Christmas is supposed to be a joyous time for all. Yet, there are some who suffer with depression this time of year. They don’t just suffer this time of year but all year long. It’s just that Christmas is much more harder on them.

Even during winter, people finds themselves dealing with depression, call the winter blues or cabin fever.

What triggers depression is a number of things. It could be a lost of a family member or loved ones. The old Kitty Wells song, “It doesn’t feels like Christmas anymore,” talks about why bother with decorating the house for Christmas.

Sometimes when people are depressed, they would take up drinking and likely to become an alcoholic. They have suicidal thoughts. They just want to end it all and just give up on life. Some may even become very angry.

As I had studied psychology, I had learned that I had a mild case of depression while growing up. I was crying out for help but there was no one who I could confide in. I had suicidal thought and I even became hooked on aspirin; which I used the excused that I had a headache. I even slept with a teddy bear until I was 12 years old. (I won’t go into details to why I suffered with minor depression, because that is a whole different blog that I may or may not post.)

I have a brother who I’d say is prime example of a person suffering with depression. He got it so bad, he actually needs help. He is drinking more and more lately; especially as a family member passed away. It’s almost like he wants to die.

After my mother had passed away, I believed that my step-dad had suffered with depression. I felt that he just gave up on life after losing his life partner of 40 years. He died about 4 years after she died.

Usually when a couple had been married a long time, and when one dies, the other one will usually give up on life. The reason for living is no more.

In the movie, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” Jimmy Stewart’s character was about to commit suicide by jumping off the bridge. He wondered what things would had been like if he wasn’t even born.

Usually people who suffer with depression will wonder that, as they contemplate suicide.

Look at the movie “Scrooge,” Ebenezer Scrooge, may comes across as stingy. I actually believe that he was struggling with depression.

If you know anyone who is suffering with depression, you should try to help them. They are crying out for help but don’t know how to find it. They don’t know who they can turns to.

If you know anyone who had been married a long time and one of the spouse had passed away, you should do what you can to help that person cope in their trying time, by comforting them and being there for them.

You can’t make a person get treatment! They got to want to do it themselves. All you can do is be there them.

Christmas can a very difficult time for those suffering with depression. They are being haunted with a lot of memories.

Even in the dead of winter, can also be hard on someone who is suffering with depression. The reason for it is simple. You are coup up inside due to the weather; so you have plenty of time to dwell on the things that is making you depressed.

So give someone you know a call; who knows that may save their life.

When a person is depress, they become very lonely.

You may save a person life with just one call!

When I had suffered with a minor case of depression, there wasn’t anybody that I could really go to.

There is hope for those suffering with depression. There is places you can go or call to seek help. You just got to want that help. There’s medication for depression; but I recommend only as a last resort. If you can deal with depression without drugs, more power to you.

If you are suffering with depression seeks professional counseling or a friend to help you. You can even seek a pastor for spiritual help to deals with depression.

There is hotline that you can call if you are contemplating suicide or facing depression. You can also call this new phone number: 988.

The phone number for the National Suicide Hotline is: 1-800-273-8255. They are available to help for 24 hours.

If there is anyone who is suffering with depression that is reading my blog, I hope that you will seek the help that is out there. Remember, God doesn’t make junk! I heard that from a counselor.

If this blog is speaking to you, go ahead and like it and/or even make a comment is also welcome. I’m also here for you as well.

Let me start with this question: What is about Trump that people hate? Is it because he’s a Republican?

Let me tell you, he wasn’t always a Republican. He was friends with the Democrats as well. Hillary and Bill Clinton was at his wedding. He was Hollywood best friends due to the success of his reality show, “The Apprentice.”

I like Trump because he socked it to the fake mainstream news media and the Establishment in Washington. He’s getting the job done that he said that he would do. So many politicians say one thing but never keeps their promises. They were just blowing “hot air” to the American people.

Some of the Established Republicans dislike Trump out of Jealousy; because he does what they couldn’t. People like Mitt Romney and the late John McCain for example.

The Democrats hate Trump because they sees the good that he is doing for this country and can’t stand it. They are afraid that they cannot beat him in the 2020 election. So they comes up with this farce of an impeachment hearing.

Nancy Pelosi was asked why she hated Pres. Trump and she just went off her rocker and said, “I’m a strong Catholic and I don’t hate anybody!”

What the Democrats are accusing Pres. Trump of doing, they are doing themselves. They are accusing him of abusing his power; when they are the ones abusing their power.

I like him because he does get the job done and keeps his promises. He’s not afraid to step on a few toes to get the job done. To some, he may come across as a bully. We need a strong leaders to get the job done.

One thing I was taught growing up by my mother, was when you make a promise, you should honor it.

Sure, he may not always play by the rules. Some of the rules needs a little tweaking.

Who hasn’t broke some rules because it doesn’t fit in? I mean, the old saying is, “when the cats away, the mice will play.”

Pres. Trump isn’t the only one who went after the Establishment and he won’t be the last. Believe me, I like someone like that.

Pres. Reagan also went after the Establishment in Washington. He may had more tact but he got the job done and was hated by his own party, the Democrats the news media.

Martin Luther went after the Establishment in the Catholic Church and created the Reformation. Because of Martin Luther, the Lutheran Church was founded. The hierarchy in the Catholic Church threw him out of the church because of going after the way they were running the Catholic Church. (Believe me, they need that again, but that is a whole different blog.)

Remember, even Jesus Christ went after the Pharisees of his days and called them hypocrites. They had him crucified because of it.

Remembered, Jesus didn’t come to abolish the law but to fulfill them. The Pharisees wasn’t doing what they were supposed to be doing. They were talking the talk but not walking the walk. They were telling people how to live but not living the right way themselves.

Just like Martin Luther when he went after the hierarchy of the Catholic church.

People in authority doesn’t like it when someone points out the error of their ways. They get angry and filled with rage. They fight back hard.

This is what the Democrats are doing right now against Trump. They are upset that he is upsetting the cart and getting the job done that he said he will. They see how the American people are reacting to what he is doing to make America great again, and they can’t stand that.

With the candidates they have running for President in 2020, they sees their chances of winning the White House is very slim. So they comes up with lies to try to impeach him; so that they can possibly defeat him.

They are still crying over the fact that he beat crooked Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election.

If you hate Trump because of all that, then you must also hated Martin Luther for going after the Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. If you hate Trump, then you must also not be a Christian; because of Jesus standing up against the Pharisees.

All three have one thing in common, and that is they stood up to the establishment. They weren’t afraid of breaking some rules to get the job done and do what is right.

They weren’t really breaking the law; but rather fulfilling it to make it better.

I like Trump because he got “Balls” . He’s not afraid to break a few rules to get the job done. He’s not afraid to step on a few toes either. He keeps his promises, as well.

Even though, I was afraid of him at first, I like him now more and more.

We need people like Trump, Reagan, Martin Luther and most important Jesus, to keep the establishment in check.

As I said when I first started writing my blog, I’m no expert, I’m full of opinions.

This subject is a tricky one but I feel that it’s important especially in today’s eras. There’s so much that we don’t fully understand about mental illness. It’s also a subject most people don’t wants to talk about. Some people may even try to avoid this subject or dealing with someone who has mental illness of some form or another. It’s getting better than what it used to be years ago; but still it’s a “hot topic.”

Years ago, anyone with mental illness were institutionalize in a state hospital and separated from their family. Sometimes, some family members don’t know why a person isn’t around anymore. They are put away and forgotten about. That way they don’t have to face the issue of mental illness in their lives.

As I had written in my blog on the Kennedys, John F. Kennedy had a sister, named Rosemary; who had a form of mental illness. His parents kept that secret from the rest of the family because they felt that she was a disgrace to the family. She was locked away into a mental institution.

Now the Kennedys weren’t the only ones who had done that. Many family have done that to avoid dealing with the issues of mental illness.

These mental institutions were full of people who suffered with all kinds of mental illness and being abandoned by their own family.

Not only were they abandoned by their family and locked away in these institutions; they were also forced to have a lobotomy.

Now Lobotomy is a surgical operation involving incision into the prefrontal lobe of the brain.

They were also put through electroshock therapy.

Not only that, they were sterilized; so that they couldn’t have any kids themselves. People were afraid that they would create more kids like them.

This was almost too unbelievable. Some may thinks that it’s only happens in the movies. It can’t happens in real life. One of the most popular movie from the 60’s and 70’s was “One Flew over the Cuckoo Nest”, starring Jack Nicholson.

The nearest mental institution to Fargo, ND are: Fergus Falls on the east side in Minnesota, Jamestown on the West and Grafton on the North. They are now closed now, thank goodness!

Many horror stories had happened in these mental institutions. A lot of them very scary and creepy. I don’t want to scare anybody. I will keep that for a future Halloween blog.

It’s not just mental illness but all forms of disabilities that people doesn’t wants to deal with; so they are lock away. John Ritter had a brother who had Cerebral Palsy. It was a dark Hollywood’s secret.

I have a cousin with Cerebral Palsy. When his parents was adopting him, the adoption agency didn’t want to let them have him because of his disability. I’m glad that they kept him. He can still do a lot despite of his disability. He’s a viable part of my family and I love him.

Like I said earlier, this topic on mental illness is getting better. Anyone with mental or physical disabilities aren’t lock away in these hell holes called the mental institutions.

Now, they are put into a group home and being intertwine into the community. They are becoming a viable part of society. Some are even working part time. Now that is good to see.

In these mental institutions, they are overly medicated. When you happens to see them, they have this daze look on their faces and slobbering like a rabid dog.

Speaking of being overly medicated, the schools have become a breeding ground of ADD, Adult Deficit Disorder. I don’t know about you but how many actually have ADD? If you asked me, children are very active and they should be. They should have the rights to be a kid. Teachers feels that they are overly active and uncontrollable; so they would say that that have ADD and medicated them, that way they can control them better in class.

There are some kids who are just active and should be. Also sometimes, they are not being challenge in school; so they lose their attention span and focus. I won’t go too much on this subject; I will save this part for a blog on education.

I have heard stories of how some celebrities or the rich would pay to make sure that their children are physically and mentally healthy. If they noticed any defects in the ultrasounds, they will either alter the DNA or terminate the pregnancy. They don’t want to deal with a disabled child. They are a disgrace to their names.

Just like years ago when they were put into a mental institution. I believe that was why the Kennedys put Rosemary Kennedy away and hid her from the rest of the family. Even John Ritter’s brother was kept into an institution.

It’s not just the rich who does that. A lot of people would do that. I have relatives on my step-dad’s side that were put into an institution and forgotten about.

Like I said earlier, this is sticky subject. Not many wants to talk about it. It’s slowly coming out in the open to be dealt with. Governor Burgum’s wife is pushing for help to those dealing with mental illness. But first we need to comes to an understanding about this subject; and not try to cover it up.

They may have some form of disabilities; but they are still beautiful.

Maybe some days we can come to fully comprehend this topic on mental illness, and not try hide it away.

There are many forms of mental illness too. The list is too long to go on; so I will have to kind of end here.

Now Walter Cronkite was the last reporter who had integrity. He was the last reporter with believability.

You can’t say that about today’s reporters!

When Walter Cronkite did the evening news he stuck with the facts. He kept his opinion to himself. He wasn’t bias and favored the Democrats. I have more respect for him than I have for today’s reporters. He deserved it too.

I’m not saying that Walter Cronkite didn’t cry on the air when he reported the news. I mean he was human.

There was at least 2 times that he cried while on the air that I know of. He cried when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and killed. Then again we all cried when that happened. He also cried, with joyful tears when man first walked on the moon.

Now days the reporters are so bias. They seems to favor the Democratic party. Let us look at the 2016 election results. When the election night started, the faked news media were all having a party thinking that old Hillary Clinton was elected President. Toward the end of the night, they soon stop partying and started crying because Trump was elected President. They couldn’t understand why. They hated Trump that bad and would stop at nothing to downgrade his Presidency. They blamed the Russians for collusion. They never covered the truth. They only covered what they wants to covered.

If you wants the whole story, you have to turned to Fox news to get it. I’m not saying that they aren’t bias either though.

When Walter Cronkite retired from CBS evening news, Dan Rather had taken over for him. That was when fake news had begun. CBS news was the first of the fake news media.

Like I said in my blog on Megan Kelly, when I called her the Queen on Fake News. Well, Dan Rather is the Father of Fake news. Years later he was fired from CBS news because he got caught in making up the news. He’s still in the news and he recently stated that us Trump’s supporters is a part of a cult. He doesn’t want, like the others fake news media, doesn’t want to see the truth.

The other news station soon follow in the line of CBS news and became the faked news. The last was ABC news. The reason why they were the last was because when Peter Jennings lost his battle with cancer, it became the end of integrity and honesty in the news making business.

I was taught in journalism that a good reporter mustn’t be bias. They have to do their research and gather the facts before reporting the news. They had the 5 w’s that they had to go by. The 5 w’s are: who, what, why, where, and when. They don’t do that anymore. They are supposed to keep their opinions to themselves. Even Murphey Brown in her reboot series said, “today’s reporters don’t gather the facts anymore.”

It’s not about getting the facts and getting to the truth that matter. It’s only about the bigger paycheck. They care more for the almighty dollar than the truth.

As I said, Megan Kelly left Fox news for a bigger payoff from NBC. She was soon fired though; but she is sitting good though.

Even these Democratic debates are boring because the moderator are on the left media. They are not asking important tough questions.

In the late 1800’s and early 1900’s we had Yellow Journalism. What we got now with the faked news media is way worst than yellow journalism.

This is almost as bad as these gossips rags, such as the National Enquire. They are not doing the news justice. What they are doing is slanderous.

The Washington Post is just another form of the National Enquire. They are way worst then they were during the Watergate scandal. At least back then they did investigated. Now they are just making up the news as they go. Just like all the other faked news media out there.

As a kid, I didn’t care in watching the news, because I thought it was boring. It’s now far from boring now! A person doesn’t want to watch the news now because of their bias. They have no integrity when it comes to reporting the news. They will only say what they want to say. If they don’t agree with it they won’t tell you.

I have written letters to the Editor of the Fargo Forum before I started my blogs. Believe me, there were information that they would cut because they didn’t agreed with. When they did that they took the original meaning out of what I was saying, and made me look very foolish. (I hope that the Fargo Forum reads this blog, then they will know that I’m on to them.)

This is the reason why the news media isn’t as popular now as they were years ago. They now holds one of the most hated jobs ever. They are as hated as the IRS and our career politicians. No wonder Pres. Trump calls them the Faked news. There is nothing real about them anymore.

Walter Cronkite would roll over in his grave if he knew how bad the news had become. They don’t get my respect like Walter Cronkite did.

Thank God for the internet! If you wants all the facts, just go on line and you can finds it. I’m not saying that you can believe what you read though. You have to cipher the truth.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

The first immigrants was our ancestors who came over from Europe when they discovered America. It was the Pilgrims who came over on the Mayflower and landed on Plymouth Rock.

They were welcomed by the Indians that were already living in this country.

I’m not going to call them Native Americans. I’m calling them by their rightful names, the American Indians.

It was the Indians who taught the Pilgrims about farming, fishing, and hunting to get a bountiful harvest. They were peaceful Indians.

One of the tricks that the Indians showed the Pilgrims was putting a dead fish in with the seed as they plant their crops. When they did that, they had a bountiful harvest. It was so bountiful, that they celebrated together for the very first Thanksgiving.

What did us white folks give/do for the Indians?

They introduced them to “fire water”; which today is known as whiskey.

You see, the Indians were very spiritual. Once they were introduced to whiskey, things started changing for the worst for them. They picked up the habits of becoming an alcoholic.

Another thing, the American Indians were infested with such diseases as small pox. Now small pox came from the white man. At that time there was no cure; so it killed many Indians.

The American Indians were the first American citizen. They were peaceful and were taken advantage of by the white man. For all the good things they did for the pilgrims, they sure wasn’t treated very nice. They were forced into reservation, got hook on alcohol, and even was given many sickness. They were treated like savage. They were treated like second-rate citizen. Many American Indians had lost their lives due to war as well.

Enough about the Indians though. Let us talk about the first immigrants, the pilgrims.

Now the reason that the pilgrims came to America was for freedom. They were trying to break free from the oppression of the monarchy that ruled England at the time. They wanted freedom of religion. They wanted to get out from being under the King of England’s thumb.

The reason for the Boston Tea Party was because they were upset for the high taxation on teas and other imports. Now the Boston Tea Party was the start of the Revolution War.

So I can understand the reason for immigrants wanting to come to America. They too comes for freedom like our ancestors. They are tired of the oppression in their home country. They also wants the prosperity that comes to those in America as well.

So when they come to America legally, that is fine; but when they come illegally like crossing the boarder between Mexico and the United States, that is where I put my foot down. Not only do they come illegally. Some also brings drugs and guns by smuggling them across the boarder.

It’s almost like they are doing to us what we did to the American Indians.

Not only that, they takes jobs away from our people. They are living on the welfare system set up by our government. Us, taxpayers are paying for them to have a good life without having to work for it. Some are taking advantage of us like we did the Indians.

Like I said, I understand that they are just trying to escape the oppression of their corrupt government in their home country.

What get me is that those on the Left is allowing them to take advantage of us Americans. They also don’t realize what they are offering these immigrants, is the same things that they are trying to escape from. They are offering Socialism; which is total government control.

I will go more into that subject in another blog later.

All I will say, there are some who doesn’t wants Socialism; because they know what it is.

Another example is the riot in China. Some of the people are rioting up against the Chinese government oppression. I’m glad that they are standing up to their government.

My grandfather’s family came from Germany when he was just a kid. Old Frank Heger even served in the military during WW1. So you see, I’m a grandchild of an immigrant.

We all are descendants of immigrant one way or another. So if you wanting to come to America, do it the legal way and you will truly be welcome. We are not here to offer you free money, healthcare, etc. You must work for it like the rest of us.

So this Thanksgiving as you gather with your family eating your Thanksgiving meal, remembered the first Thanksgiving; when the pilgrims ate with the true American citizen, the American Indians. When you happen to see an Indians thanks them for welcoming us into their country. Thanks them for teaching us how to have a bountiful harvest as well.

The most important, may we feel guilty for what we did and are still doing to the American Indians.

Do you know anyone who is an emotional vampire? Maybe you work for them or with them? Maybe you are married to them or it’s someone in your own family. Or wherever you may encounter that person?

Last year for my Halloween blog, I wrote about people love affair with a vampire. How people seems to have this romance with them; compared to years ago.

Even though you may be in love with a vampire, sometimes they can be very dangerous to your emotional health.

Those vampires in your life are bloodsucker. They can suck you dry if you are not careful. They have a way to manipulating you to just drain you emotionally.

I recently read this book that I’m holding in the picture at the top of the blog. This book is very interesting.

I have to admit when I was working at Kmart, there was a manager, who I would say was an emotional vampire. He was not a manager material. Once he retired and came into the store he was a whole different person. He was calmer. I don’t think he should had been a manager or the store that he was managing was too big for him to handle. He was stressed out and he was stressing out the employees as well.

Emotional vampires are just bullies crying out for help. Some bullies were/are victims themselves.

It’s not your blood that they drain, it’s your emotional energy. When that is drained, you are susceptible to many forms of illness from cancer to ulcers, to whatever will wear your body down. A person may even get migraines.

I have to admit, since leaving Kmart, I haven’t had a migraine for awhile.

Some people can be very good at manipulating to get under your skin and drain you dry. They know how to stress you out and control you if you are not careful.

If vampires want something from you, they may say and do whatever it takes to get it. They may not be totally honest with you either. They thinks that they are being honest but they’re not. They are not telling you the whole story for a purpose. That purpose to control you; so that they can get what they want.

Like the serpent in the Garden of Eden in Genesis. He manipulated Eve into taking the apple from the tree of life; in which God forbid them. You probably knows the story.

Those who are married to an emotional vampire will not see it as abuse. To them abuse is either physical or sexual; not emotional. If there is no mark left on you, there is not abuse. That is how emotional vampire can control you in a relationship.

The Bible says that a person must not be yoke with a non-believer. It will only bring about abuse, emotional abuse.

There is help for those who are dealing with emotional vampires. You just have to admit that you needs help. You have to admit that that you are being abused.

My mother would never admit that she was being emotionally abuse. She felt that since there was no physical abuse, there was no abuse. Throughout my folks 40 years of marriage, he was able to wear her down.

Then again she grew up in that type of environment; so that was all she had known. They say a woman would marry someone like their father and a man will marry someone like their mother.

Toward the end of my mother’s life, she was more concerned about my step-dad’s health than her own. She was worn down, making her easier to control.

That is how an emotional vampire works. They looks for ways to wear a person down just to control them. They are bloodsuckers, leaches, and bullies.

Now bullies are just crying out for help themselves.

Once you are worn down, you will be susceptible to all kinds of illness: such as ulcers, cancer, flu, any kinds of viruses, bugs, etc. Your body is slowly shutting down it’s energy field.

When that happens, it is a must to get yourself out of the situation before you are killed. You also must find someone who can help you restore your energy level. It’s a long process and takes time. But first, you must recognize that you are being abuse emotionally. You must recognize that you are being manipulated.

Once you do that, then you can continue on to the next step to get out of the situation if you can. And also seek the help to restore your energy level to get healthy again.

You can still love that person and even pray for them. You just have to get yourself out of that situation before it’s too late.

Do you know the similarity between Taylor Swift, LeAnn Rimes, and Tanya Tucker?

First of all, they all were under 18 years old when they hit it big in the music industry. Once they became an adult and went Hollywood, they went on a downhill slide and fame started going to their head.

Tanya Tucker was 13 when her first #1 song, “Delta Dawn”, became a hit. She dated Glen Campbell after recording her duet with him. She even accused him of being abusive. That was about the same time that she went Hollywood. She lost her way along the way.

LeAnn Rimes was also 13 when she hit it big in Country music. Her first hit song was, “Blue”. Once she turned 18, she sued her father and gone Hollywood.

Taylor Swift was only 17 years old though. She was a country diva sensation until she decided to go pop. She had a tendency of dating and then breaking up with them. After breaking up, she would write songs about the men she dated. Some may say that she must have a low self-esteem. It even got to the point that some men were afraid of dating her because they were afraid that she would write a song about them. I won’t go into the guys she dated; because I think that you get the message.

The more popular she became, the more of a diva she becomes as well. She had her set of feuds with other stars. She also had gone Hollywood as well.

I have to admit, she does have some good songs. I’m just not too happy with the direction she went. Not that she went pop but that fame went to her head like Tanya Tucker and LeAnn Rimes. She started hanging out with the wrong entourage and I feel that they are taking advantage of her. I’m not even going to go into her political views.

Those 3 are not the only ones where fame had gone to their head. There are many who had fallen. A bad things about child stars, some of them had fallen hard. Some may had went broke or died young due to drug abuse. Some had lost their ways.

There are few that was able to grow up into a mature adult and still make a name for themselves. Those that were able to do that, they were well grounded. My hat goes off to them. Then there are some who just struggled once they became an adult. I’m not saying that they didn’t continue their careers though. It goes to show how fame can go to a person head if you are not grounded.

It’s not just child stars though, that have that trouble though.

Some stars can be very demanding when it comes to performing a concert. You probably heard how some stars only wants certain colors of M&M’s. That is just minor.

Paul McCartney, who is a strict vegetarian. If any meat by-product touch the cooking equipment and/or utensils, they have to be replaced before he would perform there.

Most recently, Celine Dion demanded not one but 2 white leather couch for her dressing room. She also wanted carpet on the arena floor; because she doesn’t want to see cement. The rolls of chairs must be spaced in a way to make the arena looks fuller. She is a DIVA, just like Taylor Swift.

Justin Bieber brought his own hot tub for his dressing room. Try to get it into the room was quite impossible.

Speaking of Justin Bieber, he was 13 years old when he was discovered on u tube. Believe me, I was concerned that fame would goes to his head; and that was what had happened once he hit 18. We all know the trouble he had. He hung out with the wrong entourage and they took advantage of him.

Just like Taylor Swift is doing .

Justin Bieber said that he found Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. I’m not going to judge him because of his faith. That is between him and Jesus. If he is genuine, more power to him; but if he’s pretending, God will knows.

Singers who seems to be more down-to-earth I have more respect for. When I saw Luke Bryan at one of his concert, he gave everyone a high five as he walks past, when he got off the stage. That memory I will treasure.

Now to explain that picture at the top of this blog. It’s hard to be humble. Our pride can get in the way. Fame and success can really change a person, if they are not grounded.

Here’s an example: when I was working at Concordia College and making pretty good money, I was doing a little bragging. I believed that the Lord had taken it away because of my boasting. Pride goes before a fall.

Now, I’m being a little careful with my bragging; so that I don’t become too boastful over the success. Even if and when my blogs goes viral, may the Lord keeps me humble. No matter how high I get, the Lord will still be #1 in my life.

Believe me, it’s not easy to keep fame and success from going to your head. Anyone who says that it is, is a liar.

I’m hoping that these stars who let fame goes to their head will find their way back.

Believe me, I’m all for a person got to be themselves; because no one else can.

As you can tell from some of my blogs, I’m a Conservative Republicans who voted and supported for Trump.

Mr. Rush Limbaugh is also a Conservative Republican as well. He can also comes across as a blowhard like Ed Schultz. The only difference between Limbaugh and Schultz is one is a Republican and the other was Democrat. Even Ed Shultz was a Republican at one time. He just went over to the dark side. He went where the money was at that time. This blog is not about him though. This time it’s about Rush Limbaugh instead.

The first time I heard Rush Limbaugh on his talk show, I had problems listening to him. I knew people who likes him and follow what he says. I just couldn’t grasp it all.

The thing that bothered me about him was this feelings that I get when I listened to him. To me, he felt that he was god; and you better believe him or else. He was so full of himself.

Believe me, people like that, I have problem with.

If you know that person personally either in your family or co-workers, or boss, they can become an emotional vampire. I won’t goes into that at this time because that is another near future blog.

The more I listens to Rush Limbaugh, the more I starts to understands him better. He may come across as a blowhard and like god; but I have to admit some of things he had said seems to be true. All you have to do is gather the facts to what he says. Just do your research and see for yourself.

I have to admit, I would loves to have his popularity with my blogs as well. I would like to have as many followers as he have.

Some people may thinks that I too can be a blowhard at times. Some people may even wondered if I actually knows what I’m talking about; since I’m no expert. Some people may wondered if I too thinks that I am god.

Well I’m not god and I’m no expert. I just have plenty of opinions about things that I happens to write about. I’m not saying that you have to believe everything I say. I just wants you to enjoy what I write. If you happens to believe more power to you.

I can’t fix the world’s problems; but I can at least shares my opinions with others.

I can only hope that is Rush Limbaugh’s motives as well. I don’t believe everything he says; but he is entertaining. It does seems that most of what he says seems to come true.

May that also happens to me as well.

Rush Limbaugh isn’t god; even though I, at one time felt that he saw himself as god. He is just a man, a celebrity. He’s an entertainer.

We have some similarities with each other. We’re both Conservative Republicans. We both have blogs out there to share our opinions with the world. He is just more famous than I am.

One thing, I think we both can agree on is: you have the rights to thinks for yourself. You can either agree or disagree with us.

Those on the Left don’t agree with that. They get angry if you don’t agree with them. They calls you derogatory, hateful, hurtful names. They are against us being free thinkers, like in the book, “1984”. They are against Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Speech.

If they had their ways, people like Rush Limbaugh and I will not be able to profit with our opinions. They will shut us up or may even have us killed. They may even try to censor us.

So if you like Rush Limbaugh; I hope that you can come to like me as well. Even if you don’t like us, you have that rights too. This is still a free country.

President Trump is wanting to keep America free too!

Happy Halloween to all my readers out there(ha,ha,ha)!

As you can see I love dressing up for Halloween. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays.

Some Christian church leaders may frown on this. They see Halloween as Satan worshipping.

I’m not going into that in this blog this time around; but I’m not saying I won’t down the road. I’m just going to keep it light and humorous for a change.

To me, Halloween is one of the most fun time for kids and adults alike. I mean, the idea of playing dress up is so much fun. (You probably didn’t knew this but it was my dream to be an actor in Hollywood, before Hollywood had gotten too weird and gone over to the dark side and became the Far Left.)

What kids doesn’t love getting candies and lots of it?

I could remember the fun I had on Halloweens throughout my life so far.

Plus more kids went out trick and treating for Halloweens than what they seems to do now. Now it seems they just goes to the mall instead. As an adults it’s fun to see the costumes the kids are wearing and the joy on their faces as you hand out candies.

It just seems because of all the scary stuff going on in the world today, kids aren’t trick and treating as much anymore. I can understand that. The world is becoming scary. You never know what people would do on Halloween.

If parents did their jobs; Halloween can still be fun and safe for our kids.

Even though both my parents worked, they made sure that we were safe on Halloween as well. I remembered when we were done trick and treating, my mother would goes through the candies stash we got to make sure that they were safe to eat. She would make sure that there was no open candies, and stuff like that.

As a kid, I think that she had an ulterior motives as well. She was going through to pick out her favorite candy as well.

There was some Halloween that it was raining out. I even remembered snow on Halloween.

My last year that I went trick and treating was when I was 12 years old and in the 6th grade. We were living on the farm and my mother took us 2 youngest kids into Hawley to trick and treat, while she visit with our grandmother.

Some of the costumes that I wore throughout Halloweens were amazing. As I kid, I would dress up as Superman for Halloween. My favorite superhero.

When I went to college, I went to a few Halloween parties where I dress up. In this blog, I will give you some ideas of costumes that I worn so far in my life.

Way back in college, I dressed up as a caveman. I was skinnier and the costume was short, so when I bent over, a person could see my shorts.

I even dressed up as a person from the 50’s. I wore jeans with white t-shirt, black wig, and sunglasses.

I can’t remembered all the costumes I worn because it was too many.

Back in 2008, I dressed up like Obama. I worn the mask of his liking along with a blue suit. I heard someone say that that was the best costumes ever. I went to a Halloween party dress like that; and the people just loved it.

One time I dress up as a prisoner with the prison costume and all. I was working at Kmart at the time, and the manager just didn’t get it. I was making a statement at the time. Halloween was a time for me to make a statement.

I even dressed up as a slave and I used my Kmart id number as my slave number. Once again the manager just didn’t get it.

In 2016, I dressed up as Donald Trump. I wore his mask along with a suit. I think I had gotten more negative comment with that costume than I did with Obama, go figured.

If you remembered last year, I dressed up as a doctor for Halloween. That costume was just perfect since I work at Sanford. I had people calling me doctor at work.

I would even sometimes decorate for Halloween; not as much as Christmas though.

I try to make sure that I have candies for Halloween just in case I get anyone going trick and treating, and if I happened to be home. Living in an apartment, there isn’t many who goes out trick and treating like when I was a child.

I miss those days of innocence. I still likes dressing up and I will probably do it until I can’t do it anymore.

In a way, Halloween is almost like those on the Far left who feels that they are entitled to things. Like the joke goes, “Trick or treat! I’m entitled to your candies.”

Like in the Steven King movie, “Storm of the Century,” “give me what I want and I will go away.”

So when they comes trick and treating welcome them with candies for their pumpkins or bags. Don’t put anything in the candies that will harm the kids. Don’t ruin Halloween for them. Don’t take away their innocence!

I may not like going out to late after dark if I don’t have to anymore; but I still love Halloween and dressing up for it. I know that I will wear this costume to work on Halloween in the daytime. Who knows maybe I will wear it that evening when I work at the my other job as well.

Be safe this Halloween! May you get plenty of treats. Have fun, because that is what Halloween is all about, having fun. You are never too old to have fun on Halloween. I don’t care what age you are. Some even decorate their car or their place.

Have a Ghoulish time!!!

For those who may wondered how or why Trump was elected; or about those crazies on the Far Left, I’m here to hopefully explain this to you.

I believe that it started way back with Pres. Nixon.

First of all if you remembered your history, you would know that there was a heavy protest on our college campus against the Vietnam War. Some of these Liberals today were possibly protesting on campus and possibly doing drugs and smoking pots.

Another thing that hurt Pres. Nixon was the Watergate scandal. I won’t go into that too much because that is a whole different blog. All I will say that the American people was starting to get upset with our government at that time. Not much was able to be done at that time though.

The reason for that was because of the baby boomer and the older generation wasn’t up to changing Washington.

Now I’m a Generation X. I just missed being a baby boomer by a year. So I can relate very easily with the baby boomer.

The Generation X was responsible for starting the change. They just couldn’t get enough support because of the older generation; who held the country back. It wasn’t until the Millennial came around and the older generation started dying off before any real changes started to happens.

I just had to give you this information to help you see where I’m coming from. Now back to the real reason for this blog.

Pres. Nixon resign as President right on my birthday, Aug. 9, 1974; and Gerald Ford took over as President. Now Ford never stood a chance to be the kind of President he could had been. I mean, Nixon, the Watergate, and the Vietnam War hurt him.

So in 1976, Jimmy Carter was elected President. I won’t go into too much about him because I will save it for another blog once he die. All I will say is this: Carter was different than what they had in Washington.

President Carter only served one term and I will explain that in a different blog. In 1980, Ronald Reagan was elected President. Reagan was anti-establishment and a Republican. He was the reason I became a Republican in 1984. He gave the Generation X a voice in Washington for the change that is happening now. He was the last great Republican president. Reagan served 2 terms.

Yet, Washington still wasn’t ready for it. Both the Republicans and the Democrats fought against it and Pres. Reagan. So in 1988, the first George Bush was elected president. He only was elected because he rode in on Reagan’s coattails. Yet he was the old school Washington establishment. He only served one term though.

What hurt him and was thorn in his side was Ross Perot. Even though he was a third party candidate, he took in more vote than expected. Because of all that Bill Clinton was elected President in 1992.

During all this Generation X was growing up and becoming a big part of making a change in Washington. Whereas the older generation was starting to die off.

I remembered as kid growing up, my step-dad would always say, “United States is due for another Civil War. The American people is going to get so fed up with our Federal Government, high taxes, and high regulations.”

In 2000, George W. Bush was elected President. I’m here to tell you that I didn’t vote for him. I voted for Elizabeth Dole instead. The Established Republicans was afraid of her for some reason. They were so determined to nominate George W. Bush. They wanted to keep their power and control.

For those who don’t know this, the Tea Party movement was started under George W. Bush.

In 2008, Obama was elected president on the idea of change. He knew that America wanted a change . He even promised that change; even though it was different than what we actually wanted.

This Republican voted for Obama in both of his election. I didn’t much care for McCain or Romney. They represented the old establishment.

Finally in 2016, Trump came along with the slogan, “Make America Great Again!” I have to admit, I was afraid of him at first. I wanted Ben Carson. I came around to vote for Trump and I’m glad that I did.

He is draining the swamp in Washington. The news media and the Democrats doesn’t much care for him because of what he is doing for this country. He is only doing what the people wants.

He doesn’t play by the rules in Washington!

Now because of Pres. Trump, we have these Far Left on the Democrats side. They are pure nut jobs. They want to destroy America; by making it into being a Socialist country. They want to take away our freedom and all of our rights as American citizen.

If you don’t agree with them they will attack you with hateful words and action. They don’t think that we have the rights to think for ourselves. Anyone who voted and supported Trump is called derogatory names. They will even spit on us and throw things at us. They call us racist and a bunch of rednecks.

The more they attack us and try to impeach Trump, the more I will vote for him. The more they keep this up, I will never vote for a Democrat again.

So what is happening right now in America; you could say that my step-dad was right. I’m just glad that he isn’t alive to see it. He would be laughing at these Democrats. I believe that he would approve of Pres. Trump; even though he was an Independent voters, who usually voted for the Democrats.