USA, Third World Country

 The United States is a unique experiment in politics.  Our founding fathers created a melting pot for all nations and peoples to have freedom.  Through the years and election cycles we have seen mudslinging, attack ads and everything imaginable to discredit the other political opponents.  The one thing we have never seen until recently is the attempt to arrest, jail and forcefully stop a political opponent.  This is something that happens in 3rd world dictatorships and Marxist countries.  This is the tool of "leaders" who are afraid of losing power.  Ever since the second Donald Trump was elected as President the Democratic party, media and political elites have done everything in their power to impeach, arrest, harass and just make his life hell.  Even through it all he is still standing and trying to win office again!

This past weekend these same Democratic politicians and DA's indicted Trump for what they call threats to national security.  The primary focus is his retention and storage of "classified" documents (103 to be exact).  They showed pictures of stacks of document boxes they claimed contained these documents.  I think any normal person who has ever seen these boxes knows each one can contain hundreds of documents, so why have more than just one box for 103 pages?  The answer is simple, to create an image that Trump had more than the 103 pages they found.  In reality he had every right under the Presidential Records Act to not only declassify any documents he wanted but to also remove and take with him when he left those documents.  He was required to store them in a place secured to FBI standards, and they had validated he had done just that.  The news is already convicting him of crimes he did not commit.  But you know who did?  Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden.  There is documented evidence Hillary had an unclassified server containing thousands of classified documents in her home.  Before she could be charged, she destroyed, with bleach, the server, cell phones and other items which contained the documents.  Joe Biden took documents out of secured areas when he was a Senator and also the Vice President.  These documents were found at every single one of his properties and in most cases not in a location secured at all.  The difference in these two cases is that the people involved were Democrats and also not allowed to remove or declassify documents!  These two cases were actual crimes!

So why is Trump now faces criminal charges?  Simple, he is a threat to the political establishment.  Their power is under direct threat.  They must stop him at any cost.  In order for them to maintain their grip on money and power he must be removed from the equation.  This is where 3rd world countries can be looked at as examples of what their plan is.  If anyone is a threat, they will be removed from the playing field at any cost.  He is being made the example for anyone else who dares to go outside the lines and try to make actual change in our system.  We as Americans cannot sit idly by and watch this happen.  We need to stand up and hold these vicious politicians accountable.  We the people must remove them from office and ensure they never sit in those seats again.  If we do not this will be the beginning of the end of our Republic and country.  I firmly believe in my lifetime good men and women will have to stand side by side and fight once again for our freedoms.  This will be the fight of our life and we must be ready.  I am not calling for violent revolution as I do believe we can legally stop this before it gets to that point, but we must be ready to stand firm to any extent or everything we hold close to our hearts will be ripped from our hands.  I for one will not stand by and watch our country fall as every other empire in the world has.  Thie country is worth fighting for and we need to be ready.

How leftist policies destroy cities

 I was reading an article this morning about a Gen Z activist in San Francisco who is documenting the downfall of the city due to the massive drug use, specifically Fentanyl.  He documents overdoses, homelessness, crime, etc. and has seem a massive increase in all as people have fled the city in huge numbers.  So what has contributed to this increase?  The answer, Liberal or leftist policies.  Legalizing drugs, allowing needle exchanges, increasing social welfare programs, encouraging people not to work by paying more in welfare than min wage and not locking up criminals.  Since I have moved back to Denver, which was once a much more conservative city, I have seen almost daily stories on the news about drug use, crime, violence, deaths in the black community, etc. Just yesterday a story about a 14-year-old black boy who committed armed robbery of a vape shop and was shot and killed by police in the alley behind it because he had a gun and attempted to aim at the cops.  a black activist was on the news saying "Police don't need to stop, question, arrest them, or anything.  They just need to be there."  Essentially saying black people in the city have the right to do anything without consequence.  That is ridiculous!  The family of the boy is suing the police and demanding millions.  Rather than look at what they may have done wrong that allowed their 14-year-old son to think armed robbery was acceptable.  

The point of this blog being these policies which decriminalize crime, encourage not working, promote drug use, etc. are causing nothing but harm.  We are a country of law and order.  Without it we will devolve into chaos and lose the freedoms we know and love.  We have seen police arrested and their lives ruined for doing the job to protect us!  Now I do understand there are some police officers abusing authority and being bias in enforcement of the law, this should be addressed and corrected.  But a vast majority of police officers are good people working hard to protect us.  At the same time criminals are made to be martyrs for minority communities.  Look at George Floyd, his situation was one of a lifetime of crime, violence and drug use.  In his case the black community created statues, said he was a pillar of his community and say he was murdered by the cops.  Neither of those two things is true.  I will go as far as to say if that community stopped making these criminals heroes, stopped them from infecting their communities and taught their children to look up to successful black people like Senator Tim Scott, Justice Thomas, or Ben Carson as heroes they might see it is possible to be successful despite your starting place in our country.  These people and many others should be placed in the media and applauded for their success.  The other issue is single parent homes.  Regardless of the color of someone's skin this is the main reason for success and failure in life.  When a home had a mother and a father the children as a majority are more successful.  

So what is the solution?  Do not have children with someone who doesn't have the same values, limit sex partners to people who will help raise your children not destroy them, instill in your kids respect for authority and good morals and have a basis of faith in your home!  Sounds simple but these few things would drastically change the face of our country.  I would also throw in a respect and pride in America!  We are all Americans, not "insert race identity"-Americans. We should unite as Americans against the world.  We have the greatest country in the world, hands down.  Until we figure that out and take pride in it we will continue to decline.  

I am not saying conservative policies would totally work either.  Both sides have issues and the solution is somewhere in the middle.  But faith, pride in country and good morals and values would solve a majority of our problems.  Police are not the enemy, law and order is not racist, Faith is not the problem, and most of all we are the only solution!  Govt cannot and will not protect or save us.  The government "We the People" not elected officials.  States should have more rights over their citizens than the feds and local communities and organizations should be providing the social welfare, not the government!  Small government and localized policies are needed.  

I like my sports without politics

 This past month has seen many states passing laws preventing "trans" athletes from competing in sports with the gender opposite to their biological sex.  This past month has also seen several mass shootings.  The one sports show I watch fairly regularly is First Take on ESPN.  As I am watching today they were discussing the Ja Morant situation. For those who may not know this player had an incident in a Denver strip club waving a gun around while "making it rain." He was suspended.  Well last week a video was on Tik Tok with him riding in a car once again flashing a firearm.  Well Steven A Smith went off about politicians sending Christmas cards holding AR-15's, the mass shootings and half of America wanting to reelect Donald Trump, or as he said "People wanting to reelect a guy who incited and insurrection, was impeached twice and is in the pocket of the gun lobby." So here is my question, why the fuck should I care what a sports commentator says about gun laws in America?  I watch the show for sports analysis, not political rants.  But Steven A is notorious for using the sports platform to push his pro-BLM, anti-white and anti-conservative political agenda.  I realize ESPN is most likely Liberal or left leaning as most commentators who lean right are not employed for long.

Now to address his comments.  An American citizen or politician has a Constitutionally granted right to bear arms. So I have no issue with the Christmas cards.  Secondly there was no insurrection incited by Trump on Jan 6 as his tweets from that day and recently released videos have shown.  And finally blaming the mass shooting on the availability of guns is ridiculous.  Banning guns from law abiding citizens does not prevent criminals from getting guns, it simply creates more innocent victims.  Most mass shootings take place in "Gun Free" zones.  And one of the last mass shooters avoided their first target due to it being "too secure." For all the idiots claiming removing the guns removes the violence and we should look at countries which have bans in place I am here to tell you, yes "gun" violence is less of course but the other forms of violence, aka knives, blunt weapons, etc., are way up.  Most of all once citizens give up any Constitutional rights they will never get them back.  

So what is the solution to mass shootings and gun violence?  For me it is a simple solution, freedom to own guns, armed security in schools and other public places, and teaching respect for firearms and life.  If those things were done we would see a drastic reduction in mass shootings and the like. A bad guy is less likely to shoot people if most people are educated and armed.  They are less likely to risk their own lives if they know at shot 1 they will be neutralized.  But back to my original thought, leave my damn sports alone.  Sports are one way people can escape from the political crap they are bombarded with every day.  Let people have a simple pleasure and just enjoy sports.  

Just to be clear

 In recent blogs I have spoken about the "trans" agenda and the negative impact it is having on our society.  It has been brought to my attention that my thoughts and feelings come across as against trans-people in its entirety, I was unaware it was being taken that way so this blog is to clarify my positions on two topics in particular, abortion and Transgenderism.  

Lets start by saying my beliefs in both topics are of two minds, my personal belief and my societal belief.  Lets start with abortion.  In my personal life I 100% am against abortion except for the medical need to save the mothers life or in the case of still-born babies.  I do not believe abortion should be used as a form of birth control.  I believe a woman and mans choice happens before sexual intercourse ever takes place.  I support teaching all young adults how to respect their bodies, have good morals and values and most of all be more selective in partners knowing the risk of pregnancy happens any time someone has sex.  Now societally I know in the end I am not the person who needs to stand before God and answer for my decisions and choices here on Earth.  I do not support a complete ban or complete legalization of abortion.  Men and women with their doctors need to be the only people involved in such decision.  Keep in mind a majority of planned parenthoods profit off of abortion and I have heard way to many stories of "doctors" at these places convincing women they NEED an abortion or their life will be ruined.  I have heard from some people due to the possibility of birth defects they were told to abort their baby, they didn't, and the children were born completely healthy.  So that's it, my extremely controversial opinion on that.

Now to the Trans movement.  When I rally against castration and HRT of kids under the age of 18 I am not saying that adults cannot choose to do whatever and believe whatever they want.  It is our responsibility as humans to protect children at all cost!  Hence why I include abortion in this blog.  Transgender individuals have a mental disorder and need mental health therapy, not hormone replacement.  But as adults people can do whatever they want to and I am not against banning those things FOR ADULTS!  I do believe any parent who pays for HRT and mutilation of their children should be arrested for child abuse.  Socially they should allow their kids to dress how they want and ask their friends to use a nickname if they choose.  But forcing families to use pronouns opposite of their born gender, cutting off families who don't and demanding lawsuits and such for people who oppose such abuse is insane.  Parents need to get their kids to a psychologist, not a "gender-affirming" doctor.  If I affirmed what my kids thought they were as kids I would have had dinosaurs, tigers and all the like.  ALL people at some point in puberty question who they are, feel out of place or feel like they don't fit in.  Until recently that was normal and not seen as a demand for physical change of your healthy body. All of us have at one point felt weird or different.  Tomboys like mud and trucks but were never questioned as boys.  Less masculine guys were never told they were girls, they just weren't so masculine.  None of your hobbies or interests make you the other gender/sex, they were just things you liked.   Telling kids under 18 that their interests define their natural born sex/gender is wrong.  Stop forcing kids to attend sexualized drag shows and stuff dollars in the G-Strings of men shaking fake tits and acting like that is normal.  Stop forcing kids to dress as a girl and answer to a girls name if they are born a boy.  Stop confusing your kids and let them be kids.  There have been trans people for as long as anyone can remember, now they are forcing kids into that as well.  The pendulum has shifted so far left it will swing back right just as far and that wont be healthy either.  I don't support bans on adults who believe they are transgender; I do support bans on castrating and harming kids.  I don't support bans on drag shows, I support bans on "child-friendly" of "family-friendly" drag shows as no such thing exists.  We don't allow kids to buy alcohol, cigarettes, get tattoos, etc. but sure let them cut of their body parts, does that make sense to anyone?

So as you can see I don't support legalizing or banning things, but common sense must prevail.  I will continue to fight to protect children, women and animals.  Those are my positions.  Feel free to share and comment.  I am always open to new ideas or facts that may change my position!

Houston, we've had a problem here

The quote originally said by Jack Swigert on Apollo 13 as the astronauts communicated their discovery of the explosion that crippled their spacecraft to mission control, has been used or paraphrased many times over the years with the most common usage being "Houston, We have a problem" made popular by the movie Apollo 13.  In modern times we rarely have such memorable quotes.  

A few weeks ago I moved back to my home city of Englewood, Colorado. One of the first things that has happened was a shooting at East High school.  A student, who had to submit to daily pat downs before entering school brought a gun to school and when it was found during the search he used it to shoot 2 school officials and later himself.  The immediate cry from Liberals and the Democrats in state govt was to push the new "gun control" bills through immediately.  These new bills add no new safety measures to the existing ones and will do nothing to prevent these kinds of events.  The kid had a made at home or "ghost gun."  One of the bills demands people register these types of guns.  But my problem is how are they going to be registered?  They have no serial numbers, no tracing of being produced, nothing to track or register.  The other thing these gun control advocates seem to forget is most violent gun crimes involve guns not attained legally.  Thus, preventing legal citizens from owning firearms does nothing but create more victims.  Most mass shootings take place in gun free zones.  Why would that be the case?  Well the criminals know there is no good guy with a gun to stop them and they can inflict more damage.  If law enforcement enforced the current laws, we had more armed security at more vulnerable locations and criminals were held accountable we could prevent most of these crimes.  The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.

More than the legal means one of the main problems in almost all of these situations is similar to all other issues we have in society, lack of parental guidance.  This includes parents who are disengaged, men not being in the home and being fathers, and lack of teaching kids empathy and compassion for their fellow humans.  The answer to almost all of our societal problems can be solved with three things:

1. Parental involvement

2. Reviving faith in society

3. Teaching kids compassion and empathy

These three things give people every tool they need to survive.  People learn valuable skills and also learn how to care for one another.  It is almost impossible for any human to commit violence against another human if they truly care for humanity and are taught that life matters.  From a young age kids are taught to be selfish and focus only on their pleasure and needs.  How can anyone care for another if they only think of themselves.  For those in poorer communities they are taught they don't matter, why would they care for anyone else if nobody cares about them?  

Teaching faith immediately teaches people life and they matter.  That no matter how alone they feel, they are never alone.  Churches form communities with shared values and beliefs.  Faith teaches humility, love, and service to others.  Why is it that a vast majority of Americans say they have no faith or believe in God?  Because it is taught from early years.  This will lead to nothing but the end of our society as we know it.  

So do I think we have a problem, absolutely.  But it is not what we are being told it is.  We don't have a gun problem in America, we have a compassion problem.  That wont be solved with more laws or taking protection from law abiding citizens, it can only be solved by communities and proper parenting.

There is only one Donald Trump

 Donald Trump tweeted this weekend that he expected to be arrested on Tuesday and urged his followers and fans to protest in New York.  Throughout his Presidency the Democrats tried multiple times to impeach him and every single attempt failed.  From the second he was elected the Democratic leaders stated, "We will impeach him." Problem was he had not been in office for even one minute and they already had the torches and pitchforks out.  Impeachment is supposed to be removal of a sitting President when they do illegal actions while in office!  After all the attempts failed and he left office they began this smear campaign for actions taken as a private citizen.  They raided his personal home, found "classified" documents and tried to arrest him as a threat to America.  Problem was they never did say what kinds of information was such a risk, just a vague "Nuclear launch info" and "Threat to national security."  The Democrats have setup a very risky system of silencing or arresting their political opponents.  We have seen this in the past and it always ends badly.

If Trump gets arrested, we will see a further push to end our country like never before.  The political elites want all the power and authority and the taste they got with Covid only fueled this even more.  We have seen agendas put forward by our sitting President which will ban all semi-automatic weapons, not just "assault" rifles, even though no such thing exists.  He spoke and stated it was semi-auto rifles but when you read the bill it bans all semi-automatic guns.  This includes rifles and handguns (A vast majority of gun owners have both).  Once the government removes our weapons, we will stand no chance.  The 2nd amendment protects our right to bear arms and be able to protect ourselves from tyrannical governments.  

They also have begun laying the groundwork for taking over businesses as we saw this past week with the Silicon Valley Bank being taken over by the feds.  Rising interest rates, tumbling dollar, rising inflation, and our income being taxed to oblivion will cause an economic collapse we have not seen since the great depression.  And what can we a citizens do after our guns are removed and our jobs taken to stop them?  Nothing.  This is what they are trying to do!  And it isn't just the Democrats or Republicans, it is all of them, except Trump.  He stood between their radical ideas and us, why do you think both parties hated him from the very second he was selected in the primary?

So do I think he needs to win the primary and represent the Republicans in 2024, no I do not.  I like Ron Desantis and feel he is Trump Light.  He has the balls of Trump but the political savvy to play politics and not ruffle feathers with 2am tweets.  If you compare California to Florida you can see the economic decisions being made by Newsome and Desantis and there could not be a clearer difference in how those states are running currently.  People are fleeing California and the high taxes, rampant crime, and high cost of living for any other state they can.  Florida on the other hand has seen a huge increase in people moving to the state.  We have seen a strong sense of conservative politics and governance take over that state and people are drawn to that!  At this point even the most avid anti-conservative can deny the fact Florida is just being run better.

In 2024 Americans will have a clear choice, the grey area has been removed and it is a black and white election.  People will have to choose freedom and the Amercian way of life or allowing America to turn into another 3rd world country and giving up everything we hold dear.  We are far from perfect but we are far better than any other country on the planet!

Another break in the action

 Its that time again where I take a break from politics and talk about something else!  So this past week I moved from Tucson, AZ to Denver, CO.  Moving back home has been something I have wanted to do for quite some time and finally had the opportunity to do it.  The entire move is somewhat bittersweet for me.  I am happy to be back home but I leave behind friends and people I have grown to love over the past 12 years.  It gives me a fresh start at my company and a new beginning for many things.  The good outweighs the bad but I am still uncertain about the entire move.  

Tomorrow I start at my new position here and am excited overall.  I hate starting at a new position because my personality can be difficult to get used to.  I have been taken as an asshole when I was really just trying to be funny.  My humor can be dry and I am very straight forward which most people have a hard time dealing with.  Almost every person I have met and told I was very forward and honest tend to not like those things after some time or are offended at the bluntness of that honesty.  So what can I do about that?  I really don't know.  I am trying hard to learn from past mistakes and modify my approach but have yet to master that. 

I watched and shared an interesting video from YouTube today about habit 5 from the book 7 habits of highly effective people.  It states, "Seek first to understand and then to be understood."  That is a skill I really need to work on.  Because of ADHD I usually am thinking 4 or 5 steps ahead of any conversation and not giving the other person my full attention.  I am thinking this is a cause of a lot of the "asshole" issues I have.  If I feel as though I am right or have something to add I jump right in, interrupt and share my thoughts.  I don't do this to be an asshole, if I don't say it when I think it I will lose the thought.  The problem is the other person can think I am not listening at all or am not interested in their opinions or ideas.  That could not be further from the truth.  If they knew how quickly my brain "changes channels" they would understand I may never get that idea or thought back again.  That is the part that sucks.  Do any of you have similar issues?  If so how did you overcome them?

So tomorrow I begin my single life over again.  I am uncertain of my future but am excited to start.  There is still a ton of stuff I need to worry about but at least I am back home.  Colorado has been where my heart has been my entire life.  I love this state and love everything about Denver.  I am going to be writing more music reviews, attending more concerts and finishing up some school work, so I will be super busy.  If you like the blog please share it and check back often for updates!