On Monday June 12th, when Pat Sajak announced his retirement I’m sure media heads began to explode as they rushed to find a suitable replacement for this well-seasoned host of Wheel of Fortune. I’m sure they will come up with someone as they always do. Some of the top names being floated are Vanna White, Le Var Burton, John Michael Higgins, Scott Rogowsky, Wayne Brady, Michael Strahan, and I’m even seen Whoopy Goldberg’s name among others we haven’t heard about yet.
In my opinion (which counts very little outside my immediate circle of influence) I say keep race out of it and pick the most knowledgeable and likeable as the next host. If they go for name recognition or popularity or try to appeal on the basis of race or choose a certain Hollywood starlet in decline – it would spell misfortune for the wheel and the wheel would become just another memory. Either way I like what Pat Sajak said “If nothing else, it’ll keep the clickbait sites busy”!
I wish Pat a long and happy retirement out of the public eye – RTM.
There are many kinds of snakes across the North American continent. Some are extremely poisonous while others are not. Whether you’re hiking across the Rocky Mountains or fishing in the rivers of central or Midwestern states there is a very real danger of encountering these venomous vipers and the question becomes what to do, fight or flight?
The same is true when it comes to the rights guaranteed to American citizens under the Constitution versus the political undertaking of select US Government Agencies whose actions and activities go beyond their official mandates.
When a law enforcement officer is determined to have gone rogue that officer is fired, and if warranted faced with criminal charges. When a city police force has gone rogue the entire force is fired and their duties are taken over by the County Sheriff’s department until a new force is in place. Should an entire state police force become corrupt or unable to function properly it may take the state’s National Guard to be activated by the governor to stand in the gap temporarily. A call from the governor could result in the Department of Justice or Homeland Security to step in and restore/maintain law and order for a set period of time.
So what happens when a federal agency, such as the Department of Justice or Homeland Security goes rogue? Does the President have the authority to declare Martial Law, active federal troops to step in and make arrests from agency/department heads, staff and/or field agents?
I ask these hard questions because it is well known and documented that the Central Intelligence Agency has a proven track record of sewing political discord in third world countries when it has been decided that the interests of the US trump the wants, needs and desires of that nation’s citizens. Whether it is crafting tools to sway an election, a coup de tat, or an insurrection the equipment, manpower and funds of the CIA are virtually unlimited.
Another very powerful agency is the Federal Bureau of Investigation with offices located throughout the free world utilizing special arrangements for the apprehension, arrest and transportation of offenders to US jurisdiction to face prosecution.
Other agencies that have been weaponized are elements of the Internal Revenue Service and United States Postal Service, among others.
And then there is the media, local, national and international news outlets, social media and the internet which have resorted to the fabrication and distribution of political disinformation or “hit” pieces which bear little resemblance to actual journalism.
The question remains – how far does this go? Every agency has upper level department heads and staff who operate independently without worrying about elected/appointed political “talking” heads. They ensure agency policies are followed and maintain a very tight reign.
When dealing with snakes it becomes necessary to separate the head from the body to insure its deadly poison is not injected into an unsuspecting hiker or fisherman.
In a recent case of a newly appointed head of a national security agency, once he announced there would be serious changes coming, he was blindsided and forced to resign. I’ll bet he didn’t see that coming?
The same thing happened when the duly elected President of the United States #45 was sworn into office in 2017 when he came under severe and serious personal and political attacks in an attempt to force him to resign. He would not and those attacks continue to this day.
Our Constitutional-Republic is at risk. Efforts are underway to topple the economy and infrastructure of the United States by any means necessary, even by those elected and appointed “Civil Servant” officials who have sworn to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States against ALL enemies, both foreign and domestic. – RTM
THE BILL OF RIGHTS
The Constitution of the United States of America
The First Amendment provides that Congress make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting its free exercise. It protects freedom of speech, the press, assembly, and the right to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
The Second Amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms.
The Third Amendment prohibits the government from quartering troops in private homes, a major grievance during the American Revolution.
The Fourth Amendment protects citizens from unreasonable search and seizure. The government may not conduct any searches without a warrant, and such warrants must be issued by a judge and based on probable cause.
The Fifth Amendment provides that citizens not be subject to criminal prosecution and punishment without due process. Citizens may not be tried on the same set of facts twice, and are protected from self-incrimination (the right to remain silent). The amendment also establishes the power of eminent domain, ensuring that private property is not seized for public use without just compensation.
The Sixth Amendment assures the right to a speedy trial by a jury of one’s peers, to be informed of the crimes with which they are charged, and to confront the witnesses brought by the government. The amendment also provides the accused the right to compel testimony from witnesses, and to legal representation.
The Seventh Amendment provides that civil cases also be tried by jury.
The Eighth Amendment prohibits excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishments.
The Ninth Amendment states that the list of rights enumerated in the Constitution is not exhaustive, and that the people retain all rights not enumerated.
The Tenth Amendment assigns all powers not delegated to the United States, or prohibited to the states, to either the states or to the people.
It’s been said that Einstein once described crazy behavior as “doingthesamething in the exact same way while expectingdifferent results.”
Some have said it applies to bankers and investors. I say it applies even more to democratic politics which follow the flawed example set down by the darling of the Democratic Party, the late Marxist activist Saul Alinsky.
Let me remind everyone that Hillary Rodham interviewed Alinsky and then wrote her college thesis on his many virtues (must have been a short one). She then employed his tactics during her political rise to fame.
Early in the life of his community organizing Barry Soetoro used Alinsky’s model and look where that got him, from the streets of Chicago into the U.S. Senate and then into the White House.
The real test began when political outsider Donald J Trump entered the world of politics. It doesn’t take a brain surgeon to recognize the tactics of identify, isolate, and attack using an anything goes approach (dirty politics) where facts have little to do with anything.
If you’ve followed my blogs you will see that I pull no punches when it comes to the down and dirty, underhanded political shenanigans of elected officials who are even to this day triggered by the real master of sarcasm.
This latest Classified Documents publicity stunt is aimed at preventing Trump from getting back into the Executive Office using exactly the same tactics as the alleged Sexual Scandals, Russia Hoax, Impeachments I & II, and J6 over the past 7 years.
Trump once said something to the effect that it’s not me they are after, it’s you but I’m standing in the way.”
One of Alinsky’s tactics during an attack of the primary target is watching to see who comes out of the woodwork and then gathering then up as collateral damage, to destroy them publicly, politically and financially so that others would remain silent.
Conservatives were warned not to react to this public outcry which could spark entrapment by the DOJ/FBI, so what exactly happened when anti-Trump protestors showed up outside the Federal Courthouse in Florida? A slap on the wrists, ice cream cones, a stern warning?
It seems to me that democratic activists have overlooked the warning of Saul Alinsky when he wrote not to overdue or it will cease to be effective.
Seven years is a bit overdue, yet there are no signs of it letting up anytime soon. Surprisingly it has not been limited to democrats as politicians on all sides of the political isle want their pictures and names in the news to be known as staunch anti-Trumpers.
The pen is mightier than the sword and the ballot box is where the political rubber meets the road. – RTM
I remember wading out into the ocean and watching as the waves came in. That first one was usually a big one that took me by surprise. I was fully expecting and ready for the others so much so that they really didn’t bother me all that much.
9/11 was one of those big ones. The War on Terrorism was one of those long drawn out aftershocks, as was the war in Afghanistan. The effects of each one was like another wave coming in.
2020 was another pounding of the consciousness of America after the release of the 2019 China Virus, and the war on Trump, which was really a war to divide Americans against one another.
To make matters worse was enacting AOC’s Green New Deal, curbing fossil fuel production and development, opening the US borders (north and south) to unvetted or mislabeled foreign migrants and dispersing them strategically throughout the continental US and giving “legitimacy” to homosexuality by openly and mandatory indoctrination of school age children with “classes”, cartoon programming and popular attractions and theme parks and full length movies and advertisements promoting it as normal behavior to be accepted by all – Wave after wave after wave.
What is more disturbing are the “churches” and organizations latching on to the “non-profit” status where perversion is fully embraced and has become god, while the Creator God has been “overruled” in man’s vain attempt to shut Him out completely.
It reminds me when God saw the condition of man’s heart at the time He commanded Noah to build the Ark and then sealed the door with Noah and his family along with all the animals safely inside and it began to rain.
After the rains had stopped, the waters subsided and the Ark came to rest on dry land and God made a covenant with Noah that never again would he destroy the earth with water and gave a rainbow as a sign of His promise to man. God has never broken that promise.
The devil has brought into the minds of men the desire to take what God has created and misuse or redefine its use in ways that God calls sin. Man has sought to remove God from daily living by putting him in a box only to be opened in an emergency. When emergencies happen it is God who is blamed and then the box is closed again.
We are told in the bible that the consequences or wages of sin leads to death, a spiritual separation from God.
There is coming a time when every man and woman will stand before Almighty God and answer for sins.
Those found guilty will be banished to a place where there is no God. It will be the answer sinful man has wished for from which there is no return.
Those who have accepted the gift of salvation (their sins covered by the blood of Jesus) will worship before the throne of God forever. It will be the answer the redeemed have prayed for and it will have no end.
What was first seen when a few gay lawyers began “coming out of the closet”. We now have gone to declarations of “stop the hate” commercials on television and we are led to believe that hatred against God and his law is a right. Well not to disappoint you but being gay is a choice and a really bad one at that.
Genesis 1:27
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Of all creation how is it that only man has decided that isn’t enough or that God in his wisdom made a mistake? He did not!
Genesis 1:31
31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
What is apparent at this time in the history of the world is that man has defiantly rejected his creator and the rules for healthy living in order that man can control of his own destiny. When God say’s “Do Not” man says “I will do anyway” while the consequences are ignored, leading to a host of bad choices and bad decision since the fall of man in the garden.
We are continually bombarded by propaganda that tells us that not only is man on man, woman on woman, but man/woman on animals and the “trans-gender” justification of mankind is acceptable and normal. It is not!
Leviticus 18:22
22“Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.“
God calls it sin.
God loves sinners, but hates sin.
The penalty for sin is death (spiritual separation from God for eternity).
Think about that, choosing sin over God is choosing one’s own destiny – eternal damnation.
Know that God’s love for his creation has no limits. So much is God’s love that he sent his only begotten son Jesus to be born as a man, live a life without sin, and died on the cross to pay the penalty for the sins of all mankind and then raise from the dead on the third day. Jesus is alive and sitting on the throne at the right hand of God interceding for you and for me.
That is how much God loves you.
When God created mankind he gave each one the right to life. Historically man has done very badly in preserving that right for everyone through murder, war, and abortion.
It is time to stand up for what God said is right and come against what God said is wrong. No other opinion counts.
It is better to stand alone with God, than to be in a crowd headed to hell.
The bible addresses pride as a prelude to a fall.
I say it like this the bigger they are the harder they fall and that last step is going to be a doozey. – RTM
Given the manner in which presidential elections have been held since 9/11/2001 it is anybody’s guess who will be declared the winner of the 2024 election for President of the United States. That being said, unless something drastic has been taken to ensure the sanctity of elections across the board in EVERY precinct, county, state and/or territory there will be the very real possibility of election interference, ballot tampering and polling place strong arm tactics in an attempt to influence the outcome.
So who exactly is eligible to run for the offices of President and Vice President?
Constitution of the United States of America
Article II, Section 1
No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
The real question is why would anyone want to be President? Is it a quest to occupy the most powerful office as leader of the free world?
Is it a money thing?
Is it a power thing?
Is it a “calling” from God?
Unless someone has diagnosed what has gone wrong in America, has a clear plan to turn it around and the wherewithal to turn it into a reality to bring back that national fervor and pride for our country they shouldn’t even run.
More importantly do they really, deep in their heart and soul believe they can win?
During the 2020 election we saw a host of elected members of congress toss their collective hats in the ring, knowing that without a doubt they couldn’t take their party’s nomination, let alone the majority vote of the people or that of the Electoral College.
For the most part they had no dog in the fight, no stake in the claim and were doing it strictly for the publicity knowing that they would go back to their elected office after wasting so much time, money in an effort that was futile to begin with.
So what is so different this time?
Like all races there are winners and losers. When it comes to a Presidential Election quite often the runners are losers. The real losers are the American voters who continue to cast their ballots based on name recognition, not on past performance or track record, and certainly not on any future expectation of national importance or security.
Don’t believe me, look at this Ballotpedia article and tell me that because any Tom, Dick and Sally can run, should they, although qualified, ever become President of the United States? – RTM
April 2, 2023: Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson (R) announced his candidacy.[13]
March 5, 2023: Former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan (R), a possible presidential candidate, declined to run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024.[14]
February 23, 2023: 2020 presidential candidate and author Marianne Williamson (D) announced her candidacy.[15]
February 21, 2023: Entrepreneur and political commentator Vivek Ramaswamy (R) announced his candidacy.[16]
February 14, 2023: Former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley (R) officially announced she was running in the 2024 presidential election.[17]
January 31, 2023: The Post and Courier reported that former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley (R) planned to announce a presidential campaign on February 15.[18]
November 15, 2022: Former President Donald Trump (R) officially announced that he was running in the 2024 presidential election.[19]
November 11, 2022: Former Montana Secretary of State Corey Stapleton (R) announced he was running in the 2024 presidential election.[20]
Notable declared candidates and exploratory committees
List of Democratic candidates
Joe Biden (D), incumbent president of the United States, announced he would run for re-election on April 25, 2023.[8]
The VA’s mission is to provide health, education, disability, funerary, and financial benefits earned by Veterans of the United States Armed Forces.
VA offers benefits that can help Veterans buy, retain, or modify a home; earn a degree; start a career; stay healthy, and do much more in life after the military.
And no, this is not an infomercial for the VA.
My first interaction with the VA was in the late 1950s and early 1960s when my father a World War II navy veteran suffered an accident on our farm in rural southwestern Idaho and was transported to the VA hospital in Boise, Idaho. His injury was to his service connected leg injury which resulted in having his left knee removed and his leg fused together.
During his recovery and rehabilitation at the VA hospital our family moved from the farm to a house in the city in order to be close to him. I was 10 or 11 years old at the time. My younger brothers and I spent quite a bit of time with mom visiting dad, making hotpad-holders and watching movies in the hospital theater.
My experience with the VA began 2 months after my ETS after 3 years in the army in 1970 where I had outpatient surgery to do a biopsy of a service connected lump on my left shoulder which was benign. I didn’t realize it but that was the beginning of my official claim where I was awarded 0% disability.
Over the years I obtained a VA home loan Certificate of Eligibility, treatment at the Boise VA Medical Center’s Emergency Room, educational benefits to obtain a BA degree.
More recently my dealings with the VA have taken a totally different tone as I am one of many Thailand veterans of the Vietnam War suffering from the effects of herbicide (AO) exposure and having to “prove” how we were exposed.
After 22 years of active military service, exposure to herbicides in several worldwide locations, suffering from heart disease and fighting with the VA from 2008 until 2023 to obtain a 100% PT disability rating and receiving the associated back pay it is clear to me that the VA is like its own “pentagon” (Health, Education, Disability, Funerary, and Financial) benefits with literally thousands of employees, many of whom have no prior military background or knowledge of military jargon, composition or assignments, making it difficult for the right hand to know what the left hand is doing.
The Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs is a Presidential political appointment, confirmed by Congress and yet the Under-Secretary is the CEO, and along with the heads of each department makes day-to-day decisions affecting the lives of millions of American veterans and their families.
Healthcare overall is superb and improving, with few exceptions, yet benefit and compensation rules and regulations lack clarity, continuity or consistency resulting in decision making an individual best guess by each claim reviewer. – RTM
For more than 6 years there has been a rush to open the borders of the United States to the illegal migration invasion. Liberals are for it, conservatives against it and until now the general public has been ignoring it.
There have been midnight buses, trains and planes moving illegals into cities across the nation. Democrats want to get these people into non-democratically controlled areas in order to bolster the voter rolls in their favor.
One democratic state governor is threatening to sue a republican state governor for “kidnapping” plane loads of illegals and dropping them off at the democratic state capital, and I‘m not naming names.
But there is a push to house illegals in private homes. (Think about it.)
Democrats seem to be saying it is okay to put illegals into states, cities and homes so long as it is not MY state, city or home. And it’s not only democrats.
If I had my say (and I do in this article) I would take down the names and addresses of ALL 535 members of the Legislative and Executive Branches, as well as those former members of congress still living, who have voted against securing our borders, and send a bus load of illegals to take up residence in their private homes. That is taking responsibility for their legislative actions.
Take that a step further with the 50 state legislatures and governors by sending a bus load of illegals to their homes where they could take up residence.
It is petty bickering by predominately liberal lawyers turned politicians who use the legal tool of suing as a means of controlling the narrative in their favor when things don’t go their way.
This would almost be comical if it weren’t for the fact that every person being affected by this illegal invasion of America is in fact a human life. Feeding or contributing to this miscarriage of justice is being overlooked as breaking the law of our land and fixes nothing.
Entering our nation illegally is a federal offense and violators are subject to being banned from entering the country ever again. Aiding and abetting illegal entry is also a federal offense and violators are subject to fines and/or imprisonment. Transporting illegals is also a federal offense and violators are subject to fines and/or imprisonment. Ignorance of/or ignoring the law is no excuse either. Violating federal and state immigration law for political purposes is criminal. Federal and state immigration laws begin in the legislatures and are signed into law by the Executive Branches.
The worst is apathetic voters who could care less about the welfare or security of our nation and continue to vote slick politicians into office because “that’s the way we’ve always done it”! When a politician is caught “with his or her hand in the cookie jar” it should be the voters who raise up and demand the resignation and criminal prosecution of that politician, based on the evidence of their unlawful/unethical action.
People are not illegal. Entering this country without documentation/for nefarious purposes is illegal. Seeking political or religious asylum is a process (not a privilege or guarantee).
Throughout history the church has sent out missionaries to various continents, nations and tribes seeking to enlarge the kingdom for Christ. In our own communities children are drug to church, youth groups earnestly seek out teens with flashy, splashy gimmicks to get the attention of the lost youth of America.
After becoming Christians we get so caught up in doing the “work of the lord” that we all too often get in the way of what God is doing. It may be that we don’t ask God, but do our good works thinking we are doing it for Him.
I remember a time when I was chasing down a much needed part in order to accomplish a bit of outdoor yardwork for my local church. I had to go across town to get the part and then I had to get to the church and get back to work. I admit I was traveling down a major road in town and when the light in front of me changed to orange, I failed to obey the traffic control device. Immediately as I raced through the intersection I spotted Old Smokey at about the same time as he saw me. I pulled over and waited for the soon approaching red and blue lights as he pulled up behind me.
“License and Registration,” he asked more like a statement than a question. He said I had plenty of time to stop at the light and my feeble excuse of the car behind me didn’t fly. I couldn’t very well tell him I was running an errand for “God” or the “Church” and expect that to go anywhere either. I could see him as he ran my information in the computer.
Shortly he came back to my vehicle and said, “Somebody must be looking out for you” as he handed back my license and registration. Then he said he had to go back to the station and get another ticket book because he’d run out of tickets. He let me off with a warning – “obey those traffic control devices and slow down.” He then got back into his patrol car and pulled away.
I sat there wondering if he really did run out.
So often we miss the point of what God is doing and make a bigger mess by our witness to others by forcibly trying to bring the lost to Christ.
There is a story of a family on their way to church one Sunday morning. A car was following too close (tailgating) and the driver was getting more agitated as he was unable to pass this slow car in front. Finally he saw the opportunity and sped past the slow car. It wasn’t long before the family pulled into the church parking lot, only to see the impatient driver of that faster car was the new pastor who had parked in his designated parking spot.
Makes one wonder about that Sunday’s sermon topic.
Ephesians 2:8-9, “For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works.”
The way of the world is “You will do it and you will have fun”.
God’s way is to prepare the hearts of the lost and through the leading of the Holy Spirit which draws the lost to God and his unconditional and unwavering love for everyone.
John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
When God sends you on a mission, he always prepares the way and hearts before you. – RTM
Our culture has grown accustomed to celebrating the 365 days created by God for thousands of differing reasons, some logical while others not so much.
Man continues to profane and make a mockery of what God has created, turning it into something sacrilegious, like pride in oneself, to the point that logic does not enter into it like when somebody comes up with still another way to demonstrate the stupidity of mankind as this CNN article suggests.
Proverbs 16:18
“Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.”
I once read a news article where someone was stopped by law enforcement for placing a life-size dummy in the front passenger seat in order to drive in the express lane on the freeway. Who was the bigger dummy?
This nonsense about 57 or more different sexual genders or identities where people actually believe that if they identify as a child of another gender it becomes true. It does not. Yet while man is trying desperately to one-up himself, the god of this world goes around like a roaring lion, when in fact he is nothing more than an itty bitty clown.
God actually created man and woman, not man and moron.
Genesis 1:27
“So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.”
The sanctity of marriage was created by God to join a man and a woman in holy matrimony and not so a human could “marry” a tree, an animal, each other of the same gender or even themselves.
Take God out of the equation = there is no equation. – RTM
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