AN ANALOGY WORTH PONDERING?

Consider if one will, that lined up on the World’s most consequential of airfields in final preparation for takeoff is a huge state-of-art aircraft, loaded with a uniquely diverse mix of passengers, destined for departure on a most crucial of trips, to a yet-to-be determined destiny, via a yet-to-be chosen and charted course, through unthinkingly turbulent weather forecasts and other uniquely challenging and unpredictable travel conditions. 

A truly one-of-its-kind aircraft with priceless life, liberty, and freedom accommodations available on no other aircraft on Earth.

And now, voter-qualified passengers must soon choose from “two” optional “candidate crews” who will assume the awesome responsibility for this aircraft’s rapidly approaching takeoff, ever-so-crucial flight, and ultimate safe landing!

The designated pilot of one “candidate crew” has no prior experience as official pilot of this unique aircraft, and therefore no experience piloting it through turbulent, unpredictable, and otherwise ever-so-crucial flight challenges; was only relatively recently-established, via relatively unique circumstances, as an official replacement for this crew’s original choice for this most critical pilot position; and has taken and continues to take very limited public access opportunities, especially those unscripted/impromptu, to share and support in relative detail and clarity her declared background, experience, and personally planned course and destination for this ever-so-crucial life, liberty, and freedom sustaining aircraft she now seeks to pilot.

The designated pilot of the other optional “candidate crew” has four years of prior experience in the actual pilot’s seat of this particular aircraft, during a not so long ago earlier flight; has demonstrated the ability to pilot this aircraft through exceptionally turbulent, unpredictable, and otherwise challenging of circumstances; has been again selected as this crew’s pilot via a long established passenger-wide primary election of participating voters; and has taken and continues to take many publicly accessible opportunities, including those unscripted/impromptu, to share and support with relative detail and clarity, his declared background, experience, and personally planned course and destination for this ever-so-crucial life, liberty, and freedom sustaining aircraft he once again seeks to pilot.

And, folks, “our” above referenced “mutually shared” aircraft will be departing on schedule on January 20, 2025 . . . with a pilot and crew “we” must now choose no later than November 05, 2024!

Yes, departing not only with a flight crew hopefully appropriately designated, but in any case, with “consequences” . . . some not only greatly profound, long-lasting, and rooted in our choices, but also likely irreversible. While in turn being a testament to the cautions and realities expressed through the following two quotations reportedly from not so long ago: 

“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” ―Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), 16th U.S. President; and,

“Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction—it is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people. Those who have known freedom and then lost it have never known it again.” —Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), 40th U.S. President. 

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Please Note:  The "above" article was also published as a Public Mind article on page 4 of the 10/01/2024 Edition of local newspaper, the Parsons Sun.  [To enlarge/access, "Click" on the "below" image]:

THE MANY FACES OF AMERICA’S “ENEMIES WITHIN”:

Yes, America’s many “Enemies Within” wear a mix of faces. None the least that of David Muir and Linsey Davis, so-called moderators of the “Three-against-Trump” Trump/Harris debate, on 09-10-2024 . . . two disgusting pieces of political activist shi# posing as news journalists; both under employment by and direction of Marxist/Communist infested ABC News!

And it is to the ultimate demise of “We the People” that we fail to recognize and responsibly confront the ever-so-existing reality that . . . ABC News and its in-kind politically-biased CBS, NBC, CNN, etc., anti-America peers are truly among America’s reprehensible “Enemies Within” . . . each and all unrelentingly hell-bent on the destruction of our ever-so-challenged and liberty-enabling Constitutional Republic!!! 

                                                                    ---William James Moore

Why bother to vote?

Every four years our precious Constitutional Republic, the United States of America, holds an election for President; while Congressional elections occur every two years, and various state and local elections happen yearly. Although some rules vary, you’re typically eligible to vote if you’re a U.S. citizen, meet state residency requirements, register to vote, and are 18 years old on or before Election Day.

And as our country’s upcoming November 5, 2024 Presidential Election ever so rapidly approaches, history strongly suggests that the response thereto of “We the People” will again be a mixed bag of responsible and irresponsible behaviors.

Yes, many will do their best to become fact-based informed and cast rational votes, while the response of a number of others will be irrationally rooted in emotions, and/or otherwise influenced in large measure by ignorance, falsehoods, greed, intimidation, etc. In turn, a disheartening many caught up in the pitfalls of apathy and complacency will simply choose to not participate. As still others will for their respective reasons struggle with “why bother to vote at all.”

Of course, the reasons and importance of casting rational and informed fact-based votes are many. None the least being to ensure that “government power” is entrusted solely to truly trustworthy representatives of “We the People.” That is, placed in the hands of those faithfully dedicated to governing in accordance with our U.S. Constitution, and thereby protecting, preserving, and defending our precious republic, liberty, and freedoms.

Yes, by November 5, 2024, once again billions upon billions of dollars will have been spent, and untold campaign endeavors undertaken, in an unrelenting effort to, by way of our votes, determine who will until the next elections control the reins of “government power.” Power crucially affecting, but not limited to, that regarding: taxes; regulations; health care; food supply; transportation; infrastructure; banking; government agencies; investments; agriculture; energy; communications; environment; small/large business; government budgets/spending; national debt; foreign aid; wars; border security; immigration control; economic growth; inflation; interest rates; employment; unemployment; size/cost of government; crime control; justice system; educational institutions; elections integrity; and overall adherence to our U.S. Constitution; etc.

And, if by chance the above random examples fall a bit short of touching upon some meaningful reasons to not only vote, but to do so responsibly, then hopefully some serious pondering of the following three cautionary quotations reportedly from not so long ago will be of some aid: "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; “Someone struggled for your right to vote. Use it.” --Susan B. Anthony; and, "The future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter.” --Dwight D. Eisenhower. 

                          —William James Moore, Parsons, KS 09/08/2024.

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"Click" on below image to access publication of above article in SE Kansas newspaper, the Parsons Sun:

America's Fentanyl Crisis!

America's Fentanyl Crisis . . . not only terribly sad, but (or should be) most alarming! 

It seems noteworthy that history is cluttered with how, not so long ago, Japan financed its military with drug money during World War II. Furthermore, after invading Manchuria in 1931, Japan reportedly turned much of northeast China into an opium plantation, then used the drug to subdue the population, and yes . . . used the profits to fund its military. 

Of course, in addition to the “supply” side of our present-day Fentanyl crisis, there exists the often disregarded “demand” factor. That is, our nation is not, for example, being cluttered with a life-threatening onslaught of “wheels for covered wagons,” . . . likely because there seems to not presently exist an unrelenting “demand” for such. 

And after all is said and done, or done and said . . . could just be that one day we may more responsibly grasp that there is likely no greatly successful “chemical/pill/etc. solution” for what may well be a “spiritual problem” long wrestled with by we flawed human beings.

                                                             ---William James Moore

"BRAZIL: A CAUTIONARY TALE" - (5 Minute Video) - A Much Recommended Watch!

And, "after" attentively watching this video . . . sleep ever-so-peacefully America! Because this could never, never, never, but never ever happen here in the good old USA!!! 

Likewise, never mind the 24/7 so-called mainstream media blitz spewing that "Trump is Evil" and "Harris (like Biden) is just out to save America's soul"! 

And, so-to-speak "if the shoe personally fits . . . while at it, continue to confidently bask in that good old self-destructive ignorance, apathy, complacency, denial, and counterproductive fear!  ---William James Moore.

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 "Click" on below link to a must-watch 5-Minute Video by PragerU, titled: "Brazil: A Cautionary Tale":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adRcD_nZx58

Additional Remarks: Just in case such was not obvious to some . . . "a bit" of satire was of course used in my herein introduction as a way of emphasizing a most serious message. ---William James Moore.

“FREEDOM'S LAST HOPE!”

YES . . . as the Marxist/Communist-infested Democrat Party Puppet-Masters unrelentingly strive to infest the People’s White House with “their” latest-designated puppets, Kamala Harris and Tim Walz . . . “We the People” must without fail, on November 5, 2024, elect President Trump and Vice-President Vance, along with a Republican-majority U.S. Congress (void of RINO’s) . . . and demand and personally support an unrelenting Pro-America/America-First/U.S. Constitution-driven agenda!

Or, in the plainest of words, we will have failed to responsibly recognize and support what is truly "Freedom's Last Hope" . . . and as a result, can kiss our self-destructive, ignorant, complacent, apathetic, greedy, denying, and fearful asses a shameful goodbye!

It has often been written that, at the close of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, a lady asked Benjamin Franklin, one of America’s Founding Fathers, “What have we got, a republic or a monarch?” Reportedly, his response was, “A republic if you can keep it.”

And history will duly record whether each generation of Americans will continue to be recipient of the torch of responsibility for a yet protected, preserved, and thriving “Constitutional Republic” . . . or, one day cursed with lost liberty in likeness to that of our World’s many failed and suffering nations. —William James Moore.

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“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” ―Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), 16th U.S. President.

“Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction—it is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people. Those who have known freedom and then lost it have never known it again.” —Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), 40th U.S. President.

EXPRESSION OF SINCERE GRATITUDE TO FACEBOOK ALGORITHMS (WITH A TRACE OF SATIRE)

“Dear Facebook Radical-Left-Biased Algorithms,

Please accept my most sincere heart-felt gratitude for so timely and compassionately bringing to an end your 08/20/2024 “Restriction” of FB-selected functions of my FB Account!

Hence, bringing about much appreciated closure of punishment certainly due me for my reportedly failing to conform to “FB Community Standards,” i.e., by way of my most thoughtless attempt to copy and post as a comment my recent posting, titled "SNAPSHOTS FROM HISTORY WORTH SPECIAL PONDERING.”

Furthermore, please know that I am profoundly relieved and deeply comforted by unfailing awareness that . . . when old “politically-conservative/Pro-America/America-First” I again fall short of living up to FB Community Standards . . . you will again ever-so-swiftly take appropriate measures to protect the FB Community from my obviously human-flawed behavior. And considering utter darkness of my past history and my irredeemable nature, “silencing the Opposition” measures you likely will be called upon to again levy . . . much sooner than later.” ---William James Moore 08/21/2024

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(I also Posted the "above" on my Facebook Page, 08/21/2024.)

SILENCING THE OPPOSTION-101 (WITH A BIT OF SATIRE)

In keeping with FB's strive to "protect Freedom of Speech" (satire, of course) . . . on the morning of 08/20/2024, the Facebook system sent me the following message on my Facebook page, i.e., after I had attempted to copy and post as a comment my recent Facebook posting, titled "SNAPSHOTS FROM HISTORY WORTH SPECIAL PONDERING”. ........ "Your account is restricted for 1 hour. Your account activity didn't follow our Community Standards, so you can't do one or more things you usually do." 

Obviously, I must have somehow upset Facebook's radical-left-biased algorithms.  Shame on me!  ---William James Moore - 08/20/2024.

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PS -  In addition to posting on my Facebook page, my "above-referenced" posting is also posted on this, herein, blogsite.

“SNAPSHOTS FROM HISTORY WORTH SPECIAL PONDERING”

[INTRODUCTION: As unrelenting efforts are underway to infest the people’s White House with “extreme” radical-left Kamala Harris, and her likewise “grossly” radical-left VP pick, Tim Walz . . . both being “Puppets” of the “Puppet-Masters” of the Marxist/Leninist/Communist-infested Democrat Party, and willing and determined to carry out insane anti-America/America-last/Liberty-destroying agendas . . . the following particular “Snapshots from History” seem exceptionally worthy of extra-special pondering and unfailingly-responsible reaction.]:

                             

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“We cannot expect the Americans to jump from capitalism to communism, but we can assist their elected leaders in giving Americans small doses of socialism, until they suddenly awake to find they have communism.” —Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), Leader of the Soviet Union after death of Marxist/Leninist Joseph Stalin; First Secretary of Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1953-1964); Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1958-1964).


“Your children’s children will live under communism. You Americans are so gullible. No, you won’t accept Communism outright; but we’ll keep feeding you small doses of Socialism until you will finally wake up and find that you already have Communism. We won’t have to fight you; we’ll so weaken your economy, until you fall like overripe fruit into our hands.” —Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), Leader of the Soviet Union after death of Marxist/Leninist Joseph Stalin; First Secretary of Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1953-1964); Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1958-1964).


“We hold these truths to be self-Evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. —That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, —That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying it foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. . . .” —Excerpt from The U.S. Declaration of Independence, 1776.


“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.” ― Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), 40th U.S. President.


“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” ― Abraham Lincoln (1909-1865), 16th U.S. President.


“Every day, I wake up determined to deliver a better life for the people all across this nation that have been neglected, ignored, and abandoned. I have visited the laid-off factory workers and the communities crushed by our horrible and unfair trade deals. These are the forgotten men and women of our country.” —Donald J. Trump (1946- ), 45th U.S. President.


“We will bring back our jobs. We will bring back our borders. We will bring back our wealth. And we will bring back our dreams.” —Donald J. Trump (1946- ), 45th U.S. President.


“No dream is too big. No challenge is too great. Nothing we want for our future is beyond our reach.” —Donald J. Trump (1946- ), 45th U.S. President.


“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives.” —James Madison (1751–1836), 4th U.S. President; hailed as “Father of the Constitution” for his key role in drafting the U.S. Constitution & the Bill of Rights.


“To sit back hoping that someday, someway, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last—but eat you he will.” —Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), 40th U.S. President.


“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.” —Edmund Burke (1729-1797), Irish statesman; philosopher; Member of Parliament in House of Commons of Great Britain (1766-1794).


“I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.” —Helen Keller (1880-1968), American author; political activist and lecturer; and first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.

THE ‘LIFE-SPAN’ OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC???

Various historical writings and other views have put forth that . . . a democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. That is, a democracy will continue until the voters discover they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. 

From that point on, the majority will always vote for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury. 

Eventually every democracy will collapse, due to loose fiscal policy, and be followed by a dictatorship. Hence, from the beginning, the greatest democracy-rooted civilizations of the world have reportedly only lasted about 200 years, and have always progressed through the following sequence: From—1. Bondage to spiritual faith; 2. Spiritual faith to great courage; 3. Courage to liberty; 4. Liberty to abundance; 5. Abundance to complacency; 6. Complacency to apathy; 7. Apathy to dependence; 8. Dependence back to bondage.”

And, considering the critical fork-in-the road (very likely “Liberty’s Last Stand”) entailed in our county’s upcoming November 05, 2024 Presidential Election, the following is a suggested read:

Yes, we are now becoming increasingly engulfed by the 2024 Presidential Election campaigns, with untold millions spent to influence our votes. Eventually, many will do their best to cast responsible votes; a larger number will likely do otherwise. Countless will assume our past/present liberties, freedoms, and opportunities to be “forever givens”—losing touch that such blessings originate from and rely upon a truly special form of government established long ago.

A ”special form of government” also most worthy of and dependent upon our understanding, demonstrated gratitude, and preservation! Yes, . . . being very aware of the failures of prior “democracies,” such as ancient Athens and Rome, our country’s founding fathers feared creating a government too similar to a “pure democracy”—which can result in mob-rule and tyranny-of-the-majority; where fifty-one percent could take away the rights of the other forty-nine. Through experience, insight, and great wisdom, they instead established a first and to date one-of-its-kind “constitutional republic”—where sovereignty deliberately rests with “we the people.” Where we can act lawfully on our own and through elected representatives to deal with issues; where our government’s power comes from and is limited by its citizens. Thus establishing our nation of unequaled liberty, freedom, and opportunity—governed by its citizens through three separate but equal branches of government: the legislative, executive, and judicial.

Nevertheless, years of ignorance, apathy, complacency, denial, greed, and fear—on the part of too many eligible voters and elected representatives—have taken our country down a most dangerous path. One possibly best symbolized by the following (and purposefully repeated from beginning of this post) life-cycle scenario; an assertion of questionable origin, for years accessible in many forms through an array of internet sources and other media:

“The Life Cycle of a Democracy: A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It will continue until the voters discover they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that point on, the majority will always vote for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury. Eventually every democracy will collapse, due to loose fiscal policy, and be followed by a dictatorship. From the beginning, the greatest civilizations of the world have only lasted about 200 years, and have always progressed through the following sequence: From—1. Bondage to spiritual faith; 2. Spiritual faith to great courage; 3. Courage to liberty; 4. Liberty to abundance; 5. Abundance to complacency; 6. Complacency to apathy; 7. Apathy to dependence; 8. Dependence back to bondage.”

Regardless of origin of above scenario, little serious consideration is required to note some unsettling similarities of above to some actual aspects of our country’s status and direction. Such as: an out of control $35 trillion national debt; agendas turning us into a nation of “dependents” relying upon the government for every want and need; and elected representatives and government bureaucracies more focused on “keeping their jobs,” “staying in power,” and “promoting their personal interests and ideologies,” than addressing the best interests of our country as whole; etc.

From—or in spite of—the propaganda and media-blitz involved with our election processes, “We The People” must strive to be informed, active, and responsible voters. Ultimately at stake is nothing less than the preservation of our constitutional republic—and the priceless liberty, freedom, and opportunity it affords.

And if “We the People” fail to recognize and responsibly respond to the fact that our upcoming November 05, 2024 election truly represents “Liberty’s Last Stand” . . . then it will be “unrecoverable game-over” for our precious Constitutional Republic! Yes, gone will be individual liberty and U.S. Constitution supported God-Given Rights to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness . . . for present and future generations of Americans!

Therefore . . . on November 5, 2024 we must without fail elect President Trump and Vice-President Vance, along with a Republican-majority U.S. Congress (void of RINO’s) . . . and demand and personally support an unrelenting Pro-America/America-First/U.S. Constitution-driven agenda!

Or, again, in the plainest of words . . . we can kiss our self-destructive, ignorant, complacent, apathetic, greedy, denying, and fearful asses a shameful goodbye! ---William James Moore.

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“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” ―Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), 16th U.S. President.

“Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction—it is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people. Those who have known freedom and then lost it have never known it again.” —Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), 40th U.S. President.

ULTIMATE PRICE OF VOTER APATHY?

“Apathy” (i.e., lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern) can of course have many faces. None the least by way of the too often shameful lack of voter participation in various of our country’s elections.

For example: According to U.S. Census Data, the 2024 Population of Labette County, Kansas is estimated to be about 19,754. And, as reported by Labette County’s related website, a total of 2,493 chose to cast Ballots in the County’s August 06, 2024 Primary Election (i.e., 469 Democratic; 2017 Republican; and 7 Nonpartisan). 

Hence, via said election, only about 13 Percent of Labette County’s population (or about 18 Percent of the County's Registered Voters) chose to, by way of official votes, make an effort to maintain a government representative of and accountable to “We the People”.

And, considering the many very crucial challenges facing our country at the local, state, and federal level, it would seem that the “ultimate price of voter apathy” should be given much more serious consideration and responsible attention.

It has often been written that, at the close of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, a lady asked Benjamin Franklin, one of America’s Founding Fathers, “What have we got, a republic or a monarch?” Reportedly, his response was, “A republic if you can keep it.”

And history will duly record whether each generation of Americans will continue to be recipient of the torch of responsibility for a yet protected, preserved, and thriving “Constitutional Republic USA” . . . or, one day cursed with lost liberty in likeness to that of our World’s many failed and suffering nations. ---James & Ann Moore.

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As shown via "below scanned copy" . . . our above article was published in the Public Mind section of our local newspaper, the Parsons Sun, 08/13/2024.

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A “FEW WORDS” ABOUT ADVERSITIES, OPPORTUNITIES, AND CHOICES

Reportedly, the World population now exceeds 8 billion people.

And in spite of all the politically rooted Bull Shi# and power-craving propaganda to the contrary . . . they will never all have “the same” opportunities and experience “the same” adversities . . . nor will they all make “the same” choices, or all have “the same” aims.

And while none will likely ever be in total control of “what happens to or for them” . . . many if not most will nonetheless have “some measure of influence” over how they “respond” to the happenings throughout their respective gift-of-life journeys.

A “measure of influence” of course not only conditioned in no small way by their respective mental and physical abilities, unique life circumstances, etc., but also by their personal attitudes and aims.

As evidenced, for example, by the following “few words” about Johnny ‘Joey’ Jones; Gene Hackman; James Garner, and ‘JD’ Vance. Not perfect human beings, nor otherwise herein intended or inferred role models of any nature or aim. Just a snapshot of some adversities, opportunities, and choices entailed in the gift-of-life journey of four “examples” from an untold billions of humankind.

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(1.)  Johnny ‘Joey’ Jones (07/21/1986 - ): Presently a regular FOX News Contributor; host of multiple shows on FOX Nation tackling important issues impacting America; sits on the boards of nonprofits and volunteers his time speaking out for veterans; etc.

Johnny 'Joey' Jones . . . was born and raised in Dalton, Georgia; first in his family to graduate high school; after high school, worked as a forklift operator and took a few classes at Dalton State College; joined Marine Corps at age 18; served eight years including two combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq; became an Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) technician; on 6 August 2010, was deployed to Helmand Province in Afghanistan, and while in process of destroying explosive devices, stepped on a hidden Improvised explosive device (IED), losing both his legs above the knees and injuring both wrists and right forearm; underwent multiple surgeries and physical therapies after being installed with prosthetic legs; gradually recovered; retired from Marines in 2012; finished college from Georgetown University in liberal studies and social and public policy in 2014; and participated in the House Committee on Veteran's Affairs; etc.

(2.)   Gene Hackman (Eugene Allen Hackman (01/30/1930 - ): A retired American actor, with career spanning more than six decades; recipient of two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, four Golden Globes, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and the Silver Bear; etc.

Gene Hackman . . . was born in San Bernardino, California; Pennsylvania Dutch, English, and Scottish ancestry. Family moved frequently, finally settling in Danville, Illinois, where they lived in home of his English-born maternal grandmother, and where his father operated printing press for a local newspaper. At age 10, Hackman decided he wanted to become an actor. Parents divorced when he was 13 and his father subsequently left the family. Hackman lived briefly in Storm Lake, Iowa, spent his sophomore year at Storm Lake High School, left home at age 16 and lied about his age to enlist in the U.S. Marine Corps; served four and a half years as a field-radio operator; was stationed in China (Qingdao and later in Shanghai). When Communist Revolution conquered the mainland in 1949, he was assigned to Hawaii and Japan. Following his discharge in 1951, moved to New York City and had several jobs. His mother died in 1962 as result of fire she accidentally started while smoking. He began a study of journalism and television production at the University of Illinois under the G.I. Bill, and later moved back to California; and in 1956 began pursuing an acting career.

(3.)   James Garner (James Scott Garner [né Bumgarner] (04/07/1928 – 07/19/2014): Was an American actor; played leading roles in more than 50 theatrical films; received an Academy Award nomination; and starred in several television series, including popular roles such as Bret Maverick in the ABC 1950s Western series Maverick and as Jim Rockford in the NBC 1970s private detective show, The Rockford Files; etc.

James Garner . . . was born James Scott Bumgarner in 1928 in Denver (part of Norman), Oklahoma; Methodist family; father part German ancestry and mother half Cherokee; mother died five years after his birth; family ran a general store at Denver; after mother's death, Garner and his brothers sent to live with relatives. Attended Wilson Elementary School, Norman Junior High and Norman High School; reunited with family in 1934 when his father remarried, first of several times. Had volatile relationship with one of his stepmothers, Wilma, who beat Garner and his two brothers; stepmother also punished him by forcing him to wear a dress in public; when he was 14 years old, fought with her, knocking her down and choking her to keep her from retaliating against him physically. She left family and never returned. His brother Jack later commented, "She was a damn no-good woman". According to Garner, "I managed to steer pretty clear of it... I was doing all of it, but I never really got caught. I was a bad boy, but I just, you know, they never caught me at it." Garner loved his last stepmother, Grace, whom he called "Mama Grace", and he felt she was more of a mother to him than anyone else had been. Shortly after Garner's father's marriage to Wilma broke up, his father moved to Los Angeles, leaving Garner and his brothers in Norman. After working several jobs he disliked, joined U.S. Merchant Marines at age 16 near the end of World War II; liked the work and his shipmates, but had chronic seasickness and only lasted a year. Followed his father to Los Angeles in 1945, attending Hollywood High while helping his dad lay carpet. Next five years were back and forth between California and Oklahoma, during which Garner worked in chick hatcheries and the oil fields, as a truck driver and grocery clerk, and even as a swim trunks model for Jantzen. After World War II, Garner joined his father in Los Angeles and enrolled at Hollywood High School, where was voted most popular student. A high school gym teacher recommended him for job modeling Jantzen bathing suits, paying $25 an hour, but, he hated modeling and soon quit and returned to Norman. There he played football and basketball at Norman High School and competed on the track and golf teams, and dropped out in his senior year. In a 1976 Good Housekeeping magazine interview, he admitted, "I was a terrible student and I never actually graduated from high school, but I got my diploma in the Army." Garner enlisted in the California Army National Guard, serving his first 7 months in California; was deployed to Korea during the Korean War, and spent 14 months as a rifleman in the 5th Regimental Combat Team, then part of the 24th Infantry Division. Was wounded twice: in the face and hand by fragmentation from a mortar round, and in the buttocks by friendly fire from U.S. fighter jets as he dove into a foxhole. Garner received the Purple Heart in Korea for his initial wounding. Also qualified for a second Purple Heart (for which he was eligible, since he was hit by friendly fire which "was released with the full intent of inflicting damage or destroying enemy troops or equipment"), but did not actually receive it until 1983, 32 years after the event. Reflecting on his military service, Garner recalled: "Do I have fond memories? I guess if you get together with some buddies it’s fond. But it really wasn’t. It was cold and hard. I was one of the lucky ones."

(4.)  James David "JD" Vance (08/02/1984): An American politician; author; Marine veteran; graduate of Yale Law School; junior United States senator from Ohio since 2023; member of the Republican Party and its nominee for vice president in the 2024 United States presidential election.

James David "JD" Vance . . . was born James Donald Bowman in Middletown, Ohio, to Beverly Carol (née Vance; born 1961) and Donald Ray Bowman (1959–2023); of Scots-Irish descent; parents divorced when he was a toddler. After being adopted by his mother's third husband, Bob Hamel, his mother changed his name to James David Hamel to remove his father's name but used the name of one of her brothers to preserve his nickname, JD. Vance has written that his childhood was marked by poverty and abuse, and that his mother struggled with drug addiction. Vance and his sister Lindsey were raised primarily by his maternal grandparents, James (1929–1997) and Bonnie Vance (née Blanton; 1933–2005), whom they called "Papaw" and "Mamaw". His grandparents on both sides moved to Ohio from Kentucky's Appalachia. After graduating from Middletown High School in 2003, Vance enlisted and completed a total of four years of service in the U.S. Marine Corps, including six months as a military journalist in a non-combative role in Iraq in late 2005. Using the G.I. Bill, Vance attended Ohio State University from September 2007 to August 2009, graduating summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and philosophy; finished his undergraduate studies in less than two years; during his first year in college, he worked for Republican state senator Bob Schuler. After graduating from Ohio State, attended Yale Law School, beginning in the fall of 2010, on a nearly full-ride scholarship for his first year; became close friends during Yale's orientation with Jamil Jivani, a future Conservative member of Canadian parliament; during his first year, Professor Amy Chua, author of 2011 book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, persuaded him to begin writing his memoir, Hillbilly Elegy. Vance was an editor of The Yale Law Journal and graduated in 2013 with a Juris Doctor degree. In 2010 and 2011, he wrote for David Frum's "FrumForum" website under the name J. D. Hamel. Although Hillbilly Elegy implies Vance adopted his grandparents' surname of Vance upon his marriage in 2014, the name change actually occurred in April 2013, as he was about to graduate from Yale. After graduating law school, worked for Republican Senator John Cornyn; spent a year as a law clerk for Judge David Bunning of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky; then worked at the law firm Sidley Austin, beginning a brief career as a corporate lawyer. After practicing law for slightly under two years, moved to San Francisco to work in the technology industry as a venture capitalist, and between 2016 and 2017, served as a principal at Peter Thiel's firm, Mithril Capital.

LIBERTY’S LAST STAND!!!

On Tuesday, November 3, 2020 the fate of our individual liberty, freedom, and nation’s ultimate survival was placed in the hands of radical-left Marxist/Communist-infested puppet masters . . . through a so-called Biden/Harris administration!

Yes, control of the most powerful military on the face of this Earth, and the ultimate fate of our precious Constitutional Republic, was placed in the hands of indisputably one of the most corrupt self-serving, un-accomplished, career politicians in American history (Joe Biden). Along with, just a heartbeat away, his “extremely” radical-left and incessantly-cackling running mate (Kamala Harris)—who, during the 2020 Democrat primary debates, was early-on even “rejected” by the Democrat Party’s base for obviously being personally, professionally, politically, and otherwise grossly unacceptable!

Yes, the very same incessantly-cackling “extremely” radical-left Kamala Harris that the Democrat Party’s radical-left Marxist/Communist-infested puppet masters, and other of our country’s “enemies within”, are now unrelentingly striving to place in the people’s White House as U.S. President . . . to carry-on with their self-serving, power-lusting, Anti-America agenda!

And if “We the People” fail to recognize and responsibly respond to the fact that our upcoming November 05, 2024 election truly represents “Liberty’s Last Stand” . . . then it will be “unrecoverable game-over” for our precious Constitutional Republic! Yes, gone will be individual liberty and U.S. Constitution supported God-Given Rights to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness . . . for present and future generations of Americans!

Therefore . . . on November 5, 2024 we must without fail elect President Trump and Vice-President Vance, along with a Republican-majority U.S. Congress . . . and demand and personally support an unrelenting Pro-America/America-First/U.S. Constitution-driven agenda!

Or, again, in the plainest of words . . . we can kiss our self-destructive, ignorant, complacent, apathetic, greedy, denying, and fearful asses a shameful goodbye! 

                                                                ---William James Moore

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“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” ―Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), 16th U.S. President.


“Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction—it is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people. Those who have known freedom and then lost it have never known it again.” —Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), 40th U.S. President.

President Trump Michigan Rally - Saturday, July 20, 2024, 4 p.m. ET!!!

 

"President Trump Michigan Rally"!!!

Saturday, July 20, 2024, at 4 p.m. ET — LIVE!

SPECIAL COVERAGE on Newsmax! Fight! Fight! Fight! Former President Donald Trump is a warrior. 

He’s been impeached, arrested, convicted — and now shot, but he’s still standing strong for America. 

See what Trump has to say at the very first rally after his assassination attempt. 

He’ll be joined by his running mate J.D. Vance, hot off the Republican National Convention. 

Attempted Assassination of President Trump - 07/13/2024

President Trump: 'It Was God Alone Who Prevented the Unthinkable':

https://www.newsmax.com/politics/trump-shooting-assassin/2024/07/14/id/1172452/?ns_mail_uid=2eac7274-6cf9-4e89-9525-e6722f42e46c&ns_mail_job=DM651518_07142024&s=acs&dkt_nbr=010502x49cj0 

President Trump Rally - 7/13/24 - in Butler, Pennsylvania!!!

 

President Trump Rally 4pm ET 7/13/24 - in Butler, Pennsylvania; speech start time expected at 5pm ET -on Newsmax!!!

Link to President Trump's Awesome Rally in Florida - July 9, 2024

"Click" on below Link to Video of President Trump Rally in Doral, Florida - Was "live" on 07/09/2024, 7:10 PM ET:

https://www.facebook.com/DonaldTrump/videos/936958618195029

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Yes . . . President Trump hard at it on the campaign trail . . . as Joe Biden's un-elected wife and unelected son attend Joe's official White House business meetings . . . you know, that same mumbling, fumbling, tumbling, incoherent, mentally and physically challenged "Big Guy" of Biden Crime Family who is hell-bent to remain at the Presidential helm for another four years . . . as an obedient puppet of his Marxist/Communist Puppet Masters!   ---William James Moore.

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Help Save America!!!

Vote for President Trump

on November 05, 2024!!!

A Vote for President Trump is a vote for 

“Safety,” “Prosperity,” & “Peace”!!!

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Secured Borders;  “America-Beneficial” Immigration Control; Removal of Illegal Aliens;  Strong Military;  End to Senseless Wars; Prioritized Crime Control;  Thriving Economy;  Less Unemployment;  Lower Taxes;  No Taxes on Tips;  Less Inflation; Lower Interest Rates;  Men Banned from Women’s Sports; Commonsense Drug Control;  No Wokeism & Critical Race Theory, etc., in Educational Institutions;  Respect for America; Draining of Washington DC Swamp;  “America-First” Policies & Agendas;  and Preservation of our U.S. Constitution - - - 

“America Saved & Made Great Again”!!!

President Trump - Rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 06-22-2024

"Click" on below Link to Video of President Trump Rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -  Was "live" on 06/22/2024, 6:30 PM ET:

https://www.facebook.com/DonaldTrump/videos/986514139721220

"President Trump Rally" - Sunday, June 9, 2024!!!

 

"President Trump Rally" - Sunday, June 9, 2024, 3:00 PM ET - Sunset Park in Las Vegas, Nevada.

“JUST IN CASE IT MAY HAVE ESCAPED ONE’S NOTICE”

Yes, just in case it has slipped one’s attention . . . there “are” those (such as the Biden Crime Family; George Soros; etc.) who are unrelentingly hell-bent in rapidly transitioning our precious liberty-enabling U.S. Constitutional Republic to yet another of the World’s liberty/freedom-destroying “Banana Republics.”

That is, striving to add the U.S. to the list of politically unstable countries governed by a relatively small ruling class controlling access to wealth, resources, and roles in government. Marxist/Fascist/Communist rooted ruling classes willing and able to use any and all means possible to destroy all opposition to their lust for unlimited power and control.

Just something that seems a bit worthy of special awareness and responsible attention in all future U.S. local/state/national Elections, especially on Tuesday, November 5, 2024!

Yes, its “President Trump 2024” and a "Congress" and a "We The People" responsibly supportive of his Pro-America/America-First/Drain-The-Swamp/MAGA Policies and Agenda!!!

Otherwise, its likely very much so-called “game over” - - - as our precious Constitutional Republic (Liberty’s Best and Last Hope) is further transformed into a long underway radical-left driven Marxist/Fascist/Communist fate likely already critically close to being a set in stone reality! 

                                                              ---William James Moore

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Link to President Trump's News Conference, 05/31/2024:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D17ESfq3so&t=373s

Link to President Trump Live at Bronx, NY - May 23, 2024

President Trump - Live at Brox, NY - May 23, 2024 -

"Click" on the following Link:

President Trump - Live at Bronx, NY - May 23, 2024https://www.facebook.com/DonaldTrump/videos/693392619538956 

“MUCH MORE THAN JUST USEFUL IDIOTS & PAWNS!”:

Yes, it is to our country’s demise that we fail to recognize and responsibly deal with the fact that . . . the so-called “students” yelling “Death to Israel”; “Death to America”; while at times tearing-down/burning our U.S. Flag at various of our country’s so-called Institutions of Higher Learning, etc., . . . are much, much more than just “useful idiots/pawns” of the Marxist/Communist infested Radial-Left!

Furthermore, these (via ignorance/intent) supporters of the horrific deaths, tortures, and destructions of barbaric terrorist groups such as Hamas (e.g., Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas heinous attack on Israel) . . . these so-called “peaceful protestors” funded by our country’s “enemies within,” such as George Soros; the Rockefeller Foundation; etc., . . . are much, much more than the anti-America outcome of our taxpayer funded Marxist/Communist-infested Institutions of Higher Learning (more aptly, “Radical-Left Indoctrination Centers”).

Yes, and deeply alarmingly so . . . these (often face-hidden/masked) so-called “students” referred to herein may well one day become someone's neighbor, employment peer/supervisor, teacher, spouse, medical practitioner, legal services provider, food preparer/server, schoolboard member, government representative, etc. As they also are now, or may become, those who our country’s many other young Americans (those not indoctrinated by the Radical-Left) must compete with for employment; positions of power and influence within our local, state, and federal government; and for other aspects of our country’s limited resources, etc. As we of the dinosaur generations become more and more inactive and/or “otherwise move-on.”

So, sleep ever-so-peacefully, America! And worry not about where and for what our tax dollars are spent, or about who we entrust educating our nation’s youth, or who we place in, and let remain in, positions of power and influence within our local, state, and federal government! 

                                                         —William James Moore
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“First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.” —Martin Niemoller (1892-1984). [This being a postwar statement Martin Niemoller is likely best remembered for. A prominent Lutheran pastor in Germany in 1920s and early 1930s, Niemoller sympathized with many Nazi ideas and supported radically-right-wing political movements. But after Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, Niemoller became an outspoken critic of Hitler’s interference in the Protestant Church. He spent the last eight years of Nazi rule, from 1937 to 1945, in Nazi prisons and concentration camps.]

“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” ― Abraham Lincoln (1909-1865), 16th U.S. President.

“IGNORANCE NOT ALWAYS BLISS” — “CAN ALSO BE SUICIDAL”!!!

[“Special Heads-Up” . . . If looking for brief and feel-good reading . . . suggest looking elsewhere.]


As . . . on this date of 04/29/2024 . . . various of our U.S. Colleges/Universities continue to be infested with pro-Hamas/anti-Israel protests and demonstrations — at times including chants of “Death to Israel”; “Death to America”; and disrespectful burning of our U.S. Flag . . . there are “other must not be forgotten sides of the story”!

“For example” . . . On the weekend of October 07, 2023, a truly embodiment of evil — the barbaric “Terrorist Group” Hamas — rained thousands of missiles down on a caught-off-guard Israel . . . and by way of a sinister air, sea, and land invasion, killed hundreds upon hundreds of terrified and defenseless human beings of all ages.

Many of whom being savagely raped, burnt alive, beheaded, and/or otherwise tortured and brutally slaughtered (including babies), as others — screaming for help — were taken as terrified hostages back into Hamas-controlled Gaza. And, yes, some of the dead and taken hostage were also American citizens!

A horrific massacre approved by, and in large measure funded by, Iran . . . the World’s worst and long-standing sponsor of terrorism. Yes, the same Iran from which the vows and chants of “Death to Israel” and “Death to America” are often spewed! And, yes, the same Iran whose wealth to fund terrorism has been and continues to be shamefully enhanced and enabled by the Marxist/Communist policies and agendas now infesting various aspects of our U.S. government; so-called Mainstream Media; etc.!

AND THEN . . . came, and yet continues, the epitome of “projection, deception, cruelty, and absolute lunacy”! Where the “true victim” (Israel) is labeled and scorned as the “oppressor” . . . and the “true oppressor” (Hamas) in turn pitied and glorified as the “victim”!

Yes, “no sooner” had this barbaric slaughter upon Israel taken place, than the “anti-Israel” and “pro-Palestine/Hamas” protests and demonstrations began to take root in various places around the globe . . . and yes, even in the U.S., including but not limited to a shameful many of our so-called Institutions of Higher Learning (more aptly, radical-left Indoctrination Centers).

Media-embraced protests and demonstrations that even the most basic of rational thought and moral consideration should find to be not only “grossly deplorable” beyond words . . . but also to be displays of extremely dangerous and self-destructive support, embracement, and celebration” of the heinous barbaric acts and aims of Hamas and similar Terrorist groups. Yes, “Terrorist groups” that regardless of name (Hamas; ISIS; etc.) and stated aims, are nothing less than heinous present-day arms of a very real ancient-rooted evil (Racial-Militant Islam) . . . one continuing to wage World War III against 21st Century Civilization. With world domination the primary aim, and the initial top priority targets for extinction being the Jewish and Christian faiths.

And, in my view and that of like-informed others, those who for whatever reason choose to put “Radical-Militant Islam” — and the existential threat it poses — in the sack of “uninformed ignorance is bliss,” are just plain and simply closing their eyes and ears to the fact that “IGNORANCE” IS NOT ALWAYS “BLISS” . . . IT CAN ALSO BE “DAMNED SUICIDAL”!!!

Therefore, in respectful support of those who might wish to meaningfully enhance, or in some way otherwise support, their present level of understanding of the threat of Radical-Militant Islam — and/or be of help to others who may be in need of pulling their uninformed or misinformed heads out of some self-destructive sand . . . at the end of this expression of views are a few “suggested readings.” Such of course being but a trivial few of the absolute magnitude of information now available on this, as well as countless other, crucial subjects. Of the herein suggested readings, Brigitte Gabriel’s “Because They Hate” is my personal priority pick. And yes, also included is reference to a YR2016 self-published writing, “Killing Life, Liberty, & Pursuit of Happiness” . . . that more than anything else likely represents an early-on part of my yet continuing personal strive to at least a bit mitigate my personal previous level of ignorance on the subject.

In closing . . . I am among the likely many who are deeply troubled by what seems to be a growing — and ultimately self-destructive — pandemic of ignorance, apathy, complacency, denial, and counter-productive fear regarding the age-old and yet today threat of Radical-Militant Islam. Especially, as millions upon millions of illegal aliens from who knows where, with who know what intent, continue to flow through our country’s uncontrolled borders!

A level and nature of most sincere concern . . . often very unsettlingly magnified by not being able to personally recognize the present existence of — and see a way of meaningfully supporting — a truly serious U.S. defense against the ever-so-real threat of Radical-Militant Islam . . . an epitome of heinous evil, too often being enabled by “suicidal attitudes and behaviors” infested with the delusion that in all cases “ignorance can be bliss”!

                                              —William James Moore  04/29/2024

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A few “suggested” readings:

(1.) “Because They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America,” by Brigitte Gabriel.

(2.) “They Must Be Stopped: Why We Must Stop Radical Islam and How We Can Do It,” by Brigitte Gabriel.

(3.) “Rise: In Defense of Judeo-Christian Values and Freedom,” by Brigitte Gabriel.

(4.) “Killing Life, Liberty, & Pursuit of Happiness: Ancient-Rooted Evils - - - Waging World War III Against 21st Century Civilization!” by William James Moore.

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“I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.” —Helen Keller (1880-1968) American author, political activist and lecturer, and first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.

“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” ― Abraham Lincoln (1909-1865), 16th U.S. President.

"A BIT OF OPTIONAL READING DISPLEASURE" . . . SNAPSHOTS FROM HISTORY WORTHY OF SPECIAL PONDERING:

YES, THE FOLLOWING PARTICULAR SNAPSHOTS FROM HISTORY JUST MIGHT BE A BIT WORTHY OF SOME SPECIAL . . . especially as various of America’s so-called Institutions of Higher Learning (more aptly, “Indoctrination”) are infested with pro-HAMAS (Terrorists) demonstrations, at times chanting “Death to Israel”; “Death to America”; and public disrespectful burning of our U.S. Flag; etc.:

In speeches, September 29, 2014, to the United Nations General Assembly, and six months later, on March 03, 2015, before a special joint-meeting of our U.S. Congress, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu delivered very strong, rational, and plain-spoken warnings. About the growing threat of radical/militant Islam, and why ISIS [e.g. "HAMAS"; etc.] must be defeated and Iran must never be allowed to gain nuclear weapons capability. In his September 29, 2014 speech he strongly cautioned: “It's not militants. It's not Islam. It's militant Islam. Typically, its first victims are other Muslims, but it spares no one. Christians, Jews, Yazidis, Kurds – no creed, no faith, and no ethnic group is beyond its sights. And it's rapidly spreading in every part of the world. You know the famous American saying: "All politics is local"? For the militant Islamists, "All politics is global." Because their ultimate goal is to dominate the world.”

. . . AND WHAT ALSO SEEMS NOT SO LONG AGO TO ME AND LIKELY OTHERS OF MY DINOSAUR GENERATION . . .

“We cannot expect the Americans to jump from capitalism to communism, but we can assist their elected leaders in giving Americans small doses of socialism, until they suddenly awake to find they have communism.” . . . AND . . . “Your children’s children will live under communism. You Americans are so gullible. No, you won’t accept Communism outright; but we’ll keep feeding you small doses of Socialism until you will finally wake up and find that you already have Communism. We won’t have to fight you; we’ll so weaken your economy, until you fall like overripe fruit into our hands.” —Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), Leader of the Soviet Union after death of Marxist/Leninist Joseph Stalin; First Secretary of Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1953-1964); Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1958-1964).

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.” ― Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), 40th U.S. President.

“We hold these truths to be self-Evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. —That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, —That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying it foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. . . .” —Excerpt from The U.S. Declaration of Independence, 1776.

“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” ― Abraham Lincoln (1909-1865), 16th U.S. President.

                                                             ---William James Moore