It's been a while since I have written here...

Three years -- or so.  Not counting.

In that time, on four occasions, God has reached out to me and told me to lay down for a minute...  Thankfully he decided "not yet" Gary -- and woke me back up (with a little help from friends, family, medicos and CPR).  They'll probably never read this, but Hey Folks, thanks a bunch!  I'll try to be worthy of your efforts.

Well look what's happened in the meantime! Donald Trump is now in his 5th or 6th day of recovery from a potent "China Virus" (I'm not really counting) and in the time since taking office has not blown anyone to smithereens nor managed to involve us in any new combat situations.  And the Democrats are frothing at the mouth... (What's new, right?) 

In the time since I last posted something here at Blogger a bunch of stuff has occurred -- but don't count on me for a comprehensive list .  Trump hasn't started any new wars and I think that's a pretty big deal.  When I first became aware that I was living in the greatest country on the face of the only occupied Planet that Man can validate,  a guy named "Ike" was President, and I had a campaign button certifying that I liked him. Lottsa water over the dam since then.

Look folks -- it's easy... Elect Papa Joe, and go back to sky high taxes, lose the right to Keep and Bear Arms, and pray like heck that Papa Joe lives to the end of his term so we don't get a flat out communist, anarchist, nutcake (AKA Harris) in the White House. (She actually said toilet paper hoarding!)

"Stop playing politics with other people's lives!" (Mike Pence, last night)

                    -30-

The first full day -- Saturday, 21 January, 2017

Saturday morning:

From "The Wizard of Oz" -- "Ding, Dong, the Witch is Dead"

Well, I'm glad she hasn't actually expired -- but hopefully she'll be out of politics for a couple of years. Let her be nameless here.

Old Irish Prayer:
"Lord, I do not wish death upon my enemies, but if you'd turn their ankle, so that I'll know them by their limp..."

Election 2016 (I am forced to admit) was the nastiest, most contentious exhibition of American political activity that I personally have ever observed.

The first election I really remember (as a child) was Ike Eisenhower vs Adlai Stevenson. "I like Ike!" campaign buttons were hotly contested and I displayed mine proudly. I was about eight.

Things were simpler then (No, really!)... Stevenson was viewed as an intellectual and unfortunately was rather bald. Those two facts taken together engendered many "egg-head" jokes during the campaign. Tasteless, perhaps. But fairly mild considering what the average US Citizen has been assaulted with for the past 18 months.

Today there'll be some sort of Women's March on Washington. Don't know why they feel that necessary -- Hell, it's not even very Representative. The organizers are kicking out every woman's group that doesn't totally agree with their own view of the New World Order. (IE: Women's organizations that favor "Life" are being ostracized, as I understand it.)

That's why our Veterans fought and died! So that these women can march, celebrate their freedom of expression and their lack of inclusivity all at the same time...

When Veterans raised their right hand and took that oath we did so with the foreknowledge that at some time in the future there might come a point where we actually had to sacrifice our life for our country.  God, that's scary.

They made that ultimate sacrifice so that today, Saturday the 21st day of January 2017 a bunch of women could march on Washington DC protesting Trump's election.  You Lost People! Now get over it and make the USA a better country!

Quit bitchin', get down to it, use the system for good.  Fix what's broken.  If you are not actively working to make our USA the Greatest Nation On Earth -- then you are part of the problem. Blindly protesting without using the political system for societal change is pointless and annoying.

                                                                        -30-

Bizarre Scenario

Caveat emptor

The first net appearance of this scenario appears to have been on Facebook 7 August 2016. I received this copy in an email 14 August. Here’s the url of the oldest iteration I could locate: https://www.facebook.com/LiberalAmerica.org/posts/715017781980330

Conspiracy Theory

I had to take my vehicle to the mechanic the other day for service. The Service Manager, Pete, gave me a ride home and on the way he told me his theory about the upcoming election and the next four years of U.S. government.

At first I thought it a bit farfetched. But as I listened to him it began to make sense, scary sense...

I believe that Hillary Clinton will win the election in November (Pete began) Then, sometime between November and January, Hillary will be indicted.

Justice is now investigating the Clinton Foundation and the whole e-mail thing isn’t over yet. Once under indictment she won’t be able to assume the Office of the President in January.

Tim Kaine, who will not actually be the Vice President because neither he nor Hillary will have been inaugurated, cannot assume the Presidency.

The Speaker of the House can’t move up to it because there is already a sitting President and Vice President.

So President Obama, in an Executive Order citing an emergency situation, gives himself another four years in office in the only way possible.

Pete believes Obama has been planning this for a while now, knowing he has enough on Hillary to indict her. Had the Attorney General indicted her based on evidence from the FBI this plan wouldn’t have worked because the DNC would have quickly come up with another candidate.

If you think about it, it’s not that outrageous. Many people on the left, including the President, want Obama to stay another four years.

The Constitution prohibits him from being re-elected so the only way he can do it is by declaring martial law and suspending the election (which would be a very negative thing for the country) or to declare himself still President because the elected candidate cannot assume her duties.

The latter makes more sense and is actually more feasible. And since it’s never been done before, it would set a precedent that would be difficult to challenge.

Of course, if Trump wins the election none of this is going to happen.

But what if Pete is correct?

Four more years of Obama and a mostly useless Republican House and Senate would give Obama the time he needs to continue destroying  and changing the country to fit his stated goals. I thanked Pete for the ride home – and for messing up my day. Now I’ve got more things to worry about!

Did Obama study Saul Alinsky?

How to create a Socialist State
         by Saul Alinsky

(Spoiler alert: This has really fuzzy authenticity)

There are eight levels of control that must be obtained before you are able to create a Socialist state.

The first is the most important.

1) Healthcare:  Control healthcare and you control the people
2) Poverty: Increase the Poverty level as high as possible, poor people are easier to control and will not fight back if you are providing everything for them to live.
3) Debt: Increase the debt to an unsustainable level. That way you are able to increase taxes, and this will produce more poverty.
4) Gun Control: Remove the ability of the people to defend themselves from Government. That way you are able to create a police state.
5) Welfare: Take control of every aspect of their lives (Food, Housing, and Income)
6) Education: Take control of what people read and listen to. Control what children learn in school.
7) Religion – Remove the belief in God from the Government and schools
8) Class Warfare – Divide the people into the wealthy and the poor. This will cause more discontent and it will be easier to take (Tax) the wealthy with the support of the poor.

Now I mentioned dubious authenticity when I started this. Well, it's true that Alinsky didn't actually dictate and immortalize these 8 points -- what he did do is immortalize the concepts.

Do some reading on Cloward-Piven Strategy: Scary stuff there folks -- it's like Obama & the Pinko Liberal Democrats are following Cloward-Piven like a school book.

And while you're at it, do some research into Common Core, and re-read point 6 above.

About the only thing we can do today (Winter 2016) is program ourselves to defeat democrats in November and elect a strong change agent who will reverse rampant progressive world socialism in the USA.

In order to fix the old girl, we're going to have to return our Country to Conservative values.

SW Arkansas, February 2016

Today the US House of Representatives in a "Test Vote" defeated TPA, the infamous ObamaTrade act.

My Senator, Tom Cotton, (R, AR) was pretty glowing in his praise of the bill.

I sent Senator Cotton the following email:

from:    Gary Arpin
to:        Senator Tom Cotton
date:     Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 1:11 PM
subject:    TPA

Thankfully your colleagues in the House have jettisoned their version of ObamaTrade (TPA).

I urge you to rethink your approval for the legislation.  It is really bad law -- woefully written, full of glitches and special provisions and right down the socialist progressive agenda line to the "New World Order."

Might want to run over to Ryan's office and help him extract his head from the place where it's currently wedged.

Senator, we need less government and less regulation -- and we definitely do not need to cede our sovereignty to foreign powers.

This is really bad legislation.  It's a darned good thing the House cast it down.

As always, Thank You for your Service to the United States of America.

Gary N. Arpin
De Queen, AR

God bless the USA!

I received this in a email from a cousin -- the text was not attributed.

I REPEAT: GOD BLESS THE USA!

I Am the Democrat, Republican Liberal-Progressive's Worst Nightmare.
I am a White, Conservative, Tax-Paying, American Veteran, Gun Owning Biker. That's me!
I am a Master Mason. I work hard and long hours with my hands to earn a living.
I believe in God and the freedom of religion, but I don't push it on others..
I ride Harley Davidson Motorcycles, and drive American-made cars, and I believe in American products and buy them whenever I can.
I believe the money I make belongs to me and not some liberal governmental functionary, Democrat or Republican, that wants to share it with others who don't work!
I'm in touch with my feelings and I like it that way!
I think owning a gun doesn't make you a killer; it makes you a smart American.
I think being a minority does not make you noble or victimized, and does not entitle you to anything. Get over it!
I believe that if you are selling me a Big Mac or any other item, you should do it in English.
I believe there should be no other language option.
I believe everyone has a right to pray to his or her God when and where they want to.
My heroes are Malcolm Forbes, Bill Gates, John Wayne, Babe Ruth, Roy Rogers, and Willie G. Davidson, who makes the awesome Harley Davidson Motorcycles.
I don't hate the rich. I don't pity the poor.
I know wrestling is fake and I don't waste my time watching or arguing about it.
I've never owned a slave, nor was I a slave. I haven't burned any witches or been persecuted
by the Turks, and neither have you!
I believe if you don't like the way things are here, go back to where you came from and
change your own country!
This is AMERICA ...We like it the way it is and more so the way it was...so stop trying to change it to look like Russia or China, or some other socialist country!
I want to know which church it is, exactly, where the Reverend Jesse Jackson preaches, where he gets his money, and why he is always part of the problem and not the solution?
Can I get an AMEN on that one?
I also think the cops have the right to pull you over if you're breaking the law, regardless of what color you are, but not just because you happen to ride a bike.
And, no, I don't mind having my face shown on my driver's license. I think it's good....
And I'm proud that 'God' is written on my money..
I think if you are too stupid to know how a ballot works, I don't want you deciding who should be running the most powerful nation in the world for the next four years.
I dislike those people standing in the intersections trying to sell me stuff or trying to guilt me into making 'donations' to their cause....Get a job and do your part to support yourself and your family!
I believe that it doesn't take a village to raise a child, it takes two parents....
I believe 'illegal' is illegal no matter what the lawyers think!
I believe the American flag should be the only one allowed in AMERICA !
If this makes me a BAD American, then yes, I'm a BAD American.
If you are a BAD American too, please forward this to everyone you know...
We want our country back!
My Country.....I hope this offends all illegal aliens.
My great, great, great, great grandfather watched and bled as his friends died in the Revolution & the War of 1812.
My great, great, great grandfather watched as his friends died in the Mexican American War.
My great, great grandfather watched as his friends & brothers died in the Civil War.
My great grandfather watched as his friends died in the Spanish-American War.
My grandfather watched as his friends died in WW I.
My father watched as his friends died in WW II.
I watched as my friends died in Vietnam , Panama & Desert Storm.
My son watched & bled as his friends died in Afghanistan and Iraq.
None of them died for the Mexican or any other Flag.
Every one died for the American flag.
Texas high school students raised a Mexican flag on a school flag pole, other students took it down. Guess who was expelled...the students who took it down.
California high school students were sent home on Cinco de Mayo, because they wore T-shirts with the American flag printed on them.
Enough is enough!
This message needs to be viewed by every American; and every American needs to stand up for America .
We've bent over to appease the America-haters long enough. I'm taking a stand.
I'm standing up because the hundreds of thousands who died fighting in wars for this country and for the American flag.
And shame on anyone who tries to make this a racist message.
AMERICANS! Stop giving away Your RIGHTS!
Let me make this clear! THIS IS MY COUNTRY!
This statement DOES NOT mean I'm against immigration!
YOU ARE WELCOME HERE, IN MY COUNTRY, welcome to come legally:
1. Get a sponsor !
2. Learn the LANGUAGE, as immigrants have in the past !
3. Live by OUR rules !
4. Get a job !
5. Pay YOUR Taxes !
6. No Social Security until you have earned it and Paid for it !
7. NOW find a place to lay your head !
We've gone so far the other way...bent over backwards not to offend anyone.
Only AMERICANS seem to care when American Citizens are being offended!
WAKE UP America!

I couldn't spot anything the writer left out... (Gary, July 1, 2014)
(I'll do a little research and see if I can find a first dated posting on the web)

My Second Email to Rep Tom Cotton on Syria...

From: Gary Arpin	Sep 4 (4 days ago)
to Representative Tom Cotton, US House of Representatives. Re his stance on Syrian involvement.

Congressman Cotton:

There is no combination of excuses that bundled together can justify US military intervention in Syria.

Where is world opinion here Congressman? Where is France or Germany. England does not stand with us -- nor do the Dutch or Sweden. This is Obama alone, acting unilaterally.

There is no moral imperative here Sir. Nor is there a strategic advantage -- unless you consider a Proxy War with Iran a valid "strategy."

Obama is ginnin' this up in an attempt to ameliorate his complete lack of spine -- heck he's even denying he marked the line in the sand on 8/20/2012 (On CNN).

Please do not place yourself in collusion with this total amateur, socialist progressive regime.

Once again, I ask you to stand against US Intervention in Syria at anything other than the political level.

And as always Tom -- thank you for your service to Arkansas and the United States of America.

best

Gary Arpin

De Queen, Ar