Oh, Canada - Why, Canada?

 

"Let's face facts. The good people of Canada are more like us than anybody else is. They look like us, talk like us (sort of), and have similar values. I know, for some reason they took a walk on the wild side when they elected Castro's kid as their PM."

Did you smell the smoke the past couple of days? Is the smoke coming down from Canada (again)? Is this going to be our future, that every year when it is a bit dry, the poorly managed forests in Canada go up in smoke? What is wrong with that country? I know, I know. When they look at Old Yeller (our President), they wonder the same about us. 

Oh, to go back in time to the War of 1812. We tried to annex Canada back then, but the British stopped us. I have often thought to re-draw the map of the United States, we would have all the land from the Gulf of Mexico up to the Arctic Circle. However, one exception. I would also have the entire Baja Penisula belong to the USA. All the way down to Cabo.

Let's face facts. The good people of Canada are more like us than anybody else is. They look like us, talk like us (sort of), and have similar values. I know, for some reason they took a walk on the wild side when they elected Castro's kid as their PM. Like us, they have a bunch of liberals in Canada who need to be shown the better way. But many of the folks in the interior of Canada, are just as freedom-loving and God-fearing as our midwestern folks are.

When I was in the Navy, we had an agreement with the Canadian Forces to work together in the profession I was in. I got along simply fine with our Canadian friends. I would tease them, but no more than I teased the Marines who also worked with us. The Canadians would tease us back, and it was all in genuine fun. But when it came to doing the job, they were particularly good.

One more thing about Canada and why they should be a part of us. NATO. They are terrible at pulling their own weight in NATO. Every year, they are way under the 2% goal of GDP for defense. I put that all on Casto's kid. This guy is a goofball. An ideologue. He needs to go back to Cuba.

Speaking of Castro's kid, and the socialists in Canada who follow him - what is up with doctor-assisted suicide? This is making Canada look more like Europe all the time. And what do the faith leaders in Canada have to say about this? Are there any faith leaders in Canada remaining? Watch out America - we might be next! 

Finally, have you noticed where most Canadians live? Bunched up right next to the United States. They might as well be a part of us. We could help them quite a bit. Like, how to manage their forests better. Where Canadian fires would be rare, rather than common. Just an idea - but maybe an idea whose time has come.    

 

 

Student loans - redux...

"Welcome to the world of Joe Biden. Better known these days as "Old Yeller". He is a man who has no regard for the taxpayer. No regard for the rule of law. No regard for his seventh grandchild. He is a piece of work."  

You must give Old Yeller and his merry band of socialists some credit. They never give up, no matter how unconstitutional their quest may be. Just two weeks after the SCOTUS slapped Biden down for doing a no-no with the student loan forgiveness plan, Slow Joe is trying to do an end-around run. 

Biden's so-called Education Secretary, Miguel Cardona (who himself is a piece of work), announced the new plan. What I am about to quote to you, did not come from the Babylon Bee. Seriously, it did not. Cardona is quoted as saying, "By fixing past administrative failures, we are assuring everyone gets the forgiveness they deserve."  They deserve? What about the people that were responsible and paid off their loans? Not only their student loans, their car loans. Their mortgages. Where is their forgiveness, since we now know forgiveness is something we all "deserve"?

I know, I know. I need to ask the question most of us have been asking. Does Biden have ANYONE who is normal and works in his cabinet? I mean, this cabinet is a "who's who" of misfits. Most of them don't have a clue about how to do their job. All of them, do not understand our Constitution. 

This new scheme on how to defraud taxpayers will go down in flames. Trying to be too cute by half, this new "forgiveness" will only apply to those who have been paying on their student loans for 20 to 25 years. 20 to 25 years? For the love of Pete, are they only paying a dollar a week? Only mortgages take that long! 

When this gets struck down, Biden will again blame MAGA Republicans. This term, which Biden would love to turn into an invective, is really another way to say, "responsible patriots who love America". But not in Biden's world. He wants anyone who disagrees with his socialist agenda to be a "J6 insurrectionist". 

Welcome to the world of Joe Biden. Better known these days as "Old Yeller". He is a man who has no regard for the taxpayer. No regard for the rule of law. No regard for his seventh grandchild. He is a piece of work.  

Seeing America - bit by bit

"Then what exactly is an RV summer? It is your home away from home. It is seeing new people, doing new things, and most of all - relaxing. Are we good at this RV thing yet? No, but we are learning new stuff every time we use it. And that - is the name of the game." 

I have mentioned this before. When I was in the work-a-day world, I traveled a lot. Did I mention "a lot"? My joke was I had become very good at recognizing clouds from the top down. I traveled over a million miles just on NWA alone. And that was only one of the many airlines I flew. It was fun for the first 20 years, tolerable for the next 10 years, and dreadful after 9/11. When I retired, I still wanted to travel, but I wanted to see the clouds from the bottom up.

When I retired, my wife and I did our share of travel. Mostly by car (truck), and some by cruise. It was good, lots of novel places. But staying in motels and eating out all the time gave me flashbacks of my flying days. That is when we decided to take a trip off the wide side and join the RV generation.

Were we a bit old to jump into this pool for the first time at our age? Oh, yes. At least, that is what we thought. However, when the oceans of different RVs and others pull into the campground, there is simply a collage of people. All ages, all sizes, from states near and far. What are they driving or pulling? You name it. Just when we think we have seen it all, comes another camping vehicle which we have not seen before. 

We have met part-timers, seasonals, weekend warriors, and the granddaddy of them all - the full-timers. The full-timers are nomads who go from state to state, climate to climate, from mundane locations to vibrant tourist attractions. They own nothing, save for the stuff they can shove in their RV. 

With all the travel I have done, with all the family vacations we had when the kids were young, and all the travel my wife and I did once retired, this RV thing is a horse of a distinct color. Is it fun? So far, yes. Interesting? Very much so. But the bonus is seeing America, bit by bit. Talking to others who are fresh off the trail of seeing other parts of America. 

But what about motels and restaurants? What about them? They are okay for a while. But to be in your own domicile with wheels, cook your own meals either on the grill or in the RV kitchen - now that is fun and different. 

Then what exactly is an RV summer? It is your home away from home. It is seeing new people, doing new things, and most of all - relaxing. Are we good at this RV thing yet? No, but we are learning new stuff every time we use it. And that - is the name of the game. 

Once upon a time in America...

"Our generation had it so good (not with money, but with hope). Will those days ever return? Probably not. All we have is our memories. Lots and lots of good memories." 

Ever wish you could go back in time? Revisit the days of yesteryear? Not from a position of regret, so you could live some days over and fix some mistakes. I mean just soaking in what was considered normal back then. Like Ritchie in Happy Days. I yearn for those days. The days of hope and wonder, rather than some snake oil salesman peddling "hope and change". We got the change alright and lost our hope while doing it.

But back to the past. How about the 1960s? That was the decade I graduated, I dabbled in college and went into the service. Life was good back then. I would get up in the morning, watch my dad head off to work, have a quick breakfast, and go off to school. School back then was good. No fights, no crime, no drugs. Just learning and having fun doing it. After school, if I did not have play practice, I would go to work at Montgomery Wards. It seemed like half of my classmates worked there. It was fun, and I earned some "walking around money" also.

Were there some problems? Sure. The anti-war kerfuffle. Drugs just starting to creep into the picture. But putting that aside, life was exceptionally good. Lots of friends, lots of fun, lots of learning in school. Without the problems we have today. I graduated from high school, as most of my friends did - a virgin did not smoke and did not drink. And drugs? No way, Jose!

Kids were polite to each other. We were polite to adults. We were polite to our teachers. We all had our schedules and our dreams. College, and/or service, or trade school, get married, have kids, buy a nice house in the suburbs. Quite frankly - most of us wanted to be like our parents. Why is that? We looked up to our parents as the greatest generation. And that they truly were!

I feel for kids these days. Guns, drugs, anxiety, depression, and so forth. Some teens look at the future and decide to take the other way out - suicide. This is not fair. Our generation had it so good (not with money, but with hope). Will those days ever return? Probably not. All we have is our memories. Lots and lots of good memories. 

The good, bad and ugly for today

"There is more, much more. But this is it for the day."

I think it is time to look back and take a snapshot of what is going on in our world. Some things are good, some things are not so good, and some things are terrible. So, here we go!

Good  

• Sweden finally becoming a member of NATO. Took forever with a very stubborn Turkey holding things up, but it is now going to happen. Sweden has a small but mighty military. They are ready to go and fully funded. They will be an asset to NATO.
• The movie, Sound of Freedom, is finally shining the light of truth on international child trafficking. It is about time.

 Bad 

• Seems that Uncle Joe let the cat out of the bag a few days ago. Most of us knew this already. We are running very low on 155mm artillery shells. So low, that if China invaded Taiwan right now, we would be in trouble. The war in Ukraine has really sapped our resources. What can we do? The Defense Production Act allows us to accelerate production of needed weapons. The DOD is trying to increase production by 500% over the next two years
• Our southern border remains a mess. Biden has done nothing to fix it. Mayorkas is just as bad. We have millions of unvetted aliens from all over the world, just marching right across our southern border. How many are bad actors? We will find out when it is too late. Both Biden and Mayorkas should be impeached and then tried for treason over this mess.
• Want to buy a house? The rate is now 7% for a fixed mortgage. Why so high? Because our inflation is still not under control. Why is inflation still high? Because of Joe Biden and his Democrats. Right now, Biden's approval is lower than whale dung. Can we fix this? Maybe after the next election.
• What to go green? Guess what? Most of the technology still resides in China. So do the manufacturing plants for batteries, solar panels, and so forth. This entire thing has been bs. We are not ready for "green" as yet. Our power grid is not ready for it. China will get rich, and we will get poor. 
• Seen our education results as of late? Our kids continue to slide into mediocracy. With all the money we send to the corrupt teacher unions, the results are abysmal. 

 Ugly 

• This is about as ugly as it gets. We have a corrupt government. If you have not seen that over the past few years, your eyes have been shut. Our FBI, DOJ, and White House are corrupt. Joe Biden is very corrupt. Just look at what has happened (or not happened) to Hunter Biden. Our next President needs to clean out this toilet. Until that happens, and we have one standard of justice again, we will remain corrupt. 
• The Biden Crime Family.

 There is more, much more. But this is it for the day.

Cluster bombs, or just a cluster?

"Just another day in Biden's America. As we tiptoe on the fine line between being a munitions supplier or a participant. Once Putin thinks we are more participants than suppliers, get those 1960 bomb shelters ready. Why? The ship will have finally hit the sand."    

Cluster bombs. Nasty instruments of war. Their mission? Like most other weapons - to kill or maim. So, what is the big deal about using cluster bombs to kill Russians? I mean, the Russians are using them. Many countries have banned them. Why? Collateral damage. There is a term called the "dud factor". That means that not all the bomblets go off. Some are left laying on the battlefield, appearing to be inert. But some are not. Some are still very dangerous and can go off if handled. 

Back to the "dud factor". It is reported that the Russian cluster bombs have a very high "dud factor". Ours do not (as it is reported). Ours is low (I have heard less than 4%), so the collateral damage using ours will not be as high as the Russian cluster bombs. But both Russian cluster bombs and our cluster bombs will be dropped on Ukrainian soil. Where after the war is over, unexploded bomblets can be picked up by innocent kids.

Okay, so what is up with the "cluster"? Tit for tat, right? Russia uses them, so we can supply them to Ukranian forces. Hold on for a minute. Biden's spokesperson was asked a year or so ago about Russia's use of cluster munitions. Red responded by saying "That could be a war crime by Russia". The UN Human Rights Commission is already looking into Russia's use of cluster munitions. So now here we are, getting ready to use the same munitions that Russia is using. I guess that two wrongs do make a right in the world of Biden.

The war in Ukraine is now at the 500-day mark. Even though this war has been going on for a long time, and hundreds of thousands of people have died, this war will end. Either that, or Biden will poke the Bear so hard, it will end up in WW III. Assuming this war will end with a whimper and not a bang, there will be thousands of unexploded bomblets all over Ukraine. Some will be from us; most will be from Russia.

Just another day in Biden's America. As we tiptoe on the fine line between being a munitions supplier or a participant. Once Putin thinks we are more participants than suppliers, get those 1960 bomb shelters ready. Why? The ship will have finally hit the sand.    

Are kids being targeted?

"It is time to stand in the gap folks. Time to start calling people out. Time to protect our kids and grandkids. The battle is real. The struggle is real. The stakes are high."    

Question - what movie just knocked Indy Jones out of first place? Sound of Freedom, starring Jim Caviezel. What is it about this movie which has made it the surprise hit of the summer? Trafficking. Child trafficking. This is big business worldwide. And it is sick. It is a sick business, managed and participated in by sick people. This movie, which is based on a real-life character, is about to blow the lid off this despicable practice. 

Yesterday in the devolving land of Minnesota, there was a drag queen event in Chaska. A drag queen named "Miz Diagnosis" wanted to "spread some LBGT love amongst the little ones in Chaska". Some showed up to protest this event, and others brought their kids. Brought their kids? What on earth for?

I sense a great awakening here. For a long time now, the pedos and traffickers have been operating under the radar. No longer. It is time to shine the light of truth on all the filth which is being peddled as "normal" or "truth". Time to call it what it really is.

The Holy Bible calls this out very plainly in Luke 17:2 -

It was better for him that a millstone was hung about his neck, and he was cast into the sea, than he should offend one of these little ones.  

What does this really mean? This is NOT OK to mess with our kids. To expose them to the filth of the world when they are small is sick and wrong. And then, to make matters worse, to take them against their will, and turn them into sex slaves. Taking young kids to see a "pride parade" where men and women are cavorting around either fully naked or partially naked is also not okay.

Are our kids being targeted? Every day they are. TV, internet, Teacher Unions, sex books - it is endemic. If keeping our kids safe means taking them out of government schools, then maybe that is the path forward. 

It is time to stand in the gap folks. Time to start calling people out. Time to protect our kids and grandkids. The battle is real. The struggle is real. The stakes could not be higher.