When was the last time you went through a drive- through? When was the last time you ordered fresh fruits and vegetables from a drive- through?

Not many people thinks about ordering fresh fruits and vegetables when they are going through a drive-through.

When you goes through a drive-through, the last things on your mind is eating healthy.

Much like when planning a Super Bowl Party, a person doesn’t think about eating healthy.

Do you know that eating Chili is much healthier for you than Buffalo chicken wings?

At some Super Bowl Party, beers are served as well! It’s all depend who you are watching the Super Bowl with.

Eating healthy takes a lot of practice to do so. We are prone to eat unhealthy most of our lives. Some people will say, “I want to eat what I want.” “You only live once, why not enjoy your life while you can?”

Since I found that cooking with olive oil is so much healthier and just a little is all you need to cook. Olive oil may cost more than vegetables oil but you used less; so it’s last longer.

Since I turned 50 and made the goal to eat healthier, I have so far lost around 50 pounds. I want to get down to 200 and see how much I need or want to lose. I’m not saying this is easy, by no mean. I’m not saying that I don’t cheat either.

The longer a person is at eating healthier, the less they crave the unhealthy food we normally crave. It takes practice to eat healthy.

Oprah Winfrey talks about loving eating bread. Do you know that eating bread isn’t very healthy?

I was never a real big bread eater; but since I started eating healthier, I don’t crave bread as much. I can take it or leave.

Just like eating deep fried food is unhealthy; much like processed food you get in these fast drive-through restaurant. I find I can only eat so much before I’m full.

Speaking of being full, it doesn’t take as long for me to get full. It’s almost like my stomach has been shrinking. Or is it because I’m getting older?

Here’s a list of 20 worst foods in America: Chicken breast strips from McDonald’s, Jamba juice chocolate Moo’d Power smoothie, Pepperidge Farm roasted chicken pot pie, Ruby Tuesday Bella turkey burger, Chipotle Mexican grilled chicken burrito, Macaroni grill double macaroni ‘n’ cheese, Quizno’s chicken Carbonara, On the border grande taco salad with taco beef, Carl’s Jr. double 6 dollar burger, Lonestar 200oz T-bone, Bob Evans caramel banana pecan cream stacked and stuffed hotcakes, Chili’s chocolate chip paradise pie with vanilla ice cream, P.F. Change pork lo mein, Chili’s honey chipotle crisper with chipotle sauce, on the border dos xx fish tacos with rice and beans, Uno Chicago grill Chicago classic deep dish pizza, macaroni grill spaghetti and meatballs with meat sauce, on the border stacked border nachos, Chili’s awesome blossom, and finally Outback Steakhouse Aussie cheese fries with ranch dressing.

I hope that I didn’t make you hungry? All those are just way too unhealthy for us.

Drinking diet pop is way worse than drinking regular soda because of the artificial saccharine is poison for our body. Yet some thinks because it’s diet pop, it must be good for you.

If you are going to drink juice, it’s better to drink the organic natural kind. Make sure there is no GMO in the product as well.

I find that eating at Smiling Moose Deli is much better and maybe even healthier than eating at Subway.

It’s slowly coming up with healthier places to eat in Fargo, ND. Places like Natural Grocer. They sell organic food. There is also Tochi as well. You must make sure that the food is non-GMO as well. That the vegetables aren’t sprayed with chemicals such as Round Up.

There is even a new health food restaurant called Crisp and Clean that recently opened up.

So you see the health-food industry is catching on but still a long way away. The supply and demand is rather low.

So if you are planning on a Super Bowl party and want to eat healthy, think about the menu. I know that a person doesn’t want to think about eating healthy while watching the Super Bowl. They want the unhealthiest snack they can eat. Even the commercial for the Super Bowl advertise the unhealthiest food and drinks.

Like I said, chili is alright to eat but not Buffalo wings. Pizza isn’t really as healthy as you think because of the dough. You can eat raw vegetables but stay away from the ranch dressing. (You probably calling me a party pooper for saying that) Believe me, who doesn’t love ranch dressing with their vegetables? People gorge themselves on chips at these Super Bowl party; but they are a no-no, unless you find the kinds that are healthier to eat. People even have to have nacho cheese sauce with their Doritos. A big no-no! Then of course there are desserts such as cookies and bars. Anything with sugar or artificial sweetener is extremely bad for you. Look for recipes for desserts without using sugar. Honey is better to use.

I’m sorry that I’m making you hungry with this blog.

As you know the biggest night of television, the Super Bowl is fast approaching. It is the final football game of the season to see who is the greatest that year. A chance that all the NFL football teams work for all year long. The Super Bowl also draws the biggest viewing audience ever; even more than the Oscars. Even those who is not a sport’s fanatic watch the Super Bowl. It’s much watch TV. They don’t just watch it for the game but also the commercials and halftime show as well. All networks fight to air the Super Bowl as well for the ratings.

The last time the Detroit Lions had won the Super Bowl was in 1957. They also had won 3 other Super Bowl, 1935, 1952, and 1953. Then they haven’t won anymore Super Bowl or even made it to the playoffs and championship ever since. Actually, it wasn’t really considered the Super Bowl.

The first Super Bowl was January 15, 1967. The Green Bay Packers had won the very first Super Bowl.

I may be hard on the Minnesota Vikings by saying they always choke in the playoffs. They even choke 4 times that they had been to the Super Bowl. I also know, being from North Dakota and Minnesota, I should route for the Vikings; but how can a person keep cheering them on, when they keep choking. It’s very frustrating! So I choose the Green Bay Packers instead.

There is one team that is even worse than the Vikings and they are, the Detroit Lions.

If you know anything about lions, they are known as the king of the jungle. They are courageous and brave. So it doesn’t fit the Detroit Lions; anymore than the Vikings fit the Minnesota Vikings. I mean, Vikings are fierce warriors from Norway who came to America before the Pilgrims and the Spanish. Such Vikings is Leif Erikson for one.

One of the big game the Detroit Lions play is on Thanksgiving Day. It’s popular game; but not because of the Lions. People come to expect the Lions to lose; much like the Vikings is expected to choke. It’s just that the Vikings have more fans than the Lions.

Whoever plays against the Lions on that game and lose; it seems not to really count against them.

What gets me so frustrated is how can the Vikings lose to the Lions? It doesn’t make any sense! As Spock would say, “It’s illogical!”

In my division for the NFL, the Lions is not much of a rival for the other 3 teams. There is a big rivalries between Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers. As well as a rivalry between the Vikings and Packers as well. If you are Packers fan up here in North Dakota and Minnesota, you better watch your back around the Vikings fans. They don’t want to hear about it. It’s even worst down in the Twin Cities.

I did a big no-no when I was with some people from Minneapolis going through Wisconsin. I said how beautiful Wisconsin was. You see they were loyal Vikings fans; and how dare I even think how beautiful Wisconsin is.

The rivalry is as bad as the rivalry between NDSU Bison and UND Hawks; formerly known as the Sioux. Whenever they played each other, it gets very offensive. There is name calling and such. Bison fans will shout out, “Sioux sucks!!”

I’m sure it get that nasty between the Vikings and the Packers as well.

The Lions come to accept the fact that they aren’t the best team right now. But the Vikings fans are still very loyal to their team no matter if they keeps choking. When the Vikings do choke and lose yet another playoff, they don’t take responsibility for it. Instead, they blame whoever for their loss. They blame the referee for their bad calls. They blame the coach; and if they lose too many times, they fire the coach.

The year the Eagles beat the Patriots in the Super Bowl that was held at the Vikings stadium; the Vikings could had home field advantage and made history as well during the Super Bowl. Part of me would had loved to see that happened. But they choke and instead of taking responsibility for it, they blamed the Eagles for their bad sportsmanship. If anything, the Vikings were just as guilty. They were bunch of sore losers and wouldn’t admit their it was their fault.

Maybe when the Vikings actually do win a Super Bowl, I will eat my words. I will do a blog on that. You know when that happen, hell will freeze over. Or a President will become President and does what he says he will do. We’re all be eating that rainbow stew and drinking that free bubble up.

It will probably the same with the Detroit Lions as well. I have more confident with the Vikings making it and possibly win a Super Bowl before the Lions though. So Vikings are you going to keep letting down your fans and let the Lions beat you to possibly win a Super Bowl?

If you listen to those on the left from our Leftist mainstream news media to Biden and his fellow Leftist Democrats; they will tell you that America is a racist country. They will call anyone who voted and supported Trump are white supremacy.

Some even call the unvaccinated terrorist because they refuse to get the poisons.

This past week, Biden made a speech that called anyone who disagree with him as being terrorist. Biden wanted to unified this country; but instead he had created even more of a division than Trump ever did. According to Biden, if you are a Conservative and an American Patriot, we are considered to be terrorist against the government. We are on the most wanted list because of our Conservativism views.

This blog isn’t really about this though. It’s about the fact there are some good people in the world. We’re not all racist and evil as Biden and those on the Left will have you to believe.

There is a song out by Country singer, Luke Bryan called, “People are good.” I don’t really care for that song. Maybe because of seeing more and more crazy people, it makes it hard to imagine there are good people.

Anyway, that song is perfect not only for this blog; but also for Luke Bryan. He is one of the nicest country singer out there. When he became the judge for the new American Idol on ABC, he was just a bad fit because he is just way too nice; not like Simon Cowell. When Luke Bryan came to performed at the Fargo Dome, and as he was getting off the stage as we were getting on to tear it down, he gave everyone a high five. I will never forget that amazing moment. I have seen an YouTube video of Luke Bryan’s concert; in which the fans there were chanting, “Fuck U, Biden!” Since Luke Bryan is one of the nicest country singer, it was weird to see and hear people chanting that. As they were chanting, Luke Bryan just smiled and even commented, “Now, that’s not nice.” He said it in a non scolding manner though; a typical Luke Bryan.

There are some good people in the world out there. It just seems to be harder to be found today than in the past. Back when people actually knew their neighbors. I mean in the past, people would stop more for people to pick them up or lend a helping hand.

When I was a young child walking with my grandmother in North Fargo, before she passed away. We were either walking to Northport or home at the time, when she grew tired. Someone noticed us and pulled up to where we were to help us.

You probably don’t see that much now days though.

Yet, I have had 2 incidents happened to me as I was waiting for the bus by Hornbacher’s. For some reasons, they must had thought I was in need of help; because they called me over and gave me money. The second time, I was given $20. I wasn’t carrying a sign. I’m thankful for that. It showed me that there are good peoples in the world today.

I know that you are not supposed to pick up strangers because you never know what they may do. There was time when the weather was real cold and I was walking home from my bank, someone pulled over and gave me a ride home. Another time, when it was pouring rain and after I got off my bus, someone I didn’t know saw me and gave me a ride home in the rain.

So that does happened; but not as much as years ago.

Tomorrow we remembered Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. To be honest from his, “I had a Dream!” speech, he wouldn’t approve of the Black Lives Matter Movement or those on the Left way of thinking. He believed all was created equal and preached that while he was alive in his famous marches in the South.

There are some good Democrats out there who doesn’t agree with the Progressive Left. I had talked to a Democrat where I work and he wasn’t in favor of Joe Biden and those on the Left. Senator Joe Manchin, I would say is one of the few good Democrats. He voted against Biden’s big spending bill. Because he voted against it, he was verbally attacked for it by his fellow Democrats on the Left. It goes to show, if you don’t agree with them, they will attack you. They will eat their own and spit them out.

Think about it: if President Kennedy and Bobby Kennedy was alive today, they would not be accepted by today’s Democrats. They were considered to be too Conservative for their beliefs. They were Patriots and Nationalist.

Just like there are some good Democrats out there, there are bad Republicans out there also. They are the Rino’s Republicans. Here are just a few: Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney and Liz Cheney. They need to go. And of course, there is North Dakota Senator John Hoeven. I’m not a big fan of him. He did nothing when he was Governor and still do nothing as Senator. When he voted, he voted right along with his buddy, Mitch McConnell. He’s only in it for the power. Much like his wife, Mikey; who seems to not remembered her own name. I mean, she asked the staff at Apple Creek Country Club in Bismark, ND, if they knew who she was, by saying, “You know who I am?”

So you see, we’re not all racist, Biden! We are not terrorist because we don’t agree with you. We are proud American Patriot who will stand up for America against anyone, including you, who are out to destroy America. We’re not all bad people like you think we are. There are some good people out there. When everything was lock down, the good people would go to people’s houses see what they can do to help. There is no I in beer, we are a team, we are American Patriots.

Sometimes a person has to choose the lesser of 2 evils in life. It’s a matter of shopping around.

Let us go back to the election of 1992 between the first George Bush, Bill Clinton, and Ross Perot. Bill Clinton was the lesser of 3 evils in that election; that is why he was elected President. The American peoples were concerned about George Bush’s age and his Vice-President, Dan Quale.

Dan Quale had a low approval rating too. It didn’t help when he went after single mothers and the likes of Murphey Brown. Also, he was criticized for misspelling potatoes. There was this joke going around back then that states, “The CIA had orders to shoot Quale on the spot if anything happen to George Bush.”

Kamala Harris says that the reason for her low approval ratings has to do with the fact that she was a woman of color. Well, that’s not true, look at Dan Quale.

Also Ross Perot was an independent candidate running for President. He was ahead of his times, and the news media ridiculed him because they had a hard time in believing him.

We all know about Bill Clinton but to the American peoples, he was the lesser of 3 evils; and that is how he was elected President.

Also in the ’90’s, in the Governor’s race in Minnesota when Jesse Ventura was elected Governor of the state. No one expected him to even get elected. He wasn’t taken seriously much like Ross Perot. He was an independent candidate as well. Everyone expected Humphrey to be elected Governor of Minnesota on his name alone. The strangest thing is, he took third place in the Governor’s race. Ventura beat Norm Coleman by 1 vote.

After Dennis Walaker passed away during his term as mayor of Fargo, there was a special election between Tim Mahoney and Brad Wimmer. Both candidates weren’t as good as Walaker. Who would you vote for, the lesser of 2 evils here. I didn’t really care for either candidate but Mahoney had closer ties with Walaker than Wimmer; so I voted for him. I don’t know if I would vote for Mahoney again.

When Rick Berg challenge Heidi Heitkamp for the North Dakota’s Senate race, that was another lesser of 2 evils. I had nothing against Rick Berg personally. I knew him before he made it big. I voted for him for the North Dakota House of Representative; but couldn’t vote for him for Senate. I felt that he should had stayed in the House a little longer, but the power went to his head. I also couldn’t vote for Heitkamp at that time because I wasn’t sure how she would vote. Would she vote straight party line or vote for the people. So in that election, I wrote in my own name instead of voting for either of them.

Sometimes when it comes to voting, you have to wear a nose plug because both candidates stink. After voting, you will need a shower because you feel so dirty.

Sometimes, you don’t feel like voting because you don’t care for either candidates. I felt that way in 2004, I didn’t much care for George W. Bush or John Kerry. If the Established Republicans had their way in 2016, and nominated Jeb Bush instead of Trump, I’m afraid to say that Hillary Clinton would had won for sure. She would had been the lesser of 2 evil in that election. The American peoples had enough of the Bushes. I wouldn’t had voted.

Enough about politics though. Let us get into making life choices now.

I remembered back in the ’80’s, I was hired both at the Vikings Room in the Holiday Mall in Moorhead and Randy’s Diner in Fargo at the same time. Randy’s Diner paid more per hour than Vikings Room. Some people would pick Randy’s Diner because of that. Now just because a job paid more per hour, doesn’t mean that you will get paid more. The Vikings Room guaranteed more hours than Randy’s. So I took the Vikings Room over Randy’s.

A year before Kmart closed, I had the opportunity to jump a sinking ship before they closed. Plus I was paid much more. If I had the time to weigh everything out and was able to count the cost, it might be a different story. I just knew I had to get out of Kmart before the inevitable.

I do know this though. If the opportunity comes up for me to go full time at the Fargo Dome, I would take it in a New York minute. Even though, it would be less money; but the cost will outweigh it. There would be less expenses and less stress.

Some people may thinks I’m nuts though! Much like the situation between the Vikings Rooms and Randy’s Diner. You have to weigh things out and count the cost.

Sometimes, you don’t have the time to shop around. You have to make a quick decision and hope for the best. It’s like taking a leap of faith.

Another example is looking for an apartment in a hurry. I’ve been there too as well. I have to admit, once again I gotten lucky there to when I found a much better apartment.

Sometimes you have to do something that you may not like.

Have you ever bought something, and later that things you had bought went on sale or was found cheaper than what you paid for? How did that make you feel?

You probably felt like kicking yourself over it.

That’s why it’s vital that you shop around before making a final decision. Yet, there’s time that you don’t have the luxury to do so. You have to really hope for the best. Sometimes you have to take a leap of faith. Sometimes, it’s like shooting darts in life and in voting.

The year 2021 was a year full of crisis, one after the other by President Joe Biden. This blog will be my year in review of these crisis that Biden had created himself. Thus quickly making him the worst President since Jimmy Carter. Joe Biden took that title very easily in just one year. And he still have 3 more years to go before hopefully he’ll be voted it out of office. How much more damage can Biden do to America?

Let’s start with the crisis at the Border. Once Biden became President he immediately stopped the building of the wall and creating an open-door policy for immigrants to come illegally into this country. Under Trump, he had created the stay-in-Mexico policy until the paper works can be process. The wall was about half finished as well. Biden overturned the stay-in-Mexico policy and now to date the Supreme Court been issuing that he has to reinstate that policy; which Biden is constantly fighting and refusing to do so.

During this Pandemic, having an open-door policy at our Southern Border is a horrible idea. He’s not having them tested for the virus or even get the vaccine. Yet, he wants everyone else to get the vaccine and to be tested for the virus. Is that fair?

When Sen. Ted Cruz went down to the Southern Border to see the overcrowding of the detainment camp, they wouldn’t allow him to take pictures of the inhumane things going on there.

It had gotten to the point that the Governor of Texas is going behind Biden’s back to continue building the wall. He’s not alone either, other governors from other Red States are joining forces as well.

Not only that, the Biden’s administration is secretly hauling these illegal immigrants across the country during the night to drop them off and run. The Governor of Florida stated that he should transport them to Biden’s door at the White House to see how he likes it.

The next crisis Biden created was when he stopped the building of the Keystone Pipeline. When he did that, the price of fuel started going up and up.

Not only did that happened, there was not 1 but 2 cyber attack; maybe even 3. These cyber attack was done by the Russians to crippled the United States powerplants.

What did Biden do about it, he bought in to the blackmail? That’s one thing a leader must never do, cave-in to blackmail. He proved that he was weak like Jimmy Carter. They are laughing at him and his poor leadership skills and demented mind.

Inflation is at it’s highest since Jimmy Carter was President. And Biden just wants to raise it even more with this huge spending bill he called, “Build back better.” Luckily, it was shot down so far. Yet Biden and those on the Progressive Left isn’t giving up too easily. They want Biden to use his executive order to get it pass. That’s not the way the Constitution is set up for. It’s up to the House and the Senate to do what’s right for the American people.

There are a lot of jobs out there with help wanted signs but no one wants to go back to work. Biden is partly responsible for this too by giving everyone free money, raising the inflation.

Inflation could get so high that our kids and grandkids will be paying for it.

I won’t go into full details about employers can’t seem to hire help because that’s a whole different blog.

With Biden and these Democratic leaders from the blue states, they are issuing vaccine mandate to force people to get the vaccine. They want to be able to control the American people. They think that we are too stupid to think for ourselves.

With labor shortage the way it is, the vaccine mandate made it even worst. Because if you don’t get the poison, you’re fired!

They think by doing that they can control us and defeat the virus. They probably even created the virus to control us. And it will be over when they win! Something to think about here!

Yet, those coming into this country illegally isn’t being made to get the shot.

The war in Afghanistan was abruptly ended in August. Even though it may had been a good thing, the way Biden handled it wasn’t though. The way he pulled out, it made the United States looked like they were running in defeat with their head behind their legs. It made us look weak. We lost more lives because of it. Also, there are people still stuck in Afghanistan unprotected from the Taliban.

Then with the open-border policy at our Southern Borders, terrorist can come into this country to attack us and get away with it.

Parents who had grown children who was killed because of Biden’s stupidity, were very upset with him. They didn’t want him to come to their child’s funeral. They blamed him for their child’s death.

Not only are they coming into this country illegally at the Southern Border; so is the drug cartel using them to smuggle illegal drugs into this country.

Crimes rate is at it’s highest and their is nothing the police can do about it. The reason because Biden and his fellow Democrats were pushing to defund the police. They are not letting the polices do their job. The polices are even quitting the force early because they are not getting the proper respect from Biden and the Progressive Left. Our major cities are being destroyed.

Not only is a labor shortage of people getting back to work to fill the shelves; there is also a supply shortage. They cannot get the supplies they need to fill the shelves in the stores, because they are stuck out in the ocean on ships or these loading docks at the major ports are full of ships trying to get in to unload.

If people would buy American made product, we wouldn’t have the problems of getting products in from overseas.

Seth Green said about the crime rate, “we should expect that from living in the cities.”

A news correspondent on MSNBC said, “we should be grateful for this inflation and not getting our supplies in.” They think this is so good for America.

Biden is not taking responsibility for all these crisis. Instead, he is blaming Trump for the mess he created.

The fake mainstream news media is going too easy on Biden by not telling the American people the whole truth.

A President must be at the White House and available to faced the crisis. But since Biden had created these crisis, he’s doing nothing about it. He’s taking every weekend off and going back home to Delaware or Camp David. He had been spending most of the day sleeping. A normal person starts right away in the morning; not Biden. He doesn’t start his day until around 1pm, and work only about 4 hours.

Both Biden and Harris hadn’t been to the Southern Border to see the crisis he created at the border. And that’s their job!

Everything Biden and Harris are doing is grounds for impeachment. They have committed treason of the American People. They have not held up their bargain to uphold the Constitution. This is just the first year. What could the next 3 years be like if they continue doing what they are doing to America? Some say they are just puppets. Who is pulling the strings then?

Say what you want about Trump, at least he did his job as President. The economy was way better than what it is right now. Trump wasn’t a puppet like Biden is.

This is the midterm election of 2022. It’s time that the American people stand up to stop Biden and the Progressive Left from destroying America. If 2021 was bad; what will the next 3 years be if we don’t stop them?

There are people who are accident prone and can’t help it. Some people create their own mess but won’t admit it. Biden had created all the crisis of this past year.

All across America the people are chanting Fuck U, Biden! or even Here we go, Brandon! It’s all because of the horrible job Biden had done in his first year.

The author of this book says that the world is destroying families; but you be the judge. The author even said that success of such TV shows as Married with Children, Roseanne, and The Simpsons satirized the American family life, by ridiculing and mocking them for the sake of a few laughs.

If you asked me, they are just depicting true family life as being dysfunctional. There is no normal family. All family have their share of problems.

Shows like the Brady Bunch depicts fantasy of what people would like their family to be like. I have to admit, growing up I would fantasied that my family was like the Brady Bunch. As I gotten older, I realized that was the farthest from being the real thing.

If you’re family anything like mine, you probably know what I’m talking about. This title comes from a Montgomery Gentry’s Christmas song; and it depicts the true American family, whether the author like it or not.

Sometime parents don’t want to admit that their family is dysfunctional. They are in denial; much like the author of this book.

For those who are in recovery needs to let go; otherwise they can never get past the hurt. Letting go can be hard; especially if you got someone in your family who doesn’t seems to get it or living in denial.

I mean, it ain’t Christmas unless someone is crying. That’s the way a dysfunctional family is operated.

To even cope being with your family, a person needs a little liquid encouragement to get them through the holidays; not just food either. Sometimes, you just need a drink.

Sometimes, a person will used the excused of going outside for a smoke; when really they are getting a drink of alcohol also, just to cope with all the family’s drama.

It used to be that parents could turn on the television with confidence, knowing their kids would see only harmless programs promoting positive family values.

Family values is taught by the parents; but if the family is dysfunctional, sometimes the bad will outweigh the good.

It used to be that parents could let their children play all day in the neighborhood, knowing the neighbors were good, church-going people who would look out for the kids and reinforce family rules.

Now days, we don’t really know our neighbors or even sometime even want to.

Yet, at the same time child abuse isn’t always the creepy neighbors. It can be a member of your own family or someone you may trust. Once again, parents seems to have their blinders on to what is actually going on under their nose.

It used to be that public schools were safe sanctuaries of learning that fostered a love for God and country.

I won’t go into too much detailed on this because that’s whole different blog. I will say this though, parents do have the rights to know what our education system is teaching our kids.

When you think back on some of your fondest memories, what pictures come to mind?

I have some good memories of my family; but I also have memories that I wish I didn’t had. I’m sure that I’m not alone with this!

Home is suppose to be a refuge, a safe place for a child. In a dysfunctional family where there is all kinds of abuse; it doesn’t feel safe for a child. Sometimes, they don’t know who they can go to for help. Or even, they are afraid of being hurt anymore or breaking up the family. So they continue taking the pain and carrying it with them unto the adulthood; and the cycle continue.

I have been told that daughters would marry someone like their father and sons will marry someone like their mother. All because that is all they know. If you are from an abusive family, the abuse is what you know. If you are lucky enough not to be raised in an abusive family, good for you. I doubt there is a perfect family out there though. Even family that looks perfect on the outside has their share of problems. They just know how to hide it.

Don’t get me wrong, I love my family; even though there are members I would prefer not to see too much. I mean, during this Pandemic, I worried about certain member of my family. I’m not that cold and heartless. There is some members of my family, I prefer not to see too often for my own sanity and safety. Not that I don’t love them!

So if this blog is speaking to you and you have a family that drives you crazy, stress you out, or if you have painful memories that needs to be dealt with to stop the cycle. Then it’s time to seek help immediately.

Maybe there is a reason why grandma left to go back home to get her medication; which led to her being run over by a reindeer. She was just trying to get away from her crazy dysfunctional family.

Are you like me and is tired of all the bad news when you watch the news? I don’t care if it’s Fox or the Leftist News mainstream media.

This time of year we need a little good news, now more than ever. This is the time of year we send good tidings to people we know. This is the time of year, we wish people a Merry Christmas.

Those on the Left may be offended by wishing people Merry Christmas. As those are out to cancel culture wants to cancel out Christ in the word Christmas. They want to take Christ out of Christmas because they see it as offensive. Just like they want to take Christ out of our schools and take the Bible out of our schools.

Books that had been cancelled in our libraries, the Bible is one of them. To those on the Left, it’s offensive.

They don’t want you to say Merry Christmas because it’s offensive. They want you to say Happy Holiday instead.

Christmas is celebrated all over in every country around the world. It had been like that since the birth of Jesus Christ.

The Jews may had persecuted Jesus and even tried to kill baby Jesus; but they too celebrate Christmas in the form of Hanukkah this time of year.

Jesus been around longer than Santa Clause and is still around. He’s the reason we celebrate Christmas every year. Those on the Left may keep trying to cancel Christmas and Christ; but He will outlast them all. Much like when the Nazi went and burned the Bibles during World War 2. The Bible still survived and is still on the best seller list despite those on the Left wanting to cancel it.

We all need a little good news now more than ever in this crazy mix-up world we lived in.

I don’t know about you but when I do hear some good news on the local news, it tug at my heart to hear it for a change. It’s good to hear those kinds of news stories every now and then.

We can make a difference if we just go tell it on the mountain the reason we celebrate Christmas. It’s up to us. Are we going to continue spreading bad news on social media or are we going to send a little cheer to others?

I’m not saying that we should go out preach the Gospel. People doesn’t want to hear that. Some people gets turned off by that.

You can spread a little good news just by simply wishing them a Merry Christmas or have a good day.

If you are tired of all the bad news you get on television and social media, just turned it off. I’m not telling you to pick up the Bible and read it. That’s up to you! You will get good news from reading the Bible. It’s your choice to read the Bible or not. All that matters, instead watching all the bad news on television or social media, turn it off and find something else to do with your time. Your time is important to you.

Your sanity is important to you. So why get so depress when watching the news? It will only depress you. You have a choice to either be depress by watching the news 24/7 or shut it off and find something else to do with your time; for your own sanity.

You can make a difference this Christmas. It’s all up to you!

Those on the Left will not want me to wish people a Merry Christmas; but it’s alright to say Happy Holiday instead. I don’t care though! I still will wish everyone a Merry Christmas. If they are offended, that’s their problems.

Christmas is only 5 days away. I wish everyone who reads this a Merry Christmas. This is my good tidings to you. Go ahead and spread a little cheer, a little good news this Christmas! The world sure needs it now more than ever.

Merry Christmas to everyone of you! Now go and spread that good news!

Few years ago around this time of year, both mother-daughter duo, Debby Reynalds and Carrie Fisher had passed away within days apart.

No parents should have to buried their children; thus they both died within days apart from each other.

Before I get into the blunt of this blog, I will give you a background of Debby Reynalds and Carrie Fisher.

Debby Reynalds was married to Carrie’s father, Eddie Fisher until Elizabeth Taylor stole him away. Debby Reynalds was Hollywood sweetheart during that time and Liz Taylor, she’s another story.

Most recently, the breakup of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston by Angelena Jolie was compared to the breakup of Debby Reynalds and Eddie Fisher by Liz Taylor. I don’t need to go any further than that, I think you got the message.

Carrie Fisher has a half-sister, Joely Fisher; when their father, Eddie married Connie Stevens.

Now Carrie Fisher’s relationship with her mother, Debby Reynalds was a typical mother/daughter relationship, with plenty of ups and downs. Carrie even wrote a book that was turned into a movie called, “Postcard from the Edge”, starring Merle Streep.

Also Carrie Fisher starred in the original Star Wars movies as well.

This isn’t about Carrie Fisher’s mental illness and drug abuse. This was just a background. Now I will get to the point of this blog, of can you die from a broken heart?

It was weird to hear a mother/daughter dying within days apart; but not out of the ordinary. Couples that have been married a long time has been known to die shortly after their mate had passed away.

The picture at the top was my folks when they were either newly married or about to get married. They were married for 40 years. A person may wonder why so long, what forever for?

After my mother had passed away, my step-dad had became depressed and seems to had gave up. Few years later, he passed away himself.

Some say that when my grandfather was killed by a train while walking across the tracks in Casselton carrying something, blocking his good ear; so that he couldn’t hear the train a coming was possibly a suicide. Upon his death, he was divorce from my grandmother. He wanted her back and she wouldn’t take him back.

Was his death suicide or just a bad train accident? Did he had a broken heart?

Did my step-dad had a broken heart as well?

You probably heard stories of a living spouse on their deathbed seeing a vision of their dead spouse coming back for them.

When a couple who had been married a long time and one of them passed away. A person must do all you can to make them feel comfortable and know that everything will be alright.

This time of year is the toughest for someone who had lost their soul mate. They are having a blue Christmas. To them, it doesn’t feel like Christmas anymore.

You never want to pack up one of your parent’s belongings while the other is still alive. They are still grieving and needs that time to do so. They need that memory around to help them grieve.

You may think how they could they be heartbroken if their marriage wasn’t a bed of roses. Some love is just hard to explain; like my folks or Debby Reynalds/Carrie Fisher for example.

After my mother passed away, I took on the responsibility in making her famous baked beans for my step-dad. She never had a recipe written down; so it was hard to do it justice for him. I think he enjoyed getting those baked beans for a Christmas meal like my mother made for him. Even if I had to tweak it a bit.

So tell me if you can, can you die from a broken heart? Even if the marriage may not been a bed of roses? How do they get so lonely to the point of giving up?

If I would had just watch the fake mainstream news media of their coverage of the Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial, I would had thought that he was guilty too. Thank goodness I didn’t I was able to get the whole story by watching Fox news as well. There I saw how his defense attorney actually did their job and defended Kyle Rittenhouse and he was founded innocent on the ground that it was self-defense.

You may be asking why would anyone have to walked downtown carrying weapons like he did? If the Democratic leader of Wisconsin would had accepted President Trump’s help when those terrorist were destroying their city; Kyle wouldn’t probably had a need to carry a weapon for protection. If they would allowed the police to do their job to keep the city safe; instead of wanting to defund them, there wouldn’t had been a need for Kyle to have to defend himself.

Then the fake news media along with Joy Behar had the gall to falsely accused Kyle Rittenhouse of murder. Joy even said on the view about the tears Kyle was crying on the witness stand. She called them fake tears and he was such a good little actor. Well, boohoo to you Joy Behar! Who’s crying now?

Or how about before the election, Joe Biden called Kyle Rittenhouse a White Supremacist. He had no right to do that. He should be a shame of himself. Then again all those on the Left all did that.

The Go-Fund Me stopped anyone from donating to Kyle’s case because they didn’t want him to have a fair trial. There was a cop who was fired because he sent money to Kyle Rittenhouse’s defense. The guy from “My Pillow,” Michael Lindell, paid Kyle’s bail as well.

There’s one thing I have to agree with those on the Left and that is our justice system is out whack; but not for the reason they say though. They say it’s a race issues. It’s more than that. It all have to do with the “have and have nots.” Those who have money and can afford a good attorney, will possibly get away with murder. Those who can’t afford a good attorney will only get a court-appointed one. They get paid no matter what; so they won’t properly defend you.

Deep down, they know that on the Left; otherwise the Go-Fund me website wouldn’t had stop anyone from funding Kyle Rittenhouse defense case.

Those on the Left in the media, Biden, and the Black Lives Matters may call me a White Supremacist for this but deep down if they think about it will know that it’s true.

Let us look at the O.J. Simpson’s trial when he was on trial for murdering his wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. The only reason race was made an issue was because once again, O.J. Simpson had money and fame to back him up. He was able to afford a good defense team to defend him. If he was a poor black man, he would had been found guilty and race wouldn’t had been an issue.

They do need to correct our justice system; but nothing to do with race. It all have to do with being able to afford a good attorney. If a person have to use a court-appointed attorney, they should do their job of defending their client or else not get paid.

Back to the Kyle Rittenhouse’s case, his defense attorney did an awesome job proving that it was self-defense. Even the Prosecuting witness worked in favor of Kyle in their testimony.

The Prosecuting Attorney didn’t even do a full investigation into the case. He wanted to make a name for himself, and that’s all he cared about.

The judge in the case even said that it was a poorly run case by the Prosecutor. He even went after the media for trying to influence the case and the jury. When a reporter/photographer from MSNBC news followed Kyle, the judge banned that reporter from the courtroom.

It goes to show that the mainstreams news media are very bias and had their mind made up even before Kyle was founded innocent.

The judge was very close in calling a mistrial because of poor investigation by the Prosecutor and the mainstream news media and those on the Left trying to influence the case and the jury.

The mainstream news media didn’t even covered the defense attorney’s closing statement because they didn’t want to hear the truth and didn’t want the people to know the whole story. Thank God for Fox News for showing the whole story.

When the jury was out, they were very much concerned about a riot breaking out if Kyle was found innocent. Security was built up around the courthouse and the members of the jury.

The jury was out for a long time deliberating. Usually when the longer the jury is out, the better it looks for the defense.

Because I heard the whole story behind Kyle Rittenhouse’s case, I was so glad that justice was served, and he was found not guilty on grounds of self-defense.

According to those on the Left, we are not allowed to defend ourselves. They made it sound like Kyle should had let them kill him instead of defending himself. No what my step-dad would say to that. He would say, “If they were going to come in or on the property to harm him or the family, he will defend himself at all cost. And make sure when you shoot, shoot to kill and not wound. Also make sure they are in the house, so it looks like they were about to rob and possible kill.”

Even Kyle Rittenhouse was found innocent, his life won’t be the same. He will have to have security around him for protection at all times. Some colleges and employers may not be too quick to accept him. Even though he could come out smelling like a rose in book and speaking deals.

My advice to Kyle is to sue the hell out of those fake mainstream news media on the Left, and especially Joy Behar. He should also sue Joe Biden for defaming his name before Biden became President. Kyle can do it too; since Biden wasn’t president when he called him a White Supremacist .

I know that Biden has dementia so he can’t remembered what he said from day to day; but he should pay for his comment. He should at least man up and admit he was wrong and that justice was served. When Kyle Rittenhouse was found innocent, there was no apologies from Biden, Joy Behar and all those others on the Left. They are all crying and upset instead.

Who’s crying now? Justice had prevailed!

Before there was a Fox network, there was only 4 TV stations on the air: ABC, CBS, NBC, and PBS. It was mainly black and white TV unless you were one of the lucky ones to be able to afford a color TV.

When it came to the remote, you were the remote. You have to get up and off your lazy ass if you want to change the channel or sit there and watch what was on that channel. Sometimes, you even have to use a tweezer to change the channel because the channel knob was broken.

If you were lucky, you had an outside antenna on the roof of your house. Otherwise, you had rabbit ears on the top of your TV. Sometimes you had to stand and hold the rabbit ears to adjust the TV. Some rabbit ears even had tin foils on them to help with the picture.

Like I mentioned earlier, it was 12 inches black and white TV. You really didn’t get a clear picture, because it came in fuzzy.

Those who lived in the country didn’t have cable when they came out in the 80’s. Cable TV, when they first came out was a luxury compare to now, it’s a necessity for your TV.

Fox network came out Oct. 9,1986.

When Fox first started, there wasn’t many shows on their network. One of the first show on Fox was Marriage with Children; which aired on Sunday night. It starred Ed O’Neil, Katy Sagal and Christina Applegate. It depicted family life as being true family life before Roseanne ever did.

Before Marriage with Children, family life was practically fake or what people wish their family was more like. For example: the Brady Bunch.

They even had 2 reality show on and they were Cops and America’s Most Wanted. They were shown on Saturday Night.

Not only did Marriage with Children appeared so did the Simpsons, the longest running animation.

This is just a little background as Fox News recently celebrated 25 years being on the air.

Before Fox news, the only news a person got was pretty much on your local station. Back then those who brought you the news had integrity. It was real news. They did their job in reporting the news and kept their opinion to themselves, like they are supposed to. When you watch the CBS news with Walter Cronkite, you could respect him because he had integrity; something they lack now days.

When Walter Cronkite retired, Dan Rather took over, and CBS news went down the toilet because Dan Rather had no integrity like Walter Cronkite had.

In the late 1800’s there was “Yellow Journalism”, and that was nothing to what we got not with the mainstream news media; or as they are known as “Fake News.”

They don’t fully report the news, they make the news. When I studied journalism, I was taught there are 5 w’s and how a good reporter must ask when they investigate into a news story. They are to remain bias when reporting the news, but they don’t do that. If they don’t agree or like part of the story, they will leave it out just to suit their needs.

As Paul Harvey would say, “and now the rest of the story.” What you don’t get from the fake mainstream news, you’ll get from Fox News. I find that you get the whole story from Fox. I’ll watch ABC news but to get the rest of the story, when I will turn to Fox to get the rest of the story.

I’m not saying Fox news is perfect. There are some at Fox news that should go. I’m glad that Megan Kelley is gone, because she was only out to make a name for herself at the expense of others. Chris Wallace is just like his father, Mike Wallace from 60 Minutes. They both are very bias; even though Mike had more integrity than Chris.

At the same time, if you watch too much news, it can be very depressing. It can make you do what Elvis did and shoot at the TV.

There are those who seems to watch news 24/7. Even worse, they are watching the fake mainstream news. They are not getting the whole story, the whole truth. They are only being fed what those news reporters want to feed you.

I can only watch so much news before I have to turn it off. Otherwise, I will go crazy. When I watch the news I want the whole story, the whole truth.

To those who watch the news or even get the news from Facebook 24/7, you need to get a life. Don’t spend your days and night watching the news or getting it on Facebook. If you are about ready to lose your mind because of the news, turn it off and turn off Facebook as well; and find something else to do with your life.

Happy Anniversary to Fox network and Fox news!! Thank you Fox news for bringing us more of the truth we need to hear. Don’t just get part of the story, get the rest of the story.