lAKE cHARGOGGAGOGGMANSHANGGAGOGGCHAUBUNAGUNGAMANGG

 

Lake Char­gogg­a­gogg­man­chaugg­a­gogg­chau­bun­a­gung­a­maugg
By Jim “Gymbeaux” Brown. July 24, 2024

https://www.amusingplanet.com/2013/10/lake-chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubun.html

Maybe the longest name in history or close to it.  It’s a Native Indian name for a lake now known as Lake Webster but the Nipmuc Indians had named it long before it became Lake Webster.

Stories and legend suggest there were different tribes on each side of the lake who constantly battled over the fishing rights on the lake.  The solution was apparently decided upon when the leaders of the tribes agreed that each tribe would fish THEIR side of the lake and NO ONE would fish the MIDDLE.  Is that really true?  Who knows; it makes for a good storyline.  Thus, they named the lake: Char­gogg­a­gogg­man­chaugg­a­gogg­chau­bun­a­gung­a­maugg; you fish your side, I fish my side, no one fishes the middle!

It also makes for a significant metaphor for America in 2024.  How so?  Glad you asked!

Step 1: Divide people into three very distinct categories as if they don’t already exist in America.

·         Rich/Elites:  Politicians, royalty, heads of corporations, grossly overpaid actors, athletes and entertainers

·         Poor:  Anyone making less than minimum wage, anyone relying 100% on government subsidies or those receiving life support from charities, the jobless, the homeless, the people living solely on Social Security and or who have no visible income whatsoever.  And of course, the person who believes that if you make $1.00 more than they make, they are in the rich category. You get the picture and I have no desire to lump you or anyone into any specific category; that’s not the point.

·         Middle Class: Everyone in between the Elites and the Poor in America. They are not wealthy nor are they poor and they typically live a comfortable life.  But oftentimes they live payday to payday with very little discretionary funds.  They are like the middle of the lake; undisturbed and in their own world.

Using Lake Char­gogg­a­gogg­man­chaugg­a­gogg­chau­bun­a­gung­a­maugg as an example, the “elites” would live on one side of the lake, the “poor” on the other side.  The vast center of the lake would be the Middle Class.  The “elites of the country have no desire to ever become one of the Middle Class or the Poor.  The poor on the other hand have every desire to become either a member of the middle class or the elite class.  As for the Middle-Class majority, who reside in the middle of the lake, they are “comfortable” where they are!  It’s better known as complacency.  That would explain why so many Americans, certainly not you, seem to be satisfied where they are and keep their heads buried in the sand regarding world events, national, state and local politics.  POLITICS, the ONE THING  that determines everyone’s futures but many can’t seem to see the forest for all of the trees.  How else can you explain away the malaise that has become middle class America in 2024?  You stay on your side; I’ll stay on my side and the rest can best fend for themselves in the middle.

What’s wrong with this graphic?  Squire wheels?  Round wheels in the cart? Three men pushing, one man pulling?  If one or more of those suggestions is your answer, you missed the “Big Picture!”

THEY ARE SATISFIED WITH THEIR PROGRESS!

THEY DO NO THINK OUT-SIDE-THEIR BOX!

THEY ARE FOLLOWING THE DIRECTIONS OF ANOTHER PERSON OR GROUP!

THEY LACK CURIOSITY!

THEY LACK INGENUITY!

 

Nothing will ever change until “We The People” get up off of our collective asses and get involved even if it is just researching the BS that streams out of Washington!  Get to really know your candidates before you just vote for the “small d” or the “small r” after their names.  Read and understanding any amendments on the ballot BEFORE you get into the voting booth.  Become an informed voter before you lose the ability to do so! 

This has never been more evident than in the 2024 Presidential Election.  One side appears to cater to the elites of the country while the other side is trying to unite the poor and middle class together to fight off the unwanted policies created by the elites at the top, OF BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES.  It was not that many years ago, the Democrat Party was for the “little man” the “blue collar workers?  During that same period the Republican Party was considered to favor big business and the Country Club Set.  Those rolls have been completely flipped upside down in 2024.  If you think there is a difference between the Democrat and Republican Parties, you are badly mistaken.  In the end, they both want to spend YOUR money on needless projects and foreign wars.  This has never been more obvious than to realize how much money YOU and I have GIVEN to Israel and Ukraine to ensure that the wars will continue.  At the very same moment in time, we are shamelessly mis-treating our veterans (see the following link to a documentary that provides video evidence of just how badly that treatment has been).  This all occurring while we are NOT securing hundreds of miles of our Southern Border where millions of ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS have crossed over and an untold quantity of deadly drugs having been smuggled into our country.  The result?  Over 250,000 Americans have died using these drugs.

I sincerely hope you watch this video regarding veterans and how they have been treated by THEIR employer, OUR GOVERNMENT!  SHOCKING!  https://rumble.com/v4w5pqe-documentary-american-veterans-discarded-and-forgotten.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0AmJ4U2oCU9pbaJoMiLvdi1l7AwNPbF8ut5-cA9DYW57BAoz4Wo93vqlU_aem_K6bUnAcZt3TD0Nzb6HjC7Q

None of this makes for any common sense.  People have taken sides as if THEIR side is the ONLY side that is correct.  Therefore, “you fish your side, I’ll fish my side and no one will touch the center or middle ground.  While this principle may have worked in the 1700s, it is very much flawed in 2024!  The middle ground has been eliminated.

Here is the way politics actually works.  One side (A) wants something so they push forward with their idea. The other side (B) naturally will fight against it because it came from their opponents (A).  It doesn’t matter if the bill is good, bad, ugly or more importantly salvageable (compromise).  Then side B begins pushing back to Side A all the while A is sliding more towards side B.  It is a case of push and shove until one side reaches their red line that they refuse to cross.  More red lines have halted progress for decades upon decades.  Case in point, the Southern Border.  Name just one person who believes that trafficking children and Fentanyl across the border into the states is a good thing, just one!  No one knows for certain what happens to the thousands upon thousands of children that go missing; that alone should be a criminal act!  As for The Fentanyl, it’s been estimated that over 250,000 Americans have died from Fentanyl poisoning and that is a low number.  Tell me:  WHO WOULD BE AGAINST STOPPING THIS LUNACY?   

This should not be a political issue; it’s black and white no matter what so many political parasites want to convince you to otherwise believe.  There have been many elected officials, local, state, and Federal, but especially Federal beginning at the White House, have been committing acts of treason against the Constitution of the United States.  There is an ongoing invasion happening along the border states and no one in power seems to give a shit.  If that offends you, GREAT, it SHOULD!

America has problems, name a country that doesn’t.  The question of the day is why do “We The People” continue to send so much money, so many weapons, tons of armor and thousands of our own blood and guts to foreign lands to fight or support some conflict(s) that have nothing to do with the safety of the United States?  What are the some of the problems that money could have been better spent on here at home?  So glad you asked, let me count the ways and they are not necessarily in order of priority but pretty close nor are they the ONLY ones that exist:

·         SECURE SOUTHERN BORDER

·         FIND AND HELP HOMELESS VETERANS ON THE GOVERNMENT’S DIME, NOT CHARITY!

·         REMOVE THE USA FROM THE UN

·         REMOVE THE USA FROM THE WHO

·         FORM BETTER RELATIONSHIPS WITH CANADA AND MEXICO

·         WORK TOWARDS ELIMINATING THE MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS

·        ELIMINATE INCOME TAXES, LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL. CREATE A SALES TAX ON PRODUCTS AND SERVICES EXCLUDING ESSENTIALS LIKE FOOD AND MEDICINE

·        AUTOMATICALLY REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BY NO LESS THAN 10% OR MORE!

·       PASS LEGISLATION OR CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION TO IMPOSE TERM LIMITS FOR EVERYONE IN GOVERNMENT, CONGRESS, WHITE HOUSE AND THE SUPREME COURT. 

·        PASS LEGISLATION OR CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION THAT WOULD REQUIRE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO ARRANGE AND FUND THEIR OWN RETIREMENT PLANS.

·         PASS LEGISLATION OR CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION THAT REQUIRES MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO PARTAKE OF THE SAME HEALTH CARE THEY IMPOSE ON WE THE PEOPLE. 

·        PASS LEGISLATION OR CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION REQUIRING ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS TO PLACE THEIR FINANCIAL PORTFOLIOS INTO A TRUST WHILE SERVING IN OFFICE TO AVOID THE APPEARANCE OF INSIDER TRADING.

·        CREATE A SPECIAL OVERSIGHT AND APPROVAL OFFICE THAT REVIEWS REQUESTS FOR FOREIGN TRAVEL AND WHO CAN ATTEND AND HOW THEY WILL TRAVEL ALONG WITH AN APPROVED BUDGET FOR EACH TRIP.

·        ONCE AND FOR ALL, CREATE A COMMITTEE TO DRAFT IMMIGRATION LAWS AND THEN ENFORCE THEM. THESE LAWS SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE PROVISIONS TO TRACK “OVER STAYS.”  IMMIGRATION IS A GOOD THING BUT IT SHOULD BE TRANSPARENT AND FAIR AND LEGAL!

·        PAY BACK INTO THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT ALL OF THE MONEY THAT WAS TAKEN FROM IT;  PLUS, INTEREST!!!!!

FINALLY; PICK A VICE PRESIDENT WHO HAS THE QUALITIES AND INTELLECT TO ACTUALLY BECOME PRESIDENT SHOULD THE OCCASION EVER ARISE.

DON’T PICK A VICE PRESIDENT JUST TO CHECK OFF A BOX!

DON’T PICK ONE THAT MAY GET YOU SOME FIRGGIN VOTES!

Apathy - Or In My Words!

 

APATHY – OR IN MY WORDS!

YOU’RE SAYING:

I DON’T GIVE A S#$T!

By Jim “Gymbeaux” Brown, March 17, 2024

 

The year was 1963, keep in mind, I was born in 1945. In 1963, I had just graduated from High School and began my Freshman semester at Bowling Green State University.  As I was walking between classes, there were two students walking behind me and I could not help but overhear their conversation.  One said to the other, “Isn’t it terrible that someone killed the President?”  Thinking they were talking about the President of the University, I turned and asked, “who on Earth would want to kill him?”  They got very angry with me and said, “No you idiot, the President of the United States!” 

It is true that during certain events in your life, besides the obvious ones like a marriage or birth of your children, you DO remember where you were when you heard some surprising or devastating news, such as the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.  I don’t have the exact date etched in my mind but I do recall that it was in November of 1963 and I was 18 years old.  Something else that was growing worse in 1963 was the War in Vietnam.  To this 18-year-old male, that was something very serious to think about; I was in college, so as long as I was a student in college, I would or should not be drafted into the military. 

I don’t know why I signed up for the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) in college, but I did.  That apparent accident turned out to be one of the best unconscious decisions of my life.  I loved it!  By “it” I meant the military and the discipline I learned even in college.  I felt very proud to put on the uniform of my country at age 18 but I also knew that as long as I was a student, I would not be wearing that uniform in any battles ragging thousands of miles from Ohio. 

Fast forward to late 1964 early 1965, I knew that I was a square peg trying to fit into the now famous square hole while I was in college.  I was forced to take course after course relating to subjects that I had ZERO interest in and had nothing to do with my two majors, Marketing and Advertising.  I sat out a semester to get my head straight and that was a huge mistake because my draft number put me in the crosshairs of being drafted, which I was.  

I spoke to the Commanding Officer of my ROTC unit who was an active duty Air Force Officer.  He gave me some sound advice in that he said that since I completed two years of Air Force ROTC, if I enlisted in the Air Force as an E1, I would graduate as an E3 not the E2 that other members of my boot camp would be.  The E1, etc, referred to rank and pay grade.  I would be a fool not to take advantage of that opportunity, after all it meant more money! 

Working back in my hometown, my mother managed to get me deferred long enough to finish the semester I was currently attending.  How she did it, I’m still uncertain of but I think her contacting the Mayor of Youngstown, Ohio might have had something to do with it.  During the time before my deferment ran out and when I would be officially drafted into the Army, I began my quest to join the military, more specifically the Air Force.  It is a long story that I won’t get into and it is actually kind of funny but I managed to enlist in the U. S. Coast Guard.  I was sworn in on September 20, 1965.  I was now 20 years old and had no clue what I was getting myself into. 

Why am I telling you all of this?  What does it have to do with the title to this Nugget?  EVERYTHING!  During my High School days, I was interested in playing on the school’s basketball team, playing on the school’s track team, playing in the school’s two bands, marching and dance bands.  I had no interest in politics or even current events, it’s called apathy and apathy has an official definition, but my definition at that time – I just don’t give a shit, so don’t bother me with any of it.  Between 1965 and 2024, the United States has been directly involved in several wars, Vietnam, Iraq, Libya (to some degree), Afghanistan and others.  “Directly involved” means that in some wars, we actually supplied troops at various levels from major to minor.  Then there have been other countries where we provided funding and weapons but did not fight with combat troops.  Today there are 3 and soon to be 4 such battles being waged:  Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and now Haiti.  But if you are like most people, you “just don’t give a shit!”  

I see a lot of similarities between MY mindset in 1963-1965 and the mindsets of so many people of ALL ages in 2024, NOT JUST THE TEENAGERS AND THOSE IN THEIR EARLY  TWENTIES; ALL PEOPLE – INCLUDING ADULTS! 

Want proof? 

I did not consider anything in this Nugget for the 2020 vote because of the adverse effect COVID may have had on voting. I therefore used the 2016 National Election to prove a point.  Here are the numbers as per:

https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2022/demo/p20-585.pdf 

Total number of Americans 18 or older:   245,500,000

Total number Registered:                           224,100,000

TOTAL NOT REGISTERED:                     21,400,000

Total number who Voted:                            137,500,000

TOTAL WHO DID NOT VOTE:                114,000,000 

If the above numbers are correct; OF THOSE WHO ARE AND/OR NOT REGISTERED AND WHO VOTED, THERE WERE 114,000,000 (THAT’S MILLION) THAT CHOSE NOT TO VOTE FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AS WELL AS OTHERS RUNNING FOR OFFICE. 

APATHY:  ONLY 56% OF THE COUNTRY MADE THE DECISION FOR 100% OF ALL CITIZENS AS TO WHO THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WOULD BE AS WELL AS OTHERS RUNNING FOR NATIONAL, STATE AND CITY OFFICE AND ANY REFERENDUMS THAT WERE ON THE BALLOTS!  A lot of referendums directly affect local and state citizens, including you, and NOT voting could be crucial!  It’s difficult for me to imagine a country where 6 people out of 10, make crucial decisions for all 10 people, including the 4 who “didn’t care” or “didn’t want to be bothered with such nonsense”, and whose decisions might or might not be in all of the people’s interests.  But then, “I don’t give a shit!” 

THIS IS NOT A POLITICAL STATEMENT.  I don’t care which political party you prefer over another.  It is a statement to prove that APATHY runs rampant within the United States and I can only assume the rest of the world as well.  I know because in my teens and twenties, I was part of an apathetic America.  I saw people who actually risked their lives to vote in countries like Iraq where they inked their fingers to prove that they have voted in a country which at the time, was still very unstable and the ink could have made them targets! 

Simply put, IF YOU DON’T VOTE, YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO COMPLAIN but complain most people will as if they had a part in the decision process of the United States – YOU GAVE UP YOUR CHANCE TO VOTE!  PERIOD!  States and cities make it possible for persons with disabling injuries or diseases to either get to the polls or to vote “absentee.”  Absentee simply means you request a ballot and they send you one in the mail and you return it in the mail and you have voted without even leaving your home.  I personally know this to be true in my area because of disease and injury, I could not go to the polls to vote and I voted by mail.  The important thing is, I VOTED, DID YOU? 

Back to my High School, College and 20-year Coast Guard career.  I was at first apathetic by choice (High School, College).  During my 20-year Coast Guard career I was apathetic more by the demands of the service and laws that prevented government employees from being vocal about their political beliefs.  Still. I have no excuse for NOT paying attention to city, state, national and world news!  My only real-life excuse is that, back “in those days” we did not have the internet and social media to keep us posted.  It was either the local newspapers, television news, and/or radio station news.  In all those years from 1961 through 1985, being home or even on duty where I could watch the news were extremely rare so I did not make a point of going out of my way to watch the news on TV. I rarely subscribed to the local papers because we moved around, A LOT!  Radio was used more for music than it was for news. 

YES, those are excuses.  People have no such excuse today except for their own apathy towards current events, local, state, national and international.  You can get any news you want at the end of your finger tips by using your smart phones, your tablets, your notebooks and/or your desktops or the TV!  YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE FOR NOT PAYING ATTENTION.  The ONLY excuse you have for not getting involved in matters that affect your life, is APATHY!  AND APATHY IN 2024 IS A CHOICE THAT YOU HAVE MADE IF YOU DO NOT PAY ATTENTION AND DO NOT VOTE!  PERIOD! 

In the early 1990s, I read a book written by Cleon W. Skousen, titled, The Naked Communist.  It was then I realized just how important it was for everyone to pay attention, even get involved if you are physically able and the law, just as was my case, allows you to get involved.  In short, the book identified the 45 specific goals The Communist Party USA established that if achieved, would take over America without firing a shot.  I was shocked beyond belief when I realized that in the mid-1990s they HAD achieved their objectives.  There is evidence of that every where you look in America.  If you would like to read the goals, you can watch them on this YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fQ4J9tcQ2I 

The following may be the best proof of my own apathy that I could possibly include in this Nugget and it just happened on March 17, 2024.  The facts presented in these six links, I can honestly say I knew nothing about until March 17, 2024; how pitiful is that?  You will never know why unless you watch them.  My challenge to the reader is to watch at least the first one but beware, you will want to binge watch the remaining five.  Special shout out to Michelle Moore of  The Michelle Moore Show, https://rumble.com/TheMichelleMooreShow for providing me with these links.  If the links do not work by clicking on them, simply copy them and post the link to your browser, it will work. 

PART 1 Revision of Evidence:  The Assassinations of President Kennedy and Oswald. 

https://rumble.com/v4ji7sr-documentary-evidence-of-revision-the-assassination-of-america-part-1.html

 

PART 2 Revision of Evidence: Motives for Murder, Vietnam and LBJ:   

https://rumble.com/v4jiku6-docuseries-6-parts-evidence-of-revision-part-2-movites-for-murder-vietnam-a.html

 

PART 3 Revision of Evidence:   LBJ, Hover and others What So Few Know Even Today:

https://rumble.com/v4jltxi-docuseries-6-parts-evidence-of-revision-part-3-lbj-hoover-and-others....html

 

PART 4 Revision of Evidence:  The RFK Assassination As Never Seen Before:

https://rumble.com/v4jlv13-docuseries-evidence-of-revision-part-4-the-rfk-assassination-as-never-seen-.html 

But the series continues with Parts 5 and 6, but before you get to that point, let me add more of my thoughts. 

Maybe you all knew this stuff in the videos, if so, good for you.  I certainly thought I knew about it, but could not swear to what I had been told and/or taught.  This six-part documentary series WILL either enlighten you to the corruption that exists in our government or it WILL confirm what you already KNEW to be true.  It did for me!  In fact, I can't believe how much I DIDN'T KNOW BUT THOUGHT I DID!  

There is no reason for you watch this six-part series but I hope you do because I would love for someone to confirm that they too, DIDN'T KNOW THE DEPTH OF DECEPTION THAT EXISTS IN OUR GOVERNMENT, AND WHY IT EXISTS! 

PART 5 Revision of Evidence:.  The RFK Assassination Continued, MK Ultra, The Jonestown Massacre   I have read the book written by Congresswoman Jackie Spier (briefly appearing in this episode), Undaunted:  Surviving Jonestown, Summoning Courage and Fighting Back. This book definitely enlightened me to Jonestown but what the video does is that it confirms how much our government was involved prior to all the deaths.  As for RFK, again, evidence I had never heard before.  It all reinforces the depth that "our government" will go to prove a point, true or not; mostly untrue.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i7T7OiuEio

PART 6 Revision of Evidence:  Martin Luther Kind + Conclusion.  Before you open it. I MUST warn you that the beginning of the video is very graphic and not for the faint of heart.  I knew of the lynchings in our history but even those depicted during the beginning of this video far exceed any number I would have known about or even guessed; makes me wonder how many there actually were.  So, I looked it up on the Internet.  If you believe what this link provides, you will be blown away!  Look for yourself!  https://www.statista.com/statistics/1175147/lynching-by-race-state-and-race/  Part 6 also provides evidence that must surely make you question the conviction of James Earl Ray in King's death.  It certainly did me!  I was definitely against the Vietnam War but I had not heard Martin Luther King's positions; turns out they were the same as mine.  I had always been told that King was a trouble maker and as a result, I paid him little attention.  Shame on me for not listening to what he actually said.  More importantly, there is an uncanny sameness in the plot to kill King and the plot to kill Kennedy.  Someone is set up to take the fall while others who actually performed the murders get away and no one seems to care.  The government has told us what happened and we all believed our government; surely it would not like to us.  Right? 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=097u5blYeaE 

The end of Part 6 makes me wonder why these same evil forces haven't taken out Trump.  You may or may not like Trump or even some of his policy statements but you must agree that America was better off under the Trump Presidency.  In fact, if you watch all 6 episodes, you hear a lot of JFK, RFK and MLK in Trump's statements.   

NO ONE IN AMERICA OR THE WORL 

DDESERVES TO DIE AS THESE MEN HAVE

BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY BELIEVED IN! 

NO ONE!

But then, I just don’t give a shit!  Right?