2-18-2024

Talking With God

The Bible is filled with ordinary men and women who walked reverently before and talked one-on-one with the God of the Bible.

Adam and Eve were the first. They lived in the garden, conversed with God daily right up and until they disobeyed the one command given them – “Don’t eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.”

Then they decided to hide from their sin and gave this song and dance story that it was God’s fault since He had created them.

Sound familiar?

I could go on about Noah. You know that crazy old man who talks to God and is building a what, A BOAT? He keeps saying it’s gonna rain.

Crazy isn’t he?

What about David and his coat of many colors. His brothers thought he should just stuff it. So they sold him as a slave and told their father the wild animals got him.

Moses took off his sandals because the burning bush said the ground was holy ground.

Then God gave him a couple of huge stones with Commandments written on them. We’ve been breaking those commandments ever since.

Moses held up his arms and God parted the Red Sea so the Israelites could escape from Egypt. As God lead them through the desert, light by night, manna by day they complained all the time. They didn’t take God at His word when he told them to take possession of the land of milk and honey. So much complaining that they wondered around for 40 years until the entire doubting generation had passed away without entering the land promised by God.

Abram wrestled with God, was made the father of many nations. God called him Abraham.

When God sent his only begotten son Jesus the king tried to kill him. The people mocked him and crucified him. The very people he came to save from the sins of the world.

The world crucifies him daily while his followers look earnestly for his imminent return.

In modern times God placed a light on top of a hill for the world to see. It’s called America, the great experiment and gives hope of a better life in a world without hope.

People have sought to extinguish the light while others cling to the hope that it brings.

America God spread his grace on thee and crowned thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea.

Why is it so hard to believe that God has chosen a man for such a time as this? The world has raised its ugly head in resistance!

Evil hates God, what HE stands for and all creation.

God has a plan and nothing can stop it.

It is not God”s will that one soul should perish, but that all come to the salvation knowledge of God.

If you’re not for Him you are against Him.

The wages of sin is death (eternal separation from God).

God loves YOU!

Read John 3:16 and choose life. – RTM

2-18-2024

Friends

Our life’s are intertwined with a series of family, acquaintances, co-workers, friends and of course enemies (those who haven’t become friends yet).

A wise man once said that in life you can’t always choose your friends, but you must always be able to identify your enemies.

A wise grandma cautioned her grandchild that not everyone who calls you friend is your friend.

The good book tells us to love our enemies and pray for those who spitefully use us. That could actually be a very long list in itself.

I’ve always been a military guy and there is no “X” in military. Friends, real friends usually lasted through out the assignment and were never seen again. It’s like they slipped into oblivion.

Once in a while they reappeared at a totally different duty station or some time after hanging up our uniforms.

Maybe a phone call or a knock on the door? True friends need no introduction. They just are – friends.

I don’t put stock in someone saying we’re just like brothers.

My brothers are nothing like those I call friends. My brothers- you know we argued, fought each other but nobody, I mean nobody messes with MY brothers.

Sisters, well coming from a family of all boys I wouldn’t know nuthin about sisters. However sisters-in-laws – WOW I have more than a few from both sides of my family tree. I wouldn’t want to mess with none of em!

SonsI have none, but daughters – yeah I have a couple and I’d advise against going up against those gals. They’d eat you up & spit you out – smiling the whole time – just like their mom.

Speaking of Mom, I sure do miss her and Dad – a lot! – RTM

2-16-2024

Money Changes Everything

No matter if it’s currency, swapping goods or pulling minerals from the earth when it comes to wealth (real or imagined) even the closest of family or friends having too little or having much is never enough.

Armies are gathered, wars are won or lost and people die over this thing called money.

As I travel around the globe those who are the happiest are the ones without a care in the world. Kids laugh, cry and play without giving thought to having a sizable bank account or one at all.

In fact having a friend or sibling to play with and face the day is more than enough.

Keeping up with societal norms and announcing that you have arrived is by having more bling bling, flashy toys and more stuff.

Soon all that stuff becomes more important than family, friendships and even replaces God. Life becomes meaningless, death becomes jaded and we wonder “what is the meaning of life”?

Yet the Bible tells us it is the love of money that is the root of all evil.

We are instructed to love God and to love our neighbors as ourselves.

We must ask ourselves the really tough question – do we love ourself? Do we look in the mirror or seek the opinion of others to see if we measure up?

Or have we stored up treasure and worry about that thief in the night?

Jesus told the rich man to sell all he had and give it to the poor, pick up his cross and follow me.

Are we better than the rich man?

The world’s banking system is geared as a pyramid to filter ALL wealth to the top so that everyone is brought to a level playing field, while the one(s) at the top accumulate all the wealth and gain full and total control.

Rest assured that God alone is in control and nothing takes God by surprise.

Place your full trust and confidence in HIM and lean not on your understanding and He WILL lift you up.

Just remember that the streets of Heaven are paved with pure gold. – RTM

2-16-2024 (updated)

His Name is Yahweh

He is known by many titles – The Creator, LORD, Holy Father, and God.

His name is Yahweh.

He created all things.

He is feared for His righteous anger and hated by those who simply know of Him.

He is loved by those who know Him and are inhabited by the Spirit of God.

His Son is Jesus – the way, the truth and the life.

Nobody comes to the Father but through Jesus.

There is no other way to Heaven.

He is either hated or loved by all creation and the choice is ours.

We jokingly say it’s not over until the fat lady sings. I don’t know the origin of that saying, but I do know that it’s over when Yahweh says so.

He s name is Yahweh.

Yahweh = I Am Who I Am.

Yahweh has no beginning and to Him there is no end.

Our purpose on earth is two-fold – To know Yahweh and to be known by Yahweh.

Do you?

Are you? – RTM

2-13-2024

A Reflection on Optics (updated)

After stepping away from the flood of “Breaking News” headline stories I began reflecting on past political events.

Nixon & Watergate involved a break in at the DNC headquarters which provided a path to remove Nixon from office which ended with his resignation.

Obama caused a stir at the DNC when he eclipsed Hillary for the nomination and ultimately the election as president.

Don’t forget the white powder mailings to members of the media and congress with the FBI taking swift action to make the arrest of the “culprit” in the van.

Then there was the “threat” of an Obama assassination attempt from Somalian nationals from Minnesota that never really happened.

Trump & the DNC where switched tactics elected a Somalian in Minnesota to congress where she became known as one of “the squad” and led congressional resistance against Trump.

Jan 5th, 2021 a person was recorded placing a backpack or package outside the Capital Building & the DNC headquarters, but no search of or arrest has ever been made public.

The failed Biden presidency has brought shame, distrust and outright sorrow to voters who simply wanted anybody but Trump, and see the invasions of migrants bringing pestilence, diseases and drugs into our nation like never before, so much so that the incumbent president’s campaign headquarters has been shutdown by disgruntled protesters possibly of the DNC? It has been said that at the DNC convention Biden may not even get his own party nomination (remember Obama)? With the DNC anything is possible.

Americans are sick and tired of being sick and tired, but it appears a showdown is coming between Trump and whoever the DNC pulls out of their magic hat? Could it be……. we’ll have to wait and see? – RTM

2-11-2024

Final Disposition of Remains

As this story goes a man tells his wife he wants to be cremated. She asks should I make an appointment for next Tuesday? (published in a recent edition of DAV, Legion, or VFW magazine).

All joking aside for those who are in my age bracket of 70+ years young, have you given any real thought or taken steps for the handling your remains?

I’m reminded of a true story of a wonderful Japanese grandma who loved growing flowers. Everyone admired and praised her gift of a green thumb. At her memorial service everyone sent flowers to the funeral home. So many flowers came that near the end of the service folks were encouraged to take some flowers home. At long last after all had left family could not find the flower vase urn with her remains. Notices were sent out to everyone who signed the guestbook to please bring back grandma’s ashes.

True story.

My wife and I had settled this difficult question with a prepaid cremation policy for each of us letting family know up front how to handle our remains. Personally I like the “Bucket List” movie solution – put me in “Chock Full of Nuts” can and place me somewhere with a view. – RTM

2-10-2024
Coming Around Full Circle

During President Trumps administration we saw the rise in Social Media Fact Checkers who told us what was and what was not fact. So powerful they grew that they orchestrated the deletion of the social media account of the President of the United States on Twitter, citing that he tweeted too much. They even banned POTUS #45 permanently which sparked a rise in alternative social media sites and platforms that fully supprted President Trump’s right to tweet or not.

“Mr Tesla” even bought majority shares in Twitter and removed the Trump ban, however the damage had already been done and Trump’s popularity grew tremendously.

I say this because a recent news story mentioned the White House’s Democratic Fact Checkers had determined this or that (what really doesn’t matter) but it does reveal that Democratic Operatives are behind this misguided phenomenon of checking the facts, when clearly according to congressional Democrats FACTS DON’T MATTER.

I seem to have read that somewhere. Oh yeah, Saul Alinsky’s books Rules for Radicals (formerly about how to overthrow the government) which tells people to use their own words against them and failing that to make up stuff (facts don’t matter) or call them out accusing them of what you are doing. – very loosely paraphrased.

The point I’m about to make is that these democratic”fact checkers” are nothing more than propagandists (political operatives) attempting to insure everyone stays in their lane (don’t rock the boat) and failing that, they become fair game in this political game of hardball.

I’m not a baseball fan, but it seems to me that the next batter up needs to knock this “fact checking” hardball out of the park. – RTM

2-10-2024

Volley Across the Bow (edited)

I realize that cleaning the swamp will take more than changing administration heads, but must begin with the removal & prosecution for their actions each upper level management head who ordered/sanctioned political attacks and weaponization of IRS and other non-L. E. agency personnel and replacing them with qualified and non-political personnel will be key.

Whether it’s Trump or another candidate – the president must be someone with the vision and backbone to undo the Obamization of our government.

I don’t see anybody with a strong enough constitution (backbone) to not cave to political opposition.

Trump was famous for “you’re fired” and congress has spent all this time trying to out trump Trump when they could have joined his fight to rebuild America’s military strength, improved infrastructure and independence from foreign oil.

None of the big talkers from either side of the isle in this or the last two elections have even come close.

Do you remember when the retired Army lieutenant general Michael Flynn appointed to head the NSA gathered everyone together in the auditorium to announce huge changes were on the way for the agency.

The resistance began attacking his character personally and professionally. He resigned so as not to be a further distraction for the administration Trump was putting in place. His was just a shot across the bow warning the newly elected president that the swamp was more powerful and would remain after he was out of office. More bow shots continued over appointments, leaks of classified and private documents and phone conversations and from White House staffers throughout the Trump administration.

Before Trump was elected by American voters he had been selected by God for a selected purpose (stop political correctness and evil). That mandate has not changed.

Some think Trump was to be a two-term president, yet nothing was said or indicated that he couldn’t serve two separate terms to fully accomplish his God given mandate. You can argue with me over this or you can take it up with God personally.

I believe that when you are obedient to God nothing else matters. No weapon formed against you will succeed. Focus your eyes on God and rely not on your own understanding. Simply do as God commands and let Him lead the way.

As I’ve said before Trump is not a perfect man, but he is perfectly suited for God’s plan for him. America will reap the rewards while God gets all the glory. After all it was God’s plan for our nation to be birthed as a one-of-a-kind Constitutional-Republic, a light shining on a hill. It is this light of freedom that draws people from around the world to our shores.

Compromising our border is through negligence and political corruption intended to extinguish that light.

Darkness can never triumph over the light which shines from God. Through prayer and supplication America’s best days are still ahead.

God bless America! – RTM

2-9-2024

Election Interference 2024

All the talk about protecting the right to vote against election interference simply doesn’t apply when it comes to democratic politics and former President Donald J. Trump. Taking Trump off the ballot in certain blue states makes no sense, especially when voters have a choice of voting for him or not.

Citing the 14th Amendment as the reasoning clearly shows that someone didn’t read or understand the 14th Amendment at all. Trump was accused by congressional Democrats of “trumped” up charges of interfering with the transition of power. In reality it was going against the will of congress, which Trump seemed to do all along.

January 6th was a setup.

Trump had announced his rally ahead of time and it gave democratic operatives plenty of time to set a plan that would take Trump out of the picture once and for all. Events sprang into action even before Trump had finished telling the MAGA crowd to go see for themselves the electoral process in action. What they saw led to them becoming an unwitting pawns in election interference the likes of which the world has never seen.

According to a witness on the floor of the House chamber at the precise moment when swing state electoral college voted were to be presented for confirmation or rejection a disturbance occurred which interrupted the entire process as the House was evacuated.

The events that followed did not go according to protocol as chaos erupted and accusations of Trump interference sprang from the lips of correspondents and journalists a like. In fact rather than continuing the election process a hurried closure occurred and Biden was named the winner.

This was followed by formation of the “bipartisan” January 6th Committee that enabled the hunting down and arresting and imprisonment of MAGA supporters based solely on the fact that they were in DC on that day.

The only casualty was a MAGA supporter who was shot and killed by a Capitol Police Officer inside the Capitol Building who said he feared for his life. Democrats called him a hero when he clearly was anything but!

Since that day congressional Democrats have continuously sought to keep Trump off the ballot of all 50 states and prevent his return to the White House.

If that isn’t election interference I don’t know what is.

Democrats and Republicans have downplayed what appears to be a Trump tsunami as Americans are sick and tired of “Bidennomics” and want to Make America Great Again. – RTM

1-27-2024

Corruption Is As Corruption Does

Like history has a way of repeating itself and man is a creature of habit politicians using Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals playbook have a history of making the same mistakes over and over again.

Remember when then former Vice President Joe Biden bragged about putting in the “fix” to have a Ukrainian criminal prosecutor fired or he had the power to withhold US military aid funds? The company being investigated was Barisma where Joe’s son Hunter Biden was on the board and sending what amounted to “kick back money” to dear old dad (Joe). Joe Biden said something like “don’t believe me talk to the big guy” meaning President Barack Obama. Then according to Joe Biden the prosecutor was magically fired.

Well what happened when newly elected President Donald Trump asked the newly elected Ukrainian president to find out if there was any truth to Biden’s claim?

Can anybody spell IMPEACHMENT #2! That is what then House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Democrats did without blinking an eye and making a public spectacle out of the entire process.

In fact Alinsky said something like:

• Select target – Trump
• Isolate target – Trump
• Attack target – Trump
• Attack those who support target – MAGA & GOP
• Anything goes – true or not
• But don’t do it until your side gets tired of it and it loses its effect – Too late.

I saw a headline today where President Joe Biden said he would close the border IF Congress passes bill including Ukraine. I immediately thought back to his “fixing” the Ukraine prosecutor. Doesn’t that strike anyone with common sense like a president trying to blackmail, bully or in some way bribe Congress (from which he came out of)? This response tells me that Biden wanted an open border that threatens the nation security of the USA and that my friends equates to HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS in anyone’s book and at the very least spell IMPEACHMENT!

Vice President Harris was entrusted to become the “border czar” and has done absolutely nothing to insure the security of our country and that makes her a primary candidate for IMPEACHMENT as well.

What must that man do to get the same honors as Trump? Must he kill someone? – Sorry but Afghanistan comes to mind where 13 American service personnel lost their lives because of the decision of Biden. Or going back to Benghazi 2012 when 4 American’s lost their lives and Biden was part of the Obama “team” that did nothing to assist or rescue them…….in time.

I fear there’s a whole lot more to Joe Biden than what the public has been privy to and we may never know the extent of the corruption or harm this president has done to our country.

Democrats pulled the “sex” card on Trump in 2016 and it didn’t work then, now facing 2024 elections they pull the same “sex” card again and I wouldn’t be surprised if the decision and massive fine levied against Trump was more because of his name than any evidence presented before the court. Judges can be impeached too you know?

I would hope that voters take all this into consideration before casting their ballots in person or absentee. – RTM