tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40450122605538296692024-03-11T19:03:25.057-05:00Nuggets For The NogginNuggets For The Noggin are articles written on real estate matters, motivational topics and/or inspirational topics. If you enjoy the posts or find them inspirational, please feel free to "Buy Me A Cup of Coffee" at: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jimbrownbJim "Gymbeaux" Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870919098006265261noreply@blogger.comBlogger394125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045012260553829669.post-27260738438434207002024-03-11T19:00:00.006-05:002024-03-11T19:02:37.101-05:00Selecting a Vice President<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibeavKXU5mgSj2BkUbxhJ5QkFdh-dNIP1C2fsmMLyxiNBkBnhSjgHP3RZBa2pqwvA9sJTKtxq6I_qt1H016XP5zdIcIUE0oXL0t3Dr_9JjsmIlulJEiWsF9TAvsaZ431qr2Pe1kIxj9dG1X-fMbVUAtwn4Rhk5RMhexYIKspPW53gw-e9NIx_73aMwy77d/s814/1NUGGETLOGO%20SMALL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="148" data-original-width="814" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibeavKXU5mgSj2BkUbxhJ5QkFdh-dNIP1C2fsmMLyxiNBkBnhSjgHP3RZBa2pqwvA9sJTKtxq6I_qt1H016XP5zdIcIUE0oXL0t3Dr_9JjsmIlulJEiWsF9TAvsaZ431qr2Pe1kIxj9dG1X-fMbVUAtwn4Rhk5RMhexYIKspPW53gw-e9NIx_73aMwy77d/w640-h116/1NUGGETLOGO%20SMALL.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 107%;">SELECTING A VICE PRESIDENT</span></b><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">By Jim “Gymbeaux” Brown,
March 11, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">DISCLAIMER: </span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">This
is <b><u>NOT</u></b> a political comment, this Nugget
represents <b>MY</b> thoughts regarding how, why and whom a
presidential selectee, regardless of political party, should select a person to
become his or her Vice President. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The first question that I would suggest considering is the
role and function of a Vice President of the United States. What is it?
Sadly, I think there is only one answer but unfortunately, the answer
depends upon the person, any person, you would ask. The following are a list of names
representing the persons who served as Vice President during my lifetime:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Harry S. Truman *<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Alben W. Barkley</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Richard Nixon *</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Lyndon B. Johnson *</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Hubert Humphrey*</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Spiro Agnew</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Gerald Ford</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Nelson Rockefeller</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Walter Mondale</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">George H. W. Bush</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Dan Quayle</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Al Gore</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Dick Chaney</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Joe Biden</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Mike Pence</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;">
</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Kamala Harris</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The first question that I
would suggest considering is the role and function of a Vice President of the
United States. What is it? Sadly, I think there is only
one answer but unfortunately, the answer depends upon the person, any person,
you would ask. The following are a list of names representing the
persons who served as Vice President during my lifetime: </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">I was not old enough to remember </span><b style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Truman</b><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> and </span><b style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Barkley</b><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">. The
first Vice President I remember was </span><b style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Richard Nixon</b><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">. Most
people know that </span><b style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Harry Truman</b><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> was Vice President under
President </span><b style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Franklin D. Roosevelt</b><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> who died in office during
his </span><b style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">FOURTH</b><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> term as President. The person most
people have never heard of is the selectee that Truman made when he was
elevated to the office of the Presidency; that being </span><b style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Allen W. Barkley</b><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">. Frankly,
that would make for a great trivia question. Who was President
Truman’s Vice President. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Five Vice Presidents went on to become
President. <b>Kamala Harris,</b> of course became the first
female Vice President. I am well aware that what I am about to say,
many will disagree with and that is okay. Tho names annotated with
an asterisk, in my mind, were the <b>ONLY</b> Vice Presidents who I
felt (my opinion) were qualified to be a Vice President and thusly, possibly
become President by default. As for the rest, they were chosen for a
myriad of reasons, most not essential to be selected as the person to become
Vice President of the United States. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">FIRST:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">To be president of America, you must be at least</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> <b>35
years old</b>, a natural-born citizen and have lived in the country for at
least 14 years. Therefore, the first qualification of a Vice
President should be <b>AGE</b>, is the person old enough (35) to ascend to
the office of the Presidency should that occasion ever arise. There
is no upper age limit for the President so the same should apply to the Vice
President as well. The Vice President nominee should also be a
citizen and have lived in the country for at least 14 years.</span><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">SECOND:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> Does the person considered have the personal
qualifications, subjective as they are, to be the President of the United
States. In this regard, experience, presence of mind, knowledge of
the history of the country and world, and have the ability to communicate with
others is extremely important) Suffice it to say that <b>Kamala
Harris</b> would have a difficult time on the world stage because she
finds it difficult to talk without her annoying and loud laughter; not a good
optic for sure. Plus, she gets engaged in what can only be called
word-salad narratives. Again, not a good optic. Of course
that is just <b>my OPINION! </b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Dick Chaney</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> is another example of optics. Not many
people liked him, especially the national media. They consistently
painted him as someone who worked for and may still worked with the Military
Industrial Complex. Shooting a hunting companion in the face was also not a
good optic. It would have been problematic should he have ever ascended to the
Presidency. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">None the less, those
are what I would consider (my opinion) to be the prerequisites for a Vice
Presidential selectee. <b>I emphasize that those are my opinions.</b> That
opinion evolved over time and is based on what I would want in a Vice President
if I were the President, a very farfetched idea. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">What actually goes
into the selection process is also based on my opinion, so here goes: </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Presidential
candidates often select someone from a state who the Presidential candidate
believes will be able to attract votes from his or her home state. I
know this because it has been openly discussed for decades. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Candidates are
definitely selected because of their political party
affiliation. While this certainly makes sense, it is not an actual
requirement. A Presidential candidate can select anyone he or she
chooses from any political party including no party affiliation at all. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Our current Vice
President was primarily selected because of <b>TWO</b> physical
traits that President Biden specifically said he would do if
elected. Those traits being a <b>FEMALE</b> and <b>BLACK</b>. He
obviously felt that it would be a perfect selection, especially if he could
satisfy both physical traits in one person; thus, he chose <b>Kamala
Harris</b> who at the time was a Senator from California. By
design for by accident, the selection of Harris checked one of the other boxes
that being that she could draw votes from a very large and populated
state. That was a bonus. But her selection from
California really wasn’t a plus because Democrats have carried the State of
California for decades so her selection did not add to the electoral
count. Someone from a state that may change from one party to another
because of the additional votes would have been more perfect. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">In a perfect world,
one in which we presently do not live in, the Vice President should first and
foremost be qualified based upon experience and beliefs that are similar if not
exactly the same as the President who the Vice President works for. Look
at the list again and pay particular attention to those names with the
asterisk. In my opinion those people would have qualified, in my
book, to become the President of the United States. All the others
are primarily political wannabes, OR, they fulfilled the need to come from a
swing state to bring electoral votes with him. Maybe the worst
selection of all, in my opinion, was George H. W. Bush because he had an agenda
that was completely opposite from President Ronald Reagan’s. Reagan
was for a strong and free nation and believed in a government that worked for
“we the people.” Bush, on the other hand, and in his own words,
wanted and promoted a One-World-Government; that is the direction we have been
headed as a nation ever since except during the four years of Donald J. Trump’s
presidency. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">In 2024 we have two
candidates, Biden and Trump. The big question is <b>WHO</b> will
Trump select as his running mate? It would appear that Harris will
be Biden’s Vice President by default. The question in my mind is,
should he select Harris because he can change people if he desires
to. In all honesty, I ask you, the reader, if Biden wins and should
something happened to him over his next four years in office to where he can no
longer perform his duties due to ill health or death, do <b>YOU</b>, the
reader, think Harris is qualified to become President? It is an
honest question that everyone ought to think about. The same
question holds true for Trump. Will he select a person that could
become an effective President or will he select a person because that person
brings electoral votes to the ticket in spite of any other
qualifications? </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Most people,
certainly not you, could care less who the Vice President to be is, <b>it
will not affect their vote</b>. Sadly, most people, certainly not
you, <b><u>vote solely based on the party affiliation</u></b> of the
person running for President and not who the Vice President is. They
also seem, in my opinion, not to really care about what the Presidential
candidate stands for in regards to establishing a vision for the country’s
future. What policies will be enacted? What policies will
be terminated? Will taxes go up, will they go down, or will they
simply remain the same when one of these people take office? The big
question for me is will we as a country continue to support foreign countries
engaged in war causing massive loss of life and destruction of property and for
what purpose are we helping by funding one side over another? Since
both men will have served a 4-year term, it should be easy to answer the
question, are you better off under Biden or where you better off under Trump.
These are some of the things that are important to me, not what small letter in
parentheses follows the person’s name. Most people, certainly not
you, really don’t care about a candidate’s policies or past history, they simply
vote for the (d), the (r), or the (i) after the candidate’s
name. That is <b>NOT</b> how you properly vet a
presidential candidate! </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">To put it as simply
as I can, in my opinion a Presidential candidate, regardless of party,
should: </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">SELECT THE BEST QUALIFIED PERSON AVAILABLE WHO,
WHEN THE SITUATION ARISES, CAN ASCEND TO THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>PERIOD!</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">BUT THEY WON’T; <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">THEY NEVER REALLY HAVE</span></u></b><b><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">THEY WILL SELECT SOMEONE WHO <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">CHECKS THE MOST BOXES <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">AND NOT THE ONE WHO COULD BECOME PRESIDENT! <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="background: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">JUST WON’T HAPPEN!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>BUT I HOPE I’M WRONG!</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>Jim "Gymbeaux" Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870919098006265261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045012260553829669.post-91006708130141240332024-02-07T13:37:00.004-06:002024-02-07T13:37:48.542-06:00Why Are YOU Here?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdKDw_qTBrp3GnXgjUFiXLgh9rMMasveD5gQpjTVtI7bkrZo-AEK0wk_MOHVXCxvw6MsfqcspjEpAgirMq2U2K4jGokyhekmOcFQBAiCwhBbN67nVd2qFNSfXfidd8eLZNrDnrRhb8tWOKgnUKRtPyyX5qdnePuk53r_INSTIuV4S3uw0gRw3WCuPps6QB/s814/1NUGGETLOGO%20SMALL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="148" data-original-width="814" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdKDw_qTBrp3GnXgjUFiXLgh9rMMasveD5gQpjTVtI7bkrZo-AEK0wk_MOHVXCxvw6MsfqcspjEpAgirMq2U2K4jGokyhekmOcFQBAiCwhBbN67nVd2qFNSfXfidd8eLZNrDnrRhb8tWOKgnUKRtPyyX5qdnePuk53r_INSTIuV4S3uw0gRw3WCuPps6QB/w640-h116/1NUGGETLOGO%20SMALL.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;">Why Are YOU Here?</span></b><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;">By Jim “Gymbeaux”
Brown, February 5, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">There were two men working very
hard in the heat of the day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were
repairing railroad ties and rails in a train yard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the men was named Ronnie
Freedman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They both had sweat dripping
from their brows and their shirts were soaked and their pants and shoes very
dirty. A train approached with only one passenger car attached; a very
beautiful and elegant passenger car.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
had to belong to someone very important.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Both men stared in awe at the
beauty of this one car when suddenly a voice rang out, “Ronnie Freedman, is
that you?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course, Ronnie was taken
aback by this acknowledgment and replied, “Yes, yes, it is!?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The voice once again called out, “Ronnie Freedman, get your
butt in here!”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Ronnie reluctantly approached the
rail car and was shocked to see his old friend Bruce Feldman standing at the
entrance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bruce was not only Ronnie’s
old and faithful friend of the past; he was also the President of the Railroad!
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">“Come, get you and your friend
some cold lemonade to quench your thirst and then come in and sit for a while, let’s
catch up.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Ronnie did as he was instructed
and after exchanging pleasantries, Ronnie had to ask.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“We both started at the Railroad decades ago
as entry level laborers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m still a laborer
and you are the President of the Railroad; how did that happen?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">“Ronnie, you see, we both went to
work <b>AT</b> the railroad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You went to
work <b>FOR</b> the hourly wage, I went to work <b><u>FOR THE RAILROAD!</u>”</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There is a very valuable lesson in that short story and people
around the world could learn from it but sadly, most either won’t take the
lesson to heart or have never heard the story in the first place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How many young people do you see every day
working at fast food restaurants for $8.00 or slightly more an hour?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They all seem to be working for the hourly wage
instead of working for the restaurant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When you find one that <b>IS</b> working for the restaurant, that
person(s) stands out like a sore thumb!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">I’ve told this story in the past
and it is worth repeating in cased you, the reader, have not heard it
before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used to travel a lot using my
car in my business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would get up early
to get out on the road and before I would get on the Interstate, I would stop
at one of the fast-food restaurants and order a large black coffee using the drive
through lane.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I traveled on weekdays so <b>it
was not unusual to hear the same voice on the drive through machine.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unlike most voices at most restaurants, this
voice was most pleasant and extremely polite to hear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We got to know each other by facial
recognition but not name recognition over the course of months.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was so taken by the way she handled herself
on the intercom and then how she would place the paper dollars in change in my
hand <b>first</b> and <b>then placed any loose change</b> that might be
applicable on top of the paper bills instead of just dumbing everything in my
hand as what usually happens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>I never
dropped any of the change outside or inside of my car as a result of her
carefulness!<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">I wrote a letter to the manager
of the restaurant, commending the manger on their hiring decisions that resulted
in them hiring such a proficient hourly worker.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Time passed, but not much when I ordered my usual large black coffee at
the drive through window.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I
approached the window to pickup the coffee, the young lady said, “I know it was
you!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I asked what she meant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She said the manager was so impressed that a
customer would write a personal letter and actually mail it with a stamp to
commend her on her performance, <b>that the manager gave her a raise!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">That is a perfect example of
someone going to work <b>FOR</b> the restaurant and not just for the hourly
wage which at the time was probably in the $5.00 an hour range if that.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It would be impossible to finish this Nugget without
including some personal information about myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Growing up in the 1950s, I was always
impressed with the number of family members who served in the military.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One uncle was wounded at both Normandy and
then again during the Battle of the Bulge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Another uncle served on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific during
WWII.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had one aunt that served as an
Army Nurse and another who served in the Coast Guard during WWII and the list
goes on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then while in the 5<sup>th</sup>
grade, we took a field trip to an Air Force Base near my home. I was able to
meet a lot of active-duty military men (no women at the time) and actually got
to sit in the cockpit of an F-101 Voodoo Fighter Jet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was hooked but didn’t know it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I went off to college, I attended the
university without ever coming to grips as to how it could help me <b>EXCEPT</b>,
I enrolled in Air Force Reserve Officer Training (ROTC); once again I was
hooked but still didn’t know it.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">It was the mid-1960s and Vietnam
was going hot and heavy when I very unexpectedly received a draft notice to
report to Army Boot Camp.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I obtained a deferment
to finish the semester I had started and during that time joined the U. S.
Coast Guard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It took me a while to
realize that the Coast Guard was exactly where I needed to be and where I
belonged!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It provided me an income, a
career path and I could very easily see and understand exactly what I needed to
do to advance up the ladder, so to speak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What I didn’t know at the time and certainly could not appreciate
something I did not know. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had unintentionally
gone to work <b>FOR </b>the <b>Coast Guard</b>, not for the many benefits that
a Coast Guard career presently offered or the great retirement plan they had in
place in the mid-1960s.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">In short, I wanted to do and
become my very best person (Coastie) for whatever time I decided to serve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As it turned out, I served for twenty years.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">To answer the title of this
Nugget, <b>Why Was I Here?</b> Not only did I want to improve myself, be a good
team member (which was critical in any military), I wanted to advance as far
and as fast as I could so I could (1) be of service <b>TO</b> the Coast Guard <b>AND</b>
in turn, my <b>COUNTRY</b>; and (2) <b>set myself up for a career</b> should I
decide to follow that path.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More
importantly, the Coast Guard made it very clear what every member, enlisted and
officer, had to do <b>IF</b> they desired to be promoted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I discovered was that so many of my
shipmates joined for the income and benefits, a small percentage went to work <b>FOR</b>
the Coast Guard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t know it at the
time because I had never heard of the <b>80/20 Rule</b> but if I were able to
research all the members that joined the service when I did, 80% would have
joined to (1) avoid the draft; (2) for the income; (3) for the benefits; or (4)
all three of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet about <b>20%
joined because of honor, duty and country</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Given my early introduction to members of my family that served and that
one visit to the Air Force Base, I now know I was in the later of those two
groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Looking over your life, it is
easy to see things that you didn’t see as they were happening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Otherwise, I would have recognized that I
truly believe that I left every unit I was ever assigned to, better than when I
first reported there for duty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While
that was <b>NOT</b> my mission statement in life, <b>it was an unconscious
mission statement that I worked hard to achieve</b>; I had never heard of personal
mission statements or Life Mission Statements when I joined the Coast Guard in
1965.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Fast forward to the early
1990s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not ashamed to admit that
from the time I graduated High School (1963) until the early 1990s, <b>I did
not read one single book</b>, <b>EVER!</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Just didn’t want to do it which is one of the many reasons I never felt
like I fit in a college.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then by
accident or by design I met two people who changed my life forever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One was <b>Lee Shelton</b> who recorded a
cassette series, <b>Creating Teamwork</b> and the other was a former boss, <b>Dr.
Tom Hill</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The information on the
cassette tapes remains with me to this day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Lee Shelton introduced me to one of his seminar audiences and said I
could recite the content of the tapes from memory I had listened to them so
many times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As for Dr. Hill, he
convinced me that everyone, including me, should have a Life Mission
Statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll ask the question now; do
<b>YOU</b> have a <b>Life Mission Statement?<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>If you don’t know where you want your life to go or
what you want your life to look like when you are finished, how will you know
when you are on track to achieve whatever it is you want to achieve in life?</u></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gret question, NO?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I worked hard at what I wanted my Life
Mission Statement to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I actually
worked on it for weeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>None of my
initial missions seemed to satisfy what I wanted to do for the rest of my
life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then out of the blue the following
appeared to me and I immediately adopted it:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">TO HELP OTHERS TO DO
WHATEVER THEY DO, TO DO IT BETTER!<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Then came the <b>HOW!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How </b>was I going to put myself in a
position to live up to that Mission Statement?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>After listening to the Creating Teamwork tapes, over and over again,
there was one comment on the tapes that I can remember to this day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Read <b>I’m Okay, You’re Ok!</b> every six
months.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t read it every six
months but I did read it more than once.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Keep in mind, I had <b>NOT</b> read a single book in decades!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Based on the reading of that one book, <b>I
was now hooked on reading</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
recognized that as a real estate Broker/Trainer/Team Leader, if I was really
going to be able to help people to do whatever they did, to do it better, I had
to become a lot more knowledgeable about, creating teamwork, sales techniques,
contract law, motivation, individual recognition, telephone techniques,
becoming an effective listener, developing personal relationships and so many
other subject matter, <b>I HAD TO BEGIN TO READ BOOKS, ATTEND SEMINARS, LISTEN
TO TAPES AND PODCASTS</b> whether I wanted to or not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">I tallied up the books that I
have read and since the age of 44 (I’m now 79), I have read well over 1200
books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also have at least 100 eBooks
and have attended an untold number of seminars, conventions and listened to
hundreds of podcasts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I tell you this
not to brag but rather to demonstrate that I took my desire to help others “to
do whatever they do, to do it better!” seriously! <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Then the most amazing things began
to happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My real estate agents would
come to me with a problem or situation and without even thinking about it,
something that I learned in one of these books, tapes or seminars would
immediately come to mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The memory was
triggered by the problem or issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
you were to ask me who wrote the books or even what their titles were, I may or
may not be able to provide that information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The lessons learned, however, on the pages of the books, the speakers’
presentations or the many eBooks simply became available to me to impart to the
agent in need of advice or a recommendation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s funny how that works.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Then this morning, I was
listening to a podcast that featured <b>Michelle Moore</b> who at one time was
a REALTOR<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">®</span> with the
same company that I had worked for before my retirement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She said something that I was aware of but
she put it in the simplest of terms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>“I
can teach you what you need to know but I can’t teach you how to care for your
customers!”</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">That is one lesson that I learned
the hard way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At one point in time, I
had grown the Real Estate Market Center in a small town from 15 agents to 105.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As their Broker, their Team Leader and their
Trainer, I felt responsible for their success and/or their failure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The lesson that took me a while to learn was
that some agents signed on to our company and went to work for the commissions
that they “could” earn. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Others went to
work for <b>THEIR</b> company.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do not be
confused when I say “their” company as compared to “our” company.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each real estate agent is in business for
themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When they become a licensed
REALTOR<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">®</span>, they
place their license with a licensed broker (like me) and then they go about
building their own real estate business within a business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>They are in fact, in business for
themselves.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The lesson I had to
learn as their Broker/Team Leader/Trainer was that <b><i>“you can bring a horse
to water but you can’t make it drink!”</i></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In my case, you can bring the training (the water) to the agents (the
horses) but you can’t make them take the courses you provide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the 80/20 Rule again!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>20% would take advantage of the training
offered, 80% wouldn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As in most real
estate companies, 20% of the agents, do 80% or more of the work over the course
of any given year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Imagine what that
number could look like if more of the 80% actually took the courses offered.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Recognizing that so many agents
chose not to attend the inhouse courses, I began writing one-to-three-page
articles (called Nuggets for the Noggin) all based on (1) the courses I would
teach and/or (2) book reviews on the books I have read.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Initially I would send the Nuggets out to my
agents via email.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The word got out, how
I don’t know, that I wrote Nuggets for the Noggin and Team Leaders from all
over the country wrote or called and asked to be put on my mailing list.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Prior to Hurricane Katrina, I had well over
550 people on my mailing list to receive the Nuggets as I wrote and distributed
them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hurricane Katrinas put an end to
the mailing list when for some reason my mailing list simply disappeared from
my computer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was about the same
time as social media was taking off and people were creating websites and
blogs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I created a blog, using <a href="http://www.blogger.com/">www.blogger.com</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Very easy to create and more importantly,
maintain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would write the Nuggets as I
had done in the past using Microsoft Word, but then I would copy the Nugget and
paste it to the blog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would then use
email and social media sites like Facebook, Twitter (now X), GETTR, Truth, etc.
to let everyone know there has been a new Nugget posted on the blog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know the Blog is getting traffic because
there is a number counter that counts the number of people who opened the blog
but I don’t know who the people are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
retired from real estate in 2012.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Between the late 1990s and the end of 2012, the Nuggets were written
about sales techniques, customer relations, business building, working with
other real estate agents, contracts, ethics, etc. plus I would also write
Nuggets on every book I had read.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Nuggets
number in the hundreds!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, from 2012
and beyond, I write about anything that is on my mind like this Nugget.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have posted a lot of book reviews as well.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Why did I choose the Nugget
approach <b><i>to help people to do what they do, to do it better?</i></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I knew that so many agents chose <b>NOT</b> to
attend the training classes but they just might read a one-, two -,or
three-page article related to doing their business more efficiently, and it
worked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A lot of agents who would not
attend the classes, did read the Nuggets, or so they said.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">More importantly, I compared the
short one-to-three-page Nuggets that took just minutes to read to the hour or
more long classes and/or podcasts and there is no comparison.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most trainers and podcasters start with a lot
of needless graphics and music intros to their podcasts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then they talk ever so slowly making it
difficult to keep up with what they are saying, at least for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank God there is an ICON on most <b>RECORDED</b>
podcasts where the listener can choose to speed up the presentation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I remember the famous presenter <b>Zig Ziglar</b>
saying that he talks fast, like 80 mph with gusts up to 120 mph.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He did this to keep people’s attention
focused on the message he was conveying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most hour-long podcasters could get the meat of their presentation
across to the listener easily within 30 minutes or less if they presented their
material more like bullet points rather than lengthy conversations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I often wonder if the podcasters ever listen
to their own podcasts and do a self-critique.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If they did, I believe they would change their presentation style and the
length of the podcasts.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Using Golf as a metaphor, a
typical golfer who plays 18 holes with a group, usually plans on playing for
about 4 hours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It would be impossible to
focus for 4 hours but a golfer doesn’t need to focus for 4 hours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He or she only needs to focus in increments
of about 1 minute before and during each golf shot made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In between shots the golfer can relax the
mind and focus until it is time for the next shot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the professional golfer does something
like adjust the golf clove to <b>TRIGER</b> the process of focusing on the task
at hand all over again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People who
listen to podcasts are the same way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are looking for the meat and basically ignore all the needless chatter
between the meat offerings!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>For the record, this Nugget is far too long but I believe
it contains a lot of meat to think about.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>A valuable lesson taught by
co-founder of Keller Williams Realty International, Gary Keller, is <i>“you can
choose to be learning based or ignorant based, the choice is yours!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></b>By this he means you can choose to
read books, attend seminars, or listen to tapes or podcasts and be learning,
OR, you can choose not to do these things and <b><u>watch your competition pass
you by!</u></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is true regardless
of what business you are in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>PERIOD!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you are NOT improving, you are standing
still!</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><u>So………..WHY ARE
YOU HERE?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>WHAT IS YOUR LIFE MISSION
STATEMENT?</u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Here is another
question, will the world be a better place because of what you did when you when
here and when you could achieve your Life Mission?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Did you go to work
for what the World <b>OFFERED</b> you or did you go to work <b>FOR </b>what <b>YOU</b>
could offer to the World?<o:p></o:p></p>Jim "Gymbeaux" Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870919098006265261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045012260553829669.post-1387589141734994242023-11-28T08:15:00.005-06:002023-11-28T08:17:28.323-06:00OATHS OF OFFICE<p> </p><h3 style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #292b2c; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgX5nBDtWN6L0KjocciIEju1OSPJOjY7yD-y6xFVxnZGo1orClXV26sDo-9-5yv3n1l-6031Pj8kX91D8-FGqcvJdVyW9Te1UUSbuskndy_BrJeuFt6eM0YiXgMrKLHqa4fIRdXC7jMOLvKpTXNgizXPMBLdyOv_jcTO56COZ_9zoojnZFw_pzgVnroA9JD" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="65" data-original-width="358" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgX5nBDtWN6L0KjocciIEju1OSPJOjY7yD-y6xFVxnZGo1orClXV26sDo-9-5yv3n1l-6031Pj8kX91D8-FGqcvJdVyW9Te1UUSbuskndy_BrJeuFt6eM0YiXgMrKLHqa4fIRdXC7jMOLvKpTXNgizXPMBLdyOv_jcTO56COZ_9zoojnZFw_pzgVnroA9JD=w640-h116" width="640" /></a></div></span></b></h3><h3 style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #292b2c; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">OATHS,<br /></span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: #292b2c; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">SIMILAR, BUT NOT ALL<br /> </span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: #292b2c; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">EXACTLY THE SAME!<br /></span></b><span style="background: white; color: #292b2c; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">By Jim “Gymbeaux” Brown, November 28, 2023</span> </h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #292b2c; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The following are the oaths required to be taken by both the
military and members of the Executive Branch, the Legislative Branch and the
Judicial Branch of the Federal Government:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #292b2c; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Military Oath for Enlisted Members<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #292b2c; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">"I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will <b>support
and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign
and domestic</b>; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and
that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the
orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the
Uniform Code of Military Justice. So, help me God."</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #292b2c; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Military Oath for Officer Members<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #292b2c; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">"I, _____ (SSAN), having been appointed an officer in
the _____ (Military Branch) of the United States, as indicated above in the
grade of _____ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will <b>support and defend
the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign or domestic</b>,
that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this
obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and
that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I
am about to enter; So help me God."</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #292b2c; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Oath of Office given to the Executive Branch of the Federal
Government<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">"I do solemnly swear that I will <b>support and defend
the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic</b>,
that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same: that I take this
obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and I
will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about
to enter. So, help me God."</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Oath of Office given to the Legislative Branch of the Federal
Government<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will <b>support
and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign
and domestic</b>; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that
I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of
evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office
on which I am about to enter: So, help me God."</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Oath of Office given to the Judicial Branch of the Federal
Government<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">"I, [NAME], do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will
administer justice without respect to persons, and <b><u>do equal right to the
poor and to the rich</u></b>, and that I will <b><u>faithfully and impartially
discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me</u></b> as [TITLE] under
the Constitution and laws of the United States. So, help me God.''</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>NOTE: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The next time you see a Supreme Court Decision
that falls totally upon political party lines, you tell me if they have <b><u>faithfully
and impartially</u></b> carried out their duties.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><u>NOT!</u></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><u>Occasionally maybe, consistently,
NEVER!</u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Note:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find it odd
that the Supreme Court Justices do not take an oath to:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>support and defend the Constitution of the
United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic!<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I served for 20 years in the U. S. Coast Guard and I
initially took the first oath listed above for enlisted members signing on for
the first time or each time they reenlist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I then took the second oath when I first made Chief Warrant Officer and
again when I was promoted to Limited Duty Officer, Lieutenant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The <b>ONE THING,</b> that to the casual
observer may go unnoticed on all of the oaths listed above, <b><u>is that there
are no expiration dates on any of them</u></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What <b>DON’T</b> these oaths ask of the person taking them?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the case of the military oaths the one
very obvious missing fact is that when you sign on to serve in the military, it
goes without saying that you are agreeing that you may be asked to sacrifice
your life during the performance of performing your duties.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>Why is that not included in the oath.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I was once interviewed for a unique position within the Coast
Guard and the interview panel asked me point blank, <b><i>“Are you willing to
sacrifice your life for your Country?”</i></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I was not prepared for that question and my answer to the question obviously
didn’t hurt my chances of being selected because I was even though my orders
were later cancelled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I told the Board, <b><i>“I
believe that anyone who says without reservation that they are, is not being
truthful because until that instant when you have to make a decision to live or
die, I don’t think anyone really knows for sure what they will do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would like to believe that I would, otherwise
I would have never joined a military branch.”</i></b> To this day I still
believe that!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What else is missing from all of the various oaths listed
above?</span></b><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><u>The requirement to tell the truth at
all times!</u></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What good is any oath
you take if you are <b>NOT</b> required to be honest?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What prompted me to write this Nugget at this point in time,
November 28, 2023?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have witnessed
members of the current Presidential Cabinet and a spokesperson for the
President who have all taken several of the oaths above, look into the
television cameras and into the eyes of members of Congress and lie through
their teeth at the questions being asked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>More specifically, <b>James R. Clapper Jr</b>. was a Lieutenant General
in the U. S. Marine Corps Reserve and later he transferred to the Air Force
Reserves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He took the Officer’s
Oath.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Department of Defense Spokesman <b>John
Kirby</b>, he’s a Real Admiral in the U. S. Navy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He too took the Officer’s Oath.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both have been caught in lies and half-truths,
not something you would or should expect to come from the mouths of enlisted or
officer members of the military, let alone such senior officers but that is exactly
what they have done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>Their penalty
for telling lies and half-truths?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>NOTHING!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>REPEAT NOTHING!</u></b><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">None of the oaths taken by anyone refer to sacrificing their
lives if needed in the performance of their duties.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a silent agreement among military
members that the possibility definitely exists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But what about the politicians?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What have they got to lose by using their positions within the Federal
Government to further their personal agendas, use their positions to enhance
their personal wealth, lie to the people of America and the World and
completely ignore the wishes and desires of the people that elected them to
office which is their primary mission for taking the position in the first
place?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>NOTHING!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>THEY LOSE NOTHING!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>THERE IS NO ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THESE CHARLATANS
OF WASHINGTON D.C.!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>NONE WHATSOEVER!</u></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">So how does this happen?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We are all born into this world, with very few exceptions, pure of heart
and mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Somewhere along the line
people become compromised either by what they have said and/or done or from
outside sources such as the case with the names contained in the heretofore
unseen “Black Book” of Jeffrey Epstein.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In other words, they have been compromised by their illicit actions caught
on video tapes and then used against them to force them to act in a way that
would otherwise be contrary to the way they were probably raised by their
parents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how and why the
corruption runs so rampant within those individuals who hold office in
Washington, D.C.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They fear exposure of
the truth and therefore they do what they are told to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How else can you just write off the fact that
they continually spend more money than they take in?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How can you explain that from the President
on down, they have left the Southern Border, open to massive illegal immigrant
penetration that runs in the millions and millions of mostly fighting age men
from all parts of the world?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Regarding this last issue, I refer you to the following
Article 4; Section 4 of the U. S. Constitution; made larger and emboldened for
emphasis and clarity:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Article 4 Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution states: The
United States (I’ll add the President and Congress) <u>shall guarantee</u> to <u>every
State in this Union</u> a republican form of government, and <u>shall protect
each of them against invasion</u>; and on application of the legislature, or of
the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) <u>against domestic
violence</u>.</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">How much clearer could their official duties be
declared?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But have they protected each
State against invasion and from the domestic violence that runs rampant in so
many of our larger cites?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On D-Day, on
the Normandy Beaches during WWII, 150,000 men stormed the beaches on that one
day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has been estimated that as many
as <b><u>15 MILLION PEOPLE</u></b> have stormed our Southern Border with not
only immunity, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but our Government has
also been providing them with food, shelter, healthcare, education and even
spending money and cell phones all at U. S. Taxpayer expense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am a Disabled Veteran and I receive no such
benefits for having served my country and have become significantly injured in
the process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Where is the Justice Department, where is the Federal Bureau
of Investigation (FBI), where are the State and Local Police and Sheriffs?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who is enforcing the terms of office all
these people took when they said they agreed to <b>“</b></span><b><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">support and defend the Constitution of the United
States against all enemies, foreign and domestic!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>THEY ARE NOWHERE TO BE FOUND!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>THEY ARE ALL IN VIOLATION OF THEIR OATHS OF
OFFICE.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the oaths mean that little,
we have become a rudderless nation and are prime to be taken over by any number
of powerful nations or organizations like the morons that comprise the
unelected World Economic Forum and the United Nations!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE CONCLUSION!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>THE ELECTED POLITICIANS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
HAVE BEEN SO CORRUPTED BY THEIR OWN ACTIONS AND DEEDS THAT <u>THEY ARE
INCAPABLE OF DOING THE RIGHT THING!</u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE YOUR HEAD SO DEEPLY BURIED IN THE SAND AS NOT TO
BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>IF
THAT IS THE CASE, YOU ARE MORE A PART OF THE PROBLEM THAN YOU COULD EVER
IMAGINE!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>IF THE COUNTRY THAT WE ARE
BECOMING IS THE COUNTRY YOU WANT TO LEAVE TO YOUR CHILDREN, YOU ARE ONE SICK
BASTARD FOR NOT ONLY DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT, BUT TO ALSO REELECTING THE VERY
EVIL PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. DOING THIS TO ALL OF US!!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>Jim "Gymbeaux" Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870919098006265261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045012260553829669.post-66447324900934435712023-11-25T12:12:00.004-06:002023-11-25T12:12:55.930-06:00To Like or Not to Like<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHJWxXOIIET1PtGH0M1crTNuHjSQrzzAU2O1k28Tx2mPDdQpp5GnSSl21LaLJjbuFqVui0AylhAw06kXMZAKX9p10JnyLN3xauYS4whYp2JnnyFlfnSIuEoeHz0e6lzXN5uw72WOimNjOzLy8rl5CfBzNSz28W5cEpowmgy_HkBg8RhyyUYbm19ocGcdk3/s443/!LOGO%20COFFEE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="118" data-original-width="443" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHJWxXOIIET1PtGH0M1crTNuHjSQrzzAU2O1k28Tx2mPDdQpp5GnSSl21LaLJjbuFqVui0AylhAw06kXMZAKX9p10JnyLN3xauYS4whYp2JnnyFlfnSIuEoeHz0e6lzXN5uw72WOimNjOzLy8rl5CfBzNSz28W5cEpowmgy_HkBg8RhyyUYbm19ocGcdk3/w640-h170/!LOGO%20COFFEE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;">To LIKE or NOT to LIKE<br /></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;">THAT IS THE QUESTION!<br /></span></b><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;">By Jim “Gymbeaux”
Brown, November 23, 2023</span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;">There is no easy
way to discuss this without hurting the “feelings” of those who this Nugget may
be referring to or who might think it refers to them. In almost all things, honesty is the best
policy except when as when Tucker Carlson described honesty should probably be
withheld in favor of what is best for social behavior. Tucker went on to
further describe lying to someone about being overweight when they ask, “do I
look fat in this dress?” Are you going
to be honest with the person or are you going to formulate a reply to avoid
directly answering the question? As dumb
as the following may sound to you, I attended a class while serving in the
Coast Guard and the class was designed to help all the <b>men</b> in the Coast
Guard adapt to the new policy of allowing <b>women</b> to serve on active duty. One of the examples as I remember it (the
class was given in the 1970s) was that you were never supposed to say, “you
look beautiful in that dress.” Instead,
you were supposed to say, “you do wonders for that dress.” It all comes down to what is acceptable and
what is not acceptable. But like the
quote, “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”, trying to define what <b>IS</b>
and what <b>IS NOT</b> acceptable is left to the “eye of the beholder”. Good luck with that one. In 2023, nothing seems to be acceptable to
anyone!</span> </p></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;">What prompted me
to write this Nugget?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s simple, but
first let me describe who I am.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am a 78-year-old
white male who, except for the age, might be the type of person, male or female,
a much younger person might come face to face with on a job interview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have my beliefs just as everyone else,
including you, the reader has.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
problem is that when a younger person violates what I believe in, it could cost
that younger person the job they are interviewing for.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As an example, I have very limited tolerance
for anyone that comes to me with a question or as stated above, a job
interview, who <b>DOES NOT TURN THEIR PHONE OFF BEFORE WE ENGAGE IN OUR
CONVERSATION.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe it’s an age
thing, but just maybe it is the right thing to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;">Back to the title
of this Nugget, to LIKE or NOT to LIKE.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ll ask a very simple question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Have you engaged in a conversation with a young person who interjects
into their every sentence the word “like?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have, and to me, after the third or fourth “like” in just one
sentence, it is similar to someone scratching their fingernails on the old
fashioned blackboards that we once had in every classroom as I grew up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Constantly hearing the word “like” <b>WAS
AGGRAVATING AT FIRST, THEN GREW INTO A TOTAL ANNOYANCE!</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mentally began to count the number of times
“like” was used.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">The same applies
to beginning a sentence with the word <b>“so.”</b> The words, “like” and “so”, <b><u>add nothing, zero</u></b>, to the conversation. In fact. using such words to start a sentence
such as “so” and interjecting “like” every so often, or the phrase, <b>“you
know”</b> or constantly seeking agreement by using the words <b>“right”</b> or <b>“ok”,</b>
throughout your conversation is a total turn off, at least for me it is. Maybe you have different feelings about this
than I do but I can assure you that whenever you are engaged in a conversation
or interview where <b>YOU</b> are looking to gain some type of agreement with
the person you are talking to, <b>YOU DO NOT</b> want to have strike one called
on you before you even begin. If you
were interviewing with me or someone like me, or seeking my agreement on a
project, using such useless words in your spoken language is definitely “strike
one” against you. Repeating the process
could easily turn into strike two or even strike three – <b>you’re out!</b> You will either have failed at the job
interview or failed at getting me to accept your idea or project. Your idea or your project may have been a
good one but I would have been so distracted at how you presented your idea,
your project or you, that I lost interest in the conversation. Is that what you want? Of course not! Here’s a better question. If you sat down at your computer to write a
letter, would you begin your sentences with “so” or would you insert “like”,
“you know”, “right” or “ok?” several times in your typed or handwritten
letter? <b>NO</b>, you wouldn’t,
therefore <b>why do you do in when you speak?</b><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b>From the
Internet:</b><i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>None other than <b>George
Orwell</b>. Sixty years ago, George Orwell wrote, “<b>A bad usage can spread by
tradition and imitation, even among people who should and do know better.</b>”
Although he was taking aim at writers, his saying <b>bears more harshly on
orators</b>, whose real-timeliness makes crutch-words </i><b>(I add, such as “so”,
"like", “you know” and "right")</b><i> futile and cannot
fluster the tucked-away typist. <b>One must always be on guard against these
catchy habits of speech</b>. After all, what else could the use of a verbal
crutch signify other than a limping tongue?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></i>You can read the entire discussion of this on the Yale News on the
internet at:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2011/01/25/moretti-whats-wrong-with-right/">https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2011/01/25/moretti-whats-wrong-with-right/</a> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;">While on the
subject, have you ever attended a class or had a discussion with someone who <b>looks
down at their watch</b>?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe you just ignored the look but a lot of
people, me included, would have first thought that this person has somewhere
else they need to be and they were not interested in maintaining our
conversation/class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would teach my
real estate agents that whenever meeting with a probable buyer or seller, they
should leave their watch on their desk or in their car, leave it somewhere
where they would never be tempted to look at an incoming call or message so as
not to send a disinterested signal to the buyers or sellers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This same principle applies to job interviews
or anytime you are presenting an idea or project to your supervisor or
employer. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>NEVER LOOK AT YOUR WATCH
DURING IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS OR PRESENTATIONS – EVER!</b></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;">Using this same
principle, <b>LEAVE YOUR PHONE IN YOUR CAR OR ON YOUR DESK</b> for all the same
reasons!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you don’t have your phone
with you, you can’t possibly be distracted by looking at it or worse, answering
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>And for God’s sake, take the ear
buds out of your ears</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Have you ever
started to talk to someone who you thought was talking to you only to discover
they were talking to someone on their phone via their ear buds?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><u>Rude does not do this justice!<o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;">FOUL LANGUAGE!</span></b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Contrary to what you might think, I am <b>NOT</b>
going to say that vulgarity is never acceptable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the contrary, there are times when I believe
that vulgar language is the only language that may actually get through to the
person you are conversing with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
those times should be few and far between.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In everyday conversations, foul language should be avoided at all costs
because once it becomes customary, it is impossible to keep it from sneaking
into a conversation where its used could prove to be disastrous to your desired
outcome.</span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;">I have conducted
a lot of job interviews where I was the potential employer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would ask the candidate the obvious
questions such as “how did you hear about our company?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or, “what do you know about our
company?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Such questions are pretty
routine and most interviewers ask them to every candidate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People who conduct in depth interviews want
to know more about the personal side of the job candidate and may ask some of
the questions that I often times asked, just to get the candidate talking. Just
like in a sales call, you can conclude far more success in selling <b>IF</b>
you (1) get the customer to talk and (2), <b>YOU</b> actually listen to what
they say!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the candidate included the
useless words described above, I had to ask the question as to whether this was
a person who would advance our brand or detract from it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What kind of questions did I ask?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here they are including the “killer question”
which is the last question on the list.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;">As you begin to
read these questions, think about what I have written above.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you are like most people, you will
probably be formulating answers to the questions as you read them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you format your “mental” response, are
you inserting “so”, “like”, “you know”, “right?” or any of the other needless
words including vulgarity?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I seriously
doubt it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s the rule!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;">IF YOU WON’T USE THE LANGUAGE IN ANYTHING YOU
WRITE ABOUT,<br /></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;">DON’T USE IT IN ANYTHING YOU TALK ABOUT!</span></b><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;">Tell me the
funniest thing that has ever happened to you</span></b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I doubt that I would want anyone
without a sense of humor, on the other hand if the funniest thing involves
drugs, alcohol or breaking the law, those things would work against them for
sure.</span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;">What was the last
book you read?</span></b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>What made you read it?</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the statistics are correct, 95% of the
population do not read any books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you
want people on your team or in your company who are “learning based”, you want
people who read, especially who read material on self-improvement or
improvement of job-related skills.</span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;">What are some of
your hobbies?</span></b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You want well-rounded team members who have a
life beyond the workplace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s just
good for the team member to have diversified interests outside of the
workplace.</span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;">Did you graduate
from High School or did you graduate from College or attend college?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you attended college, what did you major
in?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;">This goes back to wanting “learning based” individuals on your team or in
your company.</span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;">You get the idea;
you want the job applicant to talk about themselves as much as possible <b>AND
YOU LISTEN TO THEIR ANSWERS</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;">Then I would ask
the killer question:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What one thing
aside from an income do you want for this company to be able to solve for you
or help you reach a personal goal?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;">The answers say a
lot about motivation, goals and ambitions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>Jim "Gymbeaux" Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870919098006265261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045012260553829669.post-6396886676086120242023-11-14T11:44:00.004-06:002023-11-14T11:44:55.235-06:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvUYTrZZNTMf1NKpTBYm9MOblrd5O7ve_Ew-ciZBCus2BQAC_gbJpA5yw8t4CeWXrvasqpELqHKGwIj3ZYnuGxILPHntKUXTfjyc_7t-3P-7bqd6qOTVa2Dfzt420HRdx9lqUHYlgdoGqcsv2vRKBRQstCHSi2NZC29aj-rPI2DebGAFxLLOScppYExIw9/s443/!LOGO%20COFFEE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="118" data-original-width="443" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvUYTrZZNTMf1NKpTBYm9MOblrd5O7ve_Ew-ciZBCus2BQAC_gbJpA5yw8t4CeWXrvasqpELqHKGwIj3ZYnuGxILPHntKUXTfjyc_7t-3P-7bqd6qOTVa2Dfzt420HRdx9lqUHYlgdoGqcsv2vRKBRQstCHSi2NZC29aj-rPI2DebGAFxLLOScppYExIw9/w640-h170/!LOGO%20COFFEE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><h2 style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Three-Commas-Club-Trafficking-Pedophilia/dp/1513675745/ref=sr_1_1?crid=127N1ALP776QJ&keywords=the+three+commas+club&qid=1699982424&sprefix=the+three+commas+club%2Caps%2C115&sr=8-1">THE
THREE COMMAS CLUB<br /></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;">A book written by Jack Watt<br /></span></b><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;"><span style="font-size: small;">A review by Jim
“Gymbeaux” Brown, November 14, 2023</span></span></b></h2><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ5phfVz1Nsa7S5eBymKWLAFe35CBs8u2qU2KPh9KfYaBCVEgrB9Wv3X_uGK0bWHbQuCxldBKVioMwmvJSjIJR0BM9rM9aGlilu9OgaOjtdtmdLTi4iz5wnNNS8Jnx6Aj3Wq5Tn9-Wtj8dxwfGcb7e80cjxMI5BziHr-onWp-Rv0R9OSJtyi1CFZYThwlS/s466/The%20Three%20Commas%20Club%20Cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="311" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ5phfVz1Nsa7S5eBymKWLAFe35CBs8u2qU2KPh9KfYaBCVEgrB9Wv3X_uGK0bWHbQuCxldBKVioMwmvJSjIJR0BM9rM9aGlilu9OgaOjtdtmdLTi4iz5wnNNS8Jnx6Aj3Wq5Tn9-Wtj8dxwfGcb7e80cjxMI5BziHr-onWp-Rv0R9OSJtyi1CFZYThwlS/w134-h200/The%20Three%20Commas%20Club%20Cover.jpg" width="134" /></a></div><span style="line-height: 107%;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p>There are a lot
of books and most are interesting even though a lot of books that people begin
to read are never read to the end; or, it takes forever for them to get to the
end of the book. This is NOT one of those
books!</span> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;">As a form of
disclaimer, I have no firsthand knowledge of underage sex trafficking or
spousal abuse so when I tell you this, it may help explain why I consider this
book both a “must read” as well as a “page turner” and I don’t classify books
as page turners very often.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This book is
definitely a page turner, especially if you are like me and are naive to sex
trafficking and/or spousal abuse.</span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;">We have all most
likely asked why an abused spouse simply didn’t leave the situation and instead
chose to remain in the relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
know I have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This book explains why
someone probably stays in such a relationship and it makes perfect sense.</span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;">The problem with
this book is not in its writing or the story it conveys, the problem is that it
has no ending.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To give away the ending
of the book would do it an injustice; the book needs to be read.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;">If you know of
someone who has a family member that has gone missing, either a boy or a girl,
you definitely need to read the book and also share the book or encourage
others to read it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you have young
daughters or granddaughters, you also need to read the book but in more like
you would read a medical preventative medicine book.</span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;">More importantly,
the author points out the distrust level that people justly have in our law
enforcement officials, local, state and federal for good reason and why.<br /></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;"><b>Who should read
the book?</b><b> </b> I have already addressed that
above.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;"><b>Would I read it
again?</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Probably not because the message
was received loud and clear!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: center; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 43.13%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%;"><b>Would I give it
as a gift?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>DEFINITELY!</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>Jim "Gymbeaux" Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870919098006265261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045012260553829669.post-6117574634138174942023-10-30T20:05:00.004-05:002023-10-30T20:05:27.528-05:00I CARE; DO YOU?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjewhQetHFKgYV4PJ06fO_EMZwzCUCIlK0ZFpYVysVu0DKejwajXGvEm4ZZHVmLDjj9uNGsklux4nmTKkRu-5SjpZYqCweT-b_H00WjnWmWPKzHm0NQfc0wcsbXIw0cEpJ_NuzmyRCS5trg70xlTerw4gdl9zJbNFmZiMh-_VCp7c8KgFIjhyNaAfoyAzg7/s443/!LOGO%20COFFEE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="118" data-original-width="443" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjewhQetHFKgYV4PJ06fO_EMZwzCUCIlK0ZFpYVysVu0DKejwajXGvEm4ZZHVmLDjj9uNGsklux4nmTKkRu-5SjpZYqCweT-b_H00WjnWmWPKzHm0NQfc0wcsbXIw0cEpJ_NuzmyRCS5trg70xlTerw4gdl9zJbNFmZiMh-_VCp7c8KgFIjhyNaAfoyAzg7/w640-h170/!LOGO%20COFFEE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-effects-shadow-align: left; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 40.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 0; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%;">I CARE; DO YOU?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>By
Jim “Gymbeaux” Brown, October 30, 2023<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">Where to
begin?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe starting at the end of the
day on October 19, 2023 would be a good place to begin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sooner or later most of the people I care
about will know that I have been diagnosed with <b>Bladder Cancer</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I met with the cancer specialist at the
Benson Cancer Center in New Orleans on Wednesday, October 18, 2023.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The doctor was straight forward, direct and
honest and had a calming presence about him even though he was giving me
information that at best, was alarming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Since he would be doing any of the surgery, he wanted to retest the
various tests that have already been done, plus one additional one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He said it was not a matter of distrust of my
local doctor and instead since he was the one doing the surgery, he simply
wanted to verify the information before it was too late.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I agreed. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All of the retests have been completed and I
will be scheduled for major surgery during the first week of December.<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">It’s one thing
knowing what disease you suffer from but it is entirely a different issue when
the issue that worries you the most is totally out of your control and it is <b><u>NOT</u></b>
that I have been diagnosed with bladder cancer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>On the contrary, I worry about the wellbeing of my spouse (1), my kids
(4), their kids (9) and their kids (4).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Not because I have bladder cancer, that simply is what it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No, I’m deeply concerned as to what kind of
world I will be leaving them when my day comes to an end and it is very
depressing to think about that world, at least for me.<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">I was sitting
in a quite spot in the house and just sat thinking about why things are as they
are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I came up with no solutions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As for the cancer, I have mentioned to
several friends I know that I should be more concerned/worried than I actually
am.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But it is <b><u>NOT</u></b> the
cancer that is weighing heavy on my mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">Please stay
with me on this, it is important to me that you do!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could not believe my ears when I heard some
of our elected politicians, some of the candidates running for President, celebrity’s
(not that I care what any celebrity thinks or says), newscasters, you name whomever
you want, <b>when they called for the nation of Israel to wipe out the nation
or country of Palestine.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If they
could actually hear themselves speak, they would hear what I heard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><u>They called for the genocide of 2.5
million people</u></b> who call the Gaza Strip their home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe you, the reader, feel the same way, I
honestly don’t know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know what
genocide means, in this case, it means the systematic murder of 2.5 million
people all lumped into one category of people – <b>HAMAS</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>You can support the people of Palestine
and be against HAMAS; the terrorists who govern the people of Palestine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And you can also support the people of Israel
and be against the Government of Israel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But that is not what has been happening; everyone is being lumped into
one of two sides forgetting that the governing bodies of both Israel and
Palestine are the main culprits in this several hundred years dispute.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now America finds itself in a very similar
situation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one could possibly support
the destruction of America under the President Biden Administration, NO
ONE!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So if and when WAR comes, it will
be the result of the failed Biden policies but it will be ALL AMERICANS who are
blamed.</b><b style="text-align: left;"><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">People are
taking sides.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>WORDS MEAN THINGS!</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, Palestine, <b>DOES NOT MEAN
HAMAS!</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nor does Israeli mean Israeli
government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not a genius, far from
it, but I know when something is fishy and the attack on Israel is so fishy it
smells, at least to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">Add to the
Israel/Palestine pending all-out war, is the fact that our government is
spending us into oblivion!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have an
open border that permits anyone, and I mean anyone, babies to the elderly and
everyone in between to enter our country unvetted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just for argument’s sake, what if some of
these illegal immigrants are actually terrorists?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you look at the people crossing the
border, almost all of them are young men between the ages of 15 and 40.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You might also call that group of men,
fighting age men.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We <b><u>ARE </u></b>witnessing
an invasion of America and no one but the people on the right side of the
political spectrum seem to care.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><u>I
CARE, DO YOU?</u></b><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">President Obama
authorized the Government, our Government, to use propaganda in directing the
thought and belief process of American citizens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, <b><u>he authorized
intentional lying to achieve an agenda</u></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How does anyone find that acceptable?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><b>I DON’T!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I CARE, DO YOU?</b><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">As a disabled
veteran, I appreciate the plight of our veterans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just think about the charities we see
advertised on television; Tunnels 2 Towers, Wounded Warrior Project, Vehicles
for Veterans, K9s for Veterans, Mobility Scooters for Veterans, etc. etc.
etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our Government puts its military
members in harms way only to have them relying upon the various charities when
they become severely wounded or if they happen to die in the service to our
country.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of these charities provide
mortgage free homes and/or scholarships for dependent children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While these charities are to be commended, it
<b>SHOULD</b> <b>be the responsibility of our Government to take care of the
very people who put their lives on the line for the United States of America.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is simply not happening and I find that
shameful!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even The Veterans
Administration, that is run and paid for by our Government, is extremely slow
in providing the assistance needed by thousands of veterans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead, eligible veterans face long wait
times and some actually die while waiting on the Veterans Administration <b>TO
DO THEIR JOB THAT THEY WERE TASKED TO DO AND ARE BEING PAID TO DO!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I CARE, I CARE VERY DEEPLY, DO YOU?</b><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">It would be
easy to go on but I think you get my point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Our Government is failing us in so many ways and now <b><u>they are
drafting legislation to go to war with Iran</u></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, President Biden has just invoked the
War Powers Act giving him the authority to engage enemies without Congressional
approval which to my knowledge <b><u>IS THE LAW!</u></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another war that is going to be funded and
fought so that the world’s big banks and the Military Industrial Complex can
continue making money by means of armaments bought and sold involving a war
that has no immediate interest to America, like so many of the wars where men
and women were killed or severely wounded.<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">Here is a list
of <b>LIES</b> that our Government has laid at the feet of its citizens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I urge you to research the terms <b>Operation
Mockingbird</b> and <b>MKUltra</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
you actually research them, you will be as shocked and disgusted as I am at the
lengths that our Government has gone <b>AND CONTINUES TO GO</b> to mold and
form <b><u>your opinions and beliefs</u></b> through their lies and
deceit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s my short list of <b>KNOWN</b>
lies:<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b>WWII</b>, it
was not a total surprise attack.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
attack was needed to enable America to enter the war and for President
Roosevelt to take sides with Prime Minister Winston Churchill, even though the
attack took place in the Pacific Ocean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>THEY
KNEW!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>THEY LIED!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I CARE, DO YOU?</b><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">I am not well
versed on the Korean Conflict (as opposed to War) but I’m sure we may someday
know what really happened and why we fought to a draw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Technically we are still at war with North
Korea; a peace agreement has never been signed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><b>I CARE, DO YOU?</b><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b>Vietnam was
a horrible mistake!</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over 50,000
American lives were lost and thousands more severely wounded.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Because of the incident in the Gulf of Tonkin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Look it up!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It never happened but Americans were led to believe that we went to war
because our naval ships were attacked by the North Vietnamese; they weren’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>THEY LIED!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I CARE, DO YOU?</b><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">The Murder of <b>John
F. Kennedy</b> was orchestrated by the <b>CIA</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The world <b>KNEW</b> this but our Government
said it was a lone gunman operating solely on his own accord.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>BS!</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Warren Commission was stacked with politicians who spewed the
Government’s storyline of the murder because it advanced <b>THEIR</b> agenda!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>THEY LIED!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I CARE, DO YOU?</b><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">If you read <b>Dr.
Mary’s Monkey (I read it three times)</b>, you will learn how vaccine
experiments went seriously wrong and a deadly monkey virus somehow was mixed in
with the Polio vaccine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was known in
the 1950s that this virus would eventually cause a lot of people to develop
soft tissue cancers in the 1980s and beyond.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Look it up for yourself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
country experienced a serious uptick in cancers in the 1980s and ever
since.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Government covered it up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>THEY LIED!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I CARE. DO YOU?</b><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><u>9/11:</u></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe the biggest false storyline of all
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Government in conjunction with
the Main Stream News Media all promoted the story of the Mid-East Hijackers
flying planes into the Twin Towers, the Pentagon and another flight that ended
in a crash in Pennsylvania.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were led
to believe that this was all orchestrated by one man in a cave in the Mid-East.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The storyline is like the “do you believe in
UFOs” storyline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Originally very few
Americans believed in UFOs because the Government has told us for decades that
they do not exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most people believed
them until a more recent poll indicated that more than 50% of Americans now
believe that UFOs exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why do I
mention UFOs, because we were fed lies about UFOs existing and the Government
recently admitted that they had video evidence that they do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They made up the storyline that they did not
exist and for decades we believed them like the sheep we have become.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The same is true regarding the <b>REAL </b>storyline
about 9/11.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With each passing year there
is more and more evidence that 9/11 was in fact an inside job and that <b>tons
of gold went missing</b> as did the records in the Pentagon’s missing <b><u>2.3
TRILLION DOLLARS</u></b><u> </u>announced on <b><u>9/10 one day BEFORE 9/11</u></b>!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>None of the details that have surfaced match
the Government’s storyline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>THE TRUTH
WILL PREVAIL!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>THEY LIED!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I CARE, DO YOU?</b><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">Finally. we
come to <b>COVID!</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hopefully you, the
reader, have heard enough of the evidence that the Government, the News Media
and Social Media all initially refused to allow to be heard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most people knew something was wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The evidence that the entire <b>COVID
SHUTDOWN</b> was done to demonstrate the amount of control our Government could
wield over its citizens (sheep) and like the dumbasses that most of us were at
the time, <b>WE COMPLIED!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>THEY
LIED!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>WE COMPLIED!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I CARE, DO YOU?</b><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">That brings me
back to my ongoing problem with bladder cancer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Two weeks <b>AFTER</b> my second Moderna vaccine I began to have health
issues that I did not have prior to the second vaccine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two of the more serious issues involved
urinating a 12” blood clot and the second one was having the vision in my left
eye become very blurry and not subject to correction through the use of
glasses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was tested over two years ago
for the blood in my urine and the doctors could not find anything wrong at the
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Part of that was my problem in
that I was scheduled for a third test, I was told that (1) I had to wear a mask
and (2) receive a booster vaccine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
refused.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That may have caused the cancer
in my bladder to either start up or get worse than it already was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, October 30, 2023 I was told by the
surgeon that as for how long the bladder cancer has existed to be this much
infected, he said about 1 to 2 years; it was 2 years ago I had the second
Moderna vaccine!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Coincidence?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe so, probably not!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>THE GOVERNMENT LIED TO US.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I CARE, DO YOU?</b><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">Now I am
sitting in a darken room, just thinking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is when a voice came to me in my head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t know if it was a voice that I just
thought I heard, a voice that I made up, or a real voice that originated from
an outside source.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Either way, it was a
very distinct voice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What did it
say?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t tell you the exact words
but it verified that I had bladder cancer and that if left unattended, could be
a death sentence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then it was either the
voice speaking or my own mind working overtime when I heard myself say, I have
two choices, I can pray to God to save me from this deadly disease or I can
pray for something else of my choice but <b><u>NOT BOTH</u></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seemed like I had been given a gift that
if used wisely would have a great outcome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I sat very still, staring off at nothing in particular and suddenly and
surprisingly it came to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I said
something to effect:<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><i>“Dear
God, it seems like you have given me a gift and a decision to make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cancer versus something else I would like to
have or see happen.”</i></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is
when all of the frustrations from the constant Government lying and an endless
progression of wars, death and destruction as discussed above, and more
importantly, a population that doesn’t seem to care, all surfaced at the same
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I really would like is to
live long enough to see the world eradicated from the evil that exists
throughout the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I choose to pray
for peace and I pray that all the evil people in the world be given the
opportunity to change their evil ways and work for the peaceful survival of
mankind OR, <b><u>be eradicated from the face of the planet</u></b>.<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">That may come
as a surprise to you the reader; it came as a surprise to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have lived for over 78 years and I regret
very few things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m okay with whatever
happens to me because my life has little meaning left in regards to anything
that I could possibly do to bring peace to a waring world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My prayer was not totally selfless, I was
praying for a better world for my 4 children, their 9 children and their 4
children and any more that may come in the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I prayed for my family and by extension, I prayed
for you and your family as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><u>We
all deserve to live in a world of peace and harmony.</u></b><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">I care deeply
about the misuse of our tax dollars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
care deeply about the invasion on our southern border.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I care deeply about the parade of endless
wars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I care deeply that our government,
supposedly working for “we the people” instead lies and lies to preserve their
own power, greed and control over “we the people.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I care even more deeply as to how all of
these constant lies will adversely affect not only my family, but yours as
well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After 78 years, will I be leaving
my family and yours a world better off than when I entered it in 1945?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not only <b>NO</b>, but <b>HELL NO!</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t change it on my own and my time is
running out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe I can start a change
with you the reader who in turn reaches out to help someone else become aware
of the lies and deceit and through a grassroots movement, begin the process of
making people aware of what has been controlling their lives without them even
realizing it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only then, when enough
people become aware, will anything begin to change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It all starts with at least one person <b>THAT
CARES!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>HOPEFULLY THAT ONE PERSON IS YOU
AND IF SO, MY PRAYER WILL HAVE BEEN ANSWERED!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><u>WHY</u>?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>BECAUSE I CARE</u>!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>DO YOU</u>?</b><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><em><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Freedom
is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it on to
our children in the bloodstream. <u>It must be fought for, protected and handed
on for them to do the same,</u> or one day we will spend our sunset years
telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like when we
were free.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>President Ronald Reagan</span></b></em><em><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">Finally, I beg
of you to take the time to watch a video proving that the election results in
2022 and before were manipulated to obtain the outcome that the elites in power
wanted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have heard people say “why
vote, my vote really doesn’t matter.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They said that as an excuse for not voting when they know they should
have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This video proves that they were <b>NOT
WRONG</b> when they said their vote did not count.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Watch and learn <b>HOW</b> they cheated
country-wide. It is long, over 2 hours but so worth listening to especially if
you believe the past elections were transparent and honest. You can speed up
the presentation to 1.25 or even 1.50 to cut the time required to hear and see
it all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><a href="https://rumble.com/v3qbfop-blank-ballots-equal-bad-actors-in-elections.html?fbclid=IwAR2ph_KxoHEgZ7QNYqXB-ggWJdoiK85CBVpRORQ14Gvk7D9DqwqFED62Gfk">https://rumble.com/v3qbfop-blank-ballots-equal-bad-actors-in-elections.html?fbclid=IwAR2ph_KxoHEgZ7QNYqXB-ggWJdoiK85CBVpRORQ14Gvk7D9DqwqFED62Gfk</a><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h1 style="background: white; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="background: white; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;">The above referenced video and Ronald Reagan’s quote verifies
everything I have said in the Nugget and Prayer.</span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></h1>
<h1 style="background: white; margin-top: 0in;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“T</span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 24.0pt; letter-spacing: -.25pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">he Only Thing Necessary for the
Triumph of Evil is that Good Men Do Nothing!”</span></b> </h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">No one knows for certain who said
this but it exemplifies the message of this Nugget.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s past time for the good men and women,
not only of America but of the world to stand up to the elites who have chosen
power, greed and control over our freedom to live a healthy and wealthy life
with our families.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Until that happens,
the world is destined to continue on its path of endless wars fought for the
sole purpose of making the elites and corporations of the world even more
wealthy than they already are.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The following link is to a
60-minute documentary that is so timely (October 19, 2023) as it refers to
Israel and the pending war in that region that could very easily escalate to
WWIII.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is clear, at least to me, that
the elites who run everything in this world desperately need WWIII to occur
because of what I mentioned above; they need the money, the power, the greed
and the total control over everyone on the planet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you read Agenda 21 and updated to Agenda
30, the elites want to reduce the world’s population from <b>7 BILLION</b> down
to <b>500 MILLION</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means that
out of every 14 people on the planet, 13 must die.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How does that happen?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pandemic, disease, and WAR!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are looking at someone pulling the strings
to create WWIII and if there is one thing I desperately do not want for my
family, it is living through, or not living through, another World
War!!!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thus, my prayer!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>THE MYSTERY OF ISRAEL:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://stopworldcontrol.com/israel/?fbclid=IwAR22gRRg0AvcQAPDq4JjnFOM_4IB9GQszNwOxAcdpdPz9mteYJJymgN_-xw">https://stopworldcontrol.com/israel/?fbclid=IwAR22gRRg0AvcQAPDq4JjnFOM_4IB9GQszNwOxAcdpdPz9mteYJJymgN_-xw</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">It's time to get involved, to
stand up, to work to enable our elections to be transparent and honest, our
borders to be secure, immigration to be plentiful <b>BUT LEGAL!</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And finally getting control of government
spending. Read President Ronald Reagan’s quote once again, it says it all!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He may be more prophetic than he realized.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I CARE!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>DO YOU?</span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Jim "Gymbeaux" Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870919098006265261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045012260553829669.post-75617709784791103002023-10-09T12:18:00.002-05:002023-10-09T12:18:29.992-05:00The First Casualty of War is the Truth!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcpx4qaY_PScwA7tKSuDY3cyKgx260Zhco-H0IoX5mGURSJwjPX1koUmuWZ0Glc24Bo-Q0LCe5R2Ir7mKI7ty0LkoLwfPJ8mBGSMSxmP9ncfdrQWJjOqHFSmXa4F0_l_CYcDPPzryfx8roU8iQTCLOciCnyGE7c2EGsMB1sAupvWZtkKXkdhJTPI1rWk0h/s443/!LOGO%20COFFEE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="118" data-original-width="443" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcpx4qaY_PScwA7tKSuDY3cyKgx260Zhco-H0IoX5mGURSJwjPX1koUmuWZ0Glc24Bo-Q0LCe5R2Ir7mKI7ty0LkoLwfPJ8mBGSMSxmP9ncfdrQWJjOqHFSmXa4F0_l_CYcDPPzryfx8roU8iQTCLOciCnyGE7c2EGsMB1sAupvWZtkKXkdhJTPI1rWk0h/w640-h170/!LOGO%20COFFEE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">THE FIRST CASUALTY OF WAR IS THE TRUTH!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Written by Jim “Gymbeaux” Brown, October 9,
2023<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“German chancellor </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/adolf-hitler-1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--c-link-content); font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; transition: color var(--t-fast),text-decoration var(--t-fast),-webkit-text-decoration var(--t-fast); widows: 2; word-break: break-word; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background: white;">Adolf Hitler</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #181818;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> had rattled his saber at Poland for months.
As he had done prior to the occupation of other countries, Hitler claimed that
ethnic Germans were being persecuted inside Poland. Addressing the nation hours
after the firing of the first shots, Hitler said he acted strictly in <b><u>justifiable
self-defense in response to Polish attacks on German soil the night before</u></b>.
Those <b><u>attacks were not launched by Poland</u></b>, however, but were
carefully choreographed operations stage-managed by the Nazi propaganda machine
as a pretext for an invasion. In the border town of Gleiwitz, S.S. operatives
donned Polish military uniforms and seized one of Germany’s own radio stations
and broadcast an anti-Nazi message in Polish. Prisoners from the Dachau
concentration camp were dressed in Polish uniforms, brought to the radio
station and shot to make it appear as if they were casualties of the firefight.</span>”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The above historical description is not something I made up,
it supposedly happened just as it was described.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.history.com/news/world-war-ii-begins-german-invasion-poland-1939">https://www.history.com/news/world-war-ii-begins-german-invasion-poland-1939</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The reports out of Israel this first week in October 2023
indicate that Hamas, a terrorist group as defined by the Israeli government,
attacked Israel penetrating a security wall that supposedly was so advanced
that troops could tell you if a goat got too close the border wall/fence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My skeptical mind started to ask the mental
questions as it oftentimes does.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How
could so many members of Hamas defeat all of the security measures in place
creating what appears to be a Pearl Harbor Attack event on Israel and no one in
the Israeli government knew it was happening?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How was that even possible?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It has is <b><u>well known</u></b> by most people and I would
assume that would include you, that <b><u>Israel wanted the land where the Gaza
Strip is located</u></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They also <b><u>wanted
the inhabitants of the Gaza Strip gone!</u></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Two objectives!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Israel has for
decades made life in the Gaza Strip unbearable for its residents and <b><u>in
my opinion</u></b>, that was to want to create an unlivable environment so that
they would leave on their own accord, but they didn’t leave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This presented Israel with a very difficult
problem if they were to achieve their aforementioned objectives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is when my mind raced back to Adolph
Hitler and how he used his own people and slaves to create what appeared to be
an <b><u>attack BY POLAND</u></b> on a German Radio Station.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To the world, Poland attacked Germany which
would not have been the brightest decision for the Polish Government to make;
and it didn’t as history has proven.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Are we seeing history being repeated in Israel?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I honestly don’t know but it sure seems like
it <b><u>to me</u></b>, <b><u>that’s my opinion</u></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Another historical saga also seems to be in play this October
2023.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you recall how so many Americans,
not including you of course, were so quick to raise the Ukrainian Flag when
Russia attacked Ukraine?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You saw the
flags everywhere including in the Halls of the U. S. Congress.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have been giving Ukraine <b><u>BILLIONS</u></b>
of our tax dollars ever since to fund a war that has resulted in heavy losses
on the Ukrainian people and appears to have been a lost cause from the very beginning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We saw false and faked news reports originating
in Ukraine all broadcasting identical reports that <b>Ukraine was winning the
war; which it wasn’t, <u>EVER</u>!</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As time passed, we very quietly saw that there were fewer and fewer
Ukrainian Flags being displayed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People
became weary of the war, became upset seeing our tax dollars funding a war and
not one single U. S. Government Official making any effort at negotiating for
peace between Ukraine and Russia; <b><u>not a one!</u></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am old enough to recall the U. S. funding
what appeared to be endless wars beginning with Vietnam and several since
then.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ukraine was just another excuse for
the military industrial complex to build and sell off the implements of war
making a lot of people very rich in the process.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now we have Israel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Israel and Palestine have been at war for as long as I can
remember.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everything changed, and then
nothing changed and they are still fighting with each other with neither party
gaining any ground. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Palestine has no deep-water
access, otherwise no useable ports; they are basically land locked and are totally
dependent on outside sources for almost all of their basic needs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Israel for years has provided electric power
and water but as of October 2023, that has been cut off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The residents of Palestine are now helpless
and if nothing changes, will either die or move.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If they move, where will they go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of
course, we have been providing money and weapons to Israel, after all, Israel
is our ally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have also been providing
money to Palestine, once again, <b><u>we are funding both sides of an armed
conflict</u></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To make matters even
worse than they already are, initial reports from Israel indicate that some of
the arms captured during this latest battle apparently came from the massive
amounts of arms we left behind in Afghanistan when we left them to be used
and/or sold.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How is this all going to end?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>First, what makes you think this is going to end?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has been ongoing for at least 50 years or
more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It appears that Israel will use
all of its military might and wipe out the Gaza Strip forcing its residents to
stay and die or move out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If that were
to happen, <b><u>it is my opinion</u></b> that the Arab nations surrounding
Israel will not take kindly to the mass genocide that will have taken place
against people such as they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
will fuel a serious division between all the nations in the Mid-East.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Iran will take advantage of all this
turmoil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As for the U. S.?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will continue to pour money and weapons
into Israel fueling the desperate need of the military industrial complex to
build and sell weapons around the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That’s
my OPINION</span></u></b><b><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and I’m sticking to it until someone proves me
wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you want to learn more about
the conflict in this area, I <b>HIGHLY RECOMMEND</b> watching <b>Max Igan’s</b>
latest podcase on the subject.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
confirmed my opinion that something was wrong with this entire scenario of
events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Watch and listen and decide for
yourself!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.bitchute.com/video/njEaYg6ifTFn/?fbclid=IwAR3m4cFuzO6YteqmrOrzANeZLUwWxBotSQx8JFLOS-yz6AQVIkTyyowQBPM">https://www.bitchute.com/video/njEaYg6ifTFn/?fbclid=IwAR3m4cFuzO6YteqmrOrzANeZLUwWxBotSQx8JFLOS-yz6AQVIkTyyowQBPM</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Jim "Gymbeaux" Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870919098006265261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045012260553829669.post-18943318601737056392023-10-03T12:01:00.001-05:002023-10-03T12:01:10.446-05:00WHAT YOU ARE IS WHERE YOU WERE...<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiKxuICBauBj7hbzdLHXWXq27EXe7lzDv4jqamwEGtjXDfHn80vWmeiAkKHpSk0zoucXffGgTBAY65nUmpQ_5gq6t7mKgxzaqzX2yRyp_PhE8yBqY0Kc7xLCcdu2Dio8gfc-RCImNcnCmzP2VuvJgZ9esxTPOAMY-zrckUaub9dyHBEOMLwzDMp33EPwJ5/s443/!LOGO%20COFFEE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="118" data-original-width="443" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiKxuICBauBj7hbzdLHXWXq27EXe7lzDv4jqamwEGtjXDfHn80vWmeiAkKHpSk0zoucXffGgTBAY65nUmpQ_5gq6t7mKgxzaqzX2yRyp_PhE8yBqY0Kc7xLCcdu2Dio8gfc-RCImNcnCmzP2VuvJgZ9esxTPOAMY-zrckUaub9dyHBEOMLwzDMp33EPwJ5/w640-h170/!LOGO%20COFFEE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-effects-shadow-align: bottomleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 40.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 18900000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%;">“WHAT YOU ARE IS WHERE YOU WERE WHEN YOU WERE
TEN!” </span></b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: bottomleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 40.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 18900000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%;">(*)</span><b><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-effects-shadow-align: bottomleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 40.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 18900000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: bottomleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 40.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 18900000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%;">From a
seminar by Dr. Morris Massey<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-effects-shadow-align: bottomleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 40.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 18900000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%;"><a href="https://www.enterprisemedia.com/product/00127/what-you-are-is-where-you-were-when---the-original">https://www.enterprisemedia.com/product/00127/what-you-are-is-where-you-were-when---the-original</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-effects-shadow-align: bottomleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 40.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 18900000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%;">Are you a Racist?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>By
Jim “Gymbeaux” Brown, October 2, 2023<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p>(*)The actual
quote is: <i>“<b>You are what you are
because of what you where when you were 10!”</b></i> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">When was I <b>TEN-YEARS
OLD?</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>1955.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>Dr. Massey</b> gave one of the most
profound lectures I have ever heard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How
can I say that?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because I heard it in
the 1970s and I can remember it as if it were yesterday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In short, Dr. Massey suggested that a child develops
all the personal traits and beliefs by the time they reach their tenth birthday,
give or take a year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What life-lessons did you learn from your
parents, siblings, family, teachers and friends before you became smarter than
they were?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who were you friends? What
did you learn from your teachers?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What
did you learn on the street from your friends some of whom could have had questionable
character traits and beliefs of their own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Who mentored you growing up?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What
“tel-a-vision” shows did you watch that helped you to form your characteristics
and beliefs?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I misspelled television on
purpose because they do not call it a “boob tube” for nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The silver screen is used to send direct and subliminal
messages to all who watch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our minds have
been programed by the “vision” the silver screen “tells”, thus
tel-a-vision.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have unconsciously
trusted what we have watched not really understanding that what we were
watching was nothing more than mind-programing; thus tel-a-vision
programing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you see it? </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">Except for the
occasional atom bomb drills in elementary school where we were directed to take
cover beneath our wooden student desks, for me, all was well in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The world was between the Korean War, sorry
conflict, and the fiasco of Vietnam.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">Dr. Massey asked
in his lecture, when you are talking with someone, have you ever felt you were
on different pages even though you were talking with family, friends,
employers, co-workers or customers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dr.
Massey proved that when I was ten, in 1955, if I was talking to someone that
was ten in 1935, we would have dramatically different beliefs and thought
processes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you were ten in 1935, you
were between the great depression followed by WWII.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In either case, people were forced to be
frugal because everything was so hard to come by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was not the case in 1955.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you were ten in 1965, it was the age of
free love and drugs and the Vietnam War; not a good combination.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can you understand that this is one of the
major reasons that people are “on different pages” in their lives, if you fail
to understand that, conflict may and probably will erupt. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">Fast forward
that thought to 1995.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1995 I was a
real estate broker and I hired agents who were ten in 1975 or later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I came from a world where everything was
great; they came from a world where Vietnam had taken over 50,000 lives on our
side alone and politics was hard to avoid because of the high inflation rates,
unemployment, the Vietnam War, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a
normal discussion, can you see where my agents and I probably were on totally
different pages in regards to our personal characteristics and beliefs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I couldn’t put my mind into the mind of a
ten-year-old who grew up in1975, we were bound to have issues.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1955 I had never even heard of illicit drug
use, never!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I am talking to a ten-year-old
from 1965, do you think we may have opposing views on the growing drug culture? </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">If you find it difficult
to relate to someone, it is probably because you either haven’t tried to
discover what the person’s beliefs are or you automatically dismiss them as
being irrational and even unacceptable and never question why you believe that
to be true. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">What do you
think the characteristics and beliefs are that <b>YOUR</b> ten-year-old son or
daughter is developing if they become ten in 2022 or 2023?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For starters, they are being taught that they
live in a country that was founded and based upon systematic racism and that
most, if not all, white people are racists. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are also being taught in school, on tel-a-vision
and in the movies to hate their country. In 1955 I grew up in Youngstown, Ohio
which was truly a “melting pot” of almost every nationality, every religion,
and every skin color.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I lived in a neighborhood,
went to schools, played on sports teams with every imaginable type of person,
nationality and religion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t
remember ever discussing the word “racism”, nor did I personally ever witness
any overt acts of racism towards any Blacks that I knew personally. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">For a second,
assume that <b>YOU</b> are a <b>TEN-YEAR-OLD</b> growing up in <b><u>2023</u></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What are you being exposed to on a daily
basis?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here are just a few of the terms
and buzz words that <b>YOUR TEN-YEAR-OLD SELF</b>, (and if you have 10-year-old
children) are being exposed to that was taken directly from the Internet:<b style="text-align: left;"><u><o:p><span style="text-decoration-line: none;"> </span></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">SOCIAL JUSTICE</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">, in contemporary politics, </span><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/social-science"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">social science</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">, </span><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a;">and </span><a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/political-philosophy"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">political philosophy</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">, </span><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a;">the </span><a href="https://www.britannica.com/money/topic/fair"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">fair</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a;"> treatment
and equitable status of all individuals and social groups within a </span><a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/state-sovereign-political-entity"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">state</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a;"> or society. The term also is used to refer to social,
political, and economic institutions, laws, or policies that collectively
afford such fairness and </span><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/equity"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">equity</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a;"> and is commonly applied to movements that seek
fairness, equity, inclusion, </span><a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/self-determination"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">self-determination</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a;">, or other goals for currently or historically oppressed,
exploited, or </span><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marginalized"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">marginalized</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a;"> populations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/social-justice">https://www.britannica.com/topic/social-justice</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">SYSTEMIC RACISM:</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span class="mwtwi"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">systemic racism</span></span></span><span class="ex-sent"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> is far more than a matter of racial prejudice and individual
bigotry. It is a material, social, and ideological reality that is
well-imbedded in major U.S. institutions.</span></span><span class="mdash"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">—</span></span><svg class="svg me-1 replaced-svg" data-inject-url="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dist-cross-dungarees/2023-09-29--16-38-33-kd0ri/images/svg/redesign/vi-mdash.svg" fill="none" height="2" viewbox="0 0 6 2" width="6" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><rect fill="url(#paint0_linear_3336_26632)" height="1" rx="0.5" width="6" y="0.5"></rect><defs><lineargradient gradientunits="userSpaceOnUse" id="paint0_linear_3336_26632" x1="-6.97374e-08" x2="6" y1="1.085" y2="1.085"></lineargradient></defs></svg></span></span><span class="auth"><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Joe R. Feagin</span></b></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/systemic%20racism">https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/systemic%20racism</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #8a8d91; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="auth"><b><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;">RACISM:</span></b></span><span class="auth"><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; padding: 0in;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><b><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;"> </span></b><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #212529; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;">a belief that </span><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/race#h1"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">race</span></a> </span><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #212529; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;">is a <b><u>fundamental</u></b> </span><b><u><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/determinant"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">determinant</span></a></span></u></b><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;"> </span><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #212529; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;">of human traits and capacities and that racial
differences produce an <b><u>inherent</u></b> superiority of a particular race.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;">Ladino elites used <i>racism</i> to
justify the displacement and enslavement of the indigenous population, and
these beliefs, along with the resentment created by the continued exploitation
of indigenous land and labor, culminated in the Guatemalan Civil War
(1960-1996).—<b>Mariana Calvo</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #8a8d91;"><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/racism">https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/racism</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;">These are just a few of
the buzz words.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, assuming that <b>YOU</b>
are a 10-year-old, would you honestly understand any of the official Internet
definitions provided?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At 10, would you
even care?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Clear as mud!” as we used to
say.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;">Throw into the mix the extremely
confusing <b><u>ADULT</u></b> (QUESTIONABLE) attempts to explain <b><u>gender identification</u></b>
to a 10-year-old <b>YOU</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Would you
understand it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why are schools even
teaching it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>School teachers are taught
to teach school, most are <b><u>NOT</u></b> qualified and/or trained to teach
subjects that would or should normally require a medical expert to be qualified
to teach or counsel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>REMEMBER, YOU
ARE THE 10-YEARS OLD!</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;">Confusing the 2023
situation even further would be difficult, if not impossible, for the
10-year-old <b>YOU</b>, <b>NOT</b> to witness on tel-a-vision, the repeated news
coverage of gangs of up to 100 or more Black youths and young men and women
ransacking commercial retail stores.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Regardless of <b>YOUR</b> skin color or even your current age, what message
is being sent to <b>YOU</b> when <b>YOU </b>watch such events?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is it not difficult to begin to lump <b>ALL Blacks</b>
in the category of criminals you are watching on the late news?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;">You either condemn the
criminal activities or you think, “good for them.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There can be no in between!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Criminal behavior is <b><u>NEVER ACCEPTABLE
BEHAVIOR IN A CIVILIZED SOCIETY!</u></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Yet <b>YOU</b>, the 10-year-old see this repeated all across the country
and there never appears to be anyone ever held accountable as if the store
owners and employees are considered not to be victims of such behavior.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stores all across the country are closing
their doors because of the financial loss and personal ruination by these gangs
of criminals who are systematically destroying the very towns they live in.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;">If Dr. Massey is right,
and given the 50 years since I attended his class on the subject, I believe he
is, what is <b>YOUR</b> 10-year-old <b>BRAIN LEARNING ABOUT SUCH SUBJECTS AS
MENTIONED ABOVE?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;">The very sad part about
all of this is the <b>TOTAL SILENCE</b> coming from Black Leaders throughout
the country.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where are the
politicians?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where are the Hollywood
celebrities?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where are the professional
sports heroes? Why are they not speaking out about this outrageous behavior and
educational indoctrinations?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>CRICKETS!!!</b> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>SILENCE <u>IS</u> ACCEPTANCE!</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;">I never believed in systemic
racism in America.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, there was the
era of brutal slavery but if you check the record books, almost every country on
the plant engaged in slavery at some point in their history and that includes
slaves of all skin colors including white skinned people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet that is what our children are being
taught and led to believe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What possible
other conclusions could they come to if that is all they are taught?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Keep in mind, no matter what the subject, the
thought process of most people is that if everyone is doing something, it must
be alright to do it. In the case of the gangs of youths and young men and
women, there is another rule-of-thumb that people follow; there is safety in
numbers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; padding: 0in;">Maybe all this is okay
with you; it not okay with me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my
opinion, repeat, opinion, America is circling the drain as everyone stands by and
only watches the destruction.<o:p></o:p></span></p><b></b><p></p>Jim "Gymbeaux" Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870919098006265261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045012260553829669.post-83375267683767647182023-09-18T15:04:00.044-05:002023-09-18T15:13:06.707-05:00NOT INTERESTED IN POLITICS<p><span style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvHPMO73QPhjfDfo8UoHTgpr64zGSH18csA8_T9QWoNyDdtNEM75UX2lBc5iSmNNkjcN1U3dy7ssvtEbTTw9GXaQxXhFKB-jEnzre7l_WrhNszkneGGaNq-NTEjeew3aQcUgh9l1Lf8AzwnLCbvxKLsijFZsl1KOsv75Cybw6DBY5qu_mQe1aPPXJXL9LZ/s443/!LOGO%20COFFEE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="118" data-original-width="443" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvHPMO73QPhjfDfo8UoHTgpr64zGSH18csA8_T9QWoNyDdtNEM75UX2lBc5iSmNNkjcN1U3dy7ssvtEbTTw9GXaQxXhFKB-jEnzre7l_WrhNszkneGGaNq-NTEjeew3aQcUgh9l1Lf8AzwnLCbvxKLsijFZsl1KOsv75Cybw6DBY5qu_mQe1aPPXJXL9LZ/w640-h170/!LOGO%20COFFEE.jpg" width="640" /></a> </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: red;">DISCLAIMER.</span></b><span style="color: red;"> </span><span>You </span><b>WON’T </b>hurt my feelings by
labeling me as being nuts or crazy, or stupid or whatever name you prefer to
call me but don’t dare call me that </span><b style="text-align: justify;"><u>UNTIL AFTER</u></b><span style="text-align: justify;"> you have read
this Nugget.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><b style="text-align: justify;">If </b><span style="text-align: justify;">you read it, and
more importantly, do your own research and can prove that anything I said was
in error, then you have every right to call me crazy.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">I am big boy and have been called much worse
in my lifetime.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Mom was right when she
said, sticks and stones may break my bones but </span><b style="text-align: justify;">NAMES</b><span style="text-align: justify;"> (JUST NAMES) will </span><b style="text-align: justify;">NEVER</b><span style="text-align: justify;">
hurt me!</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Unlike today where people get
offended by everything and anything.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">She
said that as early as 1950 if memory serves me.</span></span></p><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 107%;">I’M NOT INTERESTED IN<br /></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 107%;">ANYTHING POLITICAL!<br /></span></b><b>By Jim “Gymbeaux”
Brown, September 17, 2023</b></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Who hasn’t heard someone declare
that <b><i>“<u>I’m not interested in anything political!</u>”</i></b> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At first hearing that phrase, it sounds
impressive and frankly, <b>not only did I say it, <u>I actually believed it</u></b><u>!</u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Am I proud of my stance about not being
interested?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For a long time, absolutely,
but remember I grew up in the 1950s and 1960s when <b>Father Knows Best</b> was
a popular television (<b>TELL-A-VISION</b>) show and everything was right with
the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Right?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seriously?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They called it <b>TELEVISION </b>because it was designed, from the very
beginning, to <b><u>TELL US A VISION, BUT ONLY THE VISION “THEY” WANTED US TO
KNOW AND HAVE!</u></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">I remember emergency drills in my
elementary school classes where at the sound of the alarm, we all would crawl
under our tiny little wooden student desks to protect us from a possible atomic
bomb attack; that’s how <b>“everything was well in the world”</b> thinking we
all had just by watching shows like <b>Father Knows Best, Leave it to Beaver,
The Lone Ranger,</b> etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><u>The
White Hats won; the Black Hats lost!</u></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Nobody ever really died.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We knew
it was all play acting, the guns didn’t have real bullets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><u>Those were the rules of the world back
in the 1950s and 60s.</u></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><u><br /></u></b><span style="font-size: medium;">There are people throughout the world in 2023 that have a
very serious agenda and they have declared war on over <b><u>6 BILLION PEOPLE
INCLUDING YOU & ME</u> </b>and most of them, probably you <b>IF</b> you
truly believe that you are <b><u>NOT interested in “anything political</u>”,</b>
have no clue that: </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 20pt; line-height: 107%;">WE ARE AT WAR AND WE HAVE BEEN AT WAR<br /></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 20pt; line-height: 107%;">FOR AT LEAST 60 YEARS IF NOT LONGER.</span></b></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The World
Economic Forum (WEF),</b> the <b>United Nations (UN)</b> and any number of <b><u>three
letter agencies</u></b> including some in our own government like the <b>CIA</b>,
the <b>FBI</b>, the <b>DHS</b>, the <b>NSA</b>, <b>ABC</b>, <b>NBC</b>, <b>CBS</b>,
<b>PBR</b>, and <b>FOX</b>. Wait…ABC,
FOX and others are <b>NOT</b> part of the government. If you truly believe that, you really do have
your head buried in the sand and are <b>NOT</b> interested in <b>“anything
political.”</b> Just look up <b>Operation
Mockingbird!</b> <b>PLEASE,</b> <b><u>LOOK
IT UP!</u></b> I’ll make it easy for
you, here is a link to a site that explains it for you: <a href="https://spartacus-educational.com/JFKmockingbird.htm">https://spartacus-educational.com/JFKmockingbird.htm</a> But wait, you may say if you have read this
far; I say that because if you are truly <b>NOT INTERESTED IN “ANYTHING
POLITICAL”</b> you probably have <b>NOT</b> read this far. But if you have read this far, <b>congratulations!</b> You <b><u>ARE</u></b> interested in some things
political.<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I challenge you to<b> STOP</b>
reading for about 2.5 hours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For just a
short period of your time, get a cup of coffee or your beverage of choice, sit
back and watch and listen to the following <b>Max Igan</b> video because he
covers a great many topics in one video that you assuredly <b>DID NOT SEE</b>
on your national or local <b>TELL-A-VISION</b> news programs. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During the last part of his video, he goes on
a rant like none you have ever heard, I can almost guarantee that claim.
Seriously, I <b>CHALLENGE YOU TO WATCH</b> but I am pretty certain that most
will not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because most people, certainly not you, feel
their time is so valuable that they can’t possibly take an hour out of their
extremely busy schedule to actually learn something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You don’t have to believe everything Igan
says, but I hope you at least research what he says, the information is out
there, all <b>YOU</b> have to do is <b><u>let it in.</u></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>NOTE:</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have no idea if you can click on the following link and gain access,
some browsers permit it, others do not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If not, copy and paste the link to your browser and it will open up.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://odysee.com/@thecrowhouse:2/Things-Are-About-To-Go-To-The-Next-Level:d">https://odysee.com/@thecrowhouse:2/Things-Are-About-To-Go-To-The-Next-Level:d</a><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>WELCOME BACK</b>, assuming you did in fact come
back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The story continues!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>WE HAVE BEEN AT WAR FOR A VERY
LONG TIME.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wars have been fought where
the elites of the world actually financed <b>BOTH SIDES</b>, ensuring that they
will be on the winning side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their only
interest was in making money off of the death and destruction of millions of
our fellow human beings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They funded
both the Allied Forces in WWII as well as NAZI Germany!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think about that for just a second.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If it is true, and it is, the world bankers
and world’s financially wealthy families financed both sides of WWII and millions
upon millions of people gave their lives, both military and civilians, just to
feed their bank accounts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And what did
most people do, they choose <b><u>NOT</u></b> to be interested OR concerned, in
<b>“anything political”,</b> me included!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I have said it before, actually I
have repeatedly said it and I have written about it, my interest in politics
began in the 1990s when I read the book <b><u>The Naked Communist</u></b>, in
which, the author described the 45 specific objectives of <b>The Communist
Party USA.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Party <b>KNEW </b>with
certainty that it could <b>NEVER</b> take over America militarily because the
country treasured its individual freedoms <b>PLUS </b>the <b>entire population
was heavily armed</b> (the Second Amendment at work!).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is when I knew that the United States
was at war with a silent enemy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 2023,
they are silent no longer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If you have <b>NOT</b> read <b>Agneda
21</b>, written by the <b>United Nations</b> of which we are a member and PAY
the most for its membership; and <b>Agenda 30</b>, which is an update of Agenda
21; and if you have not seen what was written on the now destroyed <b>Georgia
Guidestones</b> in several languages, you really don’t pay attention to <b>“<u>anything
political</u>” </b>because <b>“<u>these people</u>”</b> <b>HAVE TOLD YOU WHAT
THEY HAVE PLANNED FOR YOU AND YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO IGNORE THEM.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The following is <b>MY</b> life-lesson for
you who truly do not want to open your mind to “<b>anything political</b>”:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">WHEN SOMEONE TELLS YOU THAT
THEY ARE GOING TO <u>KILL YOU</u>;<br /></span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">IT’S TIME TO PULL YOUR HEAD
OUT OF YOUR ASS<br /></span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;">AND <u>BELIEVE THEM</u>!</span></b></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: red; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><span style="text-align: justify;">The “elites of the world”, like
the </span><b style="text-align: justify;">WEF</b><span style="text-align: justify;">, the </span><b style="text-align: justify;">UN</b><span style="text-align: justify;">, </span><b style="text-align: justify;">George Soros</b><span style="text-align: justify;"> and </span><b style="text-align: justify;">Bill Gates</b><span style="text-align: justify;"> of the
world have publicly told you that “</span><b style="text-align: justify;"><u>they” plan to kill off 13 of every 14
persons around the entire globe! </u></b><span style="text-align: justify;">But
people, certainly not you, </span><b style="text-align: justify;"><u>have not been paying attention</u></b><span style="text-align: justify;">.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><b style="text-align: justify;"><u>But I have!</u></b><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">So has Lara Logan.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">It would behoove you (love that word) to pay
attention to how Lara Logan defines </span><b style="text-align: justify;">WHO “THEY” ARE</b><span style="text-align: justify;"> in this clip.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Again, if the link does not work, you owe it
to yourself to copy and past the link to your browser and it WILL work.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://laralogan.substack.com/p/lara-logan-what-is-the-uni-party?fbclid=IwAR0QJ_OTuxoiaJJv4JdzaRgURFYC-kiHf_-h6Iu6lmh-gqw96Ov1RbtyhU0">https://laralogan.substack.com/p/lara-logan-what-is-the-uni-party?fbclid=IwAR0QJ_OTuxoiaJJv4JdzaRgURFYC-kiHf_-h6Iu6lmh-gqw96Ov1RbtyhU0</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>IF </b>you have not been
paying attention, the following are just a few of the things you have in store
for you that you would <b>NOT</b> have seen <b>IF</b> you have not paid
attention to <b>“anything political”</b>: (Courtesy of <b>Jordan Peterson</b>
as posted on Twitter)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"></p><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b>No Fireplaces</b><br /><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b>No Meat</b><br /><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b>No Dairy</b><br /><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b>No Air Conditioning</b><br /><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b>No Cars</b><br /><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b>No Clothes</b><br /><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b>No Flights</b><br /><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b>No Comedians</b><br /><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b>No Free Speech</b><br /><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b>No Cash</b><br /><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b>No Dogs</b><br /><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b>No Cats</b><br /><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b>No Farm Animals</b><br /><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b>No Children (aka the move to transgenderism
is one way of achieving this)</b> <br /><!--[if !supportLists]--><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>(This is) Your future as a
peasant under the eco-fascists with the best excuse EVER (saving) the PLANET!</b> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The WEF and all
those included in the term <b>“THEY”,</b> and many others want us all to be
living in <b><u>15-minute cities</u></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Yes, they do exist and they are being experimented on several cities
around the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Using the same system
created by the Chinese where they can identify everyone (millions upon millions
of people) by face recognition and capturing everything about everyone through
electronic technology, “<b>they” will be in control EVERYTHING WE DO</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the government at any time dislikes
something you have done, the government will be able to shut off your access to
your own money; something they can probably already do since so many of us bank
entirely by electronic means, me included.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>IF
IT IS SOMETHING DONE ELECTRONICALLY OR BY WIFI, <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>YOU
CAN BET THAT JUST ABOUT ANYONE CAN HACK INTO IT AND CONTROL <u>ANYTHING AND
EVERYTHING YOU AND I ARE ALREADY DOING.</u></b><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The advent of <b>ELECTRIC
vehicles</b> is just one more step in the process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>There are not enough rare earth minerals
to build all of the electric batteries required to build the number of electric
vehicles the government wants you and I to purchase</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>PERIOD!</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t take my word for it, look it up
yourself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><u>DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH!</u></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a simple case of math.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If it takes X amount of minerals and given
the number of vehicles the government wants us to own, would then become <b>X PLUS</b>
some number; mathematically, <b><u>IT CAN’T HAPPEN!</u></b> Yet, that is what
they want us to believe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember, if
over 6 billion people are to be removed from the planet, the government
estimate of electric cars needed will not really be “X Plus”, will it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will be more like X-MINUS the change in
the number people that no longer populate the world, will it not?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is why they don’t care that the math
doesn’t add up in 2023 because they are planning for a very significant change
in the world’s population and trust me, you and I are not in the club that will
survive.<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>What is a
15-minute City?</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So glad you
asked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The “elites” (‘they”) want those
of us that remain alive to live in very localized high-rise type housing where
you can easily <b>WALK</b> to anything you need <b>within 15 minutes</b> of
where you live and that <b>includes going to work</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You will be authorized a very limited number
of passes where you can travel beyond your 15-minute cities to visit family who
might live in such cities not in your area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But if you have violated government laws, the government can prevent you
from traveling outside <b>YOUR</b> circular city simply by shutting off your
access to your funds, preventing you from flying or shutting down your electric
vehicle any time it wants to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can
probably do that now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I own a
conventional vehicle and I can shut off the engine now from my phone even when
it is being driven elsewhere by someone else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Think about that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I can do it
with one car, <b>“they”</b> will be able to do it to every modern-day car,
gasoline or electric.<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>I know, this is all crazy talk</b>;
or at least I once thought it was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s
time folks: </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">WAKE UP!!<br /></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">THEY ARE TELLING US WHAT THEY WANT TO
HAVE HAPPEN;<br /></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>PEOPLE JUST ARE NOT LISTENING!</span></b><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>I</b>
already <b>KNOW</b> what it is like to live in a 15-minute city; I am currently
living in a <b>self-imposed</b> 15-minute city of sorts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have health issues, primarily serious back
and knee problems that prevent me from sitting in one position for any length
of time like more than 15 minutes and that includes watching television; I just
have to get up and move around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can
drive short distances like to the stores or doctors but not much farther.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is exactly what the “elites” want us all
to be doing, healthy or not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In regard
to being healthy, I am pretty sure that I would be referred to as an “eater” by
“these people”, meaning I would serve no useful purpose for them to meet their
needs and as such, I would be disposable to them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It would be a needless cost and burden to
those in power.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That would also be true
for just about every retiree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>Is that
what you want for yourself or your children and their children?</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I certainly do not but then <b>I have been
paying attention; <u><span style="color: red;">have you?</span></u></b><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">For the record,
I have four children, 9 grand children and 4 great grandchildren.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m 78 years old soon to be 79.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am saddened that I am unable to leave them
some great financial legacy like the very wealthy people have done for their
children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am seriously saddened that
my generation, one that collectively has <b>NOT BEEN PAYING ATTENTION</b>, are
going to leave all of our children a world where there is <b>NO</b> “shinning
city on the hill” that draws people from all over the world to want to come, live,
and work here <b>AND</b> <b>more importantly</b>, assimilate into our wonderful
history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I intentionally used the word <b>HISTORY</b>
because the American Dream is fast becoming history with all of the illegal
immigration, the moral decay of our society, the demise of great educational
opportunities and the total corruption of our children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is <b>NOT</b> the legacy I hoped to be
leaving my children and their children and their children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is it yours?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><b><u>If not, it will be unless you get up off your ass and start paying
attention.</u></b><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Shut off the national and local news<br /><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Find alternative news sources, they exist on the
internet in <b>ABUNDANCE</b><br /><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Don’t believe anything you hear or see on the <b>TELL-A-VISION</b>
because that is exactly what you are watching and listing to, a <b>VISION</b>
that our government and the elites “they” of the world want you to hear and
see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Get a shot, wear a mask, stand
six-feet apart, wash your hands, don’t breathe on anyone, you get the <b>VISION!</b><br /><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Don’t believe anything you hear or see on
alternative news sources, do what they all suggest, <b><u>DO</u></b> <b><u>YOUR
OWN RESEARCH, VERIFY EVERYTHING!</u></b><br /><!--[if !supportLists]--><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Start by getting involved in local politics,
know who is running for every political office but especially your local school
boards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do thorough research on <b><u>EVERY
</u></b>candidate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t vote for anyone
just because they have a small letter (r), (d) or (i) or some other small
letter after their name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The country is
evolving into a <b>Uni-Party</b>, meaning there is no significant difference
between a lot of the pollical parties and silently they agree on so many very
significant issues that the “we the people” would never agree to like waging
wars!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><u>KNOW</u></b> what your
candidate stands for <b><u>AND DON’T JUST TAKE THEIR WORD FOR IT</u></b>,
research them. Find out what have they done to cause you to want to vote for
them and hopefully it is not <b>JUST</b> the letter that follows their name.<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">YOU/WE CAN STOP THIS EVIL TAKE OVER THE OF THE WORLD.</span></b><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Words normally
mean things but in this case the evil people orchestrating this take over have
changed the words so they seem more acceptable to everyone; everyone but me and
others who have done their own research.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The single greatest example of this war-footing premise is the
following, <b>JUST THINK ABOUT IT FOR A SECOND!</b><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">ONE-WORLD GOVERNMENT</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">sounds
non-threatening and even something great</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="color: red; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%;">ONE-WORLD-GOVERNMENT EQUALS
COMMUNISM!</span></u></b><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It cannot be
much easier to understand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That has been
the goal of Communism for as long as I can remember – to take over the
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That has been the singular goal
of just about every evil dictatorship such as Germany, Italy, Japan, China,
Russia, Iran and to some extent, even the United States with all of its
military involvements around the world all designed to change the leadership of
countries, <b>REGIME CHANGE!</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In that
regard, we are no better than any of the horrible wars that have been fought
world-wide.</span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If you want <b>MORE</b>
and I hope you do, here is another video that everyone ought to watch if they
want to know the truth about so many topics that you <b>WILL NOT SEE ON YOUR
TELEVISION SETS!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>PERIOD!</u></b><b><u><o:p><span style="text-decoration-line: none;"> </span></o:p></u></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><u><a href="https://rumble.com/v3ika44-fifth-generation-warfare-weapons-used-against-us.html?fbclid=IwAR3LIpEx_krDv_6avEWbfC2UpDRIzdr91cI5ZETGAkVNaKHNfoJoZjjC3x8">https://rumble.com/v3ika44-fifth-generation-warfare-weapons-used-against-us.html?fbclid=IwAR3LIpEx_krDv_6avEWbfC2UpDRIzdr91cI5ZETGAkVNaKHNfoJoZjjC3x8</a></u></b><b style="text-align: justify;"><u><o:p><span style="text-decoration-line: none;"> </span></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is my
story and I’m sticking to it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am no
longer physically capable of fighting anyone other than with my words.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Therefore, I let my words do my talking and
fighting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like it or not, <b><u>WE ARE
AT WAR AND HAVE BEEN FOR AT LEAST 100 YEARS!</u></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The real question is this:<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></p>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;">WHAT IF WE WERE AT WAR AND NO ONE
KNEW IT?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <br /> </span></span></b><b><span style="line-height: 107%;">IF THAT IS THE CASE,<br /></span></b><b><span style="line-height: 107%;">WE HAVE ALREADY LOST THE WAR, AND<br /></span></b><b><u><span style="line-height: 107%;">NO ONE KNOWS IT!</span></u></b></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">YET!!!!!!!!!!!</span><o:p style="font-size: 36pt;"></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: 36pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b></p>Jim "Gymbeaux" Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870919098006265261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045012260553829669.post-71882553439483815382023-09-16T10:20:00.000-05:002023-09-16T10:20:08.716-05:00"Dumb Luck!"<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF_GGN0hSL4iMMGsGIx4AxBOFY5AP88o9UNAL8N2AOP4hrWTlcLSi7c-msOReafqwhxRgX6-PIEu0AVLdyNVVy8jJPUtySzpcln1CV_K3Uwzy4aqMVDvPtIuBQtCC0x2tP0Tb_8iSJF_fDRQFMH6BOmDIE9_oNmZCYZ18CevNGMWnh-4BUwuWYBmkgCSaf/s443/!LOGO%20COFFEE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="118" data-original-width="443" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF_GGN0hSL4iMMGsGIx4AxBOFY5AP88o9UNAL8N2AOP4hrWTlcLSi7c-msOReafqwhxRgX6-PIEu0AVLdyNVVy8jJPUtySzpcln1CV_K3Uwzy4aqMVDvPtIuBQtCC0x2tP0Tb_8iSJF_fDRQFMH6BOmDIE9_oNmZCYZ18CevNGMWnh-4BUwuWYBmkgCSaf/w640-h170/!LOGO%20COFFEE.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: 14.0pt; text-shadow: auto;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: 14.0pt; text-shadow: auto;"><br /></span></b></p>NOTE:</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; text-shadow: auto;"> September 15, 2023, </span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The following
Nugget was written in May of 2007 and was written when I was the Broker for
Keller Williams Realty® therefore, there are references to Keller Williams
Realty® within this Nugget. The lesson
of this Nugget not only applies to real estate sales, it applies to sales of
all types and companies of all type including other real estate companies. </span><b><u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; text-shadow: auto;">IT ALSO APPLIES TO ALL HOMEOWNERS OR HOMEBUYERS!</span></u></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Don’t
discount the lesson because of my affiliation with Keller Williams Realty® because
of where I was at the time I wrote this Nugget.
</span><b><u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; text-shadow: auto;">True life lessons are timeless and apply to everyone!</span></u></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; text-shadow: auto;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; text-shadow: auto;">“Dumb Luck” is not an effective strategy!<br /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-shadow: auto;">Article by: Jim “Gymbeaux” Brown, May 5,
2007</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">I do not believe in
coincidences! Things happen for a
reason. Yesterday I was watching the
NASCAR race at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Talladega</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">Alabama</st1:state></st1:place>.
I was not really paying attention but I definitely heard someone, I
think it was Daryl Waltrup, say, <b><i>“Second place is the first loser!” </i></b>Wow, did that hit home. Then as if on cue, I read chapter 10 of <b><i>List
More Sell More </i></b>by Jerry Besser and what does he write about; the
analogy of the Indianapolis 500 and selling real estate. Two race situations within 24 hours is not a
coincidence – there is a lesson.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Besser described the Indy Car as
a machine with thousands of parts that have to work precisely otherwise the
driver could lose valuable seconds and when you lose seconds, you lose the
race.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He went on to say that listing a
home is no different than winning the Indy 500. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The seller is the car owner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The driver is the listing agent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everything else involved are the parts and
team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you want to open your seller’s
eyes, ask the seller to imagine that he or she is the owner of a Keller
Williams Red top-of-the-line Indy Car.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then ask the seller if he or she wants to win the 2007 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Indianapolis</st1:city></st1:place> 500.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the answer is yes, point out that in order
to do so he or she would have to first have a car, hire a first-class driver,
crew chief, fuel man, tire changers, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Shortchanging the selection of these items and people would result in
not winning the race.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then everyone on
the team would have to practice and practice and practice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like the GMC commercial states, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“amateurs
practice until they get it right; professionals practice until they can’t get
it wrong!”</i></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Just putting the car on the track would rely on “dumb luck” to win
and dumb luck is not an effective strategy!</u></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is no better than the “three P’s” of real
estate”; overpricing a property, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">P</span></b>utting it in the MLS, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">P</span></b>utting a sign in the yard and then <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">P</span></b>raying
that it sells. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">There is no difference in listing
a home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Does the owner want to win?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember, second place is the first
loser.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In order for the owner to win
there must be an effective strategy in play.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They made the first correct choice in interviewing you (the
driver).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But what else must be in play
to win the race and not finish second, third or worst, last?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As Besser pointed out in Chapter 10,
everything has to be as close to perfect as possible to finish first and that
includes but is not limited to: </p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;">The property condition <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MUST</b> reflect the price<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;">The property condition <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MUST</b> be in its best condition <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BEFORE </b>the first buyer sees it<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;">The property <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MUST</b>
be priced to sell and in a buyer’s market that means lower than the seller
thinks it should be<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;">The front of the home and the yard <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MUST</b> be impeccable and inviting<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;">When buyers leave the property, you want them to
remember good things about the home not the items needing repairs, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“That home smelled like fresh baked
apple pie.”</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Much better than, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“That was the home that had the rotted
out front doorway.”<o:p></o:p></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;">Every one sells the features; you want to sell the
benefits.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;">You want to assume that the showing agents does not
know what he or she is doing and so you create a display at every feature
and benefit by using “benefit cards” large enough to be seen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the showing agent is unfamiliar with
the property the best features and benefits will go undetected – create
attractions for the buyer to self-discover them<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Here is a Big
AHA from Chapter 10 of Besser’s book, create feature and benefit sheets
without your company logo and name all over them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why would a showing agent from another
company want to give your feature sheets to their buyers if your name and
company and contact numbers are all over them?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Would you?<o:p></o:p></b></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;">Did I say the property must be priced right?<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;">The property <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NEEDS</b>
a Home Warranty Program (if the seller does not want to pay for one, you
should consider paying for one for the buyer from the closing proceeds.)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;">If the home inspection is the number one reason a
purchase agreement fails to close and it is, then why would a seller not
want to get the home inspected <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BEFORE</b>
the buyers see it and then either fix the discrepancies <b><u>or price it
accordingly</u></b>?<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;">Offer more commissions to a coop agent than the
competition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A buyer’s market is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NOT</b> the time to reduce your
commission; on the contrary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
must offer even <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MORE</b> commission
to coop agents to attract them and their buyers to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">YOUR</b> listings.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;">If you believe in the 80/20 rule, then only 20
percent of the board’s membership would be considered as “sellers of real
estate” at a high level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a board
of 600 agents, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>that means only
120 are probably working with buyers</u></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you know who they are?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you market your properly priced
listings with great terms and better than average coop commissions to
them? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If not, why not?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They most likely have buyers!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You <b>should know</b> <b>who</b>
(REALTORS) in your market area are the ones that consistently sell real
estate!<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;">Most agents will not talk to sellers about properly
pricing their property (that obviously does not apply to you) but in most
cases they would prefer to take the overpriced listing than lose the
listing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then week after week they
become reluctant to call the seller to explain why the property is not
being shown or sold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why is the
property not being shown or sold; surprise – it is because of the agent
who failed to take the initiative to tell the seller the truth and then
back up what they say with facts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Do
you want me to tell you the truth or do you want me to tell you what you
want to hear?”<o:p></o:p></i></b></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;">Think outside the box, be creative. You cannot sell a property if no one
sees it. How do you get agents and
buyers into your listings? Remember,
“Dumb luck” is not an effective strategy. <b>
</b><b>Have a plan! </b></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">In a buyer’s market where there
are far more sellers than qualified buyers, why would <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">YOU</b> want to hire an agent who has so little belief in self that
they are so willing to cut their commissions in order to take a listing?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think about the Indy 500.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why would a car owner take on a driver who
could not navigate the oval without keeping his or her foot to the floor on the
accelerator?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They would not, so why
would you if you were the seller?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are
you a winner or are you an also ran (second place or worse)?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were 43 cars that started the race in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Talladega</st1:city></st1:place> but only one
winner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were 42 also rans!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But as Besser states in his book, you do not
have to beat 42 other cars, you only have to beat the car that comes in second
or as DW said, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“The first loser!”</i></b> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Okay race fans, think about
this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Talladega</st1:city></st1:place> 43 cars started, 1 finished
first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In our market in East ST. Tammany
Parish, there are currently 732 residential listings on the market.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During the month of April 2007, there were
118 closed sales.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s assume there are
600 licensed agents in Eastern St. Tammany Parish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s say for argument purposes that no one
closed more than one sale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means
that 482 failed to close a sale in April.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Do you not find it strange that if there are 600 agents and there are
118 sales that the 118 sales represent almost exactly 20% of the Board
Membership?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Does 80/20 mean anything to
anyone? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means that only 16% of the
listings sold in April.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What does that
tell you?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It tells me that if you want
your sellers to be one of the 16%, they have to be realistic in regards to
pricing their property.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, “dumb
luck” is not an effective strategy! </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Most agents (not you of course)
would not think twice about declining to get into the seat of an Indy Car that
did not have seat belts and other safety gear – it would be suicide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet they would take a listing that is not
market ready and then hope that it sells.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Dr. John Maxwell said, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Hope is not an effective strategy.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></b> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Tony DiCello said, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“you cannot grow your business in a seller’s
market; you can only grow your business in a buyer’s market.”</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Because in a seller’s market everyone is in the real estate business and
listings and sales come your way whether you want them or not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But in a buyer’s market, more people
typically get out of the business and the discounters fade into
non-existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the agents who
focus on the basics of the business that grows their business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then when the market shifts as it most
assuredly will, those agents are positioned to soar with the eagles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As Gary Keller said, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“You don’t see eagles swimming in
a duck pond</i></b>.” (Or something like that.) </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">If your sellers <b>fail</b> to be
realistic regarding placing their property on the market, I am suggesting that
you would be better off declining the listing and moving on to sellers who want
to sell their properties and do whatever is necessary to get them into “<b>selling
condition</b>.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you are not being
honest with your sellers, I would suggest that you are not upholding your
fiduciary responsibilities to them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
you over price the listing you <b>KNOW</b> it will not sell – is that being
honest with your sellers?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you offer
less than a competitive coop commission, you <b>KNOW</b> other agents <b>will
show other properties first</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is that
being honest with your sellers?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you
don’t make suggestions to get the property into its best “selling condition”,
are you being honest with your sellers?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Are you telling your sellers what they want to hear or are you being
honest?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One only need remember the
Keller Williams Realty WI4C2TS where the “T” means: <b>Trust starts with
honesty!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you want me to tell you what
you want to hear, or do you want me to tell you the truth?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>That one sentence should be your <b>NORTH</b>
like the <b>NORTH on a compass</b> of life.<o:p></o:p></p>Jim "Gymbeaux" Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870919098006265261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045012260553829669.post-80059705931466882332023-09-15T09:21:00.002-05:002023-09-15T09:21:32.736-05:00WHAT IF, WHAT IF IT WERE TRUE?<p> </p><h2 style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR8ndrcCbMtEULtNsTPnlZiFx8xOurOOwj1XwZQTs4SKLDFYS49hIZ5jf-22h3gYxtZGXfbWPZOJJaDnAQc0PQWq1mAz9j5gd-EBNdJjkRzuJAYU08cfEYkeTZPhAAzGX2YApHAbPM4qmIDTH9zSy50o8jYk_kWtq0iEzIZRlSpOfd6xLZk7z-xQhpcRBR/s443/!LOGO%20COFFEE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="118" data-original-width="443" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR8ndrcCbMtEULtNsTPnlZiFx8xOurOOwj1XwZQTs4SKLDFYS49hIZ5jf-22h3gYxtZGXfbWPZOJJaDnAQc0PQWq1mAz9j5gd-EBNdJjkRzuJAYU08cfEYkeTZPhAAzGX2YApHAbPM4qmIDTH9zSy50o8jYk_kWtq0iEzIZRlSpOfd6xLZk7z-xQhpcRBR/w640-h170/!LOGO%20COFFEE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></b><b><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><h2 style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b></h2></span></b><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">WHAT IF; WHAT IF IT WERE TRUE?<br /></span></b><span style="font-size: small;">By
Jim “Gymbeaux” Brown, 14 September 2023</span></div></h2>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="text-align: justify;">I have been
writing Nuggets for the Noggin since the mid-1990s and have written hundreds of
Nuggets.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Originally, they were almost
entirely on sales and motivational topics.</span><span style="text-align: justify;">
</span><span style="text-align: justify;">Then in 2012 I fully retired and I began writing on any and all subjects
including book reviews on the many books I have read.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">I have never written fiction, so this Nugget
is my step into the new world of writing fiction, </span><b style="text-align: justify;">OR IS IT?</b><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">With that in mind…</span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">This Nugget
theoretically begins in the early to mid-1940s in WWII Germany and the
territories it had captured before and during WWII.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Towards the end of the war, like 1945, an
American military group came upon a warehouse thought to be outside the range
of allied bombers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Inside this warehouse
they found the remnants of what appeared to be a very strange looking
aircraft.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It appeared to be a flying
wing type design that in 2023 we take for granted because we have seen
photographs of the flying wings that the military now routinely fly but this
was in 1945.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plane had no tail
section.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It consisted of two JET engines
and was made primarily of wood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
plane was taken back to America and stored in a warehouse where it remained for
decades, supposedly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was designed and
built by the German Horton Brothers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
refer to this incident because as mentioned, we now fly a plane that is almost
identical to this wooden fighter jet originally built in 1945.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>FAR MORE IMPORTANTLY</b>, we know that
Germany had somehow become so much more advance it all types of implements of
war than the rest of the world and the question remains, how did they come upon
such advance techniques and designs that the rest of the world did not have?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is this thought that I continue with this
Nugget.<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">What did
Germany know that the rest of the world didn’t know and how did they use what
they discovered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dare I say that most
Americans have no clue what actually took place in Germany in the 1930s through
the end of the war in 1945?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have
learned quite a bit by doing my own research and I believe it to be true – but
most of the world, certainly not you, are clueless.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As an example, ask anyone about the German
design of “The Bell.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a fact that
Germany had designed a device referred to as The Bell but what was it used
for?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the time, no one was sure of
anything regarding the Bell which was designed and built in an area out of the
range of allied bombers deep within a massive tunnel complex inside German
controlled Poland.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As Paul Harvey
famously said, “and now for the rest of the story.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In December 1956, a mysterious device crashed
in Kecksburg, Pennsylvania; a device the has very similar characteristics to
the 1945 German Bell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Time travel?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Coincidence? Are the eye witnesses lying
about what they saw with their own eyes? </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What
ever happened to <u>General</u></span></b><u><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <b><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Hans Kammler</span></b></span></u><span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> (copied from the
Internet) (26 August 1901 – 1945 [assumed]<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Kammler#cite_note-4"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">[b]</span></a></sup>) was an </span><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS-Obergruppenf%C3%BChrer" title="SS-Obergruppenführer"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">SS-Obergruppenführer</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> responsible for </span><u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi" title="Nazi"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Nazi</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> </span></u><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">civil engineering
projects and its top secret </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-weapons" title="V-weapons"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">V-weapons</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> program. He
oversaw the construction of various </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_concentration_camps" title="Nazi concentration camps"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Nazi concentration camps</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> before being put in charge of
the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-2_rocket" title="V-2 rocket"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">V-2 rocket</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> and </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Fighter_Program" title="Emergency Fighter Program"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Emergency Fighter Programs</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> towards the end of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">World War II</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">. Kammler
disappeared in May 1945 during the final days of the war. There has been much
conjecture regarding his fate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gymbeaux
Note:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He <b><u>WAS</u></b> in charge of
the development of <b>The Bell!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Neither
he or his body has been seen since.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Did
he use The Bell to escape a certain death at the hands of the Allied
forces?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe so, may not, remember,
this is FICTION, OR NOT!</b></span></span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">So far, I have
written about only known facts and this is where the fiction side of my mind
takes over this Nugget.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some have
speculated that The Bell involved time travel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Noted physicist Alfred Einstein, someone who most Americans belief and
trust, stated <b><i>“that it is possible for one to travel into the future if
one travels at the speed of light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
this were to occur, the individual would age slower than those on Earth,
traveling at its speed.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></b><a href="https://study.com/academy/lesson/albert-einstein-time-travel-theory.html">https://study.com/academy/lesson/albert-einstein-time-travel-theory.html</a><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b>WHAT IF</b>
Germany found a way to travel through time?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The experiments and developments were being disrupted with the end of
the war clearly in sight and as such, could not be used to advance Germany to a
distinctive advantage over the allied forces and result in Germany winning the
war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They simply ran out of time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mysteriously, many hundreds if not thousands
of German officers, scientists and engineers either totally disappeared before
wars’ end or they were gathered up into two groups. One group was taken to
America under Operation Paperclip and the other group taken by the Russians;
both were used to significantly advance the respective countries war and space
machines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But <b>WHAT IF,</b> I ask the
question again, <b><u>what if Germany was successful in time travel? </u></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do we have evidence of that happening?<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">To the reader I
ask, are you familiar with the Q movement of 2016 through to today?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one knows for sure when Q actually
originated or who Q is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What <b>IS</b>
known is that someone has been posting as “Q” on the Internet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What makes the Q posts since 2016 so unique
is that the posts typically refer to something that <b><u>is going to happen in
the future</u></b>, sometimes as far out as <b><u>5 years into the future</u></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are these simple posts of a creative mind or
are they posts such as what Nostradamus posted hundreds of years ago?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Posts referring to something that is going to
happen in the future are nothing more than simple posts, <b><u>UNLESS THEY
ACTUALLY HAPPEN AS PREDICTED; MORE THAN JUST ONCE!</u></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am certainly not an expert on Q posts, far
from it, but I know what I can read with my own eyes and then see with my own
eyes when it happens just as the Q posts indicated years prior to the event(s) actually
occurring.<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">I’ll ask
another question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What would cause a
multi-billionaire and extremely successful individual to drop everything he was
involved in, to run for the Presidency of the United States?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knows what it took for him to reach that
point in his life where he no longer had to prove himself to anyone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Politicians, celebrities and business people
all wanted to be associated with this individual <b>BEFORE</b> he announced he
would run for the Presidency.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After he
announced, <b>most if not all became his enemies.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What in life would have possibly changed to
cause him, Donald J. Trump, to abandon almost everything and decide to run for
the Presidency?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a great question
is it not?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had everything anyone
could possibly ever want as an individual, <u>why did he do what he did?</u><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">What most people are not aware of
is that Trump was close friends with <b>John F. Kennedy Jr.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was JFK Jr who swore he would avenge his
father, President John F. Kennedy’s murder and that those (plural as compared
to the singular Oswald) who were responsible would pay!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is just a side note that added to the
decision that Trump made to run for office. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b>WHAT IF</b>,
when Trump was <b>selected</b> and <b>asked </b>to run for the Presidency by
supposedly a group of very senior military officers, they gave Trump an insight
into what the future may look like and why he was asked to run for President?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>WHAT IF “they” used a technique that <b>may</b>
have been developed by Germany in 1945 that took Trump into the future and
showed him what an America would look like when he won the Presidency?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even more important than the success he in
fact did create during his four years in office regarding employment, a booming
economy, a more secure southern border and an endless list of successes; they
showed him how he could remove people dedicated to destroying America as we
know it, and in its place insert a New One-World Government if he did not run
for President?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is no secret that
organizations like the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the United Nations (UN)
and many other world-wide organizations, envisioned a world run buy, for lack
of a better term, the world’s <b>elites</b> who they and only they knew what
was best for the masses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In such
documents as the United Nation’s <b>Agenda 21</b> and the updated version, <b>Agenda
30</b> and other written documents and their own spoken words, for this to
happen, <b><u>the worlds population would have to be reduced from over 7
BILLION people down to 500,000,000 people</u></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>EVERYTHING WE SEE HAPPENING AROUND THE
WORLD, REVOLVES AROUND THIS ONE PRINCIPLE:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>REDUCE THE WORLD’S POPULATION TO A SUSTAINABLE NUMBER: 500,000,000!</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What was not written or spoken about is that
the 500 MILLION people that remained would or should be <b>ONLY</b> those
people that could be easily controlled which mean that in America, all
“patriots” would have to be <b><u>eliminated</u></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><u>World-wide, 13 of every 14 people would
have to be eliminated.</u></b><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b>WHAT IF</b>,
on this trip into the future, Trump was not only shown what he could achieve in
four years he was also shown what he would accomplish in the years following
his fraudulent removal from office in 2020; <b><u>how to stop the world-wide
take over by these extremely evil organizations.</u></b><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b>HOW CAN</b>
so many, if not all, of the Q predictions that have been posted, were nothing
more than statements that someone, “Q”, was merely <b>“<u>reporting on</u>” </b>what
they had <b><u>already seen</u></b> occur well into the future through <b><u>Time
Travel</u></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not suggesting that
this actually happened, I am only asking the question, <b><u>WHAT IF?</u></b><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">If it were <b>YOU</b>
and if <b>YOU</b> were given a glimpse into a future where <b>YOU</b> had the
ability to change things <b>TODAY</b> that would change things in <b><u>EVERYONE’S
TOMORROW,</u></b> would YOU take up the challenge of running for President, if
you <b>KNEW</b> these things would happen <b><u>just as you were shown</u>?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>You have to admit, that is an interesting
question, one you might have seen on the television show, Twilight Zone.<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b>In my
fictious mind</b>, everything you see happening today is happening for a
reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the vey end of Trumps first
term as President, it is well known that he and many others, like the 80
million people that voted for him for a second term, <b>KNEW</b> that <b><u>the
2020 election was fraught</u></b> <b><u>with fraud</u></b> to turn the election
to Biden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>THEY KNEW IT!</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t deny it, <b>I KNEW IT!</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could see it with my own eyes and I
believed what my eyes and ears were telling me!<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b>WHAT IF</b>
Trump was shown that he would be indicted, just as the Q posts had predicted he
would.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But <b>WHAT IF</b> he was also
shown how he would turn those indictments against the very people trying to
destroy America using the very court proceeding they initiated?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The defendant, Trump, would be able to
introduce in court, all the evidence that other corrupt courts would either have
refused to even consider or deny the introduction of the evidence into the
court proceedings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Trump knew that if in
December of 2020 he declared that there was a coup against the Presidency and
thus against America and had he let the military step in, <b>a Civil War would erupt!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many
people especially those in leadership/ownership positions of corporate America,
<b><u>HATED TRUMP</u></b>, maybe you as well, because he was interrupting their
plans to create a New One-World Government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most of the American voters that hated Trump were doing so because they
have been brainwashed by the news media who only reported on what they were
told to report by those who wanted to take down America.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one could ever create a New One-World
Government as long as America and Americans believed in the principles of
America’s Founding Fathers and its Constitution that protected the freedom of
every American.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It just wouldn’t happen <b>UNLESS</b>,
of course, the America as we knew it, fell to these evil people!<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">How can you
explain how Trump continues to draw the thousands upon thousands of Americans
to all of his rallies in spite of the many indictments he has had placed
against him?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How can you explain how he
maintains such an outward calming demeanor against all that has been placed in
his path to impede his progress forward?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How do you explain away the outrageous policy decisions leading to the
destruction of America without the news media adversely reporting on any of
it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How do you explain the news media’s
failure to report on the obvious failing health of a U. S. President?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How do you explain away the failure of the
news media to report on the total failure of the sitting Vice President to
present herself in a manor that would garner respect for her and the office she
holds?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How can you explain any of this
without considering that just possibly, Trump was shown what the future holds
and he is playing out his part today to insure what needs to happen tomorrow to
ensure that the America we once knew rises up to where it should be within the
world geopolitical environment.<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">Let’s go back a
few years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I first read about the United
Nation’s <b>Agenda 21</b> and later Agenda 30; I believe in the 1990s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a plan that the United Nations wanted
to see take place by the year 2021, thus the title, Agenda 21.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As mentioned, for their plan to succeed, they
would first have to take America down because <b><u>as America goes, the rest
of the world follows</u></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had a
multi-step plan, but the plan had two very important facets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First The Communist Party USA and YES, it existed
as far back as the 1950s and still exists today, created 45 objectives and they
<b>KNEW</b> <b><u>they had to be patient for them to work</u></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was going to simply add a link for the
reader to go to so they can see them but I realized that would take time and
most people so value their time, they would not go there even if it was a
matter of life and death, which is really is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So here you go, all 45 of them, presented for your pleasure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pay particular attention to #17 which I
believe is the <b>KINGPIN</b> for all of them to work.<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The Original Complete List Of The 45 Declared Goals<br />
For The Communist Takeover Of America</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Submitted By Greg Swank<br />
12-4-2</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">You
are about to read a list of 45 goals that found their way down the <b><u>halls
of our great Capitol back in 1963.</u></b> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>(Gymbeaux Note:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They told us what they were going to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Congress <u>KNEW</u> what they were going to
do and did nothing about it, <u>NOTHING</u>!)</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As you read this, 39 years later, you should
be shocked by the events that have played themselves out. I first ran across
this list 3 years ago but was unable to attain a copy and it has bothered me
ever since. Recently, Jeff Rense posted it on his site and I would like to
thank him for doing so. </span><a href="http://www.rense.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">http://www.rense.com </span></a><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Communist
Goals (1963) Congressional Record--Appendix, pp. A34-A35 January 10, 1963<br />
<br />
Current Communist Goals EXTENSION OF REMARKS OF <b><u>HON. A. S. HERLONG, JR.
OF FLORIDA</u></b> IN <b><u>THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, January 10,
1963.</u></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Gymbeaux Note:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was <b><u>1963</u></b>, repeat <b><u>1963</u></b>
just in case you missed it.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Mr. HERLONG. Mr. Speaker, Mrs. Patricia Nordman of De Land, Fla., is an ardent
and articulate opponent of communism, and until recently published the De Land
Courier, which she dedicated to the purpose of alerting the public to the
dangers of communism in America. At Mrs. Nordman's request, I include in the
RECORD, under unanimous consent, the following "Current Communist
Goals," which she identifies as an excerpt from "The Naked
Communist," by Cleon Skousen: [From "The Naked Communist," by
Cleon Skousen] <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>(Gymbeaux Note: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I read The Naked Communist and highly
recommend everyone reading it. The words in <span style="color: red;">RED</span>
are my own additions to the following objectives)<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<br />
1. U.S. acceptance of coexistence as the only alternative to atomic war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: red;">(Achieved)</span></b><br />
<br />
2. U.S. willingness to capitulate in preference to engaging in atomic war. <b><span style="color: red;">(Achieved)</span></b><br />
<br />
3. Develop the illusion that total disarmament [by] the United States would be
a demonstration of moral strength.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: red;">(Achieved)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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4. Permit free trade between all nations regardless of Communist affiliation
and regardless of whether or not items could be used for war. <b><span style="color: red;">(Achieved)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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5. Extension of long-term loans to Russia and Soviet satellites.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: red;">(Don’t know)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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6. Provide American aid to all nations regardless of Communist domination. <b><span style="color: red;">(Achieved)</span></b><br />
<br />
7. Grant recognition of Red China. Admission of Red China to the U.N. <b><span style="color: red;">(Achieved)</span></b><br />
<br />
8. Set up East and West Germany as separate states in spite of Khrushchev's
promise in 1955 to settle the German question by free elections under
supervision of the U.N.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: red;">(Achieved until President Reagan caused the Berlin wall to
crumble)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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9. Prolong the conferences to ban atomic tests because the United States has
agreed to suspend tests as long as negotiations are in progress.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: red;">(Achieved)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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10. Allow all Soviet satellites individual representation in the U.N.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: red;">(ALL is a powerful
word, don’t know if ALL have representation but believe most if not all do)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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11. Promote the U.N. as the only hope for mankind. If its charter is rewritten,
demand that it be set up as a <b><u>one-world government</u></b> with its <b><u>own
independent armed forces</u></b>. (Some Communist leaders believe the world can
be taken over as easily by the U.N. as by Moscow. Sometimes these two centers
compete with each other as they are now doing in the Congo.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(<b><span style="color: red;">Promote,
definitely, achieve partially)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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12. Resist any attempt to outlaw the Communist Party.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: red;">(Achieved even in
the USA)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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13. Do away with all loyalty oaths.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: red;">(Partially achieved but you must admit, America is falling
pray to this one with the Pledge of Allegiance and the National Anthem issues)<br />
</span></b><br />
14. Continue giving Russia access to the U.S. Patent Office. <b><span style="color: red;">(Believe to be true)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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15. Capture one or both of the political parties in the United States.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: red;">(This is only my
opinion and the opinion of millions of Americas but believe the Democrat Party
has been completely captured and those Republicans considered as RINOs have
been captured.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Time will show that the
Jeffrey Epstein blackmailing program had a lot to do with this.)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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16. Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic American institutions
by claiming their activities violate civil rights. <b><span style="color: red;">(You
would have to be totally blind and unable to hear to not know this has already
happened.)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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17. <b><u>Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission belts for
socialism and current Communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum. Get control
of teachers' associations. Put the party line in textbooks.</u></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: red;">(None other than
Vladmir Lenin said,</span></b><span style="color: red;"> “</span></span><b><span style="background: white; color: red; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Give me four years to teach the children and the
seed I have sown will never be uprooted.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It ALL starts with brainwashing our children in elementary through high
schools and in the universities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
grow up to be adults and they teach future generations of children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a bloodless, non-shooting takeover of
America through our children’s education!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>DONE!)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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18. Gain control of all student newspapers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><b><span style="color: red;">(Achieved, most if not all)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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19. Use student riots to foment public protests against programs or
organizations which are under Communist attack<b><span style="color: red;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Achieved)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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20. Infiltrate the press. Get control of book-review assignments, editorial
writing, policy-making positions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: red;">(Achieved, in fact we almost have a
one-word-main-stream-press because they all say exactly the same thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is made easy by having only 6 different
owners of all the major press outlets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Easy to convert just 6 owners.)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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21. Gain control of key positions in radio, TV, and motion pictures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: red;">(Achieved!)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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22. Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all forms of artistic
expression. An American Communist cell was told to <b>"eliminate all good
sculpture from parks and buildings, substitute shapeless, awkward and
meaningless forms."</b> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: red;">(You tell me; ACHIEVED)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. "Our plan is to
promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: red;">(Achieved, think
of a crucifix in a bottle of urine)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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24. Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them
"censorship" and a violation of free speech and free press.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: red;">(Absolutely
Achieved!)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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Break down cultural standards of morality by <u>promoting pornography</u> and <u>obscenity
in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio, and TV</u><b><span style="color: red;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(And now in our
schools!<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">ACHIEVED!!!!!!!)</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br />
<br />
26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as "normal, natural,
healthy." <b><span style="color: red;">(This one turns my stomach and you
KNOW it has been ACHIEVED!!!!!)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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27. Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with
"social" religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for
intellectual maturity, which does not need a "religious crutch."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: red;">(ACHIEVED in more
ways than you know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Suggest you read the
book The Iron Triangle to see just how such a movement has infiltrated the
Blacks within America through the Black Churches.)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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28. Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on the
ground that it violates the principle of "separation of church and
state."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: red;">(Again,
ACHIEVED!!!!)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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29. Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate,
old-fashioned, out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation
between nations on a worldwide basis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: red;">(ACHIEVED!!! Look at what the Democrat Governor of New Mexico
just did in September 2023!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Case made!)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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30. Discredit the American Founding Fathers. Present them as selfish
aristocrats who had no concern for the "common man."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: red;">(ACHIEVED!!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Removing statues, changing the names of
schools such as Washington and Jefferson)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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31. Belittle all forms of American culture and discourage the teaching of
American history on the ground that it was only a minor part of the "big
picture." Give more emphasis to Russian history since the Communists took
over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: red;">(ACHIEVED,
CAN YOU SAY <u>CRITICAL RACE THEORY</u>)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br />
32. Support any socialist movement to give centralized control over any part of
the culture--education, social agencies, welfare programs, mental health
clinics, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: red;">(ACHIEVED, listen to any of the many rants by the President of the
Teachers Union to see that this has been achieved in a BIG WAY!)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br />
33. Eliminate all laws or procedures which interfere with the operation of the
Communist apparatus<b><span style="color: red;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>(Can’t say that I know this has been ACHIEVED but believe it has.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, the word ALL is a powerful word)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br />
34. Eliminate the House Committee on Un-American Activities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: red;">(DONE!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It changed its name but even the new
committee was abolished in 1975)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br />
35. Discredit and eventually dismantle the FBI.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><b><span style="color: red;">(In progress and being done from within)<br />
</span></b><br />
36. Infiltrate and gain control of more unions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><b><span style="color: red;">(ABSOLUTELY DONE! Only the “control” not the rank-and-file
members)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br />
37. Infiltrate and gain control of big business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: red;">(May not seem like
it but the ownership/leadership for the most part have because they consider
themselves as part of the elite that will survive the world’s conversion to a
One-World-Government)</span></b><br />
<br />
38. Transfer some of the powers of arrest from the police to social agencies.
Treat all behavioral problems as psychiatric disorders which no one but
psychiatrists can understand [or treat].<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><b><span style="color: red;">(Are we not seeing this in progress, defund
the police, hire social workers to respond to “domestic issues”?)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br />
39. Dominate the psychiatric profession and use mental health laws as a means
of gaining coercive control over those who oppose Communist goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: red;">(Difficult to
quantify but believe it is happening)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br />
40. Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity and easy
divorce.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: red;">(BINGO!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>YOU KNOW THIS HAS HAPPENED!!)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br />
41. Emphasize the need to raise children away from the negative influence of
parents. Attribute prejudices, mental blocks and retarding of children to
suppressive influence of parents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: red;">(Think Hillary Clinton’s It Takes a Village.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You KNOW this is happening, just look at the
horrible Boards of Education meetings with parents and the FBI labeling
dissenting parents as domestic terrorists)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br />
42. Create the impression that violence and insurrection are legitimate aspects
of the American tradition; that students and special-interest groups should
rise up and use ["]united force["] to solve economic, political or
social problems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: red;">(Think Maxine Waters, Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi and other
members of the Democrat Party that have publicly promoted violence against
anyone that does not agree with their agenda)</span></b><br />
<br />
43. Overthrow all colonial governments before native populations are ready for
self-government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: red;">(Happening all over the world, thankfully countries like
Africa are attempting to reverse the trend)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br />
44. Internationalize the Panama Canal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: red;">(Achieved, believe we gave it away for $1.00)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br />
45. Repeal the Connally reservation so the United States cannot prevent the
World Court from seizing jurisdiction [over domestic problems. Give the World
Court jurisdiction] over nations and individuals alike.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><span style="color: red;">(We are seeing
this happen before our very eyes.)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">WOW, IF YOU HAVE
READ THIS FAR, THANK YOU!</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Then there was the
second facet, this one some already believe but for others, I don’t think they
will ever believe it until they are face-to-face with facts that even then the
most ardent denier would have to admit was and is true, but still, some won’t
believe it.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The
second facet involved cutting the head off the snake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case the “head of the snake” was the
President of the United States.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How do
you cut off the head if it is the President of the United States?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You engage in a very organized and deliberate
“selection process” to make absolutely certain that “your man or woman” is
elected to the Office of the President.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That would take some time to do and you would have to make certain that
the person that occupies the Office <b><u>CAN BE CONTROLLED!</u></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These evil people selected none other than
Barrack Obama formerly known as Barry Soreto.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I and many others believe that he was born in Nigeria, not Hawaii.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only time will prove us right or wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was a shoe-in for the Presidency and again
for reelection.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was part of a 16-year
plan where Obama controlled the first 8 years and then Hillary Clinton would
control the next 8 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>REMEMBER,
AS STATED ABOVE, THIS IS ALL FICTION, OR IS IT?</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During Hillary’s term as President, there
would be a nuclear war and North Korea would be falsely accused of starting it.
Why not?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have Nukes and the press
all but said North Korea was planning such an event and “we the people” bought
into it because the press kept reinforcing the idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the world did fall into a nuclear war, <b><u>it
would be devastating</u>, <u>like removing from the planet, MILLIONS of people
all at once</u>!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can you say reduce the
world’s population to 500 MILLION?</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The “elites”, who believed that they would rule the world, also believed
that <b><u>ONLY THEY</u></b> would be the ones to survive such a horrible
event.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They also wanted the 500 MILLION
they spoke of. too also remain so that the World Economic Forum could rule over
those that would be left to rule over <b><u>AND CONTROL!</u></b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">But
WHAT IF</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">, what if Trump was given a real-life vision of what the
future was going to look like<b> IF </b>he ascended to the Presidential Office
in 2016.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why wouldn’t he do exactly what
we have seen him do and what he continues to do?</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">What do we see
happing today, September 14, 2023?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The
fall of the U. S. Fiat Dollar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The
fall of hundreds if not thousands of U. S. Banks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The
invasion of the southern border and yes, it is an <b>INVASION</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The
real inflation bordering on 20% when you consider the rise in <b>ALL</b> costs
required to survive not just a select few costs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The
Ukraine war with false reporting by the media<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The
rise of BioLabs that work on viruses that can kill off <b>MILLIONS</b> of
people, another way to reduce the world population from <b><u>7 BILLION to 500
MILLION!</u></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The
mysterious and destructive weather patterns that have not happened in recorded
history while at the same time it has been proven that countries are capable of
controlling the weather ever since the Vietnam days and possibly before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><u>Look up HARP!<o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The
intentional reduction of bail money and the reduction of what is considered a serious
offense that involves jail time and the total release of jailed violent
prisoners so they can continue on their unrestricted criminal life paths</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Need I go on?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t think, you ought to get the picture.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I’ll
ask you again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If <b><u>YOU</u></b> were
given what you <b><u>BELIEVED </u></b>was an accurate view of the future of the
world and that <b><u>YOU</u></b> had a part in creating that world, would <b><u>YOU
</u></b>have accepted the opportunity to run for the Presidency of the United
States?</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">OF
COURSE YOU WOULD, AS WOULD I<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">But
of course, THIS IS A FICTIONAL STORY, OR IS IT?<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>Jim "Gymbeaux" Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870919098006265261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045012260553829669.post-32326164832698957322023-09-13T19:23:00.010-05:002023-09-13T19:23:56.564-05:00WORDS MEAN THINGS<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBSkUAhwbB7W6FQ41N3tWu16RAAmI0CQBfNK6Hkqa1Jp9GrAwbDgGTmY0OUtumR4QrTuIzGrS0X59Hb5Jhd44LIiDFRDuvkLLEJ_mqzF7aWavzjrYUTYN31BUahJBw_bp5v33kbZo4sxGYGBgW--6-brXWvwiNDzFMMJwC5NAwkNzY5YAUvFFKkLTKlHV_/s443/!LOGO%20COFFEE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="118" data-original-width="443" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBSkUAhwbB7W6FQ41N3tWu16RAAmI0CQBfNK6Hkqa1Jp9GrAwbDgGTmY0OUtumR4QrTuIzGrS0X59Hb5Jhd44LIiDFRDuvkLLEJ_mqzF7aWavzjrYUTYN31BUahJBw_bp5v33kbZo4sxGYGBgW--6-brXWvwiNDzFMMJwC5NAwkNzY5YAUvFFKkLTKlHV_/w640-h170/!LOGO%20COFFEE.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><b><br /></b><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">WORDS MEAN THINGS!<br /></span></b>By
Jim “Gymbeaux” Brown, 14 September 2023</div><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="text-align: justify;"><u>Words do
mean things</u>.</b><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">More importantly, the
same or similar words that appear to mean one thing to one person, may in fact
mean something entirely different to another person.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Case in point:</span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">The year was1976
or 1977, can’t be sure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was an
administrative specialist (Yeoman for people familiar with Coast Guard/Navy
ratings), stationed at the Marine Inspection Office in Wilmington, North
Carolina.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Overall, it was one of my
better assignments and I have had some excellent assignments but this one, because
of two very welcomed promotions, was a short one-year assignment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The people stationed at the command with me
were some of the best shipmates I have ever been stationed with, except of
course for you-know-who.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone knows,
you-know-who!<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">Part of our
work involved reading and applying the regulations as set forth in the myriad of
Code of Federal Regulations, known as CFRs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you ever want something to read to put you to sleep, pick any CFR and
I am pretty sure you will fall asleep or maybe commit suicide whichever comes
first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am pretty sure that most if not
all CFRs are written by attorneys, no offense to Perry Mason.<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">On this day I was reading a CFR
and came upon the word <b>INFLAMMABLE</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For most people, if you were to ask what <b>INFLAMMABLE</b> meant, they
would say exactly what the <b><u>most recent</u></b> Internet definition would
suggest and I quote: </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 27.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2228; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">In·flam·ma·ble<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #70757a; font-family: Roboto; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">/in</span><span style="color: #70757a; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">ˈ</span><span style="color: #70757a; font-family: Roboto; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">flam</span><span style="color: #70757a; font-family: Roboto; mso-bidi-font-family: Roboto; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">ə</span><span style="color: #70757a; font-family: Roboto; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">b(</span><span style="color: #70757a; font-family: Roboto; mso-bidi-font-family: Roboto; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">ə</span><span style="color: #70757a; font-family: Roboto; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">)l/</span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="color: #70757a; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">adjective</span></i><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 45.0pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in; vertical-align: top;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #101518; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">1.easily set on fire:</span><span style="color: #5f6368; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">"inflammable and poisonous gases"</span><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: #4d5156; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I want you to imagine me
reading this particular CFR and it referred to <b><u>INFLAMMABLE LIQUIDS</u></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I got that screwed up look on my face, not to
be confused with my normal screwed up look.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I took the CFR into the Commanding Officer’s office and the conversation
went something like the following:</span><span style="color: #4d5156; text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span style="color: #4d5156; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Me:</span></b><span style="color: #4d5156; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>“Captain, I was reading this CFR and it
referred to <b>INFLAMMABLE LIQUIDS</b>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What does that mean?”</i></span><span style="color: #4d5156;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: #4d5156; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Before I go on, the
Commanding Officer outranked me by huge numbers; I was enlisted and he was an
officer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That aside, he knew that I
liked to cut up in the office whenever I could.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In short, he never knew when I was serious or just joking around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like the day I left him a government pink
telephone message slip to indicate he missed a call.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All I put on the slip was a telephone
number.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then several of us waited outside
his office door where he could not see us when he dialed (yes. I said dialed, it
was 1976/77).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The number was to a sex
hotline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It took him only a minute to
shout out my name <i>“<b>BROWN!”</b></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I knew what was up by the way he called out my name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If he called out JIM, I knew all was well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If he called out BROWN, I knew I was in
trouble.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If he called out Petty Officer
Brown, I looked for the nearest exit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That didn’t happen all that much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Back to our conversation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><b><span style="color: #4d5156; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Commander:</span></b><span style="color: #4d5156; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Not knowing if I
was serious or just joking but I had my serious screwed up look on my face when
I asked.).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“It means that you are
talking about liquids that can easily catch fire.”</span><span style="color: #4d5156;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span style="color: #4d5156; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Me:</span></b><span style="color: #4d5156; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>“Really.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What does <b>INVALUABLE</b> mean?”</i></span><span style="color: #4d5156;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span style="color: #4d5156; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Commander:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>“</i></span></b><i><span style="color: #4d5156; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Something of so much
value it has no price to you that you might want to sell it for.”</span></i><span style="color: #4d5156;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span style="color: #4d5156; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Me:</span></b><span style="color: #4d5156; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>“So, the “IN” mean NO or NOT, right?</i></span><span style="color: #4d5156;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; vertical-align: top;"><b><span style="color: #4d5156; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Commander:</span></b><span style="color: #4d5156; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Yes, that’s right.”</span><span style="color: #4d5156;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><b><span style="color: #4d5156; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Me:</span></b><span style="color: #4d5156; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>“So,</i> (I hate
when people start their sentences with the word “so”), <i>So, “IN” meaning NO
or NOT in front of FLAMMABLE means it represents something that cannot burn,
right?”</i></span><span style="color: #4d5156;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><b><span style="color: #4d5156; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Captain:</span></b><span style="color: #4d5156; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(After a rather
long pause, got the same screwed up look on his face that I had on mine).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>“You know, you are right!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll be, every CFR contains the word
INFLAMMABLE if it deals with Merchant Marine Safety and God only know how many
other Coast Guard missions.”</i></span><span style="color: #4d5156; text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: #4d5156; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">That was the end of our
conversation and I thought it really would be the end of our conversation but
it wasn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not long after that
conversation, the Commander called me back into his office and this time, he
called out Jim so I knew all was well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He handed me a draft of a letter he wrote on the yellow legal line
tablet paper, written to the Commandant of the U. S. Coast Guard and sent via
the District Commander for his endorsement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>After all these years I cannot tell you exactly what the letter said but
the gist of it was similar to our conversation.</span><span style="color: #4d5156; text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: #4d5156; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The Commander did as I
did and looked up the definition of <b>INFLAMMABLE </b>and according to the
dictionaries then as well as now, it indicates that it refers to liquids that
easily burn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In his letter he gave
several examples of words that were prefaced with the word “IN” and then made
the point that there is no reason to ever use the word <b>INFLAMMABLE</b> and
in its place the word <b>FLAMMABLE</b> would better serve its intended purpose
and future CFRs should reflect the change in the usage of the word <b>INFLAMMABLE</b>
to simply <b>FLAMMABLE</b> with the later being more definitive and less
confusing.</span><span style="color: #4d5156; text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: #4d5156; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">We sent the letter off
and I forgot about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Several weeks
later we received a response from the Commandant of the U. S. Coast Guard with
an endorsement by the District Commander indicating that from this point on,
the word<b> INFLAMMABLE</b> would no longer be used in any directives and in
its place the word <b>FLAMMABLE</b> will be used.</span><span style="color: #4d5156; text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: #4d5156; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Then, as <b>Paul Harvey</b>
would say, <b><i>“now for the rest of the story.”</i></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not only was the word changed within the U.
S. Coast Guard, it turned out that <b><u>all</u></b> of the CFRs <b><u>that had
ever been written</u></b> and that were still active and applicable had to be
changed accordingly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can’t imagine
the massive printing job that created, not to mention the cost. You can’t make
this up!</span><span style="color: #4d5156; text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><span style="color: #4d5156; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I patted myself on my
back and went about my business knowing that I had left my “mark” on the United
States Coast Guard and an untold number of other government agencies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it.</span><span style="color: #4d5156;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><b><span style="color: #4d5156; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">MORAL
OF THE STORY?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><b><u><span style="color: red; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">WORDS MEAN
THINGS!<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><b><u><span style="color: red; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br /></span></u></b></p>Jim "Gymbeaux" Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870919098006265261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045012260553829669.post-49655304484113496002023-09-11T08:31:00.003-05:002023-09-11T08:31:52.165-05:00You're Under Mind Control<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSXZb6H6denTUJE4couCUBtPTQYZNuw9VkRlA5YmUZlSt-n3T2I_atamJJoNpd-7tiQSlJdXWVMKMvSLA59ju-N8wBPYhw935-5CwCAZ-VCd_dAvdeNAivP59bdxkkYI55otpBhl8kiIRFuVaMwz-rXqjlZkB8Am1TDzzgO8x4AqnDTS_LEAPDW4rsBOHz/s443/!LOGO%20COFFEE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="118" data-original-width="443" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSXZb6H6denTUJE4couCUBtPTQYZNuw9VkRlA5YmUZlSt-n3T2I_atamJJoNpd-7tiQSlJdXWVMKMvSLA59ju-N8wBPYhw935-5CwCAZ-VCd_dAvdeNAivP59bdxkkYI55otpBhl8kiIRFuVaMwz-rXqjlZkB8Am1TDzzgO8x4AqnDTS_LEAPDW4rsBOHz/w640-h170/!LOGO%20COFFEE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><h2 style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">15 Signs (You <u>KNOW</u>)<br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">You’re Under Mind
Control</span></b></h2>
<div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Excerpt from “Restored
Republic Report” of September 11, 2023<br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Posted and added to by
Jim “Gymbeaux” Brown, September 11, 2023</span></b></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Excerpt begins</span></b><span style="color: #222222; text-align: center;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">You think TV shows and movies are made to <b>entertain</b>
you.</span></li><li><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">You think medical doctors are <b>health experts</b>.</span></li><li><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">You think the government steals your money to <b>build the
roads</b>.</span></li><li><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">You think that they spray poisons on your food <b>because
of the bugs</b>.</span></li><li><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">You know mercury thermometers are banned because mercury is
extremely toxic but you also <b>believe mercury teeth fillings are completely
safe in your mouth</b>.</span></li><li><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">You think your vote counts</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">You think the <b>news is there to inform you</b>.</span></li><li><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">You think the <b>government is there to protect you</b>.</span></li><li><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">You think <b>alcohol is healthy for you in moderation</b>.</span></li><li><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">You think it’s OK to research and ask questions about a new
car purchase, a new house purchase or a new appliance purchase but you also
believe it’s <b>not OK to research or ask questions when the TV tells you</b>
to inject something under your skin that’s killing and crippling millions
worldwide. That of course you need to trust, no questions asked and full steam
ahead.</span></li><li><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">You think a society of cowardly order followers, run by
clinical psychopaths, <b>will keep moving ahead into the future without any
interruptions.<o:p></o:p></b></span></li><li><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">You think that working for the clinical psychopaths, as a
government employee, is <b>the ultimate dream job</b> even though big brother
is actively trying to remove you and your family because your pensions are
already stolen and they don’t want you to find out. “If I can just push one
more dose of poison under my skin, maybe I can get to my pension, which is already
stolen…” It only makes sense if you don’t think about it.</span></li><li><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">You think a society of perpetual pleasure seekers, who
don’t want to work in order to earn their keep, <b>will always survive and that
having fun is one of your first amendment rights.<o:p></o:p></b></span></li><li><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">You don’t notice that any time tyrannical authority tries
to destroy you and your family… <b><u>they keep telling you that it’s all for
equity, equality, freedom, human rights or for your safety.</u></b> (In other words, <b><u>IT’S FOR YOUR OWN GOOD,
TRUST ME!)</u></b></span></li><li><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">You think poisons pushed your skin and taken into the
mouth, <b>prescribed by a person wearing a white butcher coat</b>, is the <b><u>only
way to achieve optimal wellness and better health.<o:p></o:p></u></b></span></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">WARNING</span></b><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">– side effects of being under mind control include but
aren’t limited to being broke, being overweight, being depressed, feeling
powerless, being addicted to substances that numb you to your harsh reality,
hanging around other mind-controlled people so you avoid facing your spiritual
weakness and more recently…., heart attack, paralysis, Myocarditis, dying
suddenly and parroting the phrase “trust the science.” Talk to your doctor
today to see if mind control is right for you. Some conditions apply. See your
local government official or TV news channel for full details of your first
class/5-star ride into the abyss. <a href="https://t.me/jasonchristoff11"><span style="color: #dd3333;">https://t.me/jasonchristoff11</span></a>”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Excerpt ends.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">The following are my thoughts on this
critical subject matter.</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: #222222;">You can </span><b style="color: #222222;"><u>choose</u>
</b><span style="color: #222222;">to believe whatever you wish to believe.</span><span style="color: #222222;">
</span><span style="color: #222222;">More importantly, </span><b style="color: #222222;"><u>DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH!</u></b><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: #222222;">In that regard, let me help you.</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: #222222;">Here are links that everyone around the world
should research, there are many more on the subject of </span><b style="color: #222222;"><u>Operation
Mockingbird:</u></b><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://spartacus-educational.com/JFKmockingbird.htm">https://spartacus-educational.com/JFKmockingbird.htm</a></span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">And another:</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://jameslate.medium.com/what-was-operation-mockingbird-9fe3fbfe1720">https://jameslate.medium.com/what-was-operation-mockingbird-9fe3fbfe1720</a></span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">And another:</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/hearings/ciasuseofjournal00unit.pdf">https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/hearings/ciasuseofjournal00unit.pdf</a></span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">You don’t have to take my word for it,
we, meaning you and me, have all been brainwashed primarily through our
televisions (<b><u>TEL-A-VISION or STORY</u></b>), and also through radio
broadcasts for as long as this 78-year-old can remember and that goes back to
the 1950s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It became a government
orchestrated program in the 1960s when the government wanted to put the “best
face” on the Vietnam War that most Americans <b>KNEW</b> was a fraud from the
beginning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>America’s entry into the war was
brought about because of the <b>Gulf of Tonkin</b> incident; which apparently <b><u>NEVER
HAPPENED</u>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>The report of that
incident began the first introduction of America into the war which was slow at
first and then more rapidly to where over <b>50,000 people</b> lost their lives
and thousands upon thousands more severely wounded both physically and
mentally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And it was all based on a
lie!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Boys/men my age in the 1960s did
anything they could to avoid being drafted and fighting in a war that no one
wanted any part of and where the reported “American Interests” were completely fabricated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some even fled across the northern border
into Canada only to be granted pardons by President Jimmy Carter, a process
that set a precedent for future such actions when men and women are called up
to fight in a war they want no part of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The <b>CIA KNEW</b> that Americans
wanted no part of a war fought in the jungles of a foreign land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were all told it was to prevent a <b>“domino
effect”</b> from occurring where one domino would fall, South Vietnam, then another
and then another until it reached Australia and New Zealand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is what we all were led to believe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How did that work out when we lost the
Vietnam War and to my knowledge, not one domino beyond South Vietnam fell?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The CIA, through Operation Mockingbird,
actually had journalists, news networks and even members of the clergy on the
payroll to spew <b><u>what the CIA wanted Americans to know,</u></b> true or
otherwise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the most part, we all
bought into the BS the CIA was spewing through these sources.</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">We again were apparently lied to when
we were told that Operation Mockingbird was terminated by our government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you want proof that it wasn’t, watch more
than one main stream news media and even local news channels and you will see
the <b>EXACT SAME</b> stories being broadcasted, using the <b>EXACT SAME</b>
words and phrases to tell the stories, and that is what a lot of the broadcasts
actually are, <b>STORIES, FICTIONAL STORIES!</b> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Want proof that <b>Operation Mockingbird</b>
existed and still exists:</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">WWII</span></b><span style="color: #222222;">, America’s entry due to
Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, when WE provoked Japan to attack</span></li><li><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">JFK </span></b><span style="color: #222222;">Assassination</span></li><li><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">RFK</span></b><span style="color: #222222;"> Assassination</span></li><li><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Vietnam</span></b></li><li><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Vaccines, in general</span></b></li><li><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">9/11</span></b></li><li><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">COVID</span></b></li><li><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">COVID MASKS</span></b></li><li><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">COVID Vaccines</span></b></li><li><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">2014, 2016, 2018, 2020 and 2022 Elections
</span></b><span style="color: #222222;">were the cleanest, most transparent elections ever!</span> </li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">For the most part, there is only <b>ONE
STORYLINE </b>(example, The Warren Commission on the JFK assassination) <b>ALLOWED</b>
for each of the above events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Any
contradictory reports are considered as being <b><i>“conspiracy theories”</i></b>
which is a term <b>CREATED </b>by the<b> CIA</b> to defuse any stories that
contradicted the government’s narrative of what was happening in Vietnam.</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">No one can tell you what to think, or
can they?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our government, through
government news releases, and through its control of the main stream news media
that extends down through the local news media have been doing exactly that for
decades and most people haven’t a clue that they have been brainwashed the
entire time. Then when the truth about a given topic is finally revealed, <b>NOT
ONE NEWS SOURCE EVER APOLOGIZES FOR INTENTIONALLY OR UNINTENTIONALLY MISLEADING
ITS VIEWERS!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>NOT A ONE!</b></span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">DON’T BELIEVE ME, PLEASE DON’T BELIEVE
ME!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH AND THEN
BELIEVE YOUR OWN EYES AND EARS!</span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Consider the term:</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-size: 20pt;">DON’T BELIEVE YOUR LYING
EYES</span></b><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Appropriately describes what we all
have been doing when watching the main stream media and listening to the government’s
and news media’s explanations of current and past events.</span><b><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 20pt;"><span style="color: red;">WE SAW IT ON TEL-A-VISION
SO IT MUST BE TRUE! NOT!!!!!</span></span></b><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Jim "Gymbeaux" Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870919098006265261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045012260553829669.post-9721967270217605972023-09-01T07:03:00.002-05:002023-09-01T07:03:29.476-05:00HELLO! WHAT'S NEXT?<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp2FvHSlIHPQ250pU9NB2kOkpQl_Wxi8WCLPlE73b0cx2USwpj99Hgl-UTnlPiCd1pEMpJzhAoCB2CXfIsED9bVRE1J0kwrAnZat83KANqTVwBlJDRxK6NueTZ4q1Q9jKMP61fm8cJwTup44YNraz110njhRNrsKrYouc3Z_ZWJS0C2PFLQ-PWgDSFrDRb/s443/!LOGO%20COFFEE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="118" data-original-width="443" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp2FvHSlIHPQ250pU9NB2kOkpQl_Wxi8WCLPlE73b0cx2USwpj99Hgl-UTnlPiCd1pEMpJzhAoCB2CXfIsED9bVRE1J0kwrAnZat83KANqTVwBlJDRxK6NueTZ4q1Q9jKMP61fm8cJwTup44YNraz110njhRNrsKrYouc3Z_ZWJS0C2PFLQ-PWgDSFrDRb/w640-h170/!LOGO%20COFFEE.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">NOTE: The following is a verbatim copy of an article written by author Lou Vickery regarding his latest book. I thought it was worth including on my Blog page for everyone to see. </span></b></p><p style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;"><b>IT IS THE HOT TOPIC OF THE TIMES!</b></span></span></p><p style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><b>From The Sunshine Report by Lou Vickery!</b></span></p><b style="font-size: x-large;"> “When you scatter sunshine in the lives of</b><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>others, you get to keep plenty for yourself!”</b></span></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>hello! What next?</b></span></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>HELLO!</b> I’m going to ask you to do me a favor. We have a book that was released last year entitled<b> PEOPLE SKILLS IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA</b>. Many who read the book found it to be a big winner. The unfortunate part is that too many told us they were confused about the title. They misunderstood, thinking the book was about social media and not people skills. There is a world of difference. Therein lies our challenge and the request for your help.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>HELLO!</b> That is a first, and vital step, in developing a new relationship. But what next? Therein lies the essence of this book. The emphasis is on social skills and the ability to interact with others, notably with someone new to you.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Unfortunately, traditional communication has become a rare event. For example, if you were around a couple of decades ago and found yourself in a room full of people, what would you see? You would see people socializing, talking to one another, and getting to know each other. There would be direct, face-to-face interaction. However, these days, it would be something more like people on their electronic devices, and countless others in conversations with those who are not present in the room.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">There is little doubt that the technological growth of electronic devices has put pressure increasingly on the development of communication skills. However, it is our belief that technology cannot effectively replace the social interaction craved by human beings. That’s right, we need each other. But it is clear we are living in a culture that features diminishing genuine relations and the establishment of deeply entwined personal relationships. Further research has found that most regular social media users feel isolated when disconnected and unplugged from their electronic world. Loneliness is a big negative that has developed from the social media climate. Studies show technology is isolating upwards of forty percent of the real world.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These individuals expressed loneliness and were lost when they were away from their electronic devices. Can the electronic age offer enough to guarantee quality interactions and the ability to grow social skills? Will it provide the connectivity that leads to better self-development and quality social fulfillment in life? Or will social media and electronic devices continue to expand in their limitation of face-to-face interactions and the growth of interactional skills? </p><p style="text-align: justify;">What happens after the “Hello” is obviously the mission of this book. Our focus encompasses the “how to” in the use of personal and communal skillfulness to accomplish an individual or collective relational-building goal. Our emphasis is on personal social-relational skills like approachability, relational goals, listening, asking questions, word usage, tone of voice, body language, activity management, networking, and a long list of personal traits.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Effective interactional skills extend beyond the above list to engage economic, psychological, and emotional facets of life. From a functional basis, the expansion of the ability to engage in collaborative behavior with other individuals is our goal. We feel nothing is more important than the development of the human desire for social interaction and relational activities with others.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Significant progress in the “people business” holds the key to enjoying greater prosperity in life. The intent of the book is to create a greater personal presence that can powerfully affect the interaction we have with each other, whether it is on a personal or professional level. The advantages that flow from growing these personal intangibles will lead to a professional investment that will multiply material returns many times.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The journey to superb social skills can be both exciting and challenging. We want folks to look at the book as a resource book. It is written to be a “go to” book to provide guidance and encouragement in the efforts of the reader to find their social groove. But let us reassure you the book is just a launching pad. Its purpose is to inspire —even probe—others to uncover what you already have on the inside.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Improved social skills await those who connect with those internal qualities and use them to enrich their social presence in the world of people.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This resource guide can make a big difference in expanding what happens after the <b>HELLO!</b> Who in your inner circles needs to read this book? Begin with visualizing who needs to make tremendous strides in the development of interactional skills and enhancement of their people skills. This will lead to a greater and more enjoyable social life. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Now, with all that said, here’s my request. Would you assist us by providing your feedback about the new title we have selected or recommend something different? Here goes: <b>HELLO! WHAT NEXT?</b> We would greatly appreciate your input.</p><p><br /></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Keep a smile on your face;</li><li>Keep happiness in your heart;</li><li>Keep optimism on your tongue!</li><li>Keep positive thoughts in your mind.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Lou Vickery</span></b></div><p></p>Jim "Gymbeaux" Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870919098006265261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045012260553829669.post-13107776608051722402023-08-31T08:14:00.000-05:002023-08-31T08:14:03.159-05:00Oh, One More Thing...<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgwS_gBaYXCaR8914iSoWiR7IhxiGVFbN3hn28RYdgrrgiQ-hfRtAkf3em49mIpszinBXnfei8mK6edL4IarFCL7LQfzivJFWte3K281p26V9fA31_Ca6zMcsOXJWUDpDM4MutpTqyupIan2D5d2aT21_wH4OtPurs85qvzf7ieOjRYIAW-KYgat9yaW7V/s443/!LOGO%20COFFEE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="118" data-original-width="443" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgwS_gBaYXCaR8914iSoWiR7IhxiGVFbN3hn28RYdgrrgiQ-hfRtAkf3em49mIpszinBXnfei8mK6edL4IarFCL7LQfzivJFWte3K281p26V9fA31_Ca6zMcsOXJWUDpDM4MutpTqyupIan2D5d2aT21_wH4OtPurs85qvzf7ieOjRYIAW-KYgat9yaW7V/w640-h170/!LOGO%20COFFEE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">One
more thing…</span></span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">By
Jim “Gymbeaux” Brown, August 31, 2023</span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #4c1130; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #4c1130; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">If are you not old enough to remember
the television series, “Colombo”, you missed <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>one of the greatest sales techniques known to
man.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In every episode, and usually more
than once within the episode, <b>Lieutenant Colombo</b>, Los Angles Homicide
Detective, played by <b>Peter Falk</b>, would interview a person he suspected
of committing a murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would get up
to leave and usually get all the way to being half way out the door and he
would turn and say, <b><i>“…Oh, one more thing.”</i></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why is this such a great sales
technique?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because as a person in sales,
you are a threat to most people who really do not want to buy anything,
especially from someone right in their face.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When Colombo got up and appeared to be leaving, the suspect or in the
case of sales, the buyer or seller, automatically goes into a relaxed mode and
is very happy to see him leave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again,
that is when Colombo turns and asks, <b><i>“Oh, one more thing”</i> </b>question,
catching the suspect or in your case, a buyer or seller off guard and more at
ease.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #4c1130;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #4c1130; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">How could someone in sales use this
technique?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Great question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s say you are a real estate agent meeting
with homeowners thinking of selling (listing) their home. You do your listing
presentation but they did not make the decision to list with you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(<b>Note</b>, that should be a huge indication
that you are not as good as you might think you are at interviewing sellers).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You pull a Colombo and gather up all your
material and appear to leave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you
get to the door you turn and ask, <b><i>“I hope you don’t mind (one more thing),
what is the real reason you decided not to list with me?”</i></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are now more relaxed and oftentimes will
tell you the real reason they didn’t list with you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can then say, <b><i>“I’m soooo sorry I
did not explain that in more detail, may I?”</i> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>This same principle would apply to any
one in sales like insurance, cars, antiques, you name it.</span><span style="color: #4c1130;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Side Note:</span></b><span style="color: #4c1130; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As for real estate
agents going on listing appointments; I started a procedure totally by accident
every time I went on a listing presentation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I would sit in my car and try to clear my mind of as much as I possibly
could.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would then imagine myself
sitting at the owners table with the owners signing the listing agreement, I
could actually see it in my mental brain monitor screen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did this for just a couple of minutes and
it put me in the right mindset to make an effective listing presentation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the most part I also<b> KNEW</b> the
sellers were expecting me and probably watching me from the moment I pulled
up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I therefore <b>KNEW</b> I was
already “on stage” and being interviewed by the sellers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would get out of the car (parked on the
street).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stand by my car with a
clipboard in my hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would look to
the right, then to the left and then across the street all the time taking
notes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I would look at the owners’
home, again taking notes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the Sellers
were in fact aware that I was already there, they<b> KNEW</b> that I noticed
the boat parked in the neighbor’s driveway or the lack of maintenance of the
home across the street, or the broken shutters on the owners’ home upstairs
windows. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They <b>KNEW</b> that I <b>KNEW</b>
and they also <b>KNEW</b> that I <b>KNEW</b> <b><u>what I was doing!</u></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Put a check mark in my favor if they were
paying attention.</span><span style="color: #4c1130;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #4c1130; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Why am I writing about the Colombo
Technique?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So glad you asked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I no longer watch or listen to the news,
national and local.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have my reasons
but the main reason is that I have been listening to what is referred to as the
“alternative media.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a <b>HUGE</b>
lesson I learned from these independent journalists, as good as they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The lesson is simple, <b>THEY TALK</b> <b>TO
MUCH AND THEY TALK TO LONG, AND THEY TALK MUCH TOO SLOWLY </b>and. in 2023 with
the advent of all of the advances in technology, <b>THEY USE WAY TOO MANY
GRAPHICS BEFORE THEY GET TO THE POINT!</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It takes them forever to get to the point(s) they want to make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In that regard, I am no different than most
of the people I know; <b><u>we all believe our time is valuable</u></b> and we
cannot take an hour or so to listen to someone’s podcast or sales pitch that
could have been done in half the time..<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
other words, <b><u>GET TO THE POINT AS QUICK AS YOU CAN!</u></b></span><span style="color: #4c1130;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #4c1130; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Did you know that you can listen and
absorb what you hear much better when the speaker on a Podcast speaks fast but
not too fast?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether you know it or
not, there is usually a small <b>GEAR </b>icon on the bottom of your computer
screen when you listen to a video or podcast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is usually on the bottom right side of the podcast screen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you click on that <b>GEAR</b>, more often
than not, you can adjust the speed of the person talking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Years ago, I had a real estate trainer
suggest I listen to a tape recording of a very good presentation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I told him I always had a hard time listening
to training or motivational tapes because they put me to sleep by talking too
slow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He suggested I buy a tape player
from the now extinct Radio Shack that has controls to adjust the speed and
pitch of the presenter’s voice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did
and it was eye-opening and terrific; I wore the thing out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could listen to a 30-minute cassette in
about 18 minutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But when you speed it
up as fast as it would go, you had to <b><u>really listen hard and stay focused</u></b>
or you missed important information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was great.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We no longer listen to
cassette tapes; we have it all on digital but the premise still applies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For most recorded presentations on the Internet,
I can listen at 1.5 times the normal speed and I rarely have a difficult time
following along.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It too is a <b>GREAT</b>
tool for learning because the faster the presenter talks the harder you focus
on listening and thus you tend to learn more because you are paying attention.</span><span style="color: #4c1130;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #4c1130; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Now for the meat of this Nugget!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>TIME!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></b>More specifically <b>OTHER PEOPLE’S TIME!</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If a podcaster really appreciated their audience’s
time, they would make their presentations <b>SHORT and SWEET</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The same principle applies to people in
sales.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><u>Do more listening and less
talking.</u></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How do you do
that?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You learn to be more like Colombo
and ask as many questions as you possibly can <b><u>AND THEN LISTEN</u></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not just listen, you <b><u>LISTEN INTENTLY AND
YOU TAKE NOTES WITH THEIR PERMISSION!</u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You would be amazed at what you can learn by asking questions, listening
and <u>you doing less talking</u>.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
advice would be:</span><span style="color: #4c1130;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #4c1130; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">KEEP IT SHORT</span></b><span style="color: #4c1130;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #4c1130; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">First set out the topics you want to
cover and then create a worksheet of <b>BULLET POINT TOPICS</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fewer the words to identify the topic,
the better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the label is short, maybe
the presentation on the subject will be short as well.</span><span style="color: #4c1130;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #4c1130; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">60 MINUTES/30 MINUTES</span></b><span style="color: #4c1130;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #4c1130; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Try to keep your presentation under 30
minutes but no more than 60.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My guess is
that you lose listeners for every minute over 30 minutes.</span><span style="color: #4c1130;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #4c1130; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">AHs and ANDs and other
BS</span></b><span style="color: #4c1130;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #4c1130; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">If you are making a presentation
either to a live audience or on a recording, first make a recording that you
can listen to see how <b><u>YOU</u></b> sound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You will be amazed that you don’t sound like you think you sound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Log every pause on the recording such as when
you use the <b>AH</b> word or the <b>AND</b> word.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also listen for words and/or phrases that you
tend to repeat over and over throughout your presentation such as <b>“you know
what I mean’s”;</b> it drives people crazy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is even more important if you are making a live presentation to a
buyer or seller.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Finally avoid using the
word “but.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you make a partial
statement, you may get the audience or customers to agree with you until you
insert the word “but”, which is word that causes people to <b>STOP!</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Example, <i>“We all know that this is true,
but.”</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The audience/customer will
then delete everything you said before the word <b>BUT</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is such a simple technique yet people are
totally unaware of what they have been doing by using the word <b>BUT</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Try it<i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“We all know that this is true, AND….” </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hopefully I have made my point!</span><span style="color: #4c1130;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #4c1130; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">SUMMARY</span></b><span style="color: #4c1130;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #4c1130; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I find it very help when presenters
give summaries of what the <b>MEAT</b> of their presentation had been and they
do this of course at the very end of their presentation, live or recorded.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is also a <b>GREAT</b> time to repeat
critical information you want total agreement on and/or passed, such as website
addresses, email addresses, or telephone numbers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That gives the listeners the chance to again
write these down if they did not catch the importance when first given during
the presentation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>When you give
numbers or web addresses, slow your speech pattern down considerably so people
can write down what you say</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Repeat
phone numbers in case they didn’t get it the first time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you are giving a live presentation such as
to a buyer or seller, a great technique is to give them your business card as
the <b>LAST THING</b> you do, not the <b>FIRST!</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Have cards <b><u>WITHOUT</u></b> your cell
phone number on them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then as a parting
gesture, tell them, <b><i>“<u>Oh one more thing</u>, I feel so good about
working with you, let me write my cell phone number on the card for you, please
feel free to call me.”</i></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>IMPORTANT
NOTE:</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you are in sales,
especially real estate sales, you owe it to your family to be with your family both
physically and mentally when you are all together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tell your customers that you oftentimes turn
your cell phone off when you are with customers <b>and/or family</b>, <b>especially
at meal times</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just leave a message
and you promise you will call them back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><b>Set the parameters of how you conduct your business.</b></span><span style="color: #4c1130;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">“Oh, one more thing!”</span></b><span style="color: #4c1130; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mentioned
listening earlier in this Nugget.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>Ziz
Ziglar</b>, famous motivational speaker said that we are born with two ears and
one mouth therefore we should listen twice as much as we talk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You have no clue as to how important that is
in the sales business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>Jeffrey Gitomer</b>
writes regarding sales, if you are talking, no one is buying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether you are giving a face-to-face presentation
or if you are recording a podcast, the most important factor to consider is the
other person’s <b>TIME</b> and what <b><u>THEY</u> HAVE TO SAY!</b></span><span style="color: #4c1130; text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Oh, one more, one more
thing…<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The End!</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>Jim "Gymbeaux" Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870919098006265261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045012260553829669.post-47683310581732983142023-08-23T08:51:00.003-05:002023-08-23T08:51:35.681-05:00The Sands of Time Book III - WOW!!!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-9u0AGtDTWvjvOy3l2TrpJlEo4vWNQPCcNf8xN8zjeK7fZU3qoDHGkDseZCtJ7DAkXidSrdSa8eB8nCGOt5aS1g2g_SPszkQq12vIPDTYvB8c7FiJRjNPQJPIUIp1x2PHu5GHw00kOQ6gWjP6Rh6pBqujrLkYcVK3HVgYVtAefQJPQguxy8nncMd6YQae/s443/!LOGO%20COFFEE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="118" data-original-width="443" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-9u0AGtDTWvjvOy3l2TrpJlEo4vWNQPCcNf8xN8zjeK7fZU3qoDHGkDseZCtJ7DAkXidSrdSa8eB8nCGOt5aS1g2g_SPszkQq12vIPDTYvB8c7FiJRjNPQJPIUIp1x2PHu5GHw00kOQ6gWjP6Rh6pBqujrLkYcVK3HVgYVtAefQJPQguxy8nncMd6YQae/w640-h170/!LOGO%20COFFEE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sands-Time-Sean-David-Morton/dp/0985897465/ref=sr_1_7?crid=3ITQI8PMDJG0J&keywords=sands+of+time&qid=1691002044&sprefix=sands+of+time%2Caps%2C116&sr=8-7"><b><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">SANDS OF TIME</span></b></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Volume 3
(Book III)<br /></span></b></span><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Written by </span></b><a href="https://esoteric.nyc/whatever-happened-to-sean-david-morton/"><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Sean-David Morton<br /></span></b></a><b>Reviewed by Jim
“Gymbeaux” Brown, August 23, 2023</b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXYhnaI_UBbTni77AEgxqS70deVDLf_Nfj-n7ypIO2J3WR8BMYuYhH17mVEtsXv5TKmgIhrtvS1F9UO5hOQ7C4Rqfsxm00YF9MuTOelNaK3cJAMxR6jVB4JE1s1MsaqzWxSOCc-3CAajbDoxZEb_5gkOclrOdBZ036fIqLcoVz2LV0mjsMfttcUtRRHeta/s500/Sands%20of%20Time%20Book%20III%20COVER.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXYhnaI_UBbTni77AEgxqS70deVDLf_Nfj-n7ypIO2J3WR8BMYuYhH17mVEtsXv5TKmgIhrtvS1F9UO5hOQ7C4Rqfsxm00YF9MuTOelNaK3cJAMxR6jVB4JE1s1MsaqzWxSOCc-3CAajbDoxZEb_5gkOclrOdBZ036fIqLcoVz2LV0mjsMfttcUtRRHeta/s320/Sands%20of%20Time%20Book%20III%20COVER.jpg" width="216" /></a></b></div><b><br />DISCLAIMER:</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you are like me and believe that life
exists beyond what we have on Earth, this series of books are for you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you don’t believe life exists beyond
Earth, this book, and others in the series, could be for you as a 100 percent
book of fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To me the book is best
described as fiction, some or all may be fiction or the truth based upon
historical facts, known places and known historical people, if that makes any
sense to you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND
READING BOOK 3 IF YOU HAVE NOT FIRST READ BOOKS 1 AND 2 AS IT WOULD MAKE LITTLE
SENSE IF YOU DID NOT KNOW THE STORY LINE</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>True or not, these books would make for a FABULOUS movie!<o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">I finished Volumes 1 and 2 in
just 3 days each, over 400 page, something I normally do not do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did so because I found myself racing to the
end of the book because it was so exciting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Volume 3, this review, I did <b>NOT</b> race through this book like I
did volumes 1 and 2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why did it take me
longer to get through Volume 3?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
was a lot of scientific explanations that were way over my head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Were they needed to make the story more
believable, I think they were, but they were of things I had no knowledge
of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still, it is a very compelling story
line.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">In Volume 2, the author
Sean-David Morton INSISTS the story is real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When you read it even though some of the scientific references may
appear Greek to the average reader, like me, to understand, you could easily
make a case that the information contained in this book is entirely fiction
supported by known facts or that it is all true as written; your call!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">In Volume 3 things move very
rapidly in Earth’s battle with visitors/invaders from other planets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you read “invaders from other planets”,
I am certain that you automatically think I’m crazy to believe any of it,
seriously?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes seriously!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I remember watching an episode of Ancient
Aliens where a doctor said the (1) we would be naive to believe that we are the
only life form in the universe and (2) it is not if other life exists, it is
when will we make contact.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe in
what she said (unfortunately I don’t remember her name).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Volume 3 goes into great depth in
describing time and space travel and the transportation through space of humans
that best resemble the teleportation we saw in the television series Star
Trek.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, one of the comments in
the book is “ who knew that Star Trek was a documentary?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is hard for me to make the connection
between what is fiction and what is real in this series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why is that?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Because I know that some of the events did in fact happen but then the
storyline becomes very blurred between fact and fiction.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Caution.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are currently 6 volumes in the series
that I am aware of, I have the first 3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For an unknown reason, Volume 2 is <b>NOT</b> available on Amazon or any
website that I researched.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found a
file accidently where it can be downloaded to your computer using one or more
of several file extensions including Kindle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The only problem is that Volume 2 was scanned and then converted and as
such some of the characters/fonts seem disjointed or unreadable but they are
few and far between and do not disrupt the reading of the book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can find the link to Volume 2 at:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://archive.org/details/sandsoftimebookiiseandavidmorton"><b>https://archive.org/details/sandsoftimebookiiseandavidmorton</b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Who should read this book?</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a great question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyone that wants an exciting read and who is
prepared and willing to read at least more books in the series to get the
entire storyline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is definitely a
page turner by anyone’s standards.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Would I read it again?</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most likely <b>NOT</b> because once you have
read it, you would gain nothing more by reading it again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Would I give it as a gift?</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another great question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For most people, probably not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For people who I know that would have an
interest in its content, absolutely.<o:p></o:p></p>Jim "Gymbeaux" Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870919098006265261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045012260553829669.post-1398153694669232202023-08-21T14:39:00.082-05:002023-08-22T09:37:36.359-05:00To Read or Not To Read<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixKCfAWsMK-mfdQm3f4DDb1nRAeyahgxenL9XiEL057RoSHoKx4JA7t5eu69nFn-XT22j4galJeQS5lJw8EoUDWL_vIHaa39DAtIqWMrE1ZFW0PQnhhBjfR1AKoIQtlj3Kz28BjEns0Xl0Cl2BEwpu7m5szpOGAepqAAGfKeZ5MP7z6yP2EN4qTOXiFJca/s443/!LOGO%20COFFEE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="118" data-original-width="443" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixKCfAWsMK-mfdQm3f4DDb1nRAeyahgxenL9XiEL057RoSHoKx4JA7t5eu69nFn-XT22j4galJeQS5lJw8EoUDWL_vIHaa39DAtIqWMrE1ZFW0PQnhhBjfR1AKoIQtlj3Kz28BjEns0Xl0Cl2BEwpu7m5szpOGAepqAAGfKeZ5MP7z6yP2EN4qTOXiFJca/w640-h170/!LOGO%20COFFEE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><br /><p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 24pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">TO READ OR NOT TO
READ,<br /></span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 24pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">THAT IS THE QUESTION</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 24pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-size: small;">By Jim “Gymbeaux”
Brown, August 2023</span></span></b></p></b></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><h1 style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Disclaimer.</span></span><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;"> If you </span><u style="font-weight: normal;">KNOW</u><span style="font-weight: normal;"> that
you have your </span><u style="font-weight: normal;">financial house</u><span style="font-weight: normal;"> in order, there is probably no
cause to read this Nugget. If you are </span><u style="font-weight: normal;">UNSURE</u><span style="font-weight: normal;"> if your financial house
is in order, you probably should read this. If you are </span></span><span><u><span style="background: white; color: red;">CERTAIN</span></u></span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"> that
your financial house is </span><span><u><span style="background: white; color: red;">NOT</span></u></span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"> in order, this should be a </span><span><u><span style="background: white; color: red;">MUST READ</span></u></span><span style="background: white; color: red;">!</span><span style="background: white; color: red; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">If you are between the ages of 26 and
30, I’m guessing that this is a </span>MUST READ</span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"> as well.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal;">As I write this, I am 78 years old.
soon to be 79. One thing I know with certainty is that during my formal school
years from 1950 through 1965, personal finances were </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><u>never</u></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"> taught
in </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><u>ANY</u></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal;">class that I attended.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal;">
</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal;">There was never a mention of properly maintaining a check book or the 8</span><sup style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span>th</span></sup><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal;">
wonder of the world: the importance and value of </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><u>COMPOUND INTEREST</u></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal;">But neither of those two subjects is what
this Nugget is all about.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal;">Check out the
8</span><sup style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span>th</span></sup></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Wonder of the world at:</span> </span><a href="https://www.breezejmu.org/business/compound-interest-the-eighth-wonder-of-the-world/article_11a24ebe-9e77-11eb-ba00-33aaec328747.html#:~:text=Albert%20Einstein%20once%20described%20compound%20interest%20as%20the,principal%20balance%20is%20reinvested%20and%20generates%20additional%20interest" style="background-color: white; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">https://www.breezejmu.org/business/compound-interest-the-eighth-wonder-of-the-world/article_11a24ebe-9e77-11eb-ba00-33aaec328747.html#:~:text=Albert%20Einstein%20once%20described%20compound%20interest%20as%20the,principal%20balance%20is%20reinvested%20and%20generates%20additional%20interest</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="color: #222222;">HERE’S THE DEAL! <span style="font-weight: normal;"> YOU</span></span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> are </span>N<u>EVER</u><span style="font-weight: normal;">
too </span><u>OLD</u><span style="font-weight: normal;"> to </span><u>LEARN</u> <span style="font-weight: normal;">new </span></span><u style="color: #222222;">THINGS!</u><span style="color: #222222;"> <u> </u></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I taught myself the value of knowing where I </span><u>FINANCIALLY</u><span style="font-weight: normal;">
stood at any given moment by creating my personal Profit and Loss Statement. I know when I can afford to buy something,
and when I should put it off. I knew
that we as a family were in a position as to when we could </span><u>f</u><u>inancially
retire</u><span style="font-weight: normal;"> back in 2012. How did I know
that? Because I knew what our income
would be AFTER retirement and I knew what are expenses would be AFTER
retirement. We knew that we were not
going to be “independently wealthy” but we would be okay. We would be able to pay our bills and still
afford to buy things when we wanted to. In
fact, we were debt free except for the routine monthly expenses we were
required to have like insurance and utilities but the key word is </span>REQUIRED<span style="font-weight: normal;">. A funny thing happened once I created our EXCEL
Spreadsheet Profit and Loss Statement.
We began to question every purchase we made as to (1) is it a required
item, or (2) do we need it, or (3) is it a “nice to have” item, or (4) can we
live without it? You would be surprised
at how many times we chose NOT to buy something using this process thus
saving us money that could now be put to even better usage.</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><span style="font-weight: normal;">As a teachable moment, </span>JoeTye.com<span style="font-weight: normal;">
created something called </span>The Direction-Deflection-Question or (DDQ<span style="font-weight: normal;">). It is so simple to use and doesn’t cost you a
dime yet it is one of my most valuable tools you could ever use. You ask yourself a simple question. </span><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">“Is what I am about to spend money on,
leading me </span><u>TOWARDS</u><span style="font-weight: normal;"> my financial independence (or my financial goals), or
</span><u style="font-weight: normal;">A</u><u>WAY</u><span style="font-weight: normal;"> from my financial independence (or my financial goals)?” </span></i><span style="font-weight: normal;">If the answer is </span>YES<span style="font-weight: normal;">, go for
it. If the answer is </span>NO<span style="font-weight: normal;">, walk
away from it.</span></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Here's a </span>FUN TECHNIQUE <span style="font-weight: normal;">to just
ask yourself before making a purchase. If
you know how much money you have left over at the end of the month and that you
can actually afford to buy something and pay cash for it, ask yourself
this: How many hours would I have to
work to pay for this item? Think about
buying a $100 jacket. If you are at
minimum wage, say, $12.00 an hour, you would have to work 8.33 hours just to
pay for it. Is it worth that kind of
effort and time? If you made $50 an
hour, it would take just 2 hours to pay for it.
Much different situation is it not?
You cannot make that part of your decision process </span><u>WITHOUT FIRST
KNOWING HOW MUCH MONEY YOU HAVE AT THE END OF THE MONTH THAT IS NOT OBLIGATED
FOR SOMETHING ELSE!</u> <u>PERIOD!</u></span></span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span>This Nugget is about getting your financial house or your financial paperwork
life in proper order. The following are
subjects relating to this topic but only one will be addressed herein and that
is your FINANCIAL HOUSE!</span></span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><p></p><ul><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: small;">Income</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: small;">Expenses</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: small;">Taxes</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: small;">Personal Wills</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: small;">Revocation of Power of Attorney</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: small;">Durable Power of Attorney/Mandate for
you</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: small;">Durable Power of Attorney/Mandate for
your significant other</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: small;">State Health Care Power of Attorney</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: small;">Declaration regarding artificially
prolonging lif<span style="font-weight: normal;">e</span></span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Personal/Family Profit and Loss Statement</span></span></li></ul><p></p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;">Okay, I agree, if you are in the age
group of 16 to 30, some of the topics may at first </span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><u>appear</u></span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"> to be a
reach for you but I assure you, no one knows for sure when their final days on
the planet will come to an end.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;">You owe
it to your next of kin and family to be ready for when that day comes and it </span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;">WILL</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;">
come to us all!</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span>This Nugget will address the last item
on the list, Personal or Family Profit and Loss Statement. Answer this one question, especially the
younger folks reading this. If you were in need of purchasing a new or used car
or have the opportunity to purchase a home, how do you know you can afford to purchase
what you are considering buying? If you
are further along in your age bracket and are considering retirement, how do
you know you can afford to retire? For
most people they rely on the guessing game.
I think I can afford it and then they follow that up with, and I hope
nothing goes wrong after I do. That to
me means they are financially on the bitter edge and may be able to afford the
cost but ONLY as long as no additional costs suddenly and unexpectedly
pop up. Hopefully this Nugget will help
with your decision process in regards to “can I afford to buy this item?”
situation. Here is a personal example of
how things can unexpectedly change. We
retired on a more or less fixed income.
We received some annual increases but they were very limited in the
amount of the increases. Still,
considering everything, we felt very comfortable retiring in 2012. Then came a change in Presidency and COVID both
at the same time. The world economic
picture changed almost overnight. Prices
have jumped to where it has been reported that Americans are spending between $5000
and $9000 MORE each year than they did in 2019.
That is hard to predict when you make retirement decisions 8 or 9 years
earlier. That is the WHY you need to
track your expenses and income.</span></span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Keep in mind what </span>Gary Keller<span style="font-weight: normal;">
co-founder of Keller Williams Realty International both said and wrote
about. </span></span><span style="color: red;">LEAD WITH REVENUE, NOT WITH EXPENSES</span><span style="color: #222222;">!<span style="font-weight: normal;"> By that he means
pay cash or the equivalent of cash and </span><u style="font-weight: normal;">NEVER</u><span style="font-weight: normal;"> charge something on credit
unless you absolutely have to!</span></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;">There is a very simple and easy to
follow Two Step Plan to help you get your Financial House in order:</span><span style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;">STEP ONE</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;">If you have a significant other (I
hate that phrase), you both need to participate in the Step One exercise. If you have a checking account, you need to
access your past several months, preferably a year’s worth of monthly check
registers. Then, with pen in hand, begin
making a list of every KNOWN or EXPECTED expense for the past
several months but preferably for a year.
Why a year? Because some expenses
occur annually, quarterly or semi-annually and you need to know what those
are. Two words to sear into your
mind: </span><u><span style="color: red;">EVERY EXPENSE!!!!!</span></u><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;">Forget none. I wish I could attach files for you to access
on this Blog page but I cannot, it only allows photo and video files. I have three files related to this Nugget,
the Spreadsheet, the Expense Worksheet and the Income worksheet. If you want them and I hope you do, send me an
email to <a href="mailto:JimBrown@gymbeaux.com">JimBrown@gymbeaux.com</a>
and the files are yours. Just put WORKSHEET
in the subject line; it makes it very easy to send all three in one email back
to you. If you are reading this as an
email from me, the files will be attached.</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span>What are you looking for?</span></span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">NOTE:
If any of the following items are paid via an instrument like a home
loan and the item is included within the mortgage payment such as Homeowners
Insurance, do not include that item (Homeowners Insurance) in your list below. </span><u>You want to include ONLY those items that
you will have to write a check for. whether it is once a year or every month<span style="font-weight: normal;">.</span></u></span><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"> This means that
when you pay your monthly mortgage as listed below, you are also paying your
homeowners insurance and probably your city and state taxes, if they apply, as
well.</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Rent/Mortgage Payment</span><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;">, known amount or average amount, whichever applies</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;">Utilities:</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"> Water, sewerage,
trash, electricity, gas to the home, list them separately unless paid as a
group of services being provided on one statement</span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cable TV</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: small;">Internet</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Telephone, landline</span><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"> (if they still exist by the time you read this)<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: small;">Telephone(s), mobile </span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Homeowners/Renters Insurance</span><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"> if not paid through monthly home loan or included in the
rent<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Flood Insurance</span><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"> (as applicable), MONTHLY amount even though it is
typically paid annually<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: small;">Health Insurance</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dental Insurance</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pet Insurance</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Termite treatment</span><span style="color: #222222;">/monthly contract<span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Car(s) payments</span><span style="color: #222222;">,<span style="font-weight: normal;"> monthly loan payment amount<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Car(s) Insurance</span><span style="color: #222222;">, <span style="font-weight: normal;">MONTHLY amount paid even if you may pay it
annually or semi-annually<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Gasoline</span><span style="color: #222222;">,<span style="font-weight: normal;"> for cars and anything like lawnmowers and other yard
equipment<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">City Taxes</span><span style="color: #222222;">,<span style="font-weight: normal;"> MONTHLY,
usually included in Mortgage Escrow payment and paid annually<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Charity Donations</span><span style="color: #222222;">:<span style="font-weight: normal;"> Known or estimated
like church donations, Tunnel 2 Towers, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Groceries</span><span style="color: #222222;">,<span style="font-weight: normal;"> this you will need to estimate but over time you should
pretty much know<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Entertainment</span><span style="color: #222222;"> costs,<span style="font-weight: normal;"> eating out, movie tickets, how much will you
allot to this category is up to you<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;"><u>Gifts</u></span><span style="color: #222222;"><u>,</u><span style="font-weight: normal;"> most people forget this item. Birthdays, Anniversaries, Graduations,
Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas, these add up very quickly depending upon the
size of your family. If you don’t know,
give it your best estimate but make certain you include a monthly amount to
budget for<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Student Loan(s)</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #222222;">Credit Cards.</span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> This will be the
most difficult to calculate because it changes monthly. Number one life lesson is to pay cash for as
much as you can. Charge only what you MUST or because it is
convenient. </span><u>BUT…PAY THE CARDS OFF
EVERY MONTH IF YOU CAN</u>,</span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> otherwise the monthly payments will go on
forever! Review the past 12 months and
create an </span>AVERAGE MONTHLY PAYMENT<span style="font-weight: normal;"> for each card that you use. List them separately so you can track them</span></span></span></li></ul><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;">Any other KN</span><span style="color: #222222;">OWN expense, monthly or
annually, that you can identify. </span></div></span><p></p><p style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-weight: normal;">What you are creating is an </span>AVERAGE
MONTHLY COST OF LIVING.<span style="font-weight: normal;"> Do you know
what yours is at this very moment in time?
If not, how do you </span>KNOW<span style="font-weight: normal;"> you can buy a new or used car? How do you know you can afford the cost of
having a pet (trust me it is more expensive than most people think)? The big one is this; how do you </span>KNOW<span style="font-weight: normal;">
you can afford to buy a home? As a
retired real estate agent/broker of more than 33 years’ experience, I can tell
you that it can be a shock to the system when you apply for a home loan with a
mortgage company. They want to know
everything about you before someone will take a chance and loan you the money
because they have looked at your finances (profit and loss statement) and made
the decision that you can afford to make the payments </span>OR NOT! <span style="font-weight: normal;"> History has shown, however, that a lot of
home loans have been issued to people who could </span>BARELY<span style="font-weight: normal;"> make the payments
and as stated above, hoping that nothing major will happen to them making it difficult
if not impossible to make the payments on time.
When that happens, the home is foreclosed on and it costs the borrower a
great deal of frustration and grief. It
is a much more efficient process if you walk into the mortgage company and hand
your Profit and Loss statement to the loan officer showing that you have
thought this process through and you are ready to buy a home.</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></p></h1><h1></h1><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span>Now that you have identified your <b>EXPENSES</b>,
it is time to identify <b>ALL</b> of your <b>KNOWN INCOME</b>.</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Net Work Income(s)</span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">. Regardless of how
you are paid, you need to calculate how much that amount is on a <b>MONTHLY</b>
basis. How much of your total income do
you take home each pay period but represented as a <b>MONTHLY</b> amount. How much total income does your household
contribute to the total income such as your significant other or if you have a
dependents or guests that live with you who pay rent to you to do so. This is extremely important for business
owners and independent contractors whose incomes fluctuate wildly depending on
the business’ profits or sales made.
This is when you take your last 12 months of <b>KNOWN</b> income and
divide by 12 to get a <b>MONTHLY</b> income for this exercise. (While you are at it and just for the fun of
it, estimate the number of hours you work each week for people in this
category, let’s say 40. Divide your
monthly estimated income by 40 and you get an HOURLY RATE and that may
shock you when you do. I found this
especially true for real estate agents who typically work a lot more than 40
hours a week. The hourly rate is not
needed for this exercise, just fun to do.
When you do discover your “hourly rate”, you may then make better
decisions as to how you spend your non-working hours, like cutting the
grass. I may be more beneficial for you
to spend that time at work and hiring someone to cut the grass, if you know
what I mean.)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><p></p><h2></h2><h3><ul><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="color: #222222;">Rental Property(s) Income</span></span><span style="color: #222222;">.</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Insurance Settlements</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;">Inheritance Incomes</span><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;">, sometimes this may be a monthly amount, do not include a
one-time amount that you may have acquired</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;">Interest Income</span><span style="color: #222222;">.<span style="font-weight: normal;"> Savings accounts,
stocks, bonds</span></span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;">Annuities</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;">Social Security Income(s)</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;">Retirement Income(s)</span></span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="color: #222222;">Investment Income(s)</span></span> </span></li></ul></h3><p></p><p></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">You MUST identify every penny
that comes into your home for this exercise.
</span><u><span style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">You cannot calculate an accurate profit and loss
statement if you do not know all of your expenses and all of your incomes.</span></u><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> I have created a
worksheet for this purpose as stated above.</span></span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #222222;">S</span><span style="color: #222222;">TEP TWO</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></b></span></p><p style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span>For those people familiar with EXCEL
SPREADSHEETS, this next step would be a piece of cake to accomplish. I made it easy for you by creating an EXCEL
SPREADSHEET TEMPLATE specifically to create a Personal Financial Profit and
Loss Statement. As stated above, I
cannot attach the file to this Blog. You
can email me as stated above and I’ll send you the Spreadsheet Template. If you are reading this as an email, the
files are attached. It is pretty generic
but if you have EXCEL skills, you can very easily adapt it to your more
specific needs and make the template sing its song to you. Suffice it to say that as a starting point,
the template should work beautifully for you.
For people <b>NOT</b> familiar with EXCEL, my initial advice
would be to become familiar. There are online
courses you can take. You can find them
by doing a simple Internet search. Even
so, the spreadsheet is relatively easy to navigate. </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222;"><b>IMPORTANT NOTE FOR EXCEL BEGINNERS</b>.</span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Save the
template on your computer or flash drive and keep it separate from your
financial files. If you were ever to
make a mistake working the spreadsheet and lose the file, you can always
retrieve the original template. Then as
you begin to add data, </span><u>periodically save what you have entered</u><span style="font-weight: normal;">. I
say this because I have done a lot of work on various things without saving as
I go and then suddenly you get a burp in your power source and you lose
everything you have done. The second
reason is that there are EXCEL codes embedded in some of the cells. If you accidently erase them as you work, you
can always recall your saved template file and continue your work. I would NOT save the file as a completed spreadsheet
as a separate file every time you make a change. You will be saving files you never access
again, ever. Keep the one file. When you make a change, save </span><span><b>THAT</b></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> file only </span><span><b>THAT
</b></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">file to preclude needless files building up on your computer. Your Spreadsheet is </span><span><b>IMPORTANT INFORMATION.</b></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> I would highly recommend keeping it on your
computer but </span><span><b>ALSO</b></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> keeping the most current version on a flash drive. If you ever lose your computer to a crash,
having the flash drive is priceless. I
know this because…</span></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"> </span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span>Take each expense item and enter it on
the EXCEL Spreadsheet. In the first
column you can change the name as you wish such as entering Sam’s Club or
COSTCO. The second column is for the
known <b>DUE DATE</b>S and is listed only as a reminder. The third column is for the most recent <b>BALANCES.</b> The fourth column is to indicate the<b> DATE</b>
of the last known balance. The fifth
column is the meat and potatoes of the spreadsheet, this is where you put the
numbers you have identified as your <b>MONTHLY EXPENSE</b> for each category. The
sixth column is exactly what it indicates, any <b>NOTES</b> you may want to
include. For example, on my spreadsheet,
I indicated at what rate my home loan was issued at such as 3.75%, just for
information purposes.</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span>The next section on the spreadsheet is
where you enter your various types of income.
I believe it is important <b>NOT </b>to lump them all together as one
figure because these numbers change over time for each category as you get
promoted or receive pay increases, etc.</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"> <br /></span></span><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span>The embedded formulas within each cell
automatically do the calculations for you.
It will calculate your total monthly expenses, figure in your total
monthly income and then calculate for you the net income or the net loss;
hopefully it is a large net income.</span></span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><b><span style="color: #222222;">NOTE<span>:</span></span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"> I have modified my
own spreadsheet many times. I have added
sections where I list specific expenses that are automatically paid through the
credit union that we belong to either by direct payment or by snail mail checks
being mailed by the Credit Union. I have
also listed all of my credit cards that remain active and what the credit limit
is. Why do I do all of this? I assume that the day will come when someone
other than my wife or I will have to look at our finances because we are either
incapable (God forbid) or we have passed.
Having access to this information just makes it much easier for our Next
of Kin to be able to close out accounts, notify people that need to be notified
and then disperse whatever is left. As I
said earlier in this Nugget, you never know when your day will arrive, <u>so
plan ahead!</u> Teachable moment. We keep all of our credit cards at a monthly
zero balance. It’s okay to charge
something but only charge it when you know you can pay off the entire credit
card balance when it comes due. I keep
several credit cards because we live in a Hurricane Prone area and having them
is priceless when you have to evacuate on a moment’s notice.</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></p><p style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Good luck! If you have any questions, you can email them
to </span><a href="mailto:JimBrown@gymbeaux.com">JimBrown@gymbeaux.com</a></span><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"> and I’ll do my best to answer them.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p></div><p></p>Jim "Gymbeaux" Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870919098006265261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045012260553829669.post-86309801231063909292023-08-08T19:28:00.004-05:002023-08-08T19:30:49.754-05:00The Sands of Time Volume 2<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGS2VKbbO1dT3tknBPUP2N8PZ0X93vViMxvlNhNlF-Q9yXmu3imQ5mdFWNVXfYSyrqF0AY9H_DH-iVcnf0oir9XX1cikoYhWEkfX_w5pvFKvHxRH8wCLUQCJPADWjDT8SlpPxtx_90zC-E4c_zG-tJ_OTRpiWjRd_5mOkB51BR-uJg_DAQKpenYy8d55Rr/s814/1NUGGETLOGO%20SMALL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="148" data-original-width="814" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGS2VKbbO1dT3tknBPUP2N8PZ0X93vViMxvlNhNlF-Q9yXmu3imQ5mdFWNVXfYSyrqF0AY9H_DH-iVcnf0oir9XX1cikoYhWEkfX_w5pvFKvHxRH8wCLUQCJPADWjDT8SlpPxtx_90zC-E4c_zG-tJ_OTRpiWjRd_5mOkB51BR-uJg_DAQKpenYy8d55Rr/w640-h116/1NUGGETLOGO%20SMALL.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sands-Time-Sean-David-Morton/dp/0985897465/ref=sr_1_7?crid=3ITQI8PMDJG0J&keywords=sands+of+time&qid=1691002044&sprefix=sands+of+time%2Caps%2C116&sr=8-7"><b><span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 107%;">SANDS OF TIME</span></b></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></b></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 107%;">Volume 2
(Book II)</span></b></span><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="text-align: center;">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Written by </span></b><a href="https://esoteric.nyc/whatever-happened-to-sean-david-morton/"><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Sean-David Morton</span></b></a><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b>Reviewed by Jim
“Gymbeaux” Brown, August 8, 2023</b></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjztz1nqaB3SyzfnBSUN8Ld_hA-tujVAyiWL1Rps3z2tH_Bs6bWdZLJYEMxz_Tpoh5Y1fOs0cVSuaE9rJ7gOd1MgB3ESnwD8AnSytRZAIFvIvqA_PyrTf79LCV8s8LHIbaIXLXcGKQE69W9blLISHT4fyAFQ7Q0M-TRhsuipiQD3amscip3iOw7UP6fzhBp/s185/Sands%20of%20Time%20Volume%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="185" data-original-width="120" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjztz1nqaB3SyzfnBSUN8Ld_hA-tujVAyiWL1Rps3z2tH_Bs6bWdZLJYEMxz_Tpoh5Y1fOs0cVSuaE9rJ7gOd1MgB3ESnwD8AnSytRZAIFvIvqA_PyrTf79LCV8s8LHIbaIXLXcGKQE69W9blLISHT4fyAFQ7Q0M-TRhsuipiQD3amscip3iOw7UP6fzhBp/s1600/Sands%20of%20Time%20Volume%202.jpg" width="120" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>DISCLAIMER:</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you are like me and believe that life
exists beyond what we have on Earth, this series of books are for you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you don’t believe life exists beyond
Earth, this book, and others in the series, could be for you as a 100 percent
book of fiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To me the book is best
described as fiction, some or all may be fiction or the truth based upon
historical facts, known places and known historical people, if that makes any
sense to you.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">I finished Volume 1 in just 3
days, over 400 page, something I normally do not do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did so because I found myself racing to the
end of the book because it was so exciting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Volume 2, or as mentioned elsewhere Book II, was no different.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I read it as well in 3 days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are at least 4 more volumes in the
series, I have purchased Volume 3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Having read the first two in the series, I would highly discourage
anyone from reading them out of order because if you do, none of them will make
any sense.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">I have never reviewed a book
stating that I raced to the end but that is exactly what I have done reading
both Volumes 1 and 2 and am anxious to get started on Volume 3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The author Sean-David Morton insists the
story is real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you read it even
though some of the scientific references may appear Greek to the average reader
to understand, you could easily make a case that the information contained in
this book is entirely fiction supported by known fact or that it is all true as
written.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">In Volume 2 things move very
rapidly in Earth’s battle with visitors/invaders from other planets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you read “invaders from other planets”,
I am certain that you automatically think I crazy to believe any of it,
seriously?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes seriously!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I remember watching an episode of Ancient
Aliens where a doctor said the (1) we would naive to believe that we are the
only life form in the universe and (2) it is not if other life exists, it is
when will we make contact.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe in
what she said (unfortunately I don’t remember her name).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">I have read and heard many others
talk about underground railways that work on magnetism, Einstein’s belief that
time travel is possible, the development of laser weapons, “the greys” referring
so space aliens, the reptiles also referring to space aliens, space-time continuum,
the list goes on and on and they are all discussed in detail in Volumes 1 and 2
thus far.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Caution.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are currently 6 volumes in the series
that I am aware of, I have the first 3. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For an unknown reason, Volume 2 is NOT
available on Amazon or any website that I researched.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found a file accidently where it can be
downloaded to your computer using one or more of several file extensions
including Kindle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only problem is
that Volume 2 was scanned and then converted and as such some of the
characters/fonts seem disjointed or unreadable but they are few and far between
and do not disrupt the reading of the book. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> You can find the link to Volume 2 at: </span><o:p></o:p><a href="https://archive.org/details/sandsoftimebookiiseandavidmorton" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><b>https://archive.org/details/sandsoftimebookiiseandavidmorton</b></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Who should read this book?</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a great question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyone that wants an exciting read and who is
prepared and willing to read at least more books in the series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I said, I read this book in just 3 days
and I am not a speed reader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
definitely a page turner by anyone’s standards.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Would I read it again?</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most likely <b>NOT</b> because once you have
read it, you would gain nothing more by reading it again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I continue reading Volume 3, I may use
Volumes 1 and 2 as a reference.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Would I give it as a gift?</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another great question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For most people, probably not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For people who I know that would have an
interest in its content, absolutely.<o:p></o:p></p>Jim "Gymbeaux" Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870919098006265261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045012260553829669.post-3480683534955729562023-08-04T07:26:00.002-05:002023-08-04T07:26:14.949-05:00The Sands of Time Volume 1 - WOW111<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghQe5TxFIEwRbuYQZ6p9veyZUV2tvmJM7mPrpqUEJ2YTuiUBgSdu3nbNKt_MR5w3ou3llgJeHEed5VkYCNfR7XBO6nqZDOsyoc0Q_Kay-pQQikOUSlh16s7HhlVuW6YYxOaM33mUPK5AaA0LUvfPRkLSaJEM_a0sKxMrkQubIx4-PaC_Dy4JSpUhp0M_ai/s814/1NUGGETLOGO%20SMALL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="148" data-original-width="814" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghQe5TxFIEwRbuYQZ6p9veyZUV2tvmJM7mPrpqUEJ2YTuiUBgSdu3nbNKt_MR5w3ou3llgJeHEed5VkYCNfR7XBO6nqZDOsyoc0Q_Kay-pQQikOUSlh16s7HhlVuW6YYxOaM33mUPK5AaA0LUvfPRkLSaJEM_a0sKxMrkQubIx4-PaC_Dy4JSpUhp0M_ai/w640-h116/1NUGGETLOGO%20SMALL.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sands-Time-Sean-David-Morton/dp/0985897465/ref=sr_1_7?crid=3ITQI8PMDJG0J&keywords=sands+of+time&qid=1691002044&sprefix=sands+of+time%2Caps%2C116&sr=8-7"><b><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">SANDS OF TIME</span></b></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Volume 1</span></b></span><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Written by </span></b><a href="https://esoteric.nyc/whatever-happened-to-sean-david-morton/"><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Sean-David Morton</span></b></a><b><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p>
</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>Reviewed by Jim
“Gymbeaux” Brown, August 4, 2023<o:p></o:p></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX2HvMfW4sJCXRsq-aHcChBJOutPGqn01gg00AyCAGNuDoO7CpfdVNARZlc8glNl4ctQKbaTFBSXvoZDAe7js3H4MvY9k0iVmkChvj9WL8FqHixKcFtR2vK1OvTZkuB03totZcNHgf8GGpSub4ZMvXb4Eh-EjlyKGaCUCu4BzsXYQ9q-sfaXWLi1IwuSCP/s293/Sands%20of%20Time%20COVER.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="192" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX2HvMfW4sJCXRsq-aHcChBJOutPGqn01gg00AyCAGNuDoO7CpfdVNARZlc8glNl4ctQKbaTFBSXvoZDAe7js3H4MvY9k0iVmkChvj9WL8FqHixKcFtR2vK1OvTZkuB03totZcNHgf8GGpSub4ZMvXb4Eh-EjlyKGaCUCu4BzsXYQ9q-sfaXWLi1IwuSCP/w206-h315/Sands%20of%20Time%20COVER.webp" width="206" /></a></div><b style="text-align: justify;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>DISCLAIMER:</b> If you are like me and believe that life exists
beyond what we have on Earth, this book is for you. If you don’t believe life exists beyond
Earth, this book could be for you as a 100 percent book of fiction. To me the book is best described as fiction based
upon historical facts, known places and known historical people, if that makes
any sense to you.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">My interest in reading this book
was a result of watching an interview with the author, Sean-David Morton. During the interview the book was referenced
as were the later volumes of the book that followed Sands of Time, Volume
1. In all honesty, I did not know what I
was getting into when I ordered the book.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">I was blown away just reading the
first 24 chapters. It is a lengthy book
and I found myself riveted to reading it instead of doing other things that
needed to be done; it is that interesting and that compelling of a book. The book is filled with
references to events, places, and people throughout history that I was aware of
including Germany in WWII. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The book
begins in the 1950s but refers to events that took place during WWII.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You know that FACTS are mentioned and they
are intertwined into the narrative the pulsates throughout the book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You are never quite sure where the facts end
and fiction begins if it is fiction at all, you just don’t know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are sections that involve scientific
explanations and to someone like myself, they would be considered complex and
to be honest, over my head to understand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Still, the word plausible comes to mind meaning that the explanations
and theories described all seem like they could be plausible because they are wrapped
in events and places that you now are true.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The book is over 400 pages long
and I don’t typically read a book of that length very quickly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I read it in less than 3 days as I could
barely put the book down plus it just read very quickly and I raced to see what
was going to happen in the next chapter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Caution.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are currently 3 books in the series
with a 4<sup>th</sup> book that I understand is coming soon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was so impressed with Volume 1; I have already
purchased Volumes 2 and 3 feeling assured that they too will be as interesting
and riveting as Volume1 has been.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">As a teaser, consider these
subjects all contained in Volume 1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>WWII, Nazi Germany, missing German Nazi Officers/Scientists, the German
development of The Bell, Operation Paperclip, Los Alamos, Area 51, captured alien
space craft, time travel, space holes, Roswell, Majestic 12, aliens, and even
sex.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How could you go wrong reading this
book. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Who should read this book?</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a great question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyone that wants an exciting read and who is
prepared and willing to read at least two more books in the series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I said, I read this 400-page book in just
3 days and I am not a speed reader.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Would I read it again?</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most likely <b>NOT</b> because once you have
read it, you would gain nothing more by reading it again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I continue reading Volumes 2 and 3, I may
use Volume 1 as a reference.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Would I give it as a gift?</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another great question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For most people, probably not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For people who I know that would have an
interest in its content, absolutely.<o:p></o:p></p>Jim "Gymbeaux" Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870919098006265261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045012260553829669.post-86657409157107246322023-08-03T17:37:00.002-05:002023-08-03T17:37:23.427-05:00Why I Own a gun!<p><br /></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT-2nuSQsQCnNHHSNIR6YZfx519PCRKEcAShGgbOx80Fd4CUr8F1ahitoSGOCHx-c9nmEVUfBr_uAz0k7OFDpyA4upPIPdP4d5emITvyfoby_1t4ujm4QFaXE1SK_erbwU_LFW5z27MqvPL8gXK0gy_9eYV-E2naBhfVWEYSPHqADYYXsVukjdEGVDDUNx/s814/1NUGGETLOGO%20SMALL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="148" data-original-width="814" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT-2nuSQsQCnNHHSNIR6YZfx519PCRKEcAShGgbOx80Fd4CUr8F1ahitoSGOCHx-c9nmEVUfBr_uAz0k7OFDpyA4upPIPdP4d5emITvyfoby_1t4ujm4QFaXE1SK_erbwU_LFW5z27MqvPL8gXK0gy_9eYV-E2naBhfVWEYSPHqADYYXsVukjdEGVDDUNx/w640-h116/1NUGGETLOGO%20SMALL.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: Elephant, serif; font-size: xx-large;">WHY I OWN A GUN!</span><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Elephant",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Author Unknown (pity)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Elephant",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Posted by Jim “Gymbeaux”
Brown, August 4, 2023</span><span style="font-family: "Elephant",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Elephant",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br />
My father said to me,<br />
“Son, there comes a time in every man's life<br />
when he stops bustin' knuckles and starts bustin' caps and<br />
usually it's when he becomes too old<br />
to take a whoopin.”<br />
<br />
I don't own a gun to kill people.<br />
I own a gun to keep from being killed.<br />
<br />
I don't carry a gun to scare people.<br />
I carry a gun because sometimes this world can be a scary place.<br />
<br />
I don't own a gun because I'm paranoid.<br />
I own a gun because there are real threats in the world..</span><span style="font-family: "Elephant",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Elephant",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I don't own a gun because I'm evil.<br />
I own a gun because I have lived long enough to <u>see the evil in the<br />
world.</u></span><u><span style="font-family: "Elephant",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Elephant",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I don't own a gun because I hate the government.<br />
I own a gun because I understand the limitations of government.</span><span style="font-family: "Elephant",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Elephant",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I don't carry a gun because I'm angry.<br />
I carry a gun so that I don't have to spend the rest of my life hating<br />
myself for <u>failing to be prepared</u>.</span><span style="font-family: "Elephant",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Elephant",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I don't carry a gun because I want to shoot someone.<br />
I carry a gun because I want to die at a ripe old age in my bed, and<br />
not on a sidewalk somewhere tomorrow afternoon.</span><span style="font-family: "Elephant",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Elephant",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I don't carry a gun because I'm a cowboy.<br />
I carry a gun because, when I die and go to heaven,<br />
I do want to be a cowboy.</span><span style="font-family: "Elephant",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Elephant",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I don't own a gun to make me feel like a man.<br />
I own a gun because men know how to take care<br />
of themselves and the ones they love.</span><span style="font-family: "Elephant",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Elephant",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I don't carry a gun because I feel inadequate.<br />
I carry a gun because unarmed and<br />
facing three armed thugs, <u>I am inadequate</u>.</span><span style="font-family: "Elephant",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Elephant",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I don't carry a gun because I love it.<br />
I carry a gun because I love life and<br />
the people who make it meaningful to me.</span><span style="font-family: "Elephant",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Elephant",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Police protection is an oxymoron.<br />
<u>Free citizens must protect themselves</u>.</span><span style="font-family: "Elephant",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Elephant",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Police do not protect you from crime,<br />
they usually just investigate the crime<br />
<u>after it happens</u> and<br />
then call someone in to clean up the mess.</span><span style="font-family: "Elephant",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Elephant",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and
too old to take a whoopin'.....author unknown (but obviously brilliant)<br />
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<br />
A LITTLE GUN HISTORY<br />
<br />
In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953, about <u>20
million dissidents</u>, unable to defend themselves,<br />
were rounded up and exterminated.<br />
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<br />
In 1911, Turkey established gun control.<br />
From 1915 to 1917, <u>1.5 million Armenians</u>,<br />
unable to defend themselves,<br />
were rounded up and exterminated.<br />
------------------------------<br />
<br />
Germany established gun control in 1938<br />
and from 1939 to 1945,<br />
a total of <u>13 million</u> Jews and others<br />
who were unable to defend themselves<br />
were rounded up and exterminated.<br />
------------------------------<br />
<br />
China established gun control in 1935.<br />
From 1948 to 1952,<br />
<u>20 million</u> political dissidents,<br />
unable to defend themselves,<br />
were rounded up and exterminated<br />
------------------------------<br />
<br />
Guatemala established gun control in 1964.<br />
From 1964 to 1981,<br />
<u>100,000</u> Mayan Indians,<br />
unable to defend themselves,<br />
were rounded up and exterminated.<br />
---- ------------- -------------<br />
<br />
Uganda established gun control in 1970.<br />
From 1971 to 1979, <u>300,000 </u>Christians,<br />
unable to defend themselves,<br />
were rounded up and exterminated.<br />
------------------------------<br />
<br />
Cambodia established gun control in 1956.<br />
From 1975 to 1977, <u>one million</u> educated people, unable to defend<br />
themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.<br />
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<br />
Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because of
gun control: <u>56 million; repeat 56 MILLION!</u><br />
------------------------------<br />
You won't see this data on the US evening news, or hear politicians<br />
disseminating this information.<br />
<br />
Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and,<br />
yes, gun-control laws adversely affect only the law-abiding citizens.<br />
<br />
Take note my fellow Americans, before it's too late!<br />
<br />
The next time someone talks in favor of gun control, please remind them of this
history lesson.<br />
<br />
With guns, we are 'citizens'.<br />
Without them, we are 'subjects'.<br />
<br />
During WWII the Japanese decided not to invade America because they knew that
most Americans were ARMED!<br />
<br />
If you value your freedom, please spread this anti-gun-control message to all
of your friends.<br />
<br />
The purpose of fighting is to win.<br />
There is no possible victory in defense.<br />
The sword is more important than the shield, and<br />
skills are more important than either.<br />
The final weapon is the brain.<br />
All else is supplemental.<br />
<br />
SWITZERLAND ISSUES EVERY HOUSEHOLD A GUN!<br />
SWITZERLAND'S GOVERNMENT TRAINS EVERY ADULT THEY ISSUE A RIFLE TO. SWITZERLAND HAS THE LOWEST GUN RELATED CRIME
RATE OF ANY CIVILIZED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD!!<br />
<br />
I'm a firm believer in the 2nd Amendment! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Elephant",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">If you are too, please
forward.</span>Jim "Gymbeaux" Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870919098006265261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045012260553829669.post-28587421362972366722023-08-01T19:29:00.002-05:002023-08-01T19:29:25.529-05:00What ARE They Thinking?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG2ylfzviMGmjfMyg56Dk_mX-W3qv-IPDC7hzvijlkgaGQAwilCBEUqZsQilxYamepEY1N1AJYU8N0y4YWNOsbp49yUwNDGbPq-5_n0S1Hoj2UuFXWsXgDjbukfgwhPM0knbpQZAZuADT1rwcWXbW-dozs7cY9Yr3EAYV3j2VIVxnsWXm3lEv07HQ5ownf/s814/1NUGGETLOGO%20SMALL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="148" data-original-width="814" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG2ylfzviMGmjfMyg56Dk_mX-W3qv-IPDC7hzvijlkgaGQAwilCBEUqZsQilxYamepEY1N1AJYU8N0y4YWNOsbp49yUwNDGbPq-5_n0S1Hoj2UuFXWsXgDjbukfgwhPM0knbpQZAZuADT1rwcWXbW-dozs7cY9Yr3EAYV3j2VIVxnsWXm3lEv07HQ5ownf/w640-h116/1NUGGETLOGO%20SMALL.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">WHAT <u>ARE</u> THEY THINKING?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>By Jim “Gymbeaux”
Brown, August 1, 2023<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">I have thought about writing this
Nugget for quite a while.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even though I
am putting my thoughts to paper, I am not at this moment sure I will actually
post it on my blog given the sensitive nature of the subject.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still, these are things that I <u>now</u>
think of and I am guessing that if you are over 70, you may be as well.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">My thoughts began while sitting
at a table at a Sam’s Club and just watching\observing the customers as they
check out and leave the club.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
customers come in all shapes and sizes, many of them extremely obese, actually
a great many of them extremely obese.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some,
who from outward appearances, appear older than my 78 years, some appearing
younger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some people need assistance
with motorized scooters, others have walkers, and many more are using canes all
to help them go from place to place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
too have been using a cane now and then due to a recent hip replacement.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">As I watch, I can’t help but
wonder what a lot of these people are thinking at this very moment in their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I immediately go to the people who are very
obese.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Surely, they have seen the
multitude of health warnings of what being over weight can do to a person’s
health.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I see them struggle to do the
smallest of tasks, I can’t help but recall what I read in <b>Dr. Nichole
Saphire’s</b> book, <b>Make America Healthy Again</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wrote that if America just eliminated <b>PREVENTABLE</b>
diseases, we would save enough money to <b><u>pay for everyone’s health care</u></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">That was startling to me!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She listed her number one disease that could
easily be eliminated to be obesity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
can attest that it is not fun to live with a disease for which there is no
cure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have diabetes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have no clue as to how I acquired the
disease and for years I did not want anyone to know that I had it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The “experts” believe that being overweight
is a pathway to diabetes but, and this is a HUGE but, obesity for most people
is <b>PREVENTABLE</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is also a
pathway to heart issues, and even cancer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As for me, I spent 20 years in the military.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just hearing that, a lot of people might
think that I drank a lot of alcohol, smoked cigarettes and didn’t take care of
my body.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, I don’t smoke and the
only alcohol I drink is an occasional (like twice a month) draft beer when we
go out for dinner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was not a workout freak
but I did a lot of running before my knee told me to stop, which I did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even so, I had a 5-by-pass heart procedure, <b>10</b>
left knee surgeries, two shoulder surgeries, 3 major and one minor back
surgery, and most recently as I said, a hip replacement.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Why am I telling you this?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because to see me sitting at the table in Sam’s,
you would never know that I have had all these surgeries nor that I still have
difficulty walking for any length of time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But that’s my story and the reason I tell it is that every person that
passed me by this evening all have <b>THEIR</b> own stories that few if anyone
really knows about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My children are
aware of my surgeries but I seriously doubt they are aware of some of the
issues I still face every day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
people that passed me by this evening have their issues as well and those
issues remain hidden within them for no one to know but for their closest
friends or relatives; even some of them are probably clueless.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The one question that began
surfacing for me occurred in 2012 when I had my heart by-pass procedure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It happened so suddenly and without
warning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I climbed the stairs in my home
to the second floor and stopped at my dresser out of breath.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I then asked maybe the dumbest question ever
asked, “I wonder if I should go to the emergency room?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thought about it for about 20 seconds and
then went downstairs and told my wife and daughter who was visiting, that I
thought I should go to the emergency room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We went and within minutes I was lying on a gurney being examined by
several doctors and within about and hour or so I was in a room being prepped
for surgery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was told that they may
just go take a look, or that they may insert a stint or stints as needed, or
they may have to do a by-pass; they wouldn’t know for sure until they went
in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As mentioned earlier, it turned out
to be a 5-by-pass surgical procedure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For me it was like in the movies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I was being wheeled down a long hospital corridor with fluorescent
lights passing by overhead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thought to
myself, “if this is it, I’m okay with it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ve had a good life.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seriously,
those were my exact thoughts.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Since that procedure, I began to
wonder what other people were thinking about their lives as I do my own
life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At 78 I understand I am in the
winter of my life and you don’t have to look very hard to see that there are a
lot of people on this planet that never make to 78 so in that regard I have
been fortunate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That brings up the
question that has bugged me since 2012.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Do people think of how they will eventually die because we all will?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t dwell on it but it is getting harder
and harder not to think about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I
look at a lot of the people checking out at Sam’s Club it is difficult not to
wonder if they think about the same thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I really hate to say this but many of them look as though they may
already be on death’s doorstep.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know I
should not say things like that or even think them, but it is hard not to when
you see how difficult it is for them to just get out of the door without
help.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used to worry about the very
obese people I would see but then I realized that it is fruitless to worry
about a person you don’t know and that you know they had to have seen all the
warnings about being grossly overweight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s their life and they can choose to live it as they wish, difficult
or not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But as Dr. Saphire said, <b>it
is preventable!</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The reason I write the Nuggets I
write is that I like to think that they could be a lesson for anyone who may
read them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is definitely the
purpose behind this Nugget.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I challenge
you, the reader, that the next time you are in a Sam’s Club type business and
instead of just passing fellow shoppers by in the isle, pause as you start to
pass them and simply smile, or even better, smile and say good morning or good
afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t wait for a response,
just move on but watch the look on their face change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Your smile, your comment, may be the catalyst
for them to feel better about themselves because remember, you have no clue
what they are thinking at that very moment in time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have found that in most instances, their
faces immediately light up and the frown that was there moments before, melts
away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know this because I have
practiced this for decades.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I write
about it now because I realize I have been so wrapped up in my own physical
issues, that I stopped doing it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That
will come to an immediate end as of July 10, 2023 and I will return to doing it
every chance I get; I hope you do as well.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Ignorance is not bliss as the
proverbial saying indicates otherwise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ignorance is ignorance!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The world
is in a serious mess and ignoring it won’t make it go away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What will cause people with their heads
buried in the sand and ignoring what has been happening to awake one day to
life changing historical events that are going to happen probably sooner rather
than later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It matters little what race
you are, what your religion is or isn’t, how much money you have or not have,
or what you believe in or not believe in; we all live in this world as messed
up as it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will all live through
whatever is about to happen be it a war or be it a new found peace, only time
will tell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I know with certainty is
that we all need each other and time will prove that comment to be
correct.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Meeting that need can be as
simple as a random smile to a passing shopper, trust me on this one, I believe
it is true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Time will prove me right or
wrong but I’ll take my chances on being right on this one.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">You can go through your entire
life “hoping” for something to happen to you or for you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>Dr. John Maxwell</b> said it best when he
said, <b><i>“hope is not an effective strategy!”</i></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dr. Maxwell is right!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Instead of wishing something to
be true or for something to come your way, why not turn that wish into a
prayer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have not been a religious
person for a very long time but that does not mean I do not believe in God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It only means that I feel betrayed by the
beliefs of almost every religion in that they believe you must believe as they
want you to believe or you are not welcomed within their congregation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you look back over history, almost every
major conflict was fought over religious beliefs and that includes Nazi Germany
and especially includes Japan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I
digress.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Back to my original thought, what
are these people thinking at this very moment in time; that is the question?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How difficult would it be to just pause and
say a short prayer asking God to grand them their most sincere wish or desire?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is it that you want?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s my list of wants:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->I pray that my wife, should she live longer than
I do, live a long and happy life without want.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->I pray that something should occur that will
awaken the leaders of the world and they will suddenly bring an end to all wars
that serve no purpose other than to make a lot of people very rich while others
die to make that happen and not for a worthy cause as they might have been led
to believe.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->I pray that my physical ailments will disappear
or that I learn to better live with them as they are and as they probably will
remain for the rest of my life<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->I pray that I will be able to continue to pay
all my bills on time without any interruptions and that has been no easy task
in 2023 with the ever-increasing cost of living in every area of my life.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->I pray that my children and their children all
live a long, happy and healthy lives and that they are free to pursue whatever
life they choose.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->I pray that the world that I will be leaving to
my children and their children awakens to realize the polices and beliefs that
seem to be permeating the globe are all leading the world to its own moral
destruction unless there is an intervention. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t know what that would look like, only
that an intervention is definitely needed.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->I pray that someone finds all that I have
written and stored on my computer and that they find it important enough to
share with others and to not let it just find its way into the trash can or
simply erased from the hard drive.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->My final prayer is that I pray that at least one
person will read this and make a decision to make someone else’s life better
every day they are alive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Such a small
prayer to make and ask. but that is my desire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It has been my life’s mission and I need to get back on that mission’s
path.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><i>“To help people to do what
they do, to do it better!”<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">When I was working in real estate
for 30 plus years, I lived by that Life’s Mission Statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would oftentimes ask myself very simple
questions like is what I am about to say or do consistent with my life’s mission
statement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the answer was YES, I
would say or do it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the answer was
no, I would not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was that simple and
it worked every time and kept me firmly committed to what I should be doing
versus what I might otherwise be doing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">There is no way to know what is
going through another person’s mind; what troubles they are working through;
what physical issues they are enduring; or what grief they may be
experiencing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You just don’t know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My advice would be never to assume you know
what someone else is thinking or asking themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember, <b>it only takes a second to smile
and say hello; give it a try!<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The following excerpt from Harry
Browne’s book How I Found Freedom in an Un-Free World best describes what I
have been trying to say:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzhOGY8NLV3_uij0MvxrxB7DyXOsuMmxE2taYbO65uAx5z1hZHfhL4HseM1z6hUDeCw9WSh5t6gPBqXA7dRZ-PaAdxEZQCIq4v8apk9S8OtmnrzaEVWkzHJuNbDoQ8I6oQLNc6BZo1qL8T8KTmRVBj0DLYPqNe04O3Zsmch05tAlHiYneukOuylxfeQI-5/s1121/1Morality%20Trap.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="1121" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzhOGY8NLV3_uij0MvxrxB7DyXOsuMmxE2taYbO65uAx5z1hZHfhL4HseM1z6hUDeCw9WSh5t6gPBqXA7dRZ-PaAdxEZQCIq4v8apk9S8OtmnrzaEVWkzHJuNbDoQ8I6oQLNc6BZo1qL8T8KTmRVBj0DLYPqNe04O3Zsmch05tAlHiYneukOuylxfeQI-5/w555-h375/1Morality%20Trap.jpg" width="555" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Jim "Gymbeaux" Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870919098006265261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045012260553829669.post-70178647176652364052023-07-14T07:36:00.003-05:002023-07-14T07:36:26.225-05:00How To Be An Alpha Male<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuUdJ5kGZxFOLfu_o6UIMdNevis3415o1gHSv-4Ao6wFN5C9fc1RdTnKVFpuoDZarDfqhzi67GQYmPYa4t7EooEs9thm8x6JFuzC8dHWjDQIEx9_zZBg3OAoap3DTncnSC9LzqFASZ2up8Fi8xFunSwJoX2gWxfYSfJnUZbWBdLl4m6dANWNHa-T2WswN1/s814/1NUGGETLOGO%20SMALL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="148" data-original-width="814" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuUdJ5kGZxFOLfu_o6UIMdNevis3415o1gHSv-4Ao6wFN5C9fc1RdTnKVFpuoDZarDfqhzi67GQYmPYa4t7EooEs9thm8x6JFuzC8dHWjDQIEx9_zZBg3OAoap3DTncnSC9LzqFASZ2up8Fi8xFunSwJoX2gWxfYSfJnUZbWBdLl4m6dANWNHa-T2WswN1/w640-h116/1NUGGETLOGO%20SMALL.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">HOW TO BE AN ALPHA MALE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">By Andrew Tate<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>Review
by Jim “Gymbeaux” Brown, July 13 2023<o:p></o:p></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQpnMbCzmHsmLF9ny2EVMqsEtNnwZwztRVojXb4X4qYgU21Mvinth-Krfu-zzl-hNfRObZofod_QPO8HinVxSPAMXWoP3RiYpyXZoZ0heDMrQVCc5l__m8XOCQ5dUJpw30zt1xzCQ9onZmTwEmrVuP340zI7wRvVtBPBMshwJdP4ofqKfO-cBqPeU5kVGe/s445/Andrew%20Tate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="279" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQpnMbCzmHsmLF9ny2EVMqsEtNnwZwztRVojXb4X4qYgU21Mvinth-Krfu-zzl-hNfRObZofod_QPO8HinVxSPAMXWoP3RiYpyXZoZ0heDMrQVCc5l__m8XOCQ5dUJpw30zt1xzCQ9onZmTwEmrVuP340zI7wRvVtBPBMshwJdP4ofqKfO-cBqPeU5kVGe/w134-h213/Andrew%20Tate.jpg" width="134" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="text-align: justify;">By his own admission at the beginning
of the book, Andrew Tate warns readers that the book is </span><b style="text-align: justify;">NOT</b><span style="text-align: justify;"> for the
faint of heart.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">I have read the entire
book and while I understand why he may say that, I don’t agree with is assessment.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">The only thing that makes this book
cautionary is the language.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">If you are
offended by foul language, you may not want to read it.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">I typically do not like foul language whenever
it is used but in the case of this book, it somehow perfectly fits in when
used.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">If you can get by the foul
language the lessons contained in this book are </span><b style="text-align: justify;">PRICELESS!</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">I think it is important to
understand who I, the reviewer, is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am
a retired 20-year Coast Guard veteran so foul language is nothing new to
me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am also a retired 33-year real
estate broker where foul language is never acceptable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Having said that, I found this book loaded
with short, concise tips on how to become an Alpha Male.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 2023 that may not seem to be what most
men/boys are seeking but they should be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The country needs to rid itself of the feminization of men and boys and
return to the days when men had principles, were strong, made decisions and
protected the ones they love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The book
is short and very easy to read in one sitting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Andrew Tate is by profession, a
very successful 4-time Kickboxing World Champion and that would account for the
foul language.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When he uses the language
in the book, he uses it to get your attention and gives you the feeling he is
talking directly to YOU!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The topics he
covers in the book speak for themselves.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Andrew Tate’s journey</li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Importance of being an Alpha Male</li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Developing confidence, self-assurance, resilience
and charisma</li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Mastering the art of communication and body
language</li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Physical Fitness, Strength and Self-Defense</li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Staying in shape and maintaining a healthy body</li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Dressing for Success and Personal Style</li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->The significance of grooming and personal style</li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Career, Financial Mastery and Leadership</li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Building wealth and financial independence</li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Relationships and Friendships</li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Building a support network</li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Expanding your knowledge and skills</li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->The importance of Self-Improvement</li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Learning from the success of others</li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Understanding female psychology</li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Networking with successful people and
discovering fulfilling hobbies</li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Benefits of being well connected</li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Leaving a legacy</li><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Lifelong pursuit of self-improvement</li></ul><!--[if !supportLists]--><o:p></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Based upon my 33years in the real
estate sales business, most if not all of these topics could be easily applied
to a sales career and I believe that is the lessons that Andrew Tate wants
everyone to understand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are not
lessons that will teach you to become the next kickboxing champion, they are
lessons that (1) will teach you to become independent, to (2) become a strong
individual that can easily make decisions, (3) builds relationships and become
both a student in those relationships as well as a teacher, and maybe the most
valuable lesson of all (4) become a self-learner through self-improvement and
never stop learning!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s all about
create habits <b>NOW </b>(as compared to some time in the future) that will
serve you for the rest of your life!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Is this a book I would read
again?</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At my age I don’t think so.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Is this a book I would give as
a gift?</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>ABSOLUTELY </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Who should read this book?</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe it is targeting young men ages 16
to maybe as old as 30 if it is not to late for the 30-year-olds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Habits are hard to break.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It would make a great gift to a high school
graduate or soon to be graduate.<o:p></o:p></p>Jim "Gymbeaux" Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870919098006265261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045012260553829669.post-8706208494484664012023-07-04T17:56:00.000-05:002023-07-04T17:56:01.223-05:00Cinspiracy Theories Becoming Realities<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ligPNyz7f-w6t_ZoXbnRjjykS5_zNyF9sQHJZiNuTcLjBJMgfZBVfweUtVMHkSqUm7QpFYNefFcQU2UsZ-6TtfOnMKjZuAyYGsfJq8MHg03AWh1nJpFCzWnbr12bRsSDF_69DO4k2XBGYO63yQM70ZUMVsJoAauTaDWz7JZGapVAQzY5vf0UNulVZTE9/s814/1NUGGETLOGO%20SMALL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="148" data-original-width="814" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ligPNyz7f-w6t_ZoXbnRjjykS5_zNyF9sQHJZiNuTcLjBJMgfZBVfweUtVMHkSqUm7QpFYNefFcQU2UsZ-6TtfOnMKjZuAyYGsfJq8MHg03AWh1nJpFCzWnbr12bRsSDF_69DO4k2XBGYO63yQM70ZUMVsJoAauTaDWz7JZGapVAQzY5vf0UNulVZTE9/w640-h116/1NUGGETLOGO%20SMALL.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">CONSPIRACY THEORIES <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">BECOMING REALITIES<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">IMAGINE THAT!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">By Jim “Gymbeaux”
Brown, July 4, 2023<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">I don’t want anyone to
automatically believe everything or anything I am about to write about that it
is true and without question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That would
be idiotic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am going to briefly touch
on several subjects that I have done some research on and was shocked to
discover that alternative stories abound on the Internet that are <b>contrary
to popular beliefs</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope this
Nugget simply challenges you to do your own research and question some of the
things reported as fact by your parents, former teachers and the various news
media outlets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think you will discover
as I have that we have all been lied to for a very long time. Some people like
your parents only repeated what they have been told and believed to be true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But you will also discover as I have just how
proficient a great many people just lied to us to advance agendas; <b>it’s a
form of brainwashing</b> perfected during WWII.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">I’m 78 and it been a very quick
ride as you will yourself learn in time!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Lesson #1, enjoy yourself when and while you can.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My life changed significantly when I had a
heart by-pass surgery in 2012.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was
almost as if I was supposed to have died instead of being saved by skillful
surgeons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ever since that day in 2012,
my body seems to be fighting back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3
back surgeries, a hip replacement surgery, thumb surgery, a <b>TENTH</b> knee
surgery on the left knee and probably another knee surgery in the very near
future, all reminding me that I am on the last chapter of my life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are days when I have thought that I
would be better dead than living through the pain in my back and legs 24/7 as I
have for at least a decade.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">My physical downward trend was
also aggravated when I agreed to take the COVID 19 <b>EXPERIMENTAL JAB(S), TWO
OF THEM</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Immediately following the
second jab, several medical issues occurred within weeks and then months.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two were particularly scary events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first was that I began having severe pain
that would suddenly occur behind my left eye, then it would move to my right
eye and then back to my left eye.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
went on for several weeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did see an
eye specialist and he could find nothing wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Shortly after the last pain episode, I began having blurry vision but
only in my left eye.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was over two
years ago and the vision has never returned to the 20/20 I previously had <b>just
before </b>the second jab. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Prior to the
second jab, I did not require any type of eye glasses except for reading
glasses and that was required by choice because of cataract surgeries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have since been fitted for eyeglasses,
twice, and the doctor said they will not return my vision as it was before but
they are as good as she could make them (2 different doctors said the same thing).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Second jab, vision SUDDENLY goes bad, a
coincidence?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The second scary event was
totally unpredicted as I had no symptoms to warn me that there was a
problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I suddenly found myself
urinating blood, a lot of blood and then a 12” blood clot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wish I had tried to retrieve it but I
didn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>explained it to the doctor, it was only my
word and he didn’t seem to want to take me seriously.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I became very frustrated with doctors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I explained what was happening to me to my
primary care doctor (2 of them), to my Diabetes doctor (1), to my heart doctor
(1) and to my eye doctors (2).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
explained it to a total of <b>SIX</b> doctors and none were willing to connect
the dots back to the friggin vaccine that I took and that <b>THEY</b>
encouraged me to take.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My guess is that
they did not want to be held responsible for what has happened and what may
happen in the future as a result of the vaccines that were never tested and
never actually approved by the FDA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
case you don’t know, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) <b>KNEW</b> that they
had altered their procedures and that forced them to redefine <b>THEIR</b>
definition of vaccines so that the COVID Experimental Drug Therapy would then meet
their new definition of what a vaccine is and what it does.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was done <b><u>AFTER</u></b> I took the
friggin jabs!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Thankfully that crap is now out
of the way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me tell you a little
about why I believe what I believe and why people, hopefully not you, all think
I’m crazy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Crazy is a funny term to
me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have lived long enough to know
that people were called crazy when I was growing up only to later discover that
the subjects for which they were considered crazy to believe in, slowly at
first and then suddenly, became reality and then those same people were no
longer considered crazy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, most
people forget they once called them crazy or why they did so in the first
place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is the way I feel about the
things I believe to be true.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Let’s start with World War II,</b>
a subject you probably are not all that aware of in detail other than who
fought the war and who won.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Based upon
what we, you and I, were all taught in schools, I doubt you know much more than
that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can tell you that in the 1930s
and 40s, Americans wanted no<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>part of the
war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was being fought in Europe and
in the Far East and they really didn’t care as a nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>FDR, our then President, wanted desperately
to enter the war and he did so for many reasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hate to say money had a part in it but it
did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Industries were retooled, <b>prior
to our entering the war</b>, to build the weapons of war. A lot of people made
huge sums of money in doing so.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>FDR also
wanted desperately to help his friend Winston Churchill whose country was left
as the only country fighting NAZI Germany.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>France had all but surrendered to Hitler and all of Europe except for
England was under the control of Germany who then set its sites on attacking
England.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a miracle that the
attack on England ended when it did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Known as The Battle of Britain, it ended just days before England would
have exhausted its remaining Air Force and its fate would have been in the
hands of Germany.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Germany suddenly and
very unexpectedly quit the attack but the war on England was far from
over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It turned into a sea war and that
is why it was critical for America to enter the fray.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Without America, England would have starved
to death and they could not continue in any way to fend off Germany.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">How does a President of the
United States enter into a World War that its citizens want no part of? If
Germany, Italy, or Japan did not attack the United States, it was unlikely that
the United States would have entered into a war with any of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>EVER!</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Call it a coincidence or call it a plan, either way the terms outlined
in a memo that could be labeled a coincidence and <b><u>written AND PRESENTED
in 1941</u></b>, all somehow came to fruition and the United States by accident
or by design (coincidence) suddenly entered the war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can find the LCDR McCOLLUM, USN Memo at: <a href="http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/McCollum/index.html">http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/McCollum/index.html</a><span class="MsoHyperlink">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The United States had been
isolating Japan and depriving it of its necessities and forced them to take
action; Japan was left with no alternative but to fight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t think FDR thought Japan would attack
Pearl Harbor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No, I actually believe he
thought Japan would attack two war ships that the United States put in harms
way in the far eastern Pacific Ocean near Japan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Japan had other plans and she attacked Pearl
Harbor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Japan was, in my opinion, <b>clearly
provoked</b> into attacking the United States which is exactly what FDR wanted
to happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I seriously doubt you learn
of any of this in any class in any school you ever attended.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I sure as Hell didn’t!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It wasn’t until I began to do my own research
on the subjects I cared deeply about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">I have come to the realization
that we as a society have been lied to about a great many things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just consider that the 1941 memo was the <b>PROBABLE</b>
cause of the US entering the war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How
many lives did that memo cost?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Did our
government think the loss of lives was a cost that was justified to meet its
agendas?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have come to believe the
answer is yes and it gets worse, hold on.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Korean War</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sadly, I have done very little research on
the Korean War but I can almost guarantee you that if I did or if you did, you
would discover that the government was deeply involved in that war as well and
as to why, would be anyone’s guess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>President Eisenhower, when he left office, warned us when he said that
we should all be very aware of the Military Industrial War Complex;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>it thrives on wars and makes boat loads of
money when the country is engaged in wars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We had just finished WWII in 1945 and now it was 1950 and we are engaged
in another war, the Korean War (whoops, sorry, <b>CONFLICT</b>).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">I’ going to take you on a slight
detour for good reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1955 I would
have been 10 years old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was about
that time I had an incident happen in my elementary school class, I think it
was the 3<sup>rd</sup> grade or maybe the 4<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The teacher was explaining that there was no
life on any other planet other than Earth. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was too hot or too cold and not enough
oxygen and there was no water to live on them, especially Mars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And as for the other planets, none had the
features available as Earth did and <b>therefore, according to THIS TEACHER <u>there
could be no other life on any of the planets</u></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a 10-year-old, that should have made all
the sense in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But it didn’t to
me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I remember the question I asked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What if the people on Mars liked it hot and
what if they breathed in carbon dioxide and gave off oxygen like the plants on
Earth do? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why are we judging that
someone who lives on Mars <b>must be just like us</b>?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The teacher said that my question and
suggestion were stupid and made fun of me in front of my classmates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was the day that changed my attitude
about school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I knew I was right and she
was wrong but nothing I could say from that point on would make a difference.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What did I do as a 10-year-old?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just shut up and went along with whatever
they were teaching but my mind and heart were simply never in the game from
that day on. I began to have problems with schools in general and my grades
showed it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I simply lost interest and
did only what I absolutely had to do get through it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Does that sound familiar to what we hear
about universities in 2023?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">When I went to college it was
even worse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was <b>required</b> to
take courses for the first two years that I had absolutely no interest in and
did nothing to meet the requirements put forth to me for my major, Marketing
and Advertising.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was like a square peg
in a round hole, I just didn’t fit in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The <b>ONLY</b> class in college that I put an effort in was the Air
Force Reserve Officer Training Class (ROTC).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I discovered I had an interest in the military, more so than I had ever
realized.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My interest started in the 6<sup>th</sup>
grade when our class went on a field trip to an Air Force Base located just
outside Youngstown, Ohio.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It housed a
squadron of F-101 Fighter Jets known as Voodoos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I took my turn to sit in the cockpit of an
F-101 and from that day on, I wanted to be an Air Force Pilot and fly jet
fighters.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Got off tract there a bit but
keep in mind that in the early 1950s we were at war in Korea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now it is in the early 1960s, ten years later
and <b>we are at war again</b> (remember what President Eisenhower warned us
about) but this time it was Vietnam, a country I had never heard of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I graduated from high school in 1963 and
Vietnam was gearing up to be a major war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Young men my age were being drafted into the military and most were
immediately sent off to fight in the jungles of Vietnam.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some decided life in Canada was a better
alternative and they fled to Canada.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
remember being very conflicted at the age of 18.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those that fled to Canada were labeled as
cowards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kids of wealthy families found
ways to avoid the draft.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you attended
college,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>you were given a deferment
until you left college.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I went to
college but after two years, I knew that I had enough. I was not applying
myself and I had no interest in what I was doing; it was a total waste of money.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is when I joined the Coast Guard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have written as to how and why I managed to
join a service I had never heard of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
can read about it in those documents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Suffice it to say, I was in the military albeit the Coast Guard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you want to read about it, send me an
email to <a href="mailto:JimBrown@gymbeaux.com">JimBrown@gymbeaux.com</a> and
put Humor in the subject line and the booklet I wrote for my kids is yours to
have fun with.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">What about Vietnam?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was it a real event or was it concocted by
our government?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To most of us, we thought
it was a legitimate war because that <b><u>is what we were told</u></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It supposedly began when Vietnam attacked US
War Ships in the Gulf of Tonkin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was
known as the Gulf of Tonkin Incident but it was supposedly the <b>CAUSE </b>of
why we went to war in Vietnam.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please do
your own research on this but you will discover as I did, the Gulf of Tonkin
never happened.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our participation in the
Vietnam War really didn’t have to happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It only had to be reported that such an incident happened and the news
media would repeat it just as they were <b>TOLD</b> to repeat it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this regard, please research <b><u>Operation
Mockingbird</u></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You will be shocked
to learn that many in the news media <b>were on the payroll </b>of the Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA) and they were reporting the news exactly what <b>OUR</b>
government wanted the public to know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was a form of brainwashing and none of us knew it was happening to us, <b><u>BY
DESIGN!</u></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We lost over 55,000
lives in Vietnam and the country didn’t seem to care because they were
brainwashed to believe it was a “just cause.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was all a lie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For years we
were told that we were winning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>Robert
McNamara</b> was the Secretary of Defense during the Vietnam War and years <b>AFTER
</b>the war was over, was part of a video documentary, I think there were 9
episodes, where he eventually told the truth about Vietnam and America’s
participation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><u>He did not paint a
pretty picture</u></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://youtu.be/MHdMeHxDg90?list=PLN-MLv-79blY6K6eeQc45LtFudyDzhN7_">https://youtu.be/MHdMeHxDg90?list=PLN-MLv-79blY6K6eeQc45LtFudyDzhN7_</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Vietnam was a made-up war.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe Korea was as well but again, I have
not researched it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am confident that
WWII was forced upon us by the actions taken prior to the war against Japan and
we got exactly what we had hoped for – an attack by Japan on America.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So far, we are three for three as far as our
government getting us involved in wars.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">It’s been decades since the
Vietnam War and the Military Industrial Complex needs new wars to engage
in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is how it makes its money,
creating weapons of war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We began fighting
wars all over the mid-east.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Libya, Afghanistan,
Iraq, Yemen, Syria, Iran, the list is endless.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><b>Do you recall any Congress ever authorizing any of these so-called
wars? </b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Me neither!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Then came the big one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It happened while Vietnam was still being
fought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>President John F. Kennedy told
the world two things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, he was
going to share info with everyone including countries like Russia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Such info may include what the US knew or
didn’t know about Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Second, he was going to return America to the
gold backed dollar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When Kennedy was
murdered in Dallas, the official line was that he was killed by a “lone gunman”
who was later identified as <b>Lee Harvey Oswald</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like everyone at the time, I believed what we
were being told by guess who, <b>the news media</b>; remember Operation
Mockingbird.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was not long after his
death, I began having doubts about what we were being told and confirmed by our
government to be true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">I began to read, and what I read
provided me with enough proof to believe that Oswald was exactly what he said
he was, <b>a patsy</b> (his exact description just before he was killed).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Someone to take the fall for the murder of
JFK.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What sealed the deal for me were
two books, the first was <b>Dr. Mary’s Monkey (I hope you read it)</b> and I
emphasize the importance of that one book for many reasons. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It cast doubts on the government’s story of
Lee Harvey Oswald.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I read <b>Me
& Lee</b> which is a continuation of a love story that began in the Dr.
Mary’s Monkey book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As an example, the
government said that Oswald did not know <b>Jack Ruby</b>, the man who killed
Oswald.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is not true because in the
books referenced, they talk about going to a picnic outing with Jack Ruby on a
ranch in Louisiana.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dr. Mary’s Monkey
discusses the governments attempt at creating a fast-acting cancer-causing
virus to be used to murder Fidel Castro of Cuba where no one would know he had
been assonated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It then became very
ironic that someone visited Jack Ruby while he was in custody in Dallas and
just 30 days later, <b><u>he suddenly dies of cancer</u></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a unique coincidence with no
explanation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">So yes, I am probably a
“conspiracy theorist” when it comes to the death of JFK.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But it gets worse, much, much worse!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Where were you on September 11<sup>th</sup></b>
when the Twin Towers and Pentagon were attacked?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most people know exactly where they were and
what they were doing, just like when JFK was murdered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And just like the JFK murder, the news media
(there they are again) told us what we all should believe about what we saw or
thought we saw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their explanation was excellent,
it did its job, probably just as Operation Mockingbird wanted them to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am more convinced in 2023 that we have been
lied to about 9/11 not only by the news media but more importantly our
government.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Let’s begin with one very obvious
observation regarding <b><u>THREE</u></b> buildings, not <b><u>TWO</u></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We all saw what was happening to the Twin
Towers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It “appeared” that planes struck
one and then the other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was never
an explanation given as to how an aircraft could penetrate the building like it
“appeared” to have happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What about
the external steel girders that supported the building.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both towers were supposedly designed to withstand
an impact by a large commercial or military plane.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But according to what we all saw and heard,
they did penetrate the buildings and then mysteriously caused the massive
support system to begin collapsing from the ground up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People on scene and on the ground said they <b><u>heard
explosives</u></b> <b><u>AFTER</u></b> the planes hit the buildings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you watch the collapse of each of the Twin
Towers, you must recognize buildings that are being intentionally denotated and
designed to crash upon their own footprints like we have seen done to buildings
all across the globe.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Several hours later</b>,
repeat <b>HOURS</b>, it was reported that Building #7 had some fires on one or
more of its floors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Suddenly and unexpectedly
to most people, it collapsed upon its own footprint just like the Twin
Towers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A British Reporter reported that
Building #7 had collapsed about 20 minutes <b>BEFORE</b> it actually did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Imagine that.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Lost in all this mayhem was a
news release by Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld who on 9/10 reported that
the Pentagon had “lost” over <b>2 TRILLION DOLLARS</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This story should have been leading the news
for weeks but was suddenly lost on 9/1I.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I do not recall anyone ever talking about it ever again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Imagine that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s quite possible that 9/11 was actually the greatest gold heist in
world history.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>Next was the Pentagon.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were told it was struck by an
airplane.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think about that for just a
second and you realize just how impossible that would have been.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are expected to believe that people that <b>NEVER</b>
flew jet airliners before were now so qualified that they could fly parallel to
the ground without striking anything and then hitting the Pentagon exactly
where vital records on how and where money was being spent, <b>OR LOST</b>, by
the Department of Defense was being kept; all of the records were
destroyed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More importantly, to the
naked eye, there were no airline parts or debris visible to anyone at the crash
site.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Imagine that.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>More questions about the 4<sup>th</sup>
plane that crashed in Pennsylvania.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Everyone saw the deep depression in the ground but did anyone see any
airline parts lying about the site?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
certainly didn’t, did you?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How is that
possible?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No landing gears, no massive
engines, no tail sections, nothing!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How
is that possible?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But we were told <b>by
the media</b> what had happened and that is the storyline we were expected to
believe and repeat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Imagine that!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">There are four very excellent
books on 9/11 that I highly recommend you read.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><b>They are books of fiction <u>but based on facts</u>.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were all written by a Senior Flight
Attendant <b>Rebekah Roth</b> who was very familiar with the procedures in
place that were supposed to have happened during an airline hijacking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to the author, none of the distress
procedures were followed by any of the over 30 airline onboard employees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Imagine that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>While you are imaging, she wrote that cell phones did not work in
airplanes once you exceeded 1000 feet, yet we had lengthy recordings supposedly
from cell phones of passengers <b>AND</b> crew at altitudes above 1000
feet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If what she writes is accurate, how
is that possible?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But that is what we
were told.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, imagine that!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her four books are and they should be read in
order:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>Methodical
Illusion, <a name="_Hlk138941094">by Rebekah Roth</a><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>Methodical
Deception, by Rebekah Roth<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>Methodical
Conclusion, by Rebekah Roth<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>Methodical
Exposure, by Rebekah Roth<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">If you read these books, fiction
or not, you will <b>NEVER</b> think of 9/11 as you may have in the past, ever
again!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>EVER!</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">But it still gets worse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What do you know about the sinking of the <b>TITANIC</b>?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I knew (past tense) what I was taught in
school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you stop there, the
government and the media have done their jobs; they have brainwashed us to
think in a certain way and never to question their explanation of what
happened.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>PERIOD!</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I dare you to do some research on the TITANIC!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you do you will learn many things not
taught in schools.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First you will learn
that there were two ships that appeared very similar to each other; the TITANIC
and the OLYMPIC.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were subtle
differences like the number of port holes, one had 12 one had 14.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One had square windows, the other very
slender windows.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are many
researchers that believe it was an older OLYMPIC that was substituted at the
last minute for the TITANIC and it was the OLYMPIC that sunk, not the TITANIC.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">More importantly, of the many
passengers on the TITANIC or the OLYMPIC, three represented some of the richest
men in the world who were very much against America forming the <b>Federal
Reserve</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were <b>John Jacob
Astor</b>, <b>Benjamin Guggenheim</b>, and <b>Isador Straus</b>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A fourth billionaire, <b><u>J. P. Morgan, who
was strongly in favor of the Federal Reserve,</u> </b>was set to sail on the
TITANIC or the OLYMPIC but at the very last second, with his personal belongings
and treasures sitting on the dock waiting to be loaded, decided <b><u>NOT</u></b>
to make the trip.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, and by the way,
did I say he was an avid supporter of the Federal Reserve program.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And just like that, there was no further
opposition to the creation of the Federal Reserve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Imagine that!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">But even with all of the above
historical events that I no longer believe happened as I was taught or as
reported by the media, there remains one more recent event that simply defies
logic – COVID-19.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The United Nations (UN), the World
Health Organization (WHO), and the World Economic Forum (WEF) have all told us their
plans and still people either have never heard them before or they don’t
believe what they have told us verbally, in writing and etched in marble on the
Georgia Guidestones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have many
goals but there is one that stands out from the rest:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>REDUCE THE WORLDS
POPULATION <u>DOWN</u> TO <u>500,000,000</u><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">What does that mean in real
numbers?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With a world population
exceeding 6 BILLION PEOPLE, It means that 13 of every 14 people on Earth must
die!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unless you are a very special individual,
I seriously doubt that you are going to be the 14<sup>th</sup> person
spared.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know with certainty that I am
in the group of 13.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My advice to you since
you have read this far is that when someone tells you in writing that they are
going to kill you, <b>BELIEVE THEM!</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">How does one go about killing off
over 6 Billion people?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are several
ways, some much more efficient than others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let me list the ways:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Natural causes (way too slow)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Wars (very costly but that is not necessarily a
bad thing for the Military Industrial Complex)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Diseases (much too slow unless of course you
help them along)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Starvation (way too slow)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Vaccines (Experimental Drug Therapies) (Bingo!)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Under the threat of serious
illness and/or death, people are frightened into taking a vaccine that is
supposed to be a cure-all to a looming pandemic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone should take the vaccine and it will
(1) prevent you from getting the disease and (2) spreading it to others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who wouldn’t want for that to happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who would not want to help their fellow man
by taking the vaccines?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Therein lies the tale of death
and the <b>HOW</b> they could reduce the world’s population through a
world-wide vaccine program where everyone, repeat, everyone, takes the vaccine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the vaccine as we now know was not a
vaccine at all, it was an experimental drug therapy that <b><u>neither prevented
someone from contracting COVID-19 nor did it prevent them from spreading it to
others</u></b>, <b><u>it was all a lie!</u></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A very large but effective lie!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Now the world has no choice but to sit back and wait to see what happens
months and years later to those people that were vaccinated; it can’t be good!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><u>Our government and our news
media have been lying to us for well over 100 years!</u></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The effect of all of the lying and
misinformation is a brainwashed world-wide public.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The lies no longer are as effective because
of the Internet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone can now do
their own research and the truth eventually surfaces; it’s inevitable, it
always does, <b>EVENTUALLY!</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Imagine
that! <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">This is my story! I’m sticking to
it until someone proves me wrong, which I doubt they ever will!<o:p></o:p></p>Jim "Gymbeaux" Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870919098006265261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045012260553829669.post-50296147845472088722023-06-23T21:03:00.006-05:002023-06-23T21:03:38.247-05:00A Two-Sided Coin<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIA9sDH2r85D4d-dbxf18nC6zXdx0adHorPTMnv1yVJgQiuJUjEPA-jI7AGR1U_BvALQFZksdROBoTW-M2l-qGiOYX6kRmessiT1z8MEYKH83m8bCNca7pN1cTjV-m2okkWHXc-Si7ulF0ZGsgmJlBN6iem8QxaoqMqZbH1jgqihcKm_6LLn3mNd8pgb7m/s814/1NUGGETLOGO%20SMALL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="148" data-original-width="814" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIA9sDH2r85D4d-dbxf18nC6zXdx0adHorPTMnv1yVJgQiuJUjEPA-jI7AGR1U_BvALQFZksdROBoTW-M2l-qGiOYX6kRmessiT1z8MEYKH83m8bCNca7pN1cTjV-m2okkWHXc-Si7ulF0ZGsgmJlBN6iem8QxaoqMqZbH1jgqihcKm_6LLn3mNd8pgb7m/w640-h116/1NUGGETLOGO%20SMALL.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Two-Sided Coin</span><span style="font-size: 24pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>Article by: Jim “Gymbeaux” Brown, June
23, 2023<o:p></o:p></b></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7MotTiTsdZAw4w1XrzjQISKsOB02U1NArM0WsxG4fZJ_9R1hfUTLg7YDvJMXFialc31UdsRtC-2unoDdeqhwb-COJF8ypC90tYRQQeDW-SGa0oEWeFWJgAbo6ySKZOZLHKoTDj-VI45FCAEWRtRpfgaIgGc3gf6hvW53StIhrLmv7FWSMpBZNQPW7tPL1/s686/Coin%20Photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="686" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7MotTiTsdZAw4w1XrzjQISKsOB02U1NArM0WsxG4fZJ_9R1hfUTLg7YDvJMXFialc31UdsRtC-2unoDdeqhwb-COJF8ypC90tYRQQeDW-SGa0oEWeFWJgAbo6ySKZOZLHKoTDj-VI45FCAEWRtRpfgaIgGc3gf6hvW53StIhrLmv7FWSMpBZNQPW7tPL1/s320/Coin%20Photo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="text-align: justify;">You don’t have to look too closely at the two coins
to realize that they are the same coin with different graphics on each side yet
they form just one coin.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">This Nugget will undoubtedly turn out to be
one of the worst Nuggets I have ever written yet may also be one of the best.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">The explanation of that sentence will be
revealed within the Nugget itself; you’ll see.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; text-shadow: auto;">As a form of disclaimer, let me explain that I was
ten years old in 1955.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That means that I
grew up in the 1950s believing in the American Flag and Apple Pie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I watched television shows like Father Knows
Best, Rin Tin Tin, Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy, Sargent Preston of the Canadian
Mounties, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You knew who the good
guys were and who the bad guys were.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
also knew that the good guys always won!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Yes, people were shot and killed but the good guys always won!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would watch but all I did was watch unlike
the youth of today who actually get involved in the video games they play; they
pull the triggers on their remote devices and then watch the people they shoot are
either blowup, and/or die.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not a
doctor and I have no clue as to the lesson that statement may hold only that
the level of violence in 2023 is off the chart as compared to 1955.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I digress.</span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; text-shadow: auto;">What I am trying to say is that in 1955, I could
very easily be classified as being naive and I probably was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believed in the American Flag and Apple
Pie, something I wish more people would believe in today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, as I have learned, there are always
(no exceptions) two sides to every story just like there are two sides to every
coin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I look at the Lady Liberty coin
above and it makes me feel good about America as it should.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But even Lady Liberty has two sides to her
coin.</span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; text-shadow: auto;">I read American History while in grades 1 through
12.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Knowing what I know now, I can
easily see how much “white washing” was done to our History.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As an example, I knew that slavery existed
but I didn’t know just how bad the lives of slaves actually were.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This simply was not taught in our schools
back in the 50s and 60s. Then there was WWI and WWII followed by the Korean War
(sorry, Korean CONFLICT) followed by Vietnam.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I heard stories about the assault on mankind in the name of science but
the stories always were depicting America to hold the moral high ground.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The “stories” depicted the inhumanity to man
that our enemies like Germany and Japan had done not only to their enemies but
also to their own people and those stories were outrageous even though they
were somewhat “white washed.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still, in
the minds of American students like me, America always held the moral high
ground, we just didn’t do things like that to other human beings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But is that true?</span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; text-shadow: auto;">If you have a weak stomach,
I am going to suggest you stop reading this Nugget NOW; it will only get worst
from this point on.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; text-shadow: auto;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; text-shadow: auto;">I would hope that you copy and paste the following
link to your browser and spend 60 minutes watching the documentary on </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-shadow: auto;">Death Factories</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; text-shadow: auto;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hRSZMgLI6Y">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hRSZMgLI6Y</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You may or may not be prepared for what you
are about to become witness to and that would be that the two sides of the coin
may at first appear to be very different; one with signs of hope and
prosperity, the other with pure evil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
my 1950s mindset I saw </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-shadow: auto;">ONLY</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; text-shadow: auto;"> the side of hope and prosperity and never even
considered the other side of the coin, until today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today I watched the one-hour documentary for
the first time and I felt so ashamed I actually took a shower as if I could
wash away what I saw and hear for the first time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, I was aware of the evil </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-shadow: auto;">Dr. Joseph
Mengele </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; text-shadow: auto;">of
WWII Germany but I would guess that many Americans younger than I am have not,
so that too will come of a surprise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
must admit that I was totally unaware of the experiments that Japan engaged in
that was a total disregard for life and caused thousands upon thousands of
deaths in the name of science.</span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; text-shadow: auto;">The world as it was presented to this ten-year-old
was not as it really was or as it remains to this very day – very evil if you
dare pull back the covers and open your eyes to the facts rather than the “stories”
we have been told.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The truth is far more
sinister but the death nell for me was that my America consisting of the
American Flag and Apple Pie was just as involved in the evil crimes against humanity
that so many nations, including America, were and continue to be involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One only need look at the lies and
distortions put forth by our government and given tacit endorsement by our main
stream media on the 2020 COVID debacle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You don’t have to look far to see how much our government was involved
in the creation of the vaccines and the mandatory vaccine program filled with
lies and distortions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More importantly
our government thwarted the voices of anyone, especially experts in the various
fields that were applicable, that voiced contrary opinions as to what was
happening, what should be happening and the disastrous results of the
government actions on millions of people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In my </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-shadow: auto;">OPINION</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; text-shadow: auto;">, that was just one more example of man’s crimes
against humanity.</span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-shadow: auto;">Vladmir Putin</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; text-shadow: auto;"> announced to the world that
there were Biolabs located in Ukraine on the border with Russia and that (1)
the labs were funded by the United States and (2) the labs were working on genetically
modifying insects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These modified
insects would then carry deadly diseases that would attack and infect the people
of Russia with deadly viruses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I refer you
to the documentary to prove that these labs have in fact been working on such
deadly biological weapons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The United
States at first denied the claim by Putin but then actually acknowledged that
the Biolabs were in fact real and that we have been funding them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More importantly, there were at least </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="text-shadow: auto;">42 of
them</span></u></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; text-shadow: auto;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If this is </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-shadow: auto;">NOT </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; text-shadow: auto;">a crime against humanity, I don’t know what is
and it represents the reverse side of the American Lady Liberty coin that no one
pays much attention to, </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="text-shadow: auto;">until now; the cat is out of the bag!</span></u></b> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-shadow: auto;">President Biden</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; text-shadow: auto;"> has sent </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-shadow: auto;">BILLIONS</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; text-shadow: auto;"> of dollars and equipment to
Ukraine to fight the war against Russia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My question is simple:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-shadow: auto;">WHY?</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; text-shadow: auto;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why are we extending the war beyond what it
might have been?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People on both sides of
the war have died or were wounded both civilians and military.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet the war goes on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How is that possible?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is possible because we have been funding
it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-shadow: auto;">OPINION</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; text-shadow: auto;"> that is no different than
the United States declaring war on Russia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Call me crazy but that is how it appears to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just like WWII Japan and Germany in the film,
America can’t afford to have the facts about its involvement in creating biological
weapons of war to be used against the Russian people to ever see the light of
day so the war must go on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It must be extended
until those in power in America can cement their seats of power for years to
come and thus conceal the truths of the Ukraine/Russian War and their
involvement in creating unlawful biological weapons of war.</span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; text-shadow: auto;">If you really want to know the truth about the world,
it is long past time to give up watching the local and national news.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main stream media are all owned by just 5
or 6 people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The various channels are all
supported by the same Big Pharma advertisers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Therefore, no matter what channel you watch you will see and hear the
exact same so-called news stories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
fact, you will only see and hear what “they” the owners and advertisers want
you to hear and see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, an excellent
case in point, you only heard and saw one side of the COVID story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All other voices were censored and cancelled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>“The news is what you hear to cover up the
real news.”</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-shadow: auto;">Roseann Barr</span></b> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; text-shadow: auto;">I hope that you have taken the time to watch the
video Death Factories, if you haven’t, please do so now!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Be prepared, you should experience a sickening
feeling in your stomach but if you don’t, you may want to take some time to
consider what you actually believe in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; text-shadow: auto;">It’s long past time to take sides and by sides I am
referring to:</span> </p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; text-shadow: auto;">GOOD vs. EVIL!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; text-shadow: auto;">Who are you prepared to
serve?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; text-shadow: auto;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 20.0pt; text-shadow: auto;">YOU’RE GONNA HAVE TO
SERVE SOMEBODY!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; text-shadow: auto;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #444444;">You may be an ambassador to England or France<br />
You may like to gamble, you might like to dance<br />
You may be the heavyweight champion of the world<br />
You might be a socialite with a long string of pearls</span><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #444444;">But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed<br />
You're gonna have to serve somebody<br />
Well, it may be the Devil or it may be the Lord<br />
But you're gonna have to serve somebody</span><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #444444;">Might be a rock 'n' roll addict prancing on the stage<br />
You might have drugs at your command, women in a cage<br />
You may be a businessman or some high-degree thief<br />
They may call you doctor or they may call you chief</span><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #444444;">But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes, you are<br />
You're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody)<br />
Well, it may be the Devil or it may be the Lord<br />
But you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody)</span><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #444444;">You may be a state trooper, you might be a young Turk<br />
You may be the head of some big TV network<br />
You may be rich or poor, you may be blind or lame<br />
You may be livin' in another country under another name</span><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #444444;">But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes, you arre<br />
You're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody)<br />
Well, it may be the Devil or it may be the Lord<br />
But you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody)</span><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #444444;">You may be a construction worker workin' on a home<br />
Might be livin' in a mansion, you might live in a dome<br />
You may own guns and you may even own tanks<br />
You may be somebody's landlord, you may even own banks</span><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #444444;">But you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody)<br />
Yes, you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody)<br />
Well, it may be the Devil or it might be the Lord<br />
But you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody)</span><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #444444;">You may be a preacher preaching spiritual pride<br />
Maybe a city councilman takin' bribes on the side<br />
May be working in a barbershop, you may know how to cut hair<br />
You may be somebody's mistress, maybe somebody's heir</span><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #444444;">But you're gonna have to serve somebody<br />
Yes, you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody)<br />
Well, it may be the Devil or it may be the Lord<br />
But you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody)</span><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #444444;">Might like to wear cotton, might like to wear silk<br />
Might like to drink whiskey, might like to drink milk<br />
Might like to eat caviar, you might like to eat bread<br />
May be sleeping on the floor, sleepin' in a king-size bed</span><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #444444;">But you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody)<br />
Yes indeed, you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody)<br />
Well, it may be the Devil or it may be the Lord<br />
But you're gonna have to serve somebody</span><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #444444;">You may call me Terry, you may call me Timmy<br />
You may call me Bobby, you may call me Zimmy<br />
You may call me RJ, you may call me Ray<br />
You may call me anything, no matter what you say</span><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.0pt;"><span style="color: #444444;">You're still gonna have to serve somebody (serve
somebody)<br />
Yes, you're gonna have to serve somebody (serve somebody)<br />
Well, it may be the Devil and it may be the Lord<br />
But you're gonna have to serve somebody</span><span style="color: #444444;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.0pt;"><b><span style="color: #444444;">Bob Dylan<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>Jim "Gymbeaux" Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870919098006265261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045012260553829669.post-33741956621460748502023-05-29T19:00:00.004-05:002023-05-29T19:01:38.764-05:00History IS Repeating Itself<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJKreeCCfK5SavlYM1pkciJkkh_YGrTVPPW9rdXK5kWgykfTo--J_fqKtyOHswnNzdzgL7kfYegUmdOWomfQtydQPYX8vnkpCophsFHoeNOAj3fwO2u0q9Bwt2Np_gRS5dqCWqoIu7Sye-W77jCYj50v1ogfFjJb1KNTfRePLkX0XhNpWk-xa38yZ9DA/s814/1NUGGETLOGO%20SMALL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="148" data-original-width="814" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJKreeCCfK5SavlYM1pkciJkkh_YGrTVPPW9rdXK5kWgykfTo--J_fqKtyOHswnNzdzgL7kfYegUmdOWomfQtydQPYX8vnkpCophsFHoeNOAj3fwO2u0q9Bwt2Np_gRS5dqCWqoIu7Sye-W77jCYj50v1ogfFjJb1KNTfRePLkX0XhNpWk-xa38yZ9DA/w640-h116/1NUGGETLOGO%20SMALL.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 24pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 24pt;">HISTORY </span><u style="font-size: 24pt;">IS</u><span style="font-size: 24pt;"> REPEATING ITSELF</span></div></span><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 107%;">WITH A TWIST<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">By Jim “Gymbeaux” Brown, May
30, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">It was the decade of the
1950s when I grew up as a child in Youngstown, Ohio beneath the shadows of two
giants of their time. One was the U. S.
steel industry. There were 5 major steel
plants in Youngstown. I remember being
able to drive in from out of town at night and seeing the glow from the plants
that were still operating and thriving in the 1950s version of Youngstown, Ohio. There was a second industry that also was
huge and thriving in Youngstown and that was organized crime. During one ten-year period, there were 52
unsolved bombings in Youngstown if my memory serves me on the subject. Bombings were an accepted method of removing
the clandestine organized crime community of its own members who no longer
served their purpose. To demonstrate how
prevalent it was, there was a famous city restaurant located on Mahoning Avenue
that was frequented by members of the organization. In order to deter anyone from planting bombs
in the parked cars of the customers out for a night of entertainment and good
food, they hired local teenagers to sit outside the restaurant to wait their
turn. Their sole purpose was to start
the customer’s cars before they departed.
It would have been counterproductive to be killing innocent teenagers so
none of the cars were rigged to explode. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I provide this information
to explain that although I was familiar with organized crime, and as stated,
lived within its shadow, I had no first-hand knowledge or experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The same is true regarding organized crime
that went back to the 1920s and 30s and into the 1970s and even 80s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was aware of it but had no personal
experience or exposure to it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I knew that
in 1950s Youngstown, the people of the city were upset with the number of
murders and bombings, but not that much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They were aware that most of the murders involved one element of the crime
organization taking out another element of that same organized crime
industry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was almost like the term in
professional football, “no harm, no foul” so <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>they didn’t get excited or make any noise,
otherwise, you may be next on their hit list.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It remained that way until one Sunday morning a member who was targeted
to be taken out, had his car rigged with a bomb in his garage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That Sunday he approached the garage and got
into his car with one of his two sons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Both he and one son were killed in the explosion; the second son who
opened the garage doors was severely injured.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That seemed to have been the catalyst for “things to begin changing” and
organized crime in Youngstown was never the same after that incident.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">Why is all this important to
this Nugget about History Repeating Itself?
So glad you asked. It is my
opinion, with the emphasis on the word “opinion”, that between the 1920s and as
late as the 1970s, everyone was well aware that organized crime existed. People had been murdered on the streets of
several of our major cities but especially Chicago, New York and Youngstown
which was often referred to as “Little Chicago.” During this period, <i>we the people</i>, had
allies in the media, which at that time were not referred to as “the main
stream media” and we also had allies in the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI). The newspapers would report the
news as they were able to uncover it and the FBI appeared to investigate it and
use all the legal methods available to identify the evidence to convict those
caught in their sting operations. The
key word in that statement is “legal.”
They used legal means to convict law breaking individuals. It was not a secret that the FBI had to play by
the rules or their legal cases would fail in the courts. <b><u>The criminals, however, did not have to
play by such rules.</u></b> They lived
their lives and ran their legal and their illegal businesses as they saw fit
regardless of the laws and rules of the day.
It was two sides of the same coin playing by different rules.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">That leads me to the title
of this Nugget, “history repeating itself.”
It may be a different story line but the premise of the story in 2023 is
the same as it was for all those years between 1920 and 1990. You had a group of individuals that were
required to play by the rules while the opposing group of individuals did not
have to play by those same rules. The
difference this time is in the makeup of those involved in this cat and mouse
game. We knew who the criminals were in
the 1950s; they made themselves very obvious.
In 2023, the players are not so obvious but that is only half of the
storyline. The biggest part of today’s
story is that, <i>we the people</i>, no longer have a media or an FBI working
to rid the country of illegal activities when those activities appear to fall
on political sides or in pursuit of political agendas. Our U. S. Justice Department, and that
includes the FBI, from all outward appearances, seem to have targeted only
those people who fall on the right side of the political spectrum. They have made the case <b>AGAINST</b> them
pursuing only those cases that benefited them very apparent as evidenced by the
life-span of Hunter Biden’s laptop computer.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">The computer had obvious
damning evidence and the FBI and Justice Department had the laptop in their
position <b><u>for years</u></b> and <b><u>nothing was ever done with the
evidence</u></b>. On the contrary, it is
just as obvious that 51 former leaders within the various intelligence agencies
<b><u>VOLUNTARILY</u></b> signed a letter stating that the laptop was “Russian
disinformation” and should be ignored? <b><u>THEY KNEW</u></b> that the laptop
was Hunter Biden’s and the information was in fact true. This was a criminal case that should have
been brought to trial, but wasn’t.
Why? Because the same news media
that investigated organized crime activities that occurred between 1920 and 1970
collectively chose to ignore the evidence that existed and instead ran with the
disinformation story. Anyone providing
evidence or statements to the contrary were immediately censored and considered
far right conspiracy theorists and nut jobs.
But it was even worse, because those same organizations that actively
went after law breakers, chose <b>NOT</b> to pursue the law breakers
substantiated on Hunter Biden’s laptop.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">On the surface it all
appears so hopeless and involves much more than just Hunter Biden’s
laptop. You could start with the
Pandemic. Was it a natural occurring
event or was it manmade? All of us who
suggested that it was manmade were labeled as nut jobs and conspiracy
theorists. <b>We were later proven to be
right.</b> Then there were those of us
that suggested the 2020 election was stolen and in spite of a great deal of
evidence and failures of several states to abide by their own election laws,
again we were labeled as nut jobs and conspiracy theorists. None of this would have been possible had the
news media actually did its job and investigate the issues of the day. Consider this, President Trump garnered over
75,000,000 votes; more than any previous sitting president yet Joe Biden
supposedly beat him. Is that even
possible? If you add up Trump’s votes
and Biden’s votes you get numbers that appear to be mathematically impossible
to achieve yet they were validated and Biden became the next president. Still, <b>MILLIONS</b> of Americans believed
the election was stolen but no one, and I mean no one was permitted to even say
the words “fraudulent election.” It was
that way on all of the major television networks and none of the newspapers
would touch the subject. You would think
that in an honest world, people would have at least investigated the election
results given that <b>MILLIONS</b> of people <b>STILL BELIEVED</b> that it was
fraudulent. That should have been a news
story but it wasn’t. The media should have at least tried to prove those <b>MILLIONS</b>
of people to be wrong; but it didn’t. It
just “said” they were wrong and that was the end of the story!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">I am of the belief that
there <b>ARE</b> people working behind the scenes to fix what has been broken in
America for a very long time. Very few
of us are privy to the actions being taken.
Some such actions eventually see the light of day and become news items. Other false news stories are intentionally
leaked to try and control what is actually happening. Few if any of the public know which stories
are real and which are false; only time will tell which is which. I personally am happy that the “good guys”
are playing by the rules even though the opposition is under no such obligation;
just like before. Sadly, a lot of the
people who are not obligated to play by the rules, such as are our government
officials, elected, appointed or hired, have no fear of ever being prosecuted
by a Justice Department that only attacks the political opposition.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">It's the same story but with
characters playing different roles – history <b>IS</b> repeating itself and
will continue to do so as long as people are no longer concerned with history
and why things happened as they did.
Until such time as the majority of the world’s population actually wake
up to the fact that we all have been manipulated by the news media, by what we
see and hear coming from Hollywood. and what the government “allows” us to hear
and see, nothing will ever change and – history will repeat itself!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">How do we stop this cycle
from continuing on and on and on? My
advice would be to (1) stop listening to the news! (2) pay attention to the messages being put
forth in Hollywood movies. (3) listen to
the words of the music of the day, especially the music our children listen to. (4) pay attention to what is being taught in
our schools. (5) forget the political
party affiliations, this situation, if not fixed, will eventually hit the political
party you affiliate with; it is a bi-partisan issue if there ever was one! (6) <b><u>GET INVOLVED</u>!</b> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 107%;">Don’t sit on the sidelines and watch
the game, get into the game and make a difference!</span></b></p>Jim "Gymbeaux" Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13870919098006265261noreply@blogger.com0