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They're Not Asking the Right Questions

1/31/2023

 
This is all speculation on my part after hearing the reports and commentary thus far, regarding the Memphis police and the killing of Tyre Nichols.  I did my best with the research, but the multiple stories are difficult to keep up with.  
 
1. Why did the police not follow an ounce of protocol? There still isn't clarity about why they pulled the victim over and when they did, they certainly didn't handle it even close to a normal traffic stop.  

2. Why didn't the police officers force Tyre's hands behind his back, cuff him, and put him in the backset of the patrol car? Five big police officers and they couldn't do this simple thing? If you watch the reality police shows, there's pretty much nothing these five police officers did that looked familiar.

3. Some of the usual activists had a unique spin on the situation. Some are saying that the police involved weren't trained well and that the problem is they were trained by white police officers. How they got this information about who was doing the training doesn't make sense to me. Could they be lying to push their non-stop race narrative? I think so. The fact is, two of the police officers shouldn't have been hired but they had lowered the standards because they were so short on officers. One was in prison just a few years ago and got in trouble for beating another inmate. This is the problem with lowering standards regardless of the industry, including the military.

4. It's interesting watching democrats and the media attempt to get something out of this tragedy. The race issue is off the table because a black man was killed by black police officers, which is more common than white police officers killing African Americans by the way. So, this time around, most of them are screaming for police reform to the point of attempting to rush legislation. The thing is, they don't have the authority. This is a State vs. Federal Government separation issue. There are hundreds of thousands of police forces around the country that operate off a very small budget. They can't afford what democrats are proposing. They can't even afford the training for changing procedures. In other words, the federal government (although they try to get away with it), can't cause police forces to go out of business. Their next move will be to say they'll direct funds to local police stations to offset the costs to comply. The problem is much of the money always goes missing. Thus, why many families and friends of our representatives live a lifestyle that doesn’t make sense based on their occupations. Then, as we've seen with Hunter, some of it gets kicked back in strategic ways, to the dirty politicians involved. Most attempts to audit the money trail are shut down regardless of the political party involved.

5. Greg Gutfeld, from Fox News, mentioned something extremely profound and that is if liberals wouldn't have pushed the anti-police narrative and that white police officers were targeting blacks, then all those years ago we could've had the beginning of police reform, but since the narrative every time was that white police officers intentionally targeted African Americans, it was always a race issue more than a policy/procedural issue. This time it's different because they can't, or I should say shouldn't, make race a factor.  
 
This whole incident is so strange and begs the question, why did this happen the way it happened? The behavior by the police was so far off base.
 
Okay, here's my conspiracy theory. Is it possible that the five police officers wanted to give the suspect a beatdown because he knew something? Is it possible that these officers were collecting money from members of their community for protection, like for drug dealers? I’m not saying Tyre was involved in the drug business, but he might have known something damaging that the officers needed to shut down.   
Keep in mind this isn't systemic and that it isn't a race issue it's just a dirty cop issue. The fact that they didn't follow any protocol, that they arrived on the scene so fast considering Memphis is down around 500 police officers, how nervous the officers were, the perfect location to pull him over, etc. I certainly don't know if this theory is true, but I've got to say, it fits several pieces of this very complex puzzle. 
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The Amazing Cong Abbey

1/31/2023

 
The ruins of the Cong Abbey, located in Ireland, are absolutely stunning. When you peruse the pictures below, think about how they could've built these structures with the supplies and tools available in the 1200's. I marvel at accomplishments such as these along with structures like the pyramids.

The beautiful building on the water was basically a fishing hole for the monks. There is a trapdoor in the floor in which the fish may have been kept fresh. A line was connected from the fishing house to the monastery kitchen to alert the cook to get the fire started.

What's funny is that besides it being a monastery, it was so beautiful along with the scenery, that pretty much all the royals stayed there at one time or another, some, for years.
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The monastery disbanded in 1542. Different people owned it along the way but pretty much everyone realized the upkeep was horrendous. It is now a public park.
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Breaking it Down

1/31/2023

 
Not everyone is into politics, but consider this...who would benefit the most from us not talking about politics or religion when we're with other people?  I'd say anyone who is evil (like Satan), would love it if we treated these topics as taboo. Here you go:  

1. It appears the democrats' expansions of the IRS isn't going to happen. This is like removing a nuclear arsenal from their corrupt army.
2. He does it again. Biden was attending a prayer breakfast and he decided to strike up the Happy Birthday song for Dr. Martin Luther Kings' wife, Ardrea. When they got to the part where Biden sang her name, he called her Valerie. Could you imagine if President Trump had even a fraction of the missteps that Biden has had, liberals would have gone ballistic and attempted to get him kicked out of office for diminished capacity. I think that if someone is elected president and we find we were misled about a critical issue, theme recourse to protect our Republic.
3. Republicans are establishing an investigative committee focused on the Weaponization of the Federal Government by democrats. They'd have the authority to oversee "ongoing criminal investigations," and have access to classified information. The information that for some reason, the CIA and FBI stopped providing. The corruption in both these agencies have reached a point where this committee is a no-brainer.
4. DirectTV, who recently kicked Newsmax off their platform, is already feeling the negative impact of making WOKE decisions like contract renewals dropping more than ever and they're being called to Capitol Hill to explain what drove them to make this move. One of the republican representatives said it best: "They need to be held accountable for it, and I think we need to look at any funding that goes to AT&T, or any contracts that go to DirecTV from the government until they stop these ideological decisions that should be market driven decisions." I can't wait for the investigations to begin.
5. If there's one state that has the most outrageous, unethical, politicians, it's California (well they might be in a tie with Chicago who has had the number one spot for about 150 years). Which says what about their constituents? Corrupt as well or just misled and not using common sense and logic? California is loaded with corruption and Eric Swalwell is one of the worst. He stupidly attempted to defend himself stating he shouldn't have been removed from the Intel Committee and a reporter asked him if it's okay to have been romantically involved with a Chinese spy. For a guy who attacks every republican for every little thing, his answer was, I wasn't compromised. That's it. That's all he had to say about that.

Make it a great week and remember, while trying to please those around you, don't forget to put God number one on that list. Amen.

If you need to get riled up in order to get some energy to face your day, take a look at one of the most prolific liars in the history of politics, the dishonorable Maxine Waters.   
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I Can't Take Anymore Corruption!

1/30/2023

 
Something to think about and hopefully something you'll email your representatives about.

The Inflation Reduction Act is a travesty. There are so many items in it that were part of the Green New Deal, that by far a majority of Americans didn't want, but they put in anyway. They worked around our best interests. Why?

I've mentioned it countless times that we must follow the money. Politicians constantly attempt to direct taxpayer money to businesses and organizations that will play quid pro quo with them.

Before Solyndra went under, family and friends of some of the democrats received lucrative jobs with the company, including on the board of directors. This happens ALL THE TIME. Incompetent people end up with powerful positions. The corruption is coming at us so fast it's hard to keep up; but I'm trying.

One last thing. Demographically speaking, who do you think typically purchases high-end vehicles like Tesla ($70,000)? It's the upper middle on up, and not the lower middle-class and poor. As part of the Inflation Reduction Act, $7,500 of our tax dollars are given to these wealthy individuals when they purchase an electric vehicle. This does nothing to reduce inflation yet was a part of the legislation.
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Welcome to the corrupt world of politics where we send the worst of us to represent the best of us.
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The Rest of the Story

1/28/2023

 
In 1980, he got an acting job, his first real one, and had to travel a long way to get there. Once there he found what he considered the perfect home to rent so he gave the landlord, Linda, $5,000 as a deposit (that's a lot). It would be around $18,000 in today's dollars. 

He was so excited as production on a new television show was getting ready to begin. Then they stopped filming because the Actor's Union went on strike. Of course this was horrific timing for him. He could no longer afford to live in the house he loved or pretty much anyplace else in the city at this point as he had no income.

His landlord talked to him about his situation and said she might have a solution to where he could continue to live there. She had planned on totally renovating the house to make it more attractive for renters and if he could do that kind of work, he could stay.

Oh, he could do that kind of work and he loved it. He did absolutely everything to make the home more beautiful (i.e., electrical work, flooring, landscaping, plumbing, brick work, paving, painting, etc.). The landlord was flabbergasted at his skills, and she thanked him for saving her a lot of money.

Well, he finally got the call that they were going to begin filming so he excitedly showed up at the set of what ended up being a hit television show. Wait for it...this story is about Tom Selleck and his blockbuster role on "Magnum P.I."
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And now you know the rest of the story. I sure miss Paul Harvey. What a treasure he was.
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We're Talking a Lot of Money

1/28/2023

 
Over the last few weeks, the top nine watched television shows are NFL related. From the playoff games, to the pre and post NFL shows, they had ratings (viewers) about 4 times that of popular shows like Chicago Med and NCIS.

This is why advertisers pay four times the cost for an ad during NFL playoffs. Of course they pay outrageous amounts for Superbowl commercials. The very first Superbowl commercial in 1966, cost $39,000 while the upcoming Superbowl ads are going for around $7,000,000 for a thirty second spot, up from $6,500,000 last year. 

BTW: My favorite Superbowl commercial of all time, followed by a bunch of Budweiser commercials, is when Electronic Data Systems ran their: "Herding Cats," commercial in 2020. Having been involved in the advertising/marketing industries for years, it's one of the most effective commercials I've ever seen. Extremely funny and it hits home as to what their business does, which is basically getting things under control for companies.  Oh, and let us not forget the hilarious E*Trade baby. In real life he's now in high school. Feeling old?     

The No Spin Zone

1/27/2023

 
If you review the numerous media articles, along with the current hyperbole by democrats, until you dig deep into the articles and see pictures, you wouldn't know that it was five African American police officers who beat another black man to death. Every time a white police officer is involved that is what makes the title of all the articles by the mainstream media.

I think we have a question in here somewhere like are these police officers' racists? And if not, why are white police officers attacked for being racists when a black person is the alleged victim? The crimes are the same, but they're treated differently. I'm feeling some reverse discrimination here.
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This reminds me of another double standard. There are a lot of African Americans who can't stand what some people of their same race are doing. Whites are certainly the same in their own race as white, liberal, democrats, embarrass me all the time. These outstanding leaders in the black community don't like inequity no matter which direction it goes which means they don't believe in things like reparations or changing standards (lowering the bar), for minorities. This includes people like Morgan Freeman and Denzel Washington who can't stand the victim mentality that is hurting the African American community. So, here's the thing, why are we racists for saying the same things that millions of blacks are saying? Something is very, very, wrong, here.

Morgan's quote below came when a reporter asked him what we could do as a nation to improve race relations. By the way, out of all the actors who have come and gone, Morgan is my favorite for a variety of reasons. He had me at Shawshank Redemption. 😁
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Top Secret Documents

1/27/2023

 
When I was vetted for a top-secret clearance in the military, the FBI interviewed several people including some of my classmates in high school, to gather background information on me; basically, they wanted to know if I was a security risk based on my overall character and lifestyle. I received the clearance.

When three of our security agencies (i.e., CIA, FBI, HLS, etc.), verified that Omar, Schiff, and Swalwell, would no longer qualify for that level of clearance in the private sector due to a variety of violations, it gave McCarthy the reinforcement he needed to kick them off the Intelligence Committee. Keep in mind, democrats had set precedence by removing republicans from important committees and hearings with no back-up that they had done anything wrong. Democrats started the practice last Congress yet are making it sound like republicans did. It’s a blatant lie. I’m still shocked that so many liberals are like sheep and not thinking for themselves. Or worse, maybe they know it’s all a lie and they don’t care. They are the end justifies the means, party.


Although I had top-secret clearance, it didn’t mean I had the authority to look at anything deemed “Top Secret.” Pretty much every communication that arrived on our submarine was top-secret because our missions were, but I was only given information where I had a need to know which was generally focused on what our mission was, where I had to navigate the submarine to get to those missions, and I plotted on a hidden chart, what the Russian navy was doing and where they were located.

Omar, Schiff, and Swalwell (there were others too, like Nadler), were constantly trying to get their hands on classified information that they had no legitimate reasons to possess. They were trying to see what they could find that might help them impeach Trump and they were casting a large net, something that our law enforcement agencies aren’t supposed to do nor allow as it negatively impacts civil rights. In other words, if a judge signs off on a warrant to retrieve a suspect’s mobile phone and laptop and they’re on the suspect’s kitchen table, the police aren’t allowed to search anywhere else in the house. Anything left out in the open on their way to retrieve these items is fair game, but that’s it. Anything else found outside the scope of the investigation is considered “Fruits of the poisonous tree,” and a judge would throw this evidence out of court.                     
Just guessing, but I’d say easily half the classified top-secret documents are no longer actual classified information because they’re too dated and no longer pose any sort of threat. We certainly wouldn’t want to declassify material that still had security implications such as the various special ops our military was engaged in and who was part of the mission, but there’s tons more that just doesn’t matter any longer. It doesn’t matter whether the information is still relevant, only that it contains a classification or not.

President Trump had the authority to declassify documents, but he couldn’t do it on his own, our intelligence community would also have to sign off on it. Democrats lie about this (how unusual) and say that Trump basically did what he pleased with the documents.

As a VP, Biden didn’t have the authority to declassify anything so basically everything they found with a classification cover, was illegal to possess. Unfortunately doing something illegal means nothing to the political elites who get away with breaking the law again and again. The CIA and FBI are constantly saying things like, well, she did break the law (like Hillary), but she didn’t mean to; this isn’t how we’re treated in the private sector. It doesn’t matter whether we didn’t know about a law and broke it, that it was an accident, or our intensions were good, if we do the crime, we do the time. I hope double standards are taken off of life support this year. 

Please let this sink in, around 37% of Americans are okay with Biden keeping documents stacked in his garage. These are the people who are dangerous to our country because they don't have the mental acuity to make sound judgements.  Begs the question of should they be allowed to vote? Even after all the horrendous things some of these politicians have done, they continue to be reelected. What does that say about their constituents? Scary. 
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Clint Eastwood (1930 -        )

1/26/2023

 
I could write a book about this amazing man but I’ll keep it as short as I can. Besides being on television shows like Rawhide he has acted and/or directed in 76 movies including classics like Dirty Harry, Every Which Way but Loose, The Good Bad and the Ugly, Million Dollar Baby, and Unforgiven (one of my favorite westerns ever), all of which he’s won academy awards. It isn’t often that someone wins awards for acting, directing, producing, and writing a movie. What's really amazing is he's still going strong at the age of 92.

Eastwood grew up in California and attended Oakland Technical High School where the drama teacher encouraged him to take part in school plays but he wasn't interested, instead he worked at a number of jobs including being a lifeguard, paper carrier, grocery clerk, and golf caddy.

This is a crazy story...he was drafted into the United States Army, where he was appointed as a lifeguard and swimming instructor. While returning from a weekend visit with his parents in which he rode a military aircraft to get there and back; basically hitchhiking. 

He was a passenger on a Douglas AD bomber airplane that ran out of fuel and crashed into the ocean. He and the pilot were the only ones on board, and they escaped from the sinking aircraft and swam three miles to safety. No doubt he survived for a purpose.

Eastwood’s personal life was a roller coaster ride with many women including two wives and several long-term partners that he had cheated on. His total number of children isn’t known for sure but I was able to find seven with five different women. I guess this is what happens when you’re a good looking, six foot two, and highly successful man. I wouldn’t know. 

He’s an avid golfer and owns one golf course and has part ownership in the famous Pebble Beach Golf Links. He frequently took part in charity golf tournaments throughout California travelling to and from events on his private helicopter that he pilots. Eastwood was also a fitness fanatic who unlike many of his characters, didn't smoke. I mentioned that he is 6’ 2” which makes sense; when he was born the nurses at the hospital called him Samson because he weighed 11 pounds and six ounces. He was a big boy.

Eastwood has been very politically active for the Republican Party although he disapproved of our involvement in Korea (1950–1953), Vietnam (1964–1975), Afghanistan (2001–present), and Iraq (2003–2011), believing that the United States shouldn’t be overly militaristic or play the role of global policeman. I agree with him to some extent. He also served as his town’s mayor. His overall ideology fits much closely to that of someone in the Libertarian Party and even he admits this, but he feels he can get more accomplished with the leverage of a major political party.

I mentioned some of his movies above but here are a few more that I loved: The Outlaw Josey Wales, Escape from Alcatraz, Pale Rider, Flags of Our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima, J. Edgar, Trouble with the Curve, and American Sniper.  I could’ve certainly of mentioned several more as he’s had so many amazing movies during his career.
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In wrapping up, we’ve had the opportunity to see one of (if not the most), successful person in the movie and television industry. To have won awards for Best Actor, Best Film, Best Director, Best Producer, and Best Writer, is an amazing feat. I can only hope that I’ll have the mental acuity he has when I'm in my golden years.     ​
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Go Woke, Go Broke!

1/26/2023

 
M&M’s, owned by Mars Wrigley Company, announced Monday that it was taking an “indefinite pause” from using its spokescandies” in advertisements following criticisms from a variety of sources regarding the use of these cartoon characters for political activism. M&M’s tweeted a statement on Monday saying that the company has paused their use of the spokescandies and had instead selected someone else to represent the company.

“America, let’s talk,” the statement said. “In the last year, we’ve made some changes to our spokescandies. We weren’t sure if anyone would even notice. And we definitely didn’t think it would break the internet. But now we get it — even a candy’s shoes can be polarizing.”

“Therefore, we have decided to take an indefinite pause from the spokescandies,” the statement continued. “In their place, we are proud to introduce a spokesperson America can agree on: the beloved Maya Rudolph. We are confident Ms. Rudolph will champion the power of fun to create a world where everyone feels they belong.” I like Maya, but I don't think she'll help M&M Wrigley recover much from their sales declines. 

If you reference what they wrote, its demeaning. Making it appear we're discriminating against the LGBTQ community and that what M&M's did, shouldn't have been a big thing. It was. It was way more than them just changing the look of the characters, they had a WOKE campaign going through these characters. Yet another company who had to learn the hard way to stay in their lane and get out of politics.
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