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26 августа 2021

OK, I read things on other journals and was going to post a reply but then thought a second time about against it because I did not want it to seem like I was saying anything against the people who wrote it. One thing I have learned in life is that we all see things differently and in our eyes, through our perspective, these are truths we hold until proven otherwise. So you should think long and hard the way you talk to someone because words really matter – and once they are written or spoken, it is not often easy to retract them.

I spend a lot of time reading and researching – most of the time about laws and events in my local area but also things around the country and internationally. I always believed in being a full person. “Being all that you can be”

Very early on, while I was in the military I had realized the media wasn’t always as factual as they should be. Roosevelt coined them the “Muckrakers.” Over the years, that has extended to include the doomsday forecasters and bad news bearers, but some of them, over dramatize the news. I assume it is for the ratings or to sway public opinions, not always to bring you the unbiased news reporting we should receive so we can make up our own minds logically. Our country was established on individualism, believe it or not. It was also built on capitalism and not democracy but a representative form of government. So I am OK with not agreeing with everything done in government, but I really am not OK with lying to the American people, although propaganda has been around for years as well as abuse of our systems.

So I am a little skeptical of some reports and when I hear or read some things – most things – until I can check them out or confirm them from multiple sources. Last year when I got back from Sturgis I read about how it was the "super spreader event" then after there was an investigation into the report they found out that the rate of infection that could be linked to the rally was .002%. This year before the rally was even over they were saying the same thing again. Most of the people I knew there were vaccinated. Now a few facts you should know about the Sturgis bike rally – this is not a one town even. It stretches from Wall, S.D. to Spearfish, S.D. including Rapid City, Mt. Rushmore, and several other areas. In all I would estimate that bike rally covers and area over 300 miles. Of course the majority of pictures you see are those where there are a lot of people, especially these days because that is what the media wants you to see but if you are a biker you know the point of that rally is the riding and the scenery. Of course to be fair, there is meeting with fellow bikers and sharing the brotherhood or sisterhood. But how can someone say this was a super spreader without any subjective data? Last year, at the peak of the pandemic we saw nothing. And mind you – the coronavirus is not the death sentence the media portrays it to be. True, it isn’t pleasant, and it does kill people, that is undeniable but put it in perspective with all of the other diseases and ways of losing your life.

Now, I also know a lot of people in the healthcare profession. I see these reports about them quitting in high numbers. All of them that I know have been vaccinated and not one has quit over this pandemic, however I am sure – thinking logically – there must be some that have quit and may not have been vaccinated but in the third most populous country in the world, you should expect large numbers regardless of what is going on. The healthcare profession is a lot more difficult than many might suspect. It isn’t a bunch of people just walking around drinking coffee all day – they work their asses off, and it is 24/7/365!

In New York, we had been hit especially hard and my wife works at one of the largest regional hospitals in this area, so I don't know – many posts I am reading sounds like hysterics or from those exaggerated news items. I, once again, have to fall back on life experiences, when I was in the military and we would get the news corps out where we were – they would come in, do a few interviews, get a few sound bites, then after listening to their reports, it often left us scratching our heads thinking where the hell did they come up with this stuff?

Anyways, that is all I have to say on the subject. Again, sorry to bring you all down with such an emotional post but it seems lately I might be getting a little TOO political. I may need to take a break. Life my be getting to me.

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25 августа 2021

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23 августа 2021

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20 августа 2021

I don't have a lot of time this morning. I have a hundred things to get accomplished and have to get them all done by this evening. There are a few things I can write about but because time is short, I will keep it brief. I have to mention I am really bothered as I see this country continuing to make the same mistakes over and over again. As I watch the news, it takes me back to the end of the Vietnam war. We had the capacity to win that war, but the political system failed us. So many of my friends lost their lives because of it. In Afghanistan, I believe we could have destroyed the capacity of the Taliban, to take over like they are doing – like we had essentially destroyed the Al-Qaeda networks and ISIS - but we didn’t do it. The politicians seem to constantly get in the way of the military and force them to fail where they can succeed. Why? Because the business of the military is mostly very ugly. Even members of the military (for the most part) do not want to fight wars – but they understand sometimes they must be fought and when they are, it has to be a win or lose situation – it can’t be “half-assed”, or it is a loss.

Now, I have to ask, all of those military personnel in Afghanistan who lost their life, is it in vain, like we lost them in Vietnam? If we are not going to be in a fight to win – then let’s not get into it in the first place – or get there and accomplish the mission and get out – like George H. W. Bush did in the first Gulf War. I was in the US Army, stationed in the outpost of Berlin when Saigon fell back in the 70’s and I was pissed-off to say the least. I know we could have won – but we didn’t. When we withdrew the Ranger Battalion from Mogadishu, those guys were not happy about it, some I knew personally. The mainstream media never reported they accomplished their mission as ordered. Instead they reported on everything that went bad. Why did it go bad? Because Washington would not allow the proper support elements to be stationed on standby. The team that had gone in to capture the warlords, knew they should have had logistical and tactical support on standby but there was nothing there because Washington wanted it to be a “low-key” operation. There is nothing “low-key” when it comes to life and death situations!

After they got out the Rangers wanted to go back in and establish a rule of order, but they were not allowed. These are guys with a great deal of pride. They have a never lose attitude and this was a kick right in their teeth by their own Commander and Chief. My friends who were in that battalion said they thought it would have been a 24-hour operation to go in and establish order. But instead our politicians decided to get out.

Yesterday I was at an event in our city. I saw issues in this city that can clearly be defined and taken care of but because these politicians lack integrity, nothing is done. They are more concerned about getting their friends and family jobs. If people do not start accepting personal accountability and understanding that our society is built on the cornerstone of integrity, then we are doomed to follow in the footsteps of every other great society that had come before us. Anyone who has studies history should be able to see this. Why do we as a society turn a blind eye to it?

That is one of the reasons I am running for public office. I am a realist, so I know I am fighting an uphill battle against people who have been established in the political circle, but I have to try. If I do not try, I will have to live with the fact that I saw a problem and walked away from it. I know I can't fix everything, if I do win a seat on the city council, I hope I can move the bar a notch in the right direction. I know I will not be able to change everything, but I need to try.

We all need to try and do the right thing each day. Integrity is doing the right thing when no one is watching – that is the bottom line. That is what really matters.

So much for brevity – huh? lol – love you my FS friends – I am off, I hope you all have a fruitful Friday.

PS - yfritz, I could not forget you - I had to post a picture of this fat boy on his "bagger" as we rode through the Badlands of South Dakota. I love the hot sunny, and dry climate of SD. Not to mention the great people there.

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19 августа 2021

I made an entry last night, but it appears I must have been so tired I never saved it. I have to go back and make sure the comments I made on some of your posts were saved too - WOW, I had no idea I was so tired out. Well, I ended up gaining a lot of weight for just a week of not paying attention to what I was doing nutrition wise, but it is time to get back to business. SO here we GO! I will post some of the vacation pictures for a few who asked. First thing I have to ask, does anyone know what this is? It photographed in South Dakota. I thought it was just a storage building – my assumption but when someone started asking question, I really wasn’t sure at all. Can anyone enlighten me?

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