To Vote or Not to Vote: A Long-Standing Dilemma for a Growing Many

Except for certain special circumstances, our YR 2018 U.S. general “mid-term” elections will be held on Tuesday, November 6. Each administered by the respective state and local governments, regardless of whether involving federal, state, or local offices. Millions upon millions of dollars will have been spent in relentless truthful and untruthful, as well as lawful and unlawful, efforts to sway our votes in favor of particular candidates.

Through it all, millions of U.S. citizens will do their best to become responsibly informed and do the right thing. As a seemingly ever-growing shameful number of others, will choose to forgo their right to vote for or against those seeking positions of power, influence, and responsibility within our government. A most precious U.S. citizen right protected and preserved by countless past and present, often at ultimate sacrifice. A right yet denied to and sought by untold millions of less fortunate others worldwide.

Those committed to the long-standing search for and use of excuses for “not voting” will likely recognize one or more of the following time-worn examples: forgot to register/vote; bad weather; sick; disabled; inconvenient voting place; ID required; proof of U.S. citizenship required; conflicting schedule; had to work; on travel/vacation; disgusted with politics; no good candidates; all political parties are the same; politics is all about money; corrupt politicians; the one I want is not on the ballot; all that politicians really care about is just getting elected. As well as that age-old standby—“our votes don’t really count anyway.”

On the other hand, those striving to maintain their personal commitment to “responsible voting” may find a much needed booster-shot somewhere within the following crucial priorities: preservation of our—U.S. Constitution, borders, common-language English, common-culture founded on Judeo-Christian values, and our too often taken for granted liberty and freedom. If none of these seem to address one’s “why bother to vote” pondering—how about “the future of our children and grandchildren”. That is, the wellbeing of future generations of Americans, already saddled with an outrageous and rapidly growing $21 Trillion National Debt. The result of many years of greed, corruption, and less than responsible government, left unchecked for too long by “we the people”—the so-called adults in the room.

We can do our best to be informed and active voters, or waist our precious and fragile privilege. We have the opportunity to be a part of our country’s solutions, or its problems. We can focus on the “reasons” for voting, or the “excuses” not to. The “choice” is ours—that is, at least “so far” such remains the case. 
                                                               —William James Moore 

"An Open Letter To President Trump" --- Re: The "Caravan of Invaiders Now Headed to Our U.S. Southern Border!

Dear President Trump, Below is a Website copy of signed original sent to you via Priority U.S. Mail this date, 10/24/2018. Sent with no illusions that you will likely ever see it, especially considering it being humanly impossible for any President to personally process the thousands of communications craving their daily attention. None the less, and regardless of source, it is hoped that the concerns expressed below receive your priority consideration. Respectfully, W.J. & C.A. Moore.

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“Make America Great Again!”

October 24, 2018


The President
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20500


Dear Mr. President,

We of course fully and respectfully recognize that it is humanly impossible for any president to personally process the thousands of communications craving their attention each day. None the less, and whether communicated to you by way of this letter or other means, it is our hope and trust that the nation-crucial message provided herein is timely included in your priority considerations.

Since the beginning of your candidacy, we have been among the growing millions of your strong and most dedicated supporters. A support most warranted by your unrelenting efforts, many sacrifices, and ever-growing number of accomplishments on behalf of our country—on behalf of “all” Americans!

And, it is with our most sincere thanks, appreciation, and continued support of your many good works that the following special request is respectfully offered for your consideration. A request not only reflecting the concerns of the undersigned, but also that of our likeminded family members and friends, as well as no doubt countless millions of other justifiably concerned U.S. citizens:

Well before the, now moving through Mexico, ever-growing so-called “caravan of immigrants” reaches our country’s southern border, please hold a primetime President’s Address to the Nation, in which you include as a minimum the following seven (7) points in the clearest of terms and seriousness of conviction:

(1.) A nation—any nation—is defined by its borders, common language, common culture, and nature of government.

(2.) Our country—the United States of America—is a constitutional republic defined by its borders, common language-English, and common culture founded on Judeo-Christian values.

(3.) Migration, immigration, or other non-U.S. citizen entry into the U.S. is NOT a “right” to be fulfilled at the demands of anyone. To the contrary, it is a “privilege” granted or denied at the sole discretion of the United States of America.

(4.) The ever-growing so-called “caravan of immigrants” now moving uninvited by the U.S. through Mexico on way to our U.S. southern border, with intent of illegal entry into our country, is considered by the U.S. to be “a caravan of invaders,” “disrespectful of our nation’s sovereignty,” and “a threat to our national security.” And as such, will be refused illegal entry into the U.S. by any and all required means, including the as determined necessary use of our armed military resources.

(5.) And to those planning, organizing, funding, and otherwise perpetrating this “caravan of invaders”—hear and heed the following:

(a.) Whether you be foreign or domestic, the U.S. government will seek you out, publicly identify you, and hold you accountable to the fullest extent of U.S. and International Law; and

(b.) If you “truly, truly care” about the innocent men, women, and children, caught up in the existing and other planned politically-orchestrated “caravan(s) of invaders,” you will timely halt, turn such around, fund, and otherwise ensure a timely and humanitarian return to their point(s) of origin. For, as earlier stated, any and all attempts of illegal entry into the U.S. will be considered non-tolerated acts of aggression and threats to our national security. Which will be confronted and prevented through the use of any and all means necessary, including armed U.S. Military support.

(6.) And to the government of Mexico, it is your duty to protect and control your country’s borders, and your responsibility to NOT provide accommodations for the present or other so-called “immigrant caravans” seeking to overwhelm U.S. border security and gain illegal access to our U.S. soil. Therefore, be advised that your continued failure to timely and effectively address said duty and responsibility will ultimately result in a U.S. Military enforced comprehensive closure and barricade of our total U.S. southern border. To remain in effect until you have demonstrated to U.S. satisfaction the implementation of policies no longer constituting a threat to the sovereignty and control of our southern border.

(7.) And to U.S. citizens who desire and support unsecured U.S. borders, unrestricted immigration, and “catch and release” policies being applied to illegal aliens caught on U.S. soil—hear and note the following:

(a.) If you truly put the welfare of illegal aliens above that of your fellow U.S. citizens, then please unrelentingly pressure your representatives in the House and Senate to timely establish a volunteer “Illegal Alien Custodian/Guardianship Program” that will help you put “your” time, money, and other personal resources where your heart and mouth are. For example, a federal government administrated program whereby, through a user-friendly government website, you can register and apply for an official “Illegal Alien Custodian/Guardianship” role. Whereby, after appropriate vetting and acceptance, you can be assigned, for example, five appropriately vetted illegal aliens from our existing “catch and release” immigration policy. Five individuals who, as their designated custodian/guardian, you will be totally responsible—at your personal expense—for their housing, clothing, food, education, medical care, entertainment, and other humanitarian needs, as well as accountability for their physical location, general conduct, and availability for government monitoring, etc. A responsibility that will continue lawfully and uninterrupted until the illegal aliens assigned to you have within applicable U.S. Government designated time frames, either become: (1.) English speaking, English using, U.S. culture-assimilating, self-supporting, law-abiding, legal U.S. citizens; or, (2.) lawfully deported from U.S. soil.

(b.) Should you choose not to have, support, and personally participate in an “Illegal Alien Custodian/Guardianship Program” such as described above, then it should reasonably be assumed that you are among those who recognize their patriotic duty to constructively support responsible U.S. immigration policies. Those designed to secure our U.S. borders, mandate merit-based immigration, and eliminate “catch and release” and other nation-threatening or otherwise irresponsible handling of illegal aliens.

Mr. President, those not in your shoes can in no way begin to truly identify with the awesome burden and challenges you face in dealing with the “caravan of invaders” now approaching our southern border, as well as our country’s many other most daunting of challenges. And, while full well knowing that regardless of what you do or don’t do, the radical-liberal left, biased news media, and other naysayers will contribute nothing but criticism and obstructionism, it is none the less hoped and wished that you will continue to be blessed with the wisdom and courage to not cave into such negativity, and just do what your heart and sound mind tells you is ultimately best for our nation.

With the above being said, and on behalf of millions of likeminded others, we want to take this opportunity to again express our most sincere gratitude for the absolutely great job being carried out by you and those chosen to serve with you. And especially for the long-awaited and crucially-needed hope and inspiration that you represent to us and millions of other Americans.

Like you and many others, we long ago became aware and deeply concerned that we were not passing on to our children and grandchildren the same America of liberty, freedom, and opportunity that we were recipient of. And, given that we are now in our mid-seventies, we have been blessed to be around long enough to recognize and appreciate that history will one day rightfully portray you to be high among our country’s best—if not our country’s most constructive and accomplishing U.S. President ever!

At this point we would be amiss to not note that anything herein that you find helpful to your efforts was in majority measure the result of special input and encouragement from our son. And that any shortfalls of this most sincere correspondence are in turn solely the credit of the undersigned.

Please keep the faith and unrelentingly continue the many great works you are pursuing. And may you and your family be held safe and much blessed always!

Most Respectfully,

William J. & Cecilia A. Moore
Enclosure: Copy of Public Mind Article: “Then Along Came Trump.”

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(Public Mind article published in local newspaper, the Parsons Sun)

(Also posted at: http://threats-to-our-liberty-and-survival.blogspot.com)

“Then along came Trump”

Posted (in the Parsons Sun): Friday, January 19, 2018 11:53 pm

To The Sun:

It was supposed to be a slam dunk. Starting with 17 candidates, the Republican Party’s brutal and self-devouring primary had ended with one survivor, Donald Trump. The Democrat primary, beginning with three candidates, had soon became a race between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Sanders endorsed Clinton, as hacked e-mails exposed that top DNC officials had early on dismissed Sanders as a viable candidate and attempted to undermine and derail his campaign.

Yes, the 2016 presidential election was supposed to be a done deal. Millions had been given and promised a seemingly endless list of “free-stuff” from our trillions of dollars in-debt public treasury. Years of effort had been invested in promoting victimhood, racial/social unrest and an array of other divide-and-conquer agendas. Political correctness had been widely entrenched as weapons against truth, fact, reality, free speech and common sense. So-called mainstream media and entertainment-industry elite had saturated the country with politically biased venom. And a deep state (liberty-threatening manipulators within the IRS, FBI and other government agencies) was firmly established to disrupt and block any serious threat to the status-quo.

Yes, our U.S. borders would soon continue to be essentially open to all, providing a growing voter-base for some, and endless source of cheap labor for others. And forever secure would be the positions of power and influence within the self-sustaining partnership between the radical/irresponsible elements of the political left and political right — the entrenched base of irresponsible career politicians, lobbyists and bureaucrats.

But then came President Trump. A wealthy businessman, Washington outsider, a threat to the swamp. The president put U.S. interests above that of other nations, and U.S. citizens’ rights above the welfare of illegal aliens. He tried to replace nation destructive political correctness with truth, fact, reality and common sense. He declared radical/Islamic terrorists to be radical/Islamic terrorists. He committed to the seemingly impossible task of making America great again, donating his taxpayer funded salary to charity and expressing a merry Christmas wish as a merry Christmas wish. This president had more U.S. preserving accomplishments during his first year in office than most if not all his predecessors (the biggest Tax Cut and Reform Bill in America’s history”; “destruction of the ISIS caliphate”; and a “historically unmatched booster-shot to U.S. economy”—being none the least among hundreds of crucial achievements so far). All while swimming upstream against opposition in both political parties; a hostile mainstream news media; an on-going, nation-damaging hissy-fit from election sore-losers; and a “deep state” committed—not to our U.S. Constitution, liberty, and freedom—but to our President’s and country’s failure.

Seems Abraham Lincoln was unsettlingly prophetic when reportedly stating, “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”

But what do I know, I’m just an old “deplorable”—and likely now labeled by the politically-correct as racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, and Islamaphobic. — WILLIAM JAMES MOORE, Parsons, KS

A Caring Heads-up from Gracie!

Hello,

My name is “Gracie.” As you will note from the above photo, I am of the species “Canis lupus familiaris.” More informally referred to as of the “dog” family.

Cutting to the chase, so to speak, I and relatively sane others cannot help but be increasingly and justifiably concerned, as we watch and listen to various TV talk-shows, so-called “news” broadcasts, social media chatter, and political spectacles, etc. As we are likewise truly disappointed in and alarmed by the related destructive behavior of what appears to be a growing number of the self-declared “superior” human species. People that I and other so-called “lesser-beings” share this precious earth with.

More specifically . . . long, long ago one of my kind’s most cunning competitors for human attention—the “Felis catus” species (or, “cats” for short), developed the ability and willingness to basically “tolerate” not only themselves and others, but especially “human beings” in general. While at the same time we dogs have advanced even further! That is, we not only have the capacity and willingness for “tolerating” much of the human race, we have also been blessed (or possibly cursed) with the unmatchable capacity for “unconditional affection”—even for some of the obviously most undeserving. Yes, we mere dogs are that yet unmatched source of human-craved, and too-often taken for granted, “unconditional affection,” which to date the “cat” species has chosen to not trouble themselves with—and many humans seem generally incapable of.

Yes, even after thousands upon thousands of years of experience and consequences, you humans still continue your self-absorbed, self-destructive “intolerance” of one another. A nature of intolerance that, since the beginning, has been used by the more greedy and sinister among you to fuel “divide and conquer” agendas and other liberty-destroying behaviors. In an ever worsening craving and quest for power and control over others through various means. None the least being the promotion of dissent between, for example, those labeled as “the oppressed (victims)” and those accused of being “the oppressors.” Liberty-destroying agendas of dissent, often aided by self-defeating ignorance, apathy, complacency, denial, greed, and counter-productive fears of too many among you.

Although we mere “dogs” and our counterpart lesser-beings lack the solution to what seems to afflict the human species, we nonetheless justifiably and most fearfully recognize the following certain reality. That being, it is crucial that you very, very soon: (1.) seriously acknowledge your self-destructive behavior, and (2.) “replace” your menacing weapons of political-correctness, identity-politics, racism, victim vs oppressor, illusion that life must be “fair” and that anything is truly “free,” etc., with some basic common-sense tolerance for one another! Should you fail to do so, you the so-called superior human species are most certainly going to screw-up this planet Earth for “all” of us! And, be not deceived—your failure to demonstrate due respect for one another has been far exceeded by your undeniable success at developing weapons of mass-destruction capable of doing us “all” in!

The above being some top priority concerns to responsibly ponder as you go about your self-destructive intolerance of the inalienable (God-given) rights of other human beings to life, liberty, and pursuit of (not guarantee of) happiness. Too often also ignorant or unconcerned that that you also share this earth with countless other life forms, each struggling with life in their own respective ways to realize their likewise inalienable (God-given) role in the yet to be truly understood big scheme of things.

With Unconditional Affection,

“Gracie”

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As shared with: —The Moore's (William James & Cecilia Ann)


                                            

Some Thoughts About "Options," "Rights," & "Responsibility"

We universally-flawed humans of course have the “option” to believe what we choose to believe.  However, and in clear contrast to the behavior of some, none among us have the “right” to insist that everyone else believe as we do.

For example, I and likeminded others have the “option” to believe in the importance of protecting, preserving, and adhering to our U.S. Constitution; securing our national borders; enforcing merit-based immigration policies; learning and using our common national language-English; assimilating our common national culture founded on Judeo-Christian values; and maintaining our capitalist free-enterprise system (rather than communism/socialism), etc.

We likewise have the option of believing that it is our responsibility to do our best to elect and support government representatives and leaders who are seriously committed to these same beliefs.  We also have the option of honoring the sacrifice of those who established our truly unique Constitutional Republic, and those of the past who have fought, and those of the present who continue to fight, to protect and preserve our inalienable (God-given) rights to life, liberty, and the “pursuit” of (not guarantee of) happiness.

And, while not having the right to insist that the rest of the world share the values and beliefs cited above—as proud legal U.S. citizen Americans, I and likeminded others do have the option (if not responsibility) to lawfully encourage those who believe and behave otherwise to set up their residence, and carry out their anti-American dreams, somewhere other than within our U.S. borders. For us to do otherwise likely makes us a contributor to the liberty-threatening nation-destructive illusion that within our U.S. borders, interfering with the constitutional rights of legal U.S. citizens is a workable option.

But what do I know, I’m just an elderly unapologetic “deplorable”—and likely now labeled by the self-absorbed, self-proclaimed politically-correct as racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, and Islamaphobic.   Nevertheless, someone who at times entertains the thought of possibly being aware of a thing or two, for no other reason than having so far been blessed to live long enough to see a thing or two.  - - -  Of course, you, the reader, certainly have the “option” of believing otherwise. 

                                                              —William James Moore

U.S. Faces Crucial "Fork in the Road"!

When I and others of same time frame entered this world, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) was the U.S. President—you can do the math. And, some thirteen U.S. Presidents later, I and countless likeminded others ponder the world around us with a mixed state of positive wonder and deep concern.

Positive wonder regarding the many life-improving advances now available to an ever-growing fortunate many worldwide. And, a deep concern about the ancient-rooted evils and other dark-sides of humankind that yet threaten—not only our daily livelihood—but our ultimate survival. Threats all too often, and for much too long, treated with self-destructive apathy and complacency.

For example, although our country continues to be faced with daunting social challenges, and serious threats from enemies within and beyond our borders, the turnout of lawful voters in our local, state, and national U.S. elections continues to be irresponsibly and shamefully low. Leaving the fate of current and future generations of Americans vulnerable to those who strive to destroy our constitutional democracy and the precious liberty and freedom so many past and present have paid the ultimate price for. A liberty and freedom too many among us too often take for granted, as countless among our world’s much less fortunate continue to strive for, often at ultimate sacrifice.

Our upcoming November 2018 elections represent a rapidly approaching “crucial fork in the road”! Unlike a “crossroad” that implies multiple options, the “fork in the road” facing us includes only two paths. 

One leading to respect for and preservation of our U.S. Constitution; borders; common-language English; free-enterprise economic system; and common-culture founded on Judeo-Christian values. 

The other being a suicidal path into the liberty and freedom destroying abyss of socialist/communist agendas. Fueled by the divide and conquer weapons of political correctness, racism, identity politics, victimization, and hate-promoting propaganda, etc.

The choice is ours—at least at this point in time it remains so.

And, as we ponder the crucial upcoming November 2018 elections, and the consequences thereof, it is well that we also keep in mind that history attests that it is not “wars” that destroy nations—but the “apathy and complacency” of the people thereof.

Which brings us to the truly prophetic and inescapable wisdom of the following quotation commonly attributed to Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), our 16th 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.”

So, for the sake of present and future generations of Americans, we are called upon to do the responsible thing in our November 2018 elections and thereafter! That being, to ensure that we only elect and support members to our U.S, Congress (House & Senate), that are truly dedicated to the support and success of President Trump’s “U.S. First” agenda for making and keeping America great again!

                                                             —William James Moore