Author: shadowwarrior

We have all recently experienced the bludgeoning effects of inflation, that is, unless you are independently wealthy, could not care less how much gas costs (because you paid cash for your electric vehicle), have others do your grocery shopping and delivery for you, and live in the top 1% of all wage earners in our Nation. If you are in that latter category, then you are not spending your time reading this blog or concerning yourself with anything the rest of us peons are wrestling with on a daily or even hourly basis. But for those of us who struggle under the weight of inflation, we have wonderful news for you from those currently in control of our government. “The Rate of Inflation is Pruned.” Hooray! Let’s all run out and celebrate! But first, maybe we should consider exactly how much of this “Pruning”, or reduction, is actually taking place.

Consider this blog to be a layman’s tutorial on how inflation is measured. Let’s start by talking about how this “Pruning” of our inflation is occurring. In order to do that, we must first discuss how “The Rate of Inflation” is measured. “The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services.” (bls.gov). Usually, we most frequently see it published tracked over a one-year period of time. The “Core Inflation Rate” usually excludes food and energy, as these two areas of commerce can fluctuate wildly due to forces of nature. For example, a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico can cause offshore drilling to be curtailed negatively impacting the extraction, distribution, and production of oil and its byproducts. Likewise, a severe drought or an untimely freeze or flood can cause certain food items to skyrocket in price due to extreme shortages. (InflationData.com). The [“Core Inflation Rate”] “rose 6.6% in September from a year earlier, the biggest increase since August 1982. The measure increased 6.3% in August.” (The Wall Street Journal; October 13, 2022). But let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves and get back to the basics.

The government, no matter who is in charge, always manipulates the data to arrive at an acceptable CPI, to put the best face on it for the consuming public. There will always be other organizations with opposing statistics. One such view stated: “The ACTUAL US Inflation rate minus food and energy hit 19.75% in February” (thegatewaypundit.com). We all know rents and mortgages are currently way up, as is the cost of multiple forms of energy, like home heating oil. We also know food prices are up as well. Three years ago, we bought a six-pack of muffins for $3.98, but at our grocery store this last week, we paid $5.98 for the exact same item. That is an increase of just over 50%. With the devaluation of each dollar due to the excessive government printing of new dollars in the last three years, one can easily deduce that you’re actually much worse off than just a 50% inflation in the cost of your muffin pack. But let’s now take a look at what the current government calculated as our Inflation Rate over the last couple of months.

We will acknowledge now the current government’s target CPI, which is anywhere from 1% to 3%. We will take the average of 2% since this has been most referenced, however, we must warn that if this rate is unattainable, it is likely you will see their target rate adjusted upwards to establish what they will call “a new normal” CPI. When the previous President left office in 2022, the CPI was 1.4% (the balance; Kimberly Amadeo; October 14, 2022). Let us now look at the last two months CPI as published by the current administration. September’s CPI number was 8.2% (a four-decade high), down a whopping .1% from August’s 8.3% (bls.gov). Okay, let us do the calculation for you. Assuming our current government maintains the same downward velocity in the published CPI numbers, how long will it take for us to finally get back to the desired 2% CPI? How does 5 years and two months hit you? Yup, that’s right, you will be living with higher Inflation Rates for the next few years. If we were to assume an average of 5% Inflation Rate over that period of time, your $100.00 would be worth $78.00. Think of it another way. It will take $128.00 to buy the same product that only cost $100.00 5 years ago. Again, let’s recall that energy and food are excluded from the CPI. “Fuel oil was up 41%; propane, kerosene and firewood were up 33.8%, and piped natural gas was up 24.1%, and that was as of Jan 24, 2022” (pewresearch.org). You might say, “But the rate of ‘Pruning‘ is actually greater, because the CPI was higher at 8.5% in July, so the decrease is actually happening much faster”. We would also point out that the CPI was also a staggering 9.1% in June! (bls.gov). What comes down, may also go back up. Meanwhile, as time ticks by, you will be paying for things anywhere from 9.1% more per year to . . . some unguaranteed lower CPI, and under the current administration, it may never get to their 2% target.

So yes, we can and must claim that according to the published CPI government documents, “The Rate of Inflation is Pruned“. But at FREEDOMGOFORTH.COM, we would like to put a different spin on “The Rate of Inflation is Pruned”. It is time to make these current governmental polices Rest In Peace! As a Nation spiraling out of control, it is up to each one of us to vote for change, and to do everything within our ability to inform all people we know so that they, too, are aware of the need for us to reclaim and sustain our FREEDOM and LIBERTY. If we sit idly by and do nothing, we embarrass our forefathers who gave so much to establish this great Nation of ours, and we leave our children and grandchildren in a world controlled by Godless, woke elitists who choose their own power and wealth over our Constitution and its principles, over our Bill of Rights, and put to shame our sacred document, The Declaration of Independence.

This sounds totally awesome. But at what cost? Have you thought this through, knowing the facts, the truth, the spin, and we don’t mean spinning tires. We mean the woke elites pushing this green energy concept, by using the biased influence of most forms of media. We want to spend just a few minutes exploring the downside of owning an electric vehicle, the side those who are pushing these vehicles don’t want you to know about and will do everything they can to hide the negatives while only sharing the positives. Some day we will be able to step into our own bubble transporter at home and be transported quickly and safely to any destination we want . . . but that day has not yet come and is many decades in the future. It takes time to develop new technologies, and that process cannot be accelerated beyond our ability learn, experiment, test hypotheses, and bring concept into reality. Someday most of us will be able to drive or ride in a transportation device powered by a totally clean energy source, and that “clean energy source” includes “clean” all the way back to the power’s source.

Let’s be clear. We have documented this before in a previous blog that the source of power for all “clean energy vehicles” comes mostly from fossil fuels. You may think loading your EV with energy is making the world a “greener” environment, but the reality is that without fossil fuels, your EV will have a hard time powering up, or going anywhere. Currently 80% of our Nation’s power comes from coal or oil powered facilities. “In 2019, 80% of domestic energy production was from fossil fuels, and 80% of domestic energy consumption originated from fossil fuels.” “79% in 2021.”(US Energy Information Administration, September 14, 2020.) Nuclear accounts to approximately 8% of our Nation’s power generation. Renewable resources account for about 12% of our Nation’s power generation. The same source quoted above also provides additional information. Approximately 40% of renewable energy comes from “biomass waste – 4%, biofuels – 19%, wood – 17%”. The rest of renewable energy comes from “geothermal – 2%, solar – 12%, hydroelectric – 19%, wind – 27%”. The contribution of fossil fuels to our Nation’s energy generation comes from “natural gas – 32%, petroleum – 36%, nuclear – 8%, coal – 11%”. (US EIA, April 2022.) We need to point out that “solar” is not a 24-hour generation, obviously. Peak generation occurs only during a few short hours each day, and normally subside substantially about the time most people arrive at home from work and want to charge their EVs. “Wind” is also a non-constant source of power, Wind speeds needed for power production range from 7 to 55 mph (UNC-TV, Frank Graff). Few if any places on earth have a constant wind speed maintained within that range, so power generation is not optimally continuous. Solar and wind sites require enormous acreage and are eyesores to a natural landscape. Both solar and wind power devices are largely dependent upon China for materials and production. Solar panels are subject to adverse weather precipitation and dust, whereas wind turbines are a threat to airborne foul. Have you considered where the materials for EV batteries come from? Do you realize children are used as slave labor in Africa to mine these rare earth materials, as the natural landscape is destroyed in the process. “Many of the mines use child slave labour. And I’m afraid that, as car makers go electric and demand sky-rockets, more kids are going to get sent underground. And that means more are going to die. Small wonder cobalt is called ‘the blood diamond of batteries’.” “But what do you use instead? The answer is nickel, and while no slave labour is used to dig this out of the ground, it’s not what you’d call a clean process. According to a report in The Guardian, of all places, what you have around a nickel mine are: ‘Plumes of sulphur dioxide choking the skies, churned earth blanketed in cancerous dust, rivers running blood-red . . .’. And that’s before we get to all the deformed babies. There are reports of deformed babies being born near the cobalt mines and higher rates of deformities and respiratory problems linked to nickel mining pollution.” (The U.S. Sun, Jeremy Clarkson, Feb 20, 2021.) The Boston Globe writes: “Empty Promises Won’t End Green Slavery. The lack of supply chain transparency creates a convenient excuse to ignore the role of modern slavery in the renewable energy transition.” (Oliver McPherson-Smith, October 3, 2022.)

The Lithium News, October 5, 2022, has highlighted some EV limitations that you may not have considered. Batteries are susceptible to temperature extremes. The more the extremes, the more the degradation in battery storage and life will be experienced. Batteries should last 100,000 miles, maybe more, but there are no guarantees. Keeping the car fully charged is not recommended, nor is allowing the battery to fully discharge, as this can cause problems with other systems. Fast charges are not always the best idea, as this can cause wear and tear, and can lead to premature failure. “Repeatedly using launch controls or similar features drains the battery quickly and will eventually degrade performance and battery capacity.” One should always consider your ability to be able to recharge your EV. Currently there are only 47,000 charging stations, and 118,000 charging points (upstream/EETimes.com). One may have to wait in line to recharge (assuming you’re not in California and subject to restricted charging hours), and once hooked up, it will take longer than filling up a tank of gas. Your fully charged vehicle will also have a limited range, and your vacation may be planned around charging stations and time spent siting in your car while it is being re-charged. The previous source also reported “poor to minimal protection” from hacking, that individual’s cars could become a backdoor into the grid system, powering them on or off to destabilize the grid. Fox Business reported on October 10, 2022, that not only are car computers hackable, but so are the charging stations. “Nicoletti: Hackers will find a way to grab them [charging stations] and take them apart to find your information.” It was also reported that charging cables contain valuable materials that could be cut off and removed from charging stations to support criminal pursuits.

Let us now turn our attention to other facts having a direct influence on your purchase of a new EV. The most obvious one is initial cost. You will pay more for your EV than any other gas-powered vehicle. “According to the United States Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the average sticker price on a new electric vehicle is approximately $19,000 more than that of a new gasoline-powered vehicle.” (Compare.com; Nick Versaw, January 4, 2022.) Oh, you say, but I may get a $7,500 credit! Well, that may be true, but what you may get back on the back end, each one of us pay through increased taxes and National debt on the front end. Talking about money, consider the replacement cost of a Tesla Model S battery. How does $20,000 hit you? Better buy a Nissan Leaf, as its battery only costs $2,700! (Greencars.com.) How about the cost to insure this new EV of yours for one year: Tesla – $4,066, Chevy Bolt – $1,830, Nissan Leaf – $1,804, Ford F150 Lightning – $1,960. (Bankrate.com.)

Recently, we have heard a lot about EV fires. U.S. Agency opened a probe into electric vehicle batteries since 2020 (Tom Krisher; April 5, 2022). On Fox Business on October 13, 2022, Elizabeth McDonnald mentioned a Tesla in a junk yard had to be buried in dirt to put out its battery fire. Seemingly self-combusting. It was also reported that it took 40 fire fighters to put out an electric car fire in China. When an EV is submerged or subjected to high volumes of water, you can develop short circuits within the battery pack. The vehicle may sit dormant, may not show any signs of “thermal runaway” or off-gassing for moments, days, weeks, or even a month. Multiple fires have already been reported. Best practice is to isolate the car and let it burn. Throwing water on it can allow the vehicle to off-gas toxic and highly flammable gasses, and in an enclosed area, could become explosive (Dalan Zartman, Veteran firefighter; Rescue Methods LLC, President and Founder).

Finally, let’s once again take a look at all those items on an EV that are dependent upon fossil fuels. Refer back to our blog posted on March 20, 2022, titled “Are You Prepared To Live Without Oil?” You may drive an EV, but it won’t drive or look the same without Road Asphalt, Carpets, Dyes (used to color items), Sport car bodies, Tires, and Upholstery. It’s also likely that windshield wipers and squirt tubing could be added to this list, along with plastic lenses and body trims.

You may choose to drive an EV, but it will cost you more in the short-term and in the long-run, and there is no way you can avoid buying any EV that is totally void of fossil fuel-based products. Your “Green” vehicle comes to you through slave labor, by the destruction of natural environments, and with the blessings and control of the Chinese Communist Party. Do not be swayed by promises of more charging stations or tax credits. Do not become mesmerized or succumb to pressures applied by state or federal mandates, tyrannical dictates, or the allure of a “shiny new object.” Your FREEDOM and LIBERTY to drive what you want is at stake. Speak loudly and firmly in opposition to those who seek only your submission to their will and agendas.

There is very little that has the potential to surpass the greatest benefit of living in the United States of America. It is the right of a citizen of this great Nation to vote. It is what makes our Nation stand out among many nations, not just in our time today, but throughout ages past. One political party within our Nation has made a great effort to claim their right to declare that they are the only ones fighting for Democracy. Democracy is the process where all get an input into decisions being made, but our Nation is not a strict Democracy. “Democracy . . . is a form of government in which the people have the authority to deliberate and decide legislation . . . , or to choose governing officials to do so. . .” (Wikipedia.) Our Nation is a Republic, a hybrid form of government that includes Democracy. Check out this definition from “legaldictionary.net”. “A republic is a form of government in which the citizens elect representatives, who make all of the decisions for them. This is different from a democracy, in which the people make their own decisions on important issues by voting. This form of government does not have a monarch, but an elected leader.” We may vote on issues and measures on ballots, and the democratic majority decides whether the issue is approved or denied. As a Republic, we elect representatives who make decisions on our behalf.

The method used to exercise our democracy, or to elect representatives to make decisions for us, is call voting. As mentioned earlier, we vote for ballot measures or issues, and we vote for representatives to make decisions for us, both on local and national levels. The right to vote is a sacred function in our Nation. In order to vote, one needs to be a legal citizen who has the right to make their voice (in written form) heard, because the outcome of the vote directly impacts each citizen within the scope of the issue being determined. Foreigners or visitors to our Nation have no say in the outcomes of these elections, because they are not here permanently, and are generally unaffected directly or permanently by the results of most elections.

Voting is both a privilege and a responsibility for each citizen of our Nation. Failure to vote diminishes the power of the people to make wise and reasoned choices affecting the majority. Failure to vote shows a lack of concern for our Nation, reflects apathy, shows detachment, and represents a casualness about our Nation’s affairs. Now for some, maybe they really don’t care what happens within our Nation, but we believe that most do, especially when the issue at hand directly impacts upon your life. We started this blog by reviewing the importance of voting because we want to show a number of ways that your ability to vote can be impaired, not because of your disinterest, but by methods outside your control. We want to list a few of them for your consideration. As we have said in previous blogs, we are sure you can add to the list we provide. We will show them in no particular order, as each person may be affected differently by each method of VOTER SUPPRESSION.

Years ago, it was customary for voting to occur on one day, and each individual had to go to their assigned poling location, prove their citizenship, and vote in person by a paper form of ballot. If you could not be there on that day, an alternate method was made available for them, or those out of town on business. This was called an “absentee ballot” and was either completed before the day of the voting, or through mail if out of town for an extended period of time. This applied to those in government or business service outside their voting location, or for those incapacitated and unable to access their poling location.

Then came along mail-in ballots, drop boxes, extended voting hours and days, and electronic voting and tabulating machines. This is when the poo poo hit the fan. Both political parties decried mail-in ballots due to the potential for anomalies or fraud. Nations throughout the world eschewed mail-in ballots for the same reason. Both political parties warned of voting machines that were hackable. Before long, the results of elections became not so much a matter of who voted, but who counted the votes. Any guess as to who first said that? It was the Soviet dictator, Joseph Stalin. His exact words as recorded by his secretary’s memoir were: “The people who cast the votes don’t decide an election, the people who count the votes do.” (Daily Kos, Oct. 21, 2020, Paulfrancisleysen.)

This has been a very long introduction into the many ways you can encounter VOTER SUPPRESSION. So, let’s get right down to it. Let us first talk about the influence of money. Money buys ads on radio and TV, and through mail-outs and the plethora of social media outlets. The application of this money also brings with it a form of “quid pro quo”, or to put it in terms most of us can understand, “I’ll scratch your back, if you in turn will scratch mine.” The more money spent; the more influence is exerted upon the average voter. Often, these ads spend more time digging up dirt on their opponent (called muckraking) than talking about what a candidate will do to benefit the voter. Unless you personally can verify what is being said, a measure of doubt will hang over your vote, and it could be enough to sway your vote one way or the other. This is a form of VOTER SUPPRESSION, causing you to be unsure, throwing a fogbank of suspicion upon your clarity of thought.

Another way VOTER SUPPRESSION can be applied to your vote is in the way and methods used to produce and publish voting polls. Sometimes the “cross-tabs” used in carrying out the poll are not revealed or ignored. Often, polls will weight contacts made to voters by favoring one party over another. Also, canvassing “all potential voters”, as opposed to those “voters who actually intend to vote”, can produce different results. As it is in all forms of media, those who conduct polls have personal bias and that can be reflected in the results of the poll. If a biased poll reflects negatively upon one candidate, it could cause a potential voter to declare, “Well, there is no way my one vote will make a difference, so I’ll just stay home and not vote.” If this has happened to you, then you have encountered VOTER SUPPRESSION by what is called a “SUPPRESSION pole”.

Certain states have allowed laws legally established by their legislatures to be circumnavigated by rogue governors, secretaries of state, or judges or justices. Our Nation’s constitution only allows state legislatures to establish those voting laws (Article 1, Section 4, and Article 2, Section 1 of the Constitution of the United States of America). When unauthorized tampering of established laws take place, this becomes a form of VOTER SUPPRESSION. Those altered voting processes, dictated by those rogue actors, are often contrary to the established laws and procedures. This frustrates voters who believe in abiding by those established laws and procedures. If those voters are discouraged by these illegal actions, to the point of not voting, then they have succumbed to a form of VOTER SUPPRESSION.

The party in power can use its tyrannical processes to force agencies to confound opposing political parties through practices of intimidation, using threats, or even incarceration, to cause potential voters to stay silent or stay away from voting. This, too, is a form of VOTER SUPPRESSION.

When considering the applied force of government agencies upon individual voters, one has to consider individuals who carry out the directives of those in power who demand their obedience. Those who bear the responsibility to carry out those orders are often placed in a quandary. Should local and federal law enforcement personnel obey unjust orders and thereby avoid rebuke, suspension, or even termination? Too often police and federal agents bow to the almighty dollar and continued employment and carry out unjustified, political, and immoral orders against fellow citizens who are free within our Nation to conduct opposition to the illegal acts of those currently in power. (From The Declaration of Independance: “. . . whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it . . .”). The fear of being singled out by law enforcement, and potentially suffer the consequences of a tyrannical justice system, is also a form of VOTER SUPPRESSION.

Last on our short list, we will mention certain large corporations and elite organizations that often control and dictate terms for using your free speech. They do not control, nor can they ever dictate, our free speech. That was given to us by our Creator, not by our government, not by any corporation, and not by any self-appointed elite organization. We will not cower. We will not bend. We will not break. We will fight for our FREEDOM and LIBERTY. Do not sacrifice these rights upon the alter of VOTER SUPPRESSION.

For over a year and one half, we at FREEDOMGOFORTH.COM have been advocating the need to re-establish our FREEDOM and LIBERTY in our great Nation, the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. This country was established at great cost. By “cost” we are not talking just about money, although that too was proffered, but we are talking about many of our forefathers who now lay in graves having sacrificed all for the establishment and preservation of our Nation. Too often many of us throw around the word FREEDOM as casually as we do when discussing our next meal or when reviewing last evenings TV show around the corporate water cooler.

Over the last couple of decades, it has been unfortunate that our citizens have witnessed the slow erosion of many of our God given FREEDOMS. It has been a slow and subtle process. We have found it comfortable, and even acceptable, living in the warm waters of the “pot of change” on the stove burner. More recently we have noticed the waters beginning to boil around us, and in the process, many have given up hope of ever re-establishing those FREEDOMS we have willingly allowed to be shredded and often shed from our lives. Is it that we have decided to not fight what was happening to us? Is it that we have even willingly agreed with seemingly minor restrictions to our FREEDOMS? Is it that we have at times even been the authors of our own FREEDOM destruction? Or is it that we have been oblivious to how our FREEDOM has been slipping through the control of our own fingers? We believe the last question applies to most “FREEDOM” loving citizens. You might ask, “How have we been culpable in the demise of our own FREEDOM?” Let us awaken you to several ways we have allowed the erosion of our FREEDOMS. In no particular order, and certainly not all comprehensive, read our list below to recognize this theft of our FREEDOM. We are sure many of you can add to our list of the multiple ways we have allow the theft of our FREEDOM.

Most of us started to recognize some of the diminishing of our FREEDOMS after the attack on our Nation on September 11, 2021. For several days we could not travel by air, as our Nation’s air transportation system was brought to a halt. But this was not the beginning of the attack on our FREEDOMS. You may be old enough to remember when cockpit doors on commercial airliners had to be closed before taxi, and before Air Marshall’s started flying. You may not have understood why at the time, but it was due to the threat of hijacking. But this was not the beginning of the attack on our FREEDOMS. When Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941, our Nation became suspicious of those Americans of Japanese descent, and went so far as to round them up, incarcerate them, and completely take away their ability to move about their Nation, to appreciate and enjoy their FREEDOMS. We could continue to move backward in time and point out other events when our Nation’s citizens found themselves having their cherished FREEDOM limited. We do not need to review the horrible restrictions placed upon the FREEDOMS of our black brothers and sisters going back years before the establishment of our Nation, which started in other countries throughout the ages. Below are just a few of the ways our own personal FREEDOM has been restricted, or even taken, from us.

Many employees are being hired on a part-time basis, allowing businesses to avoid providing the benefits given to full-time employees. This is a reduction of your FREEDOM.

Today, many employers routinely scour social media outlets to scan potential employees for adverse interactions, and this can continue for the duration of employment. This is an invasion of your personal FREEDOM.

As an employee, you may be subject to a swipe from the double-edged sword of union membership. Some companies may make union involvement impossible to achieve, while others may mandate union involvement and routinely deduct union dues from your paychecks. This is a form of restriction to your FREEDOM.

Governments, both local and national, can increase their tax revenues for the establishment and continuation of ideological agendas in opposition to the decisions of the majority. This is a method used to restrict your FREEDOM.

Employers can restrict breaks, and even limit their duration. This is a form of control over your FREEDOM.

Employers can require course attendance covering woke agendas for continued employment. This is a method used to define your FREEDOM.

Government mandates often make hiring the most qualified less important than meeting establish quotas. This is a method of limiting your FREEDOM.

Government and corporations can require compliance with mandatory health measures before and during employment. This is a way of controlling your FREEDOM.

If you feel compelled to purchase from major corporations because they have overwhelmed and forced the closing of local sellers, then a measure of your FREEDOM has been taken from you.

If you choose to participate in any form of social media, you have lost your right to privacy, and your personal information can be sold or stolen for another’s benefit. This is an invasion of your personal FREEDOM.

If you choose to speak your mind about any controversial subject, you could find yourself subjected not only to personal verbal and physical attacks, but you could also be held accountable by government agencies who deem your speech to be contrary to their preferred agendas. This is used to control the limits of your FREEDOM.

If you fear that anomalies in our Nation’s voting systems are cancelling out or overwhelming your vote, then your FREEDOM is being taken from you.

If you worry about your guns being taken away from you, then your FREEDOM has been impinged upon.

If you fear going out at night alone in your neighborhood, you have had your FREEDOM taken away from you.

If you worry about your kids walking alone to school or to the park, you have encountered a reduction of your family’s FREEDOM.

If you fear going into malls or stores because of the increase in violence due to flash mobs, unprovoked attacks, and the threat of potential terrorism, then your FREEDOM has been taken from you.

If you fear being car-jacked at a stop light or in a parking area, then you have lost some of your FREEDOM.

If you feel forced to buy or drive an electric vehicle, then the level of your FREEDOM is being dictated to you.

If you have to take precautions at home by locking doors or using cameras and alarms to prevent potential theft or violence, then your FREEDOM has been diminished.

If you fear answering pollster questions revealing your political bias, potentially subjecting yourself to unwanted attention from local or federal authorities, then your FREEDOM has been restricted.

If you fear wearing clothing or displaying signage in your yard or on your car, reflecting your political bias, then you have encountered a restriction of your FREEDOM.

If you worry about attending rallies or events due to the potential of conflict caused by nefarious organizations or individuals, then your FREEDOM is being restricted.

We could go on, but we will allow you to add to the number of ways your personal FREEDOM has been slowly and methodically taken from you. We have always advocated for the re-establishment and preservation of our personal and collective FREEDOM and LIBERTY. We cannot do this for you. Only you can have a direct and lasting impact upon the FREEDOM and LIBERTY you covet, hoping to secure for yourself, your family and friends, and for your posterity. We want to close with the words written by a prescient film writer for the movie “Avengers: End Game” (2019). They were spoken by the evil demigod, Thanos, who was determined to change the universe to his liking. “As long as there are those that remember what was, there will always be those that are unable to accept what can be. They will resist.” “I will shred this universe down to its last atom and then . . . create a new one teeming with life that knows not what it has lost, but only what it has been given. A grateful universe.” Is this the world in which you want to live?

Our Nation has been through a number of recessions since its inception. Some were quite long and severe, and some were short and mild. The traditional definition of a recession is when the Nation’s economy shrinks in two consecutive months, although the current government leadership seems determined to define it differently, hiding the truth behind deflection and word salads. The general citizen recognizes a recession when it takes more of your money to buy the same item, and when prices rise faster than incomes. Without much doubt or argument, most would agree that our Nation is in the throes of a recession that is deepening and looks to be around for more than a few troubling months.

The picture above is of James Carville. He was a strategist in Bill Clinton’s successful 1992 presidential campaign against the incumbent President George HW Bush during the 1990-1992 recession. Mr. Carville was the one who made famous the statement, “It’s the economy, stupid!” President Bush had ordered an invasion of Panama to topple the notorious General Manuel Noriega in 1989, and in 1990-1991 Iran’s invasion of Kuwait precipitated President Bush’s decision to decimate the Iraq’s army in the Persian Gulf War. Following these costly war efforts, our Nation began to fall into a recession. It was during this time that President Bush also uttered those infamous words, “Read My Lips. No New Taxes”. He had to back-track on his pledge, and taxes were raised. His credibility was compromised. The Nation’s citizens were facing higher prices and taxes, both having a very negative impact on the Nation’s economy and the lives of average Americans. It was during the runup to the 1992 Presidential election that James Carville uttered those now famous words, “It’s the economy, stupid!” The inclusion of Ross Perot into the presidential election fray allowed Bill Clinton to become President with only 43% of the Nation’s vote. Bush had garnered 37%, and the conservative Perot garnered 19%, splitting the Republican vote and basically handing the election to Clinton.

We believe it is once again time to resurrect those once famous words, “It’s the economy, stupid!” The top 1% of our Nation’s citizens, those with the highest incomes and least impacted by the ravages of a growing inflation, have been immunized against its effects. However, we believe the overwhelming majority within this Nation are being negatively impacted by the effects of our Nation’s current inflation. As mid-term voting this November is now less than two months away, it is time to declare loudly and persistently, “It’s the economy, stupid!” If you do not like the direction being set by those currently in control of our National government, then you need to vote to effect a change in the direction of our Nation. If you treasure your FREEDOM and LIBERTY, only you through your vote can make that change a reality.

If the word’s, “It’s the economy, stupid!” isn’t enough to motivate you to vote for change, we would like to add a few new words that should also become infamous. We will list a few of them now:

“It’s the invasion at our southern border, stupid!”

“It’s the cancel culture, stupid!”

“It’s the rising energy prices, stupid!”

“It’s the rising food prices, stupid!”

“It’s the rising rent and mortgage prices, stupid!”

“It’s the Covid mandates, stupid!”

“It’s the excessive executive orders, stupid!”

“It’s the war on fossil fuels, stupid!”

“It’s money spent on the Russia-Ukraine war, stupid!”

“It’s the Afghanistan retreat, stupid!”

“It’s the Hunter Biden laptop, stupid!”

“It’s the China threat, stupid!”

“It’s the opioid epidemic, stupid!”

“It’s the two-tier judicial system, stupid!”

“It’s the panic over global warming, stupid!”

“It’s the biased media, stupid!”

“It’s the sexualization of our school children, stupid!”

“It’s the excessive government spending, stupid!”

“It’s the feckless and spineless RINOs, stupid!”

“It’s the attack on religion and morality, stupid!”

“It’s the poor GOP leadership in the Senate, stupid!”

“It’s the diminishing retirement funds, stupid!”

“It’s the timidity of the GOP representatives, stupid!”

“It’s the woke corporations bowing to ESG, stupid!”

“It’s the attacks on our Second Amendment, stupid!”

“It’s the on-going push to kill the unborn, stupid!”

“It’s the denial of the President’s dementia, stupid!”

“It’s the blah blah blah . . . . , stupid!” Quite frankly, we are tired of listing all the potential words that should become infamous, but we will leave your imagination couched in reality to finish our partial list. What is definitely worth shouting loudly is the need for you to do all within your power to help save our FREEDOM and LIBERTY. If not for you, then do it for those who will follow you in life within this great Nation of ours. Only then when you pass from this life will you be able to face those who proceeded you in death, many who gave their very lives to give you what you have been privileged to enjoyed, and then with honor declare “I did all that I could.”

We do not know if this was an actual crash or not, or if it was a product of technological manipulation. We pulled it off a free picture website and it was untitled. If this was an actual crash, we apologize to those who may have been directly impacted by this unfortunate event. If real, there is no doubt that all aboard were lost. It is not our intention to glorify this horrific incident, but we use this short video clip to make a very important point about on-going catastrophes within our Nation each and every day.

WHAT IF this type of accident occurred in our Nation each and every day, for weeks on end? What do you think would happen to our air transportation system within our Nation? We feel confident that after a couple of these crashes, the entire fleet of aircraft operating within our Nation would be grounded until a cause could be found and corrected. Assume for a moment that each of these crashed aircraft held around 200 American citizens, most of them young people. If this were to occur for a whole year, with airplanes crashing each and every day, that would be around 73,000 dead. Would you willingly get on any airplane, or more importantly, place on board any of your children, or other family members, or even others you know and love? We feel your answer would be that you and all you know would remain grounded and stay far away from flying.

In the attack on our Nation on September 11, 2001, we lost nearly 3,000 souls on that day. Consider what the response was in our Nation following that attack. The air traffic was halted in our Nation. Our Nation made plans to go on the attack to find those who perpetrated this act upon us, and that offensive went on for years, and even continues today in one form or another. New agencies were established to go after terrorists. Over the next several months, air travelers now had new hoops to jump through to get on an airplane, including removing shoes and restricting carry-on liquids to small bottles, cockpit doors were fortified, among a host of other changes. So, what’s the point we’re trying to make? WHAT IF around 70,000 young people were killed in our Nation over the last year. If this occurred, what do you think should be done? What kind of effort should be made within our Nation to bring those deaths down, and to pursue all avenues to locate, mitigate, and even destroy the source causing this loss of life?

The following information should be embarrassing to those who currently control the levers of political power within our Nation today. In fact, if you are not aware of what is currently happening within our Nation, you too are culpable for not just your ignorance, but for your lack of concern and efforts to do all within your power to bring this catastrophic situation to an end. Are you concerned enough to ask what we as a Nation may be missing, unaware of, or in the worst case, simply unconcerned about, showing a lack of compassion and efforts to take action to do what needs to be done? While those in control of our Nation’s government tidy up the deck on a sinking Titanic and continue to pursue agendas that have no immediate impact on the survival of our Nation, its people, or even the world at large, we are missing the elephant in the room sitting on our Nation’s lap.

The “WHAT IF” we have illuded to earlier is not a hypothetic scenario, but in fact is a very real reality. The “CDC estimates that more than 108,000 people died of drug overdoses between February 2021 and February 2022. Of those, more than 70% involved fentanyl and other synthetic opioids.” (New York Post, August 5, 2022.) Fentanyl has flowed like a surging tide across our Nation’s southern border. Estimates continue to show that enough has come across this border to kill every American in the United States. Even now, it is being marketed to our youth using enticing colors and shapes. Young people, often through on-line contacts, or even from friends or acquaintances at school, are obtaining just one small pill, either to help with aches and pains, or get a quick pick-me-up. Instead of experiencing the expected outcomes, many are falling into an everlasting physical death. Maybe you know someone in your social circle who has experienced this kind of loss in their family? Maybe you have personally experienced a loss in your own family due to this plague upon our society?

The materials used in the formation of fentanyl usually come from China, through the years the source of viruses that have killed many throughout our Nation and the world at large, most recently COVID-19 and its variants. China has enlisted many drug Cartels south of our border to manufacture these materials into counterfeit drugs that are then pushed across our southern border by mules, people who gladly and willingly carry these drugs into our Nation. We ask those currently in control of our National government, “What are you doing to stop this act of terrorism upon our Nation and its people?” “Have your taken any action against China to force them to cease exporting these lethal materials?” “Have you taken any action against our neighbor nation to the south, Mexico, to interdict the manufacturing and distribution of these deadly drugs?” “Have you increased the staffing of Border Patrol to stop the flow of death into our Nation?” “Have you built any southern border wall to help stop this killing within our Nation?” Unfortunately, we are afraid the answer is “No” to all of these questions. Our inept current government instead sees fit to hire an additional 87,000 IRS agents to squeeze every available penny out of our citizens. Imagine the good that would be done if we added an additional 87,000 Border Agents. China holds political and financial sway over the current occupants of the White House. Our current government leaders in Washington D.C. are pursuing a different agenda as they promulgate a policy of a borderless United States, as the flow of illegal aliens across our southern border ads to the chaos within many of our Nation’s cities and communities, in hopes that we will eventually capitulate and bow to the will of tyranny and give up our personal and National FREEDOM and LIBERTY.

There is no “WHAT IF” in this situation. This is a matter of life and death, not only for many of our Nation’s citizens, especially of our youth, but also to the very survival of our great Nation. If you treasure your FREEDOM and LIBERTY, then you must not be silent. You must use your vote to place those in positions of authority and power to put a stop to this national suicidal madness. Be bold. Be brave. Be courageous. Do your part, no matter how small or insignificant it may seem to you. Our Nation’s survival depends upon you. Reflect upon the thought of how you might respond to those who preceded us in death, those who created, established, and protected this Nation through preceding generations, should you ever stand before them and your Creator in judgment.

What is the difference between “reasons” and “excuses”? We’ve all used them. “Reasons” are merely an explanation, whereas “excuses” are an attempt at justification. Excuses often seem to be used more as a tool of avoidance. Reasons, when given, seem more legitimate and are more easily accepted by others. Reasons add a better understanding and depth. When Sally gives excuses why she can’t be at the birthday party, it is more likely others attending will roll their eyes and believe she just didn’t want to be there. If Sally were to give a reason, others in attendance will probably only say they were sorry she wasn’t able to attend. We don’t intend to get into some sort of psychobabble debate over these two words, but we mention them just to set the stage for our topic today. When you have used either of those words, only you know in your heart and conscience if your action is one of expressing explanation or an attempt to justify your avoidance. What we would like to do today is to cause each reader to honestly, circumspectly, evaluate your actions in response to our blog today.

Do you often wish for life when times were simpler? We remember attending the Spokane World’s Fair in 1974. One venue there emphasized how the many technological advances would make life much simpler, allowing for more free time. What ever happened to that? The workforce in our Nation today has been touted as one having the highest productivity per person. The question begs asking, has that been due to the advances in technology alone, or because more has been asked of the individual worker, having less time off, and working more hours to maintain the desired standard of living. Manual widget making was slow, making one item per unit of time, but now machines can make multiple widgets at the same unit of time, but it still takes one individual to oversee the mechanized process. As costs of rents, utilities, gas, insurance, and taxes rise, the need to keep financial pace forces individuals to work harder and longer to maintain the desired status quo. As interest rates rise in conjunction with inflation, wages are falling behind. The status quo is no longer attainable or maintainable. These are just the financial aspects of being OVERWHELMED.

Let’s look at other ways the individual or family unit is OVERWHELMED. Covid brought its own set of complications. We won’t get into the problems with vaccinations. We’ve already covered that in previous blogs. But Covid impacted people in ways not common or routine. Take children’s education for example. Many schools were unnecessarily closed for extended periods of time, and remote learning placed an enormous burden on parents and guardians. Rotation of school/home days, and lunch or meal schedules were adjusted or cancelled. Parents and guardians had to juggle work, transportation and babysitting schedules. If home schooling was chosen, an enormous task was assumed by those responsible for the child’s education involving the establishment of study times, course development, and in-person assistance and grading. On top of this, the proficiency of students has been on the decline, and younger students were not developing communication or social skills because of forced and unnecessary masking. Suicide, drug use, and truancy rates were all increasing, all adding to the worrisome burden of parents and guardians.

Other mounting issues OVERWHELMED many individuals and parents. During Covid, churches were closed, and virtual services negated personal fellowship. Employees had to figure out ways to work from home if at all possible. Shopping became an adventure, and healthcare become a chore. After the supposed threat of Covid subsided, challenges remained. Children still had afterschool activities that needed parental or guardian support. Parents and guardians still had social clubs or activities to support. The attempt to maintain a normal schedule of activities, including vacations, normally scheduled and anticipated events like holidays, birthdays, anniversaries, entertainment, and right-of-passage events, all added to the seemingly endless list of tasks and responsibilities laid upon the average American. It was easy for many in our Nation to ignore the onslaught of National structural, political and economic changes being perpetrated upon us by government, corporate, and woke elite progressives. Many were just simply too busy and not even aware, and in many cases, just too busy to even care, let alone get involved and add even more to their OVERWHELMED state of life.

Many in our Nation were too busy to even notice or care about our disastrous retreat from Afghanistan. Too busy to care about the executive orders being issued by the current occupant of the White House stifling our energy production and independence. Too busy to realize how this had disastrous effects upon our shipping and transportation infrastructure. Too busy to do anything about our higher gas and food prices. Too busy to notice the invasion at our southern border. Too busy to care about our weakened and pathetic role in world affairs, and how other nations were taking advantage of the ineptitude in our current National government. Too busy to realize that food production will be down in the next year due to high costs of fertilizers, and the running of farm and factory equipment. Too busy to notice that foreign governments are infecting our political structure, and even buying our land for yet unknown purposes. Too busy to notice that our electrical grid system is deteriorating, under duress, and vulnerable to attack. Too busy to notice the fraud within our voting machines and systems. Too busy to notice the value of our dollar and our savings are being devalued by the constant government push to print and spend more money. Too busy to care that morality and decency are being trampled on the streets of our major cities by thugs who thumb their noses at law enforcement, and who find no guilt in taking another person’s property or life. Too busy to notice the attack on those who have a Constitutional right and privilege to freely speak counter narratives in all avenues of media and communication. Too busy to notice that our blind lady of justice has been corrupted with a two-justice system, one that favors those in power, and one that attacks those in opposition. Too busy to notice the burgeoning drug deaths of our youth due to lax and ineffective interdiction by the current government. Too busy to care about the growing sex-slave Cartels creeping across our borders. Too busy to know what our Constitution says, what our Bill of Rights are, and of the FREEDOM and LIBERTY we are sacrificing each and every day.

So, you tell us. Do you care about the direction of our Nation? Are you concerned that your FREEDOM and LIBERTY are being pulled bit-by-bit out from under your feet? Do you care what kind of a Nation you want to give to your children, and their children and grandchildren? If you do, then you need to take action. Get involved. Speak out. Speak freely and forcefully. Focus on those things that are most important right now. Do not allow yourself to be OVERWHELMED, as this is an evil tactic, employed by evil, for evil intent, to the destruction of our Nation, to the destruction of self.

There was this man. All he wanted to do was to bring hope and change into this world. He was concerned about the poor and downtrodden. He surrounded himself with those who were not of the elite class. He provided avenues of healing to those who had been shunned in the past. He railed against the political class, calling them out using names that offended those in power. He threatened the very institutions which those elite depended upon for the fulfillment of their positions of power from which they derived the satisfaction of their pride and lust. He forcefully upended the pursuits of their wealth at the expense of the poor and made clear the need for change.

Even though the masses thronged to see him, and loved his efforts on their behalf, those in power sought ways to diminish, even destroy this man who was upsetting their wicked ways. They contrived ways to entrap him, to slander him, to diminish his value in their eyes in order to protect their lofty positions and comfy way of life, all the while enjoying the fruits of their oppression of those beneath them. They accused him of going against the established order of their existence. They even colluded with those outside their normal sphere of influence to bring about the demise of this man.

But this man was not deterred. He continued to be about the work that had been set before him, even at great cost. He feared not for his life but spoke candidly and often about the ills perpetrated upon those not in power. The masses continued to flock to see him, seeing hope spring in their hearts, seeing a resolution to the oppression they had endured for so long. They clung to his every word, and believed a new age was about to dawn.

But the elite in power brought all their forces to bear upon this man, to the point of accusing him of crimes he had not committed, crimes worthy of his total and complete destruction. They pursued him in their courts and in every avenue within their control, often using false claims, lies, and deceptions. They even sought those who were closest to him to bring about his intended demise. Eventually they succeeded in their pursuit to destroy this man . . . . . . . . or so they thought.

What the powerful elite failed to understand is that truth and morality are far more powerful than political power. Even though, for a time, some in the masses feared for their own lives and hid themselves from the potential of personal destruction from the association with this man, the reality was that the seeds that had been sown were germinating and spreading like wildfire. When it was learned that this man had not been destroyed, the movement of the masses grew ever larger, ever more powerful, and the elites in power found their efforts being exposed and diminished in their attempts to retain control over the masses. Even today, the movement survives and grows, despite continuing efforts to diminish, break apart, and subjugate those who believed in the pursuits of this man.

Of whom do we speak? The picture at the top of this blog makes it fairly obvious, but do you see any parallels in our world today? We certainly do not claim in any way that the previous President of the United States was above all guilt, void of sin, for none of us can ever claim that status. Only one man has lived without sin, but he was not the last person to attract the vitriol of the elite. We are here today to claim that wicked and evil forces abound in our Nation today. They use deception, lies, projection, shadow banning and throttling, often claiming the false pretense of “mis-information”, or “dis-information”. They know the truth but are blinded by their pursuit of and retention of the power and prestige they so revere. They will do anything to destroy those who do not agree with them, and especially those who dare to speak out and act against their vile and wicked ways. If you treasure your FREEDOM and LIBERTY, then you must stand firm and hold fast to truth, morality, justice, and equality for all. Those who have given their lives in defending and preserving our Republic are calling upon each one of you to do your part, no matter how small or insignificant it may seem. “We The People” are the masses. There are more of us than of them, and we have honor, dignity, and respect on our side, but we are not timid, embarrassed or ashamed for what we fight for, that being the preservation and continuation of our great United States of America.

REDACTION. This is a word that has been “highlighted” over the last several days. Before we start getting all frustrated and angered, let’s all take a moment and realize that we all practice the art of REDACTION. You might ask, “Well how do I do that? I’ve never redacted anything!” Be careful about what you say or what you think, until you have carefully considered all the possible ways that you may have been involved in any form of REDACTION.

In this day and age, we all are concerned with the potential for identity theft, especially the theft of our own information. We do not want nefarious people to gain access to our personal information. Criminals can take that information about us and use it to steal our money, our credit, and even our reputation. So, we will ask a simple question. “How do you prevent this from happening?”

Here are several ways you may take action to prevent the theft of your personal information. You probably use passwords for account access, or even to get into your phone, computer, tablet, or laptop. You probably will blackout your private information on any document you have before you throw it away. You may even shred those documents. You may have a safe deposit box, or even a personal safe at home, where you store important documents. You probably keep a close tab on your purse or wallet when you are out shopping, not leaving those things ever out of your sight, if not out of your personal touch. You may take added safety precautions when alone at night when away from you house while with personal items, maybe by parking in lighted areas, or where there are many other people, and you probably avoid dark alleys in sketchy parts of the town in which you live. You may also enlist the aid of a professional theft protection service to add an additional layer safety. You may have items at home, or maybe you work in places, that use a fingerprint or even a retinal scanner in order to provide access. You might even be wealthy enough to hire a security service, not just home cameras, but maybe personnel as well. We are sure there are many other methods to protect your personal identity and items, but we have only listed some of the obvious ones.

If you have used any of the methods above, you have either knowingly, or unknowingly, participated in a form of REDACTION. Merriam-Webster’s definition includes the words “to reduce” (from the Latin verb “redigere”). When you use any of those methods above, you are in fact “reducing” the chance for personal fraud or theft. For most of us, we do not even think twice about taking these personal precautions, because our motives are designed to protect us, our families, our possessions, our wealth, and even our reputations.

Now we need to consider motive. For most of us, it is fairly simple to answer, as it is a matter of protecting everything we deem valuable. Our motive is simple self-preservation. When we move to the realm of the REDACTION of political and legal documents, we always hear the words, “to protect sources and methods”. Those words are more frequently used as a “CYA” (Cover You Ass) maneuver. We know this to be true once the full unredacted documents are revealed. If you believe your government is totally transparent, and never tries to deceive or hide facts and truths, then you are either void of a brain, or have lived under a very large rock for all of your life. Often, for those in power, their primary goal unfortunately is to maintain their power and preeminence at whatever cost, sacrificing transparency, truth, honesty, and morality, and in the process lose credibility, reliability, integrity, and fidelity. In their attempt to retain power, they knowingly and willingly demean not only themselves, and their official positions and organizations, but also our Nation’s standing in the affairs of the world.

SOURCES – When REDACTION takes place, careful observers must question “what sources”. Are they legitimate sources? Are they truthful sources? Are they biased sources? Are they sources with only a political agenda? Are they even sources, or is it just a word to cover illegal or crooked agendas?

METHODS – When REDACTON takes place, once again the careful observer must question “what methods”. Are they legitimate methods? Are the legal methods? Are the methods used consistent with written or well-established directives or policies? Are these methods used outside the flow of normal and expected Constitutional procedures and processes?

While the average American assumes these SOURCES and METHODS are hidden from view to protect our Nation and its people, unfortunately this is often not the prime reason for the declaration of this phrase, “to protect sources and methods”. What we will declare, based on the past history of our politics in general, is that the SOURCES and METHODS are used more to protect individual anonymity from illegal or criminal prosecution, or professional destruction, and to preserve the power of the current government. Whenever we hear that phrase “to protect sources and methods”, your “red flag” should pop up and you should be on notice that all is not well in the land of Oz. There is something being hidden, something someone or some group does not want you to see, and that vital information, often the truth, is hidden behind the curtain of secrecy.

If you treasure your FREEDOM and LIBERTY as much as we do at FREEDOMGOFORTH.COM, then you need to be on alert, and do everything in your power to reveal the truth. Your calls to those in positions of authority and power have more influence than you think, and your right to vote should never be shunned or discouraged. Only you, as a legitimate citizen of our Nation, have the ultimate power to preserve and protect our great country, the United States of America.

This blog may well put our website on notice by the FBI. However, what we will tell, what we will show, is obvious to all, even to those who claim otherwise. They make those claims only to secure and retain their cushy jobs in attempts to maintain their unelected power. For a moment, consider the breadth and depth of our national government. Please review our blog posted on November 28, 2021, titled, “SHADOW GOVERNMENT – What? Who? Why?”, and more or less a companion piece posted November 7, 2021, titled, “BELTWAY BANDITS”.

Our Nation is awash in a sea of alphabet soup organizations, run and staffed by unelected bureaucrats. The list is vast and includes organizations like the FBI, CIA, NIH, IRS, EPA, DOJ, DHS, DEA, ATF, NSA, DOT, HHS, FAA, FCC, FDA, FHA, SEC, BPA, and the TVA. We won’t waste your time telling you the full name and purpose of the ones we have listed as it would make our blog extremely long. Suffice it to say that what we have listed is just a sampling, the tip of the iceberg if you will, of the vast number of bloated agencies concocted through the years by a runaway national government feeding on the tits of you, the milk cow of funding via your tax “donations”. Many of these agencies were created between 1933 and 1938 and are considered “New Deal Agencies”, thanks to Franklin D. Roosevelt, where 69 offices were established in his terms of office, created to combat the Great Depression (Wikipedia).

Due to recent events in Florida, we will only be focusing on one group, the FBI. It is the “FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONS.” It was originally established in 1908 as the Department of Justice’s (DOJ, created in 1870) unit to investigate crimes, which had been done by private detectives and the Secret Service (created in 1865) (History.com.) The FBI has a long history through the following years, which we will not delve into, as the reader can fulfill that task outside of the scope of this blog. What we will attempt to do in this blog is focus not on what the letters FBI stand for, or the scope of their activities, but upon the words inscribed upon their seal, that being the three words, FIDELITY, BRAVERY, and INTEGRITY, added at the revision to the seal made in 1940. There is a lot of symbolism on the seal itself. “The dominant blue field of the seal and the scales on the shield represent justice.” The 13 stars denotes the “. . . unity of purpose exemplified by the original 13 states.” “The laurel leaf has, since early civilization, symbolized academic honors, distinctions, and fame. There are exactly 46 leaves in the two branches, since there were 46 states in the Union when the FBI was founded in 1908. the significance of the red and white parallel stripes lies in their colors. Red traditionally stands for courage, valor, strength, while white conveys cleanliness, light, truth, and peace. As in the American flag, the red bars exceed the white by one. The motto, ‘Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity’, succinctly describes the motivating force behind the men and women of the FBI . . .” “The peaked beveled edge which circumscribes the seal symbolizes the severe challenges confronting the FBI and the ruggedness of the organization. The gold color in the seal conveys its overall value.” (fbi.gov.) That’s a lot to absorb, and a lot for us to comment upon. Let us not forget that the scale depicted shows a balance, not favoring one side or the other, as one would expect or demand from the Department of Justice.

Let us define “FIDELITY”. “Adherence to something to which one is bound by a pledge or duty.” Some synonyms would be “adhesion, allegiance, attachment, commitment, constancy, dedication, devotedness, devotion, faith, faithfulness, fastness, fealty, loyalty, piety, steadfastness . . .” among a host of others listed (Meriam-Webster). It is surprising how many other definitions include the word “ethics, or ethical“. (ipi.org; careertrend.com; oreilly.com; sec.gov; academic.udayton.edu; just to list a few.) For the moment, we are going to skip over the word “BRAVERY” and go on to the word “INTEGRITY”.

Let us define “INTEGRITY”. “Adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty.” (Dictionary.com). “The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles that you refuse to change.” (dictionary.cambridge.org). “Integrity is the practice of being honest and showing a consistent and uncompromising adherence to strong moral and ethical principles and values.” (wikipedia.org). Synonyms of the word “INTEGRITY” are “decency, goodness, honesty, morality . . . righteousness, rightness, uprightness . . .” (merriam-webster.com). There are many other synonyms as well. “Truthfulness, ethics, good character, incorruption, incorruptibility, truth, honor, veracity, noble-mindedness . . .” among many more (wordhippo.com). Once again, it is interesting to note that the word “ethics” or “ethical” are linked to “INTEGRITY”.

Now let us go back and pick up the word BRAVERY. It is “The condition or quality of being brave; courage. The quality of being brave; courage; heroism; undaunted spirit; intrepidity; gallantry; fearlessness.” (American Heritage Dictionary.) “The quality or state of having or showing mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty . . .” (merriam-webster.com.) Does it take BRAVERY to exhibit FIDELITY and INTEGRITY? We believe it does. It is often hard to stand against the flow of what would seem to be a majority walking in the opposite direction. Often it is hard to show BRAVERY in the face of those who command your actions, when you know obedience to their dictates would sacrifice your FIDELITY and INTEGRITY on the altar of personal preservation of position, seniority, and even employment.

In the last 6 years, even longer, the letters FBI could have very easily been inscribed with the words FORGERY, BETRAYAL, and INJUSTICE. We certainly do not mean to besmirch the overwhelming number of FBI agents who do their jobs as directed from above, who only want to do what they were trained to do as they make a living wage. Unfortunately, this alphabet soup organization has been corrupted from the top down, as one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch.

FORGERY – Do you recall the FBI agent, Kevin Clinesmith, who altered FISA court documents? FORGERY – “The act of forging something, especially the unlawful act of counterfeiting a document or object for the purposes of fraud or deception.” (American Heritage Dictionary.)

BETRAYAL – Do you recall those still held in prison awaiting trials and sentencing for simply trespassing and interrupting an official proceeding on January 6, 2021? What ever happened to the right to a speedy trial, the presumption of innocence, and the right to bail, especially when convicted criminals in multiple cities walk free with no bail? BETRAYAL – “Violation of a person’s trust or confidence, of a moral standard . . .” (merriam-webster.com.)

INJUSTICE – “Violation of another’s rights or of what is right; lack of justice. A specific unjust act; a wrong”. The following one should be heralded far and wide by the woke minority who clamor for equity. “Lack of justice or equity; unjust action; violation of another’s rights; wrong inflicted.” (American Heritage Dictionary). Lady Justice and her scales have been politically weighted in favor of those currently in power. There has been a concerted effort by them to look for any person in opposition to their agenda and find any crime that can be possibly hung about their neck to their destruction.

Many within our Nation are understanding the precipice upon which our Nation is teetering. This is not unlike what our Founding Fathers faced at the inception of our great Republic. They knew what was at stake. They knew what it would take to succeed. They understood what costs might be exacted from their very possessions, and indeed lives . . . but they were willing to move forward and pay whatever price would be required. Where are many of those like-minded “Founding Fathers” in our Nation today? It would seem many have fallen into a slumber-like sleep, and are unwilling, feeling unable, to have any impact on the arc of our national history. We would highlight a number of our previous blogs, many showing that what limited talents we may have, or perceive that we have, will be sufficient to the task at hand. For we do not labor alone in our quest for FREEDOM and LIBERTY. Please review several of our previous blogs to regain your courage. “THERE ARE MORE OF US, THAN OF THEM” (June 20, 2021), “WHO WILL STAND IN THE BREACH?” (June 27, 2021), and “FIVE SMOOTH STONES”(September 14, 2021).

We are especially imploring those who serve in the FBI to use your position of knowledge to help restrain, reveal, and reform that alphabet soup agency that has lost its way. This is not just about you. It is about honoring those in our Nation’s past who gave all to give you today the FREEDOM and LIBERTY to serve where you choose. It is also about retaining and maintaining the FREEDOM and LIBERTY your prodigy is depending upon you to leave for them to prosper in and treasure. Anyone serving within any of these alphabet soup agencies must truly exhibit those characteristics of FIDELITY, BRAVERY, and INTEGRITY. Use whistleblower protection and do what is ethical, what is just, what is right. Expose the fraud. Reveal the truth. Help save our Nation.