Did you know that bee venom counteracts the debilitating symptoms of diseases like multiple sclerosis and arthritis?  When sufferers feel their mobility diminishing, they grab a bee and give themselves a good sting.

No one likes getting stung by a bee!  It’s very painful.

As you can see though a good bee sting can be very helpful.

Two weeks ago I talked about the government getting a much needed sting.  These career politicians doesn’t much care for it either.  They are still fighting it and fighting Pres. Trump.  Even the fake news media don’t like this sting that Trump is giving them.

Then last week I talked about the church as whole needing a good sting.  I mentioned that the Pharisees didn’t much like it when Jesus pointed out their errors to them.  The Catholic Church didn’t much care for what Martin Luther pointed out to either them either.  I’m sure that some of these religious leaders of today didn’t much care for my last week blog either.

The truth hurts!

Well, this week, we as individual needs a good sting to shake us up a little.  We want to live life to the fullness.  We want to have fun with no cost at all.  We all thinks that we are going to live forever.  We don’t want think about dying or getting sick.  I’m no exception!

While we are in our 20’s we want to party and live it up.  I’ve done my share of partying.  We will eat the unhealthiest food.  Lots of junk food!!  We don’t think about getting health insurance, because it’s farthest thing from our minds.  It’s not until we are ready to settle down do we think about health insurance.

My step-dad used to chew Copenhagen.  When he noticed a spot on his lips, it scared him.  That was when he quit chewing cold turkey.  He was afraid of getting cancer of the lips.

I had a health scare few years ago during the summer I was working at Concordia College.  I was at a day labor place when I had a horrible pain in my lower back.  I couldn’t sit or stand still.  So I ended up going to the emergency room; which at the time was downtown.  Since I was not far, I walk there and was glad that there was no train.  I found out while there that I had kidney stones.  The weirdest thing is, just a few short years before that, my sister Barb died of cancer, that was found in her back by her chiropractor. It became a health scare for me and my family.  At first, the thought of cancer came to mind.  After finding out that I had kidney stones, I had cut back on drinking soda pops.  I used to drink quite a bit.  Then I cut back and lost few pounds.

The year that my mother had passed away, I took a trip out West to Washington.  I had flown that time.  I was in a car accident coming down Mount Rainer.  If it wasn’t for the seat belt I was wearing, along with the air bags and my mother’s spirit; I probably wouldn’t be here today.

Now to this day I make sure I put my seat belt on when I get in a car.  I never thought much of this before.

That accident was a wake-up call for me. Just like the first time I discovered I had kidney stones.  It was like a bee sting to shake me up a little.

Believe me, I have been stung by bees more than once in my life.  They are very painful.  They are worst than a needle.

The year I was turning 50  years old, I came to another realization that got me thinking about my health.  You see, my mother was 50 years old when she discovered she had heart trouble.

The wake-up call I had.  The good sting I had was this.  I had an uncle who made it to be 82 years old as of last year. He was my mother’s brother and he outlived his siblings.  I also have an aunt on my real father’s side, Aunt Ida, who is in her 90’s.  I don’t know if she is still alive right now; but that’s beside the points.

Seeing this longevity in my family; even though most had died young, I came to a realization.  It was almost like a good sting; which I very much needed.  I too can live longer than my mother, who was about 72 and my real father, who was 68 when they died.  All I have to do is change my eating habits and start eating healthier. I decided to lose some weight. I started cooking with olive oil, I started drinking less coffee and more tea,  I even cut back on eating bread.  I’m not saying it’s easy to go on this diet, by no mean.  Believe me, I struggle daily.

There’s some people who still doesn’t want to look at the signs and change their diet.  They want to keep on eating the junk.  They figured the doctor will prescribe a pill for them and they will be alright.

My step-dad was on the border of diabetes and he still would eat his candies up until before he died.

I know someone who also is diabetic and is now in assisted living.  He will drinks his diet pop thinking it’s alright.  He would eat junk and sometimes even not take his medications at the proper time.

Few weeks ago, I had another scare.  This time it affected my left knee.  I felt something pop and couldn’t walk.  It was my ligament in the knee that pop.  Luckily it wasn’t too serious.  I was able to see my chiropractor and he was able to help me.  For a few days I had to used a cane that was my step-dad.

I came to a conclusion, I’m much too young to feel that damn old.  So now I’m pushing ever harder to eat healthier.  I’m starting to eat more organic, fruits, vegetables, and now even more salads.

This person I know who now in assisted living, needs to take advantage of his support system.  He needs to set a goal for himself.

I think because I have set goals for myself and have a good support system out there to help, I believe I can do it.  I just need to lean on my support system.  Like I said sticking to a diet and trying to eat healthier isn’t easy.

Like I said earlier in this blog, we all need a good sting to shake us up a little.  Believe me, I had my share of stings.  If you get stung enough time; hopefully eventually you will change your habits and start living right.

It’s all up to you!  You can choose to keep on doing what you are doing and hope that a doctor can cure you or you can change your habits.  So far, I’m healthy and I want to keep it that way.

It’s not  just diet that will give us a good sting.  It can be anything.

Sometimes when people comes to accept the Lord, they are at their lowest.  They feel that they can’t handle it anymore so they either commit suicide or they find Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.

My question to you?  Do you need a good sting?  Do you need a little shake up?  Do you want to change your ways and start living and eating right?

It’s up to you!!  No one else can make that decision for you.  No one can make you eat healthy.  No one can change your life spiritually.  No one can make you give up your bad habits.  It’s your choice!!

I don’t want to get religious with this blog.  I just hope that if this blog speak to anyone that you will come to your own decision of starting to live right and eat healthy before it’s too late.

Not easy to do it alone.  Take my words for it.  I’m glad for my support system.  That is why there is support groups out there to help you with whatever you need help with.  Don’t be afraid to take advantage of the support that is out there.

Remember last week I talk about the government needing a good sting?  Well this week it’s time for the church as whole to get a good sting.

Today is Easter Sunday.  The day that Jesus Christ had risen!

One of the commands that he made was to go out and make disciples among all nations.  This is where our religious leaders fail at.  They thinks only reaching people of their own kinds.  They don’t want to go to reach the unclean.  They are afraid that it might rub off on them.

During Jesus’ days, He called the Pharisees hypocrite.  I believe that He would call the religious leaders of today hypocrite also.

Jesus told the parables of the Good Samaritan.  The religious leader just walk on the other side to avoid the man injured and needing help.  It was the Samaritan who actually did help.

Apostle Peter had a vision about eating something unclean.  In Acts 10:15, “The voice spoke to him a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”

We can take that same message to heart today.  When God calls us to go someplace that we may find unsuitable, we must go.  Yet some of these religious leaders doesn’t wants any part of it.  They are so afraid of catching something unclean.

We mustn’t judge others.  Yet these religious leaders judge others unjustly.  Some will not step foot inside a bar because they see drinking as sin.  What would Jesus do? He would go wherever the people are, no matter what.

Remember, Jesus came not just for the healthy; but for those who are sick and needs a Savior.  He sheds His blood for us all.  He said on the cross, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”

Remember Martin Luther who started the Lutheran Church?  He came about the reformation because he was upset with the leadership in the Catholic Church.

He did the works of Jesus Christ.

The Pharisees in Jesus’ days looked for ways to do away with Him because they didn’t like what he was saying about them.  The same group of people also went after John the Baptist and the other disciples as well.

Today’s so-called religious leaders are quick to judge others.  Instead reaching out to them and sharing the Gospel, they are condemning others.  Jesus never condemn us!

I have to admit there was a time I felt like the leaving the church.  I still believed in God, I was just upset with the religious leaders.  One was a pastor, who came across as being self-righteous.  I had this big problems with these self-righteous people who felt that they thinks that they are so perfect.  They felt that they have the authority to judge others because they don’t like what you say.

I have to admit, I’m not perfect.  I’m far from it.  I make plenty of mistakes.  One thing though, God isn’t through with me yet.  He is still working in my life, if I let Him.

I’m not saying we’re not to steer them right, just don’t judge them.

Like Jesus said, “Don’t try to pull a stick out of someone else eyes with a speck in your own eyes.”

Yet these so-called religious leaders in Jesus’ days and even today are doing that.

No what is keeping young people out of the church?  It’s these religious leaders judgmental attitude.

They are playing religion.  Jesus doesn’t wants us to play religion.  He wants us to be real with Him.

There is nothing worst than someone playing religion.  The Pharisees was playing religion.  They were playing God.

There are people today who are playing religion.  They are playing God.  That is one thing that turns me off from religion as a whole.  I know that I’m not alone with that either.  That is why young people are staying clear of church today.  That is why I almost left the church myself.

As Christians we are to love others into the kingdom.  We are not to play God and judge others.  “Judge not, lest ye be judge.”

I know a few people who is playing religion.  They are quick to judge others even for some of things they say or do.

Some of these people may not wants this blog out there.  Then again, the Pharisees truly didn’t want Jesus to speak the truth to what they were doing.  That was why they crucified Him.

The leaders in the Catholic Church didn’t much wanted the truth out either.  I’m sure there will be people that will not want this out either.

Like I said last week, the government got a much needed sting first by the tea party and now from Pres. Trump; and they truly don’t care about it.  They are fighting it.

Jesus gave the Pharisees a good sting that they didn’t wanted.  Martin Luther gave the leaders in the Catholic church a much needed sting that they didn’t want.

The church as a whole needs a good sting to shake them up a little.

If this sound likes a sermon, I apologized.  It’s time the church get a much needed sting.  It’s time we stop playing religion and be more Christlike.

Jesus was seen with the lowest of the low.  I believed if he was here in person today, He would still be with the lowest of the low and the religious leaders still wouldn’t like it.  I think why the Pharisees didn’t like it, was because Jesus shown them something that they weren’t proud of themselves. No one like seeing the truth about themselves.  It makes them cringe in disgust.

So don’t go calling someone unclean, that God already made clean.  It’s not our job to condemn.

If the Lord call you to go someplace where you may feel uncomfortable ask the Lord to help you.

I’m excited for churches who is going out where the people are to reach out to them, by sharing the gospel.  But those who are playing God, I have my problems with you.  Quit playing religion!  Quit being so self-righteous!  Jesus will probably say the same thing.

Remember, Jonah didn’t wanted to go to Nineveh.  He felt that they should be destroyed.

Thank God, that God didn’t feels the same way about us.  Jesus died on the cross to forgive us of our sins.

The Government is in the process of getting a good sting right now folks.

President George W. Bush made an attack on Pres. Trump recently.  He had the galls to speak bad of Trump.  Doesn’t he realize that he was the worse president since Jimmy Carter?  Doesn’t he realize that under him, the tea party was formed?

The tea party started under him because they weren’t too happy with the job he was doing as President.  From the way he handled the war against terrorist to his wasteful spending.  He turned that war into another Vietnam and Korea.  A war that was never really won.

The original tea party was the start of the Revolution war. The colonialist were fed up with the taxation by the King of England at the time. So they form a little tea party, in which they stormed the British merchant boat and threw overboard the tea from England.  It started in Boston, Mass.

Growing up, my step-dad  would always say this country is gearing up for another revolution. The American people is becoming fed up  with our corrupt government.

The bad things is, our founding father, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were afraid that this would happen too.

Our government wasn’t suppose to get this big.  Our politicians were not suppose to make a career out of being in Washington.  They were suppose to serve their terms and go back home.  The Federal Government was suppose to overlook everything and protect the nation.  It was the state government’s job to govern the people.

Like I said, the tea party started under Pres. George W. Bush; but they really made headway under Obama.

The only reason why Obama was elected both times was because the American people wasn’t too happy with the Established Republicans candidate, McCain and Romney.

The only reason why McCain got the nomination was because Guilanni just gave up for some reason and Obama was able to tell the people what they wanted to hear.

In 2012, I was looking at Herman Cane as the possible Republican candidate for President.  Well, the Established Republicans and the fake news media really attacked him hard.  They didn’t care for his tax plan.

Then the last Presidential election, none of the established republicans could pull out a win during the primary.  They couldn’t stop Trump.  The top 4 candidate were not part of the establishment: Trump, Ben Carson, Rubio, and Ted Cruz.

In our selfish culture, the poor are often despised, locked out of equal access and opportunity, and kept poor by governmental systems that make it more profitable to abandon the family rather than reunite it.

The democrats but some republicans wants to keep the poor under the government system and control.  By doing that they can manipulate them to vote for them and keeps them in office.  They just enjoyed that power that comes from being in Washington.  By keeping the poor, poor and uneducated, they can easily manipulated them.  They think that we are too stupid to know any better.

Pres. Reagan fought hard to less government, against opposition on both sides and the fake news media.  This is what Trump is also trying to do as well.

Today’s democrats are socialist and would not approve of John F. Kennedy.

Mitch McConnell wants Trump to endorse Romney for senator of Utah.  I hope Trump doesn’t do it.  Romney never endorsed Trump.

McConnell needs to retire and take all his so-called cronies with him like: Paul Ryan and North Dakota senator John Hoeven.

The Established Republicans isn’t the only party that has candidates that needs to go, so does the democrats.  Here are a few that needs to go: Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Elizabeth Warren, and Colin Peterson, to name a few.

I hope that Trump keeps his words and fight for term limits for our congressman and senators.  They both should have 2 four years terms only.

They need to eliminate these big payoffs by the lobbyist to these politicians.  They are being bought off by whoever, from corporation to oil company to whatever else.  They enjoyed that power that comes with being there.  How else can they afford more than one mansion in more than their home state?

At least Harry Reid finally did the right thing and finally step down.

Sen. John McCain, who is dying of cancer should do the right thing and just step down to spend his remaining days with his family.  He loves that power so much!!

There is a shake up going on in Washington.  They are getting a good sting.  May Pres. Trump give it to them hard and don’t  let up until he cleaned up the swamp.

This is only part one of needing a good sting.  The government is finally getting their sting that they need.  Another revolution is coming like my step-dad had predicted will happen when the American people finally have had  enough.

Stay tune next week for part 2 of needing a good sting.  That one will go after the church as a whole, organized religion.  This will be in honor of Easter.

As you already probably know, former Governor George Sinner had passed away at age 89.  His funeral was on Friday.  The fake news media, the Democrats, and maybe even his family may not want the whole truth out about him when he was governor and before.  They only tell one side of the story.

As Paul Harvey would say, “Here is the rest of the story.

They say that he was North Dakota best Governor.  I wouldn’t say that he was the best; but he wasn’t the worse either.

The best North Dakota Governor was Ed Shaffer so far.  Shaffer had done more for  North Dakota than Sinner.  It was because of Shaffer, we had the surplus.

My family has connection with the Sinners.  The Hegers were neighbor with the Sinner’s family in Casselton, ND.  I remember, on Memorial Day weekend, when my mother would goes to the cemetery to put wreath on her folks grave.  She also would stop by her old home place.  She even showed us where the Sinners had their farm; which wasn’t far from her old home place.

One of George Sinner’s brother was Father Richard Sinner.  When Richard Sinner was a youngster, he was somewhat involved with my Aunt Rosella, my mom’s sister.  They were about the same age, give and take.

Can you imagine if they would had gotten together, how the Hegers and the Sinners would had been related?

Instead, Richard Sinner went to seminary and became a priest; while George Sinner was in seminary and left, got married and entered the political realm.

George Sinner came from a big family and him and Jane had a big family.

I remember another time while at the Casselton cemetery, on Memorial Day, my mother introduced me to Father Sinner.  They talked like the old days.

In the Fall of 1984, while at NDSU, I met George Sinner while he was running for Governor.  I was a college Republican.  It was like he recognized my family name and our political difference was not the issue.  We just had that connection.

My mother admired the Sinners; but she had no respect for Governor Dahlrimple, who was also from Casselton.  She told me that he was the neighborhood bully.  They lived on the other side of the railroad crossing and opposite side where the Hegers and the Sinners lived.

George Sinner may been good for the farmers in the state.

Another thing my mother told me was that Father Sinner was a real party animal, for being a priest and all.  He loved his alcohol and his women.

Now back to George Sinner as governor.

Both him and his brother, Father Sinner were responsible of bringing in the illegal immigrants from Mexico.  They brought them in to work their farms.  This wasn’t talk much about by the fake news media, and you all know why.

Before the end of his terms as Governor, George Sinner had a chance to outlawed abortion in the state of North Dakota and close the only abortion clinic that was in Fargo.  All he had to do was sign the bill. He never did and chose not to.  Since not signing the abortion bill, George Sinner health started failing while in office.  His political career also came to a crashing halt as well.

Some may wondered, how can a Catholic and family man support abortion.  He went to the seminary to become a priest; so he should had known the right thing to do.  His brother was a priest.  He, himself, had around 10 kids.  What was he thinking by not signing the abortion bill that would make abortion illegal in the state?

I felt because he went against God’s will, God punished him for it.  It was shortly after not signing the bill, that he had a light stroke.  He may not see it that way.

Throughout the Bible there are examples of God punishing those who did not obey the will of God.  Samson was not to give away his secret for his strength.  Saul kept some of the loot when he was suppose to get rid of it.

This past election, I did vote for the George Sinner that ran for state office in my precinct.  Even though I was Republican.

I’m not anti-George Sinner, by no mean.  That is why I titled this blog, “George Sinner: Saint or Sinner.”

Even though I’m a Republican, George Sinner will always have a special place in my heart.  I may not agree with them politically.  But my family has this connection with the Sinners that goes back to when my mother was a child and her family lived in Casselton.

There had always been bullies throughout history. Now we even have cyberbully.

First, you must understand, bullies are victims themselves.  Either they have been victimized at home or otherwise.  Bullies would pick on someone smaller or weaker than themselves.  Someone who is not able to fight back themselves.

If you can stand up to a bully, they’ll back down.  They don’t like it when you stand up to them.  It means that they cannot control you like they want.

Bullies are similar to emotional vampire.  They just drain you dry emotionally.  You just try to avoid them every chance you get.  Sometimes it is hard.

Some have said that Simon Cowell was a bully when he was the judge on American Idol.  I say that he was just being truthful.  Those trying out for those musical talent show needs to hear the truth, before they get out into the real world.

The fake news media says that Pres. Trump is a bully.  I say he is not.  He is just speaking the truth.  We need to hear the truth.  We need a strong leader to stand up against our enemies.

Now with the prominent of social media, we have what you may call cyberbully.  Cyberbully are actually cowards.  Through social media they can say whatever they want without the fear of repercussion.  They probably don’t dare do it to the person face.

The latest news story involved cyberbully and the story of “the stick man in Wisconsin.”  These young girls used the internet and a made up story to lure an unsurpassing victim to be nearly killed.

Since I’m heavily involved with the social media with my blogs, I know that I need to watch out for cyberbullies myself.  I know what it is like to be bullied.  I needs to have a thick skin.

Just like on Facebook, you have to watch what you say.  What you say could be misconstrued.  You don’t want to say the wrong things on Facebook or any social media.  It’s a good thing but it can also be a bad thing.

When I was writing my blog on “The casting couch,”  that was tough for me to keep from letting it get personal.  I have a story I would love to share but how would some people take it.  It could help somebody.  At the same time, I could faced being bullied.  I have to work up the courage or not.  If my readers would want to hear my stories, please me know in your comments.

Let us look at all these school shootings out there lately.

A lot of these shooters were bullied themselves while school.  The shooters in Columbine, Colorado, were victims of bullies.  They just had enough of being bullied; so they fought back.  And they took a lot of innocent lives with them.

These school shooters were either victims of bullies or they have a form of mental illness.

I’m not going to delve too much on the topic of mental illness; because that is another blog altogether.

Back to watching out for cyberbully, it matters to me what people thinks.  I have been lucky so far, the comments I have received were pretty much good comments.  I love the attention.

That is the same with bullies.  They just strive for attention. They crave it.  They don’t know any other ways to get it but by acting out.

When a man is abusive to his wife or girlfriend, he doesn’t know any better.  They grew up in that type of environment.  They were probably abused themselves or witnessed it.

Women who are victimized by abusive spouse; it’s hard for them to escape.  They don’t know any other ways to live.  They also either seen abused or were abused as children.

More and more lately, the fake news media and the Democrats are talking about gun control.  I won’t go too much into this subject because that is another blog.  All I will say to them is this:  gun control is not the answer to end these school shootings.

You didn’t hear much school shootings when I was in school.  Even though there was bullies.

How we can combat bullies in our schools and other places is first learn to stand up to them.  If you can’t stand up to them, we need to find ways to help the victims of bullies.  We need to let them know somehow that they are loved.  We need to help the victims of bullies by also letting them know that they are loved.

If you happened to see someone being bullied in person or on Facebook, or other social media; say something.  Tell them that what they are doing isn’t nice but they are still loved.  Stand up for those who cannot stand up for themselves.

I maybe a known as a rebel at work right now; but I’m only learning to stand up for myself and the mistreatment of bad management.

My mom’s favorite song was, “Don’t laugh at me”, by Mark Wills.  Don’t laugh at those who are being bullied.  Stand up for them instead.

I’m not saying that you have to fight these bullies.  If you show signs of standing up to them, they will back down.  They don’t like it when victims stand up to them.

If you are dealing with an emotional vampire, stand up to them too.  I know a few emotional vampire too.

Don’t let these bullies get the better of you.  No one deserve to be bullied; not even bullies.

I have to admire Taylor Swift.  She may get a bad rap by the fake news media but she stands up to them.  She even write songs to stand up to them.  One of her song was titled, “Mean”.

Hollywood has always been weird but it just seems to be more weirder now.  It’s the home of all the fruits and nuts. And I don’t mean the kind you eat either.

Years ago, Hollywood was more conservative.  Even the movies that were made were better quality with better storylines.

It seems that those in Hollywood is very Liberal; almost to the point of being Leftist.

Tonight is the night of the Oscars.  Movies that are usually nominated for an Oscar or even win, you never really hear much about.  It seems like those crazies used the Oscar stage as their platform to air out their grievance.

Even with the technology, they  can’t seems to make movies as great.  Sure they have special effects; but they miss out on telling a story.

Let us take a look at the Cecil DeMille biggest movie ever, “The Ten Commandment”, starring Charleston Heston.  That movie was wonderfully made.  Well our Leftist people in Hollywood had to redo that movie.  Let me tell you, they destroyed it. Cecil DeMille was more accurate with the Ten Commandment to the Bible story version.

I never seen the James Cameron’s Titanic movie.  The reason why, I saw it as a remake.

Usually box-office movies doesn’t seems to win Oscars.  The movies that usually win are movies that not many heard of.  Especially now more than in the past.

Don’t get me wrong at times there are good movies out there that should get Oscar recognition.  The best box office movie I seen that actually won an Oscar was the Lord of the Ring.  It was well written, everything was good with the picture.

There was one small movie that was also very awesome. That movie was “The Help.”  It didn’t win an Oscar for best picture but it should have.  I’ve seen that movie and enjoyed it very much.  Even though it was based in the ’60s, it was true today.

Once in awhile a good movie is made.  It’s becoming far and between.  It seems that there are more remake of good movies than ever before.  Like they don’t have a creative mind of their own. When they remake a good movie, they ended up ruining it.  They are even remaking old TV shows and turning them into movies,  By doing that they ended up destroying the movies.

I’m not going to continue nitpicking because I could go for a long time.  There is more to talk about how weird Hollywood had become.

I do want to mention the old John Wayne’s movie, “Rio Grande.”  That was very good.  Well they went ahead and remade it. Just like the old Planet of the Apes movies.  The original ones were awesome.  The remake not so good.

It’s hard to find a good movies now days that you would want to see.  When you see a movie, you need popcorns and pop.  The movies are made so bad lately.  You are being cheated.  Not only was the movie bad; so was the popcorn and the pop was watered down.

Sometimes the preview is better than the movie.  I remember seeing the “Village.”  It was produced by the same person who produced “Sixth Sense.”  Now the “Sixth Sense” was a good movie.  The “Village” on the other hand was a let down.

When I was a child I had this dream of going to Hollywood, not only to be a singer, but also an actor.  Yes, you can say to be a part of the “fruits and nuts” of Hollywood.

They talked about the great earthquake that will eventually break California off from the United States.  With all those crazies out there, it wouldn’t be so bad.  It will be good riddance.

When I wrote about the casting couch last year.  Those in Hollywood seems to forget that it was the norm for producers and directors to sleep with the stars.  They are just coming out with the “me-too” things?

Sometimes, these stars become too big for their britches.  When they are  caught doing something illegal, they screamed, “Do you know who I am?”  They want special treatment just because they are a celebrity.  Why should they?  Why should they be treated better?  If you commit the crime, you face the punishment.

Don’t get wrong, sometimes some of the causes they stand up for I agree with.

As I said in past blogs, the only reason why this “me-too” came up is because is they are upset that Donald Trump was elected President.  They think that Hillary would saved them.  They seems to forget what Old Bill Clinton did when he was President. Where was Hillary?  She sure wasn’t supporting the victims.  Instead, she stood by Bill and called the victims tramp, so to speak.

Now these Leftist wants to get Oprah to runs for President; especially after her statement during the Golden Globe.

Years ago it was ok to be a Republican and a Conservative.  Now days you are shun if you are one.  Tim Allen lost his show, “Last Man Standing” because of him voting for Trump.  Now Hollywood doesn’t want much to do with him.  He is just one of the few.

I’m surprised that Roseanne is returning to television.  Since she had supported Trump for President.

Tonight is the Oscars.  I’ll watch it but not to see who will win. I couldn’t care less since I haven’t seen any of the movies that are nominated.  The only reason I will watch it is to see what these Leftist has to say next.

They say that they want to help the people but yet they lives in their glass house and you better not attack them.  They will cry foul if you do.  They’ll say, “do as I say not as I do.”  They’re not willing to give up what they have.  They expect the common folks to do that.  They want their cake and eat it too.

They have been fighting for a flood diversion ever since the flood of ’97.

That flood wipe out Grand Forks along with the fire.  Because of that flood, the Federal Government bailed them out and built a diversion flood wall.

Does the city of Fargo expect the same things from the Federal Government?

During that flood, the mayor of Grand Forks wasn’t very well prepared for it; so they deserved to be flooded out. It was poor city planning on their part.

The only reason Fargo didn’t get flooded out then was because at the time Dennis Walecker works for the Fargo streets.  He knew what to do to prepare for the flood.  That was why he was the right choice for mayor when he ran.  He will be remembered.

The idea of the Federal Government paying for the diversion, I disagree with.  Why should the Federal Government pay for everything.  That is why we have the debts we have.  North Dakota had a huge surplus because of the oil boom.  What happened to it?  They just sat on it.

The city of Fargo wasn’t hurting themselves either.  They tax property owner through the nose.  They are finally fixing up downtown thanks to Doug Burgum.

The city of Fargo is doing better financially than Moorhead.  All because of better city planning.  I mentioned this before when Moorhead lost out after businesses were allowed to be open on Sunday in North Dakota.

They even voted for special tax votes and still nothing.

If I was in Washington, I would say you got the money, come up with a good plan that will benefit all people not just a few.  The Federal Government will not help.  You weren’t flooded out.

Once again it’s that entitlement thing.  They feel that the Federal Government owes them.  That is not true!

The battle over the flood diversion goes very deep.

Have you ever been down by Oxbow and Hickson?  I have!  Let me say this, “on one side of the road it’s the rich side and the other is the poor side.”  You know which side is which.  It’s seem very strange and comical.

The only reason why Oxbow wanted the flood diversion is because they can get a new club house  and golf course out of it.  They didn’t care what happened to Hickson.  That’s a crying shame!  Where is the justice in that?

Do you know what Jesus would say to them in Oxbow?  You have your rewards.  You’re not willing to think about others who are in the same boat as you.  The people of Hickson deserve protection as well as the people of Oxbow.

As my step-dad would say, “If you build on an old lake bottom, you deserve to be flooded out.”

If you know your history, where the Fargo is, use to be Lake Agazzie.

Just like if you build by a river, expect to be flooded out.  You may think that it may looks very nice.  How is it when it’s floods out?  Not so nice is it?

I understand that the reason for building by the river was because the trade industry.  The city of Fargo had years to prepare from being flooded out.  Yet they done nothing but bicker with one another; in hoping that the Federal Government will finance a flood diversion like they did for Grand Forks.

Now both North Dakota and Minnesota is working together to come up with a workable flood plan.  Both Burgum and Dayton are working together.

Not everyone will be happy though.  You can’t please everyone.

If you build high enough, you will not get flooded.  Down on the farm we were on a hill.  I also remember the summer of ’75.  There was an overland flood in the end of June and the beginning of July.  We were living in West Fargo.  Since we were up higher, we didn’t get flooded.  The entrance way into the trailer court got flooded.

The last few years we have been lucky.  We haven’t got too much snow.  So now is the time to think of getting a diversion built to protect ourselves for the next great flood.

I’m not saying that we should go to the extreme of Noah in Genesis and build an ark.

As the Oak Ridge Boys sang, “It’s going to take a lot of river to wash away.”

If you are going to build on a lake bottom or by a river, you must be prepared to be flooded out. Or else you must finds ways to protect yourself, so that don’t happen.

In the flood of ’97, I was working at the Fargo Country Club and I helped sandbag .

One of the biggest money making business out there is sex trafficking.  It is also illegal and very dangerous.

Sex trafficking is highly profitable and usually where the most money can be made.

When the oil boom hit the western part of North Dakota, so did sex trafficking came in rapidly.

Most recently, when the Super Bowl was played in Minneapolis, MN, sex trafficking also became very prominent there as well.

There is also sex trafficking from other countries.  People are selling themselves just to get a chance to come to the United States.  Even children are victims of sex trafficking; not just here in this country but also abroad.

Amsterdam is one of the biggest European city that really profit from sex trafficking.  Even the Philippine, been know to be apart of the sex trafficking industry.

Now churches are finally getting involved to combat sex trafficking in other countries.  The missionaries are fighting hard against it.  Some are even being killed or tortured because they are hurting their prime source of money.

Children are being sold for sex!  So it’s not just women!

Men can order themselves a bride from other countries on the internet, if they want.  I had women from Russia who would e-mail me, pleading for me to pay for their way into this country.

Even Craig’s list can be used for sex trafficking.

These strip joints out there is just a cover for sex trafficking.  I won’t name them but I’m sure you know who they are.

Whatever your liking it’s out there.  Whatever you prefer, you can find it for a price.

If you like bondage sex, that too is out there.  I won’t go into that because that is a whole different subject.

Some may be surprised that even Fargo, ND has their share of sex trafficking.  Whatever you are into, it’s there.

I remember when I was home sick the time I worked at Concordia College.  I happened to have a talk show on and I noticed them talking about the sex trafficking even in Fargo.  I even found out for those who are into it. there is even young male prostitute selling themselves, to either men or women.

Sometimes when teenagers, both girls and boys run away to bigger city or Hollywood, they will end up selling themselves on the streets just to make money to survive.

Sometimes when the parents had thrown them out and for them to survive, they have to sell themselves.  Some of them were abused at home; so they don’t know any other ways to survive.

When I was a teenager, I would hear stories how people from the Twin City would come up to Fargo and West Acres looking for young teenagers to take back with them.  The advise, I would get was to never go to the bathroom alone.  go with the person you are with and wait outside the bathroom until both are done.

This is why I had a hard time thinking why the Jacob Wetteling  kidnapper  only took Jacob and left witnesses.

Even these child beauty pageant is a form of sex trafficking.  These dirty old men uses them to see what they can get for their pleasures.  Any parents who pushes their kids into the beauty pageant is unfit and abusive as a parent.  They are just as guilty in sex trafficking.

Brooke Shield, herself, said that she regret the route that her mother took for her to become famous.  She admitted that what she went through was a form of sex trafficking.  She would never do that to her kids.

Many young Hollywood stars were used sexually either on the set or by their agents.

Sex trafficking is a dangerous business.  It ruins many young lives.  Some of them would even wind up dead because of an abusive partner.  Many will get AIDS or other sexual transmitted diseases out there.

It’s not just big in this country. It is also a big business in other countries as well.  Countries that is so poor, the sex trafficker will take advantage of these young people to get them to come to the United States.

The big question is: how do we stop it?  How do we protect those caught up in sex trafficking, women, men, young boys, and young girls?

The police has police sting to do what they can, but that only hit a minor part of it.

As I said earlier, the church is finally trying to fight against sex trafficking in other countries.  The bad part is missionaries are either being killed or tortured because of their involvement.  The reason is because they are cutting into the big business of sex trafficking.

Whatever your preference, it’s out there.  It’s not hard to find, if you really want it.

I could go on but I will leave some for another blog.

All I will say is we must end this dirty business of sex trafficking.  We must save our young people from being force to sell themselves, by using their body as a sexual tool.

I wrote a short story on this years ago.  Maybe I will print it for a blog if you guys are interested.

In light of Valentine’s Day coming up this coming Wednesday, Feb. 14, I thought I lighten it up a little.  The men may not be happy of me giving away our secrets; but the women will truly loves reading this blog.

First of all, Valentine’s Day was created by women.  If it weren’t for women, men wouldn’t have anything to do with this holiday.

Valentine’s Day is a sentimental, romantic holiday.

You all heard of  the book, “Men are from Mars and Women from Venus.”  Well, I’m here to tell you that it’s not as difficult as the author wants us to believe.

Us, men would be happy with a cold beer in one hand and a beautiful woman by our side, or riding shotgun. Us, men loves fast cars and fast women. As I said in my blog on breastfeeding, men are pigs.  We have sex on the brain.  We do most of our thinking about women with our organ down below our belt.

Emotions doesn’t come easy for us men.  That is why Valentine’s Day is a women’s holiday.

Men also finds it difficult to ask for help.  Our pride gets in the way.  If we’re lost we will continue driving until we find what we are looking for.

Whatever help we may need, men will not seek it.  By seeking the help, it will only admit to our weakness.  We want to remain strong!

Men will find it difficult to admit being victims of abuse.  Men are taught to be strong from childhood.  They are taught to not show any emotions at all.  The only emotions that is shown is anger, and that is through violence.

When it comes to expressing our feelings to a woman, it is very difficult for us men to do.  I speak from experience here.  I’ve had woman that I was interested in; but I could never expressed my feelings toward them.  Maybe this is why I’m still single, and not for the lack of trying on my part.

I have kissed a few girls in my life.  My first kiss happened when I was 10 years old.  Then when I was 13, and in the seventh grade, I kissed the girl I had a crush on since the 6th grade.  Her name was Janet.

When I was in college, there was an older woman named Susan, who I became friends with.  We went roller skating together, and even held hands.  We ate supper together in the dining hall.  Anyway, bunch of guys in my dorm thought that we had more going on together than what we had.  Men are more apt to fall for peer pressure.  So I did just that, and believe that was the biggest mistake I made.  I lost the best thing in my life.

My real father nickname was, “Whistler’s.”   I, myself cannot whistle.  I guess, you can say I pick up more of my step-dad ‘s traits.

Some may think this was creepy, but my mother thought it was romantic when my step-dad got in her house to say either marry him or she will never see him again.

There were others women I was interested in after Susan.  I’m not going to name them all.  There is one I will mentioned though.  She was the last one as of date. Her name was Danielle.  She lived in my apartment building.  I’ve been to her apartment and she had been to mine.  I’ve gave her a hug because I saw that she needed it.  Believe me, it felt good.  Guys knows what I’m talking about!  I even made Strawberry Margarita and brought her some.  I just couldn’t put my feelings out there to let her know how I felt about her.

When a man loves a woman, he will do anything for her.  Whatever she wants, her man will do what he can to get it for her.

Women has that spell on us guys that way.

Things that men normally wouldn’t like, they will like because of the woman they are trying to win over.  From the music we listen to, to whatever else it may be.

If you ask me, I would say that women are harder to understand.  They are harder to satisfy.  They are more complex than us men.

When a woman asked a man something, she really doesn’t want the truth.  For example: when she asked, “Does this dress make me looks fat?”  Don’t tell her it does when it does.  She will only get mad and may deny you what all men wants.  SEX!!  There I said folks!

So you see, men are not hard to figure out.  Women knows exactly what we truly desired.  It’s you, women that is hard to figure out.  Us guys will do anything for you.

If a woman wants romance for such days as Valentine’s Day, we’ll romance you with chocolate, flowers, etc.

Before I get to the main reason for this blog I have to say, way to go Eagles for winning one for the gipper( Carson Wentz).  He brought you to the playoff and you took it home.  Good job Eagles!!

I also want to say this blogger was prepared to eat his words involving the Minnesota Vikings; but they just choked as usual during the playoff.  They could had made history by being the first team to ever have home field advantage at the Super Bowl.  It would been nice to see.

Now let’s get to the real reason for this blog.

What is this about kneeling to the anthem?  I know that this is a free country.  So you have every rights to do that.  But out of respect for those who fought and died for our freedom, you should stand up during the National Anthem.

I understand the reason for doing it.  I’m not against social injustice.  You are just hurting the NFL organization and yourself by doing it continually.

This is as bad as protester who burned the flag during the Vietnam War.  The American flags stood for freedom and for those who fought for it.

The blacks not the only one who face social injustice.  Those who are poor and white also face social injustice.  You don’t see us disrespecting this country and those who fought for our freedom?

When I was in school, every morning we would say the Pledge to the Allegiance to the flag.  My big question is, do they still do that now in this country?

My answer to that is a big NO.  The ACLU had gotten involved to put a stop to that.

If you don’t like this country and respect those who fought so you can have the freedom you now enjoy.  You can get the hell out!

We stand during the National Anthem out of respect.  The same way those in church stand up for the reading the Word in the Bible.  We do it out of respect.  If you are not willing to do it, as Merle Haggard sang, “You are walking on the fighting side of me.”

The NFL organization had lost a lot of respect and viewers over this and they not taking a right stand for America.

I was never in the military but I was in Cub Scout and so I know about respecting America.  I had relatives and friends who fought or even were in service.  I had a cousin who was killed during the Vietnam War.  I never knew him since I was only about 3 years old.  My hat goes off to all those who fought for our freedom.  I love our military.

I love this country and will gladly stand up for her everyday.  God bless the USA!!

What gets me, if people hate this country so much?  Why do they keep coming here?

They come here for the freedom that we have that they never had in their own country.

While watching the State of the Union, this past Tuesday, it was something to see.  Only the Republicans stood up and chanted USA during Pres. Trump’s speech.  The Democrats just sat there like a lump of coal.  They don’t love this country either.

If Hillary Clinton would had gotten in, the Islamic terrorist would had their flag waving over the White House instead of ours.  If the Islamic terrorist were in control their would be even less social injustice than what it is right now.  They don’t like women to be in control.

The Democrats is UN-America.  Pres. Kennedy would roll over in his grave he knew how bad the Democrats had become.  Kennedy was a Nationalist, like Reagan and now Pres. Trump.

The only reason the Democrats wants the illegal immigrants to come to this country is to get the votes.  A true American would not vote Democrats.

If you hate this country so bad, you can leave!  USA, USA, USA!!

As for me and my family, I will continue standing up during the National Anthem and for the American Flag.

I understand you wanting to take a stand for social injustice.  I’m all for that!  When you are affecting the American flag and those who fought and died for our freedom, that is where I draw the line.  I don’t like the social injustice either.