Change YOUR BRAIN: Change YOUR LIFE ......

He who controls speech has a stranglehold on thought ... Be careful what you wish for?  I think the time has finally come for people in our nation to sincerely take ownership of their pursuit of truth.  Stopping regurgitating what is being fed to you via the mainstream.  Dare to color outside some lines in order to get at your own version of truth; I guarantee, this pursuit of truth will not only change your brain (use your brain), it will forever and irrevocably change your life --and the lives of those around you-- FOREVER!!

In the aftermath of the loss of two young Black lives here in Seattle city, I find myself heart-sickened and I seriously cannot help but wonder:  If Black lives matter, why don’t the lives of these two young men, 19 year-old Horace Lorenzo Anderson and yet-to-be-identified 16 year-old, seem to matter to protesters, the mainstream media and Seattle City leaders? The message being sent by those up in arms, out on the streets protesting and occupying the former CHOP Zone in downtown Seattle seems to be that ‘only certain Black lives matter’ ... Those lives being the Black lives that can be used to advance a political agenda, namely the Black lives who die at the hands of law enforcement officers.  I say this because these two most recent Black lives lost were not taken at the hands of rouge police officers; rather these young lives were tragically, albeit ironically, taken by those occupying the CHOP Zone, the very people protesting because “Black Live Matter.”  Then these same protesters refused to let emergency responders into the CHOP zone to provide timely medical treatment and transport to a hospital.  But no one --outside of family and friends-- here in the Seattle City area seems to be ashamed of this tragic and untimely loss of innocent lives? No one has taken to the streets protesting in the aftermath of the senseless, tragic and untimely deaths of these two young Black men. How utterly sickening and sad?! And the deaths of other innocent young lives spans across the country, most notably in Chicago, Illinois. But the media are not even covering this ongoing tragic loss of  life.

But perhaps the loss of these precious young lives will serve as WAKE-UP CALL to EVERYONE as to the true nature behind the Beast that has now become occupying/”Defund the Police!” movements around the country (e.g., Seattle, Minneapolis, New York City). WAKE UP, PEOPLE!  This movement doesn’t care about YOU! The movement doesn’t really even care about Black lives. Rather “Black Lives Matter” (BLMA) has co-opted your initially peaceful and wholly justified movement (i.e., rooting out bad cops and reforming a system that at times appears to disproportionately take Black lives) in order to advance a radically Leftist agenda --an agenda shared by those on the Left well beyond the scope BLMA!-- an agenda that would see a truly subjugating and warped vision for America come about by way of toppling the very institutions that serve to provide the cornerstone of stability for order in our society, namely law enforcement and local government.  

Make no mistake, without the above institutions our laws and our United States Constitution become nothing more than useless words written upon scraps of ‘paper’, as order will give way to outright chaos. If the radical Left succeeds here, it will become every person for himself, until the Marxist order conveniently steps in to upright the ship they have very decisively and systematically worked to topple over the course of decades, through various vehicles of destruction ... the latest one being BLMA.  And if you thought slavery was bad, Marxism will become the slavery for the modern-day era.  It will reach out to swallow up every man, woman and child of EVERY RACE, CREED AND COLOR until absolute submission to those in charge is achieved. In this new form of slavery, the leaders --those ‘looking out for us’-- will have A LOT and all the rest of us will equally HAVE NOT.  Should you dare to think for yourself or to dissent from the approved thought/order you will be flat-out crushed! And the only people who will have the guns in this Marxist-scenario will be the criminals and the puppets working for those in charge. If you thought a few rogue cops were bad, just wait until you experience the wrath of those in charge of enforcing total submission under this new perverted world-order.  Free-speech/Free-thought will become extinct, relics of a distant past all too soon forgotten.  America will finally be united as we citizens all will equally HAVE NOT, subject to the whims of our leaders (a.k.a. masters) --who by the way will no longer be elected.  How’s that for a new, equitable vision for America?  I mean the irony here is just palpable ... How can people not logically follow the steps: from co-opting protests, co-opting education/thought and free speech/media/social media, on through to present attempts at dismantling law enforcement in our ordered society, right on through to the end objective of outright revolution and an end to America as we know it today?  The United States of America, despite its many faults is one of the greatest, longest lasting models for “consent by the governed” in the entire history of this Rapidly Spinning Blue Planet.  But therein lies the our Achilles heel: our History ....

I truly believe that at the heart of this profound inability of people --particularly younger people-- to process longer term consequences, across the board, lies an intended dismantling of our nation’s history.  That’s why the BLMA movement is out to topple statues and monuments across the nation. They’re not even just tearing down statues of Confederates and slave owners; in their ignorance they are pulling down statues of abolitionist --the definition of “abolitionist”, is those ardently fighting  to put an end to slavery!-- Union Army leaders --those who fought against the Confederate slave owners-- along with other non-racist historical figures (e.g., Francis Scott Key, composer of “Star Spangled Banner” .. our national anthem).  This dismantling of our nation's history is systemic and its been going on for decades, starting in early childhood education, on up through high school and into our colleges and universities.  Bottom line:  If you don’t know or understand your history, not only are you destined to repeat it but more importantly you can’t see just HOW VERY FAR WE HAVE COME since the days of slavery, through the Civil Rights Movements, on up to the present time.

Are we a totally perfect nation?  No we are not; We still have work to do, but most of us get this.  As such, average U.S. citizens are more than willing to roll up our sleeves, to have some serious interactive discussions --not just mono-syllabic, mantra-driven shouting matches-- and then get down to working together to get the rest of this equitable nation-building DONE! --[sadly, the latter don’t seem to be traits shared by our current U.S. Congress ... witness the U.S. Senate's inability to come together in order to pass guidance/ legislation on "law enforcement reform." This thanks to Senate Democrats who refused to come to the table, even with the offer of unlimited amendments!  Senator Tim Scott's initial bill may not have been perfect, but few bills seldom are.  Still Senator Scott's bill could have served as a timely and much needed starting point for further discussion and amendments.  I think, at the end of the day, Senate Democrats just wanted to postpone any true resolution so that they can run on "law enforcement reform" in the upcoming election. ]  That is the true beauty of America, our differences when honored have the power to make America shine! America is not about conformity to the fleeting whims of the very vocal minority.  America is about freedom of EVERYONE --regardless of race, creed or color.  America is about our God-given right to pursue our own unique versions of LIFE, LIBERTY and HAPPINESS.  In America, one size doesn’t fit all!  The Left knows this fact well and that is why their rhetoric is consistently rife with messages of division, identity and disunity.  United, America stands; divided it will inevitably fall.  This is exactly what the extreme LEFT have been hoping and planning for, for decades now and today, now more so than ever, they are so very close to finally achieving their objective??? So then, the question becomes: will you continue to be a willing, silent pawn in their master game? Or will you finally wake-up and speak out for an America that is worth saving!!! Two things can be simultaneously true: 1) Black lives matter (because ALL lives matter) and 2) American ideals of LIFE, LIBERTY and HAPPINESS are worth fighting for.  These two ideas do NOT have to be mutually exclusive ... Philosophy 101. Instead of acquiescence to the will of the crowd, why  not dare to be the lone voice of reason in a crowd gone MAD!

My heartfelt sympathies, thoughts and prayers are with all families who of those who have been injured/those injured and those who have lost loved ones during these times of violent protest and destruction.  May God keep, Bless and guide you all during these difficult times!

Sorry for so many typos!  My hand is much better now, just forgot how to type, I guess???

“10 Things that All Americans Can Celebrate Together"???

Recently, I have been trying to come up with a list of “10 Things that All Americans Can Celebrate Together.” Up until yesterday, I would have cited our sporting events as a possible list contender ... Two decades ago this undertaking would not have been such a daunting endeavor, but sadly in the current United States environment of political divisiveness compiling such a unifying list is no longer a straightforward, simple endeavor.   That being said, four years ago I think we all could have rallied around the idea that bringing down a top ISIS leader was actually a good thing. Four years ago, I think we would have all agreed that ISIS was and IS still a terrorist group responsible to the loss of far too many innocent lives.  Four years ago, I think we all would have agreed that ISIS has little, if anything, to do with the religion of Islam … the distinction between Islamic (of Islam) and Islamism (using the religion of Islam to justify a warped political ideology) being crystal clear. Alas, these days we, as nation, find ourselves trapped within a circus carnival house of smoke and funny mirrors, with the mainstream media being the carnival operators. Illusion is truth and truth is now allusion? I have always held that truth is a matter of perspective and sadly we, in the Divided States of America, seem to have lost sight of any meaningful objective perspective these days.

Bottom line, despite the bizarre rantings and ravings you will bear witness to in the mainstream media: the aftermath of taking out the number-1 ISIS leader, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi , and his number-2 associate by means of a coordinated and decisive military action DOES indeed make the world a better, safer place for 99.9% of the people on the planet, and a failure to honestly acknowledge this glaringly obvious fact borders on the obscenely immoral to my way of thinking.  Why would any sane, rational thinking human being ever trust a single word these mainstream media Bozos –in keeping with the carnival theme-- utter again moving forward? Instead of praising President Trump for taking out a really horrible and evil extremist leader, in the name of saving countless thousands upon thousands of future innocent lives, the mainstream media, aided by politically divisive pundits and elected ‘leaders’ on the Left, choose to focus instead on “the President’s tone”, or the fact that “President Trump initiated a withdrawal of U.S. Troops prior to the execution of the military operation to take out Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi .” Well, I’ve got news for you ... In the first place, despite what the Left would have us believe, we still live in a world where ACTION speaks volumes louder than mere words –despite the Left’s best ongoing efforts to convince us otherwise.  President Trump is, first and foremost, a man of ACTION. His promise to defeat ISIS necessitated the military operation in northwestern Syria as the next logical step –given the intel and reaching an accommodation with Bashir Al-Assad-- towards the end of accomplishing said promise. Did anyone ever stop to think that the likelihood that Bashir Al-Assad would have allowed U.S. Military troops into northwestern Syria is highly unlikely, had not the U.S. been in a position of removing troops from Syria in the first place???  Oh that’s right, people who word-spin for a living have a difficult time actually thinking ….


As for the President’s tone and his “words being used in future ISIS recruitment videos”, while I do not think it is ever wise to speak ill of the dead, the actions of Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi in this lifetime do not merit much in the way of any respect.  Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi was probably the furthest thing one could ever possibly imagine from being an “Austere Religious Scholar” [thoughtless word-spinning brought to you by way of the Washington Post]. This evil-inspiring ‘leader’ single-handedly unleashed waves of unspeakable violence upon hundreds of thousands of innocents.  President Trump in recounting the death of this truly evil man – a cowardly man who did not hesitate to use three of his own children as human-shields and then took their lives along with his own when cornered-- speaks with clear and concise words that these terrorists can easily understand, stripping away any notion of glory, honor or righteousness from the heinous, depraved deeds of ISIS carried out in the name of Islamism. The President’s words are, if anything, antithetical to future ISIS recruitment. Anyone who cannot see this must have a few screws lose somewhere???


The difference between words and actions is simply this: that actions typically speak for themselves, while words on the other hand can easily be misconstrued … And in point of fact, the Left tries to leverage this distinction on a hourly, daily basis. Although, the mainstream media surely does their best to also use their words in an ongoing effort to bend, twist and distort speculations as to the motivations behind President Trump’s actions for just about everything he does. But at the end of the day, honest people will see through the unimaginative --ever notice how the mainstream media these days all use the exact same catch-phrase talking point (a.k.a. the sanctioned "words of the day") in their daily broadcasts across multiple networks and platforms?  It's like they're all merely puppets being controlled by some unseen external universal ventriloquist ...it's actually downright scary?!!-- paper-mached, word-spun facade being fabricated by the Left. The prospect of this happening, people exercising the ability to think independently, absolutely infuriates the Left, because they have decided that “We the People” are “basically stupid and as such we should just shut-up, accept, obey and follow.” Perhaps that’s why the Left –politicians, media and academia alike-- is now, more-so than ever before, so BIG on pushing the idea that “words [alone] matter.” Because the Left, largely by way of the mainstream media and academia, currently have the ultimate stranglehold on words in modern day America?  “If you can control speech, you will control thought”? Which brings me to my parting thought: The Price for Freedom in our modern age seems to have become a courageous willingness to seek empirical facts toward the end of unearthing organic truth, to step outside the box of mainstream orthodoxy in order entertain the uncomfortable in contemplating ideas not widely considered ‘popular’ and then to speak up, loudly, on behalf of a truth that will ultimately benefit –as opposed to control-- the American People as a whole, the ruling class be damned. Freedom is not worth having that is not worth fighting for … and this fight, this struggle to maintain our Freedom is ongoing. It requires vigilance on the part of “We the People.” For without our First Amendment right to “Free Speech” --and thereby Freedom of Thought-- none of the remaining Rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution will hold their ground.


10/30/2019 I am reading over the "Federalist Papers", looking for some insight as to what the Founding Fathers might have been thinking with regards to impeachment proceedings, and it occurred to me that the Founding Fathers could never have imagined the state of affairs we are presently witnessing in our modern-day United States of America: the elitism, the self-serving nature of politicians, the outright lies and manipulation --aided by a corrupt, propaganda driven media-- all toward the end of preserving power at the expense of the governed. It is truly shameful! One is left wondering, what if anything can ever be done to set our representative democracy back onto its true course? I suppose, President Trump has gone a long way towards injecting some small measure of course correction. I am thankful for that, even though this Independent  did not vote for a President Trump the first time around. The future has yet to be written; therefore, let us, as citizens, remain engaged and ever-vigilant. As I write, I see the news stories covering the ongoing protests in Hong Kong where brave young protesters are fighting for their own right to self-determination in the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness and it truly gives me hope. May God continue to Bless and Guide them in their struggle! And may the protesters in Hong Kong serve as a source of awakening renewal and inspiration for us here in the United States, that we may not fall into a slumber of complacency, taking the freedoms that have been entrusted to us by former generations for granted.

10/31/2019  This clearly partisan 'impeachment inquiry' -- given today's vote in the U.S. House of Representatives-- is ripe with hypocrisy?  That is to say, does not the timing of this informal inquiry --especially given the flimsy, unsubstantiated charges to date ... I mean we have the ACTUAL transcript now and investigating potential interference into the 2016 election to prevent it from happening again is NOT A CRIME-- itself "interfere with an upcoming election"???  Such an impeachment inquiry leading up to a Presidential election is unprecedented in our nation's history.  This is truly such a sad state of affairs, and it not at all what our Founding Father's had envisioned when they contemplated the rare occasions in which impeachment would potentially be invoked.

11/01/2019  Federalist Papers, "Federalist no. 57" .... "What then are we to say to the men who profess the most flaming zeal for republican government, yet boldly impeach the fundamental principle of it; who pretend to be champions for the right and capacity of the people to choose their own ruler, yet maintain that they will prefer those only who will immediately and infallibly betray the trust committed to them?"