Words are not violence

For the past 24 years of my life I have spent Sept 11 watching documentaries about the terrorist attack on the twin towers in New York and having discussions with people around me on what we were doing that day, our thoughts on the entire event and how much I wish the country could still be united like it was on Sept 12, 2001. That day we were 1 united people fighting against an evil like most of us had never seen in our lifetime.  This year I had not really been thinking about it until this month began.  As I started to recall my feelings that day I began thinking about the division in our country in recent years. This division began under President Obama.  The left praised him as an agent of hope and change, in the end he was an agent of division and further led this country towards socialism with his major "accomplishment", Obamacare.  Healthcare for all, the ability for millions of uninsured Americans to have health coverage like never before. In the end millions more Americans were given coverage that was woefully lacking and failed to deliver on promises he made.  Those young people who elected to not go to the marketplace for coverage were shocked at tax time when they were hit with punitive fines for not having coverage.  This was never explained and hurt a lot of young Americans.  The election of the nation’s first black president raised hopes that race relations in the U.S. would improve, especially among black voters. But by 2016, following a spate of high-profile deaths of black Americans during encounters with police and protests by the Black Lives Matter movement and other groups, many Americans – especially blacks – described race relations as generally bad. These social movements such as Black Lives Matters spent an entire summer, dubbed the "Summer of Love" by mainstream media, burning businesses to the ground and causing billions in damages to major cities across the US.  We saw an autonomous zone barricaded off in Seattle and a drastic spike in violence.  These were the years the radical left began to control the Democratic party.  At the same time, we saw the rise of President Donald Trump and the MAGA (Make America Great Again) movement. 

In 2016 he did the unthinkable and defeated then Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton, who was predicted to win the election with almost 95% certainty.  But by this point America was done with the Democrat vision for America and elected Trump and shocked the mainstream media and people all around the world.  Trumps first term was marred by the Democrat lefts continued efforts to impeach him (From the moment he was elected Nacy Pelosi said she was filing article of impeachment) for things he never said or did and things they created, like the Russian interference in the election. That turned out to be collusion between the Democrats and Clinton campaign to try and prevent his election.  

Then came the 2020 Presidential race between Trump and Joe Biden.  This election was largely mail in voting due to lockdowns and restrictions thanks to the Covid-19 outbreak. Joe Biden won the election but there was outcry of foul play and this controversial election came to a head on Jan 6, 2021 when Republican supporters marched onto capital grounds and eventually broke into the capital building.  While only 1 person was killed the Democrats did not hesitate to use the event to further divide the country, claiming the event was worse than 9/11 or the Holocaust.  During the 2020-2022 timeframe Americans became further divided by everything going on in politics.  In the 2024 Presidential election Donald Trump was nearly assassinated at a campaign stop in Pennsylvania.  He went on to win the election by large margins.  He made huge strides in demographics which were historically Democratic such as minority communities, women, and young people.  His platform was sweeping immigration reform, mass deportations and more focus on America first.  One of the major players in the election was an organization called turning point USA which was founded by Charlie Kirk when he was only 19 years old.  This organization focused on mobilizing young people to vote, spreading the conservative values and ideals through open discussion and debate on college campuses and working to bridge gaps between the GOP and those groups. In the end TPUSA and Charlie Kirk were highly effective and launched him to the very top of the political ranks. While Trump is the definitive leader of the MAGA movement Charlie Kirk embraced it values whole cloth. 

So that all led to the main reason for me to write this blog.  On Sept 10, 2025 an assassins bullet tore through Charlie Kirk's neck and ended his life at an event in Utah. I saw the news while I was at work and at first thought it was sad. That night as I reflected on his life and listened to people on all sides calling for an end to political violence, I was left contemplating how we got here. I thought about the BLM riots, burning cities and recent mass shootings, largely by leftist ideologs with mental health disorders.  As I was watching the coverage I was struck by the visuals of groups of young conservatives in groups praying and holding candlelight vigils. I couldn't help but contrast those visuals to those of the riots, burning cities and looting the mainstream media called "Fiery but mostly peaceful." I immediately recognized the difference in philosophies and beliefs between Conservatives and Liberals.  Leftists, Liberals and mainstream media has spent years demonizing President Trump, people like Charlie Kirk and the MAGA movement as Nazis, dictators and enders of our democracy.  This led to two assassination attempts on Donald Trumps life and the assassination of the one conservative trying to have civil discourse about politics in very public forums.  The reality is one side embraces communist and socialist policies, beliefs and tactics, the radical left.  The radical left are terrorists and live up to it at every turn.  They are violent and encouraged by almost all media sources and places of higher education.  I am not saying the violence is only found on the left but there is a higher number of leftists murdering people than people on the right.  

The twin towers were a beacon of freedom to the world as they sat alongside the Statue of Liberty. Islamic Terrorists used the 9/11 attacks as an attempt to hurt America.  On Sept 12 we showed the world we stand united in love for one another and love for country.  We stood against terrorism and demanded retribution for the almost 3,000 people murdered that day. 24 years later the day before we remember that horrible day America saw another terrorist use violence to try and silence American voices.  Charlie Kirk was one-man whose voice changed minds and helped steer American away from the far left's agenda of socialism and the true destruction of our Republic. I spent the last 2 days contemplating my desire to be vocal about the same values he was killed for speaking.  I contemplated being quiet and not speaking out against the people I see actively trying to take America away from us all.  I contemplated the risks involved in being a louder voice in my local community and trying to get in political positions to affect change in my local community.  I am older and could just keep quiet, mourn his death and pray that God will call someone else much younger than me to fight for truth and justice. But God called that man and an evil person took him from the Earth.  So I decided now is the time to not shrink back, not be quiet and stand for what is right.  Stand united with other likeminded Conservatives to save our country from the radial left terrorists. I saw a post the other day that stated, "Everything God condemns the left supports." That hit home.  The left is against families, for killing babies and murdering people who disagree with them, against loving one another as human, and for self before others.  

In a press conference today the Governor of Utah after announcing the killer had been captured stated "Words are not violence, violence is violence." No truer words have been spoken.  Charlie Kirk was for civil discourse, peaceful discussion, faith in God, love for all, and focus on family.  The left killed him for speaking and living his beliefs.  9/11/2001 will live in infamy and changed America forever, 9/10/2025 will do the same.  the last 3 days have been really challenging mentally for me.  His murder shook Americas foundation more than any other since 9/11.  Now is the time to stand against hate, stand for American values, stand for peace and speak our beliefs loud and proud.  I am not backing down and I would ask you all do the same.  Help me stand united against these left-wing extremists who have continually shown their desire to kill whoever stands between them and the takeover of our nation.  Patriots stand up and fight for our country or we will most certainly lose it.

Election season is upon us

 Wow its been six months since my last post and a lot of things have happened in politics and our country.  Lets start on the right side of the spectrum, Trump was indicted in several states and liberal courts on charges which have little to no evidence and I fully expect to be thrown out in the end.  He was also selected as the Republican Party candidate for President!  This will be his third time being the candidate and his momentum is at an all-time high.  We have seen vast numbers of minorities leaving the Democratic party and throwing their support to Trump.  So why would lifelong Democrats change their party affiliation and vote?  The answer is much simpler than it seems, they realized for generations the Democrats have done nothing for their communities and only give a crap about them every election cycle.  These groups have seen greater success under the Trump/Republican policies.  They also have seen the left push further into the fringes on topics like abortion, antisemitism, anti-white racism, socialism, open borders and overthrowing our country as we know it.  The left has begun advocating for segregation in schools, dormitories, offices, and every other part of our lives.  They have focused on victimhood and why that prevents each group from success.  They blame everything on systemic racism and claiming white people are preventing a thriving minority community. They are also ok with jailing political rivals, changing our checks and balances when it comes to the Supreme court, censoring speech they disagree with and most of all they have suggested throwing out the Constitution and starting over.  They are doing all of this in an effort to provide "equity" when in reality it is because the levers of power have shifted more right leaning and they want to remove obstacles to ending America as we know it.

On the left side we have heard them preach that Trump is a "threat to democracy" and "he will be a dictator."  They are against ID's to vote and ensuring only American citizens are voting.  They claim if he is elected there will never be another vote.  The reality is they had a Democratic primary and the voters selected President Biden as their candidate.  After a terrible debate in June the Democratic machine and media turned on him, began saying he was unfit for office and forced him to withdraw as the candidate.  So naturally I think most Americans assumed there would be a shortened primary where candidates could be vetted for voters to select the candidate.  The reality was much more dark, the Democratic machine and donors hand selected VP Harris as the candidate and negated the will of their voters.  That is a threat to democracy and removal of the power of the people.  To be clear VP Harris is just as responsible for the policies put in place as President Biden is.  According to the President, his press secretary and media outlets have consistently stated she was as involved in those choices as he was. Now that she is the candidate she states positions in direct opposition to the policies that have been put in place.  She has stated she was for mass amnesty, open borders, abortion up to birth, govt healthcare and removal of private healthcare, increased taxes, writing off college loans, militarizing govt agencies against political rivals, and increases in CRT and the LGBTQIA agenda in schools and businesses.  Now she states the exact opposite view on all those issues.  She claims to fix all those things on day 1 when she is elected, but she is forgetting the is the Vice President and can make those changes now! But she isn't, so my question is why?  She is avoiding interviews and debates, why?

Of all the elections in my lifetime this one seems to be a pivotal one for the direction of our country.  There is a very clear choice to be made.  On one hand you can select VP Harris and continue down the path we have been on since 2020.  That path leads to the downfall of America and transforms us into a socialist nation and eventually to a third world dictatorship.  On the other hand you can vote for Trump.  This path we have seen before from 2016-2020.  Until Covid destroyed businesses and killed our economy Trumps policies had the lowest unemployment among all demographics, most secure border ever in our history, the Abraham accords saw Muslim countries and Israel agree to trade agreements and peaceful interaction, he did not get us into any wars and began a strategic draw down in Afghanistan, during his term Iran/North Korea/Russia and all our other adversaries did not attack us or any of our allies, he renegotiated trade agreements to our benefit, his refusal to pay the UN until all the other countries paid their share led to a massive increase in countries meeting their obligations, and he was willing to sit with any and all world leaders.  Under Trump we were the freest, most prosperous and safest we have been in several generations.  

For me the choice is not a choice at all.  As I have stated many times in this blog I will always fall on the side of America and making us great!  My next blog will focus on the VP candidates and what they stand for.  In 2024 I will be voting for Trump and doing my best to expose the left, VP Harris, Gov Walz and all the other leftists for their policies and lies.

Debates, Elections and Indictments oh my

Why as this year flies by do I feel more and more like Dorthy in the Wizard of Oz?  Swept away to some far away land where nothing makes sense.  Since my last blog in November the US has been completely turned on its head.  The leftists and mainstream media has done everything in their power to destroy Donald Trump and boost the flailing administration in the White House.  Not until February did they start to turn on each other and begin to destroy themselves.  Donald Trump was indicted in a Georgia court by a DA who got her job with the promise of putting him in jail, same thing in New York.  We saw Trump get a civil judgement of $355 Million for fraud levied against him by a judge who is a major Democratic donor.  The issue here is there was no complaining party aka a bank or anyone he defrauded.  The loans he was given were paid back in full with interest.  Back to Georgia, turns out the Georgia DA, Fani Willis, was paying the lead prosecutor more than any other prosecutor ever to lead the trial against Trump.  This prosecutor and her had a sexual relationship before and during the indictment.  He used taxpayer monies he was paid to take her on lavish vacations and getaways.  During the hearing to find out if she committed any crimes doing that he said she paid him back in "cash" with no receipts to prove it.  She angrily took the stand and acted like a complete jackass.  She was talking over the attorney asking her questions, disrespecting the judge and in my opinion mocking the judicial system.  She didn't deny any allegations she was facing and admitted to going on the vacations or using cash to pay him back with no evidence.  How is it that these DA's and lawyers think they are above the law.  It used to be something they did in the shadows and kept it hidden no matter what.  Today these people have no fear of being placed in jail and make no effort to hide or deny what they are doing.  It is disgusting.

Speaking of Trump, he has erased all but one of his primary challengers.  The last standing person is former UN ambassador Nikki Haley.  In reality she stands zero chance of winning and I think she is holding on in hopes Trump gets convicted and she can take his place.  On the other side of the election we have President Joe Biden.  IN the past 3 years his administration has done everything in their power to destroy America while claiming "Maga" republicans are trying to destroy democracy.  In the past 3 years we have seen a steady flood of illegal immigrants through the southern border.  Southern Governors decided to bus many of them to the Democratic run "sanctuary cities" and doing that put the problem directly back in the lap of state and city Democrats.  The immediate response from these politicians was to beg the feds for money and claim the Republican Governors were trying to destroy their cities.  The good news is most people in those cities know the truth, the policies of these politicians is the issue, not the actions of the border states.  We have seen minority citizens in Detroit, Chicago, New York and other Democratically run cities going to council meeting and voicing their displeasure with those policies.  We have seen a huge portion of the minority communities leaving the Democratic party and choosing to be Independent or Republican. We have seen these horribly run cities losing citizens hand over fists as they choose to move into Republican run cities.  States like California, New York and Colorado have lost huge parts of their population to more tax friendly, police supporting, and more free states like Florida and Texas.  It isn't farfetched to say this is the most important election of my lifetime.  This election is the one which highlights the difference in politics more than any other I have witnessed.  On one side you have anti-police, pro-illegal immigration, anti-gun, pro-abortion, pro-transing kids and anti-American values.  The other has law and order, anti-abortion aka murder of babies, Christian values, pro-LEGAL immigration, pro-gun, anti-trans, and very pro-American.  On the left you can kill your kid up to and including after birth or force your kids to be sterilized and castrated after they are born and alive for years.  The left is fine with drug addicts and murderers running the streets with no cash bail, heck they even canonize them into idols and saints.  The right wants to protect children before and after birth.  They are against transition drugs and chemical castration of kids.  They are for locking criminals up and throwing away the key.  They are against letting illegals into our cities for years unchecked with the hope they return for their "asylum hearing."

I heard Biden say today that his cancelling student loans will help hard working Americans achieve the dream of being middle class.  What exactly does that even mean, we strive for mediocrity?  We were once a country of people who worked hard to be the absolute best at what we did.  We worked hard to be a beacon of Freedom.  For him to imply that the middle class is as high as Americans can go is ridiculous.  It is a prime example of the elites telling us the middle class is perfect, thus keeping their elitism.  We have also seen the elites vs the normal person in the trials we are witnessing. Our two-tiered system of justice has never been more obvious.  On one side Biden and his family are getting a pass for their corrupt actions.  Joe Biden took classified documents when he was a Senator and VP (which he was not allowed to do), didn't disclose them until he was caught and the DA saying they wouldn't charge because “We have also considered that, at trial, Mr. Biden would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview of him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.....Based on our direct interactions with and observations of him, he is someone for whom many jurors will want to identify reasonable doubt. It would be difficult to convince a jury that they should convict him — by then a former president well into his eighties — of a serious felony that requires a mental state of willfulness.” And while this was being presented the media and left was telling us Biden was mentally on his game and sharper than ever. At the same time Trump is being indicted in 4 separate case, one of which is about classified document he kept as President (which he is allowed to do). Trump may be a Billionaire but he represents us, the American people. Biden represents the elites and those who are above the law. Everything being done to Trump reminds me of third world countries where political rivals are jailed and even murdered by the ruling elites and it scare the hell out of me.

This year and this election I for one will stand with the side that protects kids, protects our cities, protects our borders, and works to ensure our nation stands for generations to come.  It isn't Democrats vs Republicans.  It isn't left vs right.  It isn't Biden vs Trump even.  It is Americans vs Socialist intent on destroying what we have built.  Where do you stand?

Viewing the world through a prism

 As we see the world devolve into chaos and violence, I have begun to observe people, their behaviors, and how most people view society and to be honest it has been eye opening.  Every day in our media we see groups from far-left movements like Black Lives Matter to far-right movements like the Patriot front highlighted or mocked.  The media wants us to believe that Americans support one or the other when the truth is most Americans fall somewhere in the middle-left or middle-right.  The media tells us that if you want women to have a choice on abortion you must be 100% pro-abortion and if you don't then you are against a womans right to proper healthcare.  They tell us if you are not actively denouncing racism and fighting against it then you support racist ideas.  If you are against illegal immigration, then you hate all immigrants.  If you don't support the Government providing someone their entire existence then you hate poor people.  See how they make everything black and white?

I had an interesting discussion with a liberal co-worker yesterday.  He stated that people on "one side" of the discussion are rich assholes who have zero empathy for poor people because they "never lived it."  His idea was that right leaning conservatives were against welfare and helping people who may be struggling.  He couldn't see that most conservative indeed want to help people to an extent, we just don't want to support them for life. His view was that because they were rich, they must have been born into it.  He stated that in climbing the mountain of life some people start at the basecamp and others start halfway up the mountain.  His point being the "silver spoon" people are given a leg up and thus have a greater ability to succeed vs someone born into a working-class home.  While I agree the working-class person has to work harder to achieve the same result, I disagree that is cannot be done.  America is unique in that citizens can transverse classes.  They can with effort and work elevate themselves from lower-class to middle or upper-class.  At the same time someone born into the upper-class can fall into the middle or lower-class by making little or no effort.  That is what makes us an amazing place to live.

These kinds of ideology are the reason for the title of this blog.  Each of us uniquely views the world through our chosen prism.  We select how we view events and situations based on a myriad of factors ranging from family structure, friends groups, media ingested, music we listen to, and community we live in.  I was married to an African American woman and one of our first dates we went to a restaurant. While we were there an older white woman walked by our table several times.  The third time she walked by my date got visibly angry and said "If she glares at us again, I am going to say something."  I hadn't noticed the woman looking in our direction but she did.  When I asked what was going on I was told the woman was walking by glaring because she obviously didn't think a black woman and a white man should be on a date.  I told her to let it go, it was no big deal.  My date said she couldn't let it go because "racism should be pointed out so people can evolve." My position was simple, the older lady, if she indeed had an issue with us, was raised in a different era and most likely was beyond the age of "evolving" into modern society.  If she indeed looked at black people as violent or angry I saw no value in my date getting angry and getting in her face because that would simply reenforce the old woman's views.  That situation highlights what I mean when I say we view the world through our prism.

We see the same thing in news stories highlighting violence against minorities.  We see story after story about "racist cops" hunting down and killing black people.  At the same time mods of black people beating white people is shown as a fight against racism, it makes no sense.  Violence against anyone of a different ethnicity based on their race is wrong.  Police brutality against anyone based on race is wrong.  Violence against police because of their profession is wrong.  So the question becomes, how do we stop seeing the world through a specific lens?  To me the answer is we need to communicate with people of all backgrounds, stand on good morals and values, respect all human life (in and out of the womb), encourage marriage and families, renew or faith in a higher power, stop being selfish, stand up for what is morally right and just, and most of all respect everyone!  In elementary school I was taught the Golden Rule, that is how I live my life.  I may disagree with views or beliefs someone may have but it doesn't mean I hate them.  I don't have to support your lifestyle, it doesn't mean I hate you. We need to stop thinking everyone who disagrees with us hates us or wants the worse for us.

In a world where hate and violence are the norm we need to strive to do and act as we want to be treated.  Love everyone and do what you can to make ripples in your pond.  Small acts of kindness makes a difference.  Make an effort to know why you view the world the way you do and work to see it from all angles.  I pray we change the path we are on as I love my country and want us to continue to thrive.

You ever dance with the Devil by the pale moonlight?

 When I was growing up I watched a lot of TV.  Everything from sitcoms to movies and almost all of them had a family unit consisting of a mom, dad and several kids.  From the Cosby family to the Bundy's that was the dynamic.  I started wondering why that was and all I could imagine was the morals of our country were vastly different than today.  Today we see every single movie or tv show pushing left wing ideology.  Every single one needs to have the most ethnically diverse, most powerful women, most stupid dumb ass white guys, and of course a rep from every single letter of the alphabet people (LGBTQIA+). All of them must meet the criteria except minority focused shows, those of course must highlight the race of the people as superior to everyone else in every way.

The other thing I have been focused on this week is relationships.  Since my last divorce I jumped back into the dating world.  I made the decision to set solid boundaries, ask and give clear requests and expectations, and most of all be 100% honest from the start.  What I found was a lot of my so called first dates were taken back by that and didn't know how to deal with it.  I look at it from this perspective, why lie or be deceitful?  If the relationship turns into a long-term relationship or marriage the truth will come out eventually so why start off on dishonesty.  The other thing I found was I was typically the only person on the date doing any of those things.  This experience made me once again turn to media/movies/tv shows and see what is being shoved down our throats.  For men it is unrealistic expectations from porn, for women it is unrealistic expectations from movies and tv.  Men expect a woman to be a freak all the time.  Give into his carnal desires and be what he views on the hub.  Women want a man who is strong, rugged, muscular, and emotionally available.  Both of these things men and women will never find in real life!  Yes there are people who have some of the characteristics we seek but not all of them.  If people could be honest from the first meeting we could change the expectations.  If we could focus on building with someone with openness and honesty we would start to see a shift away from the isolated exitance we are living in.

Our children need examples of the nuclear family and good relationships!  In order to change the downward trend of more deaths per year than births.  The rise in pro-abortion, anti-religion, anti-nuclear family, pro-lgbtqia, pro-trans agenda has decimated the foundation of America.  Our kids are being indoctrinated into this androgynous cult and are told the world should revolve around them.  A full-time job is not something you should be doing because its "unfair" or a greedy employer.  They should be making enough working part time to support themselves and a family, which is ridiculous!

I think we need to get back to a moralistic and hard-working society which works hard to be the best in the world while also not finding victimhood in everything.  Stop finding the latest and greatest "label" to be an individual.  Grow the fuck up! Until we do these things we will continue to watch America and our freedoms collapse.

End of days

 Wow 19 days after my last blog and I have witnessed things I never expected.  In the 1930's there was a man in Germany who began a campaign of antisemitism against the Jewish people in Germany.  After millions of deaths and a world war he ended his own life in a bunker.  When I was in school, we learned of this man and what happened during that time in history.  I never in a million years thought in my lifetime we would see the rise of antisemitism once again.  On October 7 Hamas, a terrorist organization, launched an attack on Israel which killed over 1400 innocent Jewish Israelites.  As Israel is preparing to launch a retaliation strike against the Gaza strip protests began popping up worldwide against it.  There were also protests on college campuses all across America and in Washington DC, including some of our elected congress people leading pro-Palestinian protestors into several buildings, which is illegal by law in DC.  In the videos I saw there were tons of students waving the Palestine flag and chanting things like "Gas the Jews" and "Jewish genocide."  There were similar chants by protestors in Times Square in New York!  These chants are scenes I watched when I was in school, and I was shocked.  After terrorists killed thousands of innocent women and children and took hundreds more hostage the leftists/Marxist and media began demanding a ceasefire from Israel and condemning any retaliation at all.  The idea our media would do this does not surprise me but the amount of antisemitism I am seeing is scary.

I want to be perfectly clear in my stance, I support Israel and pray they are able to defeat Hamas and all other terrorist who threaten and kill their people.  I defend its right to defend themselves.  I will NEVER defend the actions Hamas and Hezbollah have taken against innocent civilians.  After 9/11 America was united against these types of people and their actions.  Now 22 years later college kids and congress people are defending their actions and chanting for the destruction of Jews, it's unbelievable.  It is this type of indoctrination that we saw in Germany.  Hitler made the German people turn on their neighbors and friends by demeaning the Jewish people and making them seem less than human.  Anyone who could ever consider someone to be less than human deserves whatever comes their way.  

There is an old saying that those who do not learn history are destined to repeat it applies here.  The liberal left has ran our education system for decades and they have indoctrinated multiple generations to hate America, our freedoms and the rights we have as citizens.  We now see them turning youth against our allies and teaching them that our enemies are the "oppressed" people and we are the "oppressors." This short sided view of oppressed vs oppressors is the way every single leftist sees the world.  In race relations, minorities are oppressed by the white people.  In climate and finance the poor are oppressed by the rich.  In education minority students are oppressed by systemic racism. In terrorism the terrorists are being oppressed by the victims of terrorism. So why would they see the world this way?  The answer is not as complex as you might think, the people they claim are oppressed they see as less of a threat to their power than the people they say are oppressing them.  Once again it all comes back to power and money.  Once the so-called "oppressors" are removed by violence then the powerful can oppress the people they claim were oppressed the entire time! Throughout history we have seen this same scenario play out and every single time the poor, destitute and oppressed always stay that way.  The "promises" they are given are easily removed because they voluntarily give up their rights and freedoms in effort to gain the freedom they are told they don't have.  In the end they have no rights and even less freedom.

I understand that if Israel flattens the Gaza Strip there will be innocent people that are killed, that is war unfortunately.  But free countries and states need to stand together against terrorist and their ideology or we will lose all of our freedoms and rights and never get them back.  America is the last beacon of Freedom and Democracy around the world and we need to stand up and defend it to the death or this is indeed the end of days.

Living in the void

 For the past 8 months my entire life has been one of living in the void.  What exactly do I mean by this?  I moved back home to Denver, CO back in March.  My company was supposed to have me working a program located in Colorado Springs, CO starting in June but between March and June I would work in Aurora, CO.  So, I temporarily began living back home with my parents.  Long story short, 8 months later I am still living in my parents' basement, I am still not working in Colorado Springs and most of all I am not assigned to any program but instead am working as a fill-in or as needed system administrator for the company.  Many other admins have come in since I got here and they are all working daily in their program spaces, this includes one who was also assigned to the Springs.  He was moved to a position in Aurora.  "Why are you telling me this?" you are asking, well its simple, my life is mimicking what we are seeing in our country and government in recent years.

Currently in the USA we see generations of lost people, filling the void day in and day out.  These people go through their day without ever striving for the self-fulfillment that comes from accomplishment.  We see them using their coworkers and complaining about having to actually do their job instead of enjoying social time with their friends.  We see them jump from job to job based solely on how much money someone will pay them.  They have no pride in their work and could care less if the company remains in business.  They get their paper from the college, jump to the highest bidder with no loyalty and refuse to better themselves for any reason other than money.  Then they go to the bars or clubs in hopes of finding the next person to wake up next to in bed regretting the choices the night before.  They don't look for relationships because much like job loyalty a relationship would require selflessness and giving of oneself for another and they were not raised with these values.  The non-committal nature has been ingrained in their minds from an early age. Values such as hard work, loyalty, commitment, value, respect, and others are foreign concepts. In the end they don't find their work or personal life fulfilling at all.

Our government is another example of people who live in the void.  In this case the void is Washington DC and politics.  Our "leaders" visit their home states for short periods of time to shake hands and kissing babies while lying to their voters faces knowing all along their loyalty is with lobbyists and other politicians.  The world they live in is full of lies, deceit, backstabbing, and most of all lots and lots of money.  Recently we have seen multiple politicians exposed for bribery and violating laws that any "normal" person would be put in jail for. Our very own "elected" President has been exposed for taking bribes from our enemies. His kid exposed for multiple drug felonies, gun violations and tax evasion and yet still not locked up.  Another Democratic congressman was exposed for taking bribes and was found with money, gold bars, and other "benefits" in his house, yet he walks free too.  Mainly the media is focused on Donald Trump and his "trial" as they feel his business dealings were felonious and he attempted to cite and insurrection, neither of which happened.  But this is the void they live in.  Career politicians are excused for shitty behavior while the everyday man is locked up for minor offenses.  In spite of his money Trump is the everyday man.  He should be looked at by every American as the example of how the corrupt system will stop at nothing to silence you if you don't "play the game" and go along with the status quo.  This should scare every single American.  If both sides of the political coin can do anything and everything to lock up a billionaire for doing nothing worthy of criminal charged imagine what they can do to you.

It has become clear to me in recent months the only way out of the void is to turn towards faith.  Whatever your faith turn towards your God and follow the examples outlined in scripture.  Step outside of yourself and do for others before yourself.  Take pride in your work and establish a great work ethic.  Do what is right no matter how difficult it might be.  Don't Netflix and chill, take time for courtship and find your lifelong love.  Have babies and raise a family. The only way evil can triumph is for good men do nothing.  Find a way out of the void you are living in and move someone else to do the same.  Be the pebble which makes ripples in your small pond and in time all the ripples will have a major impact!  

I for one am working to find my way out of the void I have been in.  Trying to find a way to have a positive impact on my surroundings.  I encourage you to do the same.