Where is the worst paying job at? How do they sleep at night knowing that they do not pay their helps very well? I will mention a few of them, 2 of them is no longer open for business.

I will start with the job the Fargo Country Club. It was a low paying job when I worked there in the ’90’s; and they still are the lowest paying job in Fargo, North Dakota. You may ask, how can they be so cheap? The riches people in Fargo and even the state of North Dakota are members of the Country Club. If they can afford to be a member of this ritsy club; they sure in hell can afford to pay their helps more than what they do. They don’t even offer benefits.

I put in 8 years at that place; and you may wonder why?

To start with, I was in my 20’s, young and dumb. Plus, when I worked their, it was like a dysfunctional family, a comedy show. You enjoyed working with the people there. We had some good times together. The big saying there for us employees was, “You can check in but you can’t check out.” That was taken from the song, “Motel California.” When we weren’t working, few of us would get together drinking and playing poker. We even played broomball on a Sunday afternoon. (Back then, I was able to do that .) They had good teamwork, people working together as a team. The executive chef, Eric Ronson, at the time was one of the good ones. It’s too bad that he didn’t write a book on how to be a better manager to teach some of these so-called managers. He recently passed away. He would even help those who needed it. He’ll stay to even help out it needed. Some of the managers I worked for would rather sit in their office on their fat asses. If you complained, they say, “You have an attitude.”

The closest I came to this kind of work environment is the Fargo Dome; even though, they pay more than the Fargo Country Club.

It was hard to leave the Fargo Country Club because of this factor; even though, the pay was horrible, and no benefits. I enjoyed working with the people, even Eric Ronson. He was like a father-figure to most of us there. I did get burnt out working there though. I was taken advantage of. Maybe this is why, on my day off, I shut off my ringers on my phone.

I was able to moved on to a better paying job at Concordia College with benefits. Eric Ronson was hurt and hated to see me go; but deep down he knew I did what I needed to do.

The next place of business that was very cheap in paying their employees was Quality Bakery. Now, Quality Bakery is no longer open, and I couldn’t care less. My mother worked there for over 30 years; and she was taken advantage of by the owners, especially Peter Fendt. He should be ashamed of himself for the way he treated my mother. She was only getting around $8/hours give and take for as long as she worked there. She used the excuse that they paid for her benefits and that they were friends. Peter was no friend. He was only in business for himself, to make money for himself. My mother droved many miles into Fargo every night to worked for peanuts.

Before my mother started working there, they had a chance to go union; but the owners either paid off or blackmailed, or whatever to keep that from happening. Now that is very crooked.

Peter criticized another boss of having an affair; and he did the same thing himself; proving what a hypocrite he was. Whenever he was angry with his father or wife, who also ran the business, he would take it out on the employees. My mother called him a friend. Friends don’t do that to friends! He should be ashamed of himself!

If he was dying of thirst, I wouldn’t give him the sweat off my brow. I hope he feels so guilty for the way he treated my mother’s loyalty to that place.

Peter Fendt is also involved in the rescue and recovery to help search those in the Red River. He does that to show his good deeds. When all it does is shows his hypocrisy, what a true hypocrite he is. He’s not alone at that though; so many rich people do that, which I will explain more of that in the next 2 blogs.

Believe me, if I ever run into Peter, he will get a piece of my mind for the way he treated my mother. I hope he lose a lot of sleep over this. I hope he burned in hell for this as well! I don’t think I can ever forgive him.

Another cheap place to work was Kmart. Now Kmart not around anymore. They couldn’t afford to pay their employees because of poor management. Working at Kmart is like working at Walmart; both didn’t pay their employees very well. When you work retails, you have to deal with customers; and some are jerks. You also have to deal with people who dash and grab. There is a lot of stress working retails.

On that same line as Kmart and Walmart is Cash Wise. I heard from others, that employees at Cash Wise doesn’t get paid very well either. Places like them rather hire part time to avoid paying out benefits as well as decent wages.

When I was working at Kmart, the movie, “The Help” became our favorite movie, because it spoke to all of us.

I put in 12 years at Kmart, and you wondered why? It wasn’t because of lack of trying. The timing just wasn’t right for me to quit earlier.

Another place that doesn’t pay their employees well is Don’s Car Wash. They charge enough to wash your car; but cannot pay their employees. Even their temp employees get treated like shit. They would only work you 6 hours but pay you for 5 and a half. Those from temp agency only goes to Don’s Car Wash if they’re desperate, the last resort. No wonder, you don’t get an accurate job in cleaning your cars. If they don’t pay the employees well, how can you expect them to do a good job at cleaning the customer’s cars?

These are just some of the employers who doesn’t or didn’t pay their employees very well. If you know any others, comment below.

Then they wonder why most Americans are working paycheck to paycheck. It’s even worst now because of this Biden’s inflation. Joe Biden and the Leftist media cannot tell me that the economy is good. If a person was to get a raise, you wouldn’t even know it because of the high cost of everything. They are getting rich in Washington promoting Socialism while the rest of us is struggling financially.

I will continue this topic in the next 2 blogs; working up to the climax in part 3.

As you probably already heard North Dakota is trying to make history with Doug Burgum running for President of the United States. He’s the first to run for President from North Dakota. Even though North Dakota claims Teddy Roosevelt, he’s not from the state.

Doug Burgum wants to do what 4 candidates for President from Minnesota couldn’t do. The first from Minnesota was Hubert Humphrey back in 1968. He lost to Richard Nixon; even though he was Vice-President under Lyndon Johnson. Walter Mondale, who was Vice-President under Jimmy Carter ran for President in 1984, but lost to Ronald Reagan due to a landslide. Then in 2012, Tim Pawlenty and Michelle Bachman both ran for President but couldn’t get the nomination in the primary.

Doug Burgum will suffer the same fate as both Pawlenty and Bachman. There is better candidates than Burgum running for President. Deep down, I think he knows that. He’s just hoping to maybe get a cabinet post in the White House. He’s not really North Dakota best governor. That title goes to Ed Schaffer.

When Ed Schaffer was asked to run for Senator, he flatly turned it down, because he had his fill of politics and the corruption in Washington. A smart man!!

Don’t get me wrong, I did vote for Burgum for Governor in 2016 when he ran against Wayne Stenehjem. Now Stenehjem was the Attorney General for the state of North Dakota. He was also a career politicians; unlike Burgum, who was a businessman like Trump.

Now Doug Burgum is the founder of the Kilbourne Group, a real estate development firm focused on downtown Fargo. Former Congressman Rick Berg is now involved in the Kilbourne Group. Before that, Berg was involved with Goldmark.

The Kilbourne Group repurpose buildings and inspire the future by redeveloping vacant lots into active, thriving spaces for residents, visitors, students, entrepreneurs, artists, etc.

One of Burgum’s campaign’s promises was to find the missing surplus from the oil company.

Doug Burgum’s wife is Kathryn Helgaas from Jamestown, North Dakota. Her duties include: supporting and developing initiatives to eliminate the shame and stigma of the chronic disease of addiction. She is in a long term recovery for 21 years for addiction.

I don’t think Burgum is the best choice to be President of the United States. I don’t think he has any balls to stand up against the swamp in Washington. They will just eat him up and take advantage of him, like they do to Sen. John Hoeven, another former governor. John Hoeven couldn’t even control his wife, Mikey; when she said, “You know who I am.”

There are better candidates out there either running or not running that has more balls than Burgum. Ron DeSantis has more balls than Burgum, when he stood up against Disney as they gone Woke. He stood up against Gov. Newsom and even Joe Biden.

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has more balls than Burgum. She took a stand against the Federal lockdown during the Pandemic. She stood up against Biden over such thing as having Mount Rushmore evening lighting ceremony that is held beginning the Friday before Memorial Day to September 30 each year up until the Pandemic.

Governor Glenn Youngkin from Virginia is another good governor with more balls than Burgum. He stood up against the school board for the parents rights. He’s cut from the same cloth as DeSantis, in standing up against those behind Woke and Critical Race Theory being taught in our schools.

Governor Burgum is all for dressing casual, in blue jeans; rather than suit and tie as so many are accustomed to. He got criticized for it to.

Yet during the Pandemic, Burgum couldn’t stand up against Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and otherwise. He allowed the state to be shut down, not like South Dakota. There are other things that he couldn’t stand up to Tim Walz for either.

A President must be bold and a strong leader to withstand against the enemies of the United States. They have to be bold to stand up against those in Washington as well. If they see you as being weak, they will take advantage of you and United States. That is why Russia invaded Ukraine when they saw Biden as being weak.

This past week was the first Republican debate. I have to admit that Burgum did better than expected. He just couldn’t beat DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, Tim Scott.

He did say one thing I really like though. He said, “They need small town value in Washington.”

Now Burgum is from Arthur, ND, a small town north of Fargo.

Those in Washington doesn’t have small town value, especially Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez; especially when she said, “We need to ban cow farts.” She doesn’t know anything about small town values.

This doesn’t mean I’m going to vote for Burgum or even support him as he makes history for North Dakota by running for President.

In the words from the movie, “Jerry Maguire,” when Tom Cruise shouted, “Show me the money!” Well Governor Burgum, “Show me the money! Show me the missing money from the surplus involving the oil company!”

If Burgum couldn’t stood up to the oil companies, how can we expect him to stand up against those in Washington, and our enemies like Russia and China?

Have you noticed that there is more bars and coffee shops opening up in Fargo, ND lately? They are practically on every corner, everywhere you look.

It used to be churches on every corner years ago. Now it seems that bars and coffee shops are replacing churches.

Then they wondered why North Dakota has such a high alcoholism rate. Think about it, with all these bars opening up and even restaurants selling alcohol; what do you expect. The latest thing is at West Acres. They are now selling alcohol in the food court in all places. You pay with a credit or debit card and is charged by the ounces when you buy your drink.

West Acres is supposed to be a family place, where family goes to shop, people watch, and just hang out. This shows how desperate they are to attract customers. Much like restaurants are when they get their liquor license to also sell alcohol.

It used to be years ago, bars were separated from restaurants. Bars would only sell alcohol; but now they are becoming more than just a bar. There are sports bars and nightclubs as well as restaurants. You can watch any sports you want, drink and eat dinner or supper. Some even have other entertainment, such as music or comedy shows; making them into a nightclub.

When I was a child, and the family did goes out, we would go to a restaurant that didn’t serve alcohol. Now days that is hard to find. Back then, if a father went into a bar, the kids sat outside in the car until they came back out, and hope they don’t stay in too long.

When I first became legal to drink, 19 in Minnesota and 21 in North Dakota, we would go out drinking. We would stay until the bars closed and then goes to a restaurant that was open all night for breakfast. I felt sorry for the waitress, because she had to deal with a drunk crowds.

There was some bars that didn’t card you either. I have been in bars in Fargo before I was 21 drinking.

I do remembered one time, when my mother was in the hospital, and my dad wasn’t much of a cook since he was dependent on my mother, stopped at the old bar on the corner of Downer either on the way to the farm or town. At that times they had the best burgers in the area.

On a hot summer day, my dad would take us out for a drive and stop at a bar near the lakes. He had a beer and bought pops for us youngest kids.

I had my first taste of beer when I was a child. I didn’t like it then; but I did when I got older.

Now that coffee is becoming more fancier, coffee shops is also opening up more and more lately as well. With such coffee places as Starbucks for example.

When I was younger, coffee was just coffee and it was bitter, nothing fancy. There was no flavored coffee, cappuccino, latte, iced coffee, or blended coffee. I had my first cappuccino because of my best friend, Roger. Now I’m into drinking cappuccinos or blended coffee, depending on the weather. My favorite coffee shop is Caribou. I stop at Starbucks if I’m in the neighborhood; but I won’t go out of my way.

Even churches is selling coffee to attract new people. One of the coffee shop is the Lighthouse.

I think the reason for these coffee shops opening up more and more lately is because people in North Dakota, and especially Fargo, is becoming snooty and uptight. They are becoming more and more like bigger cities.

In the past when going on a date, you would go out to dinner at a restaurant, then go to a nightclub for drinking and dancing. Now you can do it all at one place.

My favorite restaurant is Appleby. When I was a child, there was no Appleby in Fargo. It goes to show how much restaurants is becoming the new bars. Bars and restaurants are becoming one.

There is a good German bar downtown Fargo called Wurst Bier Hall, I really like. They got good German food and good German beer.

Sure there are 4 corners, and when I say on every corner, think about this: On one corner is a bar, on the other corner is a coffee shop, on the other corner is a car wash, and finally on the last corner is a bank. You can go to the bank to get some money, cross the street to the car wash to wash your car, then go out to eat and have a drink at the bar/restaurant. Then before you go home, you can stop in at the coffee shop for coffee to sober up a little before driving home.

Then they wonder why people drinks so much? They are promoting alcohol.

I love my coffee, especially cappuccino or blended coffee. I’m becoming sophisticated that way and fancy.

As Tom T. Hall would say in one of his song, “I like Beer.” Well hell yeah, I like beer too!! I don’t go out of my way to have a drink like some people would. I drank more in my 20’s than I do now. I drank more when I first turned 19, because it was the things to do. It doesn’t make me an alcoholic, like some people.

To all those who drinks, this beer is on me! If you prefer coffee, then this coffee on me.

They should do a study on this and see what they are promoting instead of criticizing people for drinking alcohol. That’s the only way to solve the alcohol problems in North Dakota.

Have you ever stood at a corner either walking or driving, and have someone waved you to go?

This is one of the signs of North Dakota nice.

Have you noticed how people in Fargo, and even North Dakota is becoming more uptight lately?

There was a time that I was crossing University Drive near the Bowler. I got half way across and in the process of waiting to cross the rest of the way. There was a car in the turning lane, who waved me to cross. The stupid thing was that the driver of that car didn’t look behind him to see other passing cars on University Drive. I saw them and I wasn’t about to cross.

Another example happened on 25th Ave and 15th street. I was waiting to cross when a car stop and the driver waved me to cross. Now that’s a busy intersection. There was cars behind him and cars going the opposite direction.

Both time, I was walking.

I know someone who was driving and waiting to turn when someone waved them to make the turn. Of course, they made the turn and was involved in a car accident; in which the car was totaled.

Did the person who waved the person to go stay? Will a person who is being North Dakota nice and waving you to either walk across or drive out stay ?

Hell No!! They just took off thinking that they did a good deed. They are thinking that they are just being nice. They don’t realize that they are just being stupid.

Just because one person is being North Dakota nice; that doesn’t mean anybody else is. They are obeying the rules of the roads; at least you can hope.

If you were to get hit either on foot or in the car, you are responsible, not the person who was being nice or should I say stupid.

You never know what the other drivers are thinking. They may not be as nice. They may be in a hurry or texting and driving; not paying attention to the road. Or they may be talking on the cellphone.

Now talking on the cellphone or texting and driving is as bad as drunk driving if not worse. It seems like more and more people cannot leave their phones in their pockets or purse while driving or even walking.

I have seen people on their cell phones either scrolling the internet or texting while walking. They are not even paying attention to their surroundings. It’s not until they nearly run into you do they realize it. Then it’s almost too late!

Do they apologize? Hell no!! They just keep doing what they are doing. Acting like it’s all your fault. You should be paying attention to them.

It seems that more and more people are very uptight in Fargo, North Dakota for some reason. They are in a hurry and don’t know why. They are not paying attention to their surroundings and the road.

This North Dakota nice is also in Minnesota; but it’s called Minnesota nice.

If you are in a busy parking lot trying to get out. You can also run across things like this as well. If there is no security to direct traffic, an accident is waiting to happen.

I heard someone who isn’t from this area but moved here from another state, complained about North Dakota’s drivers. They even would say that they should just drive.

It just seems that people have no common sense anymore. They are book smart but not street smart. And the government, especially today’s Democrats like it that way. They are easy to control.

Like the song, “Don’t be Stupid” by Shania Twain: Don’t freak out until you know the facts, relax. Don’t be ridiculous. Don’t be absurd. Don’t be impossible.

Don’t freak out and allow someone to either cross the road while walking or driving without knowing without a doubt that it’s actually safe for them to go as well.

You think you are being nice by doing that. You’re just being an idiot. This North Dakota and Minnesota nice is just being stupid instead.

Since I had came close at being hit because I nearly fell for their stupidity of them being North Dakota nice, I don’t fall for it anymore. If I see it cleared when someone would wave me across then I will cross and say thank you. If I don’t see it cleared I will not cross the road. I would point to the other cars that I see either behind them or on the other side. I will even turn my back as to say, “no thank you. I’m not going to be stupid just because you are.” The other drivers may not be so nice. They may not see the whole picture for some reason. They could take off and either turn as I’m crossing or decide to pass you up because of your stupidity.

Pay attention to the road before you decide to be nice and let someone cross the road or make the turn or take off ahead of you. That is the rules of the roads!

Don’t be stupid with this North Dakota and Minnesota nice! You are just being an idiot! Think before you do, please!!

Do you ever wonder why some people are turned off by the Bible and even churches?

The Bible is full of laws that is hard to live up too. The Old Testament is more legalistic than the New Testament. Rules and regulations can trip a person up.

The Flagellants were known for their public displays of self-flagellation that they used as a form of penance as well as a way to demonstrate their devotion to God. They would often march in processions, chanting prayers and singing religious songs, while flogging themselves with whips.

You may wonder why they felt the need to do that. They felt unworthy.

The Old Testament is full of laws that most are not practiced in the church much anymore; thanks to what Jesus had done for us. This is why most Christians follows the New Testament over the Old Testament.

When Jesus was walking on earth, the Pharisees attacked Him because they felt that He was breaking the laws of Moses. They crucified Jesus because of it. Jesus wasn’t about legalism but rather about forgiveness and grace.

As Jesus was attacked by the Pharisees for not upholding the laws of Moses in the Old Testament; Donald Trump was/is attack for not upholding the laws of Washington D.C. He was a rule breaker much like Jesus was in His days.

This isn’t about that though; but rather Ephesians 6:1-9. This passage in the Bible is one of the hardest for me to swallow when I first came to accept the Lord. I will go through those verses and hopefully explain the difficulty. I then hopefully will explain the picture of my folks at the top, and how I finally came to understand those verses.

In Ephesians 6:1, “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.” 6:2, “Honor your father and mother-which is the first commandment with a promise.” 6:4, “Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.”

Most people who haven’t been raised in a dysfunctional household doesn’t understand why it’s hard for those who had been raised in a dysfunctional household. They haven’t lived the abuse. There’s a fine line between discipline and abuse that some parents have overstepped. It’s hard to honor your parents in that situation. It’s hard to honor your real father when he abandoned you as a child or was never there for you emotionally.

Those who were raised in that situation, sees God as an authoritative. They sees God as controlling and abusive. They don’t see Him as a loving God. This is why there are some who feels that they have to whip themselves into submission. They don’t trust themselves and God; because they lack trust of their parents.

That mistrust leads to lack of trust to others as well. It doesn’t matter what abuse you went through, physical, sexual, mental, and emotional. You can get all the counseling but it takes years to actually recover and eventually learn to trust again.

If you tell one of your parents that you need to let go of the dysfunctional family. They don’t understand why and is hurt. They’ll even say that all family is a little dysfunctional.

If you tell someone who haven’t lived through what you went through, they don’t understand why you want to divorce your parents or family. They will just say, “you’ll regret it.”

Ephesians 6:5, “Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.”

This isn’t necessarily just slaves but employees as well.

Ephesians 6:9, “And master, treat your slaves in the same way. Do not threaten your slaves in the same way. Do not threaten them, since you know that he who is both their master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.”

Yet there are bosses who treats their employees as slaves. Then they wonder why the employees have an attitude, and why they cannot keep help.

Those who were raised in an abusive family already has a lack of trust of those in authority; and it carried on into adulthood and the workforce.

They also don’t trust the government and God, because of the abuse they went through as a child.

You can say that I’m speaking from experiences.

This is one of the reason that keeps some away from church as well as reading their Bible.

Now to explain the picture of my folks at the top of this blog. They may be gone now. It was hard for me to honor them somedays. Now that they are passed away, I have to admit that I missed them. That picture was taken when they were married 25 years; and they were married 40 years before my mother had passed away first.

Since my parents are no longer with me, I can come to finally understand Ephesians 6:1-9. My parents weren’t perfect. Because of what I went through, I can come to understand the importance of raising up your children right. By raising them right, they eventually return to that teaching.

Kids today are not properly taught respect like I was. Because of that, look at the world we live in today.

I miss my parents now and I love them; despite of the abuse. At least dad was there more for me than my real father.

If you are anything like me and found it very difficult to comprehend Ephesians 6:1-9, I hope that this blog will help you deal with any issues you may have. I hope that I didn’t come across as being preachy. I just want you to understand that there is hope. You don’t have to live in the past of the pain. Take it from someone who lived it.

What is your reaction when you call for technical support or whatever, and you get an actual person on the phone; but their English is hard to understand?

According to the Ethnologue publication, there are 7,151 distinct languages spoken around the world. About half of the global population speaks 23 languages. The most spoken languages are English, Mandarin, Hindi, and Spanish. Language differences can become a barrier to getting along with others.

As many already know from personal and painful experiences, even speaking the same language doesn’t always avoid misunderstandings and serious conflicts. Language brings humanity together but also becomes a “dividing wall of hostility.” Saying the wrong words at the wrong time has ruptured numerous friendships and relationships. The wounds sometimes happen even if the negative impact of the words is not intended, when meaning is lost in translation.

It’s so easy to misinterpret what someone have said or written. People now days are easily offended by what is said. Those on the Left may call me a racist because of this blog. It seems everything is all about race these days.

Let us really dissect our English language. American English is different than our mother’s tongue, the true English from England. Just listen to the dialect of that English compared to our English. The English language is not the easiest language to learn. Some say that German is easier to learn than English. When you write, you write as you would speak; so you sometimes forget all the rules when speaking and writing in English.

Even in the United States, when you listen to someone speak, it’s different across the nation. People from the South may think that we talk funny up here in Minnesota; likewise, we may think that they talk funny down there. For example: they will say, “Ya’ll come back now.” Whereas, in Minnesota, we’ll say, “Uffda!” In Montana, they call a horse a hoss.

It’s not just the language that is a barrier; so is the culture. This country is known as the melting pot. There are many different languages spoken in this country. Just like there is different cultures as well.

Don’t you just hate it when you lives in a security apartment building; and someone would leave the security door ajar because they cannot bring their keys out with them. I can understand if a person is either moving in or out, or have lots of stuff to carry. Have you ever noticed that most people who does that are people from other countries? Don’t they understand that the apartment building is secured for a reason? Are they more trusting than we are? Believe me, if I see the door ajar open and there is no one around, I will remove the object.

Have you ever noticed that even though a person of color or from other country is next to each other, they still have to talk very loud? Plus, they would not be speaking English either. If I’m in the lounge area at work before I start work or on break, it’s hard to hear the TV because they happened to be talking very loud. I have to turn the volume up just to hear the TV. To me, that is very rude.

Have you ever been around someone who seems to put on way too much cologne or perfume? It’s not necessarily a cultural thing. There are some white who do that too. But a big percentage of black men would bathes in their cologne. When I smell that, I say to myself, “nice cologne, must you marinate in it.” I used cologne and deodorant too, but I don’t saturate in it like some people. Some cologne or perfume is so strong, it gives me a headache. If you are standing next to that person, it just burn your nose.

In some culture, some are more affectionate than others. In some cultures it’s offensive to stand too close to someone. We need to know the proper distance so not to offend someone. In Italy, the Italian are known to give kisses with your meal or when you comes to visit. If you watch any mob movies, if an Italian mobster would kiss you on both cheeks, you’re going to die.

There are many misconceptions about different cultures that cause people to misinterpret and possible offend someone. That is why it’s important to know the proper etiquette.

How do you feel when you go to church and someone is shouting praise the Lord and such? Up here in the north with the Catholic/Lutheran background, people are taught to be quiet in church. Yet down South or color people are more vocal in church. They are more apt to shout, clap their hands, and even raise their hands. One time my mother came to my church and was offended when she heard someone shouting praise the Lord or Amen.

The church I belong to is a multinational church with multiculture. It’s so good to see people from different culture getting together not just to worship but working to get along.

Yet at the same time, you just wish that they would learn to speak English or learn to respect our culture a little.

Some politicians want immigrants to come to this country to fill the job vacancy we have. Some employers figured that they will work for less money because they do not know any better. The Democrats want them to come to this country and they will bribe them just to get their votes. They figured that they can control them. In a way, they are treated like slaves because they do not understand our language and culture.

How do you feel when you have to train them for the job they are being hired for? You don’t speak their language and they truly don’t understand our language. It’s frustrating! I have went through it. My mother went through it herself.

Don’t get me wrong and call me a racist, because I’m far from it. I love people from all nation and culture. I knew a woman who I met at a day labor place. We became friends. She was a colored woman. One time we were visiting with each other at Walmart and someone thought that she was my girlfriend. Some people thinks that black and white person shouldn’t hook up because of the children’s sake.

I also have a friend who was from Iran. He’s a Christian and his family are Muslims. His name is Fred. He’s fun to be around.

There are good and bad people in all culture. It doesn’t matter if they are black or white. All that matter is how we interpret what is being said. If you are offended with this blog, deal with it. Don’t just sit their high and mighty and call me racist when I’m not!

Sweden is part of the Scandinavian countries along with Norway, Denmark, and Finland. Most recently Sweden had joined the United Nation, shortly after Finland joined. They both joined after Russia invaded Ukraine. Putin even warned Finland that if they joined the United Nation, they would be next to be invaded. You may wondered why now that both Finland and Sweden had joined the United Nation? I’ll save that for a later blog on the United Nation. I just want to give a few good words on Sweden right now.

Sweden sits north of Norway and south of Finland. The country of Denmark is an island south of Norway and Sweden. Sweden is a Scandinavian nation with thousands of coastal islands and inland lakes, along with vast boreal forests and glaciated mountains. Stockholm is not only the capital of Sweden; it’s also one of the principle city. The world bank is in Stockholm.

The nature in Sweden is dominated by forests and many lakes. A very beautiful country. They are usually neutral when it comes to wars; much like Switzerland was during World War 2. Switzerland was able to remain neutral because of the mountain that border the country. Much is the same way as Sweden.

Germanic peoples have inhabited Sweden since prehistoric times. This is one of the reason that the Scandinavian countries relate to Germany.

They are primary Lutherans. As I mentioned earlier, Sweden maintained an official policy of neutrality during wartime and non-participation in military alliances during peacetime. Sweden celebrated 200 years of peace, a longer span of peacetime than even Switzerland.

Sweden is a highly developed country ranked 7th in the human development index. They maintains a Nordic social welfare system that provides universal health care and tertiary education for its citizens. It has the 14th highest GDP per capita and ranks very highly in quality of life, health, education, protection of civil liberties, economic competitiveness, income equality, gender equality, and prosperity.

With Sweden functions under mixed economic system of high-tech capital, with plenty of private freedom as well as government regulation. There might be notoriously high taxes in place, but this keeps the welfare state, and its extensive benefits, well-oiled, meaning the country’s wealth pays off for residents.

Their healthcare and welfare system is better than the United States. Yet, the United States seems to want to copy Canada’s healthcare system; which is way worse than ours. People from Canada would comes down to the United States for any major medical treatment because of the poor medical treatment in Canada.

Yet, the American citizens would go to Canada to get their medicines because it’s way cheaper than ours.

Why not look more into Sweden system instead? We can probably learn from Sweden.

The Stockholm syndrome is described as the psychological condition of a victim who identifies with and emphasizes with their captor or abuser and their goals. This came about when the media in 1973 and the 4 hostages were taken during a bank robbery in Stockholm, Sweden.

The band ABBA originated from Stockholm, Sweden in 1972. The Dancing Queen is one of the band popular song, along with Mama Mia. We all know that Mama Mia became a movie starring Merle Streep.

I’m not Swedish but there is one foreign movie from Sweden that is very good. That movie is “My Life as a Dog.” I’m not big fan of foreign films because I’m not big in culture; but I just loved that movie. Even though they had subtitles, I was able to understand the movie without reading the subtitles. I don’t know if it’s because every once in a while my dad would speak Swedish or the fact that Sweden is so connected to German?

In the movie, My Life as a Dog is about a young boy who is obsessed with comparing himself with those less fortunate. It’s a very good movie, and I recommend anyone to watch it.

Since some Germans had refuge to Sweden, there is connection between the two countries culture wise, at least the high German. They are both light complexion, compared to low German. The language is pretty much the same as well. They eat some of the same food. Such as Lefsa and lutefisk.

My step-dad is related to King Olaf of Sweden through the generation lost. Is that is so down low in the genealogy. An account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor.

How sweet it is to be Swedish? Enjoy your Swedish meatballs!

Lying is never good for a person to do; but sometimes lying can be the only way. It just seems more and more lately people are choosing to lie over telling the truth. They don’t want to hear the truth when it’s being told. They factcheck you or try to shut you down for speaking the truth. Sometimes, you are put in Facebook jail. If you are truthful, some will say that you are being hateful.

In this blog, I will give you 5 jobs that seems people get away with lying. Are they really lying or do they just believe that what they are saying is true? Are they lying to protect themselves or the innocence?

Number 5 jobs that people seems to get away with lying goes to the lawyers. This kind of make sense. If they are a defense attorney, they have to do whatever it takes to prove their clients innocent. They have make a good case for their client if they are any good at a being a lawyer.

A good example of this is the movie, “Liar, Liar.” In that movie, Jim Carrey plays a lawyer who is also a father. His young son made a wish that his father would not be able to tell a lie. The reason for that wish was because his father promised to be there for his son but never showed up; and it constantly happened. The boy was deeply upset and hurt because of it. He wanted his father around like all little boys do. Anyway, because of that wish, Jim Carrey’s character couldn’t properly do his job as a lawyer to defend his client. He was being truthful to every little things to the point of being hurtful not only to his client but to the judge and everyone else in the courtroom. It was a comedy, and Jim Carrey was perfect for that role.

Number 4 jobs that people seems to get away with lying is salesmen. As a salesperson, you have to do whatever it takes to sell a product to make a profit. The only way they make money is by how much sales they make. They work on incentives, not hourly like most people. The more they sell, the more they make. It doesn’t matter if you are a car salesman or whatever you are trying to sell.

An example of this is Cadillac Man. It starred the late Robin Williams as a car dealer who is spread thin financially as he is in his love life. He’s dating more women than he can remember, and the local toughs he’s borrowed money from want it back.

What goes along with salesperson is advertiser. They advertise a certain product but do they actually use that product. In other words, do they actually believe in the product they are trying to sell? They have to make the public believe in the product to make a sale to make a profit.

Just like when they offer a free meal or whatever just to get a person to come and check it out and possibility buy. Most recently, I went to a community day downtown Broadway after work because they offered free meal. Well to be honest, there was no free meal-no nothing. It was a joke set up by the mayor of Fargo, a bad joke at that. When they advertised free meal, they did it to get people downtown for community day on Broadway; which is false advertisement. Very much like salespeople!

Number 3 jobs that people seems to get away with lying is the meteorologist, or also known as the weatherman. This used to be #2 but you’ll see why they dropped to #3 and who took the #2 spot a little later.

With all their fancy equipment to forecast the weather, they still can’t get the weather straight. The old joke goes like this. If you don’t like the weather, wait 5 minutes and it will change. They can’t seems to get the weather straight and you are caught holding the bag.

They pretty much the get the weather report from the same place but if you listen to different weather stations, each station has to put their own little twist in predicting the weather. I usually watched WDAY for the weather by John Wheeler. I’m not saying that he’s accurate but he seems to be closer than others. Even the weather app on your phone isn’t always accurate.

Number 2 jobs that people seems to get away with lying goes to the news media. They simply have stolen this title from the weatherman. They are slowly creeping up to #1 as well. It’s to the point that a person cannot believe the news being reported anymore. This is why they are known as fake news. They don’t report the news anymore; but rather tell what they want to tell, and not give you the facts, the truth.

When Walter Cronkite and Peter Jenning did the news, you could believe them. They had integrity. They have no integrity anymore. After Walter Cronkite retired and Dan Rather replaced him, was when news reporters had lost their integrity. Dan Rather became the father of fake news.

I can tell you this as fact because I’ve studied journalism when I went to college.

Can I get a drum roll please? The #1 job that people seems to get away with lying is the politicians. This comes as no surprise at all. Even though the news media is working hard and fast to take that title away from them as well. No wonder the American people have such a mistrust of our government and the politicians. Lying comes very easy for them. I don’t care if you are a Republican or a Democrat. They are very good at lying to the American people.

If you are not good at lying, my advise to you is do not get involved in politics. Politic is a dirty business, with no integrity for those involved. Those in Washington lies to the people just to get elected. They make campaign promises but never keep.

Like the song by Merle Haggard, “When a president goes to the White House and does what he says he will do. We all we’ll be eating rainbow stew and drinking that free bubble up.”

There you have it, my two-part blog on lying. If you agree with my top 5 choices of jobs that people seems to get away with lying, press the like. Is it alright to lie? Should a person lie or tell the truth even if it may hurt someone’s feelings?

We all have been lied to in one way or another. Most recently, we have been lied to during the Pandemic by the mainstream news media, our government on the Left and Dr. Nazi Fauci.

LIE: a false statement.

TRUTH: the quality or state of being true.

that which is true or in accordance with fact or reality.

a fact or belief that is accepted as true.

As George Washington said, “I shall not tell a lie. I did cut down the cherry tree.”

Now that is unheard of by today’s politicians.

Growing up, we were taught that honesty is the best policy. Yet, it seems like more and more today people are less honest. People would rather hear lies than the truth. It seems like the truth hurts. It’s not politically correct to be totally honest these days. You might hurt someone feelings by being honest with them.

Take for example: Simon Cowell, he was brutally honest to the contestants on American Idol and America’s got Talant, and was criticized for it.

You may wonder why I’m holding up this book if I’m not making reference to it in this blog. Hopefully, you will see why in the next 2 blogs; with the direction I’m going with this. It may seems like I’m lying by not using this book as reference but hopefully, you’ll see I’m not.

Let us look at President Bill Clinton when he said, “I did not have sexual relation with that woman.” It was his definition of sexual relation that made him say that. We all know different though.

That’s what is different with telling a lie and telling the truth. It’s how you interpret it.

How about when the first George Bush Sr said, “Read my lips, no new taxes!” He wanted the people to know that he wasn’t lying. That is why some people would say, “read my lips.”

You can also tell through body language if a person is lying or not. If a person is lying they fidget because they are uncomfortable. When Pinocchio would tell a lie his nose would grow. That was used a lot to tell if a person was lying or not.

There are some who are a chronic liar; so that doesn’t always work. Once a liar is always a liar. In other words, if you are good at lying, you can cover it up very easily. If you are not good at lying, people will see right through you. It depends on if you have a poker face or not.

Like if a person is joking with a straight face, it’s hard to tell if they are joking or serious. Now that is hard to determine.

Let us use this for an example: Let’s say your wife or girlfriend asked you if the outfit they are wearing makes them look fat. Now guys, you don’t want to be honest with her with your answer; you could be sleeping on the couch or in the doghouse because of your answer.

It used to be that honesty is the best policy; but not anymore. If you are applying for a job, there are somethings left unsaid. For example: people who have been in prison do not want to come out and admit they were. They may not get hired. This is probably why there is a high turnover rate for those in prison; because they are not given a chance. That is a crying shame!

Just like if you don’t admit to a disability you may have that could interfere with you doing the job.

You are not supposed to lie to your employer; but yet your employer may lie to you if they decide to get rid of you for some reason. They’ll do it in away that you can’t dispute it.

I’m not real good at lying. I don’t have a good poker face. Some people can become good at it though.

During the Pandemic, whenever someone would post anything on Twitter or Facebook involving the virus or the vaccine, they would get shut down by the fact checker, saying that you were lying. Some will end up in Facebook jail because of it.

Yet, even though Dr. Nazi Fauci was constantly lying about the origin of the virus and the vaccine, people choose to believe him over the truth. It seems more and more people are choosing to believe lies over the truth. They don’t want to hear the truth. They don’t want to admit that they were wrong all along. Who does wants to admit they were wrong all along?

Just think when the truth finally does come out over the virus and the vaccine, those who have been lying to us will have eggs on their faces.

A person who lies constantly, have to keep on lying to keep up the appearance. Once you tell a lie, it will get bigger and bigger just to cover up the first lie.

People would rather be told a lie than the truth. They would believe the lies being told them even when they do hear the truth.

Stay tune for next week part 2 blog, when I will give you 5 jobs in which people seems to get away with lying. It may or may not surprise you.

Patrick Henry most famous speech was: “Give me liberty or give me death.” It was delivered in 1775. It was given in Virginia at the start of the Revolution War. It was a fiery speech that is still relevant today; even though those on the Left would very much like to forget about.

As we get ready to celebrate the 4th of July this year on Tuesday, let us talk about how our liberty is at stake here in the United States; as those on the Left, Biden included is out to take away our liberty and freedom.

Liberty is the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one’s way of life, behavior, or political views.

By liberty, was meant protection against the tyranny of the political rulers. It was needful that there should be an animal of prey than the rest, commissioned to keep them down. The aim, therefore, of Patriots, was to set limits to the power which the ruler should be suffered to exercise over the community, and this limitation was what they meant by liberty.

The will of the people, moreover, practically means, the will of the most numerous or the most active part of the people; the majority, of those who succeed in making themselves accepted as the majority, the people, consequently, may desire to oppress a part of their number; and precautions are as much needed against this, as against any other abuse of power. The limitation, therefore, of the power of government over individuals, loses none of its importance when the holders of power are regularly accountable to the community.

Those in power in our government is out to take away our liberty. They are turning this country into Russia and China. They are forcing control over the American people all because they are consumed by the power they have over us. President George Washington warned that this could very much happened.

They are so corrupted with power that anyone who seems to be a threat to them; they are willing to do whatever it takes to stop them. It’s our Democracy rights to vote; but they don’t want that to happen. I don’t care if it’s Trump or whoever it may be. They will do whatever they can to see to it that doesn’t happen. This is so similar to Russia and China. This is similar to third world countries that had their government leaders overthrown because of the tyranny.

Before Nelson Mandella became President of South Africa, he was sent to prison because of the corrupt government. It happened in the ’80’s under Apartheid. I’ll talk more about that in future blog.

Not only are they going after Trump, who is a frontrunner for the Republicans, by pressing false charges against him; they are also going after Bobby Kennedy Jr. as well. He is becoming a thorn in Biden’s side. He is gaining in the polls on the Democrats side; which Biden and those on the Left can’t stand and is very much afraid. They call him the Anti-Vaccer, because he spoke out against the vaccine and Dr. Nazi Fauci. They are even comparing him to Eugene McCarthy.

During the election of 1968, Eugene McCarthy was vocal in his intent to unseat the incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson, He had a 42% showing in New Hampshire when Senator Robert F. Kennedy entered the race, forcing President Johnson to withdraw and Vice-President Hubert H. Humphrey to entered. This all led up to Robert Kennedy being assassinated.

I don’t know about you, but this scares the hell out of me, thinking what length those on the Left will go through to stop Bobby Kennedy. Could he end up with the same fate as his father and uncle, President Kennedy. I sure hope not! I wouldn’t trust our power in control right now. If they are willing to do whatever it takes to stop their opponents either Republicans or Democrats; much like those countries I mentioned.

There is this rumor that Trump could pick Bobby Kennedy Jr as his running mate. Now that would just put the final nail in Joe Biden’s coffin. I won’t go into detail with that either; we’ll just wait and see right now for possible future blog.

Biden is becoming like a dictator along with those on the Left.

Biden and those on the Left is willing to do whatever it takes to take away our liberty. They tried to mandate, forcing everyone to get the vaccine. Biden, himself, even said, “You’re all gonna pay!” No one has the rights to force you to get something you are against, not even your job. I don’t care if it’s a hospital or what else! Yet, it happened! People lost their jobs because of their tyranny.

They want to take away our rights to bear arms and to protect ourselves. They rather take away our guns and put it in the hands of criminals. This is so similar to Russia and China.

The race for the White House is becoming populated with more and more candidates throwing their hats in the ring. Why not one more? How would you feel if I ran for President in 2024? I will fight for our liberty from those in power. I will stand for America! I will put America first. I will not deal with Russia and China; but rather put them on notice.

A vote for Biden is a vote for China. A vote for Biden is a vote against our Liberty.

Whereas, a vote for me is a vote for Liberty and for America!

Are you done with Biden and those who wants to take away our liberty?

Once again, as Patrick Henry said prior the Revolution War, I say it again, “Give me liberty or give me death!”