10-15-2024

Who do you believe?

We are 3 weeks away from the most important election in the history of the United States and the political name calling is rising to a crescendo of major proportions.

VP Kamala Harris says that Trump is “dangerous” “unstable” “unhinged” “unfit to be president”.

President Donald Trump says that Harris is “incompetent as Vice President” and “too stupid to serve as president”.

So who do you believe?

Harris promises black male voters a great opportunity – but to do what? Vote for her or against Trump?

Harris says she cannot take black male voters for granted, but what about taking every black vote for granted already? They are expected to vote democrat BECAUSE they are black. How does that make any sense?

Trump urges ALL voters to consider his record against Harris’ record. What has Trump done FOR Americans versus what has Harris done TO Americans.

Harris was a major proponent of the defund the police movement, the bail out the violent ANTIFA rioters in Minneapolis movement, and who was vocally outspoken hurling insults at Trump Supreme Court nominees during their congressional hearings? Harris refused to speak up against the anti-Israel demonstrators as they became violent and shouted “death to Israel, Death to America” in the streets of American cities across the nation? As Vice President who was named the “Border Czar” by President Biden, but did absolutely nothing to stem the migrant invasion flow across the southern border, but promises to “fix it” as president. Harris has done more to divide America along social, political, racial and class with her wit and her smile.

Need I say more?

Trump is an advocate for stopping the systematic destruction of America through reckless and needless spending without limitations, unending regulations and executive order mandates, and the weaponizaton of various (non-law enforcement) government agencies (LAWFARE) against ordinary citizens and the unlawful invasion of America by unvetted or unchecked migrants. Trump is strong on building the economy, securing the border and shoring up our military. Trump’s record in world affairs is second to no one. Trump has taken NOBODY for granted and encourages everyone to vote smartly. Trump is the only candidate who openly strives to Make America Great Again and it drives the progressive left crazy (Trump Derangement Syndrome).

The fate of American politics is in YOUR hands! – RTM

Forget the Political Hype

If there is a lesson to be learned in this season of political ads (hype) it should be “What are you going to do to make OUR life better?”

Does making super rich pay their “fair share” going to ease my pocketbook at the supermarket, gas station or with home maintenance?

The Harris campaign say’s Trump is dangerous, unstable, and unpredictable.

Is mandating a ban on fossil fuels and total dependence on electric vehicles even achievable?

Will closing the border, stopping the “free stuff” for unlawful migrants and deporting migrant criminals make our streets safer?

Will making America oil independent once again be good for the economy?

The Trump campaign say’s Harris is a threat to America.

There is a war on America that begins by dividing the haves and the have nots until there are on have nots depending totally on the government.

Who do you think is for YOU? Listen to their words, are they actionable or just empty rambling? – RTM

10-11-2024

Either Peace or War

Not that long ago my brother informed me that our family tree stemmed from some dirt farmers (potatoes really) from Scotland, who migrated from England to Scotland at the bequest of the king.

When 3 Wilson brothers arrived on the shores of the new world they brought their written heritage showing they were in fact of the “Gunn Clan”. One brother turned south towards North Carolina, while the other two brothers came west with one settling in Southwestern Idaho. That is the part of the clan that my lineage is traced to. The motto of the Gunn Clan is “Either Peace or War”.

It’s gratifying to know that when a man, a family, a tribe or a nation is properly prepared, it matters little whether to plow or dig trenches. When our nation was divided during the Civil War years it was not fashionable to take sides against slavery and when taking an active part in the Underground Railroad, Quakers quite often excommunicated those violators. Undeterred our family simply moved further west and started over taking what they had and built upon it. In our case we were pig farmers. Well it was more than that we were prize winning Hog Farmers who took great pride in raising the best award winning Hogs in the area or state. You can tell a lot about a man by the pride he takes in the animals he raises.

During WWII 3 Wilson brothers in Southwestern Idaho all joined the US Navy and proudly served before settling down to raise their families in peace all the while knowing that the possibility of war was just around the corner.

When dad died in 2019 he was the last of the Wilson’s Navy brothers and as the world was at war on terrorism and he was living peacefully at the state Veteran’s Home in Boise, Idaho. Yet up until the end he was aware that peace not easily won must be defended. He left behind patriotic sons and grandchildren several of whom had served during the Cold War and the War on Terrorism, each capable of stepping up should the time arise for “Either Peace or War”.

The greatest threat to America’s Constitutional Republic and Democracy is not the prominent super-powers we are told, but from within, citizens and residents alike who feel that life isn’t fair and they have the answer.

They do not!

Our greatest threat is uninformed or misguided American’s who have been conditioned (brain washed) into believing that the only way to make things fair is to take our nation to its proverbial knees, collapse our economy and then when there are no rich versus poor, everyone will be equal and life will be fair.

It will not!

We have seen third world nations collapse under the same political ideology and tactics that have been used here in America. These are prolonged often long term tactics designed to destabilize and destroy and the funny part (not funny) is that our own government agencies have been engineering and facilitating it.

Gaslighting is a tactic of conditioning someone until the truth becomes false and reality is no more. Political Gaslighting is a long term prolonging of truth bending (lying) until everyone simply submits.

Man was born with a brain, but each one must exercise that brain not only with knowledge, but with common sense knowing the difference between and the consequences of right and wrong actions.

I urge you to do just that, know the difference, do and be the difference.

Stand up for FREEDOM – Either Peace or War! – RTM

10-10-2024

Election and Interference

Election Day (November 5^th) is less than 30 days away and I’ve tried to stay away from the campaign ads that show each contender in a bad light as one party strives to unite America while the other simply wants to divide Americans along financial, racial and/or political lines.

Voters don’t have far to go in researching who these candidates really are – just follow their political track records.

V.P. Kamala Harris promises to make the filthy rich and corporations pay their fair share in taxes, while promising to implement stricter executive mandates and regulations aimed to shut down many of those same corporations that could put thousands out of work, but affect negatively the lives of virtually everyone in this nation while promising freebies to the poor, the disenfranchised and migrants who violated US immigration laws to come across the border illegally, unvetted and/or undocumented. Without going into specifics she will make everything across the board fair?

Life is not, nor has ever been fair since man committed sin in the garden.

Will a vote for Kamala really make life in America better?

So I ask is what she has done as a prosecutor, district attorney, senator and as the sitting vice president made life better or fair for anyone. How does she interact with ordinary citizens, legislators and world leaders today? Does she inspire confidence in the office she holds?

The former President Donald Trump is an open book – what you see is what you get. Despite all the attacks, political, professional or personal has his message changed? He invites everyone to vote sensibly and to get political corruption out of our government. His experience as #45 was turning things around for the good of America and in world affairs before being sidetracked in 2020. He promises to stop the government stranglehold on American taxpayers, cut out of control government spending, increasing use of our national resources to make America financially stable and to begin the process of removing migrants who have crossed into this country illegally beginning with felons and criminal elements. His promises to make America better than it is right now are well thought out and founded in common sense based on his experience.

Will a vote for Trump really bring common sense back to America?

This 2024 Presidential Election is of vital importance. The outcome will determine the fate and future of our nation. Everything is on the line – FREEDOM! – RTM

10-8-2024

In the Face of the Enemy

The Oath of Enlistment (for enlisted):

“I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.”

The Oath of Office (for officers):

“I, _____ (SSAN), having been appointed an officer in the _____ (Military Branch) of the United States, as indicated above in the grade of _____ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign or domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter; So help me God.”

As a new military member of the United States I too was charged with the solemn duty to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic and to bear true faith and allegiance to the same. I took that oath freely each time I extended/reenlisted my service obligation. At no time did I see or was told there was an “end date” whereby that oath would have an expiration date or cease to exist.

I pity any fellow service member who takes a stance or arms against the Constitution for the sake of Democracy or for any other name or reason.

Look around and there are forces seen and unseen all around us threatening to render the Constitution useless whether by ignorance or the power of the pen.

After 9/11/2001 when President George W. Bush declared “The War on Terrorism” had begun, he also said to the nations of the world, “If you are not for us, you are against us!” (paraphrased)

After the twin towers fell and the dust had settled there was resolve across our nation to get involved so that this tragedy would never happen again.

But it did happen again on 9/11/2012 the US Embassy (annex) in Libya was attacked and overrun, America’s military first responders were hindered and delayed as Ambassador Stevens and three other US Citizens were killed.

Neither President Barack Obama’s executive branch, nor Secretary of State Hillary Clinton or the administration took responsibility for their non-action that took American lives needlessly. They blamed it on a book.

On 8-14-2021 President Joe Biden ordered the surrender/withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan leaving Americans and allies of the United States behind to be dealt with at the hands of the Taliban who had been given the “keys to the kingdom” literally and figuratively at Bahram Air Base. Nobody in the administration took responsible for that fiasco either.

Making matters worse President Joe Biden acted in concert with world leaders, financial backers and United States government agencies to open the US Southern border with Mexico and flood the United States with more than 20M unvetted illegal migrants in the worst invasion in our nation’s history. It is still happening.

Still worse yet are the promises of Vice President Kamala Harris to correct the actions of her current boss and fix the border issue if elected. Why she hasn’t done anything about it in the more than 3 ½ years she has been in office?

It would appear that the intended outcome for this migrant invasion is to destabilize the economy of the United States by saddling American taxpayers with a tremendous amount of wasted resources and finances and unnecessary federal regulations that will force our government to ultimately collapse.

The ONLY hope is our trust in God as demonstrated by individual and corporate prayer for our nation.

It is time for our nation’s veterans and military members to take a fresh look at the “Oath” and determine in their hearts whether this nation is still worth fighting for? It’s not about DEI, or political party agendas, it is about FREEDOM. Not freedom to do what you want, but FREEDOM to do what is honorable and right in the sight of Almighty God from sea to shining sea. – RTM

10-6-2024

Does America Have a Soul?

It’s been said by politicians and patriots alike that we’re in a battle for the soul of America. I’ve even said it in my writings, but is it true? Does America have a corporate soul? Many believe that life is great, everything is rosy and if we just wait it out life will become greater than ever before.

Religious people turn to their gods (and they are many) to burn incense, pray ritualistic prayers, and in some societies conduct human or other sacrifices to insure “good luck” comes their way. I’ve witnessed entire cultures that believe having a gold chain with a medallion of their god will prevent them from harm. In that same culture people are robbed and often killed because someone else wants that gold chain.

God created the United States of America as a melting pot where people of any nation, creed or culture could freely come to worship HIM without government interference. In the 248 years since there are a great many differing religious groups who freely practice their traditional doctrine in peace.

In recent years it has become increasingly hard to maintain the freedom to worship God as societal changes have relegated God to the sidelines in nearly every venue of public and private live. We are told God is not allowed in schools, universities, businesses, court rooms and in some cases EVEN IN CHURCHES! Oh you can talk about virtually anything except telling people about the fire and brimstone of HELL or mentioning the name of JESUS who is the Christ.

Churches of America are gravitating toward being entertainment centers mimicking the bars and nightclubs openly operating everywhere. The flashing lights, smoke pots and loud rhythmic music draws people like flies to honey and with a diluted on non-existent message of man’s sinful nature or God’s forgiveness the end will not result in eternal bliss.

I like the way pastor David Jerimiah said about “world leaders, kings and presidents acting like ants on a log heading downstream, they each think they are controlling the log, when in fact they may have power for a time or season, but they are simply going with the flow.” Christians know that God is the only one in control. It is God who created everything and everyone and nothing ever takes him by surprise.

Do I think America has a soul – NO; but America has a national consciousness that GOD IS. Whether you call him God, Father, or LORD it is by HIS will that we exist. It is by OUR will that we choose to worship HIM.

Jesus tells us who are meek and lowly to come to him and he will give us rest.

When traversing the storms of life it is better to be prepared than to be caught off guard, unprepared and lost……RTM

10-4-2024

Who do I think will win the 2024 Presidential Election?

A friend recently asked who do I think will win the election and my answer boiled down to something my dad had said over the years, “Whoever holds the pencil wins”. It was a saying that held true to playing rummy, canasta, dominoes or checkers and chess. Every time we sat down to play a board game dad always got out his pencil and paper to keep score. I didn’t mind because quite often I’d transpose numbers and the score would be confused from the start.

I began teaching my kids and grandkids the same thing. To many people winning is all about numbers and unless you’re playing golf big numbers, high scores are what it’s about, in fact the measure of a man or woman is often seen as how high can you score against your opponent?

Following presidential election politics I’ve seen that “keeping score” thing with an entirely new perspective. When the establishment goes after someone they deem a threat to their political power base they use all tools at their disposal, even if they are unethical, unbecoming or unconstitutional.

It is my contention that the JFK assassination may have come about because President John Kennedy wasn’t “democratic” enough or didn’t go along with the party line (Kennedy wanted the US to stay out of Vietnam) and President Lyndon Johnson put us in high gear to increase boots on the ground to stop the takeover of South Vietnam (Kennedy didn’t want us to go there). President Richard Nixon who continued US escalation until legislative blackmail caused President Richard Nixon to resign after Water Gate. We had also seen a foreign entity (Iran) cease to negotiate over US hostages until President Jimmy Carter was out of office and newly sworn in President Gerald Ford in office.

It was because of President Gerald Ford’s decision to pardon all draft dodgers that set the stage for President William Clinton to later take office. That same mindset began the divisiveness of having served or not served in the military as being criteria for the highest public office.

Fast forward to this 2024 election and you can see how democrats holding the pencil have applied pressure on social media to silence conservative free speech and are now reapplying pressure to label conservative expression as misinformation/disinformation and are attempting to silence them.

In my opinion the author of disinformation is the Democratic Party. They have used Gaslighting techniques to the point that their disinformation has replaced common sense and allegations have become their truth, while actual facts are of no consequence.

How conveniently have so-called “former WH staffer leaks” become gospel? Or how does a special investigator’s allegation get released without the “alleged” part all together?

Or how does Vice Presidential non-action of her official duties qualify her to run for the office of President anyway? Does not her record speak for itself? How is the ignorance of fact a good thing?

The primary constant of these two democratic seeking election votes are the facts that instead of lying they have often simply “misspoke”. Might I remind everyone that “putting lipstick on a pig” doesn’t change the fact that a pig is a pig is a pig.

Next month is the election (31 days away) and America has to choose whether to have adult supervision or continued wallowing around in the mud hoping the mud hole doesn’t dry up. – RTM

10-02-2024

HE HOLDS THE FUTURE IN HIS HANDS

According to the headlines this morning the VP debates gave America two very different scenarios based on the outcome of the 2024 Presidential Election coming up on November 5^th. It’s a choice of Harrisonomics (possible Bidenonomics on steroids) or MAGAnomics (reverting back to Trump’s vision for America).  The optics of the campaign is to instill either fear or confidence of the future of the United States and the world at large.

I purposefully did not watch any of the debates. Promises are nothing more than promises without action to fulfill them. I do know that we are at a defining point in the history of our nation and the future of the world may very well depend upon it as well.

Jesus predicted what lay ahead in Matthew.

Matthew 24:6-8 KJV

6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

Jesus also said in Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 31:6

Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.”

As a bible believing, born-again follower of Jesus Christ I will cling to the bible for guidance and assurance for I know that HE has everything under control or in the words of this traditional Negro spiritual  “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands”, first published in 1927.

So as you prepare to cast your ballot for President of the United States do not look for a pretty face, a face of aging wisdom or listen to their many promises cast your vote for the candidate who aligns closely with the what the bible tells us is right and true.

Vote as if the future of YOUR descendants depends upon it – because it does! – RTM

9-30-2024

There is a Better Day Coming

In these last days and times between Jesus’s first coming as a baby born in Bethlehem to be the sacrificial Lamb of God sent by God to atone for OUR SINS (the sins of the world) and Jesus’ second coming where he will rule over all the earth we will see evil spiral out of control affecting every single person.  

This message from Jesus should sound an alarm bell in the hearts and minds of everyone

2 Timothy 3 NIV

3 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.

⁶ They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over gullible women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, ⁷ always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth. ⁸ Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these teachers oppose the truth. They are men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected. ⁹ But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those men, their folly will be clear to everyone.

¹⁰ You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, ¹¹ persecutions, sufferings—what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, the persecutions I endured. Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. ¹² In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,¹³ while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. ¹⁴ But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, ¹⁵ and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. ¹⁶ All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, ¹⁷ so that the servant of God^[a] may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

This message from Jesus we see coming to pass every day in real time.

Matthew 24: 6 – 13 NIV

6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of birth pains.

9 “Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. 10 At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, 11 and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. 12 Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, 13 but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.

Sunday is a day of reflection, re-connecting, recharging our proverbial batteries and yes a day to draw closer to the God who created us. However Sunday is but one of the days we can draw close to God and seek his for in our lives. God wants to be our battle buddy he knows what’s ahead and wants to be our strength, our fortress so that HE gets the glory and honor that he alone deserves.

You can see the world going to “hell in a handbasket”; don’t you think it’s time to get OUT of the basket and into the arms of Almighty God?

It’s not too late, Jesus said in John 14:6 “I am the way and the truth and the life and nobody comes to the Father except through me.”

There is coming a day when there will be no more evil in the world and we will live the life of peace that God wanted us to live before sin entered into the world.

Are you longing for that day? Are you ready?

John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

It is truly up to you, chose business as usual or choose life eternal? – RTM

9-23-2024

When will you find Christ?

What you didn’t know he was lost? In fact it is you who was lost, who was blind and could not see.

The mystery of the ages is not discovering the wonders of the world but discovering who God is and what he has created. It’s all around us, it air we breathe, all that we know and see, even the blood that flows throughout our body and the cells that make us who we are individually and collectively.

Yet the mystery hidden plain sight is the love of God and salvation that comes only from finding and knowing Jesus who is the Christ.

So I ask do you know him? Have you found salvation that comes through his name? 

You can know him by simply asking for his forgiveness of your sins, believing that Jesus is the Son of God who died on the cross at Calvary for you.

Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. No man comes to the Father but through him. To know Jesus is to know the Father who sent him.

On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross. 

When will you find Jesus who is the Christ? – RTM