming to America, but will fight massive assaults upon the sovereignty of our nation through continuous unlawful entry of human traffickers, drug smugglers and illegal aliens.

 

Immigration is not a right, but a privilege and an opportunity for assimilation into the American culture and must be based upon what each immigrant brings to the table. Want a better life for your family? Come.

 

However if you intend harm, stay away. We will stop you.

 

Remember that freedom, liberty and citizenship are prizes that many seek. Each can be lost, surrendered or taken away.

 

Citizenship can be taken from those who obtain it under false pretenses or actively join the enemies of our nation. If you are in this country and decide that you are unhappy with living here you are free to leave and go back to the place you came from where you may find happiness once again.

 

I’m not an expert by any means. I have seen how people live in other countries. None have true freedom or liberty as we have in America, otherwise many would go there instead. I challenge you to go outside your comfort zone and into foreign territory to see for yourself, firsthand what it is like elsewhere. What you will find may amaze you and you will begin to appreciate the rights and freedoms we enjoy in America. Among them is the right to remain silent! – I am the Real Truckmaster!

 

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Showboating from the Oval Office

7-18-2019

 

Showboating from the Oval Office

 

 

During last night’s rally in South Carolina I was watching one of the cable network programs and the host was talking with a guest about President Trump’s “performance” comparing it to singer James Brown’s performances back in the day. Something the President has been doing previously and continued to do it during this rally. Turning his back on the microphone and briefly walking away before turning back to the microphone. It was driving the crowd crazy with excitement. That little exchange while watching a brief clip of him doing that got me to thinking.

 

Every time politicians try to lasso Trump with a political lariat (rope for you folks), it fails to snare him as it has done many politicians before him. In fact everyone still thinks of Trump as a politician and because he does things they haven’t or couldn’t dream up they become frustrated and begin all sorts of name calling temper tantrums.

 

When Trump tweets they go nuts because he said what he was thinking, it’s just not what they think he should have been thinking or they would have been able to stop him. Then during his televised appearances or live rally’s Trump throws a curve ball because he knows they can’t cut footage from a live audience.

 

There is an appeal to the entertainer side of Trump that is neither boastful nor over your head. He says and does things for effect. Often he pauses to let it sink in, but usually the audience is with him. On the other hand the liberals are not. They are still trying to trap him and contain him like an animal gone wild. Well guess what, cowboy’s they are not. Their minds are stuck in political mode and the best they can do is accuse him of a Democratic Party line of either Racist or Sexist, of which neither is true. They try to trap him with religion or religious talk, but that doesn’t work either because Trump is not the religious type. Don’t believe me, listen to him. He doesn’t talk like a religious person, but then again it’s not up to me or you to decide if Trump “got religion” or not. That my friend is a God thing and only God sits on that Throne. – I am the Real Truckmaster!

 

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Dems Who Cry Racist

7-18-2019

 

Dems Who Cry Racist

 

 

Is anyone else struck by the similarity of Aesop’s fable and that of Democrats in Congress as they attach the word racist to everyone who does not conform to their warped way of thinking? I am also reminded of the saying that one bad apple spoils the whole box.

 

In this case things really began when the pre-curser to the present day Congressional Black Caucus which was formed in the House of Representatives in the early 1970s. Not officially recognized by President Nixon, they began their resistance of Republican Presidents by boycotting (not attending) State of the Union Addresses, major speeches and have even donned racially specific attire to flaunt themselves as separatists from all other legislators.

 

With the 116th Congress there are over 60+ members of the CBC which is a racist organization sanctioned by the House. They are a “black’s only club” and restrict membership to those with dark skin only. They have self-proclaimed themselves as the “racial” police, similar to the “KKK” of old. It is their position to hunt down anything racially offensive in government and in particular President Trump’s Administration. It has become their battle cry of “RACIST” when anyone goes against them. Which would be a bit funny it they were not the racists doing the calling.

 

During the current 2020 Presidential Campaign season there are at least 2 members of the CBC running for the DCCC nomination (Sen. Cory Booker and Sen. Kamala Harris) with frequent input (name calling) by other CBC members such as Rep. Al Green, Rep. John Lewis, Rep. Maxine Waters, Rep. Elijah Cummings, Rep. Frederica Wilson, Rep. Ilhan Omar, Rep. Ayanna Pressley and others who repeatedly use the racist card while publicly attacking and disrespecting the sitting President of the United States. Emboldened by here CBC standing Rep. Pressley has gone on television to state that she only considers Trump the occupant of the White House, not a real President.

 

I wonder what they are thinking as I’m reminded of the fable of The Boy Who Cried Wolf

 

The fable

The tale concerns a shepherd boy who repeatedly tricks nearby villagers into thinking wolves are attacking his flock. When a wolf actually does appear and the boy again calls for help, the villagers believe that it is another false alarm and the sheep are eaten by the wolf. In later English-language poetic versions of the fable, the wolf also eats the boy. This happens in Fables for Five Year Olds (1830) by John Hookham Frere,[4] in William Ellery Leonard‘s Aesop & Hyssop (1912),[5] and in his interpretation of Aesop’s Fables (1965) by Louis Untermeyer.[6]

The moral stated at the end of the Greek version is, “this shows how liars are rewarded: even if they tell the truth, no one believes them”. It echoes a statement attributed to Aristotle by Diogenes Laërtius in his The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, in which the sage was asked what those who tell lies gain by it and he answered “that when they speak truth they are not believed”.[7] William Caxton similarly closes his version with the remark that “men bileve not lyghtly hym whiche is knowen for a lyer”.[8] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy_Who_Cried_Wolf

 

It did not end well for the boy who cried wolf and it surely will not end well for the Democratic Party as they have become a fractured entity, a hot-air balloon with a teeny, tiny pinhole that has yet to be detected due to the amount of hot air being spewed forth from many angles. – I am the Real Truckmaster!

 

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