Ungentleman-Like Behavior

Well, I don’t know what to think of a person who can’t discuss a topic without blowing up and using foul language when they are actually losing an argument. It is somewhat interesting and yet it is quite disappointing when it comes from the former mayor of Salina, Kansas, who happens to claim he is a Republican.

Sadly enough, he is hook-line and sinker in the GOP establishment group, not the group who refuses to sell out to the left.  I am astonished at this man’s vulgar mouth. What came spewing from his mouth, I wouldn’t have in my hand, unless I was taking a sample for testing for worms.  Yes, he has a potty mouth to say the least.  And he likes to use a word similar to fornication as well, but we won’t go there.

It was a simple discussion on Facebook that was on the situation in Oregon about the  militia taking over the federal building in response to the Bureau of Land Management sending two ranchers to prison.  The whole thing is simple.  These ranchers had contracts with the BLM (Bureau of Land Management not black lives matter) on some land leases.  They had an agreement with the BLM to burn some of the land, to improve it.  Then the BLM backed out after they agreed and agreed that the burning (which was controlled and did no damage to anything except the brush that needed controlled)was beneficial and improved the land. THEN the BLM changed their minds and pressed charges and the men when to prison, I think it was for 3 years.  THEN the BLM wanted them to spend more time in prison after they served.  So, the militia steps in and we have a stand off to protect these men.

BUT,, this gets more intriguing.  The BLM is pushing these ranchers to the limit and they may have to sell some land to pay their legal fees.  BUT guess what?  The BLM has first dibs on the land that is sold, if it sells.  Doesn’t that sound kind of screwy to you?  I think that is government tyranny.  It is not good and someone needs to step in and stop them.

So this is the story we were discussing.  I was accused of being an idiot and a lot of other not nice things by this former mayor.  He called me uninformed.  I explained that I have read the Constitution, John Locke’s Second Treatise of Government, Much of the Federalist Papers and other historical documents so that I could understand the true meaning of the Constitution.  The Second Amendment provides for a militia, to protect from tyrannical leaders and armies.  They are to protect the people from unjust situations, which is exactly what that rancher situation is with the BLM.  Still, when I retorted with my education of the historical documents and such, I was told I did not understand what they meant.  And the vulgarities continued.  It is a shame that someone who was in a position of a representative of Salina, Kansas behaves in such a way.  You can tell he has no regard for me and I can gather from that, his attitude was the same when he was mayor.

I was attacked that I was not a real Republican and that I was basically anti-government.  Well, I do not approve of the current government behavior and I wish it were more like what our Founding Fathers established but I am not anti-government.  I am anti-raping the people and the country.  I am anti-establishment behaviors of selling the people and the country out to things and people I do not approve of.  But sadly, this man made excuse after excuse and called names instead of discussing facts.  he didn’t like it when I spouted that I had read all those documents to understand things.  What is a person to do?  You have to read things to understand what was written.  I understand Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness is to live how I want, do as I want to make myself happy as long as it does not infringe on others same rights.  How can agreeing with the militia mean that I am an idiot?  He accused me of living off the government because I make less than 25K a year.  I explained I pay my own way, my own health insurance with NO subsidies as my insurance does not qualify.  I pay my student loans and I live in a shed with no running water because I cannot afford a real house.  I am not ashamed of my situation and I am working to better it, but it takes time.  I am not stupid and I am smarter than most people. Life just put me in a bad situation.  STill, being called foul things by a former mayor is quite concerning.  He has no respect for me and it is clear as a mayor, he had no respect for anyone who wouldn’t do things to benefit him.  Is that a real republican?  WEll, a real establishment republican maybe, certainly not the new conservative republicans.  Oh well.  I have been called worse but not by a former mayor.  Shame on you Mr. Name-caller.

Amendment 2

“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” 

The Second Amendment to the Constitution of The United States of America plainly states that all PEOPLE have the right to keep and bear arms.  To make this clear, one must understand the basis of government.  To get that clarity, one must read John Locke’s Second Treatise of Government, which clearly explains that for one to be in a society, one must agree to certain things.  First, a person in a society has an unwritten agreement with the society, to follow the laws of that society. In other words, a person must agree to follow the accepted behaviors of society, such as treating each other with respect and basically being cordial to one another.  Unfortunately, in some parts of society, we have those who refuse to conform and are lawless.  But for those who DO follow the norms(or laws) of society, they have rights and those rights include the right to own a gun, not only for protection against those who are lawless but also to protect us from those in power who seek to overthrow us, such as the current president, who by executive order, plans to overthrow this part of the Constitution by enforcing gun control.

While the president (lower case for a reason) believes he can enforce gun control on law abiding citizens, he fails to  protect us from those who are not law abiding.  He is leaving us vulnerable to those who seek to destroy us.  This in itself is treasonous behavior toward the PEOPLE and therefore he is the one who should be stopped.  He is acting as King George III did when the colonies declared independence from England.  George was a tyrant and so is the current president.  No president in recent history or rather, since I was born in 1966, has been so instrumental in disrupting life in the United States as the current one and why no one stops the man is beyond my understanding.  Our Constitution has guidelines in which to control tyrannical leaders such as this yet our Congress is not willing to do anything.  So, therefore it is up to the PEOPLE to do something.  What shall we do?  Well, there is a quote from one of our Founding Fathers that basically says, to fight/stop a tyrannical leader is obedience to God.  So, how do we stop this man?  Many will say by force and yes, that is what the Second Amendment states we have the right to do.  Do I advocate this?  I won’t say, but, forced into a corner, such as we are, one must do what one must to protect their life, liberty and pursuit of happiness if the government refuses to do so.  Fight to protect your family, fight to protect your life and what is yours.  We have that right.  If all other options fail, then do what you must.  I say neither yea or nay.

We must take the Constitution for exactly what it says, nothing more or less.  It is clearly written so that simple educated people can understand it.  The problem is, those wishing to control people will manipulate things in ways they can.  obama (lower case for a reason) seeks to destroy the Constitution and that in itself is treasonous and a good enough reason to remove him from office because he swore an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States.  He has not done so since the day he took office for his first term.  He swore to fundamentally change the United States of America and he has worked hard at doing this.  I have seen lawlessness in the streets because he encourages racism.  I have seen the First Amendment attacked in several ways, first the silencing of those who speak against him, and the attack on Christians for their RIGHT to worship as they see fit, by allowing one religion (islam) more rights than Christianity.  But for now, the one thing I need to say, and hopefully will say it without being censured is this:  Now more than ever, WE THE PEOPLE MUST use the Second Amendment to its full authority, not only to protect our families but to protect our life, liberty and pursuit of happiness when a tyrannical  leader attempts to remove our Constitutional and God-given rights to protect ourselves.  He is committing a crime against Natures Laws and Nature’s Creator by this tyrannical attempt to enforce gun control against law abiding citizens.

Would YOU Let a Rattle Snake in YOUR House?

I dislike snakes with a passion.  I think it has something to do with my mother’s awful reactions to snakes when I was a child. She had one slither over her bare foot in the garden when I was with her and the horrific scream she let out has never left my  head.  The old deacon from our church happened to be stopped at the corner, when Mom screamed and knowing exactly what happened, he turned the corner and drove by the garden.  He was smiling and asked Mom where the snake had gone and she pointed to the rhubarb patch she had been in.  John could not find the snake anywhere.

Fast forward about twenty years and I am riding a ‘green broke’ 2 yr old stallion by the name of Rope Burn Champ.  I was riding in the Flint Hills of Kansas and there are rattle snakes, copperheads, black snakes and the like all over Kansas, but up until that time, I had only come across one snake, a black snake.  I was urging Rope Burn up a rocky wash out when I heard that buzz.  The horse and I both froze.  I knew the first buzz was the warning and the second would be the strike.  But where was that beast?  Was it in front, beside or had we stepped over it?  My mind was in a panic and the horse’s ears were twitching.  We were both trying to figure out where that snake was.

I decided the snake had to be in front of us.  In the many flint rocks in front of us, the snake blended in.  We had to move quickly, so I pulled on the right rein and kicked the colt hard.  He jumped straight up in the air and spun around as I looked back and I could see that massasauga rattlesnake (they only get to be around 3 foot long and can leap as far as twice their length) striking out but we were far enough away he missed.  The colt stopped right on the ledge of an 8 foot drop off.  Both the colt and I were trembling.  That was too close for comfort!  We managed to go down the opposite side of the drop off and we headed home.  Every time a grasshopper ‘buzzed’ when they jumped, that colt and I would seize up.  We had a good scare and that experience was not going to leave our minds for some time.

With that little story told, I turn to the current situation with the islamic terrorists (Lower case for a reason) that are invading the United States of America under the guise of Syrian Refugees AND all the muslims (lower case for a reason again) pouring into our country, those recruited here and those disgruntled American citizens who turn to islam, thinking it is a religion and that it is a religion of peace.

I understand and accept the fact that there are those who follow muhammed (lower case for a reason) and are peaceful.  However, if you look at the history of islam since it was founded, you will find that they have attempted to overthrow the world many times.  The invasion or ancient Syria, Spain, Northern Africa and Turkey is proof they want to over throw the world.  Their teachings also demand that those who will not convert must die or pay a price to stay alive.  The INFIDEL as they call us non-believers.  And the Koran also says it is okay for a muslim to lie to non-believers.  It is also okay for them to beat their women into submission if they have offended the husband.

The current president is allowing Syrian refugees into our country and claims they are being vetted in a very extensive vetting process.  But I ask you; if it is okay for a muslim to lie to non-muslims, then how can the vetting process be extensive?  How can it weed out the terrorists?  The wife of the San Bernardino terrorists had been through the vetting process and she got in.  She didn’t complete her vetting process properly because paperwork was missing, she gave them a false hometown.  The witch LIED in her vetting process and look what she did.

There are countless al-qaeda (lower case and I think you’ve figured out why by now) camps across the United States that train in warfare.  The FBI has been following them for years.  WE HAVE BEEN INVADED PEOPLE! There are sleeper cells out there, just waiting.  If a few operatives like the San Bernardino couple die, that is no big deal, there are more.  They are like a sly fox, lying in wait for their prey to make a mistake.

Why can’t the current administration stop this mess?  The answer lies in the woman in charge at the White House, Valerie Jarret, who was Iranian born and is a communist!  She pulls the strings in the administration.  She is all for the downfall of America, as is the president (lower case, for you got it!)  They all know that the only way to destroy America is from within.  Over tax the people, spend money until we are broke (boy haven’t they spent a lot in the last  7 years!), cripple the military.  We have a rattle snake in the White House and they are bringing in more rattle snakes as fast as they can.  A couple years ago, I read an article that said that more Mexicans an Latinos were converting to islam.  Look who bought the guns for the San Bernardino couple!  He was Latino!

So, my question to you is; Would you bring a rattle snake into your house?  By house I mean your country.

I am not an islamaphobic person, I am a person of reason.  I see too many things that don’t add up.  If it looks like a rattlesnake and acts like a rattlesnake, then that is probably what it is.  I see very few women and children refugees coming out of Syria.  Why is that I ask you?  Most refugees I have seen from other countries are women and children because the men are either fighting or killed off.

In a previous blog post, I mentioned this.  I also mentioned that President Assad, the president of Syria was protecting Christians, who were being attacked by mulsims.  How many Christians are being let in to the USA from Syria?  Less than 1%.  Smells funny to me.

We let a rattlesnake into the White House 7  years ago and we keep getting bit by the bastard.  All I can say is, I hope we don’t get a female rattlesnake in the White House in 2016.

 

 

I’m Starting a Business!

In 2012, my land lord wanted me to find him some goats.  My first thoughts were that I would end up taking care of them as he is a total idiot when it comes to animal husbandry.  He cannot give a shot, he can’t deal with putting his hand in the back end of a goat to pull a kid and he certainly doesn’t have the heart to put an animal down if it needs to be put down.  So, I ended up taking care of his goats and I am sick of it since he owes me so much money for caring for them, I hate to talk about that.  But, my rent is free and I don’t have to pay for the water my horses drink and I can live in the wash house for free.

Every day after work, in the warmer months, I come home from work and turn the goats out in to the pasture so they can graze.  I have to keep an eye on them so they don’t get onto the neighbor’s crops since we do not have proper fences for goats.  What we have is old five wire barbed wire and the goats crawl right through it.  My 3 border collies and I spend our evenings babysitting the goats, taking away from my time to ride horses, write and relax.  I am sick of it.

I’ve been doing some reading on renting goat herd out to manage weeds, brush and invasive trees and I’ve talked to several people who are actually making a living at renting their herds out to people who do not want to use chemical or mechanical means to control the weeds on their land. It is a pretty good deal.  SO, I did some figuring, talking and I am in the process now of writing up a business plan.  I am going to start my own rent-a-goat herd business!

Barnyard Weed Warriors will start their first season on April 1, 2016!  We will be available for a day, week, or month, depending on the size of the property, density of the weeds and the types of plants you want removed.  I will still be babysitting goats but at least now, I will be making a living at it.  I figured it out and I can make almost as much in one week as I do in a whole month were I am working now.  So, as my 50th birthday slowly sneaks up on me, I am making changes in my life.  I will act like I am 25 again and I am taking risks, making changes to better myself and maybe get the goats in better shape than they have ever been.  They will be out all summer, eating weeds and brush and not hay.  Their worm load will diminish as we will be away from the dry lot, where the worms love to hang out and I can kick back, relax and watch the goats chew all day.  I may even get to write a little as the goats will be enclosed in a temporary electric fence to control them.  I look forward to an exciting new year and new life!

 

 

King of Denial

The Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, tenth edition defines denial as “1: refusal to satisfy a request or desire 2a (1) refusal to admit the truth or reality (as of a statement or charge)  (2) assertion that an allegation is false  b: refusal to acknowledge a person or things: DISAVOWAL 3: the opposing by the defendant of an allegation of the opposite party in a lawsuit 4: SELF-DENIAL 5: negation in logic  6: a psychological defense mechanism in which confrontation with a personal problem or with reality is avoided by denying the existance of the problem or reality.

Don’t you find this an interesting word with definitions?  I do and it perfectly defines what our so-called president obama (lower case for a reason) is doing with EVERYTHING his administration is and has done since he was elected for his first term.  Allow me to elaborate a bit.

He denies that he has any responsibility in the FACT that racism is on the increase and it is coming from his own office in the way he rants and raves.  His behavior in Ferguson is thuggish, he encouraged the violence by his inaction to tell the blacks to NOT riot.  His attorney general tried to find fault in the police officer and then demonized the officer to the point he lives in fear for his life. obama denies that the officer feared for his life, that Michael Brown was a thug.

The Sandy Hook incident, sad I admit and it could have been avoided if that shooter had been properly handled, getting him proper treatment.  But NOOOO it was the guns fault.  Tell me this; how does an object that does not breath become a deadly object on its own?  It can’t, it has to be USED by a person be become deadly.  It that person has a warped mind, they will use it to do evil.  Even a knife will kill if that handler uses it in such a manner. Our joker-in-chief denies that the person using the gun was the killer.  Denies that the person behind the gun was responsible.  FACT, if the teachers of that school had been armed with guns, that shooter wouldn’t have killed as many children and he would have been killed faster, stopped dead in his tracks.

Let’s see, obama denies that the Constitution even exists by using Executive action on things he knows will not pass the House and Senate.  He denies THE PEOPLE their say in what they want and don’t want, like obamacare, that was supposed to be a good deal, look at the insurance companies dropping out, dropping people, discontinuing services.

What about Syria?  If remembered correctly, President Assad was defending Christians against muslims (lower case for a reason).  But obama wants him out, I wonder why?  He denies pulling out of Iraq was a bad deal, it only made  matters worse, the country was not ready.  He denies that those held at Guantanamo Prison are dangerous, then he turns some loose and what do they do?  They join up with terrorist organizations once they  get to their own countries. And what about that Major ‘ali babba ‘ that killed all those people on the military post in Texas?  THAT WAS TERRORISM, not work place violence!  But he denies this too!

obama denies that our country is in more debt with him at the helm than any other president before.  He actually believes he has done more positive things for our country than any other president.  He denies that the words out of his mouth are lies, when in FACT everything he says is in one way shape or form, treasonous, treacherous, negative, hateful and stupid.  He has NO common sense, he lives in a fairy dust land where even his most stupid ideas are ‘perfect’.  He denies he was born in another country as well (I  had to put this in as his birthcertificate is still questionable).

He denies that any terrorists and illegals are coming across our southern border with Mexico, he denies the Constitution and its rules for immigration.

Now we come to the refugee issue.  Yes, I am finally getting to that.  For this one is his crowned jewel of denial.  He denies that any of the refugees are terrorists.  Hmmm, didn’t we just have refugees in Germany having riots?  Aren’t the large majority of refugees men instead of women and children like obama claims? Oh it gets worse and worse and worse.

Before the news media invaded the apartment of the muslim couple that murdered those people in California, WE THE PEOPLE KNEW it was a terrorist attack and there is no way for obama to spin this any other way!  He is busted on this one.  He made claims that all refugees are vetted closely before coming into the USA.  HMMM wasn’t that bitchdog muslim killer in California here on a visa?  Yep and she was vetted by INS and Homeland Security as well as others….BUSTED! Proof that the vetting of refugees will not work! Plain and simple facts should prevent any more refugees from coming to this country.  Even the illegals coming from Mexico are dangerous, not all of them of course but a large majority are criminals that rape, kill and terrorize in their own ways.

In a court of law, if you put obama on trial for everything he has said, the facts would beyond a shadow of a doubt be against him and he would be convicted of lying.  Now, when you look at his oath he took not once but twice now, he vowed to protect THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and uphold its laws and he has not done so in everything he has done.  He denies that his accomplishments are detrimental to the USA, he denies that he is doing anything wrong, he denies that he is stupid, blind and ignorant, when We THE PEOPLE see otherwise.

Now, the only actions WE THE PEOPLE can take against this joker-in-chief is to demand his censure, impeachment and removal from office.  Enough is enough, our country DEMANDS PROTECTION FROM TERRORISTS AND barrack huessin obama, KING OF DENIAL!

 

 

 

 

President Obama should Resign

It is clear that president obama  (lower case for good reason) hasn’t the male fortitude to lead ANYTHING.  He is not a leader, he is a JOKE and each and every American citizen needs to call their representatives & senators, to demand that obama resign IMMEDIATELY.  His lack of credibility during the last few days has proven he REFUSES to uphold his OATH OF OFFICE.  His supposed executive orders ARE NULL AND VOID if he cannot follow the oath to uphold the Constitution and protect the country.  He is inviting MURDEROUS ‘refugees’ into out country as an INVASION FORCE, in hopes of taking over the country, well I have news for him and his muhammadan buddies.  AINT GONNA HAPPEN!

Obama THINKS (Ha that is a misnomer!) he can issue any executive order and it will be followed.  NOPE, not when the PEOPLE declare his presidency NULL & VOID.  So, let me be the first to declare that  president obama’s administration is null and void because he refuses to uphold the Constitution of the United States of America and I DEMAND his official ouster from the White House.  His executive orders are NULL & VOID.  I Declare him to be a traitor of the United States of America and he must now LEAVE this country OR go immediately to FT Leavenworth prison for PERMANENT residency.

France’s President closed the borders and is attacking isis.  They are using bases in the united arab emirants (UAE) which, is where the Gitmo prisoners who were just released were sent to.  Strange don’t you think.  obummer has stuff up his sleeve it would appear.  obama is NO LONGER president of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!

Prayers for the People of France

It is a tragedy, what happened in France. I pray that healing begins but also that the people of France begin to stand up and fight for their country as we are now seeing the President of France doing by closing their borders. This is a step in the right direction.

I have also read today that Sweden is now following the lead of France and closing their borders. My question is, when with the idiot in the White House do the same? He probably won’t as he believes climate change is more of a threat. Well I have news for him, he might not have a choice if the PEOPLE take over and boot his ass out of office by force. It may come to that if he isn’t careful. But that is what he wants so he can declare martial law and take over the country, eliminate the elections and declare himself as president forever. He is so delusional it is pathetic.

It is time for WE THE PEOPLE to stand up and demand the idiot -in-chief resign or impeach him for his idiocy because we now have terrorists (supposed syrian refugees) in Louisiana and who knows where else that have just arrived. We already know there are terrorists in Minnesota, training camps in almost every state in the country and obummer does NOTHING about it but encourages them from his lack of aggression towards any terrorist muslim group. Of course, even if the muslim terrorists went after his wife or daughters, he would not do anything as he probably wants Michelle gone anyway as she is visiting muslim countries now, (maybe she is house hunting) and there was some muslim offered obummer a lot of cattle for his eldest daughter.

At any rate, the eyes of the world have been finally opened to what many of us have been trying to tell them for years. Now they get the point, the only good muslim terrorist is a dead one and I would like to see that acted upon more often because there is NO changing them. When they believe that there are 72 virgins waiting for them on the other side, you know they are stupid.

Had to Step Back

This political/economic mess we currently have has taken its toll on me and I had to step away from it for a while.  I am tired.  Tired of all the lamestream media’s falsehoods, misinterpretations and blatant lies about candidates.  The only reason the media is behaving they way they are is because they are  run by liberals and have liberals reporting for them and the way the look of things are, the Republicans, even though we aren’t happy with them, are leading the democrats/socialists/communists freaks.  I say freaks because it is a freak show; we have Hillary Clinton, the wicked witch of politics, cackling like a sick hen, we have Berny Sanders the devout Communist  and if that isn’t freakish, I don’t know what is, they are both about as far out in outer space with their ideas as can be.  They are totally out of reality when it comes to the People of the United States of America.  Their agendas prove that they have no clue what the rest of us live like.  They are so pampered by their wealth they don’t understand living from pay check to paycheck, trying to pay for health insurance AND student loans (which I am behind on now because my budget is too small. If  the economy was better, I’d have a better job and be able to pay on it).

No, Hillary the liar is guilty of murder, leaking to security emails and information and she will make sure others fall for her transgressions.  Berny, well , he has a following and IF by chance he gets the nomination over Hillary, we will be in worse shape.  If Hillary gets the nomination, she will have a hard time as people flat out HATE her.  Either way, the democrats have nothing to offer and the disenchantment of obama (lower case for a reason) will hurt them the most.  Anyone who associates with obama is guilty of some criminal activity that is on the level of treason and what is worse, NOTHING is being done to stop them.  I think it is time that people start paying for their crimes against our country and Hillary is second in the list of criminals who are guilty and they have the idiocy to claim the Republicans are bad for this country.

On another note; the RNC leadership needs to go and I think they are finally starting to feel the pinch of outsider candidates leading in the polls.  The People are fed up and taking control of the RNC in a slow but steady progress.  Hopefully, we have a NON politician as our nominee due to overwhelming numbers of votes.  That would be a clear message that the Republican party is losing its good-ole-boy hold for true Conservatism.  God HELP US!

Time for a Change in Politics

The general population of American citizens is completely tired of the politicians in Washington D.C.  Fed up, ticked off, and there are countless ways to express the frustrations held by the American voter.  Mainly we are tired of being over taxed, told what we need or must do, tired of having our rights taken from us and we are generally aggravated with politics as usual.  What we find refreshing is people willing to take a stand, speak their minds and say NO to those who continue to push and steal our way of life from us.  It is time to push back and push with meaning.

It is very clear that the GOP is feeling the strain of non-political politicians stealing the lime-light from the establishment presidential candidates but it is refreshing from the average Joe’s standpoint.  We are tired of the same old rhetoric, lies and incompetence of the GOP promising to change the status quo when all they do is back down.  They placed Bonehead  John Boehner as the Speaker of the House and he is a drunk, limp wristed cry-baby and Mitch McConnell is so old that he probably has to take ten naps a day just to keep up appearances.  Then look at all the people who have spent more than 10n years in Washington D.C., they are all bought and kept politicians.  Even Kansas can’t get away from bought and paid for Senators; Pat Roberts is a has been; working in D.C. from 1966 until the present in various capacities.  He is no more a Kansan than the current idiot in the White House.  Having a recliner chair in someone’s house is not considered a residency Pat.  Besides, you are too old to be there anyway.  BUT you continue to claim you are helping the farmers.  I am not so sure that is truth.  Even our once good-guy, Jerry Moran, who is now taking on more leadership roles has lost sight of what is best for Kansas.  He can’t really believe that we agree he is doing what is best for Kansas.  “Nope, Nope, Nope” as Ducky says in Land before Time.  Jerry, you’ve drank the Kool-aid and it is time to give it up and come home.

I like Tim Huelskamp but he has been emasculated by the Speaker of the House for standing up against him.  Still, Tim has been able to stir the pot a little and show everyone just what is happening to people who do try to buck the system.  That is why it is so important for the PEOPLE to take action NOW.  We can do a few things to make changes and make a difference.  First we must select people to run against the incumbents, just to keep them on the straight and narrow or even replace them.  Secondly, we the PEOPLE CAN recall our Senators and Representatives if we don’t like the way they are voting.  A threat to remove them from office can be a very influential force.  It is time we use these tools and we can also make laws in individual states that LIMIT the number of years a person can serve their state without the federal government being involved.  EACH STATE can limit their elected Senators to no more than two terms and Representatives to three terms.

Our once great country was founded by men and women(you can’t tell me women didn’t motivate their men) who were just average people.  Many were natural leaders and yes, some were very wealthy people.  But they all had one thing in common, they wanted liberty to do what made them happy and that was to pursue their happiness as long as it didn’t interfere with others happiness.  They wanted a government free of tyranny that would protect them and allow them to worship the way they wanted.  It is time to take those same philosophies and put them first and foremost once again.

Why is Donald Trump and Ben Carson so dangerous to the GOP? It is because that is what the PEOPLE WANT, non-politicians that are true leaders, who care about what is right and good in this country.  The career politician is a dinosaur and limp as a wet noodle.  We want leaders who cannot be bought by special interests, who want to move this country back to the Land of the Free and Home of the Brave, who won’t sell us out to the United Nations or to rouge nations such as Iran and Cuba.

Take action folks.  REMOVE the career politicians and replace them with people who know how to work.  People who have callouses on their hands and know how to make money.  It is time to get rid of the lazy buy-outs and get work horses who can do the job.

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In Memory of Steve

Today I will go to the funeral of a dear cowboy friend, Steve Ward.  After the funeral, I intend on riding into the hills on a  horse, to honor my dear departed friend.  I would like to share with you an essay I wrote, the day after his passing.  It was written then as I was in such shock the day he died, I couldn’t even put words together.  To make matters worse, he died on the birthday of a dear cowboy friend who had died nearly fifteen years ago, so I was already down, thinking about my buddy Sid, when I got the news about Steve.  Here is the essay:

 Farewell to Steve

   I lost a cowboy buddy, August 17, 2015.  He was at the sale barn, working the sale, when he took a fall from his horse.  He went quickly; so I’ve been told, so I don’t reckon he had time to say goodbye to anyone.  His passing is hard to take; why just last week, Steve called and we had a nice little chat and then parted with kind words.  I still can’t believe it was the last conversation I had with him.  I will miss him.

   I met Steve when I worked at a feed yard.  He came to shoe horses and I was immediately drawn to this man, who I recognized as a true cowboy.  I heard he had spent may years on the King Ranch in Texas and on the Pitzer Ranch in Nebraska; he had to be a good hand to work those ranches.  He was always kindly to me and had respect for me as a woman cowpuncher.

   We rode together one time; I had a green colt to ride and he offered to ride with me.  It was one of the most pleasant Saturdays I’ve ever had.  We talked for hours and our commonality allowed us a special communion that only cowboys can appreciate.  I loved him as a brother, then and now.  Kindred spirits of the cowboy kind; perpetual optimists, savvy to  uncertain trails, sure of our skills and yet, somewhere deep inside, there is a little bit of bitter sweet understanding that one day, our trail must end.

   Steve and I talked of God and our faith on various occasions and I know I will see Him again, someday.  He, like many cowboys understood the significance of God’s Grace in our lives and perhaps too, it was that Grace that allowed my dear friend to go so quickly.  I do believe that it is the way it was; even though, those of us he left behind must now deal with the loss of a friend, father, grandfather, brother, cousin and uncle.  He leaves a little bit of himself in our hearts and memories to make us smile and then wipe a tear from our eye.

   My heart is broken at the loss of a good friend and even more as this dear friend passed away on the birthday of another dear cowboy, who I lost almost fifteen years ago.  My heart aches for both my cowboy friends, and yet I find some comfort knowing, they were called to ride for HIS brand, forever, on that Glorious Ranch in the sky.  It makes me want to hurry up and get there myself, but I must wait my turn.  I have a few more sunrises and sunsets to see and appreciate, a few more cattle to gather, a few more goats to rope, a few more colts to ride and a few more dusty trails to wander down.

   See you down that Heavenly Trail Steve, and say hi to Sid for me, I’m sure the two of you will have a lot to talk about.

   Your Friend,

   The Barnyard Mare, Duchess of the Prairie