Author: shadowwarrior

Most all of us have experienced THE PAIN OF WITHDRAWL. Some of us experienced it when our doctor told us our bad cholesterol was too high, and we had to adjust our diet and start taking some sort of statin drug, neither of which we wanted to do, and none of which we believed would increase our standard of livability. Maybe even a few of us found ourselves deep in drug or sex addiction and found relief and healing from specific counseling and maybe by finding spiritual renewal or connection. Whatever may have caused us to feel THE PAIN OF WITHDRAWL in the past, nearly all of us will soon feel another form of it in one way or another, not due to anything we have done, or as a result of our genetics or proclivity to vices, but due to evil inflictions brought to each of us by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

What has the CCP done to us? First, let us recognize that we have brought most of this on ourselves, as hard as this may be for us to hear. This was not done by the average citizen of this Country, but by those National leaders who have preceded us in the last several decades. More recently, it continued with the CCP receiving “Most Favored Nation” in 2000. This was followed by the CCP becoming part of the World Trade Organization. But before all of that, we could go back to a familiar statement, “Only Nixon could go to China”. We would never disparage efforts to embrace opportunities to establish friendly relations with any nation. What happened was that when corporate America saw billions of un-harvested customers, and the opportunity to make more profits for themselves and stockholders, the greed of financial gain over-powered nationalism and the drive and efforts which engendered our Founding Father’s desire to better their fellow man.

With our Nation’s tendency to give generously our technology and other advancements, raising the living standards of others, we have left ourselves open to abuse and in the process have enabled other nations to eat our “fish”, while not becoming dependent upon their own abilities to “fish for themselves”. Many of our past National leaders ignored the need for other nations to progress at their own rates, developing in their own way. Efforts were made by our Nation trying to “Americanize” other nations, even surreptitiously manipulating processes, offering our form of government to those unable and even unwilling to accept it. Our Nation’s patience in these efforts, allowing other nations to abuse our generosity, is proving genocidal. None of this is the fault of other nations or the Chinese people or even the CCP. They, along with many other nations, have only done what most would do to advance their conditions and standings. Unfortunately, this is often a sin found in all humans and nation states, taking advantage of the generosity and naivety of others.

Our Nation has left itself wide open to abuse and even attack. We ARE under attack by the CCP, and to deny it is to live in ignorance and disbelief. For years the CCP has stolen our IP (Intellectual Property), often offered freely by greedy corporations who considered this a small price to pay for cheap Chinese and Uyghur slave labor in turn for greater profit margins. The CCP has infiltrated our institutions and corporations in our homeland, learning our secrets and methods, all the while spreading their communistic ideologies. They have had spies too close to our Congress, like Representative Eric Swalwell’s girlfriend and Senator Dianne Feinstein’s driver. Do not get us started how our previous President and his family financially profited from the CCP. Even the previous Republican Leader of the Senate Mitch McConnel wife’s heritage with the Chinese helped them establish a lucrative shipping industry with China. The CCP has bought our acreage and businesses. They have invaded our hemisphere in their “Belt and Road” initiatives offering advancements to other nations making them financially dependent and subordinate. In 2019 they publicly declared a “Peoples War Against the United States” (cnn.com; May 14, 2019; Ben Westcott). They have built a navy larger than ours, and have alliances with North Korea, Iran, and even Russia. They aim to rival our nuclear arsenal, and projections have them accelerating their stockpiles at an ever-increasing rate (thebulletin.org; January 15, 2024; Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda, Eliana Johns, Mackenzie Knight). The CCP has manipulated their currency to their advantage and restricted imports from the United States. The CCP has conducted cyber-attacks on our infrastructures. The CCP has conducted kinetic warfare against us by flooding our Nation with poisonous fentanyl and other narcotics and opiates, killing thousands of our citizens. Finally, lest we forget, COVID-19, manufactured in Wuhan, China, was the biological weapon developed through “gain of function” and was thrust upon our Nation by China, killing millions of people around the world. We hate to say it, but we have “told you so” before in many of our previous blogs.

So, what does all of this have to do with THE PAIN OF WITHDRAWL? Tariffs have been center stage in our political processes over the last couple of weeks. There really is only one nation that needs to bear the brunt of these tariffs, and that is China and the CCP. For too many years we have been addicted to the goods provided to us by China. We have paid with our dollars for the economic and strategic growth of the CCP. We can blame big corporations and previous National leaders for getting us into our addiction, but we only have us to blame for consuming what they have brought to our shores. Our Nation makes very few items we purchase. We have become dependent upon other nation’s for feeding our consumption addiction. We have been held hostage to these other nations, in particular to China and the CCP, and we pay the ransom daily as we buy their stuff that floods our homes and businesses made outside our Nation.

Consider this analogy. There is a cancer that has inflicted our Nation. Like a cancer that afflicts the physical body of many of our citizens, a form of radiation may be used to reduce the size of the cancerous tumor. Once it has shrunk to an operable size, a surgeon can go in and cut it out. For many, different forms of chemotherapy will be used to insure any remaining cancerous cells are eradicated, and this can go on for months. Similarly, the cancerous addiction to stuff from China needs to be treated. Slowly reducing the size of the infection from China is the first step. Once it has been reduced as much as possible, the cancerous influence from China needs to be completely cut out. This is called “disengagement” from China. This is a painful process and can take months to recover from the operation. Other processes may need to be instituted following this operation to ensure the cancerous addiction will not return. Safeguards will need to be installed to ensure this cancerous addiction will never return. Like breaking free of any addiction, there will be THE PAIN OF WITHDRAWL.

We addressed the issue of our addiction with China in our blog dated December 4, 2022, titled, “THE UNITED STATES OF CHINA – In the Age of Possession Addiction”. We challenge all of you to avoid buying anything made in China . . . if you can find something. Next time you go shopping for clothes, or shoes, or tools, or any household goods, we challenge you to look for the label and see where it is made. Only then will you become truly aware of our cancerous addiction. Our Nation’s FREEDOM and LIBERTY are at stake. We need to break free of our addiction to China and the CCP. Yes, there will be THE PAIN OF WITHDRAWL, but in the long run, we will be cured of our cancerous addiction and will be once again the envy of every other nation on the face of the earth, and we will once again be that “shinning city on a hill” that will draw all nations to it, not to become us, but to enjoy the benefits of the rule of law, morality of character, and to express the thanksgiving to our Creator who made all of this possible.

Why does it seem that the more we spend on education, the less our efforts seem to produce? Our children enter their years of schooling with great anticipation, but sadly by the time they often exit college, their critical thinking skills have been shattered, maybe even replaced with ethereal visions, all the while having had their hopes, and beliefs of exceptionalism shattered. It was due to a “. . . beleaguered president . . . “ that needed support of “. . . a large and powerful special interest group . . .” that led to this “. . . federal involvement in public education . . .” (reason.com; Anthony Fisher; February 7, 2017.) Ever since President Carter instituted the Department of Education (officially abbreviated ED, and informally as DoEd,) (Wikipedia) in 1979, the funds thrown into this blackhole have produced ever increasing failures within our educational processes and unfortunately reflected in many students unable to achieve basic standards. There has been a constant push to offer “participation trophies”, all the while suppressing those who seek to achieve, all in favor of a false belief that all need to be equal, rather than all simply need equal opportunities. It is a fact of life that some perform better than others, and some perform less than others. That has no bearing upon a student’s worth, only upon the potential levels of achievement that can be attained. In the eyes or our Creator, we are all valuable, but we all have individual potential based upon genetics, economics, social upbringing, experiences, and motivation. A couple years ago, we quoted statistics concerning our Nation’s educational processes, and how some things have grown while other things have not. We would like to review some of that now since there seems to be many with their panties in a wad over the D.O.E. becoming D.O.A.

Following, is a portion of our blog created September 27, 2021, titled, “JUST SAY NO”.

Consider for a moment the bureaucracy being created within our national education system. From 1975 to 2008, the number of faculty increased 10%, while the administration increased 221%. For schools between 1950 to 2009, students increased 96%, while teachers increased 252% and administration increased 702%. (Tucker Carlson Tonight, September 24, 2021, Sumantra Maitra, Senior Contributor to The Federalist and a National Fellow at the Center For National Interest.)

What we have here is proof that throwing money at anything is no guarantee of improvement or success. We remember years ago in Arizona where a brand-new school was built, and even a principle was assigned. The only problem was that those in charge failed to realize that a new school also needed new teachers and other supporting infrastructures, and none had been planned for. So, for a year, an old school facility had to run classes in two shifts, with alternating cafeteria schedules, to cover twice the number of students the building was designed to accommodate. They could afford to build a school, but students were left in sewing classes with only a needle and thread, no sewing machines. Forget a music department, as too often money is needed for new administrative facilities. More is being spent on brick and mortar, and less on brains and brawn. It is time to shift course and try something different, like maybe what we used to do before it was felt that teacher unions had a better idea for education, one that grossly favored administration over the student. If we desire to retain our Nation’s FREEDOM and LIBERTY, then we need to realize that sometimes the old ways are superior to new ones. After all, our Nation’s Constitution and Bill of Rights seem to be doing pretty well, even after nearly 250 years.

Is the United States trying to get into another war in the Middle East? Some would think so, but at FREEDOMGOFORTH.COM we believe differently. We believe we are taking steps to end the endless wars not only in the Middle East but around the world as well. More aggressively started in 2009, with the election on the 44th President of the U.S., with one exception from 2016 to 2020, our Nation projected anything but strength abroad. Our Nation’s inactions were almost universally interpreted as weakness and appeasement, leading to the expanse of Communistic and Islamic influences. Our Nation failed miserably at holding fast to the “Peace Through Strength” philosophy first nationally pronounced by the Reagan administration in the 1980s. This philosophy is not just fulfilled by what one does, but more importantly by what one could do. Nealy one-third of our Nation’s citizens have no memory of the event shown in the short video above, for they were either too young or were not yet born. In just a very few short years, the number of U.S. citizens that remember the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 will be counted not in the millions or thousands, but in the hundreds. World history, and especially American history, has been shoved to the side in many of our learning institutions in favor of socialistic and communistic agendas. Many in the woke minority have attempted to re-write our American history favoring their ideological bent. All of this can be boiled down to a current citizenry that fails to recognize what it takes to establish and retain FREEDOM and LIBERTY. Many are unprepared, and even unwilling, to sacrifice luxury and ease, the more tactile benefits, than to fight for the more lasting peaceful and sustainable possibilities that can become inevitabilities. So, now we come back to the theme of today’s blog, “Why is the U.S. engaging in conflicts around the Red Sea?” Simply answered, there are at least five reasons in answer to this question, ways necessary to reclaim “Peace Through Strength”.

1.) The world needs to know that the U.S. is no longer inept and powerless. Our actions, both through negotiation by words and kinetic through force, will make other nations and entities think twice before causing world trouble and chaos. The fear of U.S. retaliation and retribution will lend others to value more highly self-preservation.

2.) Actions taken in the Red Sea can be considered to be a pre-curser, one of many currently unseen, to moving Palestinians out of Gaza and into Egypt and Jordan, and possibly other locations as well. The U.S. actions in the Red Sea are of great benefit to these nations and can be considered to be done to gain their assistance, as they, among others, will benefit from un-harassed transportation and commerce through the Red Sea.

3.) Any return to the un-hindered transport of oil, fuel, and gas through the Red Sea will abound to the benefit of the world economy, both through the reduction of energy prices, but commodity prices as well. The reduction of energy prices also reduces the income troublesome nations depend upon to advance their destructive ideologies.

4.) We must not forget, as many have done, concerning the short video clip above, that our Nation had been attacked. Our ships and drones in and around the Red Sea continue to be attacked as well. Those who threaten the U.S. and attempt destructive actions against us, must be countered with aggressive and overwhelming force to show our resolve to not be intimidated or impeded in any way. We must no longer simply respond “in kind”, giving advanced warnings and by using extremely limited force. Our Nation must be able to navigate international waters freely within the Red Sea and through the Suez Canal as well. This supports our efforts to provide support to our allies and others as well.

5.) Few doubt that the “head of the snake” causing chaos and death in the Middle East is Iran. They have publicly proclaimed Israel to be “The Little Satan” and the United States to be “The Great Satan” and have vowed oaths to destroy both. Iran’s reach has been broadened under the last U.S. administration. Sanctions were removed and billions were given in a mis-guided attempt to appease those who want to destroy. Through these actions and the higher prices of oil, their financial influence has spread to many areas, to many terrorist groups, most notably to the Middle East, to bring death and destruction to those who they loath. Iran’s proxies, like the Houthis in Yemen, Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and even splinter groups in Syria, have been bringing chaos and death to many. By the U.S. attacking the Houthis in Yemen, and Israel bringing renewed pressure on Hamas in Gaza and on Hezbollah in Lebanon, and even with Syrian rebels fighting against the Iranian proxies in Syria, Iran’s influence is being stretched thin, and their ability to fund their proxies is waning. All of this can be construed to produce a weakened “snake” making its “head” more easily and hopefully removed from within its own lair.

We have listed 5 reasons Why the U.S. is engaging in conflicts around the Red Sea. Mybe you can document others? As a Nation, we are not acting alone, but in concert with many other nations to bring “Peace Through Strength”. Our Nation’s FREEDOM and LIBERTY are at stake, not just for you, but also for those who look to our Nation as the world leader. Do not fear to be bold in sharing this information. While some believe our Christian Nation should be passive, many have forgotten that Jesus himself said he came not to bring peace but a sword (Matthew 10: 34-36), and He overturned the money changer’s tables in the Temple court (Matthew 21: 12-13, and Mark 11: 15-18). For our Jewish brothers and sisters, can you recount the number of times, documented in the Old Testament, that Jehovah told His Nation to go into a country and utterly destroy them. We must FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT for the defense of FREEDOM and LIBERTY, not given to us by any nation or government, but by the One who we claim as our Creator, Sustainer, and Savior.

We have been taught to believe that our justice system is unbiased, apolitical, and based upon truth, justice, and most of all upon our Constitution of the United States of America. Unfortunately, for decades we have found the basic principles of our Constitution slowly eroded, or more accurately infected, by the expansion of our government. The infamous alphabet agencies, like the CIA, FBI, DOE, and yes, even the USAID, never envisioned by our Founding Fathers, have usurped power and been reticent choosing to operate independently from our Nation’s founding structure. There are three divisions within our National governing structure. They are The Executive Branch, the Legislative Branch, and the Judicial Branch. Under Article II of our Constitution, there is only ONE position that is voted on by the entire population of our citizens. It is the President of the United States, known as POTUS. Every other office in our Nation’s structure is either appointed or more locally elected in thousands of separate city, county, and state elections.

Did you miss the point in the paragraph above where there is only ONE position within our Nation for which everyone casts their vote. That is correct. It is the President of the United States. He alone has been “vested” with the “executive power”. As executor, he has all power to hire and fire those who serve under his authority. He has all power to create or abolish entities, organizations, or structures to meet current administration plans and goals. How effective do you believe any business would be if the president or executive officer were prevented from making changes to their organization when current market and social changes dictated changes in order for their business to progress and thrive? If this executive power was restrained or prevented, we would still be using the pony express to deliver our mail and we would have to walk across town to talk to our friends or family members. Fortunately, those who were able to make changes to their business pursuits have now allowed us to communicate wirelessly over vast distances. We call this FREEDOM and LIBERTY. The authority to have the power to be flexible is the key to success and progress. To be denied functioning as necessary creates stagnation and potential failure.

Let us now go back a few weeks to review what we said would happen following the November 2024 National election. Here is a quick reminder of what we said in our post from January 5, 2025, titled, “BDS – The Sequel”. “The plans are already being made and implemented to Resist, Impede, and Delay the efforts of the incoming administration. Senate confirmations of incoming staff directors will be stretched out as long as possible by democrats, not just for weeks or months, but even for years for some nominees. Even some republicans resistant to the newly elected President will aid in these Delays. Court challenges will seem as common as sands on the seashore. The appeal processes, and injunctions to proceed, will Impede the new administration’s efforts to institute new programs, plans, and policies.” Yes, it is true. “WE TOLD YOU SO!” Many APPOINTED judges have placed themselves directly between the POTUS and his authority to carry out the mandates given to him through winning the electoral college votes overwhelmingly and gaining victory in the national vote totals as well. The bias and political ideologies of these APPOINTED judges is as plain to see as the sun on a sunny day. Those seeking to derail the plans of the new administration are roadblocks to an improving destiny. They only seek to recover their diminishing power and wealth. They care only for their own personal ideologies and not for the betterment of our Nation at large. These APPOINTED judges are out of step with the blind judicial system originally established in our Nation’s founding documents. It is now past time for our Supreme Court of the United States to step forward to reign in these fringe renegade judges. Our Nation’s FREEDOM and LIBERTY are at stake.

ANORA

THE OSCARS. Good luck finding a theater showing the winner of the best picture at this year’s OSCARS. Maybe you will find it on some streaming service or digital provider, for a fairly nominal fee. It opened up at around 1500 theaters when released on October 18, 2024. By early January it was showing in only around 100 theaters. It has generated almost 16 million dollars in revenue. As of February 28, 2025, it has been showing at 808 theaters, but earning only a paltry $331 per theater, now 20 weeks in distribution (the-numbers.com). It has been one of the lowest grossing “best pictures” ever. The more recent “Wicked” has grossed so far around 461 million domestically and over 700 million worldwide at the box office (thedirect.com; January 19, 2025; Richard Nebens). The supporting cast of ANORA has names you would not recognize, let alone be able to pronounce, but since it has as the lead character, a New York stripper, marrying the son of a Russian oligarch, what else would one expect.

What is so “wonderful” about ANORA that makes this movie the pick of those who vote for winners of the OSCARS? That can be a very long discussion. We will do our best to summarize a few of the influences. In previous blogs we have proven that we live in a chemical soup. Our farmlands are polluted with “forever chemicals”, human and animal waste turned into sludge spread all over many of our Nation’s farmlands. We live on pills, from opioids to fentanyl, from vitamins to supplements. Our bodies are bombarded with energy from our phones to Bluetooth devices, from radio and TV waves, from X-rays to all forms of radiation. Consider the rise in transgenderism and the effects of DES (DiEthylStilbestrol) and Atrazine. It is truly amazing how well most of our bodies endure these unseen invasions. Maybe we do not endure them as well as we think. Autism, ADHD, Genderism, and all forms of dementia and Alzheimer’s, coupled with multiplicity of cancers, might signal these intrusions do have an impact. What are the causes of all these things? One thing is for certain. You cannot find what you do not look for. If we do not look for the source of these pollutions, we will never find the causes and potential subsequent solutions. The power of instant wealth overcomes the concern over future impacts. But there are also social and spiritual influences that affect our consciences and morality. Since the 1960’s, progressivism and liberality have worn away at more conservative limits and barriers, and most of us have all become more tolerant of perversions, depravity, and even sinfulness. Yes, we have polluted ourselves in multiple ways. So, we now come back to the movie, ANORA.

Many movies gaining more wide acceptance and popularity have been shunned by the OSCAR voting academy. Over the last many months, the academy will not consider nominations of films that do not adhere to DEI (Diversity Equity and Inclusion) standards, where quotas are mandated with respect to race, gender, and unfortunately the unspoken or unwritten acceptable ideology. Keep in mind that the Hollywood crowd loves to pass awards around to each other, for they live in a bubble created by their own narcissism. Wikipedia describes ANORA as a “black comedy-drama”. The movie centers around a prostitute stripper and strip clubs and follows sexual encounters. The “F” word, or derivatives thereof, are used around 500 times. One of the more evolving influences upon the OSCARS is that over the last few years a growing list of international voters have gravitated toward more independent films, those often debuting in the Cannes Film Festival in France, as did ANORA on May 21, 2024, where it received critical acclaim and won the Palme d’Or, or Golden Palm, the French word for the Best Feature Film.

We love hotdogs. At any barbeque we often give choices of hamburger patties or hotdogs. Each to his or her own. We do not mean to disparage OSCAR MAYER WIENERS in any way. They, or any competitor in that marketplace, are a National standard at many festivals and holidays. The point we want to make today is that the movie ANORA is truly a “wiener” of a movie. It may have won some passing award, but it will never win the hearts and minds of those who treasure conservative values, and those who truly love our great Nation built upon the foundation of our Constitution and Bill of Rights, all set in the pursuit of individual FREEDOM and LIBERTY, given to us not by any nation, or any person, or any awarded film, but only granted to each of us an “inalienable” right by our Creator. To Him be all glory, praise, and thanksgiving. Shun the movie ANORA for it is only one of many attempts to thrust us more deeply into the pit of smut and debauchery. Instead, cling tightly to Him who promises eternal life.

If you reside in a basement, the only way out is going up the basement stairs. This can be challenging, and even dangerous, not to mention maybe embarrassing. Maybe it’s best just to stay downstairs in the basement. Maybe we need to consider A VIEW FROM THE BASEMENT.

What does it really look like? No windows, so one has no idea what is going on outside in the world at large. The door at the top of the basement stairs has been locked for a long time, and you have no idea what is going on above you. Many Americans are happy “doing their own thing” in their basement, whatever that is. Many are oblivious as to what is taking place over them, out of sight and out of tjeor hearing. However, what they cannot see and hear can bring them harm, even destruction. Many have found personal comfort in being oblivious, but ignorance is not bliss. It only hastens self-inflicted wounds. Many have found satisfaction in social media and in the mesmerizing TV and film productions. They are unaware that those who broadcast through these medias control what they watch and when and often skew toward destructive ideologies. They have a bathroom in their basement, but do they know the sewer line is being breached by progressive tree roots, and sludge is forming to impede the disposition of their waste. Soon, if something doesn’t happen, they will be helplessly plunging the backup and finally knowing there is nothing they can do to fix the problem. Before long, they will be ankle deep in the stench of their own waste. They receive food from above the basement but have no idea where it comes from or what harmful ingredients and chemicals are being consumed by them, often because they do not understand the nomenclature, or even have a desire to understand it. An earthquake is brewing, and when it hits, they will be the first to be crushed by the structures and those who live secretly above. There may be a leak in the roof above, but they are unaware that those who reside above have no desire to provide a remedy. In the not-too-distant future, the roof will collapse under the weight of the water, and it will proceed downward drowning them encased within their walls of concrete.

Recently, the door at the top of the basement stairs has been unlocked and now stands slightly ajar. Words from above are now filtering down the stairs and many are now becoming aware of the hazards that had been out of their hearing and sight. They are beginning to seek out more information through alternate methods and are learning of their plight. They are becoming aware of new voices carrying “hope and change”, re-energizing a familiar phrase from years before. They are beginning to climb the basement stairs as they now see A VIEW FROM THE BASEMENT is neither satisfactory nor safe. Words like FREEDOM and LIBERTY are beginning to have new meaning. Many now are seeking a better path forward, one that recognizes a God who heals a grateful and humbling nation. A nation once formed upon those premises for which many fought and died to protect and defend. We hope that if you have been living in the basement, that you have become more aware of what is actually going on around you, and that you will join hands with fellow patriots to ensure that our great Nation will continue to thrive and profit all those who are blessed to share in its great social, economic, and spiritual wealth.

What you are looking at is a dense cloud of gas and dust that is approximately 7000 light years from earth. The picture was taken by the Hubble Telescope in 1995. Do you understand how far 7000 light years is from us? Light travels at approximately 186,000 miles per second. This equates to 41,150,377,612,285,254 miles. That is over 41 quadrillion miles. First comes hundreds, then thousands, then millions, then billions, then trillions, then finally quadrillions. The farthest object seen from earth is 21 billion light years away, HD1, found by the James Webb Sace Telescope (JWST) in 2023. Not thousands of light years away, but billions of light years away. Let’s look inward for a moment. Can you see an atom, a proton, neutron, or electron? The smallest known particles of matter are quarks and leptons, the fundamental building blocks of protons, neutrons, and electrons. You cannot “see” any of these particles of matter, yet we know they exist. You cannot see the wind, but you see its effects. You do not know from where the wind came, or where it is going. Jesus said in John 3:8, “The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. “ As humans, we live in a world of finites. We have end to our sentences. We know exactly how tall we are, or exactly how much we weigh, because we can compare them against fixed measurement devices. But not a one of us can see the smallest building block of our world, nor do we know the end to our universe, for we cannot fathom infinity, and these are just things that we only perceive as visible. Above, beneath, to the left and right are things we do not perceive, for we cannot see them nor grasp them. They are invisible to us both in space and time. What a marvelous universe in which we live. There is no way we can even begin to comprehend the depth and breadth of our existence. WHY ARE YOU HERE?

There is something within each of us that makes us tick. We all have different likes and dislikes, and not one of us shares our conscience, for it is ours alone. As individuals we make plans and develop processes. We execute them as we desire and see fit. We are autonomous, yet we are not alone. We have relations with others, and often meld together our efforts to achieve outcomes, yet in doing so we often submit a portion of our will for the greater good. However, there live among us those who have seared their conscience and inflict their will upon others in violent and evil ways upon their victims. Why do some choose to do what is right while others choose to do wrong? WHY ARE YOU HERE?

Do you believe you have no purpose in life? Some believe they are a candle that will one day burn out and leave little trace of their life. They measure their life span in years and see a finality to their existence. Our aim today is to bring doubt to this belief. We have shown that there is no end to those particles smaller than what we can see, for they are surly smaller and smaller. We cannot perceive that those tiny building blocks of life are comprised of energy or particles even smaller. We have shown that there is no end to our universe in time and space, for we cannot measure its width and breadth. Knowing these things to be true, why would one expect that our existence, as a part of this creation, is not also without measurable end? We live in the middle of eternity, an unmeasurable existence, and that only of what we can perceive visually or with our instruments. To believe that nothing else exists beyond those spectrums is to place limits which exist nowhere else in our universe.

We are fortunate to live in a Nation where we have FREEDOM and LIBERTY to pursue our existence. To meditate upon our purpose. To seek that which is beyond our grasp. WHY ARE YOU HERE? We believe we are here for a purpose, and it is our task to live a life as one would desire to live it in eternity. Many of us desire to make this journey with simple guidelines, to love our God, and to love our neighbor (Mathew 22:36-40). “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord you God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” If we do these things, we have hope that what lies beyond our physical death is a spiritual life without end, filled with wonder and joy. WHY ARE YOU HERE?

Fat. Usually, a subject we would prefer to avoid. Some fat can be good, for it stores energy for our bodies. However, trans fat can suppress HDL (good) cholesterol levels which can be a very bad thing. Many of us may choose to cut off excessive fat from the turkey, chicken or beef we may cook but removing it all can affect the taste of the meat. Generally, some fat may be useful, but too much can be a very bad thing. When it comes to many of our bodies in the United States, when we look in a mirror standing sideways, we often become self-aware of our body image and can go to great efforts to re-image our bodies into the forms of Barbie or Ken. Doing so can lead to dangerous body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) or other eating disorders. More recently ads on our TV screens, laptops and cell phones have highlighted numerous ways to reduce body fat. We have seen the ads for pills, and even injections used to help reduce belly fat, nearly always disclosing in the fine print below the images that the product must be used in conjunction with proper diet and exercise. Duh! Thus, giving rise to the “couch potato” image. If you lay around and stuff your face with unhealthy foods, you might as well start sprouting potato leaves.

Our Nation certainly has a problem with obesity. According to the CDC, “. . . more than 2 in 5 U.S. adults have obesity.” “Obesity accounts for nearly $173 billion in medical expenditures in 2019 dollars.” “The prevalence of obesity among U.S. adults 20 and over was 41.9% during 2017 – March 2020. During the same time, the prevalence of severe obesity among U.S. adults was 9.2%. This means that more than 100 million adults have obesity, and more than 22 million adults have severe obesity.” “The prevalence of obesity increased from 30.5% in 1999 – 2000 to 41.9% in 2017 – March 2020. During the same time, the prevalence of severe obesity increased from 4.7% to 9.2%” (cdc.gov). The trend is not getting any better, for obesity in our youth increases as well. “One report in JAMA Pediatrics found that nearly one in three adolescents and teens has prediabetes and the rate among 12 to 19 year-olds more than doubled between 1999 – 2002 and 2015 – 2018, jumping 12 percent to 28 percent.” (diabetes.org.) We are glad to see that our new Secretary of Health and Human Services will be looking at ways to reverse these trends in our society by concentrating on those “forever chemicals” and other food additives that have continued to contribute to the obesity of many of our Nation’s citizens.

We are very concerned with the bodily health of many within our Nation, but we often fight against those who claim, “My Body, My Choice”. Those who love their big, fat, overweight, diabetic bodies. Some may eventually choose to use LIPOSUCTION to suck out unwanted fat beneath layers of belly skin, but without a change in eating and exercising habits, the change may only be temporary. There is another form of fat that inflicts our Nation. There is a fiscal fat that continues to build up within our National government. As a Nation, we have excessive fat being constantly exposed in our ever-growing National debt. For decades leaders have claimed to bring our Nation’s waste, fraud, and abuse under control, but for decades, they have all failed to see any significant progress to their professed goals. Many have become captive to lobbyist’s dangling money in front of their re-election funding coffers. It is too easy for congressional leaders to spend other people’s money, our tax dollars, without any personal accountability. And along came DOGE (Department Of Government Efficiency). It is about time that people, other than politicians, have been given the task to seek out in-efficient funding apparatuses. Intelligent businessmen and smart young computer experts have been set loose on our Nation’s fraud, waste, and abuse like bees on a honeycomb. But their efforts are trying to be thwarted by those who occupy government entities who act like the thick layers of skin over the fat that needs excising. For too long many of these individuals have personally thrived on the fattening sweets hidden by often secret dealings and kickbacks. They are defenders of the slimy, greedy, and in fact corrupt practices making money and power their god. They will do anything they can to keep their ability to continue feeding at the money trough, for money often means power.

What needs serious LIPOSUCTION? Medicaid, where millions if not billions are surreptitiously funneled to support illegal aliens, the lazy, and the fraudulent. The Department of Defense, where they haven’t been able to produce any kind of successful audit in years. Who knows where your tax dollars are wasted and abused. The Department of Education, where more money is spent on infrastructure and staffing supposedly to support student performance, but where results land us nearly at the bottom of student performance worldwide. Non-Governmental Organizations are formed out of more loopholes than Swiss cheese. The influence of big tech and monopolistic entities control their own fate through the destruction or consumption of their opposition, and they pull on the heartstrings of many politicians who are eager to receive their funding favor. Let us not again forget the large pharmaceuticals who spend billions for influence while keeping many within our Nation under their control through medicines and even jabs creating unhealthy dependence, an obese Nation, a sickly Nation.

It is long past time for WE THE PEOPLE to take control of our government to reestablish our FREEDOM and LIBERTY, to ensure its continuation once established at the founding of the greatest nation that has ever existed on the face of this earth. Shun the court challenges made only to shield the hidden fat. Reject the complaints of those who only seek their nefarious vein drip of fraudulent financial gain. Seek the truth. Speak the truth. Live the truth. Link arms with fellow patriots to finally put an end to waste, fraud, and abuse. Be proud once again of this Nation blessed by our Creator.

To be completely fair, the past President of the United States was not the only person to ever make that statement. Just so you know we are not fibbing, he said so on September 14, 2024, in his speech to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Phoenix Awards Dinner (presidency.ucsb.edu), although other occasions could be listed as well. We want to focus in on those two seemingly insignificant words and what they say to us. First, let’s lay some predicate. In our Nation we do have the FREEDOM and LIBERTY to prosper and achieve. If one sets their mind and body to a desired task at hand, nearly anything is possible within the confines of our Creator’s designs and our Nation’s laws. We would actually phrase it differently than by simply saying in our Nation you have “ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES”. Let us explain why we would express this opportunity differently.

“ENDLESS”. Would you please point to where “ENDLESS” is? When we say our universe is “ENDLESS”, could you point to the place where you could see it end? We live a life filled with finites. Minutes, hours, days, months and years all have endings. We place periods at the end of our sentences. When we plan a trip, we start at the beginning and end up at the end, wherever that may be. The seasons have endings, as do baseball innings, football quarters, and the last book you may have just finished reading. How motivated would you be if we told you to go run on a track endlessly, without ever stopping? Would you want to begin that task? We doubt it. “ENDLESS” doesn’t seem to offer much incentive to begin. Let’s look at the second word in our phrase above.

“POSSIBILITIES”. How much confidence would you place in any task if there were only the mere hope of a possible outcome? Would you ever start a trip if the destination were unknown? What if that trip had possible destinations that could be unproductive, harmful, or even life-ending. When you go to a restaurant, might you decide not to go if one of the potential “POSSIBILITIES” was that the food there was poison, or that there might be the chance of the roof caving in on you while you are eating? “POSSIBILITIES” leaves an awful lot to chance, increasing risk, and unknown and undesirable outcomes.

We cannot speak for you, but as for those in our circle of influence, we find the words “ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES” to be vague, pointless, and not worthy to spend effort or time in its pursuit. With no assured outcome, either in time or task, we feel most would forgo that “trip” and choose another method with greater finality, both in time and task. So, when the previous President of the United States claimed that you have “ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES”, what did you picture in your mind? Anything other than a nice grouping of two words? Were you motivated to proceed forward, given a direction to follow, and outcome to be achieved? Without specifics, you might as well just go walk on a treadmill . . . . continuously . . . . without end. We can think of better groupings of words that might provide a reason to begin and to achieve.

A President should give you hope of achieving something, with a definable path forward. How about “DETERMINATE SUCCESS”. A wall along our Nation’s southern border is being competed, and personnel have been retasked and repositioned to stem the tide of illegal aliens flooding into our Nation. Illegal alien criminals are being rounded up and are beginning to be sent back to where they came from. Fraud, abuse, and waste of our tax dollars are being revealed and eliminated, the first of several steps to stem the hemorrhage into our National debt. Our Nation’s hemispherical security has been brought more clearly into focus as our new Secretaries are active in this pursuit. Hostages are being returned to their loved ones. Girl’s sports are being siloed to only biological girls. Procedures and processes are being implemented to assure hiring and promotions are based on experience and competency, eschewing quota and other ideological requirements. The acknowledgement of our Creator and our need to humble ourselves in thanksgiving and praise to Him are being proclaimed from the highest authorities. Goals have been set forth, paths forward have been directed, and results are being witnessed.

We are not motivated in the least by being told of “ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES”. What does motivate us is when we see a President fulfill promises that have been made. When we can see the gold pot at the end of the rainbow, we are motivated to do our part to help resecure and protect our individual and National FREEDOM and LIBERTY, not just for ourselves, but for all those who may follow us in this life in this the greatest Nation that has ever existed on the face of the earth. Praise be to Him for His grace and mercy, and His Will being carried out now by many of those who are in control of the power levers within our Nation’s government.

“Equal justice under the law is a phrase engraved on the West Pediment, above the front entrance of the United States Supreme Court building in Washington D.C.” (Wikipedia.) We have often viewed Lady Justice as a blindfolded figure holding the scale of justice in one hand and a sword in the other. The pros and cons, the good and bad, the right and wrong, weighing the innocence or guilt, are measured with the scale. Should the scales tilt toward the guilty, the sword is meant to execute the judgement. Unfortunately, sometimes the scale is not balanced properly, and inappropriate weight is applied to one side of the scale or the other, and Lady Justice is not wearing a blindfold. The unrighteous, those with evil intentions, often without fear of retribution and with severed conscience, will manipulate the levers of justice, and pervert the law to achieve their ideological agendas. Under our Constitution and Bill of Rights, this nefarious process was never intended by our Founding Fathers to be pursued in obtaining “equal justice”. However, over the last several decades, “equal justice” has in many situations and in many ways become “unequal justice”.

Most of us when we enter a courtroom expect those officiating to be unbiased in their proceedings. However, the reality is that though certain men and women have put on the black robe of judgeship, they cannot and often do not take off their mental robe of ideology. Even if they can disengage from the social influences surrounding them, depending upon their ruling, they can be susceptible to scorn, ridicule and persecution should they rule outside local or ideological expectations. If they serve in an elected position, they can be voted out of office and lose income and prestige when ignoring outside influences. It is unfortunate, but often the scales of justice are skewed and unfairly weighted to favor the vocal minority or ideological bent of the judge or Justice.

The newly elected President, along with many in support, have been unfairly targeted in prosecutions. They have been judged in areas where juries of their “piers” do not exist and where judges who rule have been proven to be ideologically aligned with the opposition. Lady Justice has been unblindfolded and the scales she holds have been unequally weighted, and she is merciless when unfairly wielding her sword of judgement. Can any of this injustice be undone? It becomes more difficult when the outgoing occupant of the White House has thrown out “preemptive pardons”, like rice at a wedding, to those who have no convictions. This form of pardon has never been tested in court proceedings, but we anticipate they may eventually make their way to the Supreme Court of the United States of America. They are federal pardons so state prosecutions and even civil prosecutions could be pursued should investigations reveal unlawful actions. There are ramifications for a person receiving a pardon. Even though that person may not have committed any fraudulent action, the stain of potential wrongdoing will hover about them for the duration of their life and beyond. Should they be brought into a court or other official proceeding, they cannot plead the Fifth Amendment, which under normal circumstances would claim that anything they might say could be used in their own prosecution. They will have to tell the truth and be expected to be forthright in their testimony. But do not hold your breath for any revelations of wrongdoing or admissions of guilt. Here is why.

There are many ways an individual can avoid telling the truth and making any kind of revelation that could lead to their prosecution, or to the prosecution of any other. Have you ever heard someone in a court of law or official proceeding, having been sworn in to tell the truth, say “I do not remember”, or “I do not recall”, or “I have no recollection of that”, or even “I have no memory of that”? There are probably many other iterations of these phrases that will be memorized and used. When you hear these phrases made in the coming months, be reminded that these people were in charge of our Nation. Their recollections are like those suffering from dementia. They will plead ignorance in areas in which they alone were accountable. They will be doing this as another way of avoiding accountability or prosecution. And let us not forget that should they be found to testify in courtrooms or other official proceedings where ideological sympathies reside, it is unlikely any justice leading to conviction will be forthcoming.

Do not despair. We do not base our National and individual FREEDOM and LIBERTY upon the outcome of any one person or group of individuals in any court or official proceeding. We base our FREEDOM and LIBERTY upon our Constitution and Bill of Rights, and upon our “unalienable Rights” “endowed” by our “Creator” (reference our Declaration of Independence). Put your trust and hope in Him. Give Him the thanks and praise due Him. “Humble yourself in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up” (James 4:10).