3-3-2024

From the Constitution of the United States of America

Be it known that I am no legal scholar or an attorney at law, simply a citizen of the United States of America who is tired of elected officials or the news media who speculate on what is going to happen should President Joe Biden be deemed unable to execute his duties as President. There are “theories” of someone outside the federal government or an elected state executive (Governor) being named as President.

In that respect I am no conspiracy theorist, but a Constitutionalist who believes that when the founding fathers, who wrote, debated and signed with their lives, livelihood and sacred honor to draft the Constitution of the United States of America as our nation’s Rule of Law knew what we were going to be facing should certain events transpire.

As a nation we are at a unique point in our nation’s history and our nation’s future. In Joe Biden we clearly have a President who has shown clear signs of cognitive decline since being inaugurated on January 20, 2021. He often is unable to articulate sentences, remember that he is President, or where he is and at times must be physically led off the stage.

It is clear that someone else is “pulling the strings” of presidential power, yet nobody has come forward to take appropriate constitutional action to end this charade. According to the media there is talk about Congress bringing in an outside party politician to confirm as president should someone pull the 25^th Amendment “trigger”. As scary as it seems the Constitution is very clear as to the line of succession to the presidency:

Amendment XXV (1967)

Section 1. In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.

Make no mistake Congress does not have the power to decide which laws or Constitutional Amendments to honor or circumvent, but Congress does have the power to change laws, which are then signed into law by the President.

It is WE THE PEOPLE, the Citizens of the United States who are constitutionally mandated as VOTERS to elect politicians running for government offices and to decide at the ballot boxes across the nation which elected officials to retain or remove from office when they decide to go outside the law. And yes voting is a right of citizenship. Non-citizens do not vote!

Nobody is above the law! Not Democrats, Republicans, Independents or political party favorites!

It is not a person or political party, but the Constitution of the United States that shall be protected!

Become an informed Citizen, obtain a copy of the Constitution of the United States of America, read it and don’t let media or political hype influence you to accept the morally wrong or unconstitutional decisions or actions of anyone “foreign or domestic” who threaten the very fabric of our society.

If one man (or woman) can make a difference – will you be that one? – RTM

Excerpts from the Constitution of the United States of America

Article II

Section 1

“In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, the Same shall devolve on the Vice President, and the Congress may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the President and Vice President, declaring what Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer shall act accordingly, until the Disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.”

Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:—“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” (emphasis mine)

Section 3

He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information on the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States.

Article IV

Section 4

The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence.

Article VI

The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.

AMENDMENTS

Amendment I (1791)                 Amendment II (1791)  

Amendment III (1791)              Amendment IV (1791)  

Amendment V (1791)               Amendment VI (1791)  

Amendment VII (1791)             Amendment VIII (1791)  

Amendment IX (1791)              Amendment X (1791)  

Amendment XI (1795/1798)   Amendment XII (1804)  

Amendment XIII (1865)            Amendment XIV (1868)   

Amendment XV (1870)             Amendment XVI (1913)  

Amendment XVII (1913)           Amendment XVIII (1919)  

Amendment XIX (1920)            Amendment XX (1933)  

Amendment XXI (1933)            Amendment XXII (1951)  

Amendment XXIII (1961)          Amendment XXIV (1964)  

Amendment XXV (1967)           Amendment XXVI (1971)  

Amendment XXVII (1992)  

Amendment I (1791)

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

Amendment II (1791)

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

Amendment III (1791)

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

Amendment IV (1791)

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

Amendment V (1791)

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

Amendment VI (1791)

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

Amendment VII (1791)

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

Amendment VIII (1791)

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

Amendment IX (1791)

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

Amendment X (1791)

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

Amendment XI (1795/1798)

The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State.

Amendment XII (1804)

The Electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate;—The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted;—The person having the greatest Number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President—The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.

Amendment XIII (1865)

Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Amendment XIV (1868)

Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

Section 2. Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State.

Section 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

Section 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.

Section 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.

Amendment XV (1870)

Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Amendment XVI (1913)

The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.

Amendment XVII (1913)

The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.

When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.

This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.

Amendment XVIII (1919)

Section 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.

Section 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Section 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.

Amendment XIX (1920)

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.

Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Amendment XX (1933)

Section 1. The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.

Section 2. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall begin at noon on the 3d day of January, unless they shall by law appoint a different day.

Section 3. If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified.

Section 4. The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them, and for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the Senate may choose a Vice President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them.

Section 5. Sections 1 and 2 shall take effect on the 15th day of October following the ratification of this article.

Section 6. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission.

Amendment XXI (1933)

Section 1. The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.

Section 2.  The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited.

Section 3.  This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.

Amendment XXII (1951)

Section 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President, when this Article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.

Section 2. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress.

Amendment XXIII (1961)

Section 1. The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as the Congress may direct:

A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the States, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a State; and they shall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided by the twelfth article of amendment.

Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Amendment XXIV (1964)

Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.

Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Amendment XXV (1967)

Section 1. In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.

Section 2. Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.

Section 3. Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President.

Section 4. Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.

Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress, within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office.

Amendment XXVI (1971)

Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.

Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Amendment XXVII (1992)

No law varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.

3-2-2024 (updated)

Political Sabre Rattling

I’m still trying to stay away from all the political stuff on cable television, but while treading the mill at my local gym I can’t help but watch the screen as Fox News and CNN are separated by 2 other television screens, but focusing on the most important politicians in the news – President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump 7 former Governor Nikki Haley.

President Biden has recently visited the Texas border and promptly (as expected) blamed the GOP for the border crisis, and Climate Change. I looked at the brave CBP agents who appeared to have been forced to stand behind the president who has tied their hands behind their back in order to keep the border open.

President Trump also visited the Texas border and said something to the effect that it is the worst border crisis because of Biden.

Governor Nikki Haley has ads playing saying that these two old men are simply stuck on the past and she alone is the younger blood needed to lead from the White House (my words not hers). After losing in her home state, she said that she was an accountant and knows that she only garnered 40% of her states votes, but she isn’t quitting because she doesn’t believe that Trump can beat Biden in the election. Can anyone spell OSTRICH? (me either).

I have always said look at their track records, what have they done for themselves outside of politics, inside politics and for our country? Have their policies helped or hurt? What have they done internationally? Helped or Hurt?

When they open their mouth do they help or hurt our country?

I’m for the one who has a proven track record of helping our country’s economy, internationally stated our nation’s resolve in standing by Israel and advocating leaving NATO because it’s bad financially for our country and us as American taxpayers. I’m for the one who tells us there are better days ahead because he really believes it. He calls things like they are and cuts to the chase – stop doing it. I’m for the one the Dems are trying to keep out of the White House with all these frivolous law suits while he keeps marching forward, determined to make good on his promises.

How are Americans expected to trust someone who speaks out of both sides of his face, catering to the politically correct and absolutely despicable insane minority while punishing the majority with mandates that destroy our nation?

What about someone so focused on how she is the answer to America’s problems, as she torches everyone in her path. I couldn’t trust her any further than I could throw her, so I will simply ignore her and her rhetoric.

We’ve seen how sneaky democratic politicians can be, so watch out for the DNC to pull what appears to be a rabbit out of the hat trick and switch things up at the last minute trying to prevent losing the White House.

The Dems have even gone so far as to accuse Senator Tim Scott of being a member of the KKK. It would be funny since Senator Scott is African-American and thus not qualified to belong to the KKK. However Senator Scott is an outspoken supporter of President Trump and thus fair game for slandering, name calling and false accusations, pretty much what they have been doing to President Trump for the past 8 years.

Remember when they said Trump supporters are dropping Trump like a hot potato? They lied! – RTM

2-26-2024

America! America! Where is your faith?

In case you’ve been hibernating in a cave somewhere – our faith in God is under attack.

The events of 9/11 struck accord and brought forth a resurgence in our faith in God and patriotism in abundance.

America was under attack and nothing would ever be the same again.

What followed was a wave of ungodliness like we’ve never seen in America. Not only had God been declared dead in our homeland but the assault on freedom of religion was shifting into high gear.

The political landscape shifted as Barack Obama assumed the presidency and being white, Christen, and a veteran were declared a threat to national security.

As America prepared for the obviously “third Obama term” by proxy Christians across the nation and around the world sought the heart of God in prayer to have mercy and intervene in American politics.

As the nation awoke after the 2016 election Donald Trump prepared to assume the presidency and begin rebuilding America to its former glory days.

But evil was not going to give up and an intervention in the form of the China Virus came in 2020 to sweep the planet with fear of the coronavirus.

The assault of evil did not stop or ease up and in 2021 the unthinkable happened when Joe Biden assumed the presidency making “Obama’s third term” by proxy a stark reality.

All bets were off, Americans wanted anybody but Trump and Biden certainly was that anybody.

Every policy decision seemed aimed at taking America back to a third world status. Open borders have flooded our cities and streets with unvetted migrants, crime, disease, drugs and fear. The economies of our nation and of the world suffer as never before.

Yet the fear is not “what will the Biden presidency do next?”, no it’s back at the anybody but Trump stage again.

Have we forgotten that Almighty God has it all under his control? Do we not remember that “No weapon formed against us can stand” against God’s will and plan?

Christians prayed and God answered. We didn’t like God’s answer and he gave us what we wanted.

We must pray as Jesus said, “Our Father who art in Heaven hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”

It’s not about us or Trump – it is all about Jesus and his desire that ALL be saved.

Don’t you think it’s about time we submit our will for His will? – RTM

2-25-2024 (updated – 2-27-2024)

Hokhak – Thailand

Hokhak is a production team headed by a man who goes by the name of “AA” and a woman named “Fang”.

The preface of their show is when given a tip about someone in need or who has been “forgotten” (we call them destitute), Hokhak will go all over Thailand in search of that person(s) to determine if what they were told is true and to showcase their predicament finding out how they came to be in that situation before asking what do they want most and then Hokhak helps provide accommodations, assistance, food and substance, even paying to get utilities turned back on or hiring contractors to make repairs or new construction.

Mr AA is from a wealthy family in Bangkok and can easily be seen with his top knot style ponytail. He knows what having much is like and has decided to help wherever he can without it costing the recipients anything.

I’m sure they have sponsors as this program showcases doing good for complete strangers, expecting nothing in return.

Before he leaves he asks them to promise to:

Don’t lie

Don’t steal

Don’t do drugs

(& two more that I can’t remember at the moment)

The show has aired nearly 100+ episodes totally in the Thai language with no foreign subtitles.

This is a reality show unlike any other and guaranteed to cause your eyes to leak, so grab a box of tissues or keep a roll of t. paper handy.

This program has its own You Tube channel so don’t forget to like, follow or subscribe.

This is Hokhak – Episode 1

It’s worth watching. – RTM

Chiropractor or Thai Massage

If you’re thinking this is about kinky massage parlors scroll right on by.

Bye Bye.

My back trouble began during my military service and have gotten increasingly worse over time.

About 5 years after retiring from the army and while sitting in front of a computer workstation my back froze up and for a few minutes I couldn’t even move.

I called a nearby chiropractor who got me in right away. His hour long sessions spanned the next 25+ years with varying degrees of success.

Occasionally I needed more intense physical therapy and sought out a friend of our family who was a Thai masseuse. She learned techniques from her father who practiced in Thailand while she was growing up.

Now living in the US this wife, mother and grandmother had taken the required massage school classes and for certification purposes needed to document the clients she treated. Although a small Asian woman she knew Thai massage and after only a couple of sessions I returned to regular chiropractic treatments.

On one trip to Thailand my wife and I went downtown to see about getting our backs massaged. I really didn’t know what to expect until lying on the massage table this lady resembling a sumo wrestler (not really) gave me a regular Thai beat down, complete with walking on my back. Painful – you bet it was. I felt lucky to just walk away.

Many years later I saw a documentary on the difference between Traditional Thai massage and Swedish oil massage techniques.

Traditional Thai massages are more geared to realigning the body and muscles much the same way we would go to a gym (only different). Swedish massage is a hand rubbing of oil into the muscles with relaxing music in the background. Both technique or styles may target certain pressure points of the body. There is no real comparison – torture or luxury.

The guy on the documentary certainly found out the difference first hand by the master masseuse instructor.

Actually there are real needs for each style but the masseuse must know what they are doing or they could cause real harm.

There are so many areas (feet, back, arms, neck and head are just to name a few) and types (oil, aromatic oils, or Thai) massages that produce full health benefits without being sensual or sexual in nature.

Beware of the massage parlors with “operators” who are neither trained or certified as actual masseuse technicians. – RTM

2-25-2024

Who is your measuring stick?

When you get up in the mornings who do you compare yourself to? I mean against whom do you fail to measure up to? Don’t give me that “I don’t have one” look, of course you do – everyone does.

It’s either someone who has what you don’t or someone who has achieved what you can’t. There is a saying “Whose who can – Do” Everyone else just talks about doing it better.

So back to the question, who is your standard bearer? Who do you most admire – today, right now, this very moment?

Who do you feel has “made it” and you want to be just like them when you grow up?

Look at your favorite idols – movie stars, singers, movers and shakers, who do you most admire or better yet, who do you lust after?

There are people who have done more, raised their kids better, have a great taste in women or men, have bigger, better or more big boy toys or unlimited bank accounts and investments that make my head spin.

The one person I admire most in the whole wide world was a carpenter with no home to speak of, no earthly treasures, no storage of food or an abundance of friends to draw from when times were tough.

He has a father that loves him with all of his heart. A father that provides his every need. A father who tells him what to say and do. A father who has no favorites in all creation. A father who loves all of his creation exactly the same.

The person I want to be like when I grow up is Jesus. He loved me so much that he sacrificed himself to make a way for me to stand before the Father completely blameless and free from my sins because he paid the ultimate price – death, that I could have life.

So who is yours? – RTM

2-24-2024

Lifestyle of the not rich or famous

There’s always someone who knows it all and has done it all and has no problem telling you how to handle your money, but they seem to always have a cash flow problem.

I never knew I had to have a CPA to tell me how to withdraw funds from an IRA. So what exactly is an IRA?

Maybe I should just stick to piling my money under the mattress? I’d have to buy a smaller mattress.

I tried using a big name money management firm back n the late 1990s and the stock market crash nearly wiped me out. I vowed – never again.

In fact I have had times where my checkbook couldn’t even balance, so I took a college class on Income Tax and Accounting 101. It’s one of those classes all full of numbers and made my head spin. After completing the class the instructor handed me his business card and advised me not to do my own taxes.

So back to this CPA thing, maybe I should look into taking a course in CPA 101?

Naw, I think not. Swimming should always be done in a pool and under adult supervision.

I guess I’m just not cut out to be rich or famous. – RTM

2-23-2024

Dogs are logical

I’ve often wondered what goes thru the mind of man’s best friend?

Family pets are an extension of nature’s protectors. Try messing with family and they will stand up, even at risk of their own life.

Dogs are territorial. It doesn’t take long before they know the boundaries of your property. When they leave the family home they are constantly on patrol.

Some dogs are guard dogs and that they will do extremely well.

Some dogs are trained support animals and they recognize and assist the one they are supporting.

Some dogs are trained in law enforcement duties in which they excel.

Sometimes people think their pooch is their support animal because they take them everywhere shopping, beauty parlor, traveling or wherever. Many dogs do not make good support animals.

One such animal is the junkyard dog. He has a duty to perform and that is to keep intruders out.

Never violate the rule of the junkyard dog, “This is my yard and you’re in it.”

No other rules apply.. – RTM

2-21-2024

Justice Served

For what it’s worth NY AG Letitia James (with her in-office affair) probably never thought about her impropriety staining the office of the AG when she made it her campaign mantra “to get Trump” and then after getting elected she sued Trump in 2022.

Neither did the NY Supreme Court judge Arthur Engoron who agreed to try the case against Trump and even fined Trump $15,000 for violating his gag order, but did nothing about the person who “leaked sentencing details to the press before his honor rendered his decision during Trump’s trial.

Neither of these “officers of the court” have given any thought to the political implications of a potential defamation of character lawsuit and/or election tampering charges should Trump choose to bring those against them.

In fact both of those upstanding elected/appointed officials are ignorant of the fact that they both can be impeached and removed from office for using their positions of power for strictly political purposes.

Might I remind AG James of her own words “Nobody is above the law!”

No, Not even AG James!

Little do they know that they are neither woman enough nor man enough to take down the man they think Trump is. Remember the Dems have been singing that “get Trump” tune since 2015.

What has become apparent is that NYC, New York State and the nation (for that matter) are/will be suffering the effects of democratically controlled “Bidenomics” for a long time to come.

I don’t see Trump losing sleep over it.

In fact it has done the opposite in boosting Trumps poll numbers tremendously. From what I see are the Dems true colors are exposed like yesterday’s laundry.

All the democratic accusations in the world won’t stick when they’ve been dealt from an underhanded deck.

Trump’s legal team will appeal it all the way to the Supreme Court so isn’t that why someone is trying to bribe Justice Thomas with $1M to retire?

RED FLAG HERE – Bribing a Supreme Court Justice!

So Biden can replace Justice Thomas before the election?

Follow the money and it becomes another real sticky wicket for the blue team.

Wasn’t it Michelle Obama who said “when they go high, we go low”?

So how low will they go?

(They’re still digging!)

It sounds like Democratic Mumbo Jumbo to me and just like quicksand it’s become a bottomless pit. – RTM

2-21-2024

I Tend To Agree With Trump About NATO

For all of my 74 years NATO has been deemed a necessity to preventing a major global war during the Cold War era.

Since its inception in 1949 the NATO club has tripled its membership to include the very real threats to world peace by the very communist nations NATO was created to protect from.

Talk about foxes guarding the henhouse.

What is more alarming is the composition and funding of NATO is primarily by the US.

So if the US were to withdraw from NATO it would be a matter of months if not weeks before it would fold.

Without US troop, equipment and funding NATO would be nothing more than a paper tiger.

NATO consists of 31 countries basically plugged into the US “piggy bank” that are either not willing or physically able and depend largely on the US contingent to defend their sovereignty.

It’s like giving each one a key or pass code to OUR personal bank account!

Couple that with the weakening our own national security with this open border nonsense and it’s as if there is nobody minding the store.

Trump doesn’t look at the world through the eyes of a politician, but through the eyes of a businessman.

In that respect I fully support Trump’s decision to tentatively withdraw from NATO.

I favor pulling all US forces from overseas (not the way Biden withdrew from Afghanistan), but a measured and orderly return to defend US soil and sovereignty.

Might I suggest considering withdrawing from the UN and removing them from US soil (NYC) as well sir?

There was a time when US citizens were in trouble abroad the President dispatched a squad of US marines to take care of it.

The events of 9/11 changed everything.

The Wuhan Virus caused even more changes in how we view the world.

The migrant invasion of America is causing even more changes than we could even imagine.

It is the constitutional duty of the President and Congress to protect Americans at home and abroad.

It’s time for our government to do just that once again. – RTM