For years we’ve heard about racial profiling, discrimination in the workplace and social injustice of disadvantaged minorities and we have state and federal laws on the books outlawing that behavior virtually everywhere in America.
But what’s going on with political profiling with government going after American citizens because their political party’s agenda of making America better has been declared a threat to democracy which reminds me of the Will Smith movie Enemy of the State.
As a nation we condone and have conducted regime change in other countries when it suits our nation’s agenda.
But what prevents turning covert assets and sworn law enforcement agents against American citizens?
Short Answer – The Constitution of the United States of America!
The predominant crisis in America today is of our own making as we allow people, political parties or the law enforcement (DOJ) agencies of government to ignore the laws of the land by violating the civil and constitutional rights of citizens and without consequence.
Furthermore we allow social media, mainstream media and the opinions of elected officials to form OUR opinions on everything while we believe conjecture and lies before acting on them feeding into the narrative we have been led to believe.
Everyone was created by God with a brain and the ability to reason through difficult situations by knowing the difference between right and wrong.
Politicians tend to raise the lid by selectively pander to people by race, ethnic, economic and even non-voting non-citizens in their effort to gain the trust and vote of these select people, yet insuring they maintain a position of power over people.
While a true leader with raise the entire boat (nation) benefitting ALL citizens Irregardless of political persuasion.
As you run to the polls, cast your vote wisely grasshopper! – RTM
What are the most common reasons for going to the bank (any bank)?
Access your account (deposits and withdrawals; loans; safety deposit box)
Use ATM
Going to work at the bank
Bring business supplies
To rob the bank (access funds that are not your own)
If during your visit there is a robbery, are all patrons, customers or people inside the bank automatically rounded up, arrested and charged with bank robbery?
No, that would be ludicrous right?
So tell me that in Minneapolis when Black Lives Matter took to the streets in protest to the death of George Floyd and they were joined by Antifa among other domestic terrorist groups and individuals who was held responsible, rounded up, arrested and charged with rioting, looting, maiming and death?
But on January 6th, 2021 during and after the MAGA rally by President Trump in DC infiltrators (domestic terrorists some wearing MAGA gear and with MAGA flags) were escorted into the Capital Building to disrupt the proceedings of a joint session of Congress yet everyone identifiable were hunted down, rounded up, arrested and held indefinitely and many without charges are still being held in a DC prison.
This goes hand in glove with the frivolous charges and Lawfare being waged on President Trump entirely for political purposes and aimed at preventing Trump from defending himself and/or campaigning against President Joe Biden in the 2024 Presidential Election.
Are these not clear instances of how political dictators operate in third world countries? Yet we are being told that if elected President Trump will become a dictator exacting revenge on his political enemies?
I am not a political scholar, a legal expert or a have a degree in Constitutional Law, but one thing I do know is that the way to fight racism, extremism and political retribution is to place our trust in God not man, stand up as Americans and voice to our political legislators, governors, mayors and elected officials that we are sick and tired of being pushed around and marginalized for our votes.
I urge everyone to use the ballot box and the power of one vote to elect only those who have the same concerns as you about National Security (close the border), the Economy (reduce government regulations and edicts), Foreign Policy (strong military) and shrinking the national debt (stop frivolous spending) hold elected officials accountable.
A strong America stands together against aggression, persecution and political perversion. – RTM
When I see President Biden on television I can’t help but think Elder Abuse. Biden shuffles along with micro-baby steps like a child stepping across a line in the sidewalk. His mental faculties are not what they were just a few short years ago and still people think 4 more years….. I’ll bet the “goats” would continue to vote for him long after he’s gone. That being said I hear crickets……….about the 25th Amendment?
I wrote about this long before the 2020 Presidential Election and back then I asked why Joe Biden wasn’t taken out to pasture while he was at the top of his game? I mean shuffleboard, lawn darts or some other form of relaxation are excellent ways to live out his golden years and First Lady Jill Biden is directly responsible for allowing this to happen to her husband who is now the laughing stock of the international community and a disgrace to the office of the presidency.
I get tired of hearing the race-baiters, the never-trumpers and those from the political left concocting all sorts of fabricated rumors and lies about Americas who support Donald Trump and his MAGA agenda and pro-America policies. Their obsession is to disgrace Trump publically and prevent him from becoming elected one more time, even at the expense of all public decency.
We are being “gas lit” with things like should Trump get elected he is going to have revenge on his enemies, while the media clearly ignores that the democratically controlled congress and the Biden administration are clearly doing just that to Biden’s political enemies and American citizens who dare to think differently.
The frenzied left are even going after their own when they attack a Supreme Court Justice who is a DEMOCRAT because of what his wife choses to do on their own property. I support her right to display her US Flag upside-down as a sign that this nation is clearly in distress. It is!
In this world turned on its head Biden’s Surgeon General has declared Social Media as a threat to mental health in America and must display warning disclaimers? What is that all about? Does he think that American’s are not capable of choosing to disregard the ramblings coming from the left? Are they afraid that American’s will vote Republican or something? Maybe the left is fearful that they will be declared a threat to national security?
We are smarter than that. American’s know when they’re being lied to, taken advantage of or being placated just for their vote. American’s also know that voting out the party of political pandering will enable competent legislators to actually make our nation better overall and great again.
Rest assured that when the left goes after someone politically it is because they cannot control their thoughts or their actions and are greatly to be feared. Vote Corruption Out of Congress! Remove corrupt politicians at the poles and/or by recall elections.
When America wins we all win. Our families win. Our communities win. Our country wins. Ultimately the world as we know it wins.
We must place our trust not in man but in God!- RTM
Traditionally Father’s Day is a day to honor fathers, yours and mine and at my age of 74+ my dad isn’t here so honor him with meatloaf, cake and ice cream. I miss stopping for that huge milkshake he loved on the way home after a doctor appointment.
It’s a day I can honor family and friends who are fathers in their own right. I salute the dads who stepped up to take their rightful place as heads of their respective families. Thank you for doing your best to raise your children to be good and honest members of society.
Father’s Day has a special place in my life as that Sunday in 1976 a single incident almost put my family on a different trajectory.
This is my story Adrift in the Panama Canal is about two lost souls were almost literally that.
It was a bright and sunny Sunday afternoon and as was my usual practice after church we’d go home where I would gather up my diving gear and change before heading over to the home of my diving buddy Sidney “Scotty” Scott an army medic also stationed at Fort Davis in the Panama Canal Zone.
As we loaded our flat bottom John boat into the back of my 1973 Pinto station wagon, we made sure we had a full load of air for the diving tanks. We were usually in the water by 1 – 1:30 pm and back home before 4 pm. This day would be different.
We backed the car down the boat ramp, unloaded the boat and all of our equipment before parking and locking up the car at Gatun Station. This was our first time heading toward this stretch of water, a man-made lake called Gatun Lake. It took us around 20-25 minutes to get to the dock where we tied up the boat and went into the water.
The water was clear with plenty of visibility and we expected to get a stringer of fish during the next hour before our air ran out. Our dives were that of exploring and/or searching for fish while looking out for anything out of the ordinary. We had fish on the stringer and as we loaded our gear we decided to take a few minutes to explore with snorkels before packing up and heading back to the car.
As we began working our way toward Gatun Station we were passed by a convoy of US Army landing craft (LCMs) taking infantry troops out for a week of jungle training. As each craft passed it left a rippling wake. When the last craft had passed and gone into the distance our boat became a submarine, totally submerged under water and flipping over. It rose to the top minus all of our diving gear.
We struggled to upright the boat (still under water), gather one paddle that floated to the surface and focus on getting to the nearest island. As we moved toward land and unseen tree branch punched a hole in the boat. Eventually we made it to a nearby beach, where we drained the water and took stalk of ourselves. Plugging the hole with a piece of wood, helped but didn’t entirely the stop water.
At first we couldn’t get the outboard motor started, but finally it began running as well as could be expected. We left the island and headed straight into the shipping lane of the Panama Canal and fell in line right behind a huge ship. By now it was after 7 pm and we ran out of fuel.
We began inching our way toward the dock where we left the car, one island at a time, and then marker buoy to marker buoy until there was nothing between us and the car except open water. It was near midnight when a fisherman with a motorized boat heard our banging on the boat with an oar. After stopping his engine, flashing a light around in the dark he found and towed us to the Gatun dock. It was now after midnight.
As we entered the gate at Fort Davis, the military police guard instructed us to report to our unit’s duty sergeant and report that we had returned. I dropped Scotty and his boat at his quarters. I then went to the company duty sergeant to get logged in as having returned. I was told to be at the 0600 morning PT formation in uniform ready to go.
When I got to my quarters my wife was being attended to by a neighbor who was a Special Forces medic and his wife. They had all been told our boat had capsized and there were no survivors at the scene. In fact a local SF company had organized a diving rescue team to go at first light and recover the bodies.
After notifying them to cancel that mission I asked them to look for our diving gear on their next training dive. They later informed me that nothing was recovered as the water was 85 feet deep in that area.
That was my very last dive in Panama before returning to the USA assigned to Fort Carson, Colorado in 1977.
That weekend was almost the weekend that wasn’t.
I’m thankful that in spite of myself God had mercy on me and kept my head above water.
In the beginning when God created man it was so they could walk and talk together. There was only mankind, God’s creation of one until God created Eve (woman) out of Adam’s rib. There was no distinction or nationality among men. It was not until after the sinful fall of man who’s banishment from the Garden of Eden to populate the earth that God began creating ethnicity or races within mankind. When the Tower of Babel was being built God created languages to confuse man and cause the populating of the entire planet.
Over time man has sought to influence and control other men by any means available. We are at a point in time where men think like the Romans did and now we have convoluted the thought process by making “Being American” somehow elevated above being anyone else.
Isn’t that what religion does?
Do you know you can be proud to be an American and not be a US Citizen?
There are three main distinctions of Americans – North, Central and South Americans. Although comprised of many nations there is only one United States of America.
It is often and wrongly assumed that being called an American is referring exclusively to someone from the United States.
So why is it that we have allowed ourselves to be categorized into White-American, Black-American, Brown-American, Yellow-American, African-American, Mexican-American, Asian-American, Pacific Island-American, Puerto Rican-American, Anglo-American, European-American, Middle-Eastern-American, Alaskan-American, Native-American, etc. etc. etc.
In the United States we rally around and pledge allegiance to the Flag, yet balk at what we have been told it means or because some have said it is a racist flag. Men and women of many ethnicities, cultures and races have fought and died for and under the US Flag and for our freedom to honor it, yet we continue to bicker over nonsense.
The Flag of the United States should unite us identifiably as one people, one purpose and under one God to insure men and women remain free – from the womb to the tomb. – RTM
Fridays are days when you anticipate the weekend and need a stress relief. I got mine this morning at the gym where there are television monitors tuned to CNN, FOX a local station and sports stations.
While on the treadmill I often try to distract myself from the not so new or breaking news stories which are politically dependent upon current events – unless it’s an attention grabber like Comedians Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, and more comedians meet Pope Francis at ‘the butt crack of dawn’ in their ill-fated attempt to spread peace and smiles. Why not take peace and smiles to Gaza?
The not so in your face headline is that President Biden is going to meet privately with Pope Francis during the first ever papal address to the G7 conference in Italy.
I’m compelled to ask the hard questions:
Did these comedians fly on their own dimes, hitch a ride on Air Force One or simply happen to be there?
Did the topics of abortion, human trafficking, illegal immigration or Donald Trump come up?
Or did they seek absolution for their conduct, speech and/or spreading hatred and lies before and during this US Presidential Election cycle? – RTM
When mom died on 12 January 2016 it was obvious that part of dad died too. Dad often said he didn’t understand why he was still alive. He wanted oh so much to be with mom. There were times I had to remind him that God wasn’t done with him yet. His being around had a purpose, a Godly purpose.
It seems funny saying that to a retired licensed minister, who seemed to forget.
When mom and dad married in 1948 it was for better or for worse. Raising four boys and being surrounded by family, brothers, sisters, cousins, nieces, nephews and numerous grandkids meant that there were plenty of both.
It’s a sure bet that whether fishing, hunting, raising vegetables, berries or just driving around you’d never see one without the other. Over the years they had never been apart except for their independent stays in Boise area hospitals.
I must admit that I hadn’t been around much during my military career, but I looked forward to doing what I could for them and visiting with my brothers and their families. After fully retiring I began frequent trips to Boise to assist them any way that I could. Take one or the other to and from medical appointments and hospital visits or to visit the other during their stays. One time I found mom crying as she feverously searched for her marriage license. She always stored her important papers in her metal box. She said without it her and dad weren’t really married. I kidded her about that made my brothers and I illegitimate offspring without realizing it may have been an early sign of Alzheimer. I contacted the county clerk where they had been married and soon a certified copy of the marriage license came in the mail. I showed it to her and placed it in her metal box, right beside her original marriage license.
When they moved in with my younger brother and his family it was obvious they still had that spark of being madly in love with each other “Soulmates”. You saw it in their eyes, their body language and yet their health began going downhill rapidly during the 3 years after moving out of their family home.
After mom died dad went to the Idaho state veterans home in Boise for 24/7/365 care. He made new friends, had visits from family members and enjoyed activities that helped him pass the time. Dad kept reminding me that he was ready to go when his time came. I told him not so fast, God isn’t done with him yet. Near the end as he became wheelchair bound and/or bedridden and with his COPD he needed oxygen all the time, even when he slept. He was in constant pain and at the ripe old age of 91 he went to sleep on 9 February 2019 and woke up in heaven with mom and Jesus.
Dad used to answer the phone with “Praise the Lord” and was not afraid to tell everyone about “Christ inside, the hope of glory” and ask if they knew Jesus? – RTM
January 12th, 2016 was both a sad and happy day when momma went to her heavenly home. Mom was being cared for by my brother, his wife and his sister-in-law and visiting home care nurses. Her health began failing her for almost 2 years before her death.
Along with my eldest daughter and youngest grandson we made it to the funeral, but to tell you the truth I was at a loss for words and could only listen as my two younger brothers and dad’s brother spoke. Dad’s brother and my younger brother were both licensed ministers.
My youngest brother told of the days leading up to her passing. He had once stopped in front of her bed and wondered out loud what was holding her back? Mom beckoned him over so she could whisper “Be Patient” to his ear. He told us how dad had been praying for God to send angels to care for her and at some point he looked towards her bedroom doorway and began to see angels going in and coming out caring for her. I’m sure she had a smile on her face as she was prepared to meet her Lord and Savior.
At age 81 mom left behind a grieving husband, three sons, two sisters and their families and lots and lots of grandkids. I wasn’t there when she passed, but my wife and I had recently visited over the 2015 Christmas holiday.
When my uncle (dad’s younger brother) got up to spoke his words brought comfort and peace to my soul. He told us that when asked to speak he didn’t know what he could possibly say that would give us strength. The night before the funeral he prayed for guidance and words of wisdom. He said that in a vision he saw that Jesus had taken mom by the hand into heaven. He saw mom seated at what appeared to be an ornate grand piano play “How Great Thou Art” for Jesus.
What you must know is that mom had a small piano at home where she would play songs for weddings and sometimes during their home church meetings on Sunday mornings. Dad was a retired minister who performed weddings for just about anybody who asked. He would tell them that Jesus loved them and pray with them in the sinner’s prayer.
Almost everyone will tell you that mom was a quiet, timid person who rarely raised her voice. She loved God, her family and those she came in contact with. She was the ultimate mother hen who watched over her brood and had a willow tree in the back yard in case the grandkids got into the berry patch or garden. – RTM
Legal experts pointed out major differences in the trial of Hunter Biden and the “trials” of Donald Trump. Hunter Biden’s trial was in a federal court weighing evidence against 3 federal charges. Donald Trump’s trial was a New York state court weighing accusations of wrongdoing against undeclared charges which were bumped up to a non-existent federal charge where the jury was given leeway to choose which of many undeclared charges they could find a guilty verdict.
Both Hunter Biden and Donald Trump were convicted and sentencing for each will come prior to the upcoming election. Hunter Biden had been offered a plea bargain agreement which he declined and Donald Trump was not.
However some of the testimony from Hunter Biden’s trial hinged on what he wrote in his book about his addiction to cocaine and his drug use on a daily basis over the years. I’m thinking about while his father was vice president and they traveled together on Air Force Two a number of times and with secret service agents present was there some sort of dispensation or “discretion” given to Hunter while he had to have been using cocaine during those flights? What about international transportation of drugs when traveling between the US and other countries? Was he simply overlooked or ignored because of his father’s official position? I remember Joe Biden (D) saying his son Hunter is the smartest guy he knows. Doesn’t sound very smart to me……
And then going back to other presidents and their administrations I can’t help but think about John F. Kennedy (D) having a discrete “bedroom” above his brother’s Attorney General’s office for privacy. How was that possible?
Even Lyndon Johnson (D) had to have a bell system installed to warn him of Lady Bird’s presence near the Oval Office while he was having a “liaison de affair” on the couch.
And Bill Clinton’s (D) conduct with an intern in the red dress gave new meaning to meeting with the president. Don’t forget Jeffrey Epstein and his island, by now its common knowledge that Bill Clinton supposedly ditched his secret service detail and flew to the island and back without raising any questions or concerns. How did that happen?
Don’t forget Michelle Obama (D) claiming to go under cover at a Walmart store after midnight and nobody recognized her? How could they not miss the vehicles or the secret service detail escorting the first lady on her quest for ……. Ice cream or whatever she had to have that was not available in the White House?
When the special counsel prosecutor wanted to have a gag order on Donald Trump, I’m sure he thought if the judge can do it, so can he. What happened with that?
And when AG Merrit Garland (D) complained about those unwarranted attacks on the DOJ surely he didn’t mean unwarranted attacks BY the DOJ?
So may questions and so little time……… America Wake Up! – RTM
A recent plea from US Attorney General Merrick Garland in part says “the unwarranted attacks on the DO[I]J must stop because they are dangerous.”
I wonder which unwarranted attacks he is referring to? Suing border states who uphold immigration and abortion laws the DOJ chooses not to enforce? Or the war on American citizens who hold differing political views than those of the Democratic Party? Or maybe standing by as illegal undocumented migrants invade our country specifically “authorized” and encouraged by the president and democratic legislators?
I didn’t hear this “unwarranted” argument championed or even voiced when ceaseless attacks on President Trump began in 2017 or since.
There was no uproar as senior citizens were rousted out of their homes because of their affiliation or contact with Trump or January 6th 2021.
There was no thought of the implications of impropriety when using unmarked officers with lethal force (if necessary) to secure secret documents from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home.
I guess it is only unwarranted when it happens to you sir or under your watch? No wonder you received no SCOTUS nomination by Trump. (I call that you being a sore loser). Oh but that has no bearing here. – RTM
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