Why do some people choose to believe lies over the truth? When they are confronted with the truth, they tend to not believe it.

It’s because as Jack Nichalson said in A Few Good Men, “You want the truth-you can’t handle the truth/” As I heard a lot growing up, the truths hurt. This is why, evangelist Dwight Thompson said the reason why so many preachers would sugarcoat the truth in their sermon. They are afraid of offending someone and that person would leave the church.

Believe me, so many people lately are easily offended by the truth; thus the reason for this politically correctness in today’s society.

This blog is somewhat taken from the book of the same title by M. Scott Peck, M.D. When I look at the title, I’m reminded of the movie, “Children of the Corn.” It was based upon the book by Stephen King.

In the movie, a young couple is trapped in a remote town where dangerous religious cult of children believes that everyone over the age of 18 must be killed.

I’m here to tell you that there is hope for healing human evil in the world today. There are hundreds of thousands who go to Christian churches every Sunday who are not the least bit willing to be displeasing to themselves, serenely or otherwise, and who are not, therefore, for Jesus, a pleasant place of shelter.

How many have been censored and fact check by Facebook over the truth you posted because they didn’t like it. They chose to shut you down instead.

They fact check anyone who posted information on Hunter Biden’s briefcase as being false. They fact check anyone who posted information on the Covid virus they didn’t like. They even fact check anyone who posted information on Covid vaccine and dared to call it what it is: poison.

They had censored Bobby Kennedy Jr over his book on Dr. Nazi Fauci, the virus and the vaccine. They even labeled him the antivaxxer. They fact check me but never came out and actually shut down my information on it.

If you ever read the book, “1984,” big brother did the same thing as our social media did.

It goes to show, those on the Left will shut you down if they happen not like what you posted. If you don’t agree with them, they would cancel and attack you. Roseanne was fired from her own show reboot because the Left who runs ABC didn’t like what she said. Yet, Whoopi Goldberg was able to stay on The View over her comments. All because the difference was Roseanne’s comment was something they didn’t like and Whoopi’s comment, they somehow like.

This is not something new either. This has been going on for years. Ever since the time when Jesus walked the earth. The Pharisees had Jesus Christ crucified because they didn’t like what he was saying. He was speaking the truth because he was the son of God.

President Lincoln was assassinated because he fought to free the slaves in the South due to the Civil War. At that time, the Democrats of the South didn’t want to free the slaves because they saw them as property.

I recently heard that Teddy Roosevelt was shot at because someone didn’t like what he was saying.

Both President John F. Kennedy and his brother, Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated because they went after the establishment. They wanted them stop. They even had someone killed the person who killed John F. Kennedy to keep him quiet; just so the truth wouldn’t come out.

Anyone who takes on the Establishment, the Establishment will do whatever it takes to shut them up.

When President Reagan was President, John HInkley shot at President Reagan and the excuse was he did it for actress Jody Foster out of love.

The Left and the Rhino Republicans didn’t like what Donald Trump was saying and were afraid of him, that they tried to stop him every step of the way ever since he first chose to run for President before 2016. They were afraid of the truth coming out. They created false narrative to discredit him.

Before he was elected, there was an attempt on Donald Trump’s life to try to stop him. Which they weren’t able to do, which I believe was because God sent his angel to watch over him.

Believe me, I was afraid that some nut job would try to kill both Donald Trump and Bobby Kennedy Jr, because they were afraid of the truth coming out.

Charlie Kirk was assassinated because he stood for truth with love. He didn’t preach hate like those on the Left tried to persuade the people.

Now there is Nick Shirley, who exposed the truth in this Minnesota scandal. I pray that no one would try to have him killed because he exposed the truth and brought it to the light. The Left is denying this whole thing from Tim Walz to Illhan Omar. I’m thankful for him in doing that.

One meaning of care is love. Be gentle and loving with yourself if you find what is written causing you pain. And please be gentle and loving with those neighbors you may come to understand as evil. Evil people are easy to hate, but remember Saint Augustine’s advice to hate the sin but love the sinner.”

We are to speak the truth with love. There are some who will not like it and may be offended by. It’s only because they prefer to be lied to instead of hearing the truth. It’s like the song, Lie to me.” They rather hear lies over the truth. That’s why they choose to believe the fake mainstream news media and the Democrats.

Pray also for me and my safety as I continue speaking out and speaking the truth to the world. My blog may be small now, but I too can have a target on my back as well, like Charlie Kirk, Nick Shirley, President Trump and Bobby Kennedy Jr. They didn’t like it when Elon Musk and DOGE did their investigation and discovered stolen money from the Democrats.

As President Teddy Roosevelt said, “Walk softly and carry a big stick.”

As President Reagan said, “There’s peace through strength.”

Now President Trump is also using that motto as well. President Trump is keeping the peace by having America remain strong. President Trump is a strong leader. The more those on the Left attack Donald Trump, the more I stand by and support him. After he was shot at, he got up with his fist in the air as to say, “Fight.” President Trump is fighting for the American people and I’m fighting for him.

I hear people talking bad about the way they have to live here in this country. I don’t mind them switching sides and standing up for things they believe in; but when they’re running down our country man, they’re walking on the fighting side of me. I remain strong and stand by President Trump.

I can’t help but think about the song, “Coward of the County.” Sometimes you have to fight when you’re a man.

When young David took on Goliath, he did it with a just swing shot and a few pebbles. He was laughed at for it but victory was his. Just like when Tommy from “Coward of the County”, they laughed at him when he entered the bar, but you could heard a pin drop when Tommy stopped and blocked the door. Those on the Left also ridicule President Trump and attacked him.

They even laughed at Nehemiah and he said, “The joy of the Lord is my strength.” Well, the joy of the Lord is my strength. I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me, if the Lord is watching over me.

I will never forget when my step-dad was alive and in a nursing home as us kids were trying to get him to stay to be taken care of. He stood his ground kicking and screaming saying, “If I don’t get released, I will escaped and hitchhike back to the farm. You wouldn’t be able to stop me.” There was nothing the family could do since he was still somewhat in his right mind to keep him in the nursing home. He stood his ground and prevailed.

I have a situation that I am standing my ground with. I was wrongly evicted by Silver Leaf and it’s making it difficult in me getting another apartment. I lived at the address 2525 15th st. S apartment 33 from August 1992 to March, 2021 without any complaints from the neighbors because of loud noises and wild parties. I paid my rent on time. I lived there before Silver Leaf took over the property. I felt that I was wrong by them, and feels that they do not deserve anymore money from me because of what they did to me. I’m standing my ground for as long as I can.

Just like when the vaccine (poison) for Covid came out, I stood my ground for as long as I could not to get that poison they were forcing on us to get.

You got to stand for something. I know someone who taught me that you got to stand up for yourself, because no one else will. We must not comply. Believe me, I will not comply

I had to learn to stand up for myself ever since I was a child when I was molested.

I can do all things through Christ who strengthen me. He is my strength and my guide.

We should be mindful of the power we have. You heard stories of how someone was able to lift a car single handling off a loved ones who was underneath with super human strength. Or how about someone who was able to moved a school bus that was stalled out of the way of incoming traffic.

What circumstances do you need to endure? What visions has God put in your heart? What’s going on in your life that causes you to think, I just don’t know if I can do it? Your mind is an instrument of vision, You can endure and accomplish anything if you envision God’s purposes for you and your ultimate destiny with Him in eternity. Remember, you can do all things through Christ who strengthen you.

During the government shutdown by the Democrats not getting their way, I’m proud of the Republicans for standing their ground. They had some balls for a change and didn’t cave into the Democrats’ demands.

There’s one thing the Democrats have over the Republicans and that is they are able to stand up for what they believed in. Finally, because of President Trump, the Republicans are learning to stand up for themselves. If anything, the Republicans can do is mess things up when they become in power.

The Republicans finally grew some balls and stood up for the American people and for themselves.

During this midterm election, may the Republicans continue standing up for the American people. We cannot afford to have the Democrats back in power. If the Democrats were to regain the House and Senate, they would try to impeach President Trump again on any trump-up charges they can find to stop him from winning for the American people. If the Democrats was to get back in power, they will allow the borders to remain open to allow illegal immigrants into our country. If the Democrats were back in power, they will allow men in women’s locker room and play on women’s team.

The Republicans must get out and vote during the midterm election for the sake of President Trump and the American people. They must continue standing up for themselves.

The Tea Party movement started under President George W. Bush but because of Donald Trump, the Republicans finally got some balls. I’m proud to be a Maga Republicans; so don’t mess it up. Remain strong! Stand firm for President Trump and for the American people. We the people are counting on the Republicans not to give up the fight.

I will not back down and I expect the Republicans also not back down as well. My dad stood his ground against the nursing home and us kids. I stood my ground as long as I could in getting the poison. I remembered when I was in counseling and I froze when I had a memory flashback. In that moment, I somewhat got the courage to say no to my abuser; but it was only in my head. I hope to be able to stand my ground against Siver Leaf’s demand, and be able to get a new apartment.

I will remain strong for as long as I can. The joy of the Lord is my strength. I can do all things through Christ who strengthen me. Are you with me on this? Will you remain strong? Don’t back down and don’t comply!

This Christmas, don’t be a Scrooge. May you have the Christmas spirit in you not just around Christmas but throughout the whole year.

It seems the true meaning of Christmas is being wasted in the world today. The Left has taken out Christ in Christmas and everywhere else in the world.

Don’t be a Grinch this holiday season!

You’re a mean one Mr. Grinch! You’re a mean one Scrooge! The Left is has turned into the Grinch the last few years. I’m here to tell you that they are getting nutting for Christmas this year because of the way they are misbehaving. They have lost their frigging mind.

Santa Clause is coming to town. He knows when you been bad or good. You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout, I’m telling you why… Santa Claus is coming to town. He’s making a list and checking it twice, gonna find out who’s naughty or nice. He sees you when you’re sleeping. He knows when you’re awake. So be good for goodness sake.

You don’t want to have a visit by ghosts like Scrooge had during the night while you’re sleeping?

If you remember anything from the story of Scrooge, Ebenezer Scrooge was visited by 3 ghosts during the night to showed him how he was misbehaving. He would say, “Bah Humbug to anyone who would wish him a Merry Christmas.

The Left wants to take Christ out of Christmas, schools, and other public places. They want to take the American flag out of our schools and replaced it with the gay pride flag instead. I have nothing against those who are gay or a transvestite but kids must not be exposed that. That’s downright sexual abuse.

Just like, the Left had taken out the Bible and prayers out of our schools. They even had taken the Ten Commandments out of out schools and courtroom. When they took out the Bible and Prayers out of schools, we have seen more violence and school shootings than when I was in schools.

We need some help down here on earth, a thousands prayers.

The Left let the Muslim pray in our schools but won’t allow Christians to pray. Now why is that? United States were founded by our founding fathers on Christians values, and was even put into our Constitution. The Left wants to destroy our Christian values by destroying America.

We all should be able to pray. It shouldn’t matter your religions or beliefs.

The Left even was offended by the manger scene outside churches and some home or public places. If you asked me, they are offended because deep down they know why.

Like I said last week blog, God gonna cut you down, God is upset with what’s going on here on earth. Even though, God is angry, he is also merciful. He wants no one to perish but have eternal life with him. This is why Jesus Christ came down to earth as a little baby born in a manger. He came down to saved us from our sins.

It’s time we get back to God. This Christmas, let us spread a little joy and good cheers to others. Let us spread a little love. Love wins! Love can defeat the hatred in the world today.

You wouldn’t want to be visited by the 3 ghosts like Scrooge was, do you? That would be downright scary.

Like Santa Claus knows when you been bad or good; so does God knows all that we do. God knows all that is going on in the world and He’s not very happy with what’s going on. You wouldn’t want to be awaken in the middle of the night by the voice of God condemning you, would you? When God speaks, you better listen and listen good.

The world would say, “Happy Holidays;” but I will say “Merry Christmas!” The song is “We wish you a Merry Christmas,” not Happy Holidays. This Christmas let spread a little Christmas cheer, of peace, joy and love to the world around us.

This was Johnny Cash last great song he had before his passing. This is my favorite song. I find myself singing this song along with Johnny Cash on You Tube.

Johnny Cash was known as the man in black and even had a song by that titled. You may wonder why I always dressed in black. Why you never see bright colors on my back. I wear black for the poor and beaten down. Living in the hopeless, hungry side of town. I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime. I wear black for those who’ve never read or listened to the words that Jesus said about the road to happiness through love and charity. I wear it for the sick and lonely old, for the reckless ones whose bad trip left them cold. I wear the black in mourning for the lives that could have been. And I wear it for the thousands who have died believing that the Lord was on their side.

Johnny Cash became a Christian because of is wife June Carter and her mother-in-law; but before that happened, he was heavily into drugs and alcohol. I hope to carry the torch that Johnny Cash held for many years. I find myself wearing more black as well.

Even though, God is a merciful God, He is also an angry God as well. We’ll look at times when God were angry in the Bible.

God was angry when Adam and Eve ate the apple from the tree of life when God told them not to. He banished them from the Garden of Eden because of their disobedience.

He ordered Noah to build an ark to save his family and the animals as he brought about a great flood to destroy the earth. As Noah was building the ark, the people laughed at him because they didn’t understand what he was doing; since it hadn’t rain there for a long time. They thought Noah was crazy.

He destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. Sodom and Gomorrah are first mentioned in Genesis 10:19 among the cities where the descendants of Canaan scattered. In Genesis 18, the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah was so great and their sin so grievous that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry. God had Lot and his wife to leave Sodom and Gomorrah; without looking back, but Lot’s wife did looked back and was turned to stone. The people of Sodom and Gomorrah were wicked and sinned greatly against God. Their sins were that of same-sex behavior.

When Jesus was dying on the cross, everything went dark because of all the sins was too unbearable for God to look upon.

After the flood, God brought about a rainbow in the sky as a promised that He will not destroy the earth again. Now, it seems that the rainbow has lost it’s true meaning by the LGBTQIA.

Do you think that God is angry with us now? Is God angry with America?

I believe the reason Trump won his second term wasn’t only because of the economy and the open borders; but also for the reason I will be talking about in this blog. I’ll be entering into a sticky subject and I hope that I won’t get too preachy.

The reason I believed the American people voted for Trump and the Republicans was because of what the schools were teaching the children with WOKE. Teachers were saying that kids have the right to change their sex if they want. They are a pronoun, not a boy or girl. What the teachers were doing was sexually abusing our kids by confusing them sexually; and they should be fired and register as a sex offender.

Parents found out about this after the COVID lockdown, when they were able to see what their kids were being taught. When they protested the schoolboard over this, Joe Biden called them, “Domestic Terrorist.”

Another thing that helped Trump get reelected was the fact that men shouldn’t be allowed in women’s locker room and played against women. This is where it becomes sticky for me to write because this hit me personally. It was a year ago, I had an eye opener when I met someone and cared for very deeply. He was a young man who felt that he was a woman trapped in a man’s body. He prefer to wear women’s clothes and was gay. He was abused also as a child. I have grown attached to him. He didn’t forced me to accept him like those on the Left want us to accept the LGBTQIA. I just got a chance to know him personally. This may sound strange coming from me, a person on the Right. Sure, I also have a cousin who is a Homosexual.

Anyway, back when an attempt was made on Donald Trump’s life, I believed that the angels of the Lord was watching over him to make sure that he wasn’t killed. I believed that God had Trump run for President in such a time a we’re living right now. God was angry with America but yet he is also merciful. God doesn’t want anyone to perish but have eternal life with Him. God is keeping His promises when he formed the rainbow after the great flood during Noah’s days.

It goes to show that God uses the unlikely people to wake us up. Donald Trump is one of the unlikely person being used by God.

This may sound strange to make as a part 1 of a 2-part Christmas blog because of the title; but wait until next week, the actual Christmas blog. All I will say is this, it’s time America get back to God. May this be the season to do so.

United States were founded on Christian values, and it’s even in our Constitution. The Left is trying to destroy that Christian values and rewrite the Constitution.

It’s time we get back to God. Have you looked around. Have you heard the sound of mama’s crying. or do you turn away when you see the face of the innocent dying. You gotta get down on your knees, believe, fold your hands and beg and plead, got to keep on praying.

There’s so much killing lately in the world we lives in. There’s so much hate. I’m here to tell you that even though God is angry; He is also a just and merciful God. He doesn’t want anyone to perish but enjoy eternal life with Him. Even though, the title is God gonna cut you down; there’s hope for us if my people turned from their wicked ways and repent. It’s time America gets back to God before it’s too late. May this Christmas season be that time. Stay tuned to next week Christmas blog.

God loves you and so do I! I don’t care if you’re gay or straight, or whatever your situation may be. I will carry the torch that Johnny Cash and Charlie Kirk had left behind to reach out. I will wear black proudly and continually speaking out as long as I live or able to. This is my platform. If you agree, press the like. Pray for me as I continue speaking out in the name of justice for all. If you have any prayers concern, feel free to asked me to pray for you. If this speak to you and you want to accept the Lord because of it, I’ll be glad to pray for you on that journey. May you find a good Bible preaching church as well.

Have you been censored or fact checked by the fact checkers on Facebook?

These are people who doesn’t care about the facts. If they don’t like what you have to say they will blocked you by cancelling you out. During the Pandemic, these fact checkers were quite busy fact checking out facts they don’t agree with from Hunter Biden’s brief case to Covid virus to the vaccine.

Facts don’t care about your feelings. It seems like more and more these days, people are overly sensitive.

A good journalist sticks to the facts and do their research. I’m not saying they don’t get emotional though. When Walter Cronkite reported on man landing on the moon for the first time, he had tears of joy in his eyes. Just like when he reported on President Kennedy being assassinated, he had tears in his eyes as well but not of joy.

If you remembered when Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton in 2016, the fake mainstream news media was so choked up that they couldn’t actually reported the news.

In Proverbs 18:13, ” Spouting off before listening to the facts is both shameful and foolish.” Some of the wisest thing to say is “I don’t know.” Yet today because of Social Media, so many are posting information without knowing all the facts. They are going by their feelings instead. As Jack Nichalson said in “A Few Good Men,” “You want the truth, you can’t handle the truth.”

If history repeats itself, and the unexpected happens, how incapable must man be of learning from experience.

America was built on the foundation of free speech, liberty in personal action, and freedom from violence and governmental tyranny. Yet it seems more and more lately people are under attack if they do not like your views. Some are cancelled. Charlie Kirk was assassinated because they didn’t like his viewpoints. It kind of reminds me of the book, “1984,” and it scares the hell out of me. If my blog was bigger, I would have a target on my back as well.

We should be willing to defend our neighbors in a peaceful expression of their rights. We should learn to just get along and accept each other no matter what their viewpoints are.

As long as that light continues to unite us, America will emerge ready, as always to fight that darkness.

Our society has sympathy for victims of bullying as it should.

Americans on both sides ought to decipher facts and then fight over narrative. That’s what decent politics would look like.

Even Bobby Kennedy Jr. was censored and fact checked because those on the Left didn’t like what he wrote on Dr. Fauci and the vaccine.

I may share my opinions through my blogs, but I also try to back it up with facts as well. If I don’t know something, I will do research on it before actually writing on the topic. Sometimes, I may choose not to write on a certain topic without having enough facts to back me up.

It’s because of what I learned about journalism to make me a better writer. There’s not many good journalist out there these days. Journalist with integrity.

If you don’t agree with the facts that’s your problems. My blog is not just my opinion; but also facts as well.

You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make them drink it. Just like you have every rights to either agree with what I say or disagree. We need to accept each other’s viewpoints. It just seems that is not the case anymore. I think that Social Media is to blame for all the hate in the world today.

Charlie Kirk didn’t promoted hate, he promoted love. I don’t promote hate either.

In the end, Love wins. We just have to accept one another viewpoints and get the past the hate.

Have you noticed that Monday seems to get a bad rap for being the worse day of the week? People seems to hate Monday. When you go back to work after the weekend, you find lots of work needed to get done. It’s like when you come back from vacation and the first day back is very hectic.

When the alarm clock wakes you up on Monday morning from a deep sleep, you wish it was still Sunday. When you get to work on Monday, you will find a mess of work needed to get done as you get started. Sometimes, you may want to turn around and go back home. You know that it sure is Monday by the extra workload.

You wake up dog tired , beaten down from a wild weekend. You drink your coffee just to wake up. You make it through the day by the skin of your teeth after all the extra work you had.

Then come Tuesday; which is known as “Taco Tuesday.” Businesses have advertised tacos on Tuesday at least 1933. The first known use of the phrase “Taco Tuesday” was in 1968. Usually on Taco Tuesday, you can get 2 for 1. This is to help your week goes better.

By the time Wednesday comes around, it’s known as “Hump Day.” “Hump Day” is a slang term for Wednesday, referring to it as the middle point of the standard 5-day workweek. The name comes from the idea of climbing over a metaphorical “hump” on this day, meaning that once you get past Wednesday, the rest of the week is downhill toward the weekend. The symbol for “hump day” is a camel.

Then when Thursday comes around, it’s known as “Thirsty Thursday.” “Thirsty Thursday is a pseudo-holiday celebrated on Thursdays, involving drinking alcohol and partying. As though we need another reason to drink alcohol. By Thursday, after a rough week at work, you’re ready for a drink to relax.

As Alan Jackson sang, “It’s 5:00 somewhere.” I mean there’s a reason why we drink.

Now for the best day of the week. Can I get a drum roll please? Can I get an Amen too? That day goes to Friday. Some people would even works half day on Friday. When Friday rolls around, we say, “It’s finally Friday.” We would say, “Thank God it’s Friday (TGIF)”

It’s finally Friday, I’m free again. I’m ready for a wild weekend. Yet, by Monday, I’ll be hurting with my head in a vice. Tuesday, I’ll be wondering if I’ll ever survive. Wednesday and Thursday, I’ll be slowly tuning in.

This all leads to working for the weekends. It’s called “working for a living.” We all got to do it. Ever since Adam and Eve sinned against God, it has been our curse for our disobedience. We work from dawn to dusk, making a living. We can’t avoid working. We all have to pay taxes and we all will die. Until then we have to work 9 to 5 just to make a living. We looks forward to retirement; so we can possibly relax a little. Yet, even when you’re retired, you are still busy doing some kind of work to remain active; so you don’t wither away and die.

Now to get a little serious here. It seems that some will do what they can to get out of working. They would rather either get help from the government or their parents; just to avoid hard work. One thing the Pandemic did was: those who could retire, retired; and the younger generation wasn’t up to par to pick get out and actually work, doing hard labor.

It scares me to think that these younger generation will be taking care of us as we get older and God forbids ends up in a nursing home. Our cane will become our weapons. They would rather be on their smartphones than do actual work. You see a lot of them on their phones when they should actually be working.

The baby boomer and Generation X are the best generation with a good work ethic. I had my first job when I was 13 years old. I’ll never forget when my mother told me, that I was getting a summer job. My first job was picking berries at Grandrude’s Fruit Farm; which was near our farm. The first time I paid into Social Security was when I was 14 and in the 8th grade. I gave up my study hall to worked in the school cafeteria. It meant that my math grades went downhill though; because the study hall teacher I had also taught senior math, and he actually explained the math problems better than my 8th grade math teacher.

Some teenagers would wait until they were 16 to get a part time job, and some would wait until they were 18 and on their own. When I got my first job, it wasn’t because our family needed the money. It was to teach us the values of hard work and actually making money. We were taught good work ethic. It seems that young people today doesn’t have that good work ethic.

The ones that do have good work ethic are the ones who worked on a farm or the parents are either low-income or Christian parents who want to do the right thing to teach their kids the values of hard work and good work ethic. Usually they are from small town with small town values.

Parents who doesn’t make their kids get out and work, making a living between 13 and 16, are doing them injustice. They are creating them to have an entitlement issues. They feels that they are entitled to things by not working as hard as their parents and/or grandparents.

To all those who is getting assistance from the government with food stamps and such, I say, “Get A Job!” Get off your fanny and off your phone; and do some actual work for a change. Life is no bed of roses.

We work to make a living. We look forward to retirement; so that life can slow down a little before we die. We may hate Monday but at least we have a reason to hate Monday.

If they actually was out working, they wouldn’t have time to riot against authority. They would be too tired to do so. Hard work never hurt anyone!

This may started out as a light-hearted blog; but I got serious to make a point.

What is your reaction when you sees someone overly joyful to the point of being zealous? Do you cringe and nervous around them?

The first time my mother joined me at a Nazarene Church for an evening service, she was uncomfortable because there are people who wasn’t afraid to shout Amen or Halleluia! You see, she wasn’t used to it. She was more in the tradition of people being quiet in church. Much like people who goes to a Catholic or Lutheran church. People who lives in North Dakota and Minnesota are more apt to quietly worship in church compared to others areas in the country.

I have noticed people who are handicapped, somehow are more apt to joyfully praise the Lord despite of their situation.

I also noticed that the Africans either African Americans or non-Americans are also more apt to joyful praise the Lord in worship service as well. Maybe it’s their culture.

In 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, I’ll discuss being joyful anyway.

In 1 Thessalonians 5:16, “Be Joyful always!” In verse 17, “Pray continually, and in verse 18, “give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”

To some people, it’s hard to be joyful when times are tough. It’s hard to be happy in the bad times you’re facing. Yet we’re told to be joyful always no matter what our situation may be.

We are to pray without ceasing. We are to be persistent in our prayers as the woman mentioned in Luke 18:1-5 was when she was persistent with the judge to get him to hear her out. Never stop praying! It may be annoying to some if we come across as being persistent but to God it’s very important that we never give up.

We are to give thanks in all circumstances. Sometimes though, we may not feels like giving thanks. We may feel that have nothing to be thankful for. Count Your Blessings, name them one by one! Be thankful that you are still alive despite of the situation you’re in.

In Philippians 4:4, “Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again-REJOICE!

In Nehemiah 8:10, “The joy of the Lord is your strength.”

I remembered the song, “Swing Low-Sweet Chariot, it may seems like a sad song but in reality, the African-Americans were able to continue rejoicing despite of their situation they were in, being bound by slavery.

Who knows, if someone sees you being joyful despite of your situation, it may bring about lots of questions to where you find such joy. If they see you constantly happy and smiling, they may wonder why you’re smiling. Be Happy!!

What makes you happy? What makes you joyful?

There’s a song by the group 3 Dog Night that I sang a lot in school. The song was “Joy to the World.” Let’s spread a little joy in the world around us. What the world needs now more than ever is joy and love. This Thanksgiving, let us be joyful always in all circumstances. Let’s a spread a little joy to others who is in need of joy in their life. Believe me, you may find it difficult if you’re having a tough situation; but it could cheer you up and make your day brighter; along with someone you meet along the way.

No matter how you may be feeling at this moment, REJOICE ANYWAY!! Go ahead and make someone day just by being joyful.

How can America regain its economic superpower status?

With the economy flat on its back, unemployment at a 40-year high, and the housing default crisis still worsening because of President Joe Biden; is it even possible to turn our financial problems around? The last time inflation was this high was when Jimmy Carter was president.

Good political economics is neither left wing nor right wing; it’s not liberal or conservative; and for goodness sakes, it’s not Republican or Democrat; it’s just plain, straightforward economics cover a broad spectrum of views and widely diverse fields.

The politicians are still running around grabbing at straw, trying to save the economy. Hillary Clinton said that it’s the government that creates jobs. President Reagan said, “The government is not the solution to the problems; they are the problems.” To fix the economy, the government needs a businessman as president not a career politicians. When anyone tells you that the government has a solution to the economic problems, we should be very scared.

The best solution to make government work for the people and institute good economic policy is really straightforward and so obvious. As President Kennedy said, “Ask not what the government can do for you, ask what you can do for the government.” Politicians should be put on commission just like the rest of us. If they do a good job they should be paid a lot, and if they do a bad job they either should not be paid at all or they should be fired. When the government was shut down because the Democrats were crying because they couldn’t get their way, those in Congress and the Senate shouldn’t get paid. Why should the working class not get paid; while our Congressman and Senators continue getting paid? Our Congress and Senate are government workers as well. They works for the American people. We don’t work for them. We have the power to hire or fire them as we sees fit.

Those in Congress and Senate should not be allowed to place earmarks on legislation. They should not be allowed to get the perks they are getting such as inside trading. They should get the same healthcare as the American people. It will eliminate these lifers in Washington.

The President should be granted the authority for a line item vote that would require a 60% vote in the Senate to override.

To ensure a stable dollar, the Federal Reserve should operate on a price rule whereby reserves should be added to the banking system when prices are under downward pressure and should be taken out of the banking system when prices face upward pressure.

The United States is the world’s third largest producer of oil. Can you imagine what the economy would look like today if President Obama were to successfully stop the importation of oil? The U.S. economy would be in even worse shape than it already is. Why should the United States be dependent on Foreign oil and have to deal with terrorism? We should be in more control of our resources like President Trump wanting to do. We should be more independence rather than depend on other countries.

The leaders of the oil-producing countries are really just one step removed from being declared enemies of the United States. If embargoes caused people to rethink their politics and see the light, then North Korea 60 years ago would have become a free market, progrowth, democratic, capitalist nation. Trade embargoes and sanctions are not good political tools, no matter what the government may tell you. The president can bring public attention to bad behavior in order to sway public opinion to get a foreign leader to see the error of their ways. They could used this on Putin after Russia invaded Ukraine and stop that war. It could shows China that the United States is not to be messed with.

The Left will have you believe that we’re facing a global warming crisis. When in fact, man is the primary cause of global warming. Cap and trade forces the price of carbon emissions higher but without correcting for the negative impact on the long term growth rate. Due to government mandate, companies and individuals would be holding an asset with market value. The government should not expropriate assets without paying proper compensation.

Nuclear-generated power is a proven, environmentally friendly way of producing clean energy that does a great job for virtually every objectives you can think of.

If more production and employment is what is wanted, then reduce taxes on employment and reduce taxes on production. That’s how to create prosperity!! If taxes are low, wages will go up, more people will buy the products and services.

A sure sign that the people who run government don’t understand basic economics is when they take employment data as an actual measure of prosperity rather than as a proxy for prosperity. Working is the price society has to pay in order to be able to consume the goods and services society wants. When consumption and employment are confused by politicians, all sorts of mischievous consequences result. Employers were also encouraged to pay workers higher wages than the markets would dictate because those workers would then buy more and stimulate the economy. The government should not be in the business of supporting any one specific industry, whether that industry be housing, autos, insurance, or anything else. The reason why healthcare is so high is because our Congress and Senators are being bought off by the Big Pharma. They are only in it for making money, not actually helping the people get healthier.

Rich people can change the timing of their incomes. They can more readily afford lawyers, accountants, and doctors. Rich people should be more sensitive to tax rates than are poor people.

The argument for higher minimum wage is couched in terms of a “living wage,” but seriously isn’t some wage better than no wage? While increasing the minimum wage is a seductive populist agenda item, it is incredibly harmful to the economy. An increase in the minimum wage succeeds in doing is pricing people out of the job market. The times were good during the Reagan and Clinton eras.

We really have to implement positive tax reforms. The solution is to throw out the current tax code and implement in its stead a true flat-rate tax. With tax rules at all levels of government as confusing and complicated as they are today, few people actually prepare their own tax returns. It should come as no surprise to anyone that is government increases taxes on people who work and pays more to people who don’t work, there will be less work. Slashing income-tax rates and capital-gains tax rates in 1981 helped launch what we now appreciate as the greatest and longest period of wealth creation in the world history. When the tax rate is high, investors simply delay selling their assets to keep the tax collector away from their door. In most cases, people who inherit wealth are lucky by an accident of birth and really don’t deserve inheritance anymore than people who don’t inherit wealth.

Should U.S. economic policies be focused on expanding the economy or on reducing income inequality? The mantra is: “Raise tax rate on the top 5% of income earners and cut taxes for the other 95% of Americans.” If the government taxes the rich and give the money to the poor, sooner rather than later we’ll have a lot more poor people and fewer rich. How about we go to a tax rate of only 10% of what a person make. If 10% is enough for the God, it’s more than enough for the government. Good economics should always make common sense. The poor actually spend less money now than 20 years ago on such necessities as food and clothing, called the “Wal-Mart effect.” The government’s Robin Hood strategy has almost always failed because it means less not more income to take from the rich to give to the poor. This is why Socialism will not work. Lower tax-rates expand the economy and helped move more people up the income ladder.

The government is simply spending too much money. More money is going out rather than coming in. As DOGE discovered, there have been a lot of waste in government spending. The Democrats are upset because they got caught with their hands in the cookie jar.

What President Trump wants to do is cut income taxes by using tariffs instead. We can make America great again and prosper; if we only eliminate higher taxes. Taxes in the red states are either lower or no taxes at all; while taxes in blue state are extremely higher. The cost of living is lower in the red states over the blue states.

America can return to prosperity once again after the 4 years under Joe Biden. We can return to prosperity as well. There’s hope for America and for us.

We cannot escape from the fact of getting older. Like my mother would say, “There’s 2 things we can’t avoid and they are, paying taxes and dying.” We will have to pay taxes until we die. We are not immortal, we all are going to die someday.

The fact is that as we get older, we will feel it in our body and bodily function. As my step-dad would say, “going steady with arthritis,” when it comes to any aches and pains we may have. Believe me, I feel it with my knees, some days are worse than others.

We even have memories lost as we get older in one form or another. You can prolong it by either taking drugs or the natural way by doing words search. I prefer doing words search on my phone.

As you get older, you will also have bladder issues. As the saying goes, “you start out in diapers and you end up in diapers.” As you get older you may not always make it to the bathroom in times or have to go more often. When that happens, you will sometimes leaves messes in or on your pants. Then you get discriminated against and asked to leave. It makes a person wonder what they will do to those in nursing home and/or assisted living. Will they kicked them out too for that issues? They used the fact that it’s unsanitary. New Life will rather kick someone out for that over someone having pink eye 3 times. I don’t know about you, but pink eye is much worse.

Bill Gates wants to eliminate the elderly because he sees them as being useless to society. This is one of the reason him and Dr. Nazi Fauci created the COVID virus to kill off the elderly. This is why COVID affected the elderly more than children. They were trying to kill them off.

What you can do to redefine your health is change your diet and avoid putting poisons into your body. Assume for a moment that there was a pill that could extend your life. How likely would you take it? How many are in search of the Fountain of Youth? I mean, we all are searching for ways to stay younger as long as possible. They’ll do whatever it takes to do so, from dying your hair to getting a face lift.

Do you know someone who doesn’t look their age? I’m 60 years old, but to some, I don’t look my age. People who looks younger than they are, is because of good genes, and they don’t smoke or spend time getting tan either outside or in a tanning booth. Don’t get me wrong, we need the sun for healthy living but we also must learn that too much can cause aging and skin cancer.

Older Americans have become good at the psychology of money. They know that they cannot depend on Social Security. Yet there some who do and they cry about it when it runs out. They want the government help you. You need more than Social Security to survive when you retire. It’s also good to have a good retirement and investments set up for when you retire. How many actually think of that though when they are young.

When you’re young, you think you’re going to live forever. You just want to live life to the fullest and have as much fun as you can.

As you get older, hopefully you’ll also become wiser.

It shouldn’t be a surprise that older adults are the happiest people.

The bad thing is as you get older, nursing home and medical care eats up your income. If you own property, expect the government to take it from you.

What scares me is the fact that these younger generation will be taking care of us in our old age. Our cane will become our weapons. They have no respect for the elderly. They don’t realize that with age comes wisdom.

Let’s throw the stereotype away! The elderly are redefing our health, wealth, our challenges, and living with a purpose. We are not done living yet. We still have a lot of living to do. Don’t count us out! Instead listen to us because we got wisdom that comes with age.

As we looked back at Halloween that was this past Friday, my question is: what is your scariest movie you have seen?

My scariest movie is “THE SHINING,” with Jack Nichalson.

Did you know that Stephen King didn’t like that version, so he had it redone?

I don’t know about you but you cannot go wrong with Jack Nichalson. He was just perfect for that role. I’ll go into my reason why I say that but first let’s go into Steven King, one of the greatest horror author of all time.

Before Stephen King became known as the scariest author, there was Edgar Allen Poe of the 1800’s. He wrote such stories as: THE RAVEN, THE FALL OF THE USHER, and THE TELL-TALE HEART. Who haven’t read these stories?

THE TELL-TALE HEART is a short story by Edgar Allen Poe about an unnamed narrator who insists on his sanity while describing the murder of an old man he was living with. This story is a gothic classic exploring themes of madness, guilt, and the psychological effects of paranoia.

Edgar Allen Poe suffered from paranoid schizophrenic, making him into a great writer of horror stories. I remembered reading THE TELL-TALE HEART when I was in high school. It was a required reading and one of the good stories I read. It was creepy and made you think in the process.

Now you can say that Stephen King is that type of author as well. A lot of his works had been made into movies and/or mini-series for television. I have a book that I’m in the process of writing and typing up called, “ROLLAG HILLS,” that could be on the same page as type of book Stephen King would right, without me giving away the plot.

Like I said earlier, Stephen King didn’t like the version of THE SHINING with Jack Nichalson for some reason. The reason he didn’t like Stanley Kubrick’s film adaptation of THE SHINING was because he felt it was an emotionally cold, misogynistic, and poorly adapted version of his novel.

I have this to say though, who can go wrong with Jack Nichalson? He was just so perfect in that role. He got that creepy personality to make him a perfect good actor. When he would say, “Here’s Johnny;” he say it with such a spell-binding way. Let’s look at other movies that Jack Nichalson starred in so you can get the picture of why I say he was perfect for THE SHINING.

One of Jack Nichalson first movie was ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO NEST. In that movie, he played a patient in a mental asylum, I couldn’t see no other actor portraying that character beside him.

When he played the Joker in the BATMAN MOVIE, starring Michael Keaton, he had the Joker’s grin down pact.

If you ever look at Jack Nichalson, you can see why I say that. He is known as often playing charismatic rebels fighting against social structure.

Another movie that Jack Nichalson was perfect in was A FEW GOOD MEN, also starring Tom Cruise and Demi Moore. The famous line that he used in the movie is “You want the truth-you can’t handle the truth.” I used that same line when it comes to my blog. If you read my blog you would understand why I used that line.

When you’re looking for a scary movie to watch by yourself or with your girlfriend or if you prefer boyfriend, I recommend you check out THE SHINING. It will scare the wits out of you.

Don’t get me wrong there are lots of scary movies out there to pick from. It just that for this blog, THE SHINING is my point of reference at this time. I have mentioned 2 scary movies 2 years ago with PSYCO and HALLOWEEN. There’s also SILENCE OF THE LAMB, but that could be a different blog. Just like the movie, SEVEN, starring Brad Pitt. And of course, the Japanese is known to make scarier movies than the United States.

So once again, what is your scariest movie you have ever seen? Do you agree with me with THE SHINING? Please let me know with your comment.