Telling It Like It Is

THE ENTERPRISE—Politics, pragmatism, & preserving our founding freedoms & ideologies, in a politically partisan free-for-all, where voters have choices!

THE ENTERPRISE—Politics, pragmatism, and preserving our founding freedoms & ideologies, in a politically partisan free-for-all, where voters have choices!

United we stand, divided we fall

Patrick Henry used the phrase in his last public speech, given in March 1799, in which, ….clasping his hands and swaying unsteadily, Henry declaimed, "Let us trust God, and our better judgment to set us right hereafter. United we stand, divided we fall

 

MORE THAN A DOZEN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY CANDIDATES IS A RECIPE FOR DISASTER; SO IS ONLY ONE!

it became obvious that perhaps half of that dozen had much to offer. The others, while good people, were role players. 

 

When Donald Trump joins the stage on Sept. 27, the dynamics will change immeasurably. He will charm, rant, rave, take credit (not blame) for, and claim his righteous role as the candidate—BUT HOLD IT. I bet there will be dissenters on the stage. Maybe they have less name recognition, but maybe they are more stable, less meteoric, and certainly have less political and legal “baggage.” 

 

I voted for Trump in 2016 vs. Hilary. She was a terrible candidate. No contest. I voted for  Trump again in 2020 (just once) against another terrible candidate, Basement dweller—Joe Biden. Also no contest, except whoops, somehow enough votes “materialized,” from the uncontrolled wee hours blizzard of unregulated mail-in ballots and Biden “won.” 

 

If you voted for Joe, please admit your error. He has been terrible. If you voted against Trump, I understand, because he was a flawed candidate, and still is. Now we do it again in 14 months. Better this tine, I hope! Preferably not Biden vs. Trump AGAIN

 

Biden may not be able to find the polling place without an escort —Dr. Jill, (or a TelePrompt to read how he should vote) unless he’s under family-related legal indictment. Trump will also likely be in court, or in jail, somewhere, or awaiting sentencing, or appeals, or maybe even out free? 

 

That is not a prescription for choosing the best qualified occupant of the White House. Trump may lead in the GOP polls, even in polls going into the election failing Joe Biden, inept Kamala Harris! But the only Poll that counts is at the Ballot Box (or wherever legal votes are tallied!)

 

America and its future leaders must grapple with many huge issues which can skew the voting greatly. Inflation-fueled by government spending and over-reach must be reined in. 

 

1–No Democrat—Liberal—Socialists will do that, because giving people money &  free things “buys their votes.” Thirty million young voters wanting Biden’s illegal student loan forgiveness stopped the GOP Red Wave in mid-term elections. SCOTUS should have acted faster to stop that, as it must to stop a handful of other Democrat vote-buying (or illegal vote harvesting) schemes. “Buying votes with Taxpaying (Other) Americans’ Money” MUST BE STOPPED!

 

2–Abortion is an emotional vote-buying scheme too. Nikki Haley’s excellent positioning during the Aug. 23 debate was a great platform to limit that election promise trickery. Adopt it!

 

 3–No Democrat will “fix Biden’s great border fiasco” the illicit opening of the US Borders with little or no controls. Expect the next Dem “trick to offer immunity and amnesty” to millions of illegals in America due to Biden’s Fiasco.

 

4–SCOTUS must STOP the weaponization of the Dept. of Justice, the FBI and other Federal agencies against Dems political opponents. The rebuilding of law & order in America is essential, as lawlessness and illegal immigrant refugees take over major cities/states—run mostly by Democrats.

 

5–FIND A WAY to avoid a Trump vs. Biden 2024 election. Biden’s may be self limiting as his cognitive decline grows worse and worse—but yielding to Kamala Harris is an awful next outcome. She is blatantly inept and unqualified.

 

6–Recognize and act on the threats from Russia’s Putin, China’s Xi & (it’s decline, while still controlling the supply of many critical materials, products, drugs, etc.), their apparent alliance and aspirations to take over Ukraine and Taiwan, while supporting North Korea & Iran/Middle Eastern threats.

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7—Education is a total mess. It’s gets an F for Flawed, Failing or Futile.  In any case, the Dept of Education should be shut down and expelled. It never did what it was intended to do. It just became another huge political bureaucratic governmental intrusion, where it doesn’t belong,—one that doesn’t deserve to exist—at all.

 

The list could be much longer, AND getting any of these to happen is a long shot. How about term (and age) limits for members of Congress—or even of SCOTUS?

 

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NEXT: WHICH IS BETTER?

THE REAGAN EXAMPLE: VOTERS MUST CHOOSE WHAT TO DO AND HOW—WHICH IS BETTER?

—GOP: HOPE, CONFIDENCE AND GROWTH W/LAW & ORDER, WITH LOW INFLATION & LOW TAXES 

—DEMS: PESSIMISM, FEAR AND LIMITS/REGULATION & LAWLESSNESS, WITH HIGH INFLATION & HIGH TAXES

 

This is a simple choice IF THERE IS UNITY IN POLICIES behind these principles.

—Politicians make glowing promises only to break or ignore them.  

—Leaders make commitments then flow them with actions to Mert those commitments.

—WHICH WOULD YOU PREFER TO LEAD YOUR COUNTRY?

 

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The choice is simple. Vote for candidates and a party that will not just TALK THE TALK, but rather will WALK THE TALK, and make meaningful change.

 

How can you tell the difference? 

Their action and results speak so loudly you can’t hear their words,  

Look at SIX of America’s most populous states and compare them:

 

DEMOCRATS RUN: New York, Illinois, California —DEEP IN DEBT, RISING TAXES, PEOPLE & COMPANIES LEAVING BY THOUSANDS

 

REPUBLICANS RUN: Ohio, Florida, Texas—FISCALLY SOUND, LOWERING TAXES, PEOPLE GOING THERE BY THOUSANDS.

 

Even on Abortion philosophy:

Dems: Pro-abortion = abortion anytime: anywhere up, until the moment of birth

GOP: Pro-life = no abortions after 6-15 weeks (unless extenuating circumstances)

Which seems more morally right?

 

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THE CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX: IS UNPROVEN, UNSETTLED & PROMOTED BY POLITICAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS WHO BENEFIT FROM THE MONEY

NOTE: Climate is different from Weather. Climate spans centuries, weather spans months/years. 

• Humans affect climate little over centuries, (proven by geology & arctic ice drillings)
• Humans build things where weather events cause loss of life and huge property losses every few years
• Humans fail to manage forestry and ground plant growth, then complain when storms or wildfires in places known to be risky to build or develop and driven by weather/humans; burn it, or blow it, or flood it away.

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HOW to KNOW? and what to believe?

 

Mass-media news is no longer unbiased, honest or truthful. It relies on spreading sensationalism that attracts viewers who attract advertisers. Finding unbiased media is nearly impossible because it is driven by subscribers, viewers and an audience.

 

Finding unbiased candidates is difficult. They are expected & supposed to be biased in favor of the ideologies & philosophies they believe will best serve & satisfy their constituents, and their beliefs & wishes (and get them reelected).

 

Finding and forming your own beliefs, philosophies, and political biases is the best way, and those are best based on facts, hard information, observation, morality and human behavior.  Those come closer to revealing the truth than any other method.  THEN SUPPORT & VOTE FOR THE BEST CANDIDATES IN 2024.

 

JOHN

 

PS — I’ll go out on a limb in the next edition of THE ENTERPRISE and name My 2024 GOP Ticket 

(No matter who the Dems choose to run, with one exception.)

 

 

 

 

THE ENTERPRISE—GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP IS NO JOB FOR GLIB PRETENDERS

NOTE; This edition was delayed by and unexpected surgery to clear a blocked artery, which caused a small (fleeting) incident (stroke), from which I thankfully recovered rapidly—A special thanks to mt family, and the excellent Doctors whose persistent and rapid action made a huge difference in my life. I’m now a month past surgery, and recovering normally—thank God.  It shows how quickly our life can change—in an instant—or forever!

 

Now on to the matters which impact all Americans' lives…and which are not belng well-managed by elected officials. 

Our country is facing serious challenges ahead, and nothing is more important than the choice of o[ur elected leaders. 

That is the topic of this edition.

 

GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP IS NO JOB FOR GLIB PRETENDERS—HERE’S OVERVIEW OF the TOP TEN BIGGEST CHALLENGES 

 

1) Economy and consumers still surprisingly strong, but concerns & caution are creeping in more & more.

 

2) How consumers get info, make decisions, and sort out the noise from real issues.

 

3) Billions of smart phone users are more informed than ever—if they can sort out the facts from misinformation.

 

4) Economy is still growing but a recession looms as inflation causes consumer Morris’s and employer layoffs.

 

5) The housing buying/selling frenzy is cooling, but many mortgages still at 4%, making homeowners reluctance to sell & buy even as prices remain high. Offices remain empty as people prefer to work at home, including top management. What does that tell us?

 

6) Everyone thinks AI (Artificial Intelligence) has big risks along with big potential rewards, but no one has an effective way to avoid its abuse or misuse!

 

7) College athletics begins to behave like the big business it is—and catch the eye of regulators.  It will not be pretty how it plays out. The bog money-making (TV) sports will dominate and the leftover crumbs will go to the dozens of other sports & athletes. It’s a shame, but not surprising.

 

THE REST IS A MESS:

8) Foreign Affairs grows as a high risk scenario with Russia—Ukraine, China—Taiwan & South China Sea, Middle East (Iran)—Israel and North Korea’s rash leadership create potential FLASH points, where belligerent Russia & China lead the threats of accidentally causing wars. Meanwhile, America’s defense is being badly underfunded and more the clueless Biden administration wastes money being concerned with Woke policies being more important than the American government leadership being ready to defend America’s global safety & security!

 

9) US Political (Lack of) Leadership continues to earn foreign ridicule as it uses Biden’s revisionist statements to claim that his inane policies are working. Trump vs. Biden in 2024 is a contest with no good choice of a leader. BOTH SHOULD BOW OUT, yet neither will!  Perhaps it’s a rerun of 2016, Trump vs. Hillary, where the better choice was the “least bad” choice!

 

10) A failing leadership, headed by Joe Biden (Who retains his office because his potential successor is even worse). The Dems bench is weak, but their power of unity, backed by mainstream media is huge! The GOP bench is “overstocked.” Donald Trump remains the polls majority leader, while a dozen+ challengers (several better choices) split the remaining poll preferences. With both Trump’s current & past legal issues, and Biden’s (family’s evidence of corruption and conflict of interest, neither leader looks like the ideal choice for America’s future! But choose we must!

 

TOO MANY, TOO WIDELY DIFFERENT CANDIDATES with widely variable qualifications!

The GOP candidate list has grown so long, a shakeout is imperative. I don’t like Senators as Presidents. They are skilled at debating issues but less competent at deciding them— making tough decisions and taking action. Governors at least have governed—and made the “buck stops here” decisions!  Consider them all (14 declared so far)!

KEYS  *not having governed in a public sector role,  

1) **Trump (former President)

2) DeSantis FL

3) Haley SC

4) *Scott SC

5) Pence IN

6) Burgum ND

7) *Ramaswamy

8);Christie NJ

9) *Brinkley

10) Hutchinson AR

11) *Hurd

12) *Elder

13) *Johnson

14) *Suarez (Mayor of Miami)

15) Ryan Binkley

 

IF the Democrats had any better, new leadership options I would have listed them. Thus far the Dems are sticking with Biden and Harris—incumbents that are doing a very poor job. No viable candidates are "on deck" to replace them and that's what’s needed).  Biden’s cognitive decline, age and health concern are a big issue. Harris’ record as VP is one of doing nothing at all of consequence, including the jobs she was assigned (most notably to fix the border crisis.) That has become worse, not better. She has proven her overall incompetence, very visibly, and yet she is only one heartbeat away from the presidency—a terrifying thought. 

 

THE KEY: Qualifications in leadership & managerial competenc. The first hurdle. This is no job for glib rookies or big talkers who aren’t doers.

 

First trim the list: if they have never led a governmental entity (state or big city), they are out. We tried this with Obama whose oratorical skills far exceeded his leadership & managerial competence. “Talking a good game”:is not the same as 'making and backing up big decisions, picking good people, developing plans and executing them.”  This cuts the list in half and removes the least likely to succeed.

 

Donald Trump is way ahead in GOP polls—he’s a former president and has by far the most name recognition, and a loyal follower group in the 30%+ range.  Enough to gain the GOP nomination, but based on past elections, not enough to assure his election. 

 

He has an equally large intensely anti-Trump group, which makes his nomination a risky bet. In my opinion Biden—Trump choice is an undesirable one—a choice I don’t want to make. I’m going on the record to say I don’t like the Trump vs. Biden choice. Maybe it’s inevitable but both have lots of “dirty laundry” that soils their reputation.

 

I am however, very impressed with Ron DeSantis (leading the list, but far behind Trump). I’ve read his book, and heard his beliefs & positions, and listened to him speak about them!. I realize he’s a long shot with Trump so far ahead, but I really believe that DeSantis, paired with a strong VP candidate like Nikki Haley would be better for America. (No Democrat candidate is even close)!

 

DeSantis is going through a learning curve about how the media punishes honesty and common sense, but he’s learning fast. He actually does sensible things and explains why. If you disagree with him you can choose from a dozen others with worse track records, who have much weaker credentials, (except a lot of wealth to self-fund their campaigns)

 

Maybe it is Trump & Biden in a rerun of 2020's debacle of voting & election corruption, but I hope not. Both leading candidates have enough dirty laundry to keep the courts and (biased) media raging. (I hear talk of third party candidates and who they will take votes away from. A third party will make things messier, and in the end, nobody will be satisfied, which means a nation divided again.)

 

I’m not a fan of rich guys self-funding their own candidacy either. It comes across like buying an election, and even if they lose (and they usually do), it’s the wrong way to win! There’s several of them on the list. The best idea is to form coalitions with other candidates that build support, who will best serve the voters—"we the people!"

 

OTHER BIG ISSUES REVISITED:

—The USA has an ugly immigration mess thanks to Biden’s irresponsibility. The USA is skating perilously close to the edge of a mild recession. Worst case would be a slip into deflation, which the Feds inept financial policies will cause and be unable to cure! 

—China is struggling economically. That will have an impact on the world. What will it be? Dangerous incursions toward Taiwan? Extreme but dangerous actions?

—Russia has a “Tiger by the tail” in Ukraine (with its growing list of allies). How can Putin save face and redefine a loss into an “acceptable outcome” without going nuclear. It’s scary!

—Iran and its allies in the Middle East will make trouble—especially for Israel!

—North Korea is a dangerous wild card led by a petulant juvenile narcissist.

—India is rising, but how will that change things? For the better we can only hope.

—Worst of all, the Biden administration is so full of incompetents and incompetence, it  cannot lead or mange much of anything well. 

—The Dems have managed to ruin many of Americas big cities, in ways they have no clue about how to fix! A debacle exists in most Dem run cities! It’s "poster boy," California’s Gavin Newsom has ruined San Francisco as its past inept mayor, and he’s on the way to ruining the state of California, without even messing his perfectly coiffed hair. God forbid he tries to run the USA, 

 

Retail in America is going through a cataclysmic reset, which will litter America with dead Malls, movie theaters, and BigBox stores at which too few people want to shop. 

The big four: Apple, Google (Alphabet), Facebook (Meta) and Amazon grow more powerful and influential—and not in a good way!

 

Who do you want to lead & govern in America? Who’s best and who’s worst options?

 

THINK ABOUT THAT QUESTION WHILE I PONDER  WHAT TO COVER IN THE NEXT EDITION OF THE ENTERPRISE. 

With a “new lease on life,” I must make sure I use that time on important thngs—our three wonderful children who rushed to our aid, other family, many caring friends, that provide the meaning in life for the fjuture. 

 

This is a future we will share with all Americans—and that includes the leaders we choose (vote for)—to replace the mistakenly chosen ones who are doing a poor job now, except for spending our country deeper in debt, while weakening it on a global. 

 

I’m hoping we can be wiser and choose better leaders, thus the focus on issues and leaders in this edition. God bless all of you and God Bless the USA.

 

JOHN

 

 

THE ENTERPRISE—THE 2024 ELECTION CIRCUS BEGINS, WITH IT AMERICA’S FUTURE IS IN JEOPARDY

Subject: THE ENTERPRISE—THE 2024 ELECTION CIRCUS BEGINS, WITH IT AMERICA’S FUTURE IS IN JEOPARDY

On a personal note: Going in for medical reasons next week. Time to stop editing this edition and post it. Opinions are mine and based on publicly available info I could find and conclusions that follow.

I STARTED THIS BEFORE LEAVING FOR A TRIP TO EUROPE  
Little did I realize that after 11 days in Italy & Greece (beautiful places), we would come home to CHAOS in NYC & US air travel. Make no mistake, we were happy to get back to the USA—we forget how good we have it here in the USA. We were brought back to reality after a 10-hour flight on a "Delta partner” --ITAir (Italia Transporto Aereo--an awful byproduct of a split with Air Italia). The Airbus 330-900neo plane creaked loudly in our area for the entire flight—as if the bulkhead partition was ready to separate from the fuselage. (eek!) There’s much more to that airline that was bad: E.g. business class upgrades were sold out (we were told 3 times) but boarded to find empty biz class seats right in front of our coach (bulkhead) seats. But I digress! 

WE ARRIVED AT JFK AT 7PM TUESDAY NIGHT TO FIND 1—DELTA HAD CANCELLED OUR RETURN FLIGHT, 2—NO OTHER FLIGHTS WERE AVAILABLE from NYC METRO AIRPORTs TO COLUMBUS, OH (or anywhere in OH) for 3-4+ days,  3—NO ONE-WAY RENTAL CARS AVAILABLE (4 adults and baggage), and 4— HOTEL ROOMS WERE SCARCE & FILLING UP FAST.

WELCOME BACK TO THE USA, NYC STYLE!  All this thanks to bad weather and mostly an inept, understaffed FAA (Yes, Mayor Pete’s dept.!) miserably short of staff & ATC, and has beed for months) especially in the congested NYC airport  complex.  Thanks to the efforts of our daughter & son-in-law, (experienced travelers), we claimed our bags (a wise choice) & stood there wondering—"where will we stay, and how/when will we get home." 

THE SAGA CONTINUES, BUT WITH AN END IN SIGHT: Our son-in-law found 2 rooms for Tuesday night (@Hampton Inn--NYC Financial District) and a Lyft to take us. The next step was finding a one-way rental car that could fit with 4 adults with vacation luggage, to drive from NYC to Columbus, OH. He found one, early Thursday, AM out of Newark Airport—so…we found 2 rooms @Hampton Inn for Wed. night—near the car rental & a Lyft to Newark. The drive home took 8 hours, and though “Smoky” all the way, roads were good and traffic moving. We got home late afternoon Thursday, (48 hours late), exhausted but relieved. Our daughter and son-on-law found continuing flights to their OKC home at 1AM Fri.

Here’s a WSJ Opinion piece about how all this  happened to millions of American travelers.

Opinion | Why You’re Stuck on the Airport Tarmac wsj.com

NOW FOR THE ENTERPRISE EDITION STARTED 2 WEEKS AGO ON THE LEADERSHIP CRISIS IN AMERICA

THE DEMOCRATS WHO HAVE SUCCEEDED IN MESSING UP MOST LARGE AMERICAN CITIES &  MANY STATES (CA, NY, IL, … ETC.), WHIILE MIS-MANAGING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT — CLUELESS JOE BIDEN DECLARES IT ALL IS A BIG SUCCESS (& INEPT VP KAMALA HARRIS CACKLES, MAKING CIRCULAR/NONSENSICAL STATEMENTS. & BIDEN’S CABINET FULL OF DIVERSITY HIRES, CAN’T FIX THE PROBLEMS BECAUSE THEY MOSTLY LACK EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS. A sad state of affairs for an other wise great country.

CHINA, RUSSIA, NORTH KOREA, IRAN —THREATS ALL, BUT TOGETHER A HUGE THREAT REQUIRING NEW, ACTION ORIENTED LEADERSHIP & POLICIES
Collusion between China, Russia, Iran and North Korea is a real threat. Threats to Ukraine, Taiwan, and the US itself must be taken very seriously. The USA must invest more heavily in defense. It has fallen behind. Foreign policy decisions are being made by a weak group of Biden’s mediocre choices.

THE WORLD IS FULL OF OTHER TROUBLES AND RISKS.

Aggressive Chinese, Russian and North Koreans taunt AmericanNI allies and military leaders, who carefully walk the lines they’ve drawn, amidst countless flagrant “close call  incursions” that could cause “inadvertent warfare!"

COUNTLESS REPUBLICANS CROWD INTO THE PRESIDENTIAL RACES, WHILE THE “CLUELESS TWO” —BIDEN & HARRIS—HIDE THEIR INEPTNESS—REVEALING A DANGEROUS LEADERSHIP VACUUM IN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT WITH THE DEMOCRAT PARTY IN CONTROL.
More than half of the Dem party admits they don’t favor or respect either Joe or Kamala, but they sit idly by while highly qualified GOP candidates form a "circular firing squad" to provide "campaign fodder" for "Biden’s Basement Campaign” writers. Never before have the leaders of this great country hidden from view and avoided questioning, to conceal their astounding lack of competence.

BEWARE OF RELIANCE ON & BELIEF IN POLLING—"Figures can lie and liars can figure” (and they can/do lie with selectively biased polls. Most polls sample 1000+/-people, not always properly chosen, but then represented as evidence on who’s leading when & where!  Nominal margins of error in the 4-5% range can be far from that accurate. How, who, and when, where pollsters ask questions can prove or disprove almost anything. Name recognition (alone) is no assurance of quality in leadership. Use your good judgement and don’t believe the media propaganda.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES TO ISSUE IMPRACTICAL OR IMPOSSIBLY FOOLISH MANDATES: 
The EPA asserts foolish new regulations that endanger a fragile U.S. energy grid, in spite of the fact that the expertise and responsibility lies with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission—and NOT the EPA. Power Plant emissions limits but offers no feasible alternative!  The electrification of everything will struggle with an inadequate supply and distribution of electricity. EVs are only better for the climate overall, IF the energy generation and distribution, climate impact and charging stations development can keep up—but it can’t!!  Banning gas stoves & appliances — led by clueless and thoughtless CA & NY—is a troubling ”red herring” distraction.  

INEPT BIDEN CABINET APPOINTEES have no knowledge or experience in the field in which they were appointed, and soon after, must be withdrawn!  Competence depends not on “looking good, and talking good vs. doing good.” Cabinet nominee after nominee is disqualified, or worse yet get in (Majorca, Buttagieg, Blinken, et. al.) and have no clue how to lead/manage to fix anything. States & large cities are equally mismanaged: CA’s Gov. Gavin Newsom, is a poster boy for “looking good, and talking good vs. NOT doing any good,” Go see his qualifications: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Newsom. Hint: he's from a rich family (Getty) and has a nice smile and good hair. 

LAW & ORDER IS A HOPELESS MESS IN BIG AMERICAN CITIES—IT’S LIKE A THIRD WORLD SETTING—NYC, Chicago, SF & LA are riddled with crime, homeless encampments, and Police who have given up after being neutered by “catch and release,” which puts criminals back on the streets just hours after being arrested.

Danger is tangible, repelling both companies and tourists alike.  Remaining Police are stymied by idiocy of repeat offender criminals, youth and criminal mobs terrorizing innocent bystanders).  Shootings and deaths are at fearsome levels (Chicago Memorial Day weekend: 53 shootings & 11 deaths—just a normal Chicago weekend!) The list of lawless cities is too long to print here, but includes many of America best-known cities (and states). Sanctuary cities are stymied by their own terrible policies and liberal  District Attorneys, who are also a big part of the problem.

AND YET, AMERICA IS A GREAT COUNTRY IN ALL THE PLACES WHERE RESPONSIBLE LEADERS AND AMERICAN CITIZENS ARE DOING THE RIGHT THINGS AND STANDING UP FOR PRINCIPLES, LAW & ORDER, AND PUSHING BACK ON “WOKE-NESS”

 

MEANWHILE NOISILY DEMANDING MINORITIES ARE UNHAPPY WITH EVERYTHING THAT DOESN’T FIT THEIR AGENDAS.  IF YOU AREN’T AWARE OF THIS, JUST CONSIDER ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT—LGTBQIA2S+ stands for the accumulation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and/or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, Two-Spirit, and countless other things.

TAKE A MOMENT TO CONSIDER HOW THE FREEDOM FOR DIVERSE RIGHTS IN AMERICA IS CREATING A COUNTRY IN TRANSITION AND TURMOIL Minorities in many cases have legitimate issues to be addressed—but their is a MAJORITY (TWO-THIRDS) whose RIGHTS ARE BEING TAKEN AWAY BY “NOISY" MINORITY GROUPS.

—WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE US POPULATION IS African American (or “Black,” or “Colored”)  Census, 2010 13.4% and 2020 13.6%
—WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE US POPULATION IS IN Same Sex Marriages? Gallup, approx 1%, another 0.6% living together.
—WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE US POPULATION IS Mixed Race? Census: 9 million in 2010, 33.8 million in 2020.
—WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE US POPULATION IS Criminal (Convicted and/or Incarcerated)? Prison Data: 0.7% now, and 3.0% highest ever.

—WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE US POPULATION IS LGBTQI++? Census: 3.5% in 2012, 7.1% in 2022

(Note: Hispanics are not listed above, because they are often included in “mixed Race”—a growing “minority” population in America that exemplifies a responsible, hard working group.)

—WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE US POPULATION IS NOT PART OF DEFINED MINORITIES vs. "White alone”? Census: 74.7% in 2010, and 64.1 in 2020

INFLUENCE IN AMERICA IS SHIFTING; THE LIBERAL LEFT AND MAINSTREAM. MEDIA ARE CREATING DEFINED MINORITIES WITH DISPROPORTIONATE (and sometimes dangerous) INFLUENCE 
This is neither healthy, nor good for America’s future.  The 2024 election cycle will be unpredictable in many ways.  Donald Trump’s fate will be disruptive.  He is in a perilous problem area of having too much conflicts of public persona and too many enemies that can damage him.  Yet his core followers still consider him “their hero.”  He’s too powerful and influential to ignore, but too weak to carry and and win election.

THE GOP HAS “TOO MANY” TALENTED PEOPLE JUMPING IN TO LEAD, BUT "TOO MANY" MEANS THEY ARE UNABLE TO UNIFY BEHIND A COUPLE OF STRONG, POPULAR LEADERS—(& ABLE TO DISPLACE A TROUBLED FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP)
It’s unclear how this challenge works out, but it must resolved for America to be sustainably successful.

THE DEMS HAVE THE OPPOSITE PROBLEM—FEW STRONG , COMPETENT YOUNGER LEADERS AFTER HAVING BEEN DOMINATED BY AN “OLD GUARD” OF PERILOUSLY FLAWED AND NOW AGED, FRAGILE LEADERS.
Biden at 80+ is in cognitive decline, but still in power. Harris is an incompetent pretender, who is one Biden stumble and fall health-wise away from inheriting the presidency,  as the least competent VP ever. If she inherits the presidency, even briefly, it will be a disaster of global proportions for America.

THIS IS A HUGE SET OF PROBLEMS, AND BIG PROBLEMS CAN ONLY BE SOLVED BY 1) UNDERSTANDING AND DEFINING THEM, AND 2) THEN, SOLVING THEM!
Problem definition: choose via collaborative compromise the strongest AND most electable new leaders and policies. Dems are failing broadly, but thus far have clung to control. That must end. How and with whom that can happen will be the subject of future editions of THE ENTERPRISE.

MAY GOD HELP THE USA!
John

THE ENTERPRISE: WHATS WRONG WITH AMERICA? IT’S A LEADERSHIP PROBLEM, WORSENED BY NOISY MEDIA & MINORITIES THAT MISLEAD AMERICANS, WHILE WEAK, MISGUIDED LEADERS & BIASED POLLS MISINFORM VOTERS

WHATS WRONG WITH AMERICA? IT’S A LEADERSHIP PROBLEM, WORSENED BY NOISY MEDIA & MINORITIES THAT MISLEAD AMERICANS, WHILE WEAK, MISGUIDED LEADERS & BIASED POLLS MISINFORM VOTERS

Why do I get upset every time I watch the mainstream news. 

Because it’s dismal. Look at the numbers. Look at the behaviors! 

Consider the failures of leadership nearly everywhere. 

 

HERE’S THE CABINET OF JOE BIDEN (& KAMALA HARRI)S (https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/cabinet/). Does it make you proud?

 

1) It’s hard to find honest good news, because most news is filled with biases, lies and half truths to support the views of inept leaders, elected to run our country (and not to 'run it into the ground’) by over-spending money on DEI (Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion) instead of Defense, Leadership and Progress!

 

2) Why do I blame Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, et. al. (the Democrats leading in Congress, mis-managing most of our large cities and states?) Because they are the ones to blame for widespread failures.  People are leaving in huge numbers to find places where leaders lead and don't make excuses for wasting taxpayer money on their misguided “Woke” philosophies, and inept performance.

 

3) Am I making this up? No! Biden is cognitively impaired and getting worse. Consider Biden’s cabinet; it is full of largely politically correct people chosen based not on competence, but on lack of relevant experience and plenty of political correctness. Best example: Kamala Harris is only one heart-beat away from the Presidency. It that doesn't terrify you, listen to her platitude filled, illogical speeches, punctuated with cackling laughter.

 

4) Biden’s cabinet is filled with mostly mediocre, or marginally incompetents like Buttagieg, Mayorka, Blinken, Granholm, and a "class of clowns," making excuses trying to proclaim/redefine/defend Biden’s failures as successes. A few examples: the Chaotic Border & immigration mess, rising Inflation being tamped down by Fed interest rates driving/recession risk, the inexcusable exit/escape from Afghanistan, and much more, all causing failures of USA stature on a global scale.  Biden keeps on saying "everything is fine,” as if that would make it so. It doesn’t.

=======================

 

POLLS ARE BIASED BY THE POLLSTERS QUESTIONS

Not only do pollsters questions bias the replies to pollster questions, but also the so-called random samples used are another form of added distortion!  Reported results are snippets from mulch larger samples. This samples may have been unbiased to begin with, but when bits and pieces are cited from them, the outcome can be badly flawed and deliberately misleading!

 

WHY CAN'T CALIFORNIANS BEHAVE SENSIBLY? WHEN HEAVY RAINS END A DROUGHT—CATCH THE EXCESS WATER AND DIRECT IT TO DEPLETED RESERVOIRS (Like Lake Mead & Lake Powell!) Instead precious water is wasted by dumping it into the sea or protecting small obscure species of fish. Likewise CA environmental lobbyists cause water waste, by flushing out small amounts of undesirable nutrient runoff with massive amounts of scarce water. 

 

INEPT LEADERSHIP WORSENS OUTCOMES

It’s almost as if Californian’s “mis-managers” purposely choose the least effective solutions. (Recall rampant fires of past years caused/worsened by failures of forest management.) Add misguided politicians like Gov. Newsom, who is methodically leading the “ruin California” government—first as mayor of failing San Francisco and now extending his mismanagement to the whole state!

 

THERES A PATTERN EMERGING AS BIDEN’s INEPTNESS SPREADS BY POOR CABINET CHOICES (Mayorka, Buttigieg to name just two, of several).

Fifty-one former CIA spies were co-opted into signing a Biden campaign letter. Justice Dept., IRS, and others continue to spread the malfeasance. 

 

The cities largely run by Democrats are St. Louis, Baltimore, New Orleans, Detroit, Cleveland, Newark, Chicago, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, and Pittsburgh.  All but three cities on the list have Democratic mayors. Democratic district attorneys are also in charge of prosecution in 12 of the 15 cities.

 

Form your own conclusions by comparing these two lists. You can look up which cities have been run with Democrats for decades. These are the same Democrats who are now trying to run America, with Joe Biden & Kamala Harris at the top, and causing largely the same failings as big cities! 

WHEN WILL AMERICAN VOTERS WAKE UP TO THIS FAILED IDEOLOGY.

 

WHY? THE NOISY, NASTY MINORITY OVER WHELMS THE SENSIBLE, REASONABLE MAJORITY—(Thanks to a distorted media in film, print, TV/Streaming, & entertainment—which is getting less and less “entertaining” every year the Biden Bozos are in charge of running down the USA! (FYI—Bozo was a famous clown!)

 

IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE THIS, YOU ARE ALREADY PARTLY BRAINWASHED BY MEDIA

Here's an Eight Question Survey with interesting National Results.  

Before you see the Survey Results, answer the questions, and see how you score against the Facts:

1.      What percentage of the country is black?

2.      What percentage of marriages are mixed race?

3.      What percentage is "Latino"?

4.      How many families make over $500,000 a year?

5.      What percent of Americans are vegetarians?

6.      What percent of Americans live in NY city?

7.      What percentage of Americans are 'transgender?

8.      What percentage of your fellow citizens are Gay?

  

The Poll Results:

A recent poll was conducted by a national polling outfit.  This one was "YouGov”.

Results to these questions asked of average people on the street:

1.What percentage of the country is black? Answers 41%... Actual 12%. If you watch commercials, you will think it is 90%.

2.What percentage of marriages are mixed race? Answer 50%... Actual 1%. If you watch commercials, you will think it is 90%.

3.What percentage is "Latino"? Answers 39%... Actual numbers 17%.

4.How many families make over $500,000 a year? Answers 26%. Actual figure 1%. We think a quarter of the country is rich.

5.What percent of Americans are vegetarians? Response? 30%… Actual 5%.

6.What percent of Americans live in NY city? Answers? 30%... Actual 3%.

7.What percentage of Americans are 'transgender? 22%... Actual number 1%

8.What percentage of your fellow citizens are Gay? Result? 30%..Actual number 3%

So why do people have such inaccurate beliefs on these counts? THE LIBERAL MEDIA!

The media runs race, gender, and wealth stories constantly. Result?

You are being brainwashed by the national left and the liberal media.

(Hitler’s propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels would be proud if he had half the success.)

      Disney just went full-on “gender". They will no longer welcome guests with the traditional "Welcome ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls" Why? Because 1% of the population dictates to the other 99% (that would be the vast majority)

—and corporate America falls for it.

 (Regardless of what you think.  Less than 20% of Americans use "Twitter" yet Twitter controls 80% of public opinion, why? The Media!)

 

Next time you are thinking Americans have changed and not in a good way, remember, it's fake.  It's all a lie. Most people think just like you do but the media has brainwashed Americans with constant broadcasting of “LIES"—often biased—sometimes in both directions!  FIND THE TRUTH…THINK ABOUT WHAT FACTS & OUTCOMES REVEAL,

 

HERE IS HOW IT IMPACTS  HARD WORKING AMERICANS!   THIS IS JUST ONE MAN’S STATEMENT OF HOW HE FEELS ABOUT HIS CAREER—BUT HE IS FAR FROM ALONE IN FEELING THIS WAY!

This appeared on Facebook, and without divulging the name of the man who wrote it, I have known him for 40 years, and worked with him during a decade in that era. He was highly regarded and respected—as you might expect from his words.

 

His words are so honest, inspiring and sobering, I want to help his words reach many more people, because I believe there are tens of millions of Americans who feel the same way he does.

 

We are all voters, and have a privilege and duty to cast our votes and share our vocal support for candidates who will hear this plea and unify to govern accordingly

========================
A proud working, but tired, American’s plea.

I need to rant for just a moment. I'm getting old and I’ve worked hard all my life. 
I have made my reputation, the good and the bad, 
I didn't inherit my job or my income, and I have worked hard to get where I am in life. 
I have juggled my job, my family, and made many sacrifices up front to secure a life for my family. 

It wasn’t always easy and still isn't, but I did it all while maintaining my integrity and my principles. 
I made mistakes and tried to learn from them. 

I have friends of every walk of life and if you’re in my circle, it should be understood that I don’t have to remind you of what I’d be willing to do for you. 

However....

I'm tired of being told that I have to "spread the wealth" to people who don't have my work ethic. People who have sacrificed nothing and feel entitled to receive everything.
I'm tired of being told the government will take the money I earned, by force if necessary, and give it to people too lazy to earn it themselves. 

I'm really tired of being told I must lower my living standard to fight global warming, which, no one is allowed to debate.
I'm really tired of hearing wealthy athletes, entertainers and politicians of all parties talk like their opinions matter to the common man. 
I’m tired of any of them even pretending they can relate to the life and bank account that I have. 
I'm tired of people with a sense of entitlement, rich or poor.

I’m upset that I’m labeled as a racist because I am proud of my heritage. I never stole any ones land, the government did that..
I’m tired of being told I need to accept the latest fad or politically correct stupidity or befriending a group that’s intent on killing me because I won’t convert to their point of view.

I'm really tired of people who don't take responsibility for their lives and actions. Especially the ones that want me to fund it. 
I'm tired of hearing them blame the government, or discrimination, or big-whatever for their problems.
Yes, I'm really tired. But, I'm also glad to be in the twilight of my life. Because mostly, I'm not going to have to see the wretched, depressing world these young useless idiots are creating. And lastly, because even though I shouted from the rooftops, no one listened or seemed to give a damn. 

You reap what you sow, and so do your children. No one is entitled to anything. You have a choice to work, a choice to stay off drugs, a choice to make something of yourself. I have nothing to do with your choice. That's all on you. You are entitled to what you earn.
There is no way these thoughts will be widely publicized, unless each of us sends it on! Surely, the politically correct opposing censors will try to silence us.
===================
A heartfelt thank you, and a closing thought, a hope and a prayer for you old friend: 

1) I believe the majority of Americans (including me) have lived, worked and now feel like you do; 

2) I hope everyone who does, will vote for well-intentioned candidates, who unify behind the actions to “fix America” for people who feel the way we do;

3) I pray that God will help us find the leaders to redirect America onto a path that will make all those years of hard work payoff—and America become once again—a country that respects and rewards working people at every turn.

 

God bless all Americans who proudly work, and live by the American dream—and lessons of history: (working together) united we stand, divided we fall; to,assure freedom and liberty for all. Remember the words of great American leaders:

 

“If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.”Founding Father Samuel Adams

“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.—”President Ronald Reagan

===========================

THE COST OF SUPPORTING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS DIVERTS MONEY FROM THOSE WHOSE HARD WORK AND TAXES PAY THE BILLS.

The biggest factor of why Seniors are losing more and more benefits. They are getting blamed for part of our country’s increasing deficit.  If you wonder why older folks are "getting crankier," it’s that they’ve been working for decades to earn their way and pay taxes for the liberals to give away money to those who neither earned it, nor appreciate it.

It's easy to dismiss programs that benefit non-citizens, as "not so much" until they’re added up, and a picture emerges. 

Someone did a lot of research to put together all this data. Often these programs are buried within other programs making it difficult to find the cost of each of them.

The following 11 reasons should be forwarded over and over again until they are read so many times that the readers gets sick of reading them. Included are the URL's for verification of all the following facts.

1. $11 Billion to $22 Billion is spent on welfare to illegal immigrants each year by state  governments.

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2. $22 Billion dollars a year is spent on food  Assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC,  and free school lunches for illegal immigrants. 

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3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal immigrants.

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4. $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on Primary and secondary school education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of English! 

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5. $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for Education for the American-born  Children of illegal immigrants, known as Anchor babies.

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6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal immigrants. 

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7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison Inmates are illegal immigrants.

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8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on Illegal immigrants for Welfare & Social  Services by the American taxpayers.

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9. $200 Billion dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal immigrants.

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10. In 2006, illegal immigrants sent home $45 BILLION in remittances to their Countries of origin.

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11. The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One million sex crimes committed By Illegal Immigrants In The United States 

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THE TOTAL COST IS $338.3 BILLION A YEAR.

SINCE THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 135 MILLION TAXPAYERS IN THE UNITED STATES, OVER $2,500.00 OF YOUR TAXES GO TO FUNDING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

Are we THAT Stupid?  YES, FOR ALLOWING THOSE IN THE U.S. CONGRESS TO GET AWAY WITH THIS YEAR AFTER YEAR !

If this doesn't bother you, then just delete the message.
If, on the other hand, it does raise the hair on the back of your neck, I hope you forward it to every Tax Payer in the United States!!!

God bless America

WHATS WRONG WITH AMERICA? IT’S A LEADERSHIP PROBLEM, WORSENED BY NOISY MEDIA & MINORITIES THAT MISLEAD AMERICANS, WHILE WEAK, MISGUIDED LEADERS & BIASED POLLS MISINFORM VOTERS

Why do I get upset every time I watch the mainstream news. 

Because it’s dismal. Look at the numbers. Look at the behaviors! 

Consider the failures of leadership nearly everywhere. 

 

HERE’S THE CABINET OF JOE BIDEN (& KAMALA HARRI)S (https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/cabinet/). Does it make you proud?

 

1) It’s hard to find honest good news, because most news is filled with biases, lies and half truths to support the views of inept leaders, elected to run our country (and not to 'run it into the ground’) by over-spending money on DEI (Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion) instead of Defense, Leadership and Progress!

 

2) Why do I blame Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, et. al. (the Democrats leading in Congress, mis-managing most of our large cities and states?) Because they are the ones to blame for widespread failures.  People are leaving in huge numbers to find places where leaders lead and don't make excuses for wasting taxpayer money on their misguided “Woke” philosophies, and inept performance.

 

3) Am I making this up? No! Biden is cognitively impaired and getting worse. Consider Biden’s cabinet; it is full of largely politically correct people chosen based not on competence, but on lack of relevant experience and plenty of political correctness. Best example: Kamala Harris is only one heart-beat away from the Presidency. It that doesn't terrify you, listen to her platitude filled, illogical speeches, punctuated with cackling laughter.

 

4) Biden’s cabinet is filled with mostly mediocre, or marginally incompetents like Buttagieg, Mayorka, Blinken, Granholm, and a "class of clowns," making excuses trying to proclaim/redefine/defend Biden’s failures as successes. A few examples: the Chaotic Border & immigration mess, rising Inflation being tamped down by Fed interest rates driving/recession risk, the inexcusable exit/escape from Afghanistan, and much more, all causing failures of USA stature on a global scale.  Biden keeps on saying "everything is fine,” as if that would make it so. It doesn’t.

=======================

 

POLLS ARE BIASED BY THE POLLSTERS QUESTIONS

Not only do pollsters questions bias the replies to pollster questions, but also the so-called random samples used are another form of added distortion!  Reported results are snippets from mulch larger samples. This samples may have been unbiased to begin with, but when bits and pieces are cited from them, the outcome can be badly flawed and deliberately misleading!

 

WHY CAN'T CALIFORNIANS BEHAVE SENSIBLY? WHEN HEAVY RAINS END A DROUGHT—CATCH THE EXCESS WATER AND DIRECT IT TO DEPLETED RESERVOIRS (Like Lake Mead & Lake Powell!) Instead precious water is wasted by dumping it into the sea or protecting small obscure species of fish. Likewise CA environmental lobbyists cause water waste, by flushing out small amounts of undesirable nutrient runoff with massive amounts of scarce water. 

 

INEPT LEADERSHIP WORSENS OUTCOMES

It’s almost as if Californian’s “mis-managers” purposely choose the least effective solutions. (Recall rampant fires of past years caused/worsened by failures of forest management.) Add misguided politicians like Gov. Newsom, who is methodically leading the “ruin California” government—first as mayor of failing San Francisco and now extending his mismanagement to the whole state!

 

THERES A PATTERN EMERGING AS BIDEN’s INEPTNESS SPREADS BY POOR CABINET CHOICES (Mayorka, Buttigieg to name just two, of several).

Fifty-one former CIA spies were co-opted into signing a Biden campaign letter. Justice Dept., IRS, and others continue to spread the malfeasance. 

 

The cities largely run by Democrats are St. Louis, Baltimore, New Orleans, Detroit, Cleveland, Newark, Chicago, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, and Pittsburgh.  All but three cities on the list have Democratic mayors. Democratic district attorneys are also in charge of prosecution in 12 of the 15 cities.

 

Form your own conclusions by comparing these two lists. You can look up which cities have been run with Democrats for decades. These are the same Democrats who are now trying to run America, with Joe Biden & Kamala Harris at the top, and causing largely the same failings as big cities! 

WHEN WILL AMERICAN VOTERS WAKE UP TO THIS FAILED IDEOLOGY.

 

WHY? THE NOISY, NASTY MINORITY OVER WHELMS THE SENSIBLE, REASONABLE MAJORITY—(Thanks to a distorted media in film, print, TV/Streaming, & entertainment—which is getting less and less “entertaining” every year the Biden Bozos are in charge of running down the USA! (FYI—Bozo was a famous clown!)

 

IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE THIS, YOU ARE ALREADY PARTLY BRAINWASHED BY MEDIA

Here's an Eight Question Survey with interesting National Results.  

Before you see the Survey Results, answer the questions, and see how you score against the Facts:

1.      What percentage of the country is black?

2.      What percentage of marriages are mixed race?

3.      What percentage is "Latino"?

4.      How many families make over $500,000 a year?

5.      What percent of Americans are vegetarians?

6.      What percent of Americans live in NY city?

7.      What percentage of Americans are 'transgender?

8.      What percentage of your fellow citizens are Gay?

  

The Poll Results:

A recent poll was conducted by a national polling outfit.  This one was "YouGov”.

Results to these questions asked of average people on the street:

1.What percentage of the country is black? Answers 41%... Actual 12%. If you watch commercials, you will think it is 90%.

2.What percentage of marriages are mixed race? Answer 50%... Actual 1%. If you watch commercials, you will think it is 90%.

3.What percentage is "Latino"? Answers 39%... Actual numbers 17%.

4.How many families make over $500,000 a year? Answers 26%. Actual figure 1%. We think a quarter of the country is rich.

5.What percent of Americans are vegetarians? Response? 30%… Actual 5%.

6.What percent of Americans live in NY city? Answers? 30%... Actual 3%.

7.What percentage of Americans are 'transgender? 22%... Actual number 1%

8.What percentage of your fellow citizens are Gay? Result? 30%..Actual number 3%

So why do people have such inaccurate beliefs on these counts? THE LIBERAL MEDIA!

The media runs race, gender, and wealth stories constantly. Result?

You are being brainwashed by the national left and the liberal media.

(Hitler’s propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels would be proud if he had half the success.)

      Disney just went full-on “gender". They will no longer welcome guests with the traditional "Welcome ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls" Why? Because 1% of the population dictates to the other 99% (that would be the vast majority)

—and corporate America falls for it.

 (Regardless of what you think.  Less than 20% of Americans use "Twitter" yet Twitter controls 80% of public opinion, why? The Media!)

 

Next time you are thinking Americans have changed and not in a good way, remember, it's fake.  It's all a lie. Most people think just like you do but the media has brainwashed Americans with constant broadcasting of “LIES"—often biased—sometimes in both directions!  FIND THE TRUTH…THINK ABOUT WHAT FACTS & OUTCOMES REVEAL,

 

HERE IS HOW IT IMPACTS  HARD WORKING AMERICANS!   THIS IS JUST ONE MAN’S STATEMENT OF HOW HE FEELS ABOUT HIS CAREER—BUT HE IS FAR FROM ALONE IN FEELING THIS WAY!

This appeared on Facebook, and without divulging the name of the man who wrote it, I have known him for 40 years, and worked with him during a decade in that era. He was highly regarded and respected—as you might expect from his words.

 

His words are so honest, inspiring and sobering, I want to help his words reach many more people, because I believe there are tens of millions of Americans who feel the same way he does.

 

We are all voters, and have a privilege and duty to cast our votes and share our vocal support for candidates who will hear this plea and unify to govern accordingly

========================
A proud working, but tired, American’s plea.

I need to rant for just a moment. I'm getting old and I’ve worked hard all my life. 
I have made my reputation, the good and the bad, 
I didn't inherit my job or my income, and I have worked hard to get where I am in life. 
I have juggled my job, my family, and made many sacrifices up front to secure a life for my family. 

It wasn’t always easy and still isn't, but I did it all while maintaining my integrity and my principles. 
I made mistakes and tried to learn from them. 

I have friends of every walk of life and if you’re in my circle, it should be understood that I don’t have to remind you of what I’d be willing to do for you. 

However....

I'm tired of being told that I have to "spread the wealth" to people who don't have my work ethic. People who have sacrificed nothing and feel entitled to receive everything.
I'm tired of being told the government will take the money I earned, by force if necessary, and give it to people too lazy to earn it themselves. 

I'm really tired of being told I must lower my living standard to fight global warming, which, no one is allowed to debate.
I'm really tired of hearing wealthy athletes, entertainers and politicians of all parties talk like their opinions matter to the common man. 
I’m tired of any of them even pretending they can relate to the life and bank account that I have. 
I'm tired of people with a sense of entitlement, rich or poor.

I’m upset that I’m labeled as a racist because I am proud of my heritage. I never stole any ones land, the government did that..
I’m tired of being told I need to accept the latest fad or politically correct stupidity or befriending a group that’s intent on killing me because I won’t convert to their point of view.

I'm really tired of people who don't take responsibility for their lives and actions. Especially the ones that want me to fund it. 
I'm tired of hearing them blame the government, or discrimination, or big-whatever for their problems.
Yes, I'm really tired. But, I'm also glad to be in the twilight of my life. Because mostly, I'm not going to have to see the wretched, depressing world these young useless idiots are creating. And lastly, because even though I shouted from the rooftops, no one listened or seemed to give a damn. 

You reap what you sow, and so do your children. No one is entitled to anything. You have a choice to work, a choice to stay off drugs, a choice to make something of yourself. I have nothing to do with your choice. That's all on you. You are entitled to what you earn.
There is no way these thoughts will be widely publicized, unless each of us sends it on! Surely, the politically correct opposing censors will try to silence us.
===================
A heartfelt thank you, and a closing thought, a hope and a prayer for you old friend: 

1) I believe the majority of Americans (including me) have lived, worked and now feel like you do; 

2) I hope everyone who does, will vote for well-intentioned candidates, who unify behind the actions to “fix America” for people who feel the way we do;

3) I pray that God will help us find the leaders to redirect America onto a path that will make all those years of hard work payoff—and America become once again—a country that respects and rewards working people at every turn.

 

God bless all Americans who proudly work, and live by the American dream—and lessons of history: (working together) united we stand, divided we fall; to,assure freedom and liberty for all. Remember the words of great American leaders:

 

“If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.”Founding Father Samuel Adams

“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.—”President Ronald Reagan

===========================

THE COST OF SUPPORTING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS DIVERTS MONEY FROM THOSE WHOSE HARD WORK AND TAXES PAY THE BILLS.

The biggest factor of why Seniors are losing more and more benefits. They are getting blamed for part of our country’s increasing deficit.  If you wonder why older folks are "getting crankier," it’s that they’ve been working for decades to earn their way and pay taxes for the liberals to give away money to those who neither earned it, nor appreciate it.

It's easy to dismiss programs that benefit non-citizens, as "not so much" until they’re added up, and a picture emerges. 

Someone did a lot of research to put together all this data. Often these programs are buried within other programs making it difficult to find the cost of each of them.

The following 11 reasons should be forwarded over and over again until they are read so many times that the readers gets sick of reading them. Included are the URL's for verification of all the following facts.

1. $11 Billion to $22 Billion is spent on welfare to illegal immigrants each year by state  governments.

Verify At:  http://www.fairus.org/site/Pag [na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com] eServer?pagename=iic_immigrati onissuecenters7fd8

2. $22 Billion dollars a year is spent on food  Assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC,  and free school lunches for illegal immigrants. 

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3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal immigrants.

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4. $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on Primary and secondary school education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of English! 

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5. $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for Education for the American-born  Children of illegal immigrants, known as Anchor babies.

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6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal immigrants. 

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7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison Inmates are illegal immigrants.

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8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on Illegal immigrants for Welfare & Social  Services by the American taxpayers.

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9. $200 Billion dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal immigrants.

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10. In 2006, illegal immigrants sent home $45 BILLION in remittances to their Countries of origin.

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11. The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One million sex crimes committed By Illegal Immigrants In The United States 

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THE TOTAL COST IS $338.3 BILLION A YEAR.

SINCE THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 135 MILLION TAXPAYERS IN THE UNITED STATES, OVER $2,500.00 OF YOUR TAXES GO TO FUNDING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

Are we THAT Stupid?  YES, FOR ALLOWING THOSE IN THE U.S. CONGRESS TO GET AWAY WITH THIS YEAR AFTER YEAR !

If this doesn't bother you, then just delete the message.
If, on the other hand, it does raise the hair on the back of your neck, I hope you forward it to every Tax Payer in the United States!!!

God bless America

 

THE ENTERPRISE--Telling It Like It Is--MULTIPLE IMPORTANT TOPICS, TO BE FORWARDED AND SHARED.

THE ENTERPRISE--Telling It Like It Is--MULTIPLE IMPORTANT TOPICS, TO BE FORWARDED AND SHARED.

 

A CONTINUATION OF AI INFO—A GOOGLE EXEC. ADMITTED THEY WEREN’T SURE HOW AI MIGHT BEHAVE.
A Follow-up on the RISK and POWER of AI, ChatGPT, DEEP FAKE  and other new technologies

A CRITICAL NEED (be sure to read Peggy Noonan’s column posted in a .pdf file below)
There are now tools to detect AI created fakes! AI is improving rapidly. Back in January, one AI, DALL-E, which powers Microsoft’s new Bing Image Center/Creator, might have rendered a human with backward fingers or a floating, unattached eyeball. Behind many AI images is Midjouney. By March, it’s AI images had improved enough to fool most observers. 

New HELP tools—Optic, an AI "trust and safety site" released "AI or Not,” a system that analyzes a photo or image to assess if it was made by a human or by AI. Another HELP tool—Hive—also offers a 95% accurate AI-generated "content detector”. Humans can also HELP identify AI created images, by looking for mistakes like missing reflections or misplaced shadows. AI, Chat GPT and other systems are being used more widely in offices, its credibility depends on knowing "what’s fake and what’s real!"

The Medical profession is likely to benefit from AI’s ability as decision-support systems. AI can sort through data, search for patterns, recall and correlate information, etc. AI can help Doctors (and researchers) find better diagnoses, get better outcomes and find more effective treatments.

Robots and Machine Learning have been used in factories more and more, to perform complex, but repetitive tasks. New AI programs can speed up the learning curve, and enhance productivity. Like all advances in technology, the process of using new tools, validating them and refining them will involve trial and error, but the payoff can be huge—in factories, in offices and especially in medical settings. As factories come back to the USA from low wage foreign countries, improved technology can level the playing field faster than ever.

 

 Download Artificial Intelligence in the Garden of Eden - WSJ

YOU MUST CLICK  AND READ PEGGY NOONAN’S WSJ COLUMN. IT IS BOTH BRILLIANT AND FRIGHTENING!

 

Other Headlines to know about:
How Many Homes the US Really Needs What we need are more insightful awareness of what’s needed and where: More apartments in some areas, more homes in others, greater density of construction in places where careful land use is important. Booming areas near where major new plants are going, must use this functional awareness wisely, and that includes transportation planning.

Poll Shows Shift in What Americans Value But somehow, many Americans don’t vote for what they tell pollsters they want. There have been worrisome drops in Patriotism, Religion, Community Involvement and Having Children, all of which reduce the quality of the “fabric of life” in America. 

U.S. Voters Want Limited Government, or so they tell pollsters. However, they don’t vote that way. If the “big government” comes with big $$ handouts, they don’t always choose accordingly. Voters say they prefer less services and lower taxes by huge margins, yeet they keep electing “tax & spend Democrats” in big numbers. Republicans have long held the high ground on the economy, law & order, limited government, border security and lower taxes—until they go to the ballot box—where Republicans have failed to make and communicate a unified case for what the people say they want.

Biden Remakes the Auto Industry by his mandates, de facto orders to make and buy EVs, in impossibly soon time frames. The US is neither ready for, nor capable of meeting such arbitrary (tighter) standards by 2027-2032. Ill conceived and poorly informed, Joe Biden has  no idea what is involved in making his rash mandates happen. There is neither the rare earth mining or refining capability available, nor are the nationwide charging station and power-grid infrastructure available or ready.

'Net Zero’ Will Mean a MIning Boom, but meanwhile, most of the necessary capability is located in underdeveloped countries like Peru, Chile, Congo, et. al. 60% of Lithium and 47% of Copper comes from faraway places, or from China. Mining is a long-development-time industry, and one that cares little about Biden’s uniformed mandates. Global supply chains for entire industries don’e just happen!

USA Military (Un)Readiness in the face of Taiwan, Russian/Ukraine conflicts and many more places. Biden gives money away to his pet causes and ignores National Security issues. He doesn’t even comprehend what the issues are. Bottom line—the USA  is far from ready for one armed conflict, e,g, with China over Taiwan, not to mention more support for Ukraine vs. Russia and varied cnfkicts with Iran, North Korea, etc.

Democrats are learning their downside of extremely elderly, or infirm, or cognitively challenged political leaders, especially when the Senate majority is split 51-49! The narrow part majorities in both the Senate & House makes their numerical cintrol fragile,and vulnerable to people changing parties, or suffering from 8ll healt, being unable to vote on critical bills.

 

FOREWARNED IS FOREARMED. WITH THE GROWTH OF AI AND ALL OF ITS VARIANTS, THE TRUTH IS INCREASINGLY HARD TO FIND.   

 

PLEASE FORWARD THESE “WARNINGS"—AND LET’S HOPE READERS RESPOND WITH INPUT, AND BETTER IDEAS ON HOW & WHERE TO FIND TRUTH AND REALITY.

 

Best wishes for a dangerous future,

JOHN

 

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OPTIONAL READING—A SPECIAL ATTACHMENT—THAT CAME TO ME WITHOUT ATTRIBUTION. I AM SHARING IT TO SEE IF ANYONE KNOWS THE ORIGINAL SOURCE FOR IT  (Accuracy is not confirmed…)

 

Controversy of the Month: ARE WE BEING BRAINWASHED AND DON’T EVEN REALIZE IT? Or is it simply biased “Media Manipulation"

 

Brainwashing is best accomplished when you have no idea that it is being done but simply occurs as part of the fabric of your life. While you may “feel” that something is wrong, you are being “programmed” by what you see, none-the-less. 

Years ago “proportional representation”  (in a proportion the same as in the population) was required by the NAB (National Association of Broadcasters). Now, with pressure from “Woke” special interests and others, this standard is GONE! Think about TV Commercials and shows NOW, with these facts in mind.

Facts:  US population 334 million consists of 57.8% white, 18.7% Latino, 12.1% Black and 11.4% Asian or other. About 10% of all marriages are interracial and only 4.9% of the population identifies as LGBT. You might expect the same ratios in TV commercials,  if they represented America but here’s what you see instead, taken from a log of TV commercials over a 4 month period last year, which is quite different.

For TV & Ads, white men, the majority of Americans, have virtually disappeared. When in commercials they are either old, ugly/sick or the partner of a black woman (and have no speaking part). In other words, less than 10% of the population is driving 90% of the TV/video narrative.  

There were NO commercials featuring white fathers and sons. None! Yet 75% of white children live with both their parents—including their fathers, but marketers/advertisers show the 62% of black children that do NOT live in a two parent household? Is this the healthy “new normal” image viewers see? 

Are you starting to see how distorted, yet pervasive this video brainwashing has become? Exactly who is trying to program us to believe this TV deluge of non-reality. 

During a period of 4 months in 2022, the study found that while the African American population in America is only 12% they were featured in 94.3% of the commercials. Black males are only 5% of our population yet were in 89.7% of the ads. Then you have to ask, where are the Asians and Latino’s that make up nearly THREE TIMES the black population?  

The fact is that while white males make up the largest segment of our population, they were in only in 4% of the TV commercials! (In most of those cases they are in their 60’s to 80’s and were pushing medication for debilitating diseases or Medicare plans.) 

(And it is not just TV commercials that offer this skewed media driven unreality. It is also nearly impossible to turn on a show that doesn’t have a gay couple or LGBT component, yet in reality only one in eighteen should, if they want to accurately represent the less than 4.9% of the population that fall in this group. 

The results of this brainwashing are dramatic and successful. Despite the low percentage in real life, when polled, Americans have been brainwashed to believe that 24% of all Americans are LGBT! Based on commercials, they must also believe that the “average” American family is biracial, that white men barely exist and Latinos/Asians do not exist at all.

That is the magic and the tragedy of the fake, dishonest and unrealistic “woke” TV that we watch and are affected by 24/7, even though it is far from reality. Ditto for the “woke” minority that follow mindlessly in its wake, thinking that this bizarre narrative is real or justified, when it is merely an illusion and/or a fabrication. Such ads truly do control our entire thought process and distort our perception of reality, if we allow them. This is what also shapes the beliefs of youth watching TV.

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THAT’S NOT ALL: The same goes from DEI—Diversity, Equity and Inclusion—which are worthy goals—when kept in perspective. Ditto for investing in ESG —Environmental, Social, and Governance— Woke investment models, which typically fall short of offering returns comparable to conventional finance-based models.  

The message: Don’t believe everything you see on TV, MOVIES, OR VIDEO (INCLUDING ON-LINE)  Keep your "head on straight: and don’t fall for dangerous mis-information, whatever the motives and whoever the originators.

THE ENTERPRISE—“A WHOLE NEW WORLD”—PART 2: THIS "NEW WORLD" NEEDS A COMPETENT, NEW GENERATION OF RATIONAL, ETHICAL LEADERS TO DEMAND—THAT TECH CREATORS ADAPT & EVOLVE THE CONTROLS FASTER THAN THEIR TECH INNOVATIONS CREATE UNIMAGINABLE PROBLEMS

THE ENTERPRISE—“A WHOLE NEW WORLD”—PART 2: THIS "NEW WORLD" NEEDS A COMPETENT, NEW GENERATION OF RATIONAL, ETHICAL LEADERS TO DEMAND—THAT TECH CREATORS ADAPT & EVOLVE THE CONTROLS FASTER THAN THEIR TECH INNOVATIONS CREATE UNIMAGINABLE PROBLEMS

 

ON MARCH 2, I OPENED THE ENTERPRISE WITH THESE PARAGRAPHS, EXCERPTED IN PART HERE (BY A HUMAN!)

 

I am adding a very insightful & troubling column by Peggy Noonan of the WSJ. 

PLEASE OPEN THIS AND READ IT—IN DETAIL. Then read my March 2 excerpts from THE ENTERPRISE.

Download A Six-Month AI Pause? No Longer Is Needed - WS

 

THE ENTERPRISE—A WHOLE NEW WORLD COMING—WE NEED A COMPETENT NEW GENERATION OF LEADERSHIP TO ADAPT AND EVOLVE; 

A WHOLE NEW WORLD is here, and growing fast:

• AI (Artificial Intelligence) is here and growing—fast. Learn what it does well—and what it doesn’t do well. It lacks human imagination, ethics and sensitivity. Make sure the places where you find its apparently factual approach useful and consider them. Where it’s not human and thus lacks nuances, beware. Danger lurks here.
• ChatGPT creates written material that seems terrific, but once again, my be just “great sounding” but not totally right or applicable. It’s a convenient shortcut, but like “autocorrect,” it can produce grossly wrong written things that might sound fine. (Sort of like politicians speeches!) Learn how to detect it. Hint:—it’s not good at math!
• 3D Printing can create physical objects from prints, drawings and images, from micro-small electronic parts to very big aircraft parts, and dangerous things like non-metallic guns made of printed plastic parts! This is a powerful way to also “print” (create) functioning human replacement body parts, as simple as a reconstructed outer ear, and as complex as a transplantable working kidney!
• Deep Fakes can create authentic-looking videos of people speaking, in voice replicas, that seem so real, only experts can tell the difference. A TV commercial for a political candidate can be a “deep fake” that is nearly indistinguishable from a real video commercial. How scary is that? What can you trust? How do you know?
• Cosmetic surgery has developed to the extent that facial recognition becomes nearly impossible. Example: countless actresses and some actors have decided that their nose was too big or the wrong shape, or their lips should be fuller, or they should have less wrinkles in their forehead (for example).. Look ate more recent photos of them, and you will not recognize them—at all—after plastic surgery. Facial recognition software measures facial dimensions, and stll work, but humanvisual recognition doesn’t. Who is that?
• Body Doubles stand in for prominent people in risky positions, especially political leaders and movie stars. All have used “look alike doubles” for years. The doubles did risky stunts or made non-speaking public appearances where the risk of kidnap or attack/assassination was substantial. 
•         Implants of all kinds can now control parts of the human brain—for good or bad. When they work, we think we know why and how—but do we really? Maybe? Maybe not?

Now combine all of these and imagine the level of misdirection and deception possible! That is truly a “Whole New World,” and one in which we can barely trust our senses or intellect to distinguish reality & truth from cleverly fabricated fakes & lies!  Our only defense comes from knowing what’s possible and learning how to determine which is a “fake" and which is “real." Be alert. What’s more, even with the best of intentions, trying to give the power of sentient thought to an "electronic machine” is dangerous beyond belief?

 

Rev: Warning: the accuracy of what’s written in books, articles, or podcasts & web sites is totally dependent on the expertise and integrity of whoever or whatever programs or algorithms wrote them. (E.g., Anthony Fauci’s continual series of contradictory statements on Covid.) They may not have had malicious intent, but rather come from an evolution of what seemed to be true, in a rapidly evolving area of science and virology, mixed with politics and distortion to match their agendas. 

 

THE BIG QUESTIONS ARE THOSE OF CONTROL: in this "Whole New World,”  Ray Kurzweil’s books describe it very well.

Summary review: A radical and optimistic view of the future course of human development from the bestselling author of How to Create a Mind and The Singularity is Nearer who Bill Gates calls “the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence”
For over three decades, Ray Kurzweil has been one of the most respected and provocative advocates of the role of technology in our future. In his classic The Age of Spiritual Machines, he argued that computers would soon rival the full range of human intelligence at its best. Now he examines the next step in this inexorable evolutionary process: the union of human and machine, in which the knowledge and skills embedded in our brains will be combined with the vastly greater capacity, speed, and knowledge-sharing ability of our creations.

 

Consequences: how to know: What’s right? Who’s right? What’s best? What & Who do we believe? What’s real and what’s not?(Human created and controlled vs. computer-algorithm created—without controls?) 

 

Where do we find that next generation of contemporary leaders, with up-to-date knowledge, the wisdom and ethical courage to understand and control the new threats from opportunities, and unintended consequences, to replace the antiquated leaders of today (all in mid-70’s and older, and mostly clueless about this "Whole New World,” coming at us with amazing speed. .) 

 

Disclosure: I’m of the "older generation" and try as I might, I can’t get ahead of it. I find the wisdom of experience, integrity and ethics falls prey to the power of wealth and money of new tech developers. Naivete, not necessarily evil, drives their mistakes and multiply the risks exponentially.

 

Pros & Cons of Aged Leaders: It’s been known/proven that just as certainly as age brings knowledge, wisdom and experience, it also brings a decline in vitality, memory and cognitive function. This requires that we find new objective information sources and NEW people to lead, people that we believe are the best informed & least-biased (all of us are biased in one way or another), to help in our assessment of ethics, truth, objectivity and consequences of decision-making for the future.

 

I DON’T KNOW THE ANSWER(S). I JUST RECOGNIZE THE RISKS, AND PRAY WE CAN FIND LEADERS WHO ARE SMART ENOUGH, MORAL ENOUGH AND WISE ENOUGH TO LEAD, BECAUSE THE ONES WE HAVE NOW ARE (MOSTLY) NOT! 

 

POLITICS REIGNS OVER PRUDENCE. BIAS WINS OVER ETHICS. BIG MONEY & POWER OBSCURES CONSEQUENCES.

GOD HELP US!

JOHN

THE ENTERPRISE— QUESTIONS NOBODY IS ASKING—AND ANSWERS TOO FEW WANT TO HEAR—UNIFY TO FIX AMERICA'S PROBLEMS

THE ENTERPRISE— QUESTIONS NOBODY IS ASKING—AND ANSWERS TOO FEW WANT TO HEAR—UNIFY TO FIX AMERICA'S PROBLEMS

1) Who wants a Trump vs. Biden 2024 Presidential Election? If you accept that human behavior becomes more erratic and cognitive decline sets in at advanced ages, does having a pair of octogenarians vying to lead America make good sense? You’ve seen the evidence. Biden’s recent SOTU (State Of The Union) address increased the likelihood of his 2024 presidential run. Trump is neck and neck with DeSantis, but he’s already starting to try trashing the Floridian.

2) If EVs and the Electrification of millions of vehicles (to save the planet/climate) happens worldwide (including China), where does all the electricity come from? Generated from what fuel? Even Biden admitted that fossil fuels will be needed for the next decade (only one?).

3) If the US Power Grid is fragile now, can it be protected from sabotage by individuals with high power rifles? Sun spots? Cascading blackouts? There’s lots of talk but no action. The entire SOTU was a litany of wishlists that even the tax and spend liberals don’t know how to fund. "Taxing the rich” is a favorite mantra, but even if taxes took everything from the richest 1%, it wouldn’t even cover one year’s budget deficit ($1 Trillion).

4) If today’s fossil fuel power plants last 20+/- years, and can be refurbished, how long do “renewable energy plants” based on Wind, Solar, & Battery power last before they must’ve replaced? (Hint: Less than 10 years). How much mining, refining and importing of metals, concrete, plastics, carbon, and exotic (rare earth) materials come from? And what is the environmental impact of that? How and where do those plants get disposed of when their useful life is over?

5) If we perfect AI, and “Deep Fake” technologies, how will we know what’s real? And will humans become obsolete?  For a scary thought, imagine that "Deep Fake" videos of leaders could be scripted to say whatever was needed to justify their agenda.  Joe Biden is only a slightly more human version of that now.  He says (mostly) whatever the speechwriters put on his Teleprompter!  https://www.edge.org/conversation/ray_kurzweil-the-singularity

OTHER QUESTIONS—and answers
Who would you rather believe?
When President Biden’s speech writers tell him to say: “…climate change is the greatest threat to humanity, greater than nuclear weapons…” is that irresponsible? Check it out using your own intelligence.
—Can nuclear weapons can kill millions in a blink of an eye and make the earth uninhabitable for centuries—faster than Climate Change? (Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Japan) Now North Korean leader Un has nukes to reach the US. Iran under the protective wing of John Kerry, continues its nuclear weapons program unabated. China floats a spy Balloon across the USA while Biden dithers about where to shoot it down. Meanwhile it gathers intel about the USA, and transmits it back to China (that’s what all those big solar panels on the balloon were there to power.)
—Is Climate change is settled science—NO—far from it. After years as Obama top climate scientist, Steven Kooning quit, and wrote his book “Unsettled” which blatantly debunks the climate threat. Weather is dangerous, but it is not Climate. As long as people build things in the path where storms are prone to go, those thingS will be destroyed by weather—not climate change. Read for yourself:

https://www.amazon.com/Unsettled-Climate-Science-Doesnt-Matters-ebook/dp/B08JQKQGD5/ref=sr_1_1?crid=8A43C0VJ3B92&keywords=unsettled+steven+koonin&qid=1675365621&sprefix=Unsettled%2Caps%2C109&sr=8-1

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What's Wrong with Wind and Solar? prageru.com

 

OTHER QUESTIONS NOBODY IS ASKING—AND  NO ONE IN CHARGE HAS ANY ANSWERS TO.

Where will future workers come from, as US population growth is below replacement rate of 2.1? DATA: 45% of NFIB (National Federation of Independent Businesses) members cannot find enough workers, while 5 million illegals (2022) wander about the US trying to find welfare and places to live?

What’s a big warning sign that the economy under Biden is struggling in spite of strong job growth: Amazon Web Service, is dropping in sales—substantially. This is the cash cow that supports its earnings when Amazon.com chooses to cut prices to undersell competitors. When the cash cow is struggling, soon after Amazon will be.

Why buy less underwear? Hanesbrands, the big underwear company, slashed dividends and is frantically cutting costs because sales have slowed. When times are tough, buying new underwear is a postponable purchase! Caution! Tough times are coming.

Why do self-serving politicians clog up American politics so nothing useful or sensible gets done?  Even when elected officials (politicians?) unify to accomplish something worthwhile that is right in front of them, they fall back to sell-serving choices. Aesop, the Greek philosopher first said, “united we stand, divided we fall.” Abe Lincoln added, “ A house divided against itself cannot stand.”  And yet GOP factions still ignore those timeless truths! UNIFY!

 

Why are people leaving the “Blue States” and flocking to the Red States? Nearly 1,000,000 people left CA, NY, & IL, NJ, MA from July 2021 to July 2022. Where did they go? To places where taxes are lower and freedom is greater, where state governments are run by GOP elected officials — FL, TX, NC, SC, TN, GA, and AZ….etc.  And people are flocking to them.

 

What is the "great inversion" and why is it happening? It’s a popular shift away from the wealthy liberal elites and toward the working classes—heavily Hispanics, and Blacks. They are swinging to the GOP as voters too. Inexorably voting for their rights as workers and wealth creators—not wealth holders, who have held them in "economic slavery" for decades. 

 

Can the GOP figure out how to become a real working-class party? Yes, but only if they can UNIFY behind a suitable agenda, and NEW Leaders, and not chase special interests and petulant tantrums.

 

When will Biden ever stand up for the US against China and the other “axis of evil” countries? Or will he ever do more that "talk tough, and do little or nothing?" Letting a Chinese spy balloon traverse the US gathering intel and sending it back to China is just the most recent case of “talk tough and do nothing” by the Democrats in both the White House and Senate. (Of course Biden’s family is deeply indebted to China as John Kerry’s is to Iran! The evidence is right before our eyes, yet nothing is done about it because the Dems control the government.)

 

Why can’t we “stop making news and start making progress?”  Because we ask the question the wrong way. It should be asked, “How can we start making progress instead of just making news?”  Doing the next right thing has become too contentious. Most people, even elected leaders, know the right things to do, and true collaboration comes from the collective wisdom of a group a seeking a common, successful outcome.
  

If Governments were formed to serve the people, (not vice versa) and do (only) the things the people cannot do alone, then why does it feel like we are serving the government and funding it as it taxes us more and more? (Because foreign powers have American leaders in their pockets.)

 

Why isn’t Common sense very “common" any more—it should be! Because the truth is an inconvenient thing, that keeps pointing out the error of our ways … and our leadership!

 

How can we push to Unify—and fix what’s broken in America? Throw out (Un-elect) Democrat politicians, policies and wrong leadership—it’s already causing more big US cities and states to be failing (CA, NY, & IL, NJ, MA to name the few biggest.) Let the "great reversion" sweep the nation, and remake it in the image of the Founding Fathers and the Constitution.

 

Is that enough unanswered questions?

John

 

Bonus reading: Our Political Parties Are Struggling — DECLARATIONS

By Peggy Noonan https://wallstreetjournal-ny.newsmemory.com/?publink=0de5929f4_134aa60

THE ENTERPRISE—2022 YEAR END RECAP: WHAT WILL 2023 BRING? CHAOS OR CONSENSUS? WILL AMERICA PROGRESS OR REGRESS?

2022 YEAR END RECAP

 

IT ONLY TOOK 15 VOTES TO CHOOSE A SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE!

Kevin McCarthy was the candidate that not enough people wanted, but too many people preferred. The narrowly divided GOP House majority finally came together enough—216 of them at 12:45 AM last night. Through it all, the 212 Dems showed unity by voting for their little known candidate, Hakeem Jeffries, all 15 votes. 

 

UNITY IS KEY TO SUCCCESS: Good or bad, the Dems proved one thing during Nancy Pelosi’s reign. If you want to get things done, stick together—even if you disagree on the details. Trying to pass anything in a “house divided” will be nearly impossible. The Dems still hold the narrown 51-49 edge in the Senate and the White House (The GOP proved one thing, stubbornness and holding out for individual narrowly held agendas, does work—somewhat—however many people are irritated by it.)

 

THIS CONGRESS SHOWS THE CLEAR PARTISAN DISAGREEMENT ABOUT HOW AMERICA SHOULD BE GOVERNED.

The details of “how" vary even within parties. Can someone please show a bumbling, dithering Joe Biden and his inept (laughing) VP Kamala Harris, where the US Southern true border (chaos) is located? They are  misrepresenting America to the world as a country unsure of its path forward.  One thing is certain—CHANGES ARE NEEDED— but which changes, and how?

 

I TRY TO WRITE ABOUT BUSINESS & GENERAL ECONOMIC/SOCIETAL ISSUES. 

THIS DIVIDED GOVERNMENT MAKES IT HARD TO DECIDE WHAT TO CHANGE IN “HOW AMERICA WORKS.” 

 

The list is simple; the solutions are not. Here’s where changes must be made!!

1. Economic Growth—Tax policy, big government/welfare state & regulations vs. right-to-work, and free-market capitalism, etc.
2. Inflation—High but dropping, still impacting millions, middle/lower classes hit hardest
3. Recession—Caused by Fed efforts to curtail inflation (caused by excess spending), hurts middle/lower income classes most
4. Immigration—Chaos and lack of any organization—illegal entry uncontrolled, no path to legitimacy
5. Education—Charter Schools, Teaching Facts vs. Biases, indoctrination is not education.
6. Fiscal Policy—Massive Debt and Deficit Spending—Entitlements (unstoppable) fueling continuous (runaway) spending
7. Foreign Policy—China/Taiwan, Russia/Ukraine, North Korea, Middle East, (even parts of Europe) = trouble/
8. Energy—Independence vs. bogus media & Dem Climate issues
9. Demographic Destiny—Too few workers: an aging population, with birth rate below replacement, is a workforce in decline—welfare vs. work is winning, and America is losing. WE NEED TO CHANGE HOW AMERICA WORKS.
10. Abortion—especially after Roe v. Wade was overturned
11. Gender confusion—LGBTQ etc., Gender “identity" vs. Biology, and “WOKE’s” excessive, misguided attention to societal facts and issues (e.g., racial and social justice, language, etc.)

Recent Headlines give us some clues to what MUST CHANGE—a lot!

 

IF THE GOP HAS ANY INTEGRITY, IT SHOULD NOT HAVE SEATED GEORGE SANTOS, AND SHOULD REMOVE HIM ASAP..

I’m well aware of how narrow the GOP edge is in the House, but his entire resume & campaign was built on flagrant fabrications—lies—and he shows little or no remorse. No matter how narrow the GOP margin is in the House, seating this man, and leaving him there, would be a travesty & inexcusable!  

 

THE WORST EXAMPLE OF THIS TYPE OF MISBEHAVIOR—TOO LATE—BUT STILL TERRIBLE—spans 40+ years, DURING WHICH Joe Biden built an equally outrageous record of background fabrications—all excused by “mis-remembering” or “confusion.” That’s a commentary on the lack of integrity of both Biden and Democrat Party who allowed it and re-elected him anyway.  Son Hunter Biden is now following in his father’s footsteps—outrageous! Both are dangerously aligned with China amidst Joe’s cognitive decline.

 

BIDEN’ TITLE 42 CATASTROPHE Blindly reversing a political opponent’s (Trump) policies—that were working — is the worst form of regression! The border chaos is startling evidence. However, IF the GOP has better ideas, it must choose electable candidates (not Trump loyalists) and regain control of American borders.

 

EDUCATION AS A BATTLEGROUND Students & teachers numbers grew by about 8% over the past two decades—Administrators grew by TEN+ TIMES as much—88%. That’s what’s wrong with education. Administrators dominate, aided and abetted by teacher’s unions,  to decide what’s right to teach—while parents are either pushed aside—or choose to abdicate their role. 

 

CHARTER SCHOOLS SUCCESS MAKES THEM A POLITICAL TARGET. Charter schools work, which make them a big political target! Teacher’s unions don’t work for better education! It’s as simple as that. Upcoming SCOTUS rulings can have a big impact to help. Educating children does not mean Indoctrinating them. Facts matter, not biased opinions.

 

US POPULATION GROWTH STAGNATES Whether by choice (Covid, abortion or social changes) a smaller population can’t grow the US economy. When the big govt. Nanny State makes it more lucrative to sit home than to work, the US (American) work ethic suffers and dies. Only if the wave of illegal immigrants can be funneled into a job-filling,  value-creating population boost this get fixed. Otherwise demographics are destiny.

 

WHITE HOUSE AIMS TO BOOST THE WORKFORCE, but is doing it by more welfare/deficit spending even on elder care and child care, is not the solution. Making work noble, patriotic and rewarding is the way to progress. The White House occupant and his party advisors don’t get that. They believe in big Government, financial payments (bribes), and not the competitive free enterprise system that supported American prosperity and growth!

 

THE BATTLE OVER WORK AND WELFARE HAS States fighting back against the Biden drive to Increase dependency.  The falling labor participation rate is the clue and metric that reveals the policy flaws. The Biden administration is hindering states whose policies work.

 

FINALLY, CHINA MAY BE RUNNING OUT OF MONEY. PUTIN MAY BE RUNNING OUT OF AMMO. Everything the US can do to worsen their problems is good. Unfortunately, the President's family is beholden to China. Finally he’s come around to helping Ukraine. If only Biden would resume American energy independence policies (Trump's) that he reversed, and quit chasing the impossible dreams of "all renewables," it would quickly rejuvenate America.

 

HIDDEN INFLATION (NOT IN THE NUMBERS). Theft via shrink in retail is rampant, costing millions. Like unpunished crime in American big cities (catch & release), it needs to be reined in. Marketing deception via package contents reduction should require (at least) a prominent package banner— NEW, REDUCED CONTENT PACKAGE! That’s aa crude idea but may be the only way to thwart “inflation via deception” in packaging. 

 

GOP MUST UNIFY, START FIGHTING (DEMS) TOGETHER, INSTEAD OF EACH OTHER. Do the right things for American prosperity.  Take advantage of EARLY VOTING to counter Dems, stop their “ballot harvesting” and bring   generation of GOP leaders—not Trump and his cronies. Trump cannot win in 2024, and IF he outspends to get a GOP nomination to run (against an even older, more impaired version of Biden) American voters (& GOP, Senatorial hopefuls) will face a terrible choice in 2024!

 

That’s as blunt a year-end “shopping list of Changing How America Works” as I can give—in hopes of a truly Happy New Year for all Americans. If our elected representatives work together for the good of America and Americans—it can be fixed. 

But will they? Doubtful!  Here’s hoping for the best, and a whole new generation of leaders.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

John 

 

 

 

 

THE ENTERPRISE—2022 YEAR END RECAP: WHAT WILL 2023 BRING? CHAOS OR CONSENSUS? WILL AMERICA PROGRESS OR REGRESS?

2022 YEAR END RECAP

 

IT ONLY TOOK 15 VOTES TO CHOOSE A SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE!

Kevin McCarthy was the candidate that not enough people wanted, but too many people preferred. The narrowly divided GOP House majority finally came together enough—216 of them at 12:45 AM last night. Through it all, the 212 Dems showed unity by voting for their little known candidate, Hakeem Jeffries, all 15 votes. 

 

UNITY IS KEY TO SUCCCESS: Good or bad, the Dems proved one thing during Nancy Pelosi’s reign. If you want to get things done, stick together—even if you disagree on the details. Trying to pass anything in a “house divided” will be nearly impossible. The Dems still hold the narrown 51-49 edge in the Senate and the White House (The GOP proved one thing, stubbornness and holding out for individual narrowly held agendas, does work—somewhat—however many people are irritated by it.)

 

THIS CONGRESS SHOWS THE CLEAR PARTISAN DISAGREEMENT ABOUT HOW AMERICA SHOULD BE GOVERNED.

The details of “how" vary even within parties. Can someone please show a bumbling, dithering Joe Biden and his inept (laughing) VP Kamala Harris, where the US Southern true border (chaos) is located? They are  misrepresenting America to the world as a country unsure of its path forward.  One thing is certain—CHANGES ARE NEEDED— but which changes, and how?

 

I TRY TO WRITE ABOUT BUSINESS & GENERAL ECONOMIC/SOCIETAL ISSUES. 

THIS DIVIDED GOVERNMENT MAKES IT HARD TO DECIDE WHAT TO CHANGE IN “HOW AMERICA WORKS.” 

 

The list is simple; the solutions are not. Here’s where changes must be made!!

1. Economic Growth—Tax policy, big government/welfare state & regulations vs. right-to-work, and free-market capitalism, etc.
2. Inflation—High but dropping, still impacting millions, middle/lower classes hit hardest
3. Recession—Caused by Fed efforts to curtail inflation (caused by excess spending), hurts middle/lower income classes most
4. Immigration—Chaos and lack of any organization—illegal entry uncontrolled, no path to legitimacy
5. Education—Charter Schools, Teaching Facts vs. Biases, indoctrination is not education.
6. Fiscal Policy—Massive Debt and Deficit Spending—Entitlements (unstoppable) fueling continuous (runaway) spending
7. Foreign Policy—China/Taiwan, Russia/Ukraine, North Korea, Middle East, (even parts of Europe) = trouble/
8. Energy—Independence vs. bogus media & Dem Climate issues
9. Demographic Destiny—Too few workers: an aging population, with birth rate below replacement, is a workforce in decline—welfare vs. work is winning, and America is losing. WE NEED TO CHANGE HOW AMERICA WORKS.
10. Abortion—especially after Roe v. Wade was overturned
11. Gender confusion—LGBTQ etc., Gender “identity" vs. Biology, and “WOKE’s” excessive, misguided attention to societal facts and issues (e.g., racial and social justice, language, etc.)

Recent Headlines give us some clues to what MUST CHANGE—a lot!

 

IF THE GOP HAS ANY INTEGRITY, IT SHOULD NOT HAVE SEATED GEORGE SANTOS, AND SHOULD REMOVE HIM ASAP..

I’m well aware of how narrow the GOP edge is in the House, but his entire resume & campaign was built on flagrant fabrications—lies—and he shows little or no remorse. No matter how narrow the GOP margin is in the House, seating this man, and leaving him there, would be a travesty & inexcusable!  

 

THE WORST EXAMPLE OF THIS TYPE OF MISBEHAVIOR—TOO LATE—BUT STILL TERRIBLE—spans 40+ years, DURING WHICH Joe Biden built an equally outrageous record of background fabrications—all excused by “mis-remembering” or “confusion.” That’s a commentary on the lack of integrity of both Biden and Democrat Party who allowed it and re-elected him anyway.  Son Hunter Biden is now following in his father’s footsteps—outrageous! Both are dangerously aligned with China amidst Joe’s cognitive decline.

 

BIDEN’ TITLE 42 CATASTROPHE Blindly reversing a political opponent’s (Trump) policies—that were working — is the worst form of regression! The border chaos is startling evidence. However, IF the GOP has better ideas, it must choose electable candidates (not Trump loyalists) and regain control of American borders.

 

EDUCATION AS A BATTLEGROUND Students & teachers numbers grew by about 8% over the past two decades—Administrators grew by TEN+ TIMES as much—88%. That’s what’s wrong with education. Administrators dominate, aided and abetted by teacher’s unions,  to decide what’s right to teach—while parents are either pushed aside—or choose to abdicate their role. 

 

CHARTER SCHOOLS SUCCESS MAKES THEM A POLITICAL TARGET. Charter schools work, which make them a big political target! Teacher’s unions don’t work for better education! It’s as simple as that. Upcoming SCOTUS rulings can have a big impact to help. Educating children does not mean Indoctrinating them. Facts matter, not biased opinions.

 

US POPULATION GROWTH STAGNATES Whether by choice (Covid, abortion or social changes) a smaller population can’t grow the US economy. When the big govt. Nanny State makes it more lucrative to sit home than to work, the US (American) work ethic suffers and dies. Only if the wave of illegal immigrants can be funneled into a job-filling,  value-creating population boost this get fixed. Otherwise demographics are destiny.

 

WHITE HOUSE AIMS TO BOOST THE WORKFORCE, but is doing it by more welfare/deficit spending even on elder care and child care, is not the solution. Making work noble, patriotic and rewarding is the way to progress. The White House occupant and his party advisors don’t get that. They believe in big Government, financial payments (bribes), and not the competitive free enterprise system that supported American prosperity and growth!

 

THE BATTLE OVER WORK AND WELFARE HAS States fighting back against the Biden drive to Increase dependency.  The falling labor participation rate is the clue and metric that reveals the policy flaws. The Biden administration is hindering states whose policies work.

 

FINALLY, CHINA MAY BE RUNNING OUT OF MONEY. PUTIN MAY BE RUNNING OUT OF AMMO. Everything the US can do to worsen their problems is good. Unfortunately, the President's family is beholden to China. Finally he’s come around to helping Ukraine. If only Biden would resume American energy independence policies (Trump's) that he reversed, and quit chasing the impossible dreams of "all renewables," it would quickly rejuvenate America.

 

HIDDEN INFLATION (NOT IN THE NUMBERS). Theft via shrink in retail is rampant, costing millions. Like unpunished crime in American big cities (catch & release), it needs to be reined in. Marketing deception via package contents reduction should require (at least) a prominent package banner— NEW, REDUCED CONTENT PACKAGE! That’s aa crude idea but may be the only way to thwart “inflation via deception” in packaging. 

 

GOP MUST UNIFY, START FIGHTING (DEMS) TOGETHER, INSTEAD OF EACH OTHER. Do the right things for American prosperity.  Take advantage of EARLY VOTING to counter Dems, stop their “ballot harvesting” and bring   generation of GOP leaders—not Trump and his cronies. Trump cannot win in 2024, and IF he outspends to get a GOP nomination to run (against an even older, more impaired version of Biden) American voters (& GOP, Senatorial hopefuls) will face a terrible choice in 2024!

 

That’s as blunt a year-end “shopping list of Changing How America Works” as I can give—in hopes of a truly Happy New Year for all Americans. If our elected representatives work together for the good of America and Americans—it can be fixed. 

But will they? Doubtful!  Here’s hoping for the best, and a whole new generation of leaders.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

John 

 

 

 

 

THE ENTERPRISE—BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT WE HAVE—FIX AMERICA’s FLAWS AND BUILD ON ITS STRENGTHS.

A RAILROAD STRIKE WOULD BE DEVASTATING TO THE US ECONOMY— HOPEFULLY IT CAN BE AVERTED. 

Few people realize how dependent America is on transportation: autos, planes,  trains, and trucks. The increase in cost of diesel fuel due to mismanagement of energy in the United States, is one of the major drivers of hidden inflation. Hurricane Ian revealed what kind of a problem electric cars are when trying to evacuate from a devastating storm. 

 

“Got a little portable electricity to get me going again?” When you run out of electricity, it’s harder to bring a “gallon” of extra electricity, to get you going again.(EVs lack enough charging stations, and may spawn a new industry: portable “out of fuel” batteries to solve this. Batteries are heavy and require regular charging.) Otherwise, electric cars can be stranded, main batteries depleted, clogging the highways. Salt water flooding of cars (any kind) full of computer chips ruins them too. Plus the big lithium auto batteries can become a fire hazard. 

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RED WAVE WAS “TRUMPED” WITH WEAK CANDIDATES, AND BEATEN BY BIDEN’S PHONY TUITION REIMBURSEMENT (Known by Biden’s advisors to be soon-rejected by SCOTUS as un-Constitutional.)

What happened to the "red wave?” It was “Trumped" with his handpicked weak candidates aided by the furor over abortion. President Biden also told everyone that student loans were going to be forgiven, even though he knew that the Supreme Court was going to rule them unconstitutional. That bought about 30 million Democratic votes from young people. This is more than enough, when distributed across the states, to stop the “red wave.”

 

PRESIDENT BIDEN AT AGE 80 AT LEAST AS CONFUSED AS HE WAS AT 79.

Fortunately, Dr. Jill keeps close tabs on him so he doesn’t wander off into a crowd and start doing ad lib. interviews, which are usually. disasters.

 

DISNEY HAS TROUBLE. BOB IGER’s HAND PICKED SUCCESSOR, BOB CHAPEK DIDN’T AGREE WITH WHAT HE WAS DOING—& REVERSED COURSE ON MANY IGER IDEAS. 

Succession plans in the executive suite are very difficult and can lead to confusion and conflicting signals when the successor has a different strategic or philosophical direction than the previous CEO. That’s what seems to have happened at Disney. The result is that Iger is back, and will find the job is even more difficult than when he left it, because of Chapek’s reversals.  Disney’s animated releases recently have bombed (losing money) and more competitors entered the streaming market than Disney imagined, causing huge losses in its streaming business.

 

ELON MUSK HAS "THROWN DOWN THE GAUNTLET” TO THOSE WHO DON’T WANT TO WORK HARD TO SUCCEED AT TWITTER. THIS IS NOTHING NEW. MUSK ALSO DID IT AT SPACEX AND AT TESLA. It worked both of those places. Will it work at Twitter?There will be a mass exodus of the “snowflakes" who think work is supposed to be a party. Show up occasionally and take it easy a lot. It won’t be that way now at Twitter when Musk has invested $40+ billion of his money. Say goodbye to the people who don’t want to work.

 

"QUIET QUITTING" IS THE NEW FAD. The problem is quitters don’t win; they usually lose, and companies are better off without them. A  generation or two (X & Z?) raised by "helicopter parents,) think that the world isn’t competitive and owes them a living. It doesn’t. (They figure that out after they quit!)

 

CLOTHES MAY NOT MAKE THE MAN OR WOMAN, BUT THEY REVEAL A LOT ABOUT THE PERSON. There are only a few sure-fire clues to someone who is poorly organized, lazy or sloppy. How they dress, how they keep their vehicles, office space or home are good clues—and how they work (also sloppy). Pay attention to those and “weed them out."

 

FIGURE OUT HOW TO USE THE FLOOD OF IMMIGRANTS PRODUCTIVELY. Nobody in Washington seems to know what to do with the flood of immigrants coming across American borders. In decades gone by, immigrants were assimilated into the workforce and became a source of productive labor for generations. But it’s not happening again—not yet anyway. Nobody in charge (right now) has a clue about how to do it. Somebody needs to figure this out. Maybe if someone would show President Biden and VP Harris where the border is and what the border mess looks, like they might realize they have created a huge problem (that could have been an opportunity.)

 

PUT YOUR SMART PHONE AWAY AT SCHOOL AT THE DINNER TABLE AND WALKING IN TRAFFIC. Jaywalking used to be a ticketable violation for crossing traffice at the wrong place, or against signals. Maybe it should be again—but a new offense for walking across heavily traveled streets while looking at your cell phone; it might save lives. Confiscate the phone. Charge $50-100 fine to get it back. See what happens.

 

ARE YOU OLDER AND WISER BOTH. Older and wiser used to be a popular term. Now, it’s only accurate if the older people become wiser on how things have changed, which includes a whole lot of technology. Sometimes being older means use your experience, at others it means you resist new ideas, or fail to use new solutions. That’s not good.  Mentoring has been perceived as something that older people do with younger ones. Maybe we should turn that around and have younger people mentor older people on how to use and adapt the latest technology. 

 

TOO MUCH TECH, NOT ENOUGH TALK. Future with Alvin Toffler, using to phrases like “high-tech, high touch” to define how technology was going to require human intervention to maximize its potential?  What is happened in our tech heavy society is the human interaction has been reduced to a few words on a screen instead of the 75 to 90% of communications that are nonverbal.  It’s too easy to say wrong, hurtful or inappropriate things in a digital message, where there’s no human signal what the tone of the intended meaning was. Popular Zoom video calls lose a lot of the nonverbal communications by putting people in small video boxes on the screen. That’s a problem. A common  misuse of technology is:;”I broke up with him or her by sending a text message!” How sad that is.

 

When are the losers by states? LOSERS NEW YORK, ILLINOIS, CALIFORNIA. Population is leaving rapidly moving mostly to the South or south eastern United States. WINNERS TEXAS, FLORIDA, OHIO. Some of you are surprised that Ohio was included with the two obvious big winners, Texas, and Florida, but impact jobs and population are heading to Ohio in spite of with winter weather.  The mass migration to the south central and south east United States, at least partly due to the weather, but a great deal due to the more conservative, political climate, and right to work laws in many of those states.

 

One thing is evident a lot of people think the United States of America is a good place to live. The evidence is how many people keep flooding across our borders to come here because in spite of many problems, it is still the greatest land of opportunity on earth.

 

ON THIS WEEK, FOLLOWING THANKSGIVING, TAKE A MINUTE TO THINK ABOUT HOW THANKFUL WE SHOULD BE—FOR WHAT WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY—AND HOW FEW OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD HAVE WHAT THE USA HAS TO OFFER.

 

BEST, JOHN

 

THE ENTERPRISE—HEADLINES—UPCOMING ELECTIONS, ECONOMIC MISMANAGEMENT, INFLATION, CRIME, BORDER CHAOS, FAILING EDUCATIONS, & CONTINUING LEADERSHIP PROBLEMS

DECADES AGO (1998 & 2006) I WROTE "CHANGING THE WAY AMERICA WORKS”--(AND THE WAY PEOPLE WORK.) 

At that time I was drafting a book, of the same name, which remains unpublished.  That title morphed into a series of articles, and a discussion topic at The Reunion Conference™ a Roundtable I hosted annually from 1997 to 2013. Here we are, another decade later, and see how much has changed, and yet how much remains the same.

 

Download ARTICLE-Changing the Way America Works

 

Starting in 2020, COVID caused the American people to realize they could change their workplace from an office or a job location to their home. In many cases, they could avoid long commutes, high gas prices and the watchful eyes of management—and still get their job done in less time than before—creating free personal time to use as they wanted. This led to the worker preference for Work-at-home, and made managers wonder if this was a good idea. How could they manage and control this widely distributed workforce and its workplaces?

 

CULTURE IN WORKPLACES CHANGED, AS DID FREEDOM TO WORK AT A NEW PACE—HIGHLY VARIABLE, LESS REGIMENTED

But it’s hard to collaborate on getting things done when people are widely distributed, or even know if collaboration is occurring. For the first time in generations, workers are more measured by how, when and if the jobs get done. That’s not a bad thing—until the jobs that required collaborative efforts on defined time frames don’t get done. Who is to blame? Workers? Management? Both? Or the new way of working?

 

PEOPLE IN CERTAIN KINDS OF JOBS BEGAN TO REALIZE THAT THEY NO LONGER HAD TO LIVE AND WORK IN A DEFINED PLACE—AN OFFICE COMPLEX, WITH CUBICLES, AND CONTROL

Some kinds of work had to be done where the customers were—personal service jobs were especially customer-location-delivery sensitive. The entire restaurant & dining out industry changed a lot. Remote ordering via tablets grew, but someone had to deliver the food. A whole industry of food delivery arose.  Without large offices full of employees, there was no lunch-time rush, and cocktail hours changed too. The “Great Migration” has begun (I don’t mean immigrants from outside our borders—but that too has begun). I mean the migration of value adding people and companies out of failing cities and states led by NY, CA, and IL, but those three are far from the only ones—moving to places like TX, FL and even OH and a host of sensible Midwestern and South Central states and cities.

 

NEW FORMS OF SELF-SERVICE EXPLODED

What changed very little was personal services like beauty salons, barber shops, etc. because the service-delivery person and the customer needed to be in the same place at the same time. Not so with many other jobs, and customers. Air travel shopped, reserved and ticketed by electronic devices—smart phones, tablets, personal computers. DIY pump and pay at the gas station (until or unless gas stations get replaced by EV charging stations—another topic entirely). Grocery stores still exist where people “pick & pack & pay for” their groceries—or simply order electronically and have them delivered to a huge Work-At-Home society. Many jobs previously done by people are now done by the customers using electronic devices or smart swipe-insert-or tap credit cards.

 

HUMAN WORKER-CUSTOMER  INTERACTION IN THIS NEW MODEL IS REDUCED DRAMATICALLY

With no “boss” at the “office” people work when they want (within boundaries and deadlines), and often practice “quiet quitting,” disappearing from jobs only to be discovered when no one answers the phone or computer or does the work at all. When workers are no longer tied to the jobs and people they serve, more changes. Companies no longer must stay in locations that are not “company-friendly” and the "great migration" is underway. Why live in traffic clogged cities, to work in large office buildings, requiring expensive commutes (trains or cars) and incur big fees including parking the car. Workers found an hour or two per day free—not trapped in traffic, listening to radios in their cars or working on electronic devices on a commuter train. 

 

THE DECENTRALIZATION AND MOBILIZATION AND FLEXIBILITY OF SO MANY OTHER PARTS OF WORK & LIFE ARE NOW CHANGED, NEVER TO BECOME THE SAME AGAIN

Working women, now over half of the work force, find new child-care solutions when working at home. It’s possible to change diapers or get kids off to school, while on Bluetooth wireless ear buds, talking to a colleague at “work.” Unlike prior periods, Immigration is totally out of control. The America that welcomed LEGAL immigrants in the past, who were assimilated, became part of the fabric of the US economy and an expanded workforce. Not in 2022. Immigration is now a flood of an uncontrolled, unmanaged and illegal/undocumented immigrants.

 

AS SOCIETY CHANGES, GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO CHANGE—LEADERSHIP AND MANAGERIAL SKILLS GROW IN IMPORTANCE—FLEXIBILITY, ADAPTABILITY & CONSENSUS BASED COLLABORATION BECOMES EVEN MORE IMPORTANT.  

 

HOW ARE WE DOING IN AMERICA’S NEW ENVIRONMENT?   A HEADLINE GLIMPSE AT AMERICA’S SITUATION LESS THAN A MONTH BEFORE MID-TERM ELECTIONS SAYS, “NOT VERY WELL AT ALL.”  MANAGEMENT IS NOT GOOD. LEADERSHIP IS EVEN WORSE. A MASSIVE LEADERSHIP CHANGE IS NEEDED—AND COMING—IN THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS!

"BIDEN’S MAKE-BELIEVE VICTORY OVER INFLATION"—A Bizarro world detached from reality.
Don’t turn on the TV for too long. You’ll wonder what reality America’s elected leaders are living in these days. President Joe Biden and his administration seem to be totally lost in an alternate reality, one in which they are declaring success of their misguided policies that are in fact, not making things better. The facts say that those policies are making everything worse. The old Seinfeld TV show in 1996 called it a “Bizarro" universe in which everything seems normal, but nothing is really normal at all—quite the opposite.

“ROBUST ECONOMY WEAKENS MARKETS OUTLOOK”—A contradiction in itself, this headline sums it up. The economy seems conflicted; growing and struggling to find enough workers, and each upset causes the stock market to either dive or climb—illogically. The inept Biden’s border “czar” is the equally inept VP Kamala Harris, who has yet to even visit America’s southern border to experience the chaos there. Immigrants flood into the US by the millions, with no idea where they will go or what they will do, but somehow believing it’s a better place to be. However, the Fed continues trying to slow inflation by crushing the economy with higher interest rates, forcing the country into a needless recession.

AMERICA’S LARGEST STATES AND CITIES ARE HOTBEDS OF REBELLION AND CRIME (“defund the Police”). Experience has proven that Democrats in control of those cities and states cannot (and do not) lead or manage the states or cities well at all. They do, however, convince the largely poor, misinformed/uninformed populace to vote them into office. How? The same way Biden and the Dems have caused the country’s economic malaise: throw taxpayer money at problems, and give handouts to keep the poorly educated in intellectual/factual dependence, (because Dems run the schools there too). This places the people in a new form of economic dependence—“monetary slavery.” Tragic, but true! Think about it.

BIG MEDIA IS AS GUILTY AS POLITICIANS FOR AMERICA’S WOES
The power of the mainstream media and its control over the news is at the heart of the problem as much as poor leadership. Media is critical to political success in getting elected. News media was once a form of oversight—checks and balances—on political power. Not any more. Media is now part of the problem. Insulated by long-standing immunity from prosecution, intended to offer them the ability to “tell the truth about news,” that has now been an easy protection for (disguising) biased opinions as real news. The Supreme Court (SCOTUS) will be reviewing that abuse in its upcoming issues.

 

IMMIGRATION CONTROL IS A MISNOMER—AN OXYMORON—BECAUSE THERE IS LESS AND LESS CONTROL OF THE ANNUAL 4 MILLION PLUS UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS—SINCE BIDEN THREW OPEN AMERICA’S BORDERS AND PUT HIS INEPT VP KAMALA HARRIS "IN CHARGE OF BORDER CONTROL” A PLACE SHE’S NEVER EVEN VISITED

 

In a word, immigration is a huge disaster, ranking along with Biden’s big three great failures: 1) Immigration control,  2) Exit from Afghanistan & Loss of respect globally, and 3) Rampant Inflation. Foreign Policy could be listed as a fourth failure, but there aren’t any rational Foreign policies to examine (except random reaction and then retraction.) 

 

Biden has failed in every way, as he falls further and further into cognitive decline with no viable replacement (in the VP spot). President Biden (the compromise “not-Trump”) candidate, and his Teleprompter script writers, have failed to realize that dithering, blustering, misspeaking and then correcting (to a different error) is neither good leadership nor good management.

 

I will repeat this line: A MASSIVE LEADERSHIP CHANGE IS NEEDED—AND IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS!

 

AN VALUABLE READING RECOMMENDATION: This link is to the Tuchfarber Report. It is full of good info, well thought out and factually sound. READ IT—before you vote. (FYI,  I subscribed months ago, and suggest that you do too.)

 

https://tuchfarberreport.com/tuchfarber-report/in-depth/we-have-an-important-election-coming/

 

A FINAL TOPIC, ONE THAT GETS FAR TOO LITTLE ATTENTION: THE EDUCATION OF AMERICA’S YOUTH.

Shutting down America’s schools (impetus, teacher’s unions who didn’t want them to stay open due to Covid risk) has set back American youth at all levels—by several years—from a level that was weak to begin with. Disclosure: I am a member of Columbus Rotary, and our club is trying to help students in Columbus City Schools, who were behind before Covid, and are now further behind. I recently found articles describing a small study showing that reading aloud in primary grades (3 & 4 especially.) helped literacy and learning in many ways. 

 

Just Google https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=Benefits+of+Reading+aloud+for+3rd+graders&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8  This is a perfect example of Occam’s Razor at work. Occam’s Razor is a theory that the simplest, most direct solution is usually the best one. The cost is negligible, the benefits are huge. Combine this with school vouchers to enable its widest use, and watch the results improve. Our Rotary Club has been providing 5000+ Dictionaries, hand deliv

 

ELECTIONS ARE LESS THAN 4 WEEKS AWAY.

Research candidates, think, consider, decide and then VOTE!

 

IT’S TIME WE CHANGED HOW AMERICA WORKS—AND HOW IT THINKS ABOUT IMPORTANT ISSUES.

 

JOHN