Happy Fathers Day

To all the Dads out there who take their responsibility seriously and with love, I hope you have a great Fathers Day.  Dads should be the heroes in the lives of their children as well as their chief supporter in all their endeavors.  The years go by swiftly and one day you wake up and they are gone, off to raise their own.  Make the best out of each day and you will never have regrets.  I wish someone would have given me this advice 50 years ago when I thought my main job was basically financial support for the family.  Thankfully my family is intact and a loving one that cares deeply for each other, a goal any man would love.  Thank you Jan for all your loving support, even when I didn’t always deserve the title of Father of the Year.    

I'm sick of hearing this President

Am I the only one who gets physically sick when I hear this President speak.  For 7 plus years we have heard how wonderful the Muslins are and how it’s the Christians who have caused most of the problems in the world.  If these American Muslins are so peaceful and caring as he keeps telling us let them take the things from the Koran like Sharia Law, hatred for Jews and Christians, death to the Gays and sign a pledge of allegiance to America.  Have them police their Mosques for those who preach Jihad and bring to light those who would do terror upon us.  Prove that they can live in peace with fellow Americans by becoming part of the fabric of our neighborhoods and by loudly rejecting the doctrine of hate that has permeated the Middle East and so much of Europe.  So many of them seem to gather in Ghettos reliving the life they fled rather than enjoying the fruits of America.  They demand things like Sharia Law rather than partner with those that have reached out to help them.  I have absolutely nothing against people from different lands and customs but when they fail to assimilate and allow a faction to live among them who would drag us back to the Stone Age I find it threatening to say the least.  My own Doctor for years here in this little town was from the Middle East and a Muslim, he was one of the best Doctors I have had the pleasure to meet yet one day he told me that he was leaving the area because he was uncomfortable with his Mosque in Reno.  I was disappointed that he would choose to run rather than stand and fight to change what was wrong.  Racial bias has no place in America and in fact those who preach it usually have not found their own peace and serenity.  I mean that from all aspects, every race has their bigots it’s not just whites that can be racists.

The other part of my loathing of this President is his desire to defame our country.  He has as much as stated it in his writing.  He has a distaste for American power considering it colonialism, it showed during his first term apology cruise around the world.  He has done more to stir the fires of racism during his presidency than any other in history.  From Furguson to New York to Baltimore he has sent his emissaries like Sharpton or his flunky ex Attorney General Eric Holder to rally the folks and cause them to believe they were wronged before any proof of misconduct could even be found.  No, I not a fan, I was raised to believe that to get ahead in this world you had to work for it and to treat everyone equally.  I was brought up in a home where everyone was welcome and if they were hungry they were fed.  I was taught it was a privilege to serve our country as were my two brothers.  He has openly called for redistribution of wealth and believes in a welfare system that has all but destroyed so much of the black community.  I am of the belief that being an American is a privilege and I and most of those who come from my era no matter their politics have shown their generosity every time there is a disaster around the world.  He has shown that he believes that this country is populated by a bunch of pompous self-serving greedy white guys who need their comeuppance.  No, sorry but I am not a fan.   

Who does he blame for the massacre in Orlando, hint it’s not the shooter, it’s the republicans because they believe in the 2^nd Amendment.  No matter what side you are on regarding gun control understand this, the Cartels in Mexico are just waiting for a ban on so called assault rifles, they have thousands of them crated and ready to smuggle across the border and believe me, they won’t be selling them to nice people.  If you think there is violence now just wait till only the bad guys have the guns.

A time for action

This morning as I turned the computer on I was shocked at the idea that a fellow human being could bring himself to such extreme hatred and violence.  Then it dawned on me I can’t call these radicals fellow human beings as they don’t even resemble anything in the animal world.  They are from another world one which is filled with hatred and self loathing as its core beliefs.  This war has been going on for thousands of years and will continue as long as we allow it to.  Cringing in fear is not the American way, when confronted with these situations our government seeks gun control a typical liberal solution.  I too believe in gun control, if just one man or woman in that night club had been in control of a gun there would be less dead people today.  Until our leaders show they have the cahonies to face the world situation with a force strong enough to eradicate the radicals we will always be hiding under tables.  They say we are tired of war and no one has the guts to even propose boots on the ground for fear of losing votes, what happens when we tire of these type events will anyone step up to the challenge of protecting our people.  Liberal solutions are what have gotten us into this mess; fighting a war with one arm tied behind our back, (stringent rules of engagement) leaving the battle before it has been won, (Korea, Viet Nam, Iraq and Afghanistan.)  Wars are cruel and deadly they should not be run by politicians seeking votes but men and women who have trained for war and understand it’s a violent procedure not let’s get together for a beer and work out our differences.  God Help us if we don’t make a change in direction soon.    

June 6th, 1944

Don Lindberg

23 hrs ·

72 years ago on a cold June 6th morning thousands of American, English and Canadian troops helped their peers become known as greatest generation in history. They waded ashore through heavy fire and mines to eventually get a foothold on the beach. No one can imagine the fear, the apprehension and adrenalin coursing through their veins as the Germans held the high ground over the beach. 2500 brave souls died on the beach that morning and thousands were wounded and evacuat...ed. Our lives today reflect the freedom earned through their defiant courage. Over 10,000 Americans are buried on Normandy's shore and each year although the number is dwindling, survivors in their 90's come to pay tribute to their interned comrades. As Churchill once said of the RAF, "We owe so much to so few." We certainly would not have the freedoms of today without the extreme sacrifice of yesterday.

No more appologies

This week’s trip around the world by our President shows exactly the difference in the Democratic party from years past.  Harry Truman weighed the difference between losing over a million men by attacking the mainland of Japan, these were the loving sons of America families compared to first warning the world of a weapon of total destruction and then destroying our enemy at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  This the same enemy who had viciously attacked us at Pearl Harbor without warning and exacted a huge toll on American lives as we fought island to island in the Pacific to wrestle control and bring peace to the area.  An enemy who totally refused to capitulate even as their people were being blown out of the cities across Japan by our B29’s.   Compare that to the wartime President today who won’t even put a name on our enemies.  A President who instead of extolling the virtue of the rebuilding of these areas to world class cities, (with a great deal of help from America) chose to talk about the horror of the weapon and that it should have been never been used never used again.  So he would have sacrificed the troops to save our adversaries?  Harry Truman he is not!  The Democratic Party has become the party of capitulation.  Nickoli  Kruschev told us in the 60’s that they the Russians didn’t need to fight us because they were winning the battle for control inside our government and across our country already.  My father God rest his soul was a Democrat all his life yet his last vote here on earth was for Reagan.  He  had no choice as the Democrats were not the party of Truman and Henry Jackson that he knew and respected but had been taken over by a form of Socialism that was trying to buy votes with government services.  This was years ago and the party has moved farther left with each election.  Can you imagine a man of my father’s era responding to this latest edict of Obama about Transgender men or women  using the bathroom or locker room of their choice rather than their gender. 

The men and women who actually built the United States, who are the Blue Collar workers, mostly democrats are being forced to fight for the few remaining jobs left here in the United States after decades of poor judgement by our government have sent our manufacturing base to other countries.  Who have allowed the Middle East to dictate what we pay for oil and gas.  Who have allowed foreigners to buy up our cities and farms without so much as whimper of descent? Who have allowed bureaucracies like the EPA, the IRS, and the BLM to become weapons to be used to quell the outcry of over reach from the people affected.  The Republicans have done little to stop this transgression of government expansion and have meekly crawled into oblivion on the issue of our rights as citizens.  

And you ask how I can vote for Trump, somebody has to straighten out our countries problems and it surely won’t be an insider.  I don’t consider Trump a party member, a true conservative or an independent, To me he is a Populist and has finally found the button to wake up the Silent Majority.  America needs a rousing revamping of our priorities and a new vow by all elected to honor our Constitution and the basic rights it gives us.  God Bless America, we need his blessing to survive.

 

The changes in our government are obvious

This week’s trip around the world by our President shows exactly the difference in the Democratic party from years past.  Harry Truman weighed the difference between losing over a million men by attacking the mainland of Japan, these were the loving sons of America families compared to first warning the world of a weapon of total destruction and then destroying our enemy at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  This the same enemy who had viciously attacked us at Pearl Harbor without warning and exacted a huge toll on American lives as we fought island to island in the Pacific to wrestle control and bring peace to the area.  An enemy who totally refused to capitulate even as their people were being blown out of the cities across Japan by our B29’s.   Compare that to the wartime President today who won’t even put a name on our enemies.  A President who instead of extolling the virtue of the rebuilding of these areas to world class cities, (with a great deal of help from America) chose to talk about the horror of the weapon and that it should have been never been used never used again.  So he would have sacrificed the troops to save our adversaries?  Harry Truman he is not!  The Democratic Party has become the party of capitulation.  Nickoli  Kruschev told us in the 60’s that they the Russians didn’t need to fight us because they were winning the battle for control inside our government and across our country already.  My father God rest his soul was a Democrat all his life yet his last vote here on earth was for Reagan.  He  had no choice as the Democrats were not the party of Truman and Henry Jackson that he knew and respected but had been taken over by a form of Socialism that was trying to buy votes with government services.  This was years ago and the party has moved farther left with each election.  Can you imagine a man of my father’s era responding to this latest edict of Obama about Transgender men or women  using the bathroom or locker room of their choice rather than their gender. 

The men and women who actually built the United States, who are the Blue Collar workers, mostly democrats are being forced to fight for the few remaining jobs left here in the United States after decades of poor judgement by our government have sent our manufacturing base to other countries.  Who have allowed the Middle East to dictate what we pay for oil and gas.  Who have allowed foreigners to buy up our cities and farms without so much as whimper of descent? Who have allowed bureaucracies like the EPA, the IRS, and the BLM to become weapons to be used to quell the outcry of over reach from the people affected.  The Republicans have done little to stop this transgression of government expansion and have meekly crawled into oblivion on the issue of our rights as citizens.   

And you ask how I can vote for Trump, somebody has to straighten out our countries problems and it surely won’t be an insider.  I don’t consider Trump a party member, a true conservative or an independent, To me he is a Populist and has finally found the button to wake up the Silent Majority.  America needs a rousing revamping of our priorities and a new vow by all elected to honor our Constitution and the basic rights it gives us.  God Bless America, we need his blessing to survive.

Are we teaching the real history of America?

Are the children today being taught the realities of WWII or are they too sensitive for the realism of our history?  I was just a lad during the 2^nd World War but it truly had an effect on my upbringing.  My older brother Walter joined the Navy at 17 prior to graduating high school in 1943, he had tried to join the Marines at 16 but they caught him and sent him home. Walter ended up in the South Pacific in the Submarine Service, my Uncle Cliff joined the Sea Bee’s and helped build the airport that the B29’s used to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  My uncle Bob was in the Army in Italy and fought all the way to Germany. The Larson boy’s neighbors of ours joined the Marines one died at Iwo and the other died at Guadalcanal.  These are just a few of the youngsters that went straight from high school into Hell.  These were different times the world had just come out of the Great Depression to find that the world had created a bigger problem called Hitler and the Nazi’s who were over running Europe with an oppressive regime with little regard for humanity.  At the time the biggest thing on these kids minds was just graduating from high school and impressing the local girls with their athletic prowess.  At the same time America suffered a devastating blow as the Japanese brought the war home with the bombing of Pearl Harbor.  America at the time was really a 2^nd generation country as most of the population had migrated from Europe in the early 20^th Century.  People were proud of their newly acquired citizenship and it showed in their patriotism as they filled the recruiting stations.  War is about as evil a thing as the world could think up and these kids volunteered knowing the danger they faced.

There were heroes in many places as the women of America took on the jobs left by their men.  Everything from sugar to gasoline was being sent to the front for the troops and rationed here at home. Everyone learned to sacrifice.  Families sat by the radio every night to hear the latest news on the war front not having any idea where their loved ones were.  It wasn’t until after the war that the brutality of the combat was comprehended. Many times the men fought days on end without sleep or a break in the action, with death all around them and the deafening noise of the battle fighting not only the enemy  but the weather a constant reminder of their situation.  Everyone knew someone who died in this brutal war and knew many who came home wounded in both body and spirit.  Men went to sea knowing how many ships had been sunk by U Boats & Japanese I boats with all aboard lost.  The stories of bravery and heroism came from all fronts and all branches of service.  Few today could match the tenacity of the men and women of the Greatest Generation.  

 Less than 5 years after the war a new war brought back the fears and terror back to their generation. North Korea had invaded South Korea a country who we had guaranteed to protect in the South East Asia Treaty.  Once again one of my brothers was off to war, a war unlike the previous one where we fought for the very existence of civilization, this was more of a political war fought with boundary’s and restrictive Rules of Engagement.  The men who fought in WWII soon learned that the American military objective had changed and was not at war to win but to hold the enemy.  Our troops and Generals of WWII were dismayed at this lack of enthusiasm for winning by the politicians who were dictating the terms of war and soon were replaced with a new generation of military leaders.  Korea to this day remains a hostile and explosive place.  Maybe our old generals were right to be upset, we seem to now have a philosophy to restrict our military which has cost many lives in the years since WWII.  Korea no gain, Viet Nam no gain, Gulf War back to neutral, Afghanistan and Iraq, brave troops with no backing to win from the political establishment. In each of these wars we have lost thousands of our youth without giving them the opportunity to win. War is truly Hell but to be put in a battle without a winning agenda seems more criminal than Hell.  

It seems we have lost or are losing some of the desire for our freedoms that were so prevalent in the last generation perhaps the fact that many of them had just finally gained those freedoms here in America was the reason.  Have we weakened our future generations by making things too easy for them?  Have we coddled away America’s future?  I know there are many brave lad's and lasses fighting now but with out a political class that has the desire to win we just seem to be in a holding position, let our military do their job it's what they have trained for and they are extremely capable of winning if allowed to do so.  God Bless America and God be with our Heroes at war. 

The Iran cover up

SCARY!!  Where is our country going?  How the rot is silently settling in. This is also the explanation for all the benefits given the Muslims.  Alert all you know.  Guess who's married to John Kerry's daughter?  Did you know that in 2009 the daughter of Secretary of State John Kerry, Dr. Vanessa Bradford Kerry, married an Iranian physician named Dr. Brian Vale Nahed.  No mainstream media reported this. Guess who was the best man at the wedding? Mohammad Javad Zarif.  So who is Mr. Zarif?  Zarif is the current minister of foreign affairs for Iran.  He was Kerry’s chief counterpart in the nuclear deal negotiations just concluded. Meaning Kerry was dealing with his daughter's father-in-law? Cozy??   As   Front Page Magazine pointed out several months ago, the nuclear talks with Iran were a tragic farce, choreographed and orchestrated by Iran. And unfortunately, we are going to have to live with the consequences. When (not "if") the bomb blows.           Can you say "conflict of interest" ..after of course, "breach of national security" ... and "aiding and abetting " one of our principal national enemies?  But then what's new. Even as Muslims make up just 1% of the country, Hillary's top aide is a Muslim, as is Obama's. Is it any wonder Obama wants to bring in thousands of young Muslims as refugees even though his security people say they cannot properly vet them.

Who says all kids should go to college?

In today's world with the cost of an education in many cases hitting $60 to 100 thousand dollars it is a debatable question.  When an average graduate comes out of school looking for a career job and is owing thousands of dollars in school loans it becomes a liability.  Jobs for these graduates usually means starting out if they are the lucky ones at a fraction of what is needed to satisfy their debt.   I believe that intern programs working in conjunction with Community Colleges are the answer.  First the student has the opportunity to work in the field of his or her choice and can make a legitimate decision as to whether this is the field they want to spend their working life in.  Secondly it gives the employer a chance to evaluate the student and train them in the way of their company not the general education they would otherwise receive. 

 

 

In many cases the corporations could supply the Community College with trainers on site one day a

week to allow them to be directly involved in their educational experience.  The major Universities

today  are filled with far left professors who are more interested in ideology than business courses. 

The salaries paid to some of these radical professors in many cases far outweighs their value.  They  are protected through a tenure program that has been the cause of many disputes in education.  Tenure in most cases outweigh the educational value to the student .  Two years of practical business courses and  a two year internship with guarantees of future employment by the corporation sounds like a viable solution to the problem.  All this plus they are paid a pre determined wage during the internship by the corporation.  The come out of school with the required education and owe nothing.

The Republican Party renews itself

I guess with all the desertions from the Republican Party we can say it has finally evolved into the Republican Peoples Party.  The populist movement that has spread across the nation supporting Donald Trump has included many from the Democratic Party, the Independent Party as well as the rank and file of the Republican Party.  This renaissance has brought many new people into the party and has weeded out the establishment to the point that they are isolating themselves into a clique that they are attempting to call the conservative wing.  Any true Conservative would never put this country in a position to elect Hillary Clinton.  They can sing this song all day and not be convincing to the masses who have joined this populist movement.  Sour grapes is more like it, similar to the kid who is not picked for a team and takes his ball and goes home.  The new conservative movement is more in the likes of Newt Gingrich, Ben Carson, Chris Christy & Donald Trump.  These are people who know that if this country is to survive there has to be a little give and take.  The old style conservatism of my way or the highway won't fly in today's world.  I like to think of this new element as the Commonsense Party and I feel it's time we lose the Harvard, Yale stereotype that has become the elite political standard in America.  Donald Trump may be a little uncouth or outspoken at times but he does what it takes to win.  many of us who are behind him are tired of losing, losing wars, losing rights and losing face in the world.  As a veteran I can say without reservation that I would trust a President Trump to keep us safe and build our Military back to a force that will be a deterrent to those who would do us harm.  He will also through negotiation get us on track for a replacement to the ever expanding Affordable Care Act, (Obama Care).  I honestly believe that he will sit down with all sides and hammer out a program that includes opening States borders for insurance as well as a form of Tort reform that will cut medical malpractice claims and make Doctors insurance affordable, there-by reducing the cost of procedures radically. 

I for one welcome this new Republican Party and I think we should quit calling it the Grand Old Party (GOP) and rename it the (RPP) Republican Peoples Party.  Our Constitution has been raped, mugged and torn asunder during the last generation.  The Supreme Court Justices have attempted to make laws outside of Congress, our President has used unlawful authority to make laws without consent of Congress and in direct violation to our Constitution.  I believe this new resurgence in political awareness by the people will result a truly great America, one that will include commonsense and not political correctness as a philosophy.

Are men and women so different

I just have to ask a question; I know I’m an old man with idea’s out of the last century but when I was raised we were raised to be Americans.  It didn’t matter if you were boy or girl, Baptist or Jewish, Black or White you were raised expecting to have equal opportunity and say it what happened with your vote.  Somewhere along the line we reached a divide teaching us that women and men don’t want the same things. That the gender divide was so great that we had to re-evaluate the whole man woman thing.  I understand the discrepancy in pay in years past and I understand the different roles we assigned to each gender and how that has affected our thinking but don’t we all want the same thing for our country?  Forget all the PC crap that has been shoved down our throats these last few years let’s talk about realistic goals of freedom and the rights provided by our Constitution and Bill of Rights.  Don’t men and woman want those same rights.  Do we have to divide our loyalties bases on gender.  I know I’m old fashioned, I don’t believe a man dressed like a woman should be in the woman’s facilities or locker room.  I don’t believe that my family whose ancestors who fought and died to free the slaves should have the racist tag because we are white.  I don’t believe that we should change our basic laws and way of life to accommodate those who are coming to our country, I believe that if their way of life is so great they should stay where they are.  I have by now convinced everyone that I am a Bigot, racist homophobe and I’m sorry you feel that way but I was raised in a beautiful freedom loving country and I want it back and I want it back soon.         

IT's time for clear thinking

Whether you are happy or not history was made Tuesday night when Donald Trump clinched the nomination for President.  The campaign broke all kinds of records in turn out for a republican primary.  I know the setback for you Cruz and Kasich people is a hard one to get over.  Believe me, I worked on Reagan's first go around and on the Goldwater campaign and it takes a while to recover.  I was a Rubio guy when all this started and felt strongly that he was the right guy.  This little note is just to remind you of the greater dilemma we face if we abandon our party and our nominee at this time. 

Number one on my mind is the Supreme Court, these are lifetime positions and any appointee's from the next President will more than likely be in power the rest of most of our lives.  It's entirely possible that the next administration will have the honor of appointing up to 6 of the 9 judges and I can't imagine spending the rest of my life with a court full of Hillary appointee's.  Should this happen our lives and our country will never be the same.

Secondly the raft of regulations filling thousands of pages that have come out of the Obama Administration's bureaucrats that have held back the growth of our economy and jobs must be overturned and Hillary won't do that, she will continue the programs that have caused business to suffer and layoff thousands.  I'm all in for a woman President but she must be honest, trustworthy and capable, none of these ideals fit dear Hillary. 

Obama Care or the Affordable Care Act as some call it has been anything but affordable.  Many have found an increase of up to 3 times from their health care providers.  This has to be rebuilt in a form that is affordable without the interference of the providers.  Removal of State line boundary's is just one example.  Medicare and Medicaid are two other areas that need immediate attention.

The Border seems to be on a lot of minds and although I don't think we need an aligator moat I do think we need to authorize the border Patrol to do their job and to beef up area's of penetration to stop the smuggling of dope and illegal aliens.

The war on ISIS is impossible to win with the lack of effort shown by Obama and his staff.  Do you honestly think Hillary will do it differently?  We need to use every weapon available less the nuclear items to defeat these criminals.  Our troops are very capable of routing these  animals from their hiding places and helping them reach Allah as they wish.  This is a volunteer military and they just want to do the job they were trained to do.  (without all the Rules of Engagement) they have been saddled with up until now.

Think strongly about all these things and let you conscience lead you to the right choice when it comes to backing a candidate for President.  Say NO! to Hillary in a resounding way in November.  We need to come together now...