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!”

Have you ever noticed that there isn’t anything good on tv anymore? Tv is not worth turning on. It doesn’t even pay to have cable anymore; even as everything is so damn high.

When I was young, there was only 4 networks on air; until the ’80’s when Fox television hit the airwaves. Most people had black and white; except for those who can afford to have color tv. Some have had antenna on the roof of the house; but most had rabbit ears on top of the tv. The rabbit ears had tin foils wrapped around to helped with the reception. There was no remote. You had to get up to change the channels. Usually, those sitting on the floor closest to the tv was the remote. Sometimes, the knob for the channel was broken; so you had to used a tweezer to change the channel, or leave it on at the channel all the time.

They had good wholesome tv shows back then; not like today. The whole family could sit down together to watch tv without being disgusted. It was family time. The living room became the family room.

Saturday night was a big family night in front of the tv for my family; since it was the only night my mother had off from work. We had the tv set on to ABC network for their lineup of T.G Hooker, Love Boat and Fantasy Island. My mother had a crush on William Shatner who played T.G. Hooker.

On Friday night, we would watch Incredible Hulk, Dukes of Hazzard and Dallas. On Sunday night, we would watch the Wonderful World of Disney back before they gone Woke and actually had good wholesome tv shows. I developed my first crush on Farrah Faucet because of watching her on Charley’s Angels. Later on, I developed a crushed on Linda Evans when she was on Dynasty. I soon discovered her on her first series, Big Valley; which also co-starred Lee Major from Six Million Dollars Man and the Fall Guy. He was also married to Farrah Faucet.

We even enjoyed watching the Brady Bunch, Partridge Family and Gillagan’s Island, even the reruns.

Some of the tv shows that were made back then couldn’t be made today. All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Sanford and Son, and even Marriage with Children couldn’t be made today because of the controversy. People today would be too offended by those shows now days. They were wholesome tv shows!

Now days, the tv shows are so raunchy and unwholesome. They have more reality shows on tv such as The Bachelor, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, and Real Housewives. I have not seen those shows and don’t care to. People on those shows are just cashing in on their 5 minutes of fame in hoping to remain famous.

They even remade some shows and simply destroyed it. Roseanne made a reboot and then when Roseanne made a comment, she was fired from her own show. They killed off her character and changed it to the Connors. They simply destroyed the show in the process.

Another reboot is the show, Wonder Years. The original version was way better than the remake. The original show was a family show; whereas the remake, Hollywood chose to make a statement instead of focusing on the true storyline.

Now that Fox News fired Tucker Carlson from his highest rating show, there is no real reason to watch Fox news anymore at his old time slot. Because of this, I’m looking at getting rid of my cable. It’s such a hassle to get rid of to save money.

With technology now so complicated, a person have to be an engineer or an IT person just to adjust your tv to get rid of cable. If you use the Firestick, you need a WIFI just to hook it up. It’s not set up for common everyday folks to be able to watch even local network.

Don’t they realize with this new technology with our tv, it makes it easier for the Government and even China to spy on us?

Watching tv is supposed to be a way to escape the cares of the world. Now it’s best to shut the boob tube off and read a good book; and not on Kindle either. To read an actual book.

With all this advance technology, nothing works like they’re supposed to. Nothing is made to last. They are made to buy instead. A person has more problems with equipment breaking down now more than ever. They fixed one thing and wreck something else in the process.

No wonder, there are people who hate John Deere and Ford? You can’t fixed things yourself, you have to take it in for repair or buy a new one when it breakdown. Not everyone is an engineer or an IT guy. Not everyone has a college degree. The older generation is being left behind because of technology.

If I was more technologically, I could maybe do a vlog along with my blog; but I’m not. I know enough but not enough to advance my blog.

I got an indoor antenna and is in the process of installing it so I can get rid of my cable to save some money. Wish me luck!!

Can’t find anything good on tv? Turn it off!! Sit down to read a good book instead!

This month was all about they don’t make things like they used to in a month long series. If you enjoyed this series, let me know.

My dad was a hard man built strong like this corn stock he’s standing next to. As you can see he was proud of his corn.

Life made him into the man he was. He didn’t have the easiest life. He’s only had an eighth grade education. He was a veteran. He always says, “join the military, it will make a man out of you.” For the first few years of his life he was in an orphanage that was rough for a young boy. All because back then when his birth mother had him, she was a single mother. At that time it was unheard of to be a single mother. His adopted mother took him in for her husband and also since he was related to them from a distance. He grew up during the Great Depression and the Dirty 30’s.

He was a Conservative but never politically active. He was against big government. For some reasons, he hardly took a bath and he smelled like it too. He wasn’t big on getting an education; but rather common sense. He always says, “A person can be book smart but not street smart.”

As you can see, the corn stock that he’s standing next to is a little taller than him. The reason for that was because we had good soil on the farm to grow a garden and crops. He was against using chemicals in the ground as fertilizer. He believed in natural fertilizer.

We raised Black Angus because like him, they were sturdy and easy keepers.

He built the house we lived in himself with his own sawmill and woods. The house wasn’t anything fancy but it was a home. There was no need for the person who bought the farm to destroy the house. It needed minor repairs because of the years it stood, the test of time.

Too bad they don’t build houses or anything like that anymore! Everything is so cheaply made but expensive to buy. Things are not built to last-they are built to buy!

He didn’t care for Ford automobiles because they weren’t made like they were when Henry Ford was alive. He worked for Steiger tractors but didn’t much care for them and wouldn’t allow them on the farm. The reason was because he saw how they were made. He hated Steigers as much as some hated John Deere.

With only an eighth grade education, he was a self-taught man. He was an engineer without the education. He built our wood stove that heated the house and even built one for someone else. He used older vehicles to create something out of it, such as his welding truck or wagon to haul hay and stuff. With the all that he created, our family could had been better off if he had patented it. Since he wasn’t a people person and hated big government, he chose not to patent what he created.

He loved the great outdoors, like hunting and fishing.

He may not fathered me but I was still his son. He raised me as his own. Like my mother would say, “any man can father a child, but it takes a real man to be a dad.” He was more of dad to me than my real father. I may not have his last name; but then again I don’t have my real father’s last name as well.

Don’t let anyone tell you that a step-parent doesn’t have rights to step-children. There are people who believed that too.

What man would take on the responsibility in raising another man’s child? It’s a huge responsibility.

I am the man I am today because of how I was raised. If you don’t like it; that’s just way too bad. My dad taught me a lot about life and things. He taught me how to tie my shoes, zipped my jacket how to fish, of just a few things.

My folks are gone now. They made 40 years together. It wasn’t no bed of roses for any of us, especially mom. Dad wasn’t perfect; but he was more of a dad than my real father. When I die, I want to be cremated and buried my ashes with my folks in Rollag; rather than be buried in Jamestown by my real father or in Casselton by my grandmother.

They don’t make men like my dad anymore. God threw away the mold when he created my dad. He was one-of-kind. We had our problems as all kids have with their dads; but I’m proud to have him as a dad. He wasn’t perfect. He had his flaws, as well as his good points.

I’m thankful he was my dad because there are children who doesn’t have a dad around to help raise them. There are many children who are born to a single mother and fathers who wants nothing to do with their own child. Now that’s a crying shame, especially the way our nation has become.

Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there who took on the responsibility of raising another man’s child. Thank you for stepping up to the plate! I’m glad that my dad had stood up to the plate to be a real man, a real dad to me.

When you go to the movies, you can’t watch without first getting some popcorns. Have you noticed how bad the movie theater popcorns is? It’s not worth the money you pay for it!

Well now it seems that the movies are becoming that bad as well. The price you pay to go to a movie is outrageous and movies aren’t as good anymore. They put more emphasis on the special effects and less on the storyline. Hollywood isn’t capable of coming up with new ideas of their own. Instead they rather remake a classic and they ended up destroying it in the process.

They’re too busy getting political, that they are neglecting the art of making good movies. Hollywood stars think they speak for Middle America. Well, I got news for them! They don’t speak for Middle America. What they want, most Americans don’t want.

Since movies are so badly made, movie theaters have created theaters to be like your home theater with surround sound. They now have recliners in the movie theaters. Is it because the movies have become sleepers, that they want people to be able to go to sleep while watching movies?

It’s been awhile since I have been to a movie, even seen a good movies. When you want to take a date out to the movie, it’s cheaper to take them out for dinner than to a movie. Plus, you’ll get your money worth.

I’m not a big Tom Cruise fan, because he has such a big ego, an ego as big as Texas. He can come across as a jerk. It has nothing to do with that he’s a Scientology. Look at how he treated his three ex-wives, Mimi Rogers, Nicole Kidman and Katie Holmes; or even his kids, especially his daughter with Katie Holmes. Let’s put it this way they are a lot happier without him.

Luckily, Mimi Rogers didn’t have any kids with Tom Cruise. Nicole Kidman adopted 2 kids with Tom Cruise; but once she married Keith Urban, they had kids of their own.

One thing I do have to give Tom Cruise credit for: when it comes to making movies, he focused on making good movies that people can enjoy, like Hollywood is supposed to do.

The reason you go to the movies is to escape the cares of the world. You want a chance to relax and to be entertained. Now instead you being propagandized with the subliminal messages in the movies.

I don’t know about you, but I prefer the older movies. They had better storylines. Sure they didn’t have the special effects; but they don’t make the movies.

I liked the original Planet of the Apes movies better than the remake; because of the storyline, the special effects just ruined the movies for me.

Hollywood recently remade the old John Wayne movie, Rio Grande, starring Jeff Bridges. Let’s put it this way, John Wayne is the king of all Westerns. Jeff Bridges is a good actor but he should had known better than to remake a John Wayne movie, being that he was from that generation and so was his father.

The movie, “The Star is Born was made at least 4 times. I don’t know much about the first one. The second one starred Judy Garland; but I have to admit the third one was the one starring Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson. Now I’m not a big fan of Barbra Streisand. Maybe because that version was more in my lifetime.

To this day, I haven’t yet seen the movie, “The Titanic” by James Cameron and starring Leonardo DiCaprio. The reason for not seeing it was because that movie was a remake, just told differently. Why ruin a good thing?

Don’t get wrong, there are some good movies out there. I loved the movie, “The Help.” Even though it was based during the Civil Rights movement of the ’60’s, it was more than just racial discrimination. It was about the differences between the rich and the poor. A person can easily relate to that movie today. It should had won an Oscar.

I loved the movie, “Lord of the Rings.” It did win an Oscar for Best Picture. It was filmed in New Zealand and the director Peter Jackson took advantage of the beautiful scenery in making the movie. He kept it real to the book as well.

There’s one movie I loved as a child and that was the movie, “ET”. I cried during that movie. Once again it was the storyline not the special effects. I hope that Hollywood doesn’t remake that movie.

Most recently Hollywood is remaking the movie, “Little Mermaid.” They have changed it from animation to live action. They’re ruining that movie by going Woke with it.

I can’t believe I wanted to go to Hollywood, California when I was younger. I’m glad that I never made it out there. Hollywood has gone downhill. They have gone Woke and pure crazy with their Leftist views they’re trying to push on the rest of America.

When it comes to making movies, Hollywood isn’t coming up with new ideas and new stories. Instead they are choosing to remake old movies, and ended up ruining them instead. They rather tell the rest of America how to live rather than make good movies we can actually enjoy.

Old Hollywood is dead and gone! Hollywood stars of today cannot fill the shoes of the old Hollywood legend.

I know that I’m going to get criticized for this blog. Not only by Hollywood but also by those who still sees nothing wrong with movies today. They thinks that special effects is the answers to making a good movie. If you don’t have a good story, what good is the special effects?

Hollywood needs to stop going Woke and start making movies that will entertain us. Especially with the high cost of movies and popcorn.

We go to the movies to escape the cares of the world. We don’t want to be preached to their way of thinking.