Category: Political

Political Posturing on Immigration

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6-20-2018

Political Posturing on Immigration

America is tired of the extreme bias, contempt and hatred being stirred up due to inaccurate and misleading reports on the Trump administrations enforcement of current immigration laws and other matters. One must distance oneself from the issues and examine each one individually and with logical thinking in order to identify problem areas and formulate solutions to the complex issue of immigration.

As of today what we see in the news is not always what it is reported to be. Turn on the news or go online to follow “breaking news” feeds will show one of two main sides to the current immigration story, “the children being separated from their families by Donald Trump” or “Congress can fix immigration”. So let me weigh in on this subject.

The Legislative Branch (Congress) is responsible for creating and passing in both the House and the Senate bills to be sent to the president.

The Executive Branch (President) is responsible for signing bills from Congress into law.

The Facts:

  • Anyone who gains unlawful entry into the U.S. is an illegal alien
  • Apprehended aliens who gained unlawful entry into the U.S. are prosecuted
  • Aliens who unlawfully enter the U.S. are prosecuted
  • Minor alien children brought by parents unlawfully into the U.S. are not prosecuted, but held until reunited with their parents
  • Alien parents are brought before the federal immigration judge without their children to be sentenced
  • Aliens and family members with valid pleas are admitted
  • Aliens and family members without valid pleas are deported to their home country

The message sent by the Trump Administration is clear, “Don’t come into the U.S. unlawfully, violators will be prosecuted”.

All the hype (and it is just that) about Trump’s policy places and holds children in prison camps while their parents are prosecuted and deported are not true, simply misleading the American people and the world.

Democrat members of Congress, former presidents and their family members have spoken out publicly against the Trump Administration’s enforcement of current immigration law. They are playing on the emotions of a naïve public in an attempt to prevent enforcement of immigration laws.

There are individuals who are trained in the law, obtain their license to practice law in the U.S. who are currently violating the law by entering Mexico with the INTENT and PURPOSE of instructing immigrants on how to interact with immigration judges in order to gain entry into the U.S.

This entire situation can and must be remedied by the U.S. Congress. No amount of trash talking President Trump or his administration changes that.

On several occasions televised meetings have shown the president encouraging members of congress to do Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Secure our Southern Border and Strengthen Enforcement Measures, and to FIX DACA.

What has congress done about those issues to date?

So put blame where blame is due and credit where credit is due.

When people from any nation cross through any other nation with the specific INTENT of unlawful entry into the U.S. it is the duty of the government of the United States to insure lawful entry is allowed and unlawful entry is prevented.

Immigration and Asylum they are two different entities. Immigration is the lawful entry into the United States of foreign nationals. Asylum is the fleeing of refugees from their homeland in the face of persecution, false imprisonment and/or death. Those seeking to immigrate into the U.S. must follow established guidelines and procedures.

To apply for admission

It is up to the American people without regard to political persuasion to ignore the hype (smoke and mirrors) to see not only the problems inherent with current immigration policies and to contact their members of congress and insist solutions be sought, considered and adopted so this “circus performance” ceases. – I am the Real Truckmaster!

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A Look at United States Immigration Policy

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6-19-2018

A look at the United States Immigration Policy

https://cis.org/Historical-Overview-Immigration-Policy

America has not always had an Immigration Problem. The facts are that the immigration policy as it is in 2018 has major issues that can only be resolved by the United States Congress. In my opinion the Congress should remain in session while working diligently on a Comprehensive Immigration Reform solution to the issue of illegal immigration.

The United States continues to have the most open immigration policy in the world. It wasn’t until after the Civil War that certain states began passing immigration laws, and in 1875 the Supreme Court declared the regulation of immigration a federal responsibility. In 1891 the Immigration Service was established.

The period from 1900 to 1920 was known as the “Great Wave” where nearly 24M immigrants arrived in the U.S. After WWI congress addressed the increasing immigration flow with a new immigration policy, in the form of “The National-Origins Quota System” passed in 1921 and revised in 1924. Immigration was limited by nationality quotas based upon past U.S. census figures. In 1924 Congress created the U.S. Border Patrol within the Immigration Service.

Over the next 20 years there was very little immigration and actually dropped below zero during the Depression, and during and following WWII, because the 1920s national-origins system remained in place after being re-codified by Congress and combining all immigration laws into the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952. American agriculture continued to import seasonal labor from Mexico and the 1951 Bracero Program became a permanent agreement between the U.S. and Mexico.

In 1965 Congress replaced the national origins system with a preference system designed to unite immigrant families and attract skilled immigrants, changing national policy in effect since 1924. It seems that a majority of applicants for immigration visas was now coming from Asia and Latin America, rather than Europe. The preference system continued limiting the number of available immigration visas, but Congress still responded to refugees with special legislation. It was not until the Refugee Act of 1980 that the U.S. had a general policy governing the admission of refugees.

In 1986 Congress passed the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) with two major facets: Amnesty and Enforcement. The IRCA amnesty required aliens to have completed one of two provisions: continually reside in the U.S. since January 1982 OR completed 90 days of agricultural work between May 1985 and May 1986. Due to the estimated fraud involved in this program, there was offered a Late Amnesty which allowed those fighting denial to reapply. The IRCA contained provisions for enforcement to prevent illegal entry. The provisions prohibited the hiring and harboring of illegal aliens, but few resources were allocated for enforcement.

The 1990 Immigration Act modified and expanded the 1965 act while retaining family reunification as the major entry path and provides for the admission of immigrants from “under-represented” countries by a lottery system and mandated a study of immigration known as the “Jordan Commission”.

The U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform (Jordan Commission) ran from 1990 to 1997 and covered the many facets of the immigration policy, from the perception that the immigration policy “credibility yardstick: people who should get in, do get in; people who should not get in, are kept out; and people who are judged deportable are required to leave.”

The commission issued a series of four reports: The first report cited that enforcement was lax and needed improvement on the border and internally with an “automated employment verification system” for employers to distinguish between legal and illegal workers. The second report suggested immediate family members and skilled workers receive priority. The third report covered refugee and asylum issues. The fourth report reiterated the major points of the previous reports and the need for a new immigration policy. Few of these suggestions were implemented.

In 1996 Congress passed the Illegal Immigrant Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA). The act mandated hiring more border patrol and INS agents. Penalties for illegal entry were increased and a border fence was planned for San Diego, while an automated employment verification pilot program was created and state police officers were allowed to enforce immigration law using the 287(g) program. Poor funding again hindered enforcement.

During the 1990s four smaller amnesties were passed. The first was section 245(i) amnesty, passed in 1994 which pardoned around 578,000 illegal aliens who were each fined $1,000. This amnesty was renewed in 1997 and again in 2000. The second was the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA) was passed in 1997 giving legal status to about 1M illegal aliens, mostly from Central America who had lived in the U.S. since 1995. In 1998 the Haitian Refugee Immigration and Fairness Act (HRIFA) passed to include Haitians. In 2000 the Legal Immigration Family Equity Act (LIFE) a mini-amnesty aimed at those illegal aliens who hoped to become green card holders through marriage, employment and other categories who still had a long line of people ahead of them. From 1994 to 2000 there were millions of hopeful legal immigrants waiting in line overseas.

After the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001 perspectives on many issues changed including immigration. The attack exposed long-standing holes in our immigration system, including visa processing, internal enforcement and information sharing.

In 2006 immigration reform was again discussed in Congress with both houses producing their own conflicting bills. In December 2005 the House passed the Border Protection, Anti-terrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005 and was limited to enforcement on both the border and the interior. In May 2006 the Senate passed the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 (CIRA) that would have given amnesty to a majority of illegal aliens already in the country as well as dramatically increased legal immigration. No compromise bill resulted.

In 2007 the Senate attempted to pass amnesty legislation in the form of the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007, which would have given amnesty to a large majority of illegal entrants in the country and significantly increased legal immigration and increased enforcement. Although the act had bipartisan support in the Senate it lacked public support and failed to obtain a passing closure vote.

In 2012 President Obama became tired of waiting on Congress and unconstitutionally used the power of Executive Order to create the Delayed Action on Childhood Arrivals (DACA) to allow a path to citizenship for certain illegal immigrants who are residing within the U.S. Congress neither condemned this action by the president, nor did they then attempt to fix the problems with the immigration system.

So here we are in 2018 and the Trump administration has decided to secure the U.S. southern border by building a physical barrier wall and enforce immigration laws to prevent unlawful entry and conduct deportation hearings to remove illegal immigrants.

What is not being questioned is the fact that Mexico and her southern neighbors have not addressed or offering (as required by international law) asylum or refugee status to those who have been given a “pass” and facilitated to the U.S. – Mexico border.

What we are seeing played out in the media are vocal opposition to immigration enforcement by the very politicians who have had the power to correct through immigration reform and are instrumental in creating the situation we now face along our southern border.

The Department of Homeland Security, the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the U.S. Border Patrol are charged with enforcement of existing laws. The process becomes complicated when someone with a law degree becomes involved and crosses over into Mexico to “coach” amnesty seekers on how to respond to immigration judges at the border. Those individuals face disbarment and criminal action for facilitating the circumventing of U.S. immigration laws.

The big cry is “separation of families” at the border. There would be no separation when families choose between separations versus unlawful entry – just make the right choice.

The introduction today of “Emergency Legislation” as proposed by Senator Ted Cruz that casts a glimmer of hope for immigrant families. – Double the number of Federal Immigration Judges from 375 to 750; Authorize new temporary shelters, with accommodations to keep families together; Mandate illegal immigrant families “Must Be Kept Together”, absent aggravated criminal conduct or harm to the children; & Provide for expedited processing and review of asylum cases, so that – within 14 days – those who meet the legal standards will be granted asylum, and those who do not will be immediately returned to their home countries.

(I would hope that grandfathering in those families currently in the system at the border.)

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/ted-cruz-emergency-legislation-to-end-family-separation/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

The sin is not separation, but unlawful conduct which leads to separation. – I am the Real Truckmaster!

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A Perspective on Obama Politics

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6-18-2018

A Perspective on Obama Politics

This is my take on Barack H. Obama and his politics, yet in the scheme of things I may not be able to change or affect anyone else when it comes to politics.

When I look at current situations concerning border security, immigration and the world’s nuclear proliferation in the context of Barack Obama and his coming onto the political stage it’s easy to see that he affected the outcome of these events as a U.S. Senator from Illinois 2005 – 2008,  and as President of the United States 2009 – 2016.

You might ask, how could he possibly singlehandedly affected either of these situations?

Well let me tell my theory on Barack Obama since I normally don’t delve into anything with his name on it for personal reasons.

Before you get all huffy on me, let me ask, “What have you done to inform Barack Obama of YOUR concerns about him or his presidency?” Have you spoken to him about them? Have you written him at the White House? Have you went online and filled out that WH questionnaire to the President? How about email or twitter contact?

Until you have at least recognized a problem and proposed a solution to him via one of the above methods while he was a state or U.S. Senator or as POTUS, don’t talk to me about being biased or racist or whatever. (Never mind, I’m trying to do this logically, ok?)

I’ve gone online to a number of different websites to gather information on Barack Obama. You can get detailed information here http://www.barackobama.net/index.html

I’m not going to delve into his biography as it is available at the link above. Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on August 4, 1961 and raised in Hawaii. His higher learning education was first at Occidental College in Los Angeles, then graduating in 1983 from Columbia University in NYC.

In 1988 “Barry” enrolled at Harvard Law School, was the first black elected president of the Harvard Law Review and graduated from Harvard in 1991.

Obama returned to Chicago where he worked in a civil rights law firm and a lecturer at the University of Chicago. He began working as a community organizer and spreading the ideology of Saul Alinsky in his academic corner of the world.

He won his first election as an Illinois state senator in 1996, then served for 8 years.

In 2004 he gave this impressive keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention:

“There’s not a liberal America and a conservative America,” he declared, “There’s a United States of America. There’s not a black America and a white America and Latino America and Asian America. There’s a United States of America.”

In 2004 he became a US Senator from Illinois and the Obama website above lists his US Senate voting record by year.

Giving credit where credit is due Obama was primary sponsor of 4 bills that were enacted:

  1. 906 (110th Congress) Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008
  2. 1513 (110th Congress) Predominantly Black Institution Act of 2007
  3. 2125 (109th Congress) Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act of 2006
  4. 3757 (109th Congress) A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 950 Missouri Avenue in East St. Louis, Illinois, as the “Katherine Dunham Post Office Building”

These are the key votes of Barack Obama in the Senate

  • Yea – HR 6304 (110th Congress) FISA Amendments Act of 2008
  • Not Voting – HR 2419 (110th Congress) Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
  • Yea – On the Nomination PN177 – General George W. Casey, Jr., in the Army, to be General

In 2005 when Barack Obama was a US Senator from Illinois North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) vowed to close their nuclear program, but instead announced they had successfully conducted their first nuclear test with an underground explosion in 2006.

This is potentially the first time Senator Barack Obama had the opportunity to stop North Korea, but legislative action didn’t work. So what our legislators or the president do next?

In 2007 Obama launched his presidential campaign and at the same time North Korea announced it was preparing to shut down its main nuclear facility. North Korea even agreed to disable the facility in exchange for fuel and aid and normalized talks between the US and Japan.

In 2008 Barack Obama secured the DNC nomination selected fellow Senator Joe Biden as his vice-presidential running mate. After winning the 2008 election and inaugurated in 2009 as president.

Then in April 2009 North Korea launched a satellite and the agreement fell apart and became a full-fledged nuclear power. On May 25, 2009 a second nuclear test was conducted.

In April 2012 North Korea conducted a long-range missile test.

On January 6, 2016 North Korea claimed to test a hydrogen bomb.

On February 7, 2016 North Korea claimed to have put a satellite into orbit.

On 9 September 2016 North Korea conducted a fifth nuclear test.

On November 8, 2016 Donald Trump won the election.

On January 6, 2017 North Korea confirmed it had nuclear weapons.

Donald Trump was inaugurated on January 20, 2017 as President.

In 2017 North Korea test-launched two ICBMs and announced the test of another hydrogen bomb.

After a brief Twitter “war”, on June 12, 2018 Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un met face to face at the Singapore Summit and signed an agreement for total denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. The details have been spelled out and not we’re awaiting results while continuing sanctions.

I guess my question is at any time in his presidency did Barack Obama offer to sit down with Kim Jong Un? If so when? If not, why not?

The North Korean problem has been in existence for 70 years without a US president taking the unprecedented steps to have a sit down, drag out, face to face meeting and nobody has offered any reasons why it didn’t happen sooner?

As for the DACA debacle of 2012 that is entirely Obama’s creation. Congress is at fault for not having taken steps to conduct Comprehensive Immigration Reform.

After Obama took office he hammered Congress over CIR. Then he just got tired of waiting and circumvented Congress using an Executive Order unconstitutionally. It doesn’t take a brain surgeon to know one does not use illegal techniques to combat illegal immigration.

Remember back in 2000 when Bill Clinton’s DOJ forcibly extracted Elian Gonzalez from his family in the US, after his mother drowned in 1999 trying to escape Cuba with her 5 year child.

We’ve been dealing with a “broken” immigration system for years neither Clinton, nor Obama (or previous presidents for that matter) had been able to get Congress to fix immigration problems.

After taking office Donald Trump had a meeting in the White House and told Congressional representatives of both parties to draft up a CIR package and fix DACA. They still haven’t fixed it.

Now today I have yet to see Obama come out in support of a Trump CIR plan that is identical to the one he proposed to Congress after taking office. So yes it is Obama, Congress, and each previous president’s fault when given the opportunity to fix some serious problems did nothing. – I am the Real Truckmaster!

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DACA – Back in the News Again, with a Twist

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6-18-2018

DACA – Back in the News Again, with a Twist

Guess what illegal immigration is back in the news again, only this time with a twist. As the Trump administration is securing our southern border with improved fencing and other measures to prevent unauthorized and illegal immigration it seems that “Houston we have a problem”.

On the Mexican side in the Tijuana area what amounts to tent city law offices are being manned by US citizens who are actively “coaching” immigrants on the “proper” responses to US INS officials as they apply for amnesty. It matters not that these “lawyers” are in fact violating US law by doing that. If they were doing the same thing inside the US they could be prosecuted.

Let’s look at who are these immigrants or refugees as they are called. The media is calling them “families” because of the children involved. However it has been shown that some are indeed families, while many others are not. Some are single “parents” or drug smugglers, using children as “chits” in their attempt to get accepted into the United States.

What nobody is saying is that if a person is indeed fleeing their homeland in Central or South America or Africa for fear of persecution. Why have they not applied for political asylum in the first country they stepped foot on? Or why were they allowed or given a pass to transit other nations in their quest to come to the United States?

In 2012 President Obama unconstitutionally used his powers of Executive Order to create the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals act, which authorized certain people access to the United States and created a path to citizenship. This was a direct subversion of the legislative powers of government who are the law making branch of government.

So in 2018 the Trump administration is enforcing US law which prosecutes anyone caught crossing the border illegally, a byproduct of enforcement is the temporary separation of children while the process is ongoing.

As I said earlier it is the Congress (Legislative Branch) which creates laws, and has the power to correct laws which are clearly contains errors or glitches. What we are seeing today is a divided congress where Republican members are attempting to undergo comprehensive immigration legislation, while some on the Democratic side are grandstanding in front of the media or even worse refusing to participate in the legislative process they are obligated to do. Maybe it’s time that those who abstain or resist in doing their jobs should be docked their pay as an immediate consequence?

There are two sides to this coin: One is either the Problem or the Solution? Choose One! – I am the Real Truckmaster!

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation

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6-15-2018

The Federal Bureau of Investigation

https://www.fbi.gov

Call me old fashioned or naïve but I’m reading the OIG report on the DOJ and FBI handling of the Clinton email investigation called the “Midyear” investigation. Although I’m barely into the report it is clear that certain FBI agents and agency attorneys mishandled sensitive information and/or misused their positions within the agency.

I have read the FBI Director Wray’s response to the report and I’m satisfied that identified FBI misconduct is being looked at and being handled urgently and expeditiously.

What I have not seen is an “open door” provision whereby FBI agents can filter cares and concerns over upper level misconduct directly to the office of the director, without fear of retributions or reprisals. There has been public concern over an alleged “memo” from higher up that cautions agents to keep a zipped lip or fear over concerns about family and career being threatened. That in itself is a concern that needs to be addressed. It would appear that the “whistleblower” provisions may be compromised, preventing agents from stepping forward.

That being said I would remind everyone of what the FBI stands for and has stood for over the past 110 years.

The FBI motto is “Fidelity, Bravery and Integrity”.

The FBI mission is “To protect the American people and uphold the Constitution of the United States”.

The FBI priorities are to:

  • Protect the United States from terrorist attack
  • Protect the United States against foreign intelligence operations and espionage
  • Protect the United States against cyber-based attacks and high-technology crimes
  • Combat public corruption at all levels
  • Protect civil rights
  • Combat transnational/national criminal organizations and enterprises
  • Combat major white-collar crime
  • Combat significant violent crime

In order to accomplish the mission and the priorities of the agency, the FBI employs 35,000 people, including special agents and support professionals such as intelligence analysts, language specialists, scientists, and information technology specialists.

The FBI works literally around the globe, from FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C., there are 56 field offices located in major cities throughout the U.S., more than 350 satellite offices called resident agencies in cities and towns across the nation, and more than 60 international offices called legal attachés in U.S. embassies worldwide.

The  FBI’s Core Values are:

  • Rigorous obedience to the Constitution of the United States;
  • Respect for the dignity of all those we protect;
  • Compassion;
  • Fairness;
  • Uncompromising personal integrity and institutional integrity;
  • Accountability by accepting responsibility for our actions and decisions and the consequences of our actions and decisions;
  • Leadership, both personal and professional; and
  • Diversity

The reason I bring these up directly from the FBI website www.fbi.gov is as a reminder to the public and to those FBI agents who read this article because America needs an honest and ever vigilant law enforcement bureau to protect Americans and the Constitution of the United States against ALL enemies both foreign and domestic.

Every U.S. military veteran has taken that oath upon entering the military and we too hold that oath as sacred, with no expiration date.

The world has gotten upside down as of 2018 and we need to know that the rule of law still stands and means something. Yet it is human nature to get caught up in titles, roles and duties to the point that the oath of office can become lost in the performance of duties, even and especially for FBI agents who put their lives on the line every day for us. – I Thank you.

Now for the criminal element in our society who has become emboldened by what appears to be a broken system, I urge you to go elsewhere to do your dirty work. If you are a trusted appointed or elected government official and feel comfortable at doing things “your way” the system is not broken and will catch up with you when you least expect it. That I am sure – I am the Real Truckmaster!

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The Singapore Summit is a Historical First

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6-15-2018

The Singapore Summit is a Historical First

The June 12th, 2018 meeting between President Trump and Leader Kim Jong Un of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea was a meeting of historical importance. It formalized the agreement and commitment of Kim Jong Un for the total denuclearization of the Korean peninsula to be accomplished over the next 2 ½ years. The agreement further stipulates the full and total verifiable and irreversible dismantling and removal of nuclear weapons, material and factories in the DPRK, under the watchful eyes of international inspection teams. The agreement also calls for the remains of all American war dead from the Korean War are returned to the United States.

Read my article “The Back Story on North Korea” and then tell me nothing has changed.

What do we know about North Korea? Virtually nothing comes out in the media unless it is connected to President Trump. Read this Huffington Post article that came out last year and it will open your eyes to the history of what has been called “The Hermit Kingdom” since the 19th century.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/17/north-korea-history-isolation_n_5991000.html

North Korea has been isolated since the 14th century when ruled by the Choson dynasty and went into self-isolation even before being divided at the end of World War II. In 1910 Japan annexed Korea. It was not until after Japan lost World War II that Korea was split into American and Soviet controlled territories. Josef Stalin installed Kim II Sung as North Korea’s leader. After reigning for over 50 years he was replaced by his son Kim Jong II, and later his grandson Kim Jong Un as Supreme Leader. During the Korean War which began on June 25, 1950, North and South Korea were backed by their allies and American bombing raids virtually flattened North Korea, leaving one building standing in the capitol. When the armistice was signed on July 27, 1953 it ended the conflict but didn’t end the war, which has kept both nations in a constant state of tension. Kim II Song developed a theory of self-reliance (Juche) that remains the countries ideology today. His three principles: political independence, economic self-reliance and military autonomy. It is the military stance which caused North Korea to become a true hermit kingdom, not cooperating with outside powers.

So threatening to bomb North Korea back into the Stone Age would be a second time for them.

In 2002 President George W. Bush included North Korea in the Axis of Evil and international nuclear inspectors were expelled from Pyongyang. The next year North Korea pulled out of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and revealed it had nuclear weapons.

There have been many treaties since 1985, with each one being broken by North Korea. But there has never been an American President who has expressed interest in talking to the leader of North Korea until President Trump.

It appears to have been the general world view consensus that North Korea (DPRK) is a bad boy and it does no good to deal with them. As long as they leave us alone, we’ll leave them alone. American presidents seem to have felt that we hope there can be lasting peace but the chances of that are slim to none. North Korea can’t be trusted to destroy their nuclear weapons in good faith. So why try? We put sanctions on them and that good enough, right? Has anybody asked our living presidents why they didn’t think to talk to the leader of North Korea? It would be interesting to hear their excuses.

Here is what my unnamed Facebook source posted which pretty much sums up the lefts liberal thought process on why the Singapore Summit was a flop:

“Nothing has really changed except Trump recognized Kim as a equal and as a totalitarian that he could admire. Everyone hopes that a lasting peace can be accomplished but people (Democrat and Republican) know that the chances of that are slim. North Korea can not be trusted in good faith to destroy their nuclear weapons or to stop work on them.”

I’m mildly amazed at the thought process that goes into making a statement like that. I wonder where do these people get their information, “liberals are us dot com”? It is thinking like that which has kept the DPRK an unknown entity for centuries and caused every American president since Truman to base their feelings on North Korea without seriously attempted to deal with them.

President Donald Trump has had the foresight to look ahead at what could be, rather than just what we see. Without lifting sanctions, but conceding to terminate Korean theatre training exercises the ball is back in the court of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to honor the agreement of face the possibility of increased sanctions and/or military action to insure the total denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

Based on what the Huffington Post writer has written the North Korean kingdom is in economically dire straits with little hope of evading a kingdom collapse. In an attempt to keep is nuclear program going Kim’s regime has employed massive slave labor of its citizens as the norm.

What is hopeful is the successful denuclearization, relaxed sanctions and outside foreign aid to the people of the DPRK, including the closing of ALL labor camps and returning families to their homes again. What Kim has seen in China and what he saw in Singapore could be the carrot to bring the hermit kingdom out of its shell. It could bring good news to the peoples of Korea and end the isolationism that is destroying North Korea.

What about the United States? We are the greatest nation on earth, by far. Our form of government is one of a kind, yet our liberal leaning left “progressives” are attempting to backwards engineer our country into a state worse than the hermit kingdom.

It’s past time to take the blinders off America! History will show that not only were the past 8 years of the Obama administration bad for the nation, but especially bad for the American people. Rather than scandal free as Barack Obama claims, the fruition of the swamp are beginning to show what really went on inside our most “transparent” government ever.

What history is recording now, and will be clearly visible is that regardless of what some Americans have been told and believe as true, Donald Trump has been a good president and remains committed to battle the fake news, personal slander and attempts to subvert his presidency. History will record Donald Trump as one of America’s greatest presidents. – I am the Real Truckmaster!

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Clarification of Real Truckmaster Blogs

6-14-2018

For those who follow my blog posts on Realtruckmaster.blog I want to clarify some confusion.
I do not try and paint President Trump as a saint, nor is he perfect. What I am highlighting are the inconsistencies and hypocrisy of the ultimate left against him.
There are too many out there who argue without merit and it would be to my disadvantage for any sort of argument against their ignorance as they have way too much experience at it than I.
My articles tend to be educational in nature, some comic, but most are intended as informative articles to provide food for thought which is sorely lacking in today’s media.
For those who find my posts offensive, I am truly sorry, so simply ignore my posts because they will not cause you to change your minds on what are clear prejudices against a man I’m proud to call MY PRESIDENT! – I am the Real Truckmaster!
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America Was Never Great

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6-14-2018

America Was Never Great

This is what some on the left want us to believe that America was never great. Those are quite possibly the same people who grew up thinking, “It’ll be great to get away from home when I turn 18”. They go through life complaining about rules and are rebellious and angry while being forced to follow them.

I was never an angry, rebellious kid growing up (ask my brothers). In fact most of the time I followed the rules and being the eldest of four boys I made up my own and insured they all followed them.

When I graduated from high school I moved out. Went to stay with my best friend, after his entire place was perfect; his mom was great; his older sister was fantastic and his family lived on a dairy farm. His dad’s main problem wasn’t with me, but with one of my younger brothers – John.

You may ask why did he have a problem with John and the answer was simple. Every time he called me out on something I did that he thought wasn’t the smartest old Charlie would say, “John are you one of those “Flower Children” from California?” I’d say no and he’s say, “John you must be because you’re a blooming idiot, putting ketchup on eggs and pancakes.” That was in 1967 and Charlie was from California before he moved his family to Idaho.

Kids today who are in such a hurry to get out of the house and away from mom and dad’s rules should go into the military. If they are successful in completing basic training and on through their enlistment will have learned what great is and they will have learned to appreciate the rules mom and dad had at home. They will look back and say, “Home was great.” Or they will grow up to be the people who say “America was never great.”

Try going to a country where you have to live among a culture that is totally foreign and the “rules” have serious consequences if not followed correctly and by their standards. See if driving at breakneck speeds on the autobahn in Germany where there is no set speed limit (or so it seems).

What about Japan where the streets are kept clean, no trash blowing anywhere, where everyone wears a uniform (suit and tie or an actual uniform) including the street sweepers. Guns are not allowed but then doesn’t everyone know kung fu?

Go to the Kingdom of Thailand where everyone is in hurry, yet nobody wears a watch or pays much attention to time. The food is so different and often you know not what you’re eating. Try moving around or not paying attention when the national anthem plays or the television begins daily coverage of the King and Royal Family.

What about Panama where everyone doesn’t even speak pure Spanish or Caribbean English, just a combination of the two.

It matters not so much where you go around the world, but when you approach a military installation or American Embassy, great is how you feel upon seeing the stars and stripes blowing in the wind at the top of the flag pole.

After a recent trip abroad with one of my grandsons where we spent a month overseas, after we landed at the Houston International Airport. While walking to Customs and Immigration he remarked, “At least now they speak English.” He stopped to order something to eat and the fast food workers all spoke Spanish, and he still had a hard time communicating with them.

The point I’m trying to make is nothing is great until you’ve lost it for a period, and then regained it again. It is that way with “Freedom.” Freedom isn’t free and often times cost the very lives of those we charge with defending it.

For those who say, “America was never great” I challenge you to look around. The world has been changing for quite some time and this idea we call America began over 240+ years. It is the best and only type of government in existence to date.

Show me any other country on earth where you have basic human rights enshrined in the Constitution in the form of Amendments allowing you to voice your opinion over a variety of topics without fear of retribution or imprisonment. A country where you can voice your displeasure of the government without being fearful of being locked up without even being charged with a crime. Where else can you start up a business or work toward living the American dream. Even education is available, providing you are willing to work for it. One of the most important rights in our society isn’t the right to voice your opinion, or right to protect yourself, no it’s the right to remain silent.

If you’re not willing to work for a better America, then maybe you should try doing something elsewhere, in another country. – I am the Real Truckmaster!

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President Trump Gives Kim Jong Un a Pass – “All Cattle no Hat!”

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6-14-2018

President Trump Gives Kim Jong Un a Pass

“All Cattle no Hat!”

This article is for all my friends who are still attacking President Trump and at the risk of ending our long and esteemed friendships I must ask – “Are you serious?”

What makes you think that because KJU met with Trump that he is no less or no more the same dictator he was before the meeting? More importantly how do you figure he “got a pass”? Did you not watch the summit? Not even a little?

Seriously my civilian and military buddies I thought you had more on the ball than that, but your statement baffles me and I seriously disagree. Your reasoning is only highlighted by Senator Chuck Schumer’s screwing up an old Texas saying by calling Trump “All cattle and no hat”. Ha Ha Ha!

So let me remind you that when Trump called KJU “Rocketman”, he was attacked by the left and the right for “getting us into a war with North Korea”, right? Then when Trump called KJU honorable for agreeing to meet in Singapore, he was attacked again for calling the terrible dictator honorable, right? When Trump cancelled the Singapore summit he was attacked still again for not keeping his word or worse. When Trump agreed once again to meet KJU in Singapore he was attacked for changing his mind or whatever the left could think of for agreeing one more time to meet.

Now after the summit where KJU was told (twice by Secretary Pompao prior to the summit) by Trump that Total, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization was the only option and once it was completed could lead to lessoning or removal of sanctions and normalizing relations between North Korea and the rest of the outside world is somehow “giving him a pass”, right?

No my friends the summit in Singapore was showing both the stick and the carrot. There was no “pass” given here. In fact the stick included current military training exercises with South Korea, in the face of North Korea which could very easily be used as punitive action if needed. The carrot is Singapore and what North Korea has missed out on becoming over their years of isolationism.

So tell me again how this is considered a pass? I’ll go one further, tell me since the end of Korean War hostilities and since President Truman, when was the last time an American president talked to the leader of the DPRK – About anything? I’m still waiting for an answer? – I am the Real Truckmaster!

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After the Trump-Kim Summit What’s Next?

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6-13-2018

After The Trump-Kim Summit What’s Next?

On June 12th, 2018 the historic Singapore Summit between President Donald J. Trump and Leader Kim Jong Un of the DPRK agreed to denuclearize all weapons, stockpiles and factories in an agreement that would reduce or remove sanctions on his beleaguered government affecting millions of Koreans living north of the DMZ. It’s a fact that since the end of Korean War hostilities there has never been a declared end to that war.

By Leader Kim signing a document pledging to President Trump and to the United States the voluntary, total, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of North Korea just doesn’t make it happen.  There must be action and results.

This is a great first step and here is something to think about – never before has the President of the United States and the Leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea ever sat down or met face-to-face to discuss North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons Program or anything for that matter. This is a historical first for an American President, and a clear demonstration of the art of the deal by President Trump.

We must not get drawn into a false sense of security or think the nuclear threat is over, it is not. Before anything can change it will take action and it was President Trump who said it will take results on the part of Leader Kim and the DPRK.

Except for the meeting of the two leaders, we’ve been down this road with the DPRK before many times with KJU’s father and grandfather and each time the results have been betrayal of similar agreements by North Korea, resulting in sanctions which have hurt the people more than the government.

We can be hopeful that establishing a relationship between the two leaders of these two nations will lead to the action necessary to begin normalizing relations with the DPRK and the rest of the world.

The next steps are crucial and must begin with the DPRK and under close and verifiable supervision. The DPRK nuclear arsenal must be gathered from the four corners of North Korea, where they must be disassembles, loaded on ships for transportation to designated locations outside the DPRK. The equipment and factories must be totally dissembled or destroyed so as never to be usable again. All documentation must be collected, analyzed and then destroyed as well. An international team of inspectors must be given full and complete access to the entire nuclear program, arsenal and factories to insure this is done in a verifiable fashion. Once the process has been completed, then and only then will sanctions be lifted from the DPRK and international aid and assistance begin.

In the event of any deviation from this process must be met with military might (as needed) in order to bring the DPRK back to the negotiation table.

What is also hopeful is that the American people can lay aside their political differences to get behind this president in a show of national unity to see this as a truly historic event with worldwide consequences.

Americans do not have to “pledge allegiance to the Trump” nor even like the president or the actions which some find distasteful or bring up a foul taste in their mouths, but take out the mouthwash, swish it around a few times (2 minutes) then spit it out and move on.

I challenge the members of Congress to reconsider their present stance against President Trump in order to show the American people and the world that the United States of America is “one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. So help us God” (Sound familiar?) – I am the Real Truckmaster!

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