An older white mans view of the country

Are we becoming a tribal nation?  The notion that America is not for every citizen is spreading across this land, but why?  For decades we have been told that we white people will have to give deference to black’s in hiring, education and housing.  What has that accomplished?  Our Nation is on the brink of a race war, friends who have been close for years are suddenly being separated by race and politics.  As a student in High School in Seattle I guess I didn’t know we were different, skin color didn’t matter a person was either a good guy or an A-Hole his or her actions made that decision for us.  When I was in the service we worked side by side in everything.  I did notice that a division was starting when in the 70’s and 80’s, blacks began to form separate and isolated friendships rather than join in the American family.  Good friends slowly drifted apart. It came with the rhetoric of the Al Sharpton’s, Jesse Jackson and others who started the victims movement and began to champion the cause of reparations for Slavery.  100% of the people at that time abhorred slavery and many fell into the trap that has made several black leaders rich beyond the norm.  People like Martin Luther King tried to bring pride and self sufficiency to the community and were succeeding in bringing home the value of education and community involvement but when he was killed several tried to take his place and led King’s march in the direction of victimhood rather than equality.  This made them very rich as they blackmailed huge corporations by threatening boycotts and bad publicity if they didn’t pay reparations. 

The government poured money into urban cities for education and assisted living all which became ghettoized and hotbeds of discontent, generations learned to take handouts rather from the government rather than experiencing the joy of successfully achieving self-sufficiency.  Crime flourished in these city’s as the birthrate went up and fatherhood disappeared from the home.  The more baby’s the more money from the government.  Single mom’s became the norm and many just gave up being mothers and became baby factories for the almighty dollar. 

The group’s BLM and the NFL players are complaining about injustice yet did nothing to try to stop crime in these city’s.  Policing an area like this became a death wish for the cops and they in turn allowed it to get worse, in self defense they cut many patrols in these communities.  It didn’t matter if it was a black cop or white they were targeted as the enemy.  I’m sure many police became dehumanized as they dealt with savage attacks on a daily basis.  A good example of the nature of things in these communities is the looting that seems to follow any excuse to riot.  New Orleans, Furguson, Baltimore are just a few examples or the lack of pride developed out of this victim mentality.

When you sit back and understand the difference in success and mentality of the many blacks who have joined the American family rather than fall for the victim, poor me ideology pushed by Sharpton and his ilk it is evident that pride and personal responsibility has been their path to success.  The thing that worry’s me the most is so many of the youth of those who have fought their way out of the ghetto are falling for the rhetoric and starting to go the route of victim rather than grow on the success of their parents.  

Disaster relief

As we watch in horror the events taking place on the Texas & Louisiana Gulf Coast it causes us to remember that tragedy can strike anywhere at any time. Our entire history can be lost in a heartbeat through flood, Earthquake or fire. When terrible things happen it’s nice to know that our friends and neighbors will be there to help pull us through. I just ask that our leaders pull together forgetting party or philosophy and work together to make the ravished area strong again. America has heart and it’s time to prove it and bury the hatchet to move forward to make us strong again. This is going to take generations to recover completely, many administrations, many billions of dollars and I’m not even counting the fact that this is not the last disaster our country will face in the months and years to come. This cannot be done by government alone each of us can help even if it’s just $10 find the charity that you feel good about and give what you can. We here in our town escaped flooding this year by the hard work of our volunteers, local companies, the Water District and government officials. But for the Grace of God, we very well could have been in dire straits ourselves. The lives of these folks in the affected area have changed overnight, from everyday working people to evacuee’s, many with no home to go home to. Some lost family members and everything they have from their memories to their pets. 

Knowing this is not going to be a quick fix situation Jan and I are going to pledge a monthly sum to a local Gulf area relief fund yet to be decided. We would be happy to do the research to find such a facilitator and let others know. There are so many relief programs and many scams designed to just steal money. So far all the government agencies involved are doing the right thing for the people just trying to comfort, feed and clothe but the real test will be the permanent programs required to bring them back as the living, loving Americans they were. God Bless the heart and soul of America and the spirit of our humble beginnings.

Civil War II

The Civil War is being fought again and this time it's against our historical monuments. The statue of Robert E. Lee never made me feel like I wanted to own slaves or disrespect the rights of Blacks. It is our history good or bad. If we continue to erase our historical monuments we will erase the lessons learned by their either good or bad example. I feel this really has nothing to do with the statue's or what they may or may not stand for it is strictly a power move by the left. They didn't win the election, they are not winning the Russian BS so now they have picked what they think is a soft target. It's time to bring an end to all this political Nonsense before we do permanent damage to the soul of our country. The ultra left has to go, the Democratic Party has to find its roots and build themselves once again into the average American Party. As it stands now they have become the home of the far left. We need a viable two party system here in America to balance our diversity and make us whole. The idiots that are running the party now have created nothing but chaos and are driving a wedge into the heart of the United States of America. The same goes for the ultra right like the Nazi's, Skin Heads and any other radical group that wants to destroy what we have all fought for all our lives. God Bless America, we are all races and proud to be the melting pot of the world but don't try to put a divide between us you will fail.

It's time to reflect

Once again the World is threatened with terror as cowards using a rental van plowed through crowds in Barcelona. The free world is at crisis point both at home and abroad. There are those who would take us back to the stone age if allowed and here at home there is a movement to disrupt our elections and our elected officials. America has always been the Land of the Free and home of the Brave no matter who or what party was in power. We now have agents of disorder trying to overthrow our duly elected President and his entire administration. Over my long time here on this planet I have seen disagreement with our government and many of it’s decisions. There will always be a difference of opinion with a free society. What is happening today is far beyond the norm and is being fed by an opposition media and the losing party. This event in Barcelona is no different than the Antifada here in America, it’s driven by hate and will lead to chaos, not unlike the things we are seeing across Europe if not stifled. People who represent this like Michael Moore, groups like the Nazi Party and Black Lives Matter are just mini versions of the radical Islamic terrorist we see today. Look inside yourselves and find the spirit we were founded with to bring civility back to our country.

Where are we as a People

Where are we as a people? We had an election since then we have had every possible scenario proposed by the losing side to upset and derail what the people voted in.  I have lived through Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama and now Trump.  I have found fault or disagreed with many of the decisions made by these men never have I felt the need to destroy them or their reputations.  America has been established as a Representative Republic with two basic political party’s and has always found ways to pull together to make this country safer when threatened.  We now have a situation where the opposition party has resorted to every possible means to bring down the dully elected government.  The latest is the 25^th amendment which calls for a medical or mental evaluation of the President.  I truly believe these people have lost their minds due to the stress of losing.  They have decapitated him in effigy, they have tried to show him as a Russian plant, they have called him every name in the book from stupid to dimwitted.  It started with the calling of those who supported him Deplorable’s by Hillary Clinton during the election.  One thing these far left zealots have failed to realize is that they are pulling the base of Trump’s followers closer together and in fact would be faced with the largest armed uprising in America’s history should they succeed.  The Civil War would be a minor event compared to the insurrection that would follow what many would consider a Coup.  I am not suggesting anything just making a commonsense judgment on the situation.  The judicial system needs to respond to the law and not make law as they go.  Our laws are made by our Representatives not our Judges or individual members of Congress.  Our laws are based on the Constitution of the United States and supposedly enforced to the letter of the law by the Supreme Court.  When a member of Congress calls constantly for resistance to the legally elected government and they are acting in a treasonous manner like an agent for subversion they should be sanctioned and have charges placed against them.  This goes for either party and members of either House of Representatives.  Our form of government is at stake, there are those who would change our basic freedoms if allowed.  The idea that professors are allowing a minority to stop free speech on campuses and the local governments are standing by as anarchists destroy public and private property should be alarming to every American.  Race relations in this country have become more separated during the last 8 years and race has been used against anyone who dared question the motives of the left.  Crimes against the police have been growing and becoming more and more violent.  Organizations like Black Live Matter are not working to make Black lives better they are causing chaos and driving a wedge between the races that had been improving for decades.   

   

Happy 4th of July

Happy Birthday America!

Of all our holidays celebrated here in this Country the 4^th of July is the party one.  Everyone has been bundled up for Winter for several months, the schools are mostly out and the vacation season is here.  Our Fore Fathers had the courage to emancipate us from the powerful and oppressing government of King George.  They chose courage over safety as by signing the Declaration Of Independence, they were signing their Death Warrants according to the King.  These men didn’t just sign and go back to their offices and allow others to do their fighting they took the leadership role in the Revolution.  They left their powdered wigs and fancy clothes at home and took on the most powerful army in the world and won.

It’s hard for me to say “Happy Memorial Day or Happy Veterans Day” as I know what the intended meaning of those day’s represent.  Happy 4^th of July is a whole different thing.  Our Fore Fathers paid for our freedom from oppression and this is a day to celebrate.  

Health care solutions

Just some thoughts on the Health Care fiasco;
We had a perfectly great Health Care system before Obama and his cronies got involved. The free enterprise system was known through out the the world as the best available. Yes there were holes, yes there were the uninsured but now we have been forced into government programs that are not sustainable. Go back to the free market and let the people decide what coverage they want. There needs to be open state borders to increase the competitive edge. It is impossible to force Insurance companies to cover preexisting without big increases but for a fraction of the cost of government subsidies the government can set up a program for those with preexisting conditions in some area's even utilizing military doctors and base medical facilities. Medicaid has been abused for years by those who just want something for nothing, if the States want to provide healthcare for their people they should be responsible for it and strictly enforce the rules. Those who choose not to cover themselves are free to do so but they must understand their only help will come from charitable organizations not trauma care facilities. A cheaper version of catastrophic coverage should be available with high deductibles utilizing deductible Health Savings Accounts for those people who decline to purchase full coverage. Medicare and Veterans benefits are sacred and have been paid for over the years. There should be no benefits for those here illegally, a fund paid for by a small tax on imports should be set aside to take care of hospitals who are forced to treat illegals. This tax can be offset by the governments of the illegal who uses the facilities. When a citizen of Mexico or any other country who is here either illegally or legally who uses our medical facilities their government would be billed for the service. Non payment would mean an increase of the import tax from their area and immediate deportation of the individual. Not perfect but better than anything the government has done.

Memorial Day 2017

My tribute to Memorial Day May 29^th, 2017

The date is June 4^th 1944, 18 year old Johnny is in England taking a few minutes from a busy training schedule to write to his sweetheart Karen in Seattle.  He told her that his greatest dream is to build a house for them to raise their family in and that her love is what gives him the courage to face whatever may come.  He had very little time so he asked her to give his Mom a big hug and tell her not to worry, the war will be over soon and I’ll be home to help plan their wedding.  As he just settled into writing he heard the whistle blow that meant he had to muster.  A quick goodbye and he sealed his letter with a kiss dropping it in the post as he ran to muster.

All afternoon of the 4^th they gathered their equipment, held prayer sessions and prepared to board the vessels that would take them across to France and the German Army.  The 5^th was full of activity, they started to go and were cancelled because of the change in the weather.  Nerves were on edge and everyone was in deep thought as they knew they were about to face Hell on Earth. 

The night of the 5^th they finally got the green light to go, the mood was a solemn one as they made their way across the channel and soon they could hear and see the massive bombardment from the Navy on the shore they were about land on.  Surely no one could survive such chaos, between the bombardment from the sea and the air, his buddies were talking about actually walking ashore.

In the very early hours of the 6^th the call came to man the boats, Johnny’s was in the third wave and as they were traversing the waves they saw the first of the casualties being brought back.  As they neared the shore the boat next to his exploded and was gone in seconds taking all aboard down with her.  The thought of walking ashore brought a nervous laugh from his lips.  They felt a jolt as the landing craft hit one of the structures the Germans had installed on the beach.  The ramp came down with a splash and they found themselves in neck deep water with bullets splashing all around them.  The 80 pounds of equipment made the effort to survive double hard.  As he was fighting to keep his head above water and his carbine held high he saw the bodies of those who never made the beach floating face down in the surf.  When he finally hit dry land he found it hard to run on as his boots dug into the loose sand.  When he made the cover of the cliffs above him he realized that he was one of only three survivors from his Landing Craft.

As the day progressed things were getting desperate, they were really pinned down hardly able to get a shot off at the enemy above.  They were running out of water and were totally exhausted after the fight just to make it to the cliffs.  Finally they breached the cliffs and got a foothold on the ridge above to protect them for the climb up. 

Not many men today are still here that made that terrifying climb, many never made it to the beach and even more died on those sands that were dyed red with American blood.  Their remains are buried in France but their spirit is still alive in America.  Memorial Day is special because it honors those who actually paid for our freedom.  Whether it was on a lonely sea when their ship was blown out from under them, in a burning bomber over Germany or on the sands of Tunisia or the swamps of Viet Nam these men were just like Johnny, they had dreams and aspirations for the future, they had sweethearts, wives and mothers who meant the world to them.  Many had yet to see their 20^th birthday.  This is why we cherish and celebrate Memorial Day and why it is so important that we take just a minute to give thanks to those whose courage made our lives possible.  Johnny died of his wounds at just 19 during the Battle of the Bulge in the freezing cold and never made it to his wedding.

Memorial Day is more than an extra day off and a picnic, it’s a day to praise and give thanks to those heroes who gave their lives in order that we may live ours in freedom.

                                                                     

Time to come together and stop the political corruption

 Sorry but I'm ranting again, I just want the truth and a cooperation between the party's to make our country prosper once again. False statements should have a consequence for both the Republicans and the Democrats. The divide shown at the Presidents speech before the joint session is just an example of the stupidly and childishness of our so called leaders on both sides of the aisle. It's time to demand fair and honest representation and for once listen to each other and work out compromise to make our country prosperous once again.

It’s a time to come together for all Americans. Our goal should be truth in government and cooperation between party’s for the good of Americans. If it is discovered that former President Obama or his organization are responsible for the spread of false and undocumented info that is designed to disrupt or cause fracture in the Trump Presidency without evidence they should be sanctioned and stripped of their retirement and all opportunity to serve in public life. Lies in politics are becoming standard operating procedure in both parties. If the false info cause the people of the United States both time and money for the investigation and it proves false the perpetrators of the information should be held in contempt and stripped of all power.

On the other hand if the info proves to be correct the perpetrators in the Trump Administration should also be stripped of their power and ability to serve in public office. There should be consequences for liars and they should be harsh. The American public deserves only the best representation possible.

People outside the government that attempt to falsely accuse and cause damage should also be held in contempt and be considered an enemy of the United States. I also believe that any false or misleading information that is forthcoming from members of the press that is proven to be false or manufactured news should cause the loss of licensing for the period of several months. Heavy penalties in all cases of fraud and misrepresentation are necessary to clean up our government.

Organizations such as Move On Dot Org. should also be responsible and held liable for spreading false and inflammatory fake news and the perpetrators held responsible, many of these false and misleading fake news items have led to the demise of very good people. It has also caused many to avoid Public Service at all, only we Americans suffer for this loss of good people. Damages cause or perpetrated by outside organizations that lead to riot or looting should be at the expense of the persons spreading or abetting these individual rioters.

Don't take a party stand on this take an American stand, we deserve no less.

letter from a Democrat

> Subject: Fwd: FW: Fwd: Letter from a Democrat--great read.
> >
> *     Yes, this should be read by every one in the U.S.  Including the
> guilty parties called Politicians, If you never passed any thing on before
> do it now! This guy really hammered the nail into the box.   AND ** HE'S A
> DEMOCRAT!!!!   My Cousin said this letter had been checked with Snopes, and
> its authentic. You  won't ever see it on CNN or any other flakey net works.
> *> *Interesting prespective*
> > *This is really a great letter. I am most impressed by the fact the
> gentleman  who wrote it signed his name and address to it.*
> This came from a Democrat!  I read it and it certainly hits the nail where
> it would hurt. Google has the letter posted on their web site.*
> *It is well written .... and should be read by everyone in these United
> States!
> > It will be well worth the three minutes it requires to read. It is quite
> impressive. You can be Republican, Democrat, Liberal, Conservative, Independent or
> Libertarian and I'll bet this will hit a nerve. Our country is in real  trouble. *
> ****************************** ******************************
> > Senator Patty Murray
> Senator Maria Cantwell
> Washington, DC 20510
>
> Dear Senators:
>  I have tried to live by the rules my entire life. My father was a Command
> Sergeant Major, U.S. Army, who died of combat related stresses shortly
> after his retirement. It was he who instilled in me those virtues he felt
> important -- honesty, duty, patriotism and obeying the laws of God and of
> our various governments. I have served my country, paid my taxes, worked
>  hard, volunteered and donated my fair share of money, time and artifacts.
> >
> Today, as I approach my 79th birthday, I am heart-broken when I look at my
> country and my government. I shall only point out a very few things
> abysmally wrong which you can multiply by a thousand fold. *I have calculated that
> all the money I have paid in income taxes my entire life cannot even keep the
> Senate barbershop open for one year! Only Heaven and a few tight-lipped
>  actuarial types know what the Senate dining room costs the taxpayers.
>  So please, enjoy your haircuts and meals on us.*
>
> Last year, the president spent an estimated $1.4 billion on himself and his
> family. The vice president spends $ millions on hotels. They have had eight  (8)
> vacations so far this year! And our House of Representatives and Senate
> have become America's answer to the Saudi royal family. You have become the
> "perfumed princes and princesses" of our country.
>
>  In the middle of the night, you voted in the Affordable Health Care Act,
> a.k.a. "Obamacare," a bill which no more than a handful of senators or
> representatives read more than several paragraphs, crammed it down our
> throats, and then promptly exempted yourselves from it substituting your
> own taxpayer-subsidized golden health care insurance. (Let's eliminate that
> exemption and put the Congress under the Affordable Health Care Act)
> 
> You live exceedingly well, eat and drink as well as the "one percenters;"
> consistently vote yourselves perks and pay raises while making 3.5 times
> the average U.S. individual income; and give up nothing while you (as well
> as the president and veep) ask us to sacrifice due to sequestration (for
> which, of course, you plan to blame the Republicans, anyway).*
> >
> You understand very well the only two rules you need to know - (1) How to
> get elected, and (2) How to get re-elected. And you do this with the aid of
> an eagerly willing and partisan press, speeches permeated with a certain
> economy of truth, and by buying the votes of the greedy, the ill-informed
> and under-educated citizens (and non-citizens, too, many of whom *do* vote)
> who are looking for a handout rather than a job. Your so-called "safety net"
> has become a hammock for the lazy.* And, what is it now, about 49 or
> 50 million on food stamps - **pretty much all Democrat voters** - and the
> program is absolutely rife with fraud and absolutely no congressional
> oversight?
>
> I would offer that you are not entirely to blame. What changed you is the
> seductive environment of power in which you have immersed yourselves. It is
> the nature of both houses of Congress which requires you to subordinate
> your virtue in order to get anything done until you have achieved a
> leadership role. To paraphrase President Reagan, it appears that the second oldest
> profession (politics), bears a remarkably strong resemblance to the oldest.
>
>  As the hirsute first Baron John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton (1834 -1902),
> English historian and moralist, so aptly and accurately stated, "Power
> tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are
> almost always bad men." I'm only guessing that this applies to the female
> sex as well. Tell me, is there a more corrupt entity in this country than
> Congress?
>
> While we middle class people continue to struggle, our government becomes
> less and less transparent, more and more bureaucratic, and ever so much
> more dictatorial, using Czars and Secretaries to tell us (just to mention a
> very few) what kind of light bulbs we must purchase, how much soda or
> hamburgers we can eat, what cars we can drive, gasoline to use, and what
> health care we must buy. *Countless thousands of pages of regulations
> strangle our businesses costing the consumer more and more every day.
>
> As I face my final year, or so, with cancer, my president and my government
> tell me "You'll just have to take a pill," while you, Senator, your
> colleagues, the president, and other exulted government officials and their
> families will get the best possible health care on our tax dollars until
> you are called home by your Creator while also enjoying a retirement beyond
> my wildest dreams, which of course, you voted for yourselves and we pay
> for.
>
> The chances of you reading this letter are practically zero as your staff
> will not pass it on, but with a little luck, a form letter response might
> be generated by them with an auto signature applied, hoping we will believe
> that you, our senator or representative, has heard us and actually cares.
> This letter will, however, go on line where many others will have the
> chance to read one person's opinion, rightly or wrongly, about this
> government, its administration and its senators and representatives.
>
> I only hope that occasionally you might quietly thank the taxpayer for all
> the generous entitlements which you have voted yourselves, for which, by
> law, we must pay, unless, of course, it just goes on the $19 trillion
> national debt for which your children and ours, and your grandchildren and
> ours, ad infinitum, must eventually try to pick up the tab.
>
> My final thoughts are that it must take a person who has either lost his or
> her soul, or conscience, or both, to seek re-election and continue to
> destroy the country that I deeply love. You have put it so far in debt that
> we will never pay it off while your lot improves by the minute, because of
> your power.
>
> For you, Senator, will never stand up to the rascals in your House who
> constantly deceive the American people. And that, my dear Senator, is how
> power has corrupted you and the entire Congress*. The only answer to clean
> up this cesspool is term limits and replacing their retirement with the
> same Social Security plan the rest of us will receive (if they don't put
> that program into bankruptcy) .* This, of course, will kill the goose that
> lays your golden eggs. And woe be to him (or her) who would dare to bring
> it up.
>
>  Sincerely,
> Bill Schoonover
> 3096 Angela Lane
> Oak Harbor, WA
>
>
>
> *Maybe....just maybe this is the reason the political establishment is
> against Trump.  He may just kill the goose ......*

You call yourseves never Trump, what are you really?

You call yourselves never Trumper's but what are you really? You obstruct everything regardless of the eventual outcome. The people of The United States conducted an election and it was exactly as our Founding Fathers created it. The reason for the Electoral College is obvious as without it 3 or 4 states would control our entire country. The method has been used since the beginning of our country and has been successful in electing our Presidents since then. Now that tho...se who are traditionalists in America have finally shaken off the mantel of political parties and voiced their opinion it seems to have upset you. I'll tell you this, I have been upset for years with some of the things that our government of both parties have done but I have never felt the urge to break windows and create havoc in the streets. I am an American and to be that it is imperative that I understand our laws as Congress and the Constitution proclaims them. It is not your job or my job to make laws it is our duty as citizens to understand and obey them. This is what makes the Union run successfully benefitting all its citizens equally.

As one of those what I will call Silent Fly over Americans it offends me greatly to see the chaos and destruction of our system and only makes my resolve greater to see my traditional values enforced. So if I am any example of today's American and I believe I am, keep it up and it will be generations before you ever attain power in this country again.

Hate will never accomplish anything

Hate is overwhelming to me, I see what is supposed to be the peaceful transition of the Presidency being turned into a festival of hate mongering. I have always believed in equal pay based on the job for women and of course courteous treatment of all. The ladies in our company are paid commiserate with their abilities and experience. I understand that portion of the marches across the country today. I do not understand why anyone without a bit of proof would think that the new President is out to get them. He is not going to ban abortion, he's not going to ban Gay's or Transgender people. He is trying to take us into a period of commonsense and be rid of all the politically correct regulations that have dulled our senses and slowed our ability to grow. The opposition is out to block every move rather than try to understand the reasoning behind the issues. I see and understand the legitimate protests by some but when led by the actions of people like the Hollywood elites or Michael Moore you lose me. Just because they have the ability to act or sing gives them no authority to demand laws and those who follow them look weak and manipulable. Using what was said 10 years ago by Trump as a fear promoter by people who show their ass on stage and drop the F bomb in every other sentence like Miley Cirus is a joke. It's time to stand back and allow actions to speak for the new administration then if you don't agree protest, but do so based on fact not hearsay.