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Newsletter March 17, 2022

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A few thoughts while I’m here though. You are not getting the truth about Ukraine. If Hillary Clinton and George Soros are saying the same thing, you know it’s lies. While Putin isn’t a good guy. He’s a little ex KBG agent who really want to build Russia back into the Soviet Union or something similar. However, the US and the other globalists, including NATO have been pushing his button on this for many years. It even goes back to George Bush & beyond. Ever hear of Victoria Nuland? Dick Cheney? It’s sad but at the end of Bush’s term, Cheney was one of the few who I mistakenly admired. So much for his daughter. This article in American Greatness does a pretty good job of giving you some insight that isn’t in the news.

The Militarization of our Police

Britain was once the largest power in the world. They colonized more countries than any other European state and were hated in much of the world. The truth is, the countries they did colonize are many of the most successful in modern times, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand and several countries of Africa. As the Monarchy has been exposed to the world in scandal after scandal starting for many with Diane are they showing Their strength in the heavy handed approach they’ve taken during the covid made up pandemic?
 

The world is witnessing a new era in policing. It wasn’t too long ago that incidents like Tiananmen Square drew condemnation from the entire world. Now we watch governments thinking nothing about brutalizing their citizens. “ excuse me, I’ll need to leave tea a little early today. I’ve got to go bang some protesters with my club.” Our society has changed. It used to be that you could argue that our police, along with teachers and other groups were under paid. It isn’t so any longer. At least in America. Policemen in metro areas are earning with overtime upwards of $200k a year in many cases. The days of teachers earning in the low $20k are long over. All are unionized. Their pay isn’t the problem though. Much of the problem with policing is the trend towards militarization of their forces. Starting with Viet Nam, military equipment started winding up in the hands of the everyday policemen. The gulf wars brought huge arsenals of weapons and other gear, such as night vision and vehicles. Do the police forces need to stay current with advances in weaponry? Of course. The threat of violence towards them has grown too but, I believe we are replacing the purpose of policing to a military, which is not their mission.

In Japanese culture the Samurai were not only the ruling class’s warriors but also the small forces of the local politicians. Much the same as our modern day police force except they also collected taxes and concubines for their masters. Other countries had small groups of warriors working for their masters. It continues today. Look at Africa, much of the Middle East and South America. Have the modern day police force just caught up with the rest of the world? There are a lot of good people in the police forces around the world but make no mistake, it takes a special personality to successfully live out a career. That is also why you see a larger percentage winding up as suicides. I don’t know whether the duties they are being asked to do now will increase it or not but look at the suicide rate amongst the military.

What this brings is our current situation in Canada though you could also say France, Great Britain, Australia and even the US. Are we turning towards a time of paid mercenaries, as overseers to the general population? Sadly, if it isn’t stopped we will. In America our founders left us with a constitution. They also left us with a system where it could be attacked every day. Will our country come to the point where we have to use it. Through the ages, warlords were overtaken by warlords with more men. Now the petty politicians have their own forces in the police. The question will come down to whether the non military forces, the police will chose a constitutional free society or enjoy the new found powers of the feudal society the left is driving us to.

The Intelligence Community is Spying on you

The intelligence community is spying on you and it gets worse. You are probably going to hear over the next several days about evidence released by the John Durham investigation. Frankly I gave up on him some time ago, even knowing that these types of investigations take a very long time. What most of the information you will here is just the tip of the iceberg.

Instead of giving you snippets of the information I am linking the entire article that has the government reeling. The article is from the Conservative Treehouse. I am not one to say red it before it’s banned but I suggest you should read it, download it and share it with friends while you can.

The article HERE

Why do Democrats choose Crime?

Why Democrats choose crime over safety. Reading that the Manhattan DA is backtracking on his statements the day he took office is unsettling at the least. Not that I disagree with him for doing it but that he would make the kind of statements he made in the first place. The world watched how democrat run cities allowed riots and property destruction for much of 2020. For some of it, you can attribute to some feelings of guilt or sympathy for the causes, Rodney King etc. Let me be clear though, there are no excuses or reasons to allow mobs to destroy property, public or private nor put citizens and police in danger. Moreover, public figures such as Alexandra Cortez, Ilhan Omar and particularly California democrat, Maxine Waters, a disgrace to her race and to the legislature should be charged with inciting violence.

All of the above have done nothing to make their districts better off. Waters doesn’t even live in her predominantly poor district, choosing to live in a multi million dollar mansion outside the boundaries. So why do all of these people treat their constituents so poorly and the criminals amongst them so well? Is it really for votes? To me it make sense to treat your constituents well and they will vote for you. Is the new standard of treating your people well, just giving them free stuff and get out of jail cards? In times past it was development, jobs, clean air and water.

Is a mother whose son was shot because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time going to vote for you? The cities that most of these people represent are the most dangerous areas of the country. Is this the revolution that the democrats want?

Personally I believe this is all the precursor to the revolution they, democrats never envisioned. The people of our country are waking up. More and more they recognize that something isn’t right. When they see Governor’s like Newsom ignore the same unlawful rules that he placed on the commoners, somebody is eventually going to pay the price. From the inception of our government, the people have voted with their feet. Sometimes used to boot out their representatives. The last election was wrought with fraud. No matter what the scale, fraud was widespread. Currently the democrats are rushing to sponsor legislation that ensures their hold on America. California accomplished this several years ago. There is little chance that a conservative will ever be elected to a statewide office there again. We mustn’t allow them to do this to more states.

So are the democrats just soft on crime or do they have another plan? They already have antifa and BLM working for them. What could a few more criminals do. I say it’s time to stop it.

No more Hershey’s Products for me

Hershey’s, a long time manufacturer of most everything chocolate has begun to fire employees that have not been vaccinated. Long time employees were not excluded nor were employees expecting a religious exemption.

Long time employee Kim Durham said “I thought this was behind me until September when I met with an HR representative. It was an interrogation on your religious beliefs. They twisted your words and tried to put words in your mouth. It was terrible. I was asked such personal questions that had nothing to do with religion.”

It’s clear that they have joined to woke. I am not a believer in cancel culture, but I speak with my feet and my pocketbook.

Current Hershey Products

Why I’m voting No on School Bonds and Measures

Teachers deserve good pay. For most I still believe it was a profession chosen because the person wanted to help children. However, the days of teachers being underpaid disappeared a long time ago. Nowadays most states have collective bargaining for all teachers and many for the entire staff. Washington belongs to that group. While every bond measure or ballot measure is sold on “helping the students or teachers” the sad part is that most of the moneys received are sucked into the administration. With few exceptions, school districts are op heavy with administrators, superintendents and other “specialists.”

Washington currently has a special election scheduled for most counties and for a majority of them, the election is about ballot measures and bonds related to further funding school districts. Many push the theory that seniors invariably vote against such measures because they have no kids in the system. From my research, this is false. Most like me believe our children deserve a good education and recognize that it takes support financially to do this. Though I looked at several of the measures from a couple of districts, I can only speak to the couple near me.

The measures talk about extending taxes from revenue received by the county in property taxes. This is a normal and common means of collection for school districts. These are based on a percentage of property taxes on buildings. There are several other methods that the districts receive funds and those are from fees collected during the development and permitting process. These are collected on a square foot bases or unit bases. Remember this is over and above the revenue received from property taxes. For instance, the North Shore School district receives close to $1,600 a unit for apartments built. They collect a little under $5,000 per home built. Other districts are similar. This information is never included in the explanatory area of ballot measures. This information is publicly available on the respective government sites.

Within your voter pamphlet each measure will have a pro and con with advocates or proponents speaking why you should vote to pass or defeat each measure.  In school measures the advocates most always try to influence the reader by saying how the money is needed in the classrooms and teachers are underpaid. I’ve reviewed the pay and benefits for a few of the districts and in my opinion, these kind of statements are patently untrue. In North Shore for instance, the advocates wrote that the teachers pay amounted to $52,000 per year. This figure comes from the school district site itself. What the proponents of the measure don’t say is the benefit package that all employees receive along with their employment. A first year teacher in elementary grades will receive slightly less than $120,000 in pay and benefits while principals and vice principals receive $164,000-$187,000. District level superintendents receive in the neighborhood of $230,000 or more depending on the district. All districts that I reviewed were under collective bargaining.

Well I’ve established that while school teachers and other employees are not under paid, many deserve good wages. It is for our kids. So why am I against these measures? It goes beyond pay or intent, especially now. I think the voter needs to look beyond all of the hyperbole of why you should vote yes but how has the previous moneys been spent. It’s pretty easy to say that these schools need repairs if you’ve visited any site. Looking at rooms in Northshore and Shoreline, it’s easy to say they need upgrades, including painting. The districts are required by law to publish annual budgets. Have they adhered to them? Why does it appear that much of the maintenance has been deferred and in many instances ignored. Remember most of the public schools were closed for over a year in this so called “pandemic.” While most staff continued to receive their pay and benefits, the campuses remained empty. They incurred lower utility costs and also other maintenance costs at a minimum. What did the school districts do with the savings, moreover what have the districts done with the moneys they’ve received throughout their existence? These are things that should able to be asked in public meetings but budget and bond proposals do not get on the calendar, nor in the publics attention.

You, your neighbors or relatives have been affected by this pandemic narrative yet the school districts and most public agencies thrive. Isn’t it time for them to be accountable?

 

The Editor

 

Gun bills in the legislature

I haven’t had the will or energy to post anything for some time but I thought this is important.

There are several bills currently in committee in our legislature and I haven’t heard a peep out of the GOP.

Local Elections are coming to a town near you

updated June 23, 2021
As I write this it is the beginning of June, 2021. We’re starting to see candidate and issue signs around our neighborhoods. Much the usual, many candidates make lofty statements about issues they are going to tackle but most of us know there is little a city councilman can do about “equity” or access to healthcare etc.

One of the candidates in a local election for the Bothell Washington city council has listed some pretty lofty issues he”s going to work on. Of course the solutions are weighted with simple empty platitudes. I decided to ask him “what do you mean?” I would have thought that since these were important goals for him and his campaign the answers should be pretty simple. So far I’ve heard nothing from him or his campaign.

I am or have reached out to other candidates for city council, as well as a few other elected positions locally. I will report or offer space to any who wish to make a statement including their goals or positions.

Truths

  1. Joe Biden didn’t win the 2020 election
  2. The federal government is colluding with private enterprises to stifle free speech in America.
  3. Kamala Harris used what’s between her legs to gain her first position in government.
  4. Joe Biden is showing signs of dementia.
  5. There was no “armed insurrection “ on January 6th, 2021. It was staged.
  6. Kamala Harris isn’t Black. She’s a mix between East Indian and Jamaican.
  7. Durham isn’t working for the American public.
  8. Top democrats, including Nancy Pelosi committed insurrection against our government and so far have gotten away with it.
  9. The COVID-19 “pandemic” isn’t. It was used to undermine Trump and is now being used as a crisis to bolster the Biden government.
  10. This so called “list” by Word Press doesn’t work as it should.
  11. The Supreme Court is shirking their duties to the American public.
  12. Michael Medved isn’t a conservative
  13. Through HR1 the democrats are working to permanently remove election integrity. They will steal every election going forward if this is allowed to pass.
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