It seems people now days don’t do much thinking for themselves these days. They don’t use their head to think things through much anymore. They lack common sense.

This book talks about the power of thinking without actually thinking.

When I was in school, a calculator wasn’t allowed to be used in math class. We had to so our works as we solved the math problems. In other words, math was done long-hand. Now days, students are recommended to use a calculator in the math class. What good is that? What do they learn? They learn nothing at all

Today’s journalist doesn’t do their research anymore before reporting the news like they do. It’s all about getting the stories out before the competition. They don’t care if the story is true or not. They are just after the money not the facts. Like the old tv series, “Dragnet,” “Just the facts, Ma’am!’

I’m the kind of blogger who knows the truth about journalism and believe in giving you the facts, as I share my opinions. I do my research to make sure I’m close to being accurate as possible.

I know this one teacher, before she actually became a teacher. She used to worked at Kmart when I worked there. She said that she would flunk any student who did a report that she didn’t agree with; even though that student actually did the work in researching information for the report. If I was a parent of that student, I would get that teacher fired for doing that. I would be damn proud of when a student actually do the research needed to do the report.

It’s a crying shame, a lot of today’s teacher think that way though. Not like when I was in high school and college. That’s is how we actually learn by researching and doing actual thinking.

The part of our brain that leaps to conclusions is called the adaptive unconscious. I have 2 nieces who are book smart but have no common sense when it comes to people. They can’t seems to understand why the family couldn’t do more to help. They seems to forget that we have to work too, just to make ends meet. We don’t always have the time as they think we should have; then they get angry and wondered why we can’t help. That’s the way a lot of younger people are these days.

Too many people is on their smartphones believing the social media rather than actually doing the research to make sure the facts are right.

We believe that we are always better off gathering as much information as possible and spending as much time as possible in deliberation. In a moment of stress, when haste does not waste, when our snap judgements and first impressions can offer a much better means of making sense of the world.

People would rather make snap judgment rather than actually do their research. Snap judgments are enormously quick: they rely on the thinnest slices of experience. They believe the lies rather than checking things out themselves. This is why I watch Fox news as well as the fake mainstream news media; just to get the whole story, as Paul Harvey would say.

We need to respect the fact that it is possible to know without knowing why we know and accept that sometimes. If we put any information out there that social media doesn’t agree with such as Facebook and Twitter, a disclaimer is put on what we wrote by these so-called, factcheckers; such as the vaccines for example. People don’t want to know the truth! They want to believe what they believed.

When we ask people to explain their thinking-we need to be careful in how we interpret their answers. People now days are quick to make snap judgments and refuse to believe anyone who actually speak the truth. If they don’t agree with something, they will not accept it. Then you get into a big debate that can turn rather ugly with name-calling. Not like years ago, when people can learn to disagree with one another.

There’s power in positive thinking. There’s power in the ability to think for yourself and do your own research; rather than actually believe what they are being taught in our schools and being told in our social media, mainstream news media and the government. The government knows that too, especially the Democrats. They don’t want us to know the truth. If we knew the truth, they couldn’t control us. It’s all about control to them. The more control they have over us, they more they like it.

Joe Biden talks about being united; but only if we agree with him and the Democratic party. He even created what is known as an organization called, “the thought police.”

Now the “thought police comes from the book, “1984” by George Orwell; making that book becoming more and more of a reality.

We’re not allowed to have our own thoughts. If we have our own thoughts, they cannot control us. They want to remain in control of our everyday life and thoughts.

Don’t let anyone tell you that what you are thinking is wrong! You are entitled to your own opinions and way of thinking. They can’t control our thinking like they want to.

Think for yourself and do your own research!!

By now you probably heard that Governor Newsom from California planned on having all electric vehicles by the year 2035, and eliminating gas vehicles and gas stations in California. Well, he’s not the only one to want to do that. The Democrats in these Blue states also want to do the same. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer are just the 3 Democratic Governor who wants to go electric vehicles. Even Joe (You’re all gonna pay) Biden is pushing for electric vehicles. He shut down the Keystone Pipeline the first thing he did when he took office.

In this blog, I will show that this is another crazy idea by the Democrats that will never work. Believe me, I’m all for saving the environment.

Have you ever heard of Nikola Tesla?

Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current electricity supply system.

Did you know that he was ridiculed by people such as Thomas Edison? They tried to stop him in his discovery to keep any information he may have from ever coming out. He was the first to discovered ways to protect the environment but his enemies went all out to stop him and destroy his plans.

He sought to create an energy grid that not only harnessed renewable forms, but also accelerated mankind in an economic sense. He believed in the earth’s untapped potential as a ball of infinite energy In 1904, he invented an efficient bladeless turbine. Without the need for propellers to catch air or water as they move in a certain direction. He believed he could power automobiles, locomotives, steamships; and in a more modern sense airplanes and ocean liners.

A bladeless unit would be less invasive on its surrounding environment. Whereas, the wind turbines of today kills millions of birds per year. Tesla’s plan would be bladeless. He called it cosmic energy. He saw the world as a collection of frequencies and vibrations.

I said in a previous blog that all these wind turbines you see is not just an eye sore; but it’s also bad for the environment as well. Birds and other wildlife is being killed because of these wind turbines. Yet the electric company and those on the Left doesn’t want to see it. They are all for saving the environment but refused to see how it’s harming birds and wildlife.

California is known to have a lot of blackout as of lately. If they go electric like they plan, it will just drain the electrical power grid. When that happen, it will affect the air conditioner as well. We all know how hot it gets in California. When these electric vehicles start draining the electricity the air conditioner will goes out; and the people will either complain or may even possibly die because of the heat.

Do you know that electricity also comes from coal? Coal is actually worse than oil. Coal miners have known to get and some even die from black lung disease.

Michigan was where the first automobile was made. Now the factory in Detroit City is being shut down as cars are being made in Japan.

Cars now days are harder to repair than they were years ago. Normally, a person could do their minor repairs but not anymore. If you’re not lucky, you may have to take your vehicle back to the dealership for repairs instead of the auto mechanic. And that will be more expensive.

We all know how cold it gets in Minnesota and North Dakota during the winter.

Well, the cold weather will affects the battery in these electric vehicles. The increased amount of energy needed is what drains the battery, not the fact that it’s cold. They don’t perform well during cold weather. Keeping the inside of the vehicle warm in winter is usually the biggest drain; especially when the temperature plunge below 15 degrees F. We all know how cold its gets up in North Dakota and Minnesota.

You cannot get very many miles with an electric vehicle before you have to charge it up again. They will have to be plugged in quite often while on the roads. So they will have to cut down trees to create plug outlets for all these electric vehicles. We all need trees; not just birds and other wildlife to survive. Trees are homes for the birds and wildlife. They also provide oxygen for us to breathe everyday.

Those in favor of going green by going electric to save the environment; are forgetting the most important thing; and that is the wildlife in nature. They are not taking that in consideration; and that’s a crying shame.

I was taught to conserve energy by shutting off the lights that you’re not using. Well how about as we are trying to conserve energy, let us go out and unplugged all these electrical vehicles we see getting charge. It will conserve energy and save the environment at the same time.

These electric vehicles are a luxury item. Not everybody will be able to afford them, only the rich. Not only are they expensive to buy; but they will be expensive to repair as well, because you will have to take them to a dealership for repairs. The poor working class wouldn’t be able to afford the electric vehicles.

The converters for these electric vehicles is made in China, rather than America. They are making us dependent on China more and more.

To our young people, if you can afford to buy an electric car, you can pay your own damn college student loans.

How many have heard from their mother growing up say, “Don’t talk to strangers?” To most mothers, they felt that strangers were perverts that would harm their children. When in fact, most sexual abuse happened by someone the child knows. This blog isn’t about that though; as you can tell by this book that I’m holding.

This book tells us what we should know about the people we don’t know. It gives insight on how to talk to strangers and how to get to know them better. Some people can be hard to get to know. It’s even harder now days than it was years ago. We’re more apt to stay in our own little world than get to know strangers. We can chat with them on Facebook but in person, it’s like leave me alone.

It was easy for my mother to talked to strangers than me. She had this policy when it came to picking up hitchhikers. If they were an elderly person or saw the person as somewhat normal, she would pick them up. If she happened to have known them, then she’ll pick them up also.

One time, when Barb was younger, she picked up someone thinking that Barb knew that person, the way she was talking up a storm with. She found out that Barb didn’t know that person as well.

You would think that since I’m an extrovert like my mother, it would be easy for me to talk to strangers as well. Well I’m here to tell you that it doesn’t come that easy for me. I have to get know someone before I can let down my guard and open up. Maybe this is one of the reason, I’m single and haven’t been married at my age. It’s hard for me to become intimate with someone and open up to them. Maybe there’s something in my past that keeps me from letting my guard down.

Once I get to know someone, I’m very outgoing and talkative.

Today we are now thrown into contact all the time with people whose assumptions, perspective, and backgrounds are different from our own. Talking to strangers is about why we are so bad at the act of translation.

People can take what we say the wrong way and be offended so easily now than ever before.

If we were more thoughtful as a society-if we were willing to engage in some soul-searching about how we approach and make sense of strangers-we could come to better understanding.

Why can’t we tell when the stranger in front of us is lying to our face?

We believe that the information gathered from a personal interaction is uniquely valuable.

How is it that meeting a stranger can sometimes make us worse at making sense of that person than not meeting them?

We have people struggling with their first impressions of a stranger. We have people struggling when they have months to understand a stranger. We have people struggling when they meet with someone only once, and people struggling when they return to the stranger again and again. They struggle with assessing a stranger’s honesty, character, and intent.

We jump at the chance to judge strangers.

We tend to judge people’s honesty based on their demeanor. Well-spoken, confident people with firm handshake who are friendly and engaging are seen as believable. Nervous, shifty, stammering, uncomfortable people who give windy; convoluted explanations aren’t.

Some people needs alcohol to be able to open up to strangers they meet.

The older I get the more I preferred the cabin in the woods than a big city. Even though, I may be extroverted, I prefer to be left alone than to be around people, especially strangers. I don’t know if it’s the fact that I worked at Kmart for 12 years or that people seems to have gotten crazier. If I don’t know you or doesn’t feel comfortable talking to you, I would try to avoid you the best I can. You could see that I’m becoming more introverted than extroverted.

Are you this way? Do you just want to avoid people in person? If they’re on Facebook, that’s a whole different story. Am I becoming like the younger generation, addicted to Social Media? That way I can actually avoid face-to-face conversation with strangers and letting my guard down.

If that’s the case, how can we be a witness to someone? How we can we do the Great Commission?

The Great Commission from Matthew 28:19-20, ” Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.

If you have a hard time talking to strangers, you may have a hard time obeying the Great Commission. If you feel that you cannot talk to strangers or cannot trust them enough to open up to them, maybe you should read this book and pray about it. Most importantly looks deep inside of you to find out why you have such a hard time in letting down your guard and trusting others to open up.

Believe me, I have learned things about myself from reading this book and even as I get older.

Can we be friends?

Now the FBI has always been known to be a bad joke in this country. They have been known to leave a bad taste in the American people’s mouth. So with today’s FBI is nothing new to the American people and their lack of trust of them.

The full name for the FBI is: Federal Bureau of Investigation. They investigate cyber attacks by criminals, oversees adversaries, and terrorists. They also investigate Counterintelligence; which exposed, prevent, and investigate intelligence activities, including espionage in the United States. They are lead agency for enforcing civil rights law, aggressively investigates hate crime, color of law abuses by public officials, human trafficking, and involuntary servitude, and freedom of access to clinic entrances violations.

They failed at public corruption that includes border corruption and election crimes. I’ll go into this more later in this blog.

They investigate weapons of mass destruction, organized crimes, such as the MOB, Violent crime, White-collar crime. These are just some of their jobs that they seems to fail at.

They have been known to get their man; which is an oxy-moron.

J. Edgar Hoover was the first director of the FBI. He served under Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, and John F. Kennedy. He was known to be a cross-dresser, making him the butt of all jokes.

In July 22, 1934, it was the death of Dillinger. Now John Dillinger was the most notorious of the Depression-era gangsters. He was the leader of a ruthless band of gun-slinging bank robbers in Chicago. He was able to charm the press and the American people in believing he was a harmless Robin Hood. Movies were made about him, such as “The Untouchable.”

The first shootout in which Gordon Kahl was involved took place in Medina, North Dakota on February 13, 1983. This was a great tragedy in our history of this country, North Dakota, and the FBI biggest flubbed-up, to now.

I’m not defending Gordon Kahl by any means. He was a tax-evader on probation violation. He was an anti- federal government farmer from Medina, North Dakota. He was charged with willful failure to file federal income tax returns for the years of 1973 and 1974.

The FBI set up a roadblock north of Medina to stopped Gordon Kahl, his son Yorie Kahl, wife Joan Kahl, Scott Faul, and 2 other men who had attended Kahl’s Posse Comitatus meetings. The way this was handled by the FBI marshal was the most deadliest in North Dakota’s history. They had much better opportunity to get Gordon Kahl that could had avoided this massive shootout in Medina. They chose the route they took in which was the most deadliest.

Few years later, there was a FBI agent in a Fargo’s bar, Rooter, who fired his pistol into the ceiling of Rooters bar downtown Broadway, in Fargo, North Dakota. This agent was also involved with the deadliest shootout in Medina, North Dakota involving Gordon Kahl and his family.

Now let’s get to the real failure of the FBI, the most recent one at that. The FBI had it out for Donald Trump ever since he was elected President in 2016. Even though, Hoover may had been a Republican when he was the director of the FBI; today’s FBI seems to be in the pockets of the Democrats party. Now the FBI is supposed to remain bias for justice sake for all Americans; but because of their hatred for Trump, they were blinded by injustice to stop at nothing to get Trump.

I mean, they had evidence to get Hillary Clinton for all her crimes; but they overlooked them to focus on Trump instead. They did all they can to set Trump up; which cause the House Democrats to impeach him, not once but twice. Yet it was overturned by the Senate. Conmy, the FBI director during that time had lied about Trump and covered-up the scandal involving Hillary Clinton in the process.

The FBI even said that Russia colluded with the 2016 election to get Trump elected. They even said that Trump was in cahoots with Russia. We all know that’s a lie!

They said that the 2016 election was a fraud because Trump had beaten Hillary Clinton in a landslide; but yet they refused to investigate the 2020 election for fraud as well. It’s no way in hell that Joe Biden could had beaten Trump. There were votes that were disposed of instead of being counted. It can’t be proven because the FBI refused to look into it. I mean, how can someone who campaign the whole time in his basement win the election. It makes no sense at all.

That was one of the reason for the Capital riot occurred. Now it’s proven because of the video tape Kevin McCarthy had sent to Tucker Carlson showing that the Capital police was escorting the people around in the Capital; which is a whole different story that the mainstream news media failed to recognized.

What about Hunter and Joe Biden corruptness? The FBI sat on evidence involving Hunter Biden’s missing laptop. They knew about that even before the election but refused to have Hunter and Joe Biden investigated for their crimes as well. They were committing illegal crimes with China, Russia, and the Ukraine when Biden was Vice-President under Obama. Even Obama, himself had something to do with it as well. If you mentioned anything on this of Facebook and Twitter, you were factcheck and put in Facebook jail for misinformation.

The Washington Post knew about this as well but chose not to report it.

When parents stood up at the schoolboard meeting to speak out against what being taught to their children, Joe Biden and the FBI called them domestic terrorist.

Just like those in the so-called Capital Riot was labeled domestic terrorist.

Anyone who disagree with Biden is a domestic terrorist; so I guess I’m a domestic terrorist along with my brother from a different mother, Tucker Carlson. All MAGA Republicans are domestic terrorist according to Biden and the FBI.

I think the FBI needs to be investigated for the way they handled these last few years. A lot of American people are very angry with them and have a lack of trust of them even more than ever before. The FBI should even be shut down because of their corruption these last few years.

Now you wonder why no one trust the FBI even more now. Now you wonder why they are a bad joke that leaves a bad taste in the American people’s mouth.

The FBI may want to come after me because of this blog exposing them to their corruption.

If you agree that the FBI should be investigated, please contact your local Senator and Representative. If you think that the FBI sat on Hillary Clinton’s and the Biden’s crimes, please contact your local Representative.

As you know, it was St. Patrick’s Day this past Friday, March 17. But do you actually know the reason behind that day? Not many people knows the true reason we pays honor to St. Patrick and celebrate it on March 17. Some probably doesn’t even care. To them, it’s just another reason to celebrate in one way or another.

St. Patrick was a 5th century priest known as the patron of Ireland. He was born around 386 CE in Roman Britain, possibly in the area known as Wales. At the age of 16, he was enslaved and taken to Ireland, where he spent 6 years in captivity. He then escaped, only to later return to bring Christianity to the people of Ireland.

He founded schools and churches throughout the Emerald Isle before his death on March 17. He was never canonized as saint by the Catholic Church.

There was a legends that Patrick led all the snakes out of Ireland. Now, Ireland was known not to have snakes; so snakes was often symbolize as the devil and evil, many believe the “snakes” were a metaphor representing his work of driving the idol-worshipping Druid cult out of the country.

This is the fable I grew up hearing about.

Why was the color green chosen to be worn on this particular day?

The tradition of wearing green on St. Patrick’s Day is supposed to make you invisible to leprechauns.

The Irish-Americans would never wear the green as a reminder that they were nationalist first and foremost.

Green was adopted by St. Patrick’s Day festivities in the 18th century after the shamrock became Ireland’s national symbol.

When I was a kid in school, we were pinched if we didn’t wear green on St. Patrick’s Day. The reason for getting pinch was as soon as you were in the leprechaun’s radar, they will come up to anyone who didn’t wear green. It didn’t matter if you were Irish or not.

I doubt there are many who knows the true reason we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Some probably couldn’t care less. They just want a reason to party. Like we need another reason to party, eat, and/or drink.

It happens during Lent; like Mardi Gras started off Lent.

On St. Patrick’s Day, there are people who choose to drink green beer. Now green beer is just green dye added into their beer to turned it green. It’s not actually green.

Drinking green beer isn’t not actually my thing. Believe me, I like beer but I wouldn’t go out of my way for green beer. I’ll drink Shamrock shake before I would drink green beer.

I would rather eat corn beef and cabbage around St. Patrick’s Day than drinks green beer. I grew up with that tradition of eating corn beef and cabbage. My mother even added potatoes and carrots with it. You can cook it all together in a croc pot if you want. The healthier way is to baked the corn beef and steamed the cabbage, carrots, and potatoes. You can even skipped the potatoes, like I did this year.

The Reuben sandwich is actually created using German ingredients. Yet, it is still have connection with Irish tradition as well.

Sauerkraut is fermented cabbage.

It goes to show that some of the European countries links their foods together. Then it’s carried over into the United States as family tradition throughout the generations.

This year when you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, keep in mind the true reason we honor St. Patrick not just the fable. It’s good to honor someone who has done good things. It shows respect; and there’s not much of that anymore these days. Enjoy your green beer if you are into it. Just keep the green out of my beer, ok! I’ll eat the corn beef and cabbage with carrots instead. Believe me, I’m not Irish; even though I have red hair.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!!

As Paul Harvey would say, “Now the rest of the story!”

Last week, I talked about this book and how the narrator was sent to Siberia for standing up against the Russian Government. Anyone who spoke out against the Russian Government were sent to Siberia; which is like prison without bars.

There’s part of our history in the United States that today’s Democrats would rather we forget about. They would like to rewrite that part of history; because it puts them in a bad light. They thinks that they are the party for the blacks; when in reality we know better if we studied our history.

Before the Civil War in 1860, there was the underground railroads. The underground railroads was where slaves from the South would take to go North to escape from slavery.

There were at least 3 black troublemakers during that time.

First, there was Denmark Vesey from 1767-1822. He was a slave who purchased his freedom after winning a lottery and organized an elaborate uprising among South Carolina slaves. When the authorities got wind of the scheme, Vesey and 35 other blacks were hanged, despite the fact that no actual uprising had taken place.

Then there was Sojourner Truth, who was a leading black abolitionist in the decades before the Civil War. Not only was she black, she was a woman who campaigned for women’s rights as well as for the ending of slavery.

Then there was Frederick Douglas, from 1817-1895, a Baltimore slave who escaped to New York in 1838. He became an abolitionist, developed an extraordinary ability as a speaker and published an abolitionist paper, the North Star. During the Civil War he helped raised black regiments and in later life continued to campaign for full equality for blacks and for women.

When Abraham Lincoln became President in 1860, he sets out to freed the slaves in the South; which the Civil War came about. This country was divided between the North and the South. Jefferson Davis became the President of the South during that time. Now Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican, and Jefferson Davis was a Democrat. So you see, it was the Democrats who didn’t want to give up owning slaves. To them, the blacks were not just slaves but property as well.

Today’s Democrats created the 1619 project out of part of the history back in August of 1619, when a ship appeared on this horizon near Point Comfort, a coastal port in the English colony of Virginia. It carried more than 20 enslaved Africans, who were sold to the colonists. So that part may be true; but today’s Democrats and our education system is neglecting the whole truth by covering up the fact that it was the Democrats who didn’t want to relinquish, give up their claim to the blacks that were slaves in the South. They are leaving that out on purpose to lie to the younger generation being taught in our schools.

The Ku Klux Klan was formed December 24, 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee. They were formed by a group of former Confederate soldiers. They had close tied to the Southern politicians still loyal to the cause of white supremacy; which at that time were Democrats. They engaged in a campaign of terror, violence and murder, targeting African Americans as well as white voters who supported racial equality and civil rights.

Senator Robert Byrd(D-WV) and former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black were among the leaders of the KKK.

Yet today’s Democrats have the galls to call Trump and his supporters White Supremacy. They needs to get their facts straight.

During the 1960’s it was the Republicans who was behind the Civil Rights movement not the Democrats; but they want to take credit for it as well.

Arkansas Governor Sara Sanders reminded the fact us of what President Reagan said. The federal government was designed to serve and protect the people and not rule and control them like Biden and his authoritarian Democrats.

This is a form of Socialism or Communism. This is what the government does in Russia and China.

When parents spoke out at the school board, they were called Domestic Terrorists by the FBI, Joe Biden, the Democrats and mainstream news media.

Just like the narrator in the book, “Notes from the Underground.” They would rather silence anyone who dare speak out against them. They would rather control what our kids are learning in school by teaching them lies or rather not the full truth.

Adolph Hitler, when he was in control in Germany, did the same thing. He recruited young boys and turned them against their parents.

Today’s Democrats are doing the same thing.

Luckily, my blog is small; otherwise they would shut me down. To them, I’m a domestic terrorist because I will not conform, bow down and kiss their feet. According to Biden, anyone who disagree with him is a MAGA Republicans, whether they voted for Trump or not. We’re all White Supremacy and domestic terrorist. They would like to lock us up and take away our freedom of speech. If there was a Siberia in the United States, they would probably put us there, like the Russians government do. Luckily, there is no place to be Siberia here.

We are still free for now; but if Biden and his fellow Democrats have their way, we could lose that freedom.

I stand up for that freedom and will continue speaking out against those who would like to take it away. Are you with me?

The first time I read this book, “Notes from the Underground,” was back in college for my literature class. It was a good novel and I didn’t think of anything more about it. Most recently, I read that book again, and got a whole new perspective on it, in today’s light of what’s going on in the world right now. It’s such an impact that this blog will be in 2 parts. Not only will Russia be against this blog; so will China and those on the Left; who is in favor of Socialism. Or should I say, “Communism.”

Those on the Left, they want Socialism over Capitalism. If anyone agrees with them, they should read this book, if not these 2 blogs, the next 2 weeks. This is coming from someone who is fascinated with the book, “1984” by George Orwell. You may even see some similarities between the 2 books.

You could say this book is an autobiography. It’s told in the first person narrative. Something that is very difficult to do as a writer.

The author/narrator is telling the story of life in Siberia. In Siberia, life isn’t very easy. It’s like a prison without bars. It’s a place where anyone who opposed the Russian Government goes as a form of punishment. Anyone who speaks out against the Russian Government in Russia is arrested and sent to Siberia as punishment.

The news media is controlled by the Russian Government, and is only given information that the government wants mentioned, even about the war in Ukraine. If they speak out against Russia invading Ukraine, they will be shut down and sent to Siberia as punishment. The people in Russia don’t know the whole story to why Russia invaded Ukraine unless they happened to catch it on our forms of Social Media and news. A lot of the people in Russia is against the invasion of Ukraine; but do not dare speak out about it.

At least, we still have Freedom of the Press in the United States for now, so they can be thankful for that. If it wasn’t for that freedom, the news media couldn’t be able to express their opinions. Bloggers, like me, wouldn’t be able to speak out against the injustice.

Some people think that Volodymyr Zelenskyy should concede to Russia and agree to a Peace Treaty. If he was to agree to the Peace Treaty with Russia, him and his family would either be killed, tortured, or he could be sent to Siberia for the rest of his life. Some may think that the United States is sending more than other countries to aid in their war. Some thinks that we shouldn’t be doing it. Believe me, I can understand that!

I can understand people wanting to know exactly where the money is actually being spent. This is not about where the money is being spent though.

As I said before, I admire Zelenskyy because he stands up for not only for his freedom, but also for his wife and family and the people of Ukraine. He’s also fighting for our freedom as well.

Freedom is something we take for granted. Anyone who favors Socialism want to take away that freedom we have in this country. This is one of the reason people are leaving these Communist and Socialist countries is because of the freedom we have here.

The war in Ukraine is also important to Taiwan, because China desperately want Taiwan back in their fold like Russia wants Ukraine back in their fold. China is even in cohort with Russia in this take over. China is just as corrupt as Russia. They want nothing more than conquering the world in world domination.

The 3 world powerful countries are United States, Russia, and China; but United States is in dire threat of losing because of those on the Left who favors Socialism and is allowing China to take over our country bit by bit. The Chinese Government is so involved in every aspect of our country through Social Media, the news media and such. Trump had every rights not to trust China like Reagan didn’t trust Russia.

Even the Rhino Republicans is in bed with the Chinese Government. Luckily, there are some good Republicans now who sees the truth for what it is involving the Chinese Government.

Some of these good Republicans are creating bills to stop the Chinese Government from buying farmlands in the United States; especially land close to our military bases, such as the base in Grand Forks, N.D., and in Texas.

They are even creating a bill to ban Tic Tock, because the Chinese Government is using it to spy on the United States.

Most recently, a Chinese spy balloon was flying over our country from Alaska to the East Coast before being shot down over the water on the East Coast. Why did it take so long for the Biden’s administration to shoot it down? The excuse they gave was because they didn’t want to affect the people. Come on, man, you had wide open spaces in Montana and North Dakota to shoot it down. Both Reagan and Trump would had it shot down then.

The truth to why they didn’t shoot it down earlier was because Joe Biden is compromise with the Chinese Government. In other words, he is in bed with them; much like the Rhino Republicans as well: like Mitch McConnell for example.

If you want to help the people in Ukraine fight for their freedom, instead of sending money; why not stop buying from China and Russia. Those on the Left won’t do that though. They’re too afraid to stand up to Russia and China. Biden proved that he is week and feeble. He proved that him and his son, Hunter are in bed with Russia and China.

People in these Socialist countries cannot even worship in public. They have underground churches because they have to hide to worship. Missionaries are not safe to spread the Gospel. That could easily happens here if we’re not careful.

Be thankful for the freedom we have. Be thankful for the freedom to speak out and to be able to worship without fear. In the end time we could lose that freedom and be persecuted for it. The book “1984” could become a reality then.

My question is: where would Siberia be in the United States? Will it be in Alaska, Montana, or North Dakota?

It’s slowly happening already. Anyone who speaks out against the government, especially the Democratic party, or even Chinese Government are being persecuted and arrested for hate crimes. They are also being cancelled by cancel culture.

Stay tuned for the continuing saga next week in part 2 of this blog post; in which we look at our history. Don’t take my words for granted, read the book, “Notes from the Underground” for yourself. I got more out of the book the second time than the first time.

Most people who have ever gone to counseling knows that it’s vital to keep a journal or a diary. Any counselor will tell you it’s very important to write down your feelings and thoughts. They will even tell you to sit down and write a letter to your inner child or anyone who may have offended you growing up.

To be a good songwriter, you have to put your thoughts and feelings together to create a song or a poem. Even writing short stories or novel, learn to write what you are feelings as well as what you are thinking.

Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

A good journalist must have the 5 W’s when reporting the news. They must gather all the facts from all sources and sides. That even goes with anyone who write a blog as well.

I knew that I wanted to be a writer, not just of songs but of books as well. I didn’t want to be a journalist even though I had studied to be one in college. I knew that I had to looks into how I can be a better writer; even if it meant going to college. I had no idea what to actually do to make that dream a reality.

There are 4 great motives for writing.

1.) Sheer egoism: desire to seem clever, to be talked about, to be remembered after death, to get your own back on grownups who snubbed you in childhood.

2.) Aesthetic enthusiasm

3.) Historical impulse: desire to see things as they are, to find out true facts and store up for the use of posterity.

4.) Political purpose: Desire to push the world in certain direction, to alter other people’s idea of the kind of society that they should strive after.

Everyone writes of them in one guise or another. It is simply a question of which side one takes and what approach one follows.

All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives there lies a mystery. Writing a book can be exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. You write about what you know and feel.

I have written songs lyrics because the words came to me as I would sing them. I have written stories and in the process of putting together a novel, in hope in getting published. As my blog gets bigger, I may looks at using my blog site to published my books. One of the books I’m in the process of putting together is called, “Rollag Hills.” Another book us is called, “Class of ’84.”

A good author looks to other famous authors to emulate to help them with their books and stories. One of my favorite authors is John Steinbeck.

In a way, writing my blog has came full circle to the time I was in college. That college education is coming in handy for writing my blogs.

I have written letters to the editors in my local newspaper that was published. I even had people say that I should looks into doing something more than just writing those letters.

Then when someone I know suggested that I should look into creating a blog. They encouraged me to do just that. Their daughter had a blog as well through Word Press; where I was able to get started. My blog may be small now, but you know what they say about small dogs. You never know what you can expect from them like a big dog.

Since I’m so full of opinions about certain subjects, a blog is a good place to air my opinions. Writing letters to the editor was a good training; but it has it downfalls. Don’t get me wrong, I can understand proofreading for errors; but I have had some letters in which the editor would take out something because they didn’t agree with it before they published it. When they do that, they take out the real meaning and reason for the letters. At least, writing my blog, I can keep my opinions in it. It’s your rights to either like it or not like it.

There’s no end in sight of topics I can write about in my blogs. With all that is going on in the world right now, I will never run out of ideas. Those on the Left, Biden and crazy stupid people are giving me the ammos to write about. There may be topics that is off limits for some reasons or another. If I don’t have much information on a certain subject, I won’t touch it until I do. There are some subject I cannot write about right now; but maybe down the road I can blow it out of the water. That’s why I keep the subject in my blog general.

I can now look into creating a video blog. I just need to figure out how to go about doing it. By doing that, I can expand my viewers and who knows be able to say, “take this job and shove it!” I can be living my dream of being a writer, and getting rich off it. If you have any ideas on turning my blog into a vlog let me know.

The big question is: will you want to see my ugly mug sharing my opinions? I can write better than I can talk, because of my speech impediment. When I get excited, I can sometimes be hard to understand. I can easily be misinterpreted because of my speech.

If you like my blog press the like button on the bottom. If you have any comments, feel free to comment as well. If you want me to turn my blog into a vlog, let me know and show me how I can go about doing that for you, the viewers.

When E.F. Hutton speaks, people listen. You all heard of that commercial years ago.

In this blog, I will talk about being a super communicator and will mention some great communicator in the process as well. Some may surprise you.

A great communicator must be able to explain the complicated so anyone can understand. They must speak or write in everyday language; because not everyone are able to comprehend what is being said. This is one of the reason I write in the simplest form. I’m just a simple man. I’m no expert and I’m not a genius.

A great communicator used storytelling to captivate and educate. They used analogies to explain unfamiliar areas. They tried to be relatable to the common man.

Many of us shut out new ideas if there’s a hint that the concept at hand may be too hard to comprehend. In other words, if the concept is over our head, we will turn it off. We should learn to communicate with ordinary people, by not putting them down and making ourselves better than them.

It’s vital to know our audience. We must know who we are speaking to. Believe me, I learned this back in Journalism class in college. Yet, at the same time, what we may say or write can easily be misinterpreted. Some people may take it the wrong way just because they are not fully comprehending what is being said. It happened more and more as of lately. Take Trump for example. Because of some people hatred for him, they turned around some of the things he said to make him look bad.

You must know your subject before actually speaking or writing about it. That’s why, there are some subjects I won’t touch upon , until I have enough information. You must be a master of your subject. If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.

Bad writing or ineffective speaking can kill your project before it even gets off the ground. If you can’t articulate your message in a way that your audience can comprehend, you can’t expect them to share your enthusiasm.

Make what you are saying simple without condescending anyone; so that it will be easy to understand. Our job as communicators is to provide the audience with truth in a way they can understand. People resist change, especially if it takes them out of their comfort zone.

Be human in what you say or write. Be genuine. Share your experiences that make you sound like a real person trying to get through life like anyone else. Make yourself authentic. Tell stories where you come across as an average Joe who faces learning opportunities and struggles. Never brag or put yourself on a pedestal.

What happens when a speaker kicks off a presentation with a good story? You get the audience attention. Sometimes, even a good joke if the punchline actually works.

A great communicator must be relatable. They must be able to relate to what their audience is going through; otherwise they may turn them off to what they are trying to say.

I’m going to give you some examples of great communicators. Franklin D. Roosevelt was a great communicator. When he had his fireside chats on the radio when he was President, people tuned in together as a family just to hear what he had to say. That was their entertainment back then.

You may be surprised to hear me say that Adolf Hitler was a great communicator. Even though he was an evil dictator, he knew how to get the people fired up. He had a huge following during the beginning of World War 2. He had young people doing what he wanted and turning against their parents.

Both John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. were great communicators. Their speeches were legendary.

Ronald Reagan was a great communicator. Some may say it was because he was an actor first. Even though, he was old when he ran for President and was President, he was able to attract the younger generation. I became a Republican because of him. He used humor when needed. He came across as relatable. He said all the right things. He didn’t come across as being old and out-of-touch, like Joe Biden. I mean, think about it, when Biden speaks, he reminds me of an old man that you goes, “here we go again as we are sitting trapped as they speak. You can’t get away fast enough; and you cannot fully believe what Biden says, not like with Reagan.

Bill Clinton was a great communicator. He was able to spin lies and make you believe it as being true. He had the “It” factor; something that Hillary Clinton lack. That’s why Hillary couldn’t win the American people over like her husband.

Barak Obama was also a great communicator. He came across as relatable. I believe that was one of the reason he was able to become President and defeat McCain and Romney. He was able to relate to the American people.

Say what you want about Donald Trump, he was a great communicator as well. He knew exactly what to say to the American people. He knew how to get us fired up. You may not like everything he said, but he said exactly what the American people were thinking. I believe that was why he had such a huge audience at his rally.

I may not be the best communicator. Sometimes, what I may write or say may be misinterpreted. Sometimes, my speech can be hard to understand. I try to be relatable. I’m working on becoming a better communicator. I want to know what you think.

I may not know what love is but I know what love ain’t. The love chapter I’m talking about is 1 Corinthians 13. I will try to show how this chapter can make an impact us to make America great again.

Let us head to 1 Corinthians 13 to help fully comprehend what love is.

The first verse says, “If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.” It’s more important to have love than to speak in tongues.

Verse 2 says, “If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.” Without love there is no faith!

Verse 3 says, “If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.” We are to give from the heart. May your left hand knows not what your right hand is doing. It’s not good to be giving in hoping of getting something in return. It’s better to give than to receive.

Love is patient. If you are anything like me, I’m not a very patient person. Yet at the same time I have been told that you should never pray for patience; because you may get more than you bargained for.

Love is kind. We are to be humble and kind with each other.

It does not envy. We are not to be envious of what others have. Yet, the world states that we must strive to keep up with the Jones. We seems to want what others have. We seems to be envious of those who are rich.

It does not boast. We are not to be boastful with what we have. I have personally experience with this back when I was working at Concordia College. I was rather boastful, to the point of actually bragging. I believe it cost me that job; so the Lord can show me the error of my ways. So now, I thanked God for what I have. All I have belong to the Lord. The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh.

It is not proud. We must not be too proud to ask for help. When we are proud, we think that we are invincible.

It is not rude. We are not to be rude to anyone we may meet. We may not like a person or their behavior; but that doesn’t give us permission to be rude to them.

It is not self-seeking. It’s not about me; but rather about Jesus Christ. As a former pastor once said, “we are to take self off the throne.” It’s not I but we are in this together.

It is not easily angered. In other words, we are to control our temper and not get angry at every little things that may pissed us off. Believe me, what’s going on in the world right now, is enough to get anyone angry.

It keeps no record of wrongs. We are to forgive those who trespass against us. If someone offended us, we are to turn the cheek. It doesn’t mean that we are weak; but rather strong. When Jesus was on the cross he said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” It’s not the forgiving that is hard but the forgetting what was done to us.

Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. If our enemy is getting their just desserts, we must not rejoice over it; or the Lord may change His mind.

It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. We protect those we love. We trust them even when the trust is broken. We can have hopes if we have love first. We will perseveres with the love of God.

Love never fails. With love, we can win every time.

Prophecies may cease to exist. Our tongues will be stilled. Knowledge will passed away; but love will never end.

When perfection comes, the imperfect disappears.

When I was a child, I talked like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.

And now these 3 remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. Love is the greatest!!

Love doesn’t divide, it unifies. Love doesn’t take, it gives. Love is not selfish, it is selfless.

It doesn’t mean that we have to agree with each other. It means that we just have to accept them, warts and all. If we want to end the hatred in the world; we must first learn to love one another no matter what. We don’t have to love the sin; just love the person instead. Let your love flow! Let the love of Jesus be seen in you. Let us love one another as Christ first loved us. For God so loved the world that He gave us His one and only son to saved us.

Go in love!! Stop the hate!!That is how we can make America great again. Love your neighbors as Christ first loved you.