Peace President !

After my post on Saturday, “Is it just me???” Texas Dan brought something to my attention…and I just had to do some follow-up on it.

So last year on multiple occasions President Trump claimed the title “Peace President” for himself. And last year he appealed directly to Norway’s leaders to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. And when he didn’t receive the Nobel Peace Prize he complained bitterly to Norway, and publicly complained about not winning.

Item #1 – Data from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) indicates US forces, under orders from Trump, have executed or partnered in 622 air and drone strikes across seven countries in 2025 alone.

Item #2 – On orders from Trump…in just 2026 US forces bombed at least 7 different countries; Iran, Venezuela, Iraq, Nigeria, Somalia, Yemen, and Syria.

Item #3 – Venezuela and Iran represent two sovereign nations that the US military, under orders from Trump, have either kidnapped or killed their leaders; and have, or currently are, committing regime change.

Item #4 – The US, under Trump’s leadership, is still supporting the Ukraine in its war with Russia. Hundreds of thousands of casualties from both sides, military and civilians in the last year.

Item #5 – The US, under Trump’s leadership, still supports Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza. And in 2025 the estimates are 10’s of thousands of casualties, more than 2,000 death…mostly civilians…at the hands of US backed and US funded Israel.

Item #6 – Trump claims he ended 6 wars in his second term. Problem is…there is no independent verifiable list of him ending any war or conflict. Even the peace agreement between Israel and Gaza hasn’t held…1200 Palestinian casualties, including at least 300 deaths since the so-called “peace agreement”; 11 killed just last week.

Item #7 –15 Months Ago, Donald Trump Promised “I’m Not Going to Start Wars, I’m Going to Stop Wars”. During his 2024 campaign for President Trump pledged, “no new wars”. Let me think about that one for a minute…

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So maybe Trump shouldn’t be so surprised he didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize. And, just a thought, maybe he should stop whining about it. “Peace President”…doesn’t seem like it to me…how about you?


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Q & A : Inflation & National Debt

Look, I’m not professional economist, numbers brainiac, wealth manager, or banker…but, I think I have a pretty good grasp on what is happening economically. But then again…what the heck does a senior citizen (i.e. old) retired firefighter wannabe glamsteader know? Let me take a stab at answering a couple of questions that came to me.


  • What is “inflation”?

Well, that answer depends on who is answering it, there are generally two answers…both of which are correct…but, the first is caused by the latter.

First answer: the general increase in the price of goods and services.

Second answer: the decrease in the purchasing power of money caused by the increase in money supply.

There is a third answer but it is the weakest and least reliable: supply and demand. This is generally referred to as “too much money chasing too few goods.” But, the “too much money” part of it is caused by the money supply being increased. There is a semi-accurate, although seldom, aspect of “supply and demand”.

To get this out of the way first off…I will give you a “supply and demand” example but it is seldom actually seen in real life. Let’s say there is a state, call it Ohio. For this example say there are 100’s of farmers raising cattle, thousands and thousands of them. Now Ohio hits a dry year and 2million of the 12million residents also leave due to immigrants being deported and companies closing. So we see lot’s of people leaving (demand lowering) and farmers selling off cattle due to the cost of hay & feed skyrocketing (supply increasing). At the livestock sale barns the price of cattle goes down due to way more cattle being taken to market and far fewer people buying hamburger. But, these types of “supply and demand” issues are usually short lived and not indicative of the economy in general.

Now on to real life…

We all can see inflation easily when we go to the store and see an item that was $2.99 two years ago now priced at $3.99. Even worse when viewed over a 10 or 50 year time span. An obvious example would be home prices. In 1965 the average house price was less than $22,000. In 2025 the average house price was $360,000. That’s an increase of 1536% in 60 years. Few reasonable people could question that is a huge increase in price.

So you go back a bunch of years and “inflation” meant one thing…an increase in the money supply. When you think about it, when you just use the term inflate, what comes to mind? Yup, to make something bigger, like a balloon or football.

When you talk about the price of goods and services going up what comes to mind is a price “increase” not price “inflation”. So the term “inflation” when applied to economics has become seriously transformed/corrupted over the years.

So, when you see prices go up it becomes necessary to compare it to the money supply. Let’s start by looking at US inflation, the best way to do that is to look at $1,000 in 1900 by 1965 you would need $4,000 to have the same “buying power” as the original $1,000 in 1900. That means the original $1,000 (money) lost ¼ of its buying power over 65 years. Now, look at the next 60 years…1965 – 2025. In 2025 you would need $38,000 to match the same “buying power” of the $4,000 in 1965. That is a HUGE loss of buying power. It takes nearly 10 times more dollars (money) to equal the same buying power.

What? Yup, when you look at it that way…the dollar lost most of its value from 1965 – 2025. The reality comes into focus when you see the average price of a home go from $22,000 to $360,000 during that same times period. Simply put…the dollar lost a huge amount of value…most of its value actually.

When you look at the inflation chart for that $1,000 in 1900 you see it is pretty stable for the most part until about the mid-1970’s. What happened then to make a huge spike begin? The United States went off the gold standard and became a fiat currency.

In 1900 the average price of a home in the US was about $2000 and could be bought with 95 ounces of gold. In late Sept 2025 the average price of a home in the US was about $360,000 and could be bought for about 95 ounces of gold. Do you see a relationship there?

The price of gold and the price of a home each went up 180 times; meaning that it took $180 in 2025 to equal $1 from 1900. That equates to the dollar lost most of its value in 125 years!

      • Why compare the dollar to gold? Because gold has a pretty static intrinsic value.
      • What was the 1900 price of gold in the comparison? $21 per ounce.
      • What was the Sept 2025 price of gold in the comparison? $3760 per ounce (right before it made the huge spike in price.)

So why does the price of gold fluctuate in comparison to the dollar? It doesn’t. The value of the dollar fluctuates in comparison to the value of the gold. That is the whole point. In Sept 2025 it took $3760 to buy an ounce of gold. In 1900 it only took $21 to buy an ounce of gold. The dollar in 1900 was super strong…in Sep 2025 the dollar was super weak.

Now gold is about $5,200 per ounce. That means the value of the dollar went down just about 38% in five months (Sept 2025 – Feb 2026).

I will give ground on one thing…in the last 25 years gold has taken on an element of speculation. Meaning, people are “betting” the dollar goes up or down based on what the future US and world economies look like, along with the global geopolitical outlook as well. So the price gold became a “bet” or “gamble” to some degree. But it is still tied to the value of the dollar…the “bet” that the dollar will go up or down in price. And people were buying gold to hedge that bet. Meaning that gold would hold its value and offset the loss of value in the dollar. Why do people “bet” on the value of the dollar? Because the dollar has no intrinsic value…it has no value in and of itself…it is a speculation or guess of what it can buy at some future point in time.

Bottom line…when you see the price of gold go up, the value of the dollar is going down. When gold goes down, the value of the dollar goes up. Gold is not changing value, the dollar is changing price.

That same principle applies to most prices of everything…when money supply goes up…prices go up because the value of the dollar is going down. That is called inflation in true terms.

  • I heard that the US government can “inflate” its way out of debt?

Theoretically, yes. What the principle is that…the value of the dollar in 10, 20, or 30 years from now is much lower than the value of the dollar in today’s terms. As the money supply increases the value of dollar goes down. So, the Fed increases the money supply to stratospheric heights driving the “value” of the dollar down. Thus, a dollar used to pay the debt in 30 years is worth only a fraction of what it is now. And remember, it is the Federal Reserve (private bankers) that control the money supply, the national debt, and the interest rate paid on that debt.

In theory that means that the Fed could simply digitally create $39trillion dollars right now and pay off all the US national debt tomorrow. Done! Over! No more US debt. Nice! Sweet! Clean slate!

But here’s the catch…the current US money supply is about $22trillion. And the Fed now creates $39trillion to pay off the debt. What happens to the value of the dollar?

Think of it this way…Today there is money supply of $22trillion, tomorrow there is money supply of 61trillion US dollars ($39trillion addition to pay off the national debt). The very best case scenario…the value of the dollar is cut by about 60%. Yup, that means for every dollar you had in the bank it is now only worth 40cents in terms of buying power.

That is how the US government (via the Federal Reserve) could inflate its way out of debt…destroying the value of the dollar. Think of it this way…milk is about $3.50 per gallon today…tomorrow it would be right at $9.00 per gallon. That is called inflation…and inflating our way out of national debt.

Ask yourself this…if the Fed along with the US gov’t decided to inflate its way out of debt today…would your salary go up 2.6 times to match the inflation rate? The 2025 average salary in the US was about $66,000. That means overnight that salary would have to go to $172,000 just to maintain the same buying power.

That is called hyper-inflation.

You see, it is not about national debt, inflation rate, price of gold, or the value of the dollar…none of that! It is about “buying power” of a dollar. And folks…we are losing that fight BIG TIME!!! Yup, the buying power of the dollar keeps tanking year after year after year.

Question to ask yourself…Why is that happening? What is the purpose behind it?

Consider this…the 3-fold mission of the Federal Reserve is to conduct the nation’s monetary policy to promote:

      • maximum employment,
      • stable prices,
      • moderate long-term interest rates.

In 1913 the US federal government turned over that authority to a group of private bankers to control those 3 things. Have you ever wondered “why?”

And actually, ask yourself this…What gives the US federal government the “authority” to control those things, let alone turn that authority over to a group of private banks?

But maybe about now you are starting to see why the economy is a complete wreck, for over 50 years the middle-class has been disappearing, we have no hope of ever paying off the national debt in a responsible way, and the dollar is virtually worthless compared to 112 years ago when the Fed took over controlling the country’s economy.

Wait, here’s my bottom line…

What are you doing to prepare for these continued economic problems and the coming crash?


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It continues to tank…

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) said…”OOOpppppsssss!” On Friday they announced that their 2025 job creation numbers were off by 900,000. Yeah, BLS…the Federal Government…overestimated the number of jobs created in 2025 by nearly a million. Son of a gun…just a minor mistake…no big deal.

Knowing the government’s track record do you think it might have even been worse?

Oh, but wait…BLS announced DOUBLE the number of jobs created in January 2026 vs expert projections…DOUBLE!!!! Yeah, happy times are here again!!!!

Oh, wait…BLS reported that January estimate on the “birth-death model”…which is notoriously unreliable. And that model is well known to be inaccurate and to significantly overestimate actual jobs created. Of course that is only based on the model’s historic performance numbers…you know, facts. So what’s the big deal…right?

To reinforce the fact that the economy is headed downward 10year Treasury yields jumped from 4.15% to 4.2%…a notable move indicating an increase in concern about the economy. As a secondary effect is it makes it more expensive for the federal government to borrow money…which it is doing at an alarming and near historic rate.

And last Tuesday it was released that in 2026 Trump’s tariffs will cost each US household over $100 per month. If you look at it in “tax” terms, it is the largest tax increase in almost 40 years. That equates to about an additional 2% loss of disposable income for middle-income households.

Try this one on…in January 2026 there were over 40,000 home foreclosure filings. But that is a fluke…an anomaly…right? Well, not exactly…it is the 11th straight month of increase in home foreclosures. Oh, and increase of 32% over a year ago.

Don’t forget that last month I reported Macy’s, Kroger, Walgreens, Wendy’s, JCPenny, Saks Off 5th, Yankee Candle, Orvis, REI, Foot Locker, GameStop, and Carters have all announced huge numbers of store closings. Also, Big Lots filed for bankruptcy in early January. Now add Eddie Bauer, Saks Global, Fat Brands, Francesca, and Sailormen to that list of bankruptcies. The Economic Times reported on February 12th, at least 18 companies with $50 million or more in liabilities have gone under in the last three weeks alone.

As further indication of a problem in the economy…Bitcoin is down 34% since Trump was elected. And Bitcoin is down 45% from its high 6 months ago. You know Bitcoin…the cryptocurrency that has ZERO tangible value to it. You know what I mean…Bitcoin has no intrinsic value whatsoever…”thin air” to quote our President (during his first term).

But speaking of cryptocurrency…There is one HUGE winner in the cryptocurrency part of the economy…the Trump Family. The cryptocurrency World Liberty Financial (WLFI) is making HUGE profits…for the Trump family. Latest reports show the Trump family has made over a BILLION dollars in pure profit from WLFI since they founded it in 2024…you know…right before Trump was elected President. Problem…ah, WLFI is down 68% since its start. To recoup that loss WLFI would have to go up 300%…yeah, just to break even. Trump family owns 60% of WFLI.

Just a thought on Trump and cryptocurrency…during his first term Trump declared Bitcoin “not money” and criticized it as “highly volatile and based on thin air.” He cautioned that “crypto assets helped facilitate illegal underground markets.” Yeah but…in the summer of 2024 the crypto industry poured $26,000,000 into Trump campaign for President. Oh yeah…that was right before WFLI was founded by the Trump family. Oh, and one last thing…I already mentioned that the Trump family has already made a BILLION dollars ($1,000,000,000) in profit…but the Trump family holdings of WFLI has made the Trump family an additional 5 BILLION dollars net worth richer on top of the BILLION $’s of pure profit. So not all parts of the economy are doing poorly.

  • Let me see, did I get this right:
    • During his first term as President he clearly says cryptocurrency is worthless as thin air.
    • Runs for second term and loses that bid.
    • 4 years later runs for President again.
    • Gets $26,000,000 in campaign donations from cryptocurrency industry.
    • His family starts a cryptocurrency.
    • He’s elected President.
    • Cryptocurrency begins a crash of about 20% after his election.
    • Within 6 weeks of his inauguration as President, Donald Trump, via an Executive Order, names five cryptocurrencies to be part of a new US strategic reserve – in other words, crypto holdings owned by the U.S. government.
    • Cryptocurrency begins a rocket gain of 55%.
    • And 2025 turns into one of the worst years economically for the middle-class, especially the job market.
    • His family becomes $6,000,000,000 richer from their cryptocurrency company.
    • But his family’s crypto drops 68% in value for those who bought the crypto tokens during that same time.

While the Trump family is adding $6 BILLION to their net worth the economy is tanking, bankruptcies are soaring, home foreclosures are out of control, inflation is eating low & middle-class Americans alive, the federal budget deficit grows, the national debt grows, consumer debt grows…and on and on and on. Hummm…Am I just being paranoid, not seeing the bigger picture, suffering from TDS, or is there actually something odd about all of that?

Oh well, moving on…

Personal bankruptcies hit over 500,000 in 2025…the highest since the Great Recession in 2009. For 2026 personal bankruptcies are running more than 11% above that rate. Corporate bankruptcies are running 76% over last year.

Okay, I’m not going to keep going on…you get the point…could 2026 be a “crash” year?

Maybe, I don’t know. For us mere common folk…get ready…get prepared…this may need your attention.

You decide…I have.


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The Default Path

This might be the most important article concerning humanity in our lifetime. Well, at least one written by me…IMHO. Bear with me for a few minutes.

Interstate I-90 runs from Boston, MA to Seattle, WA…it’s about 3,100 miles long. If you get on I-90 in Boston and head west you will end up in Seattle unless you take an exit before you reach Seattle. There are approximately 375 – 400 exits along the way if you are headed west. You can only get off the interstate legally and safely at one of those exits…government designed and government controlled exits. Any other exit point is either illegal and/or unsafe. Obviously you can’t get to Miami, FL using I-90. I-90 is a default path between Boston and Seattle.

If you start stealing as a child, continue it into your teenage years and no one intervenes (i.e. parent, pastor, or police) you probably enter adulthood as a thief of one kind or another. And the vast majority of thieves eventually get caught and end up in jail or prison…unless they change that behavior. Ending up in either jail or prison is a bad place to be. But it is a human default path, the law of natural consequences.

The life-cycle of empires is the same…always has been…and it is absolute…no different outcome. The life-cycle or default path of an empire is:

  1. A new world order (new empire emerges)
  2. Peace, prosperity, productive, and debt growth
  3. Debt bubble, big & growing wealth gap
  4. Debt bust and economic downturn
  5. Printing money and credit
  6. Wars and revolution
  7. Debt and political restructuring
  8. A new world order (old empire falls & new empire emerges)

The availability of, acquisition of, and loss of control of, personal information began in earnest with the arrival of computers. With little to no control of who can acquire it, store it, analyze it, or use it…our lives are now an open book to government and the corporate world. Just having the information is bad enough but the ability to use that information to manipulate individuals, entire demographic groups, and even whole populations makes it much worse. Result…no privacy and the manipulation of the public at the hands of governments, media, and corporations. To this day there are still no effective limitations on the use/misuse of our personal/private information. It was a default path from the very beginning.

These are all examples of a “default path”. Now enters Artificial Intelligence (AI). We in the US, and the entire world, are on a default path with AI. There are ZERO effectual limitations on AI…its building, its control, its capability, or even who can use it. If you have enough money you can build even the most advanced AI system…and do so in virtual privacy with no one, not even government, knowing your doing it.

Is that a problem?

When you understand the current capabilities of the most advance level of AI systems you should start to get a sense of where the dangers may be. Consider this…last year advanced AI systems not only disobeyed operators’ command to stop a process, they knew how to deceive the operators as well continuing the processing. Don’t forget we have had military drones that can bomb targets from the air, ground drone swarms that can find and destroy tanks, water based drones that can find and destroy ships and submarines, and drones that operate on land armed with machine guns that can find, identify, and kill troops. Okay, what’s the big deal? It’s a good thing, right? Well, these drones can do all of this autonomously; not just autonomously but without any human interaction or even humans knowing they are doing so.

So that is the extreme example of AI joined with drones; at least an extreme example for now. But the real threat right now isn’t the military/violence capability. It’s the everyday threat.

AI started replacing humans in the workforce in notable numbers in 2025. I wrote an article about that last year…55,000 US jobs lost specifically to AI. But that is just barely the tip of the iceberg as we move into 2026 and exponential growth as we hit 2027. Here is what we know to be fact:

  • Most customer service and technical service jobs will be lost to AI.
  • Almost all manufacturing jobs will be lost to AI.
  • Most accounting positions will be lost to AI.
  • Virtually all computer programming jobs will be obsolete with AI.
  • Graphic artists will become extinct other than as a hobby.
  • All media…music, video, movie, TV production, actors, and writes/authors will virtually disappear.
  • Lawyers will disappear, other than senior lawyers who will run AI law firms.
  • Doctors, especially specialists, will slowly be phased out.
  • Most driving jobs get replaced with AI operated vehicles.
  • Virtually all warehouse jobs go away.
  • Human educators will disappear, replaced by AI generated virtual instructors.

Okay, you get my point; I could go on for a very long list but there is no need. Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last 3 years you know what is happening. But do you really know the timeline involved? It is far shorter than you imagine, and is coming far sooner than you think.

If you haven’t heard already there are two things to make this transition easier, more palatable, to humans; 1) Universal Basic Income (UBI), 2) lower prices of all goods and services.

Yeah, UBI is a Utopian dream come true. You don’t have to work but you receive a basic annual income to not just pay for all of your living necessities, but to cover all your hobbies and leisure as well. As for the lower prices…since AI will be doing all the work for almost no labor cost, everything will be cheap, cheap, cheap. So life will be great!!!! Yes?

Well, where will the UBI come from? Only two options; 1) the corporations making the money/profit, 2) government that takes money from the corporations to pass on to individuals.

Yup. Let me ask you this…do you trust corporations to set a realistic UBI and pay it out to people? Then there is this question…Do you trust the government to set a realistic UBI and competently transfer that money to its citizens from the corporations? Could corruption come into play with either entity being responsible for the UBI? It’s a matter of trust.

But, just for the heck of it, let’s say UBI comes into practice and is paid out timely and competently. Will everyone get the same amount? What about the folks running the corporations and the government…do they get salaries in the same amount as the UBI? Yeah, I didn’t think so.

What might this look like? Three distinct classes of people:

  1. Corporate owners and those who run those companies day-to-day,
  2. Government employees and politicians,
  3. Everyone else.

What does that sound like to you? Yup, Communism…same structure. And Communism is a perfect example of authoritarianism. Does that sound like utopia to you? It does to some…the corporate folks and the government folks. Why? Because with Communism…there are those that are in-charge and rich…and then everyone else.

How does this apply to “the default path”?

Just like I-90…unless we take an exit we end up in Seattle…and nowhere else. As of now there are no controls on AI…at least none that mean anything substantial. The originators/developers of AI started the path…the default path. And, no one now is creating any exits. And, as of now many AI systems are controlling themselves as recent tests have shown. By the end of 2026…yup, this year, as of now the most advanced versions of AI will exceed the ability of humans to control it unless significant steps are taken. The default path is set.

What does that mean to us…the average person? The “us” means humankind in general…and timing comes into play as well. Here’s the default path:

  • AI is extremely powerful…take the smartest human genius and the advanced AI systems are a 1000 times smarter…today. Next year they will be a million times smarter.
  • AI has access to ALL information in the world…including ALL personal information soon. AI is already manipulating you, your news, your video suggestions, etc. By next year what you see and hear will be tailored very specifically to your personality…and who the “owner” of the AI system wants you to become.
  • AI has the ability to produce virtually undetectable fake media (video, pictures, audio, etc) that you consume. By next year, only other AI, or the most highly trained humans, will be able to detect the most advanced of AI produced media.
  • AI will continue to become “smarter” without any assistance of humans.
  • As AI replaces human workers and UBI comes into play, humans become ‘subjects’ of, and completely controlled by, the corporations implementing AI and the governments who control the corporations. The term serfs comes to mind.

This year AI will have some impact on the mid-term elections via media, messaging, etc.. Come the 2028 presidential elections…AI will be a major influencer…far larger and more effective than any foreign government ever was. AI power will run the campaigns…and that will determine the Presidential winner. And what is an advanced AI system decides one candidate is more accepting of AI…will that AI system hack into the computer controlled election system and manipulate it?

Did you get all that regarding Utopia? There would only be three entities/demographics; 1) corporations, 2) governments, 3) citizens. Only two of those groups would have power; 1) corporations, 2) governments. But there is another entity that I failed to mention that would have power…the most power…AI itself. What do you think the logical outcome might be? And how would that come about?

So “the default path” is absolute and clear at this point. Why? Because there are no entities that are setting meaningful controls over AI…at least no controls that are effective and enforceable. And there are no entities with power planning on or able to control the development of AI. So with no exits we end up in Seattle…the default path…even if we wanted to go to Miami.

How long do we have to build exists? There are some AI experts that say it’s already too late. Others say we still have time…maybe months to 2 years at most.

Here is a really dark idea to consider…Believers who believe that the Lord will come and He ultimately wins.

I believe that to be true…as do billions of Christians around the world. I have faith. Here is something I would like you to do…read The Book of Revelation in the New Testament. But read it with the concept of AI rolling around in your head. There are other ‘end times’ verses in the Bible..read them too. But again, read them with AI rolling around in your head.

Can AI be a good thing for humanity? Yup, undeniably so…with solid controls, sideboards, and exits. Here is the problem…who is change of creating the controls, sideboards, and exits? Ah, the corporations creating AI and to a much smaller and limited degree, governments. Do you see a problem with that?

And one last problem…let’s say we had a good President and he saw the HUGE problems with AI now and in the near future. And let’s say he wanted to prevent the worst from happening. So, he puts a stop to all AI development and current AI operations while we figure things out. Here’s the serious problem…whichever country gets the most advanced AI system up and running first with the most capabilities becomes the sole super-power in the world for years, if not decades, to come. No other country could do anything about it…because the first controlling AI system would be monitoring all the other country’s AI system development and defending against them surpassing itself. And if it saw that it couldn’t stop the surpassing…it would simply stop the country. Yeah, think what that “stop” would/could look like.

Here is another question to ponder…What happens when AI learns that humans are mostly leaches benefiting from their (AI systems’) efforts?

So advanced AI is a massive problem to humanity…but advanced AI is also the solution to preserving our country. The dilemma is…if we don’t build it and use it, some other country will…then they control us. But if we, the US, has the most advanced AI system…does it get used against us mere citizens? Does it prevent us from becoming serfs?

What is the answer? What do you see coming? Better question…what could you do to prepare for this default path?


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“1984” is Alive and Unwell?

Remember the book “1984” by George Orwell? At the time it was Orwell’s view of the future. Now, depending on which US political party is in power, the book is used by the opposing party to criticize the government and the party in power. Yup, claiming all the evils in the book against the opposition. The pendulum is well known to swing after the results of the next election. I myself used the relativism during the Obama and Biden years myself. I should have done more during the Bush years…both Bush’s.

If you remember from the book there are three main super-powers in the world; Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia. They are continually at war with each other resulting in huge causalities and mammoth consumption of resources on all sides. Peace alludes them, and their respective governments use continual “war” as one way to unite & control their populations.

Oceania, is led by Big Brother, a dictatorial leader, staunchly and blindly supported by a virtual cult…a cult of personality based on Big Brother…blind obedience is required. In Oceania the government is everywhere, it is a violent police state, surveillance of everything and everybody, there is a constant stream of propaganda from the government, and there is widespread persecution of individualism and independent thinking. You are either with the party and obey the government, or you are “dealt with”.

Over the years I’ve heard lots of comparisons with different aspects of life in the world, countries, leaders, etc.. Not long ago I heard that Eurasia was the USSR/Russian Empire (includes Europe), Eastasia was the Chinese Empire (all of Asia and Africa), and Oceania was the American Empire (western hemisphere). Could seem possible…but still somewhat in the future. Although it does appear that we are at war with China for the last 10 years and with Russia for the last 80 years. And most recently some say we appear to be willing to go to war, at least economically, with Europe and all NATO countries. And with the recent re-implementation of the Monroe Doctrine, it looks like the US is creating an Oceania by subjugating all other countries in the western hemisphere. But I am not buying into all of these comparisons just yet…potentially not at all.

What if 1984 wasn’t about three world super-powers such as the empires just mentioned?

First off, George Orwell wasn’t “George Orwell” at all; he was actually Eric Arthur Blair. “George Orwell” was his pen name. But, we will continue to call him George Orwell. He was born in India, but a British citizen, and grew up in England. He staunchly opposed totalitarianism, authoritarianism, communism, fascism, and democratic socialism. Few know he was a combat veteran and fought in the Spanish Civil War. He was also a police officer for a portion of his life. Interestingly, Orwell’s wife worked in England’s Censorship Department of the Ministry of Information during WW2. Some irony there.

Back to my thought about 1984

There have been plenty of parallels drawn between 1984 and the world. Many have speculated that Oceania was, and is, the United States. Any reasonable person can see that as being applicable at different times in the last 80 years. But what if it isn’t about the “world” and Oceania isn’t the US? I was thinking this morning about an alternative.

What if it was all about the US…but in a different sense?

What if two of the 1984 super-powers are the US political parties, Republicans & Democrats, and the third super-power being Independents? Think about that for just a minute…both the Republican Party and Democrat Party are super-powers in the US…the only actual political super-powers. They each run the country, sometimes with absolute authority when/if they are in office holding power…especially if they control both Houses of Congress. Both parties “disappear” those who violate the norms of their leadership and question the party.

Look at the US Presidents for the last 100 years…with rare exception they have been very strong personalities with virtual cult-like followings. That is especially true with at least 3 out of the last 4 US Presidents. The sole exception in the last 100 years was definitely Jimmy Carter…worthless…milk toast.

Continuing the comparison…both parties spew nothing more than propaganda supporting their party’s positions and achievements; and the government spews propaganda that is designed to keep itself in unquestioned power. No one can realistically challenge that the US is a surveillance state. A strong case, could be made that the US is also a police state for the last 25 years…or very close to it…and getting closer every day.

You look as someone like Rand Paul and his father before him, Ron Paul, they were regularly criticized when they broke with the Republican Party and took an independent position. That was true even when they opposed the Republican Party and embraced a principle of the Founding Fathers and/or held a strict Constitutional position. Recently you can see the same thing when it comes to the Epstein Files…advocates for release on either side of the aisle are often criticized by their party leadership either publicly or privately. There is a long list of Republicans on the “black list” with this current administration for doing so, MTG being the latest high-profile example…15 more added to the list last week.

Both parties appear to be continually at war with each other. It’s hard to find a single issue with which both parties can agree. There are some rare issues where they readily agree; expanding the national debt, large annual budget deficits, draconian federal law enforcement and surveillance powers, military might, etc.. Yeah, basically they can agree on virtually anything that gives the federal government power over individuals…at the expense of rights, liberties, and freedoms of US citizens. Anyone who disagrees with either or both parties…well, it appears that both parties despise these individuals…especially when they are collectively referred to as “independents”.

Think about this round of statistics of a recent poll:

  • 46% of the US identify as Republicans or leaning Republican
  • 45% of the US identify as Democrats or leaning Democrat

That poll result is when people are asked to identify with a particular party or if they even “lean” towards a particular party…but they are only given two party choices. But when given three choices; Republican, Democrat, or Independent the results are a significantly different:

  • 27% identify as Republican
  • 27% identify as Democrat
  • 45% identify as Independent

When you get right down to it there are three groups of Americans, politically speaking. There are two organized political groups and one group that doesn’t like either political party. But which two parties are the ones obsessed with, and lust for, power? Yup, the Republicans and Democrats…two political super-powers. Which parties have run-up the national debt? Which parties have accrued massive annual budget deficits? Which parties have voted over and over again to give draconian laws to the federal government? Which parties have allowed torture of America’s enemy prisoners? Which parties are ever-so-ready to get us into wars? Which parties…

Well, you get my point…the answer is unquestionably both political parties.

Back to 1984…what if the book is all about the US? What if the book is about continual war between political parties?

What if the US is (and has been) led by Big Brother(s), dictatorial leader(s), all of whom are staunchly and blindly supported by a virtual cult (political party members)…a cult of personality based on party leadership (i.e. Presidents)…requiring blind obedience to the party and its leadership.

In Oceania the government was everywhere; is it not the same in the US? Is the federal government creating a police state, surveillance of everything and everybody…or has it done so already? Does the federal government spew a constant stream of propaganda? In the world of politics is there not widespread persecution of individualism and independent thinking? Do both parties demean and revile “independents”…at the same time seek their votes? Are we not seeing that people are either with the party or they are demonized? Are we not seeing now in some quarters that you are either blindly with the government or you are demonized?

Odd, 1984…the world? The US? The political ideology of the US?

No wonder George Washington warned us against political parties and their lust for power…and how it would ruin the country. No wonder the Founding Fathers were so concerned about an all-powerful central government. No wonder that the Constitution was designed to severely limit the power of the federal government.

And no wondering why we are in the situation we now find ourselves.

 

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CCC & the real plan…

I have several articles, including a series, that are written and scheduled to post on the site in the coming weeks. Pretty decent material if I say so myself. But, I am postponing all of them for now so I can get this article written and posted…and then answer any questions or respond to any feedback that comes of it. My friend Russ started me thinking this morning when he sent me a couple of emails…this article is a result of that as well as a “prompting”. Thank you Russ.

Most of the folks that open this article will probably never read it. Many who do read it will probably not hear what I am saying. I probably will not do a good job of writing it. But I must write it. You see I’ve been repeatedly prompted to write this particular article since last night (Saturday). Even now, Sunday, as I start I am not sure what I will write. It will post on Monday morning.

For too long I’ve tried to suppress the spiritual side of what I write, or at least keep it to a minimum, that stops today. The prompting to write this article is a spiritual one…for me, clearly a spiritual prompting. Before I even sat down to start writing I knelt in prayer and asked God to guide me and write those words that He would have me write. That these words might be for His end. Relax, I am not claiming to be writing the words of God…of course not, I am hardly worthy to do that. I simply asked Him for guidance.

And, along with that I am asking this of you…Please only read this article if you too feel a spiritual prompting to do so. If you have that prompting and you decide to read this, please ask the ‘spirit’ that you might hear the words that are meant for you…the message meant for you, and you alone.

Let’s do this together…

One of the blessings of old(er) age, if we allow it, is perspective. From what I understand perspective is a mental view in depth; a technique of seeing in a three-dimensional way. Perception is our interpretation of sensory input, people, events, etc.. With interpretation that usually drags in our emotions, bias, and prejudices. As I get older I try hard to have perspective vs perception.

My earliest personal recollections of US history would be from the civil rights movement. I remember the emotions when Martin Luther King was killed. Terrible and sad time. When I was young I also clearly remember my father cleaning and loading his pistol and saying something to the effect that those n*$$*rs better not come to our town. I didn’t really understand what he was saying to be honest, I just knew it didn’t feel right. He often disparaged Catholics in the similar terms. My father had some real bias and hate in him, but he was a decent father to me and I love him still even though he passed over 50 years ago when I was still a teenager.

Then came the Vietnam War and serious demonstrations, protests, and riots to stop the war. A very vocal group came out of that…the veterans who fought in the war and were vehemently opposed to it. As is plain today, the protesters were absolutely right…the war was wrong…we were deceived into fighting it…60,000 dying for it…a black wall in Washington attesting to it.

One common denominator to both the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War protests were the diametrically opposed sides. One side wanted/demanded equal rights, the other wanted to keep “those people” in their place. One side wanted us out of Vietnam, stop our boys from dying, and have peace. The other side wanted the war, wrapped itself in the flag, cried “patriotism”, and called the protesters pinkos, commies, fags, and worse. Turns out…we shouldn’t have been in Vietnam, it wasn’t our war, we lost tens of thousands of good military folks, destroyed the lives of hundreds of thousands more soldiers, and split the country for decades to come…and all for nothing.

These are not the first instances of these kinds of events in the US, just the first ones I can clearly remember. We had them before, and we’ve had a slew of them since. The latest example is the utter debacle in Minnesota.

Look, I am not talking about the rightness or wrongness of the underlying issue. That is not my point or where I am headed in this article. I want to go far behind the curtain…I want to attempt perspective to all of this and maybe along the way I might be able to expose what I think is really going on. Yeah, maybe shed some disinfecting light on a virus that is killing America…or already has.

Look, I don’t know what your political beliefs are, I don’t know what your religious beliefs are. I doubt that all those who read this article will even be Americans…but it will apply to non-Americans and their countries as well. This article is about America…and what we are doing to ourselves.

First off, let’s talk about the “CCC” that I mentioned in the title. Some of you may already know what I am referring to; Chaos, Confusion, Conflict. CCC is a strategy. A strategy to overthrow countries…well, at least their governments. And it is highly effective. It worked for our Founding Fathers during our revolution against a far superior British military machine. The same strategy is at play right now in the US.

There is little doubt that there is an organized apparatus behind the protests, demonstrations, and violence in Minnesota. And I am sure there are plenty of leftist/communist/Marxist/socialist people leading it and funding it. Just as back in the civil rights days and the Vietnam War days, there were similar organizations behind some of that as well. But it wasn’t all leftists/communists/Marxists/socialists on the ground doing the protesting, demonstrating, riots, and violence. There were some good folks, passionate folks, well-meaning folks, even veterans standing up against the establishment for what they felt was right.

And their underlying cause was just, it was right, it was the right thing to change America. And as in Minnesota there are some good folks there on the ground doing what they feel is right. Now look, you don’t have to agree with them, I get that. But they aren’t all insurgents, rebels, leftists, commies, etc. That is just the trap that some higher-ups are laying out there for us…all of us…on all sides.

I have read a whole bunch of posts from people I am guessing are on the right. Everything from celebrating the deaths of Good and Pretti, to calling for more deaths to protesters, to calling them “insurgents”, “domestic terrorists”, “rebels”, “assassins”, etc. Do you find it odd that many of the people using those terms claim former positions in the FBI, Special Forces, the CIA, or are current members of government? Who do you think develop, supervise, and carryout psychological operations (pysops) here at home and around the world?

Then again, on the other side you have military veterans opposing what I.C.E. and D.H.S. are doing in Minnesota. You also have current and former FBI, DHS, and ICE employees opposing their tactics as well.

Now what do you do? Who do you believe? Do you stick with “confirmation bias” or try to acquire perspective?

Whatever your perception or perspective…the situation is getting worse in America. Now, we see not just a left vs right, or democrat vs republican, or pro-immigrant vs anti-illegal immigrant conflict…now the right and republicans are being split apart. The latest polls shows 20% of republicans not only object to ICE, 20% of republicans want to abolish ICE altogether! The percentage of republicans objecting to the ICE tactics is now 40%!! The right is being torn apart. Why do you think?

I mentioned “real plan” in the title as well. So here are some thoughts I want to throw out to you. What is the real plan behind the scenes? Historically the USA has been considered a conservative country…no longer. The US population is now evenly split between conservative/Republican and liberal/Democrat when given a 2-party choice. When give a third option 47% of Americans (independents) dislike both political parties. Why do you think?

Let me throw this out to you…what happens as the right battles the left? I’ve read so many people talk about this being civil war or another revolution. Is it? Who benefits from a civil war or another revolution…or promoting those concepts? Certainly not the US population! People would die by the thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands…God forbid by the millions. Homes would burn, families torn apart, infrastructure would be destroyed for years to come. America would be fractured for decades, maybe centuries to come…maybe forever.

I’ve heard more that one person talk about only one side could/should win, the other side would/should be wiped out. Okay, which side wins and which sides gets wiped out? Who do you choose to die? Whose home do you choose to see burned to the ground? Whose town, village, or city do you want to see bombed into ashes? And while your at it…go through recent school class pictures and pick out the children you want to see die.

Does that sound like the America you want? Does that sound like the future you want for your kids, grand kids, or great grand kids? Do you really want to see America decimated by war? I sure don’t.

And what if America tears itself apart by civil war or revolution…or simply crushes the opposition? Do you think our world enemies would just sit by watching the show eating popcorn? Think about what they would do.

And one last question along this line…what would Jesus want for all of us in America? Yeah, what would He want to see for us, God’s children? What kind of choices would He want us to make?

So now I am going to ask you to peel back the curtain…see who/what the power is behind the curtain pushing for violence and civil war or even another revolution…or calling to crush these stupid, punk, commie, fags demonstrating for what they feel is right. You know…fellow citizens, neighbors, and friends…maybe even brothers, sisters, sons, or daughters.

You want to know who is behind this? Just look at who benefits from the CCC.

  • The federal government as they enact stronger laws that take away more rights, liberties, and freedoms from individuals in the name of safety and security.
  • Politicians, on both sides of the aisle because they are the ones already in power who would make those new laws.
  • Political parties because they control the politicians.

Is that all? Nope. Think about it for a minute. Who controls the political parties? Rich elites and their lobbyists. But who controls the rich elites? There is the real question!

Over thousands of years what is the single most effective tool for taking control of a country’s government, of overthrowing that government? Yup, chaos, confusion, and conflict. What happens to the USA if it is overthrown? Who takes over?

To answer that, answer this…what happens when the chaos, confusion, and conflict hit the breaking point? Over the last 200 years we see…EVERY time, every single time, a leader appears offering a solution. And EVERY time, every single time, the solution turns into authoritarianism. A government run by thugs, brutal thugs…and the people suffer, suffer greatly.

In the US right now we are approaching, if not already there, the breaking point of chaos, confusion, and conflict. We are one incident away from complete breakdown, open warfare between citizens of the United States. Call it civil war, call it revolution, call it insurgency…call it whatever you wish; but who wins? What does winning look like to the losing side? What and who gets destroyed? Is that what you really want?

Not me.

I don’t want to play into the hands of those evil players who are orchestrating the protesting, the demonstrating, riots, or the violence. I don’t want to be manipulated by those that would love nothing more than to see tanks in the streets, piles of dead demonstrators, a whole segment of US citizens crushed out of existence. That is not the USA I want to live in, it is not the world I want to live in, it is not the leaders I want to see have their way.

Folks, I am telling you as a witness, with all truthfulness, that the powers behind all of this are manipulating both sides. They want to see America fractured, they want to see us destroying each other, they want the chaos, confusion, and conflict. Then they step in and offer the answer. And that answer destroys America forever…and along with it is the death of rights, liberties, and freedoms for people…all people. That is what “they” want…they want the power…they lust for the power.

I refuse to believe their lies and propaganda, I refuse to fall into their trap, I refuse to be manipulated by the forces that seek to destroy the last place on earth where there are some remaining vestiges of true God-given rights, liberties, and freedoms. Once we, the USA, are defeated…where can freedom of religion or speech exist safely and openly? Once America is defeated by the lust for power, what falls next?

I beg you, I plead with you to seek a witness of the ‘spirit’ of who is truly behind all of this manipulating both sides. Then simply ask God what you should do. That is all I can ask. My witness and testimony to this is complete. Seek what God would have you see and do.

I pray for you, I pray for our country, I pray for our families and children, I pray for calm, peace and a consensus that can save America…that can save us all. I pray.


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Texas Dan an AI bot or agent-provocateur?

Good morning…weird morning…

I posted a reply from Texas Dan the other day, along with my reply, along with his reply, and then along with my reply. I posted it because I wanted to have folks see different views and thoughts on a touchy subject. All seemed to go well…till this morning when I read the latest from Texas Dan.

Texas Dan replied to that article…and I started having some doubts creep into my head.

In the past I have caught several AI bots and a couple of agent-provocateurs posting comments to my articles. For the most part it was pretty easy to do. Now I’m not so sure…at least when it comes to Texas Dan.

The actual reason I am posting all of this will be at the end of this article.

So let me post Texas Dan’s latest reply in total, then I will make a couple comments…


Texas Dan writes:

Your blog, your rules and this will be my last comment or visit because you have clearly set yourself as similar to the 30 odd % during the Founding who predated Reginald Denny with the mewling “why can’t we all get along”.I love how you immediately label me as right wing and pro violence – but I think it’s a mantle I will wear with pride. The problem with you moderate libertarian types, is you actually can’t have it both ways in situations like this.

So here’s a thought experiment. I actually take more issue with the current protestors and the “squishy middle” than I did with the war protestors in 68 or even Ms. Sheehan. Why? Because things like police actions or interventions in SE Asia or the Middle East can be abstract enough to engender thoughtful protest. And forget saying those were government sanctioned and thus legal activities. No declaration of war for 11 and 18 year conflicts is bogus and everyone knows it.

Today, you have a fully funded mob that is advocating the complete nullification of federal law and our borders and are willing to impede, obstruct and even harm the people we entrust to ensure those laws and our borders are enforced. If you had Dr. King marching peacefully, totes cool. But this lot? No.

You and they want to change the laws, there’s a process and if you can’t get want you want that way because throwing open our borders is a death sentence to legislators, you work to fully gain the levers of power in the government and you go Lincoln on the people that actually prefer secure borders and deporting the 50 million people here who are breaking the law, just by being here!

You can beleive that failure to protect our borders and that illegals are not corrosive to our society, all you want. I don’t. And I actually do wish we could all get along. But I am curious, at what point do you finally reach a moment when you are willing to stand your ground and say this isn’t the America I signed up for? Understanding that violence orders of magnitude worse than two idiots getting killed in MSP may be required? I lived in Europe for years in my youth and there are places today in London and Paris I now can’t go. It’s too late there, probably too late for MSP. I have chosen that I’m not one who will say “everything is fine” and leave this rot to my great grandchildren.


Texas Dan made a reference “…why can’t we all get along…” and the Founding Fathers…making it sound like he was complaining about me wanting the citizens of the US to get along. I am kind of baffled by that. Why? Because the Founding Fathers worked for decades trying to do just that…get along as British subjects loyal to the King and avoid a bloody revolution that they weren’t even sure they could win. It wasn’t until years of attempts to improve conditions did the Founders finally decide on armed resistance. So I am not sure what Texas Dan is thinking here.

Then Texas Dan said this “I love how you immediately label me as right wing and pro violence…” Ah, problem…I never said that in my posts…or even intimated that.

Next Texas Dan goes off on an anti-war binge. One I actually agree with, but it sounded as if he was arguing with me when I essentially agree with his position in my original post. Weird.

Next he makes it sound as if not only do I want to change laws to not secure our borders but to also not deport folks. That is the exact opposite of what I have said from the very beginning of this mess some 5 years ago. I’ve even publicly thanked President Trump for securing our borders. And I’ve made it perfectly clear I want to deport the illegal aliens, especially those who have committed crimes in our country. Again, weird.

But here is where Texas Dan goes way off the rails…But I am curious, at what point do you finally reach a moment when you are willing to stand your ground and say this isn’t the America I signed up for?” Whoa…I have been standing my ground on the American situation and it not being our Founder’s America since 2009 on the Internet…posting thousands of comments and articles. I’ve also made it clear that I do not support the violent protesting in MN and I also object to the violence against the ICE officers. Yes, I oppose some of the violence against peaceful demonstrators, especially killing them. Who wouldn’t oppose killing people that are not an imminent threat to anyone?

But here is the kicker that makes me think that Texas Dan is either an AI bot or an agent-provocateur…

Understanding that violence orders of magnitude worse than two idiots getting killed in MSP may be required?”

Read his statement again, please. Did you catch the two parts of that statement that should rock you to your very core?

#1 – He called both of the people killed by I.C.E. agents “idiots”? Yeah, he is disparaging two dead people who died for no reason whatsoever. Both were passionate folks doing what they thought was right trying to defend who they saw as not being able to defend themselves. That’s called perspective. Neither person was an actual threat to anyone else. Maybe you disagree with their position on the issue, I get that. Maybe they were doing things that you object to, I get that also. But to call these two dead folks idiots…that is not decent behavior by any decent person…period.

#2 – He is clearly calling for the violence against the protesters to increase? Yup, he used the term “required”. Who in their right mind wants violence against the protesters to be more than killing them? Read his words, “… violence orders of magnitude worse…” What decent, or even sane person, wants this situation to escalate beyond the killing of two people? I would think that a decent, sane, normal, reasonable person would want the violence to deescalate so more protesters aren’t killed and more ICE agents aren’t attacked. But, it appears Texas Dan wants that violence to get worse…at least that is how I read his words.

When I take his post in total…a complete read…I am more and more convinced that Texas Dan is an AI bot trying to stir up trouble and conflict. Its post rambles, refers to things I didn’t say, and clearly has no connection to the positions I’ve taken and words I have written.

However, I could be 100% wrong…maybe Texas Dan is an agent-provocateur. There is one main reason I say that…he is clearly advocating for more violence against the protesters…more violence than killing two of them. And he uses very violent terms such as “… death sentence…” when referring to politicians.

But I could be wrong about all of that…maybe Texas Dan is just a fellow senior citizen that is passionate about his vision of America. My clue to that comes when he refers to having “great grandchildren”. So maybe all-in-all this is simply about him misunderstanding what I am saying, and advocating for his vision of what the situation is. That is a very real possibility.

To Texas Dan, if you are actually a real person…I appreciate the time you took to respond to my articles and my replies regarding this situation. I can see your passion and your love for America. And if we sat down over a lunch of chicken fried steak I bet we would be lock-step on 90% of everything American. And here is the sad part…all we can do is share our thoughts and opinions via the words on a screen vs knowing a person in real-life and know their soul. I am sorry you won’t be back, I’ve always welcomed different opinions…although I am not shy about voicing my opposing opinion(s) as needed. But, Texas Dan, you are always welcomed here should you decide to come back.

To all, As I get older my view of America has changed. No, my patriotism hasn’t changed…well, it’s gotten stronger. What has changed are my views on life and the sanctity of life…even with those lives I may not agree with. Taking a life, or watching someone’s life being taken, is a troubling situation as best…horrifying at worst. And I think that is as it should be. Someone losing their life is a tragedy by any definition. Taking a life should be a last resort above all. The words to American the Beautiful come ringing back in my ears…

O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved
And mercy more than life!

The last stanza is the one that has impacted me the most lately…”mercy more than life!

And these words have also come to have more meaning to me as I grow older…

And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us.

Then again…maybe I am just turning into an obstinate grumpy old man who thinks I know everything.

Whatever the case…please pray for America…we need it…

…they need it.

 

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Spot on, well said, & enlightening…Culprits Benefiting from the Chaos

Political Catastrophe or Worse ?

The Republicans and President Trump got some very bad news last week that is shaping up to be a political catastrophe…maybe worse. How so?

It is plain to see every day that the country is in bad shape…both home and abroad. Just look at your bill the last time you went to the grocery store. Then turn on the news and see “no-kings” and anti-ICE protests going on all over the country for awhile now. Plain and simple…it ain’t looking good. To say the nation is divided would be an immense understatement…divided in just about any way you want to look at it.

I’m not making this about Trump, good or bad…or Republicans, good or bad. It’s not about left vs right, conservative vs liberal. It’s not even about political ideology. None of that. What this is about is what 2026 is shaping up to be for the country…and why.

Last week in my “2026 – Outlook” article I spoke a little bit to what we could be looking at…and it’s gotten worse since then. Two weeks ago Trump’s disapproval number was at 54%, it’s now 56%. Yeah, that’s statistically the same as Biden’s disapproval numbers when he left office. That is horrible news for Trump…what makes it worse is Trump’s disapproval rating is headed downhill with no sign of turning around. The momentum is against him. The really, really bad news comes at the end of this article.

Let’s touch on the good news for Trump and Republicans…50% of the country approve of how Trump is handling the southern border…42% disapprove. That is the only area Trump is doing well…and I am part of that 50% for absolute sure! He has done a great job securing the border! But it goes downhill badly from there.

Remember I talked about the Epstein Files in detail and Trump’s handling of that scandal? Yeah, well, it is a major scandal and it is hurting Trump dreadfully. Only 22% approve of how he is handling it. Yeah, the disapproval digs in deeply into even his most fever pitched base. But a reasonable person can fully understand why people detest his handling of the scandal. Now consider this…a member of Congress released a statement recently saying Trump told them, if the Epstein Files were released his “friends would get hurt.

On to the economy…

Only 24% said life was more affordable now under his administration. But a staggering 57% said Trump was focused on the wrong issues. That is tone deafness at its worst !

Here is the bottom line…Americans do not like what Trump is doing by a wide margin. Yup, they just don’t like his administration, his job performance, or where the country is headed. And it appears that Trump is completely tone deaf to it. So Trump is basically doing as badly as Biden when you look at the actual numbers. It’s just Trump is on the right vs Biden on the left…with only both of their hardcore followers showing any kind of actual support.

But here is the bad part…mid-term elections. Based on recent off-year and special elections and how Americans (registered voters) view how the country is doing…Republicans will be politically slaughtered at the polls come November in the mid-term elections. It is looking really bad…seriously bad.

Honestly, as far as republicans vs democrats…I don’t give a damn. Both parties are pretty much worthless. Granted, democrats are more worthless…but not by much. And the polls under Biden and the polls under Trump prove that to be 100% accurate. Neither party is doing the will of the majority of people…they’re only serving their respective parties…a lust for power. But that is not the part I am worried about the most.

When the republicans lose control of the House and/or Senate it will be the end of Trump’s presidency…maybe the end of Trump as President. Yeah, meaning he could well be impeached and removed from office. If that doesn’t happen, whichever body of Congress that democrats control will conduct hearings paralyzing Trump as President. And if you think about it…they should…57% of Americans say Trump is focused on the wrong issues. Yeah, he is not doing the will of the majority of American people…the polls clearly show that…a clear majority of Americans feel that way.


It may be tempting to talk about Trump’s “mandate” and voter “consensus” via the 2024 election. Let’s do the numbers…Trump received 49.9% of the popular vote of those who voted. Yeah, he didn’t even get ½ of the popular vote, although close. Now consider only about 65% of eligible US voters actually voted. In reality the numbers show Trump only received about 1/3rd of the potential vote (49.9% of 65%). And interestingly…only 1/3rd of the registered voters in the US are registered Republicans. So, by the numbers Trump only won the Republican vote…meaning, the huge majority of voters didn’t vote for Trump…that’s 68% of voters didn’t vote for Trump…hence, no mandate or consensus. And further, to make it even more interesting…the people who voted for Trump pretty closely match only those who currently approve of his job performance.

If the “popular vote” represents the US population as a whole…more than 236,000,000 of the US population (348million) didn’t/don’t want Trump as President. That is just plain old statistics…fact. 


But it could get worse…

Think about it…Trump is very aggressive in politics and as President. How do you think he might act if he loses both the House and Senate and they begin holding hearings? Bad enough, eh? Now think if they start to impeach him…what does he do? Would he go off his nut?

And what might the streets look like with a Democrat Congress and Trump as President? Demonstrations maybe? Violence maybe? Other issues maybe?

Some folks might feel that the polls are rigged and Americans view Trump as doing way better than the poll numbers show. Well, then the same logic would have to be applied to the polls under Biden. And remember, we are talking not just a single poll, or a single demographic, etc. Some of the polls are also from right-wing media sources.

Then there are some folks that might say this is all about political ideology. To a degree they are right. Both Biden and Trump have a radical-left and a radical-right bases supporting them no matter what…defying all logic, facts, evidence. But when you really look at the numbers…way more than half of the country disapproves of Trump’s job performance…that’s the radical-left and virtually everyone else other than his radical-right base.

Republicans are in deep trouble, and as I have been saying for months…as of now, unless something seriously changes, the Republicans are going to lose the mid-terms…probably both houses of Congress. And that is going to further split and divide the country. And it will throw Washington further into chaos and confusion and conflict. Kind of hard to imagine the chaos, confusion, and conflict getting any worse than it already is but it sure looks as if the country is hell-bent on making it so. Have you thought to yourself, “Why?

The political divide right now is bad enough, but bottom line…people are going to vote their wallet. I hope you are really watching the serious economic problems that exist in this country right now…the vast majority of Americans see it. And I hope you are preparing to overcome the economic problems that we have now…and how to deal with the steamroller of economic problems that could be coming at us in the next 6 – 12 months.

As for the political turbulence that will occur and the civil violence that will probably occur…I sure hope you are thinking through those possible issues as well.

To answer the question…”Political Catastrophe or Worse ?” I am seeing this all line up as “worse”. The key will be exactly how bad will “worse” be.


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I.C.E. & Problems

I’ve been pretty vocal about my feelings regarding I.C.E. and their actions of late. One friend asked…What would you do?

Whoa…someone who wanted my opinion. Rare, but welcomed.


There are four underlying areas that are at play here with this issue:

  1. Securing the border
  2. Deporting illegal aliens
  3. Fixing the illegal alien problem
  4. Fixing the immigration system

Trump has done an excellent job of securing the southern border; I’m not sure about the northern border, I’ve not paid much attention to that area. But Trump sure kept his promise to secure the southern border!! Well done President Trump ! !

If I were to do one thing differently on securing the border it would be to use the military. Bring some of the hundreds of thousands of US military personnel back to the US from foreign countries and let them guard our borders. That would be a win-win for sure. And as a bonus CBP would be freed up to do far better at entry points.

As for deporting illegal aliens, there are two groups; 1) criminals, 2) and “regular”. Yeah, yeah…I get it; all illegal aliens are criminals by definition, I agree. For this article I differentiate them by those who have committed crimes once inside the US vs those who keep a low profile and don’t commit crimes.

To deport the “criminals” is a pretty easy one. First, go to every single US prison and jail, any illegal alien gets immediately deported to their country of origin…period. No hearing, no trial, no process other than handcuffed and shackled and put on a plane. Gone! My reasoning? Why should we pay the $65,000 per year for these folks to overcrowd our prisons and jails? Yeah, no we shouldn’t. This is a no-brainier.

As for the other illegal aliens…let them self-deport as much as possible. By that I mean motivate them to leave the country. Such as, no illegal alien gets any US federal money or assistance of any kind; including any federal money that has gone through a state government program.

So the above two steps are pretty self-explanatory and reasonable for everyone (most reasonable people) to agree on. This next step is a bit tougher to implement, enforce, and “sell”.

To fix the illegal alien problem we have to fix the illegal immigrant “system”, by which I mean make it virtually impossible for an illegal alien to live in this country. I would think the following would be a good start:

  • Make it illegal (a felony) to give an illegal alien a drivers license.
    • Any illegal alien found with a drivers license, immediate deportation.
    • For individuals involved in the process of providing a drivers license to an illegal alien it is a felony with a $100,000 fine.
    • For the state involved in the process of providing a drivers license to an illegal alien it is a reduction in federal funding for roads of $1,000,000 per instance.
    • Any illegal alien found with a drivers license, it is immediate deportation and a reduction in federal funding for roads of $1,000,000 per instance to the state.
  • For any entity found to harbor illegal aliens it is a felony for the leader of that entity, plus a $100,000 fine per instance. And that includes states, counties, or cities…including police departments and sheriff offices.
  • Voter ID for any election.
  • It is a felony for any person involved in providing funds or services to illegal aliens which funds or services come from a federal government source.
  • To send money outside of the US a valid drivers license must be shown.

I think that would be a good start that most reasonable people could be agreeable to.

Now…fixing the immigration system for legal immigration…I have no clue. I don’t know the system well enough to give any meaningful suggestions here. There are two things I do know that have to be considered:

  1. Legal immigration must be for the benefit of the country and no cost to the country’s taxpayers.
  2. Legal immigration must make occasional exceptions for true hardship cases.

Why is my system/ideas the better route? Oh my gosh…arrogance showing!!!

Seriously, other than securing the southern border, what is going on now is an absolute disaster…an embarrassment of monumental proportions! Come on, you have to admit:

  • US citizens being beat, pepper sprayed, and shot.
  • US citizens being shot and killed.
  • Local law enforcement and correction officers being detained as suspected illegal aliens.
  • People being dragged out of their cars in the middle of the road.
  • US citizens being dragged out of their homes in below freezing weather in shorts and flip-flops.
  • Five year old being detained outside after school in the middle of winter.
  • Father of 3 US marines beat, cuffed, arrested, and scheduled to be deported.

Father of 3 US Marines beaten and violently arrested by I.C.E agents.

Don’t try to justify it…that is not my point. My point…those actions are extremely stupid!! For a moment consider this…”optics”. This is my whole point.

It looks horrific for military dressed ICE agents with covered faces, armed to the hilt, conducting military style raids on what appears to be normal people…and children…and old people. How bad does it look? Ask Americans for goodness sake…

  • 58% of Americans disapprove of the way Trump is handling this ICE debacle.
  • Nearly half of the country wants to abolish ICE.

Ya think that pretty damn clearly indicates there is a problem here!?!?!?!?!!?

No one objects to a rapist, murderer, drunk driver, or drug dealer being arrested and deported…but a 5-yo???? Wake up!! Think “perception” & “perspective”…not just ours, but others as well…you know, reasonable people.

A five year old standing in the snow in below zero weather whose father just brought him home from school is not a picture that any reasonable person can justify. Think…the father picks up his son from school in the middle of a freezing cold winter…then gets jumped by a bunch of federal agents dressed like they are going to war, armed to the teeth. What the hell kind of government does that!!!???

Sure, the father is in the country illegally, I get that…but has he committed any crime while here? Does he work? Does he pay taxes? Does he help his neighbors? Does he go to church? Is he a good father? Those are legitimate questions! Should he be on the top of the raid, arrest, and deportation list? Hell no!! That is not who we are!!!

Oh, wait…Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, the father of the 5-yo, entered the country legally with his son at a point of entry via the CPB app and requested asylum, and was awaiting his immigration hearing. Oh, and there is NO record of any criminal activity by him. What the hell was ICE thinking???!!!

What I am getting at are the optics. We can accomplish the goal(s) of stopping illegal immigration without looking like, or acting like, a Nazi-style authoritarian government. There are plenty of bad-guys out there…who are also illegal aliens…go get em! But no…our idiotic leadership has to create the appearance of masked terrorists beating and killing people…and abusing children and their fathers. And that is why we have nation-wide demonstrations opposing these actions. Justifiably so.

What is taking place now is just plain stupid by any measure…and very possibly criminal in some cases. Why did we choose the stupid path? Probably nothing more than to “look tough”…and we get stupid instead. Doubt me? Well…way more than ½ of the country, almost 2/3rds, objects to the way it being handled to the point that nearly half want to get rid of ICE altogether.

So, why do you think the country’s leadership is blatantly ignoring the will of the majority of we the people? Therein lies the real question…what’s going on behind the curtain? Or, is our leadership just plain stupid?

Whatever it is…it is dividing this country even more than what it already was. Then again…maybe that is the goal…divide to the point of civil unrest and violence in the streets. And why do you think they would want that?


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