What makes a good Dad?

WHAT IS A GOOD DAD?

It takes more than a squirt of sperm to make a Dad or a Father as I like to refer to them.   A Dad is there for you come Hell or high water.  If you’re wrong a good Dad will tell you and tell you why he thinks you’re wrong.   Just making it to your Little League and Pop Warner games doesn’t make a great Dad, sometime they have work or other things that require their attention.  A good Dad makes sure you stay well grounded, have plenty subsistence, clothes and makes sure you know he loves you with all his heart.  A good Dad will make sure your homework is done and done right as well as give you chores to do to learn the ability to work and teach you to be proud of the work you do.  A good Dad will listen to your problems and allow you to make the decision as to what is right or wrong.  A good Dad will take the time to teach you so much of what he knows and will do so in a way that you are enjoying your time together, not even realizing the lessons that have been learned.  A good Dad will not try to live his past glories through you, he will make sure you will have time enough to learn and earn your own memories.   A good Dad is hard to find so if you have a great Dad make sure he knows how much you love and appreciate him as they don’t last forever and when the time comes that God takes him back make sure he knows he made a difference in your life. 

I truly wish I could have been a better Dad and always lived up to these principles but the past is now gone and thank God it’s never too late to learn.

Remembering D Day.

Thinking ahead to June 6^th: 

As I grow older I find myself thinking more and more about the men who helped make our freedom and very existence possible, allowing any successes that we as Americans have achieved, to be a reality.  This probably sounds really corny to a 17 or 18 year old today but it was guys just like them that I give thanks to every June 6^th.  Many were just out of High School as they waded ashore on the 5 beaches of Normandy at Utah, Omaha, Gold, Sword and Juno beaches.  Through a hail storm of bullets that rained down on them from the cliffs. Bullets that killed one out of every twenty men among them, yet they kept coming ashore wave after wave wading through the bodies of their fellow soldiers.  Any man or woman that faces combat has to put their fear aside and keep fighting on.  These men were the bravest of the brave, fact is, most injured or killed in combat never see it coming these guys not only could see the carnage around them, they had to carry 70lbs of gear and wade many times neck deep knowing if they fell they would likely drown, walking into an inferno of Hell on the beach.  Once there they had to run 100 yards to the edge of the cliffs through soft sand before finding any type of cover.  Your natural instinct would be to stop and help a wounded comrade on the sand but those that did usually were soon casualties themselves.   Many when they finally fell panting to the ground under the cliffs found their Command Staff never made it and now a Sgt. Or even a Corporal was in charge of their unit.  Hundreds of Sailors made trip after trip in their landing craft to the beach with artillery exploding other boats all around them.  I know this sounds over dramatic to many but it is all true and the history has been written.  We owe the thousands who made that little romp to the beach our freedom and that cannot be disputed.  War is Hell where ever it is fought but June 6^th was the Grand Daddy of all battles.

These men were truly part of the Greatest Generation and I can only salute their memory as so few are still with us.  I just pray that when needed another generation of heroes will stand just as tall and protect our great Country just as bravely as our Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmen did in World War II.  God Bless these brave men and God Bless America.

What does Memorial Day mean to you?

There are no adequate words in the dictionary to describe the loss of a loved one to war.  They go off young men and women with so many of life’s goals in mind leaving loved ones home to do the worrying. They leave us understanding the risk and knowing the dangers that are in their path, they put their fears aside and answer the call of Freedom.   Seldom in the face of danger do they believe it can happen to them, they have too many plans to many goals to achieve, it’s their friends they worry about, always looking out for them.  These are the Heroes of the American way of life.  They risk theirs to keep our shores safe and our families secure.  The flag we fly with pride is made up of two things, the blood of those who given all and the tears of those they leave behind.  When I fly the flag I do so with a feeling of heartfelt thanks for the freedom these heroes have blessed me with.  I think of the Larson boys who left our neighborhood in 1943 and never returned.  I think of my cousin who came back dying slowly of Agent Orange poisoning, I think of Kids I went to school with and friends from Boot Camp most of all I think of the sorrow of the Mothers, Wives and Husbands who will never feel the comfort of their hugs.  When someone desecrates our flag they are stomping on the soul of America.  God Bless all who have served, God Bless those Heroes who have fallen and God Bless those they have left behind, your tears flow down all our cheeks as one.  

Liberal logic at work.

Every time I hear about one of these horrible shootings in schools I cringe and think to myself here it comes all the self-righteous idiots trying to blame the guns for what is wrong with our society. You the great Liberal mind are actually the blame, like it or not you with your parenting skills of a numb skull who actually think the TV or the game industry is responsible for raising your kids. Have you even looked at the games these kids are playing or even the shows they are watching. The Japanese during WWII found the secrets to mind control just as the radical Muslims have. How else would you ever get a mother to load her son or daughter down with explosives and send them out to be Martyrs or make a pilot want to dive his bomb loaded airplane into a ship. You are doing the same damn thing with these horrible games that the kids are desensitizing their brains with. Killing is easy, just point and shoot, no blood, no guts just bang you’re dead. When they become real proficient at it they actually think they are still in the game. Add the fact that if you don’t lock up your guns at home and pow, we have another massacre. Wake up Mr. and Mrs. modern parent, these games are destroying the minds of the young and we are watching it happen. Hollywood puts out crap that fuels the need for more violence and mayhem and then blames the lack of gun control for shootings.

In every case in these mass murders, Mental Illness has played a roll. I believe it was your organization the ACLU in the early 70’s that sued and opened the doors to all the medically and Criminally insane who were being housed across the country. Whether it caused by brain numbing exposure to artificial violence or just plain derangement it’s still not the gun that shot these people. In the Old West there were more guns carried by a bigger percentage of the population than now days yet there were seldom cases of mass murder where people were killed just because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. When a child is brought up to respect others and to treat others as they would like to be treated, life gets better for all. You decided that spanking caused children some type of mental anguish and banned it, now we have a bunch of millennial's that think the world owes them a living. How has that worked for you? You decided that smoking dope wasn’t so bad, so you made it available to everyone, how’s that working out so far? You decided that your kids shouldn’t go to church, there will be time for them to make up their own minds later and we have become a Godless Society. How’s that working out for you?

Bad guys will always have guns and there is nothing we can do about that except make our laws stronger when a gun is used in a crime. Good guys with guns may save your butt or one of your family some day and you won’t even realize it. You could be in a store that a Robber decides to enter and he really doesn’t want any witnesses, the good guy with a carry permit down the aisle just might be the hero of the day. Will you still be against good guys having guns?

Socialism and the American way of life.

Do these Socialist think they can take over our Country without a Civil War? I beg them to stop and think about the millions of Veterans who have fought several wars to prevent such things from taking place. I am not making threats I'm genuinely concerned about their actions and where they are leading. Young voters need to understand that this country was founded to be free, free for all to acheivee and being too lazy to acheive is not the way to make America strong and it''s people self sufficient. Being responsible for ones actions and learning history so it's not repeated is something that is an imperative in their education. Use you head and understand that there were three principle actions prior to destroying Venzuala. Number one was the confiscation of all guns from the people, two was game of playing the poor against the rich. Think about it, you can become the rich if you don't squander your opportunities. 3. is free medical, free education and free food. Think about it who is incharge when your waiting for your free stuff, the guy that's giving it out? Who controls the decision on what college you go to and what you will study? Who is in control when you need hospitalisation and what treatment you will receive? There are so many things to consider you cannot let a smooth talking power hungry politician decide your life. We the older generation have given you freedom, we have also messed it up by making things too easy for you and have created a generation of people spoiled by the very freedoms they are trying to give awway.

Easter letter

As we celebrate this Easter, we Christians are faced with the greatest threat to our way of life we have ever seen. The generations of the 60's, 70’s, 80’s and 90’s have in so many cases lost the love for Jesus. We have banned God from our Cities, from or Schools and in so many cases from our hearts. The beauty of God and his workings are so amazing and all around us 
yet we have given into temptation by allowing others to take our place in the education of the Children in the ways of the world. We have let others form the minds and the focus of their future when it comes to the ways of God and his teaching. Where we had Sunday Schools we have Football games, where we had family time we have TV time. 9 times out of 10 when we have dinner, it’s thrown on a plate and eaten in front of the TV or with earbuds blasting their brains with whatever. The idea that we give thanks for our food has disappeared. We seem to have less and less time for one on one with our children. We have in so many cases lost the ability of selflessness in other words we care more for instant gratification than what lies in the future. It is present in the in ability to even keep the sacred vows of marriage. Children of today are being taught by personal experience that you can renege on any contract if you have the slightest difference of opinion. So many are deciding that by avoiding the idea of marriage all together they are not bound by any lifetime commitment to love and care for each other in sickness and health. Don’t think the kids of today aren’t being developed to be even more self-centered. We have allowed a past President to say that America is not a Christian Nation without an uproar from the people. We have allowed others to use our Constitution against us by eliminating all references of God from our teaching. The worst possible thing is we have failed to be parents to our children allowing them to grow up and develop on their own without passing on the love of God and the story of Jesus. I ask each of you to turn off your phones for this one day and enjoy the fellowship of your family and friends.

Are you for cleaning up Washington DC

No matter who you have voted for in the past, we have the opportunity to rid ourselves of the self serving underbelly of Washington DC. The corrupt politicians, the criminal bureaucrats and the establishment that has been entrenched in Washington for decades. It's up to you either listen to the Washington cronies and hate or move America forward and keep our Constitution intact. I beg you to listen and to stand with the people not crawl back with the snakes of the Deep State. it does exist and has been lying to the American people long enough. Our forefathers saw this coming and left us with the strength and the ability to save The United States from the Globalists who have slowly stolen her Jobs and glory. Your vote counts, aren't you tired of the false hate and the lie's..No matter what party you have been all your life it's a time in history to come to the American Dream and help clean the swamp of these Alligators once and for all. Don

O.A.C.

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A NON PARTISAN PLEA

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A NON PARTISAN PLEA:
I swore to myself I wasn’t going to vent anymore on Face Book but this latest ploy of the Democrats has me boiling. They had a couple of years trying to find collusion against Trump for the Russian interference in our elections. When they couldn’t find anything they started picking on members of his group trying to get them to turn on him. Now they want to spend millions more on his business dealings. Fair is fair, what ever investigation they start has to include Congress and the fat cats who have become Millionaires several times over while in an elected position. Tit for tat all the way, I don’t care what your political beliefs are you should still want total transparency in your representatives. I propose Trey Gowdy head up a team made up of real non partisan investigators to look into every aspect of the Congressional finances. Who paid off people from the Congressional slush fund, how all them became so wealthy at a salary that doesn’t warrant that kind of wealth and who has used campaign funds for personal use. There is a lot of investigation to go around including the wealth of the Clinton’s and the books of their so called charity. This should include Republicans and Democrats and Socialists along with Libertarians. If they are found to have gained wealth through inappropriate means they should be put out to pasture with no subsidy. Now is the time to clean up the swamp.
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Being a Patriot

Being a Patriot is neither Democrat of Republican, it's standing for the Constitution and the freedom it has allowed us to share. I have seen both party's go to the radical edge from Joe McCarthy Republican
in the 50's to the far left of the Democratic Party today. Being a Republican or Democrat does not make you a better American, fighting to maintain our freedoms is the goal we should all strive to accomplish. More Entitlements like free medical, free education and free food do not make this happen. The items the Left is selling now make you more beholding to the State and the more needy you get the more power they have over you. When you accomplish things by working for them it gives you a pride they can't take away.

Please join me for a trip back to a 1940's Christmas

Please join me for a trip back to a 1940's Christmas

Mom started decorating about a week past Thanksgiving.  Dad got the big ladder out and inspected all the light hooks he has put along the eaves to hold the strings of big lights.  Our house is brick and 2 story so the ladder has to reach the 30' top peak.  My Dad sorts through all the light stings and replaces all the bad bulbs from last year before he runs the lights on the eves.  The house is smelling delicious as Mom has started her Holiday baking and spends her time trying to keep Dad, Rollie and I out of her goodies as they come out of the oven.  Everyone is in a somber mood  because the War is going on and every family has been touched by it.  My Brother Walter is in the Pacific in a Submarine called the USS Flasher.  We seen news of the Sub leaving port in Hawaii for a War Patrol last month in the newsreel at the movies and haven't heard a word since.  Mom and Dad keep themselves busy with preparations to keep things halfway  normal here at home but I know they all going  crazy with worry. 

A week before Christmas my Dad, Rollie and I run to the tree lot and buy 2 trees one for parts and the other to present in our living room. Dad would remove the branches off one and drill and fill in the main tree so that it looked like it grew there.  Decorating was Mom and my job and always had to include lots of tinsel.  My Brother Rolland was the artist in the family and he would paint our large living room mirror with a wonderful picture of Santa with tinted glass wax.  It was always a big hit with everyone.

Our neighbors would all drop by to see the mirror and have a treat from Mom's holiday goodies usually bringing goodies they had made themselves.  Christmas in spite of the War was always a time of reflection and giving.  We would join many of them for the annual Christmas service at our church and many time attend the Midnight mass at the local Catholic Church with our Catholic neighbors.  

Christmas in our house was always a gathering place for the entire Lindberg clan and with my Dad's  8 brothers and sisters it's a big one.  Everyone stops by Christmas day for Dad's Eggnog and Mom's holiday breads and cookies.  About 10Am it all starts and lasts through early afternoon.  Uncles & Aunts and all our Cousins  start arriving after each has had their Christmas morning.  The kids all end up upstairs, the men gather around the Crystal Punch Bowl that has been in the family for generations.  The ladies gather in the kitchen and comfort each other over the Son's and Daughters who are at War. 

As a kid growing up we are selfishly lost in our new toys from Christmas not concerned about the events of the day.  Our toys are usually something my Dad made in the basement shop that has been out of bounds for the last month.  Christmas Dinner was always a huge Turkey from my Aunt Mabel's farm and everything my folks ration book could obtain.  We had an enormous table that was set for the adults and the kids usually ate in the kitchen or at a side table.  At our house a place was always left at the table for Walter and he would always be included in our prayer before dinner.

I didn't mention the trip to downtown Seattle to see the beautiful Christmas displays in the store windows.  Once each year Dad would load us in the old 37 Chev and take us to town.  There were always throngs of people there to look and wonder at the store windows that were full of wonderful scenes like electric trains and moving mannequins,  one would always have the manger with baby Jesus, Joseph and Mary.  It was one of the highlights of the season to make this trip and it usually ended up at a local cafe called Ben Paris for hot cocoa and a Bear claw. It was a simpler time and it took little to entertain us kids.

What is Far Right?

What is Far Right?

I am a white man raised with many cultures and races around me.  I have no regrets for the friends I have made over the years from all races and ethnic cultures.  I am called far right for my belief that the Constitution is the standard of our government.  I have always called upon commonsense to dictate by life and on what I consider proper etiquette in dealing with others.  I believe in the 2^nd Amendment which makes me an outlaw to the left.  I believe in free speech and the right to assemble and most of all I believe that the people have a right to open forum for discussion without violence.  I belive in the Welfare System as long as it is used for a hand up, and not a hand out.  I pay my taxes and give to many charities, mostly Veterans and children’s hospitals.  I am not rich by any means but comfortable.  My family means the world to me and I would do anything to make sure they have the same opportunities as I have had.  The idea of Transgender Bathrooms make me sick, that it seems makes me a Homophobe.  The idea of people here illegally drawing from the meager funds available for citizens in hardship make me angry.  That makes me a Racist in their eyes.  Having lived in the time of World War II,  Korea  and Viet Nam I believe in strength for our Military which I guess makes me a War monger.  I don’t believe that I should be responsible for anyone’s birth control as my wife and I grew up taking care of our own and I surely don’t think I should be responsible for anyone’s carelessness and needing an abortion unless it was a case of rape.  Even then I believe the child should be considered and a decision should be made in the 1^st trimester.  That it seems makes me anti woman or a chauvinist.

So by all rights I guess I am Far Right, seems unfair because all I want to be is a normal American living my life in a society that respects one another and lives under the Morals that served our country for the last 243 years.  I don’t know what Progressives call that probably a religious fanatic.