American Stories: FIRE! – Part II; Plus Bonus Economic Content And A Ted Turner(?!) Lesson

Just a personal author’s note before getting started. The provided links are supporting evidence of my opinions and claims. Rest assured there are many, many more in each subject I discuss if you should choose to verify or seek more information.

Why Stories About Fire?

I am focusing my efforts in these American Stories on revealing conditions that are optimum for the long running globullist criminal cabal to execute plans to achieve their world domination goals. Currently I am drilling down on the subject of their use of fire. The Great Chicago Fire led off in Part I. A fraud perpetrated on Americans that continues to this day. With this part we will take a look at a couple of different types of fire – oil field fires and wildfires. There are a significant number of links to peruse that are integral to the theme of the story. As with most things to do with the globullist criminal cabal, nothing is as it appears.

With the recent work of A Midwestern Doctor on substack concerning the Lahaina, Maui fires from his somewhat unique medical background perspective, I will not be addressing it unless additional disclosure is needed. With the tools we all have available now, any of us could choose to follow the story closely and observe what happens to Lahaina and its residents over the coming years. The globullist criminals do not really care if we know what they do anyway. With uncontrolled power that has corrupted the American governmental and economic systems, they fear no repercussions. Below is a link to his story.

https://substack.com/@amidwesterndoctor/p-147526120

It makes me sick to my stomach when I open our honeymoon photo album and remember our outings in Lahaina nearly 40 years ago. I feel so bad for the people who live there and especially for those who lost their homes, businesses and/or loved ones. We offer special prayers for those affected in the spirit of mahalo. The world lost a unique community and centuries of history that the native Hawaiians shared with everyone who visited that special place.

Moving forward for purposes of this story, when did you last hear about a major oilfield fire that was not connected to acts of war and/or sabotage? You probably cannot recall any of note because they are not common place. Starting with the early days of the wildcatters; over time the industry developed, improved safety techniques were employed, and innovative equipment was introduced to reduce chances of blow outs and accidental fires. The reported major fires we read or hear about today usually involve above ground facilities, transport, etc.; which are easier for saboteurs to access or for real accidents to occur. The most dangerous that involve the wells associated with underground oil reserves, well, not so much.

The most celebrated American oil field fire fighter, the legendary Red Adair, handled a couple thousand during his 50 years in the business; although some major ones in his latter years of life were war related such as in Kuwait during the first Iraq War. He even consulted for a movie called Hellfighters that involved oil field fire fighting that starred John Wayne. The media and entertainment industry incorporated the theme of uncontrolled disastrous fires into their fare as the years rolled by.

https://www.asme.org/topics-resources/content/red-adair-to-the-rescue

Wildfires In General

Shifting to wildfires, to connect and amplify we can go with a current television show to help fuel the fires of emotions to normalize the fearful expectations of wildfires with viewers.

Building on themes such as that, they use DC media propagandists to tie oil field fires and wildfires together…

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4733419-risky-oil-production-wildfires

And here’s another…

https://globalnews.ca/news/9701951/alberta-wildfires-oil-gas-companies-shutting-in-production-again

Followed by this…

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/park-fire-now-california-largest-000600041.html

The truth is that for the most part, oil field fires are a rarity and above ground incidents are generally well contained. As you can see the propagandists still attempt to tie them together as threats to humanity. So, what is the real plan that incorporates all of the attention and hype?

Why, “Climate Change” Of Course!

They always provide sheeple an explanation that fits the narrative…

https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/11/world/wildfires-climate-change-arson-explainer-intl/index.html

Except, CNN, arson and accidents caused by humans are the primary causes per government data. But let’s not confuse the issue with facts. Yet, here is another from our nazi government…

https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indicators-wildfires#

One more from a self appointed “defender” of the environment …

https://www.edf.org/climate/heres-how-climate-change-affects-wildfires

At least the NPS leaves out climate change speculation on their web page below. They also state up front that nearly 85% of all wildland fires in America are started by humans. Truth coming from a federal government agency? To borrow a phrase, “What’s up with that?”

https://www.nps.gov/articles/wildfire-causes-and-evaluation.htm

They must not have received the globullist memo about climate change being the real cause behind it all. However, that does not stop more scammers in need of research funding from indirectly blaming war on climate change.

https://www.icrc.org/en/document/climate-change-and-conflict

https://unfccc.int/news/conflict-and-climate

Or maybe it is directly causing it per this one. Yes, that Stanford.

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2019/06/climate-change-cause-armed-conflict

The government even has this mapping to help us. Turns out there are several of these mapping sites from various orgs and government entities and you will one see later in this story.

https://fire.airnow.gov

Notice the ring of fire in the west along with fires in Alaska? I guess those fires are never extinguished because I have not seen them change in quite some time. 😀

What Gives?!

Oil Field Fires, Wildfires, Wars – our world is burning down because of… climate change?

OK, for fun –

That song is not that far off, is it? Stress points across the board stirring fears and distracting the masses from what is really going on in the belly of the beast; which is the creating and conducting of a fire sale of America and its assets and resources to the globullist criminals while the deplorable weirdo people are focused elsewhere on the destruction and loss of life. They create the stress points that promote fear porn with the propagandist media and “entertainment industry” fanning the flames while deep state bureaucrats quietly add restrictive regulations on private property behind the scenes to increase costs to the point of making it nearly impossible to privately own property unless your name is BlackRock.

One big, deadly pysop. Rinse and repeat, again and again and again.

The Scam

The ramp up and rally around climate change endangering the world has been around as a scare tactic for the greedy power seeking criminals for a very long time, however, it began in earnest in America when Slick Clinton went into office. Al Gore took the lead as most know. Our Gail Combs has more than ably covered the reality of the climate debate in our world in a thread available on The QTree. As is the case with most things presented by the “experts” in America and the rest of the world, you can be assured that the opposite view from what they present will likely be the most truthful. Gail proves that statement accurate with data and facts. The change we need to prepare for in this climate cycle is actually global cooling. Yes, global cooling cycles are a thing and have been recorded and theorized about throughout history.

For some reason (😂) Mother Nature does not read the globullist created fake data, charts and analysis. She does not get the memo. She does what she does for reasons that are quite scientific, but, unacceptable to the desires of the narrative builders. Mother Nature tends do her own thing by ignoring calendars and working without regard to man’s desires and the recording of time. Thankfully.

Will end this scam discussion with the following. Does the use of fire by the globullist criminals correspond with the climate change scam in an attempt to divert observance of the significant benefits that carbon dioxide and the greening of the world provides? If so, that would also seem to indicate that droughts and desert conditions must work in the favor of the globullist criminals.

Barren, dry areas produce very little of significant value for mankind on their surfaces, which is why people do not cluster within them very often. Mankind needs God given natural resources to survive and even thrive. Barren, dry areas push population toward areas with more natural resources, housing, jobs, and recreational opportunities. Clustering then occurs. The value to the globullist criminals is that their totalitarian goals are much easier to accomplish when the people are clustered together.

It is not what is above the surface they seek in those barren areas. They seek what is underground, which will be addressed in the Reality section below. This scam can all be reduced to this very simple principle. You own it, they want it, and they will do whatever they need to do to take it from you as inexpensively as possible.

Reality

Fire has proven to be a great thing for humanity. Living well has depended upon it since the first fire was built by ancients to cook what they hunted as well as to stay warm in cold conditions.

Fire is also used to put out fire, to remove the fuel that wildfires must have to continue burning. Fires conducted in controlled situations are beneficial to the environment. Living near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park we experience the use of fire for that purpose annually in sections of the Park. It helps remove scrub and dying vegetation while providing nutrients to the soil to assist the growth of native grasses, plants and trees that are beneficial to wildlife.

If fire is not used for wicked purposes it is simply a tool for good. Yet, the globullist criminal cabal wants you to focus on its destructive elements. That makes fear of oil field fires and wildfires a useful tool to exploit people by increasing anxiety and even depression leading to an easier sale of climate change. When the population of the world buys into climate change it increases the wealth and world control of those who promote it. As a reminder, the latter are not nice people who care about the needs of others.

In reality, a growing number of people now understand that the climate change movement (religion) has been a corrupted tool to effect certain human behaviors that lead people to believe and do the will of the globullist criminals. What they sell, order and mandate others to do; they do not do themselves. They view human life as livestock. In their minds you exist because they allow you to exist for their purposes.

If they can use fire to influence people to believe in climate change and the dangers of fossil fuels, many people will give in to what they want. In so doing they can then successfully enslave the population to help achieve their longer term goals.

Let us assume a wildfire has indeed ravaged an area. What happens afterwards generally also reveals who benefits most from the disaster. For many people there are insufficient funds to rebuild even if treated fairly by insurers or through government financial assistance. For others the losses endured are simply too much to overcome emotionally to return to an area. In other instances the land or infrastructure itself has been too damaged to safely rebuild in a reasonable period of time. One needs only watch the hot, fire producing lava on Hilo flow and completely change the topography to know – nope – not going back even if one wanted to do so.

The globullists know all of that. They can acquire an affected property for a small fraction of the previous value if it sits near the disaster area, even if it was not damaged. They observe the behavior of the people who have endured the hardships and then influence the negativity to be worse than reality through fear porn, anxiety, angst, etc. ginned up through the propagandist media and influencers in the communities who receive compensation for services rendered. They have pre-event access to triggers (arsonists, planned “accidents”, etc.) that cause many of the fires; deep pockets to capitalize on the events; and the government nazis to back their efforts with excessive regulations, red tape and purchased opposition.

Have you ever noticed how relief funds and insurance settlements are nearly always delayed for long periods to residents and small business owners, yet, the bureaucrats can flush out billions to fight proxy wars and fund foreign interests in seconds? They know that many will grow weary, accept less than what is due or just walk away. These vultures are poised to pounce at all times and consider it great fun to take advantage of the misery.

Within the boundaries of America exists many of the most valuable natural resources for energy, research, manufacturing, timber and agriculture per square inch than anywhere else on earth. When included with neighboring Canada, the abundance is astonishing. We have enough to share with the world to enhance all lives.

Which is why we are being infiltrated, invaded as well as abused by our own government. The globullist criminals do not believe in sharing the wealth, they want to control it all. Klaus Scwab and WEF have already informed the world of exactly that intention. The catastrophic events and actions are used to push the population away from areas they want to control. They want the resources that they know to exist above and below ground for their purposes. Where these random appearing, destructive fires are located reveals many areas they highly covet. If you see no reasons above ground they would want it, rest assured there are reasons below ground.

They have illustrated this vividly throughout history and is why I started with The Great Chicago Fire and mention the recent Maui fire. Both of those were for above ground reasons. The wildfires potentially affecting oilfields in the links are obvious. What you may not notice are the wildfires in remote areas, particularly in the western U. S. However, those areas have been geologically researched for decades and are known to hold huge mineral and fossil fuel reserves for scientific research, manufacturing and energy production purposes.

Perhaps you missed the latest news on a large lithium discovery. Ever wonder why the leftists hate fracking in PA? Clue, other than seeking to induce more misery on the region’s population, it has very little to do with natural gas production. Read the following,

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-vast-untapped-source-of-lithium-has-just-been-found-in-the-us

If as much as 30% of our nation’s anticipated lithium needs can be met by extracting it from wastewater associated with existing fracking operations in that one state, why would leftists object to this obviously environmentally friendlier activity than mining since they are the ones pushing the Green New Deal and EV’s that use lithium batteries?

Well, it could be that many of them are investors or receive lobbyist bribes from other competing energy and manufacturing sectors. In addition some are also probably investors in the companies who hold rights to lithium deposits found in the links below.

https://www.mining-technology.com/projects/thacker-pass-lithium-project-nevada-usa/?cf-view

https://acmelithium.com/2022/03/23/acme-lithium-inc-acquires-new-lithium-project-in-mcdermitt-caldera-region

Notice where this lithium deposit was found; in the dry, scrub land of native Americans in northern NV at Thacker Pass. Notice that ACME Lithium is one of the companies that holds rights and is active in both America and Canada. Consider this statement I found on Yahoo! Finance:

Canadian government just announced $4Billion in funding to Canadian mining projects specializing in critical minerals. “Critical minerals present a Generational opportunity in many areas…this federal government is committed to seizing this opportunity that will benefit every region across the nation and throughout the world”- Jonathan Wilkinson, Canadian Minister of Natural resources, Friday Dec 9,2022.

Then there is this one in the same area with Lithium Americas;

https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/30/23849619/lithium-ev-battery-thacker-pass-mine-mcdermitt-caldera

Might want to bet on this company since GM invested $650 million into it. With a known 46 years of lithium deposits available in just this one area it is going to be around for awhile.

Economic Realities For MAGA – Bonus Content

Will you consider a fellow QTreeper’s economic advice? I propose a quick detour from the fires.

First, President Trump knows about the lithium in the wastewater of fracking operations in PA. As a result, PA and America will experience a huge economic boost if he goes back in as POTUS. One of the reasons he is working that state so hard beyond needing it to comfortably win the election is that it fits his overall economic recovery plan for our nation. The NV mines will also be another large source of lithium to make America totally independent in meeting the growing needs for the mineral. That PA fracking provides an on-going dependable source of low cost natural gas as a source of energy for homes, businesses and industry in the region is just icing on the cake.

Second, I am not yet an EV fan. However, the commitment made by both political parties plus major international corporations indicates that we all might as well get used to the idea as it is here to stay and will be a growing segment. Most rational people realize it will be just one segment of several and not be a complete conversion. We will have a choice for the foreseeable future. As range and features improve more folks will warm up to them. Until then expect to see a growing number of charging stations installed nationwide as well as universal engineering and technology standards emerge from manufacturers. We see the charging stations going in our grocery store parking lots in rural east TN now. You will see the expansion of EV purchases in fleets of autos as well as short range commercial trucks. This will drive the scale needed for production while gradually lowering production costs to make them more affordable for the public without needing government subsidies. Elon knows this with Tesla. Who supports lithium discoveries in America and has aligned with President Trump? Yeah, that guy. It is not the only reason, but it is a major one.

Third, GM is diving in head first. They have invested big in the lithium mining, own lithium battery manufacturing plants with LG Energy Solutions, and invested big into charging stations nationwide with Berkshire (Warren Buffett) owned Pilot Flying J travel centers as I previously discussed in a BIMD story. I doubt any of these corporate giants will be backing away any time soon from the now hundreds of billions of investment collectively into the EV sector. Which tells me that their research and development is indicating sizable gains in range and shortened recharging times in the future. With scale and more units sold, prices will trend down on the vehicles, parts, and batteries packs. It will not eliminate gas and diesel fueled vehicles. However, it will reduce some capital investment into those types of vehicles. EV’s and combustion engine driven vehicles can and should coexist. Becoming totally dependent on any one industry or product is never a smart idea.

Finally, South Korea headquartered LG’s investment into the lithium batteries with GM tells you this will continue to be an international push. South Korea based Hyundai and Kia have invested big into EVs. Honda of Japan is doing likewise. European automakers entered the market years ago. China is already flooding the world with cheap, disposable crap EVs. Sort of like this relic of yesteryear.

Anybody for a Yugo?

The primary complication for full scale acceptance will continue to be electricity generation. With EV’s growing in usage and AI on the horizon, the need for electricity in America will blow past current capacity rapidly. So look for a massive investment into power generation, which will drive manufacturing growth and AI implementation. Customers will not like the massive rate increases needed, so the feds are going to need to step in to make it all happen with tax dollar subsidies and incentives to the producers of power. Expect huge changes in the electricity generation industry with a continued resurgence in nuclear and backing off from killing coal and natural gas usage.

As an example, remember the MO bootheel aluminum smelting mill closure story in BIMD, the one that supplied about a quarter of our domestic demand? The same one that is now closed that countered the Chinese smelted aluminum that goes into the manufacture of electric transformers used in power generation? The same mill that used a huge amount of electrical power generation for production in a state that acquiesced to the closure of coal fired electric power plants? It would not surprise me at all to see that mill crank back up with new investment and tax incentives after the election with PDT’s emphasis on domestic manufacturing. Missouri will probably grant a stay on the closure of those coal fired power plants and push for more natural gas and nuclear. America needs to produce its own electrical generation product necessities and not depend on buying from people who hate us on the other side of the planet. That aluminum smelting mill would help that happen.

I have now informed readers about some good industries and companies to invest in over the long term. If PDT wins the economic gains will be off the charts. If the Dems pull off another steal, this process will still continue albeit with stronger international globullist criminal involvement and emphasis. With PDT winning the smart investment play will be to go with stock picks and mutual funds that focus on domestic energy, manufacturing and distribution. If the steal happens, go international with picks and funds that have a strong concentration of stocks in these sectors. This latter international investment will still produce gains even if Trump wins because a rising sea level (or tide if you prefer) lifts all boats and America is still the sea (tide) – for now. PDT wants the petro dollar to remain the world’s currency. The globullists would prefer it as well.

Back To Fires

I will start this section with a discussion about…Ted Turner. Wut?!

One of the best business investment lessons I ever heard in person as a young business banker was while attending a Chamber event with Ted Turner as speaker. I despise the guy, but he knew how to make a lot of money. He said he made his big move in business as a young man in the billboards industry, taking over his father’s business after he committed suicide. Living and working in the growing southeastern U. S. region he noted the rapidly increasing population and traffic on the highway and interstate system. From past experience he knew billboards were highly regulated within larger city limits in various areas. Very few new structures were being permitted as well as the costs for land purchases and leases were too high to justify those that could be permitted. So he invested big in building and leasing them in the surrounding suburbs and highway systems where people were moving to live as they would be commuting into town to work along with the usual commercial and tourist traffic passing through the areas. Many times he was able to buy the land on which the structures sat. Every time the costs got too high or the cities and counties became too regulation happy he would move farther out, buy more land and build more billboards. He always went where the fast growing bedroom communities were located and he knew they would continue to expand their borders and increase business. The structures his father and he previously built that he still owned were grandfathered in the regulations and as a result became more and more valuable as time passed with the growing number of eyes on them from the increasing traffic. Eventually they became so valuable he sold many of them. Sometimes he retained the land and leased the related land parcel to the buyer of the structure if it was a good property investment with upside. Many times the land would later go on to become parts of large shopping complexes or industrial parks. He used the funding from the various sales to get into media and the television industry. The rest is history.

And yes, I shook the capitalist commie’s hand and thanked him for speaking after the event. I then went to the restroom and washed my hands. It helped inform me about the industry as I had financed small time billboard owners in the past. More importantly it gave me great insight into how some of the globullist criminals think as well as their methods of operation. With that in mind please review the FEMA map linked below;

https://gis-fema.hub.arcgis.com/maps/nifc::nevada-wildfire-information-map/explore?location=37.326752%2C-128.780645%2C4.29

Thacker Pass, NV is in the northern area toward the Oregon border. However, the lithium mineral reserves that have been discovered also extend south and east of the pass. The mining and extraction of lithium is water dependent and the Humboldt provides same. This area just happens to be somewhat near the large wildfires that have have been a recurring feature in the northeastern as well as the central eastern parts of NV.

Does the following look like a place where people would desire to live or supporting businesses of mines locate? How many buildings do you see?

That’s Thacker Pass, NV; the center of the lithium deposit reserves.

The wildfires are occurring east, southeast of this area in more forested, habitable areas that are more suitable and attractive to housing people and operating businesses. That area is directly en route to Salt Lake City, Utah. The Humboldt River runs east to west through the region. The town of Elko located along the river east of Thacker Pass and at the base of the Ruby Mountains is less than one hour from the eastern most point of the lithium find and two hours from the above referenced site. Elko already serves the NV gold mining industry and has been a bit of a boom or bust town historically with casinos and legal prostitution. It is a strong culture fit for what is coming. The area around it would be a logical area for new mining related support businesses to locate, which would lead to residential growth after state and local infrastructure investment. This area just so happens to be where wildfires have been burning north and south of Elko per the above referenced map.

How convenient for the wealthy to buy fire affected property at lower prices just in time for the boom to come while still selling that the wildfires contribute to the dreaded climate change. They will push the use of EV’s and their lithium battery packs to counter it. A real twofer for globullists criminals. They then go on to employ similar Ted Turner investment principles and build a gateway all the way to Salt Lake City, a distance of just 230 miles approximately, while using state and federal tax dollars to fund the infrastructure as politicians sell jobs, jobs, jobs to the unwitting NV and Utah voters.

Yup.

Do we spot more investment opportunities in this discussion? Do we know of a large cult in the region parading in the mainstream of politics who may be interested and involved?

Conclusion

Climate change is noise meant to distract you from seeing what the criminals are really doing and want from you. The wildfires and threats of oil field fires are meant to drive you from the lands they affect. The decision to stay and fight, fight, fight or go is yours alone.

As for me and my house we will do our best to live the way God intended for all of us and it will work out in accordance with His perfect will. The criminals will have a fight on their hands with us.

In FIRE Part III, I will conclude comments on this climate change push and discuss a tragic wildfire that significantly impacted our lives in east TN.

May you and yours be blessed.

American Stories: FIRE!

She died a recluse in 1895, ostracized and shunned by society. She withdrew from social interaction and refused to talk about the events of that period. She denied her cow caused the fire until her death. Over a century later, Mrs. Catherine O’Leary and her cow were officially exonerated by the Chicago City Council in 1997.

Huh?! What are you blabbering about again, TB? Well, just taking another little side trip down on the criminal globalist cabal’s propaganda train that goes back to 1871.

The War of Northern Aggression had ended and the victorius cabal had begun converting their industrial, business, medical, etc. holdings into a peacetime economy in a country that was growing rapidly in the west as well as with trade overseas. It was a time of great scientific invention and application advancement. City leaders had big plans.

The Great Chicago Fire

Urban legend of that day grew as the print media spread the gossip flames during the days that followed The Great Chicago Fire (TGCF). The voices of these influencers planted their seeds in the minds of the local population. They said the cause was a cow in the O’Leary barn that kicked over a lantern. Apparently Elsie the cow did the dirty deed that started all of the devastation and death.

Currently on history.com –

On October 8, 1871, flames spark in the Chicago barn of Patrick and Catherine O’Leary, igniting a two-day blaze that kills between 200 and 300 people, destroys 17,450 buildings, leaves 100,000 homeless and causes an estimated $200 million (in 1871 dollars; roughly $4 billion in 2021 dollars) in damages.

Legend has it that a cow kicked over a lantern in the O’Leary barn and started the fire, but other theories hold that humans or even a comet may have been responsible for the event that left four square miles of the Windy City, including its business district, in ruins. Dry weather and an abundance of wooden buildings, streets and sidewalks made Chicago vulnerable to fire. The city averaged two fires per day in 1870; there were 20 fires throughout Chicago the week before the Great Fire of 1871.

Despite the fire’s devastation, much of Chicago’s physical infrastructure, including its water, sewage and transportation systems, remained intact. Reconstruction efforts began quickly and spurred great economic development and population growth, as architects laid the foundation for a modern city featuring the world’s first skyscrapers. At the time of the fire, Chicago’s population was approximately 324,000; within nine years, there were 500,000 Chicagoans. By 1893, the city was a major economic and transportation hub with an estimated population of 1.5 million. That same year, Chicago was chosen to host the World’s Columbian Exposition, a major tourist attraction visited by 27.5 million people, or approximately half the U.S. population at the time.

In 1997, the Chicago City Council exonerated Mrs. O’Leary and her cow. She turned into a recluse after the fire, and died in 1895.”

In my opinion, none of the many stories and news accounts available on line as well as in history publications and other commentaries are more revealing than these below from The Saturday Evening Post article of Oct. 8, 2021, The New Yorker article that was published on Oct. 2, 2023 and a Chicago Tribune article published on Oct. 1, 2021. They will take you back over 150 years only to discover that the media, gossipers (influencers), corrupt politicians and government officials were in the same spearhead then as they are now.

https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2021/10/considering-history-mrs-olearys-cow-didnt-start-the-great-chicago-fire-why-does-it-matter

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/10/09/the-burning-of-the-world-the-great-chicago-fire-and-the-war-for-a-citys-soul-scott-w-berg-book-review

I hope folks in this nation of ours are at least beginning to see that the representations of historical accounts are often manipulated; changed to influence and reframe narratives to help meet the objectives of the criminal globalist cabal that are in leadership of numerous nations of the world. You and I are great big nothings to them; only allowed to exist to accomplish their wills as needed. We are considered to be replaceable and definitely, deplorable. This condition is also nothing new in mankind’s existence.

Notice in these and most other reports of TGCF that it is now acceptable to consider other possible causes of the great fire since objectives were met and there will be no legal consequences from the shenanigans. Nothing to see here, time to move on – right?

The transplanted former natives of Ireland, Patrick and Catherine O’Leary, the owners of the barn and said cow; were never officially recognized as the source of the fire or charged with negligence despite investigations by the authorities. It appears that their existence nearby was just a convenient explanation to shield what really happened, which has still not been determined or revealed. This needed to be done since many of the accusers had an agenda against Irish immigrants who had been growing rapidly in population in Chicago, especially in the densely populated subject area as well as in nearby neighborhoods impacted most by the fire. In addition, the cabal had business expansion plans for the fire ravaged properties.

How convenient that the city’s infrastructure amazingly remained fully intact after the fire. 👀

Here we are once again with former Irish slaves, indentured servants and the poor being forced to leave their native land to make their way into an expanding America; only for them and their descendants to get the shaft. Most lost everything and their proofs of insurance burned as well. The local and federal governments never raced to their aid. Unless they had access to other funds to rebuild, they had to walk away.

When one studies the actual fire event and the circumstances surrounding it, the stench of nefarious intent waffles through the air. Perhaps the fire truly was an accident that raced out of control quickly. That does not change what happened post fire that sets off all sorts of alarms. Just answering who stood to lose the most and who stood to gain the most answers many questions. However, stopping there would not reveal how the criminal cabal operates.

Numerous internet sources continue to reference article after article of the O’Leary’s cow as the cause of the fire even when they list other potential causes. My grandson’s homeschooling curriculum, Time4learning, had a 2024 lesson about TGCF and its origination point being the O’Leary barn and cow as its sole explanation. They are still selling the false narrative to unsuspecting young people and their parents. I guess teaching children that speculation, gossip and innuendo are facts is called “education” in today’s world.

The Rebuild Per The Left

What happened to Chicago post fire beginning in 1871? Let’s look at one leftist version.

Why of course, it is “The Great Rebuilding” of Chicago!

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/chicago-fire-1871-and-great-rebuilding

Notice that National Geographic states, “While there is little doubt…” Elsie and the lantern started the fire. Then the writer adds a Fast Fact at the end and throws in the possiblity of a thief kicking over the lantern with a reference to some scientists believe a meteor shower started it as possibilities to keep their attorneys happy. If an accident really did cause it, the more likely scenario was the musician neighbor or other local thief stole some of the O’Leary’s milk for themselves and kicked over the lantern. The point is they did not know then or now, who or even how it started. They have no evidence. Nobody even knows with certainty whether it ignited in the immediate vicinity of the barn, much less who started it. Yet, the poor working class O’Leary family was charged in the court of public opinion and over a century later the probable misrepresentation continues.

Cast dispersions much, NG? Why yes, that is their malicious intention revealed openly for all to see.

Lets explore deeper and open the Credits section of the article. You will see it was updated in 10/23. The writer is a Mary Schons, who clearly had access to the Saturday Evening Post and Chicago Tribune articles (among others) linked above before her update. Who is Ms. Schons? A writer who cannot easily be identified that focuses on the women’s suffrage movement, African American rights and movements, etc. This appears to be her; a retired school psychologist in the Denver area.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-schons-a82979122

So we turn our attention to a listed editor for the article, Jeannie Evers. I was unable to provide the link of her linkedin page, however, the University of Denver is in both backgrounds of Schons and Evers – which is a reflection of their possible connection. Evers has been an editor for NG since Soetoro’s term began in 2009. So, what is the 230 student Santa Catalina (CA) independent Catholic prep school for girls for whom Ms. Evers currently works as Asst. Director of Marketing and Communications? It is this place.

https://www.santacatalina.org/upper-school

They proudly display their college referrals across the banner of the home page. Needless to say no conservative schools are shown. Their mission is right in front of you the reader and all of America. Here is Ms. Evers staff bio.

https://www.santacatalina.org/upper-school/who-we-are/faculty-staff/bios/~const-id/9185

There is another leftist connection featured in this NG article of Schons. The Unitarian Church rears its head in the quoted text. Notice that no traditional Christian or Jewish denominations or independent churches, temple or synagogue leaders are quoted.

Unitarian Faith
“We have not lost, first, our geography. Nature called the lakes, the forests, the prairies together in convention long before we were born, and they decided that on this spot a great city would be built.”
The Rev. Robert Collyer, speaking to his congregation after the Chicago Fire of 1871 destroyed their church

😂 at the Reverend’s description of his god’s (nature) actions. That group has never changed after all these years. The truth was not in them, then or now.

The NG article has been saved by 56 educators, who obviously use it when teaching Social Studies, American History, etc. See how that works? Now multiply this type narrative building of false history in multiple academic disciplines times tens of millions of student interactions in every aspect of education across America every day for decades.

Do not dismiss this one seemingly insignificant historical misrepresentation as unimportant. You, your children, your children’s children, and so on have been and are being taught lies as truth. Not just with this subject, this has been done IN EVERYTHING. If you have not already, it is time for you to think things through and take action.

This is an example of our American house being built on sand that the Bible speaks about in Matthew 7:24-27.

24 “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”

Which leads to His authority in John 14:6.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me.

As a result if you are a Christian, you cannot accept lies in education (or anything else). Acceptance of lies as truth and speculation as fact undermines the foundation of America and does not reflect your acceptance of Jesus as your Savior. Lies, misrepresentations and disinformation are shifting sand. Build your foundation on the truth, the rock of Jesus Christ. Your role is to shed light on their schemes. Bring the truth as Jesus did. Our American foundation will then stand against Satan and his minions.

That is a primary purpose of this series, to expose some of the lies, misrepresentations, manipulations, and deception employed in America.

Truth

The NG narrative scoundrels cannot refrain from describing the oppressors using the TGCF tragedy as an opportunity to meet their true goals.

Many poorer Chicagoans couldn’t afford the fireproof materials or skilled masons to rebuild. In addition, many could not afford fire insurance. (Before the fire, many people had insurance, but their policies were burned in the fire.) Without the means to rebuild or insure their property, thousands of people and small businesses were crowded out of Chicago.

We could stop with that statement from the NG article and know the primary reason for what happened post fire in 1871. The cabal was simply capitalizing on the conditions of misery they helped create for their fellow man.

As a general truth that applies with all events of this type: the losses, devastation, injuries and death created against one group of people is really good business for others. Which leads to the motives for the fire. I am sure it was just coincidences that the source of water (the public Waterworks utility) for fire responders was quickly burned; for the undermanned responders to be given wrong directions and get lost on their way to the fire (conveniently left out of the referenced article, yet, is in others); for the location of the fire to be essentially isolated to a poor area of the city filled with reviled immigrants; that the more effluent residential areas were not impacted; that the biggest area economic driver – the large stockyards and packing plants on the same south side suffered no damage at all; and so on. See the map in the linked article below.

https://chicagoist.com/2015/10/08/its_the_anniversary_of_the.php

Sickening, isn’t it? Next, consider how quickly the rebuild began. The architects and engineers had not even finished their planning and design work on infrastructure, government buildings, and revamped codes before major reconstruction began. This was done only for it all to be completely ‘built back better’ leading to a business and population explosion in that former working class resident area that culminated in the city hosting the World’s Fair two decades later.

Where have I heard that expression before? Oh, yeah, from the following…

https://www.whitehouse.gov/build-back-better

Now think about Lahaina, Maui.

It is a very familiar refrain that echos from the words of the same political elites and globalist cabal over many, many years.

The rewriters of history such as these with NG are employed to create propaganda and false narratives akin to sweeping the footprints from behind the paths of villains as they leave the scenes of the crimes. They are accessories after the fact using journalistic license as cover. The subject footprints may be removed, however, the trail is still there through common sense, logic, research and observations of the mistakes they make in the cover-ups. Those seeking truth can follow the trails of the more known or self identifying clean-up crews to find where they have been active.

First, the actions of the cleaning crews means somebody instructed these removers of the footprints to do so. They did not just come up with it on their own as lone wolfs; the actions are coordinated similar to the mockingbird press activities. Second, that also means the criminals had reasons to have them removed, that they needed certain things to be kept secret. Finally, it demonstrates they are not doing good as God has commanded; they are serving their master, Satan. Which tells us, We the People, how to react.

The following article gives more detail on reconstruction post fire, but still polishes the apple.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/10/8/22677929/how-great-chicago-fire-changed-chicago-architecture

In relation to what happened over time in the general vicinity, the following is a current list of large businesses with a major presence.

https://www.builtinchicago.org/articles/companies-downtown-chicago

Who knows if Chicago would have still accomplished its size and prominence had there been no fires to force the poor local residents and businesses out in great numbers. Perhaps those who desired to locate there would have paid market value to the property owners to sell and leave over time. Oh, who do I think i am fooling with that?! 🤣

Second Fire

But wait, there’s MOAR! There was a second, smaller, less publicized; yet, devastating and deadly fire in Chicago a few years later in 1874. The new post-1871 buildings with more fire proof materials did not burn, however, about 800 older ones were burned up adjacent to the 1871 fire zone. Dang, that’s just some bad luck, right? Well actually, it was good luck for those who swooped in and purchased property on the cheap and rebuilt the area to meet their needs. The first playbook was used again since it worked so well. The following article is well worth the read.

https://drloihjournal.blogspot.com/2016/11/the-chicago-fire-of-1874.html

So, let’s think this through. The poor neighborhoods that had the largest groups of Jews, predominantly from Russia and Poland, to go with a large number of African American homes and businesses were destroyed in this fire. Add in the benefit of destroying Chicago’s notorious red light district in the process. The theme of stopping the latter activities as being a good thing was then sold by the media and influencers to the unsuspecting public. Post-fire the Jews, African Americans and prostitutes relocated to other areas farther from the city’s center for the most part.

Supposedly the fire started in a Polish Jew’s rag shop located next door to an oil company of sorts, yet, it was established the owner/operator of the rag shop was away from his business when it happened that late afternoon. It was also well known for many years that the water lines in the affected area were too small (4″), insufficient in distribution network, and clogged throughout that part of town due to improper design, modification and lack of maintenance.

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Can you spell A R S O N?

Guess what area was next for reconstruction in the ‘build back better’ with construction crews and services already stationed in the area performing work from the previous fire? Guess what fire accelerated the city’s infrastructure improvements and enforcement of same in the affected area post fire?

Are we awake yet? The conditions on the ground determine the plan and implementation schedule. Take the long view, the criminal cabal does. Sometimes they get lucky and a true accident or unfortunate event happens of which they are positioned to take advantage quickly. Most times it is an intentional act that creates the calamity and the mechanism for cover up has already been activated.

The criminal cabal know there is always plenty of time to organize and implement what has already been planned decades in advance. They do not press the button every time there is an opening. They wait until the time is right for maximum effectiveness.

No person(s) were charged in either Chicago fire. Yet, entire segments of the population lost most everything they owned and were displaced by ethnicity, race and economic status. Many people were killed and injured in these events.

The criminal cabal did not care, they got what they wanted.

There Is A More Important Fire

I Corinthians 3:10-17

According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each person must be careful how he builds on it. For no one can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw, each one’s work will become evident; for the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each one’s work. If anyone’s work which he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward. If anyone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet only so as through fire.

Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy that person; for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are.

Before you get to the end result in the second paragraph above make sure you consider all of the ramifications of the first. Paul wants us to consider that we should carefully first build a foundation of faith that is built on Christ, which is then applied to our works in life. You will be contributing to the Kingdom of God and providing a platform for others who follow behind you both in spiritual matters and the secular world. How you go about your works in the world and the degree you reflect God’s will in doing so will be tested.

According to Paul, true believers in Christ who errantly build for worldly things without regard to God’s will shall still be saved from an eternity spent in Hell, but barely. Their rewards in Heaven may be quite limited at the judgment seat of Christ.

The pursuit of those worldly things may actually lead to them violating the persons described in the second paragraph. Followers of Christ have the temple of God within them through the Spirit’s dwelling. So harming others is a direct attack against God. I advise against doing that even as the lost about you are doing that very thing.

The Bottom Line

Fire. Used for purification, used for destruction. Used for good, used for evil. Most importantly for Americans, the use of fire is connected to enslavement as well as liberty.

If Mrs. O’Leary, reportedly an Irish Catholic, was a believer in Jesus Christ; all is well as she is with Him in Heaven for eternity. All of the pain she suffered in this cruel world has been replaced with incredible joy. She defended herself and her husband’s honor until her passing from death into eternal life.

But can we say the same about those who committed the subject evil acts that gained them worldly wealth, fame and power for a time? We can hope they saw the error of their pursuits and ways, then repented and accepted Christ before their deaths. If not, eternal destruction awaits the non-believer as well as discipline for the believer who participated in the evil per the quoted scripture above in I Corinthians.

Conclusion

We will continue the discussion of fire events in America for a time in this series. It continues to be one of the cabal’s most visible and effective weapons that has far reaching psychological as well as economic and environmental effects. It is not unreasonable to conclude that the more recent clowns’ use of MKUltra as well as promoting mental illness through gender dysphoria, AI, jabs, transhumanism, etc. will continue to deliver useful victims to assist with the evil activities on behalf of the criminal globalist cabal.

Blessings to all who care to spend time and read these American stories. May something of value be gained.

American Stories – Enslavement And Liberty

The future and success of America is not in this Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded.– James Madison

Now is the time to roll this out. PDT and supporters have been unfairly and unreasonably attacked for years and we have been at a loss at what to do about it outside of the violence the black hats want to incite so they can throw martial law at us. That is how the commie evil works. Do not fall for it.

This story series is a change of plan as I retire both BIMD and Civilized War. it is the writer’s prerogative. 😂 The Civilized War theme is being handled beautifully by our Gail, Joe Lange of Badlands and others as they deep dive on historical events that tie to current events that hopefully reveal to YOU, the readers, that the United States of America have not been UNITED since shortly after the Revolutionary War. In fact, we have been under siege by traitors and seditionists with foreign assistance the entire time. That’s over two CENTURIES for those keeping score at home.

So, we must be a very important target for Satan and his minions to take down. What should that tell us? Those are the type questions and observations we will discuss here as we progress.

My plan is to cherrypick interconnected topics in our American heritage and further expose them in stories. What you will clearly see with each is there is a scriptural reference or answer to lead us to a successful understanding and conclusion of how to address going forward. You will be able to arrive at it using research, comparisons, and logic along with critical thinking skills that the Creator of the universe gave you.

The words from posts of many readers of the QTree are what have inspired this series. I have followed the thoughts and expressions of many of you through the years. There are common themes I have observed from the comments and they reflect a yearning for freedom, truth, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. You want to see the good guys and gals win with evil doers punished. You may or may not believe in the God the Father of Abram and Moses or in his son, Jesus Christ. However, all of you expect good things and fair treatment in life that have been defined as good and fair by the Word of God. You have a vested interest in seeing our nation follow and administer the legal documents that are in place. After all, they are our rules for living in this country.

So, let’s get started and allow your minds and imaginations to run free with what could and should be.

Back To The Ancients

A couple of the primary purposes of the BIMD series were to show how many of us are interconnected in some way as well as the parallels if we find the links. We tend to slide through life unaware of the links to people and events. However, the ancient Hebrew people were well aware of them. God told them it was important to remember and tell future generations. So they went on to record their genealogies, rules for living, events, emotions, songs, prayers and so on.

If it was important for the chosen of God, it must be equally important for all people. However, we need to trust God with our whole hearts and minds to fully understand why, and better yet, experience the benefits of doing so. As an example, there are excellent reasons I and II Chronicles exist in the Bible and they are not just for history lessons. For those who are not familiar, the link below gives an accurate summary of them. It is a five minute read, tops.

https://overviewbible.com/1-2-chronicles/

Now that we have a general idea, let us dig into a scripture passage that could and should apply today in America if we had Godly leaders and/or a similar singularly focused commitment by We the People.

II Chronicles 20:5-30 (NKJV)

Then Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord, before the new court, and said: “O Lord God of our fathers, are You not God in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations, and in Your hand is there not power and might, so that no one is able to withstand You? Are You not our God, who drove out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel, and gave it to the descendants of Abraham Your friend forever? And they dwell in it, and have built You a sanctuary in it for Your name, saying, ‘If disaster comes upon us—sword, judgment, pestilence, or famine—we will stand before this temple and in Your presence (for Your name is in this temple), and cry out to You in our affliction, and You will hear and save.’ 10 And now, here are the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir—whom You would not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them and did not destroy them— 11 here they are, rewarding us by coming to throw us out of Your possession which You have given us to inherit. 12 O our God, will You not judge them? For we have no power against this great multitude that is coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”

13 Now all Judah, with their little ones, their wives, and their children, stood before the Lord.

14 Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, in the midst of the assembly. 15 And he said, “Listen, all you of Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat! Thus says the Lord to you: ‘Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God’s. 16 Tomorrow go down against them. They will surely come up by the Ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the brook before the Wilderness of Jeruel. 17 You will not need to fight in this battle. Position yourselves, stand still and see the salvation of the Lord, who is with you, O Judah and Jerusalem!’ Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them, for the Lord is with you.”

18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem bowed before the Lord, worshiping the Lord. 19 Then the Levites of the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the Korahites stood up to praise the Lord God of Israel with voices loud and high.

20 So they rose early in the morning and went out into the Wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, O Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: Believe in the Lord your God, and you shall be established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper.” 21 And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed those who should sing to the Lord, and who should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army and were saying:

“Praise the Lord,
For His mercy endures forever.”

22 Now when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushes against the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were defeated. 23 For the people of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to utterly kill and destroy them. And when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.

24 So when Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked toward the multitude; and there were their dead bodies, fallen on the earth. No one had escaped.

25 When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away their spoil, they found among them an abundance of valuables on the dead bodies, and precious jewelry, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away; and they were three days gathering the spoil because there was so much. 26 And on the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berachah, for there they blessed the Lord; therefore the name of that place was called The Valley of Berachah until this day. 27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat in front of them, to go back to Jerusalem with joy, for the Lord had made them rejoice over their enemies. 28 So they came to Jerusalem, with stringed instruments and harps and trumpets, to the house of the Lord. 29 And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries when they heard that the Lord had fought against the enemies of Israel. 30 Then the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest all around.

What Was Once Can Be Again

Are we paying attention, America?

King Jehoshaphat addressed the Lord and to summarize his words said something like this in our language, “Lord, we left those enemy peoples alone per your commands when You brought us out of Egypt. You gave us this land forever because of your relationship with father Abraham. Now these enemies are threatening us and we do not know what to do. We are scared. Their forces are too large and we are out of ideas and options. So we are putting our fate into your hands while we seek your favor and protection. Our eyes are on you.”

Then a man from the priestly Levite line named Jehoshaphat (whose name meant “God sees”) who received God’s divine instructions tells the King and people to quit worrying and show up in the valley at the Wilderness of Tekoa where the enemy is preparing for war the next morning. In essence he tells them that God’s got this. The King and people humble themselves before the Lord, believe, and wait.

They then went out the next morning to face their enemies with complete trust in the outcome. When they arrived on the scene they found the Lord had already fought their battle. They see that it was a complete wipe out, nothing but dead bodies everywhere. Apparently their enemies had turned upon themselves to their own complete destruction. So with God’s blessing the people proceeded to take all the good stuff. They head home after a few days of collecting the spoils, singing praises to the Lord and rejoicing. For the rest of King Jehoshaphat’s reign there was peace. I guess so, nobody much would want to mess with a nation that had a God that would fight for them like that.

Faith, trust, obedience, deliverance, joy. That is victory.

Which leads to this observation. The decisions made and actions taken by the people discussed in those two books affected what has happened throughout history as well as what happens in the future on this planet and in Heaven. If you doubt it, look at Israel, Gaza and the Middle East today. We can be so very thankful for this recording of history.

Jesus And The Parables

Jesus continued this method of communication through stories that contained parables for good reasons. Parables are simply illustrations within a larger story that compare one thing to something else. He utilized old testament scripture, history, people, multiple meanings, parallels and interconnections that some listeners could relate to and grasp. They would contain hooks that would encourage the listeners to go deeper in their understanding. The listeners would know or need to know the context in which they were told.

This later point is one reason why so many struggle with understanding the Bible through the years. This same struggle happened to those who were present and listened to Jesus during that time as well as today as we read the the Word or hear it taught and preached. Even his closest disciples had difficulty understanding His words and applying. As a result many were more interested in the miracles He performed. In doing so they missed the most important lessons from the life giving Word as told through the Son of God in doing so. The miracles only happened because the Word of the Son of God was believed and trusted.

In effect, we all need a “rhema” moment as Paul describes. This is when what you hear or read leads you to see things in a new or different way. They become “Eureka!” moments when it all makes sense. The light bulb comes on. You then take it into your being, who you are, and act on it. Which leads to the next, the next, the next and so on. Along that journey you gain from the Lord’s wisdom and insight. His ways become your ways just as Jahaziel exhibited in the previous story. The Lord trusted Him to deliver the message of salvation from those who would destroy His people. The Lord wanted the people to know in advance what would happen to encourage their faith.

However, it all took the faith of the leader of the nation, King Jehoshaphat, to be willing to humble himself and acknowledge that as a people they could not make it on their own. Next, it took the people to realize they were in trouble and that they should go to the Lord and trust His response to their predicament. In that process we learn there was a man in their midst who had a strong relationship with Yahweh. He was trusted by Him to relay the message of future deliverance.

Throughout history many people have demonstrated they are unwilling to take the next step of faith and commit their heads and hearts to understanding God’s Word and its application. They seek reasons not to and instead, discount the value and avoid. They resist committing time, brain cells and their whole hearts to the endeavor. Yet, it is within this commitment decision that the answers they seek lie and rhema comes.

This inattention or rejection of what is important leads to personal enslavement. Do not miss that point. People have the God-given opportunity to participate with their Creator for eternity, yet, choose to yawn, ignore, blow off and move on to more worldly pursuits that interest them. That decision leads to slavery.

Again, Joshua 24:15; Choose this day whom you will serve. Even Dylan knows.

To fully receive what the Lord has for us, including the liberty we seek, we must commit to the pursuit. Slackers will not be rewarded. The Lord knows His children and who genuinely seeks His voice and counsel. He will not cast his pearls before swine as stated in Matthew 7:6. He will not allow the answers to be used against His purposes. As a result the wise follower approaches His throne humbly with a sincere spirit in seeking greater understanding and assistance.

Just as we saw King Jehoshaphat do.

The Ten Commandments and laws were principles for living that also had real life consequences if violated. There is little doubt what a command means; abide by each or expect repercussions. They were the hammer, no gray area left to discuss. They are also timeless and do not need a government of the world to administer or a sermon to understand their validity. In contrast the parables of Christ expanded the reach of God’s commands, laws and will into a guide for daily living and human relations, which He lived out in front of everybody. They were the real world application. They corrected many misconceptions and improper practices that had been developed by the Pharisees, Sadducees and others through the centuries. It is no wonder that Jesus was met with such hostility by the Establishment of His day. He disrupted their money tree and links to power over the people.

As it applies to our lives in America today, does living in accordance with God’s will negatively impact what the Establishment of today tries to accomplish? You bet it does. All we have to do is compare back to the ancients again to see confirmation that there is nothing new under the sun.

You may ask what was so troublesome with how the Hebrew leaders handled the 613 commandments found in scriptures in the Torah that were provided by God before Christ arrived on the scene? Hebrew leaders compiled and proceeded to expand the teachings of God’s commands with their interpretations and required applications, which later took the form of The Talmud (Jerusalem and Babylonian) and other related documents. This led to legalism and style over substance. Some were evil in intent. These teachings were administered and enforced by the religious authorities in their theocracy of religious government. They imposed their “yoke” on the people that led to burdens they could not endure over time. The apostate Hebrew leaders were responsible, just as apostate Christian and Jewish leaders are today, when they add to or take away from the God-given message and context of the Holy Word. The imposed burden becomes slavery to achieve the ends of the leaders, in direct conflict with God’s will for His people.

The commandments and laws of God were given to assist mankind and enable them to remain faithful to Him. Mankind did not exist to serve the commandments and laws.

America Today

Does any of that sound familiar, fellow American citizens?

We have a Declaration of Independence and Constitution based on Godly principles provided by believers in God who founded this country. All signers of the former were self proclaimed Christians at the time of signing. Half had divinity school training. There were 55 Protestants and one Catholic. Of this 56, 48 were born in the American colonies. It is believed by some sources that a few changed to unitarian or became deists at some points after the signing. However, for anybody to say this nation was not founded on Christian principles is absurd. Do not buy that load of garbage.

https://www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/did-you-know-that-half-the-declarations-signers-ha

The vast majority of the Constitution signers were also Christian along with a handful of deists and others who believed in the foundational moralities and truths of the Bible. There were 39 signers of the Declaration who also signed the Constitution. Despite attempts by the rewriters of history and the efforts of their fact checking scoundrel comrades; those facts are irrefutable. The recorded words and lives of the founders attested to the Christian understanding as do the documents themselves. They are two of the most noble, humanitarian governing documents ever produced in world history. The unique thing is that you do not have to be a Christian to receive the benefits of a Constitution that is designed for We the People to govern.

What has happened since the founding of the nation and the implementation of said Constitution? There has been an assault on original intent with the lawless seizing of authority and powers by people opposed to its content using operatives placed in positions of authority and influence. None of this is more glaring than with the unauthorized control over national affairs by our Establishment. These criminals are the current ruling class who have imposed their wills top down on We the People. What they do is a complete circumvention of the laws of our land.

The worldly bible of our nation, the Constitution, defines who has ultimate authority and it is We the People. The Constitution and government that administers it exist for the benefit of We the People. We the People do not exist or serve for the benefit of the Constitution and the government that administers it. The elected officials, their administrative support and agency operatives work for us. Do they act like they do?

As a legally formulated representative Republic, these elected officials who do their own wills and form alliances freely choose to act against the will of We the People, often times in a criminal manner. This is not what God’s will was for His people in ancient Israel or today in America, the land and people dedicated to God at its inception as a nation.

Watching the crimes of these usurpers being committed in full view of the world; the next step normally would be for We the People to identify the offenders who commit them, inform law enforcement entities, and hold the prosecution of same accountable. Knowing that process, the Establishment thoroughly corrupted not only the political parties and processes, but also the enforcement entities and the judiciary. What may be missed in that now obvious conclusion is that the process of corruption took more than a century to accomplish to the current level.

The Establishment simply became levers of control for a cabal of powerful, globalist criminals who desire to rule the world. They follow the will of Satan. All of what they do is opposed to God’s will for the people per his Holy Word. You know it by the fruit of their labors. Who benefits the most from their system?

So what does Satan do to people who cower and refuse to resist? They become enslaved to his will instead of being accountable to God’s. Which was a historical fate of the ancient Hebrews when they took their eyes off God. Conversely, what was the result when they cast their eyes on Him and fully trusted? It is the same for America.

Countering Satanic Oppression In America Today

II Chronicles 20: 12-13:

12 O our God, will You not judge them? For we have no power against this great multitude that is coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”

13 Now all Judah, with their little ones, their wives, and their children, stood before the Lord.

Deliverance from slavery and death means we, more specifically MAGA supporters, must humbly approach and keep our eyes on the Lord. Take the step in faith and believe, just like King Jehoshaphat and the ancient Israelites learned. The Lord will then reveal what it is we are to do, if anything. Accept that His will for our lives is best, whatever that may be.

In doing that, what should we avoid? Doing evil, sinning, not trusting Him, and not answering His call when He places something on our hearts. He will tell us when and what if He wants us to do something. All we do is simply live blameless in His sight and keep our eyes upon Him, trusting in His providence and grace, one step and one day at time.

Then humbly watch what He does to deliver us from evil. See the results from God addressing those who would do us harm as they destroy themselves, just like King Jehoshaphat and the ancient Israelites did.

Notice what did not happen in that Biblical story? The King and people were not given the privilege of watching the destruction of their enemies. They were only permitted to see the end result. Bear that in mind for future reference with our current civil war battle in America. I believe God did not want the people to be filled with pride, which would lead them to sin.

Conclusion

All of what has happened in the world since the times of the ancient Hebrews has been the same war raging for the souls of mankind. It is no wonder we are in the condition we are as a nation. We need to accept that this other worldly war will never end until Jesus returns as the Bible indicates. We know this to be applicable to us because this nation was dedicated to God and His principles at its founding.

We know from factual history and observations on the ground today that God will not reward our nation’s leaders for placing a burdensome yoke of enslavement on We the People. Our existence as a nation happened due to the burning desire to escape that same type burden. This desire is voiced throughout our founding documents. Which is why it all seems to be in chaos around us at times. Collectively we have been taking our eyes off God. Instead we have trusted the might of our military, our economy, politics, our ingenuity and so on to stay safe and live well; all of which has been crumbling around us. Now, we keep looking for a knight in shining armor to save the day. Meanwhile all of our existence and expectations can be gone in a blink of an eye as we are learning.

Despite that there is hope. It can all change today…

These stories that tell us of His truth are precious to the soul. They keep us grounded and hopeful for better days. The real history of America reveals we are a nation dedicated to God and His purposes. When we turn from that dedication, that mission of hope for all people; we and others dependent on us suffer the consequences.

We are the sons and daughters of liberty who trust God. We must respond as the faithful of the past did who had their eyes on God and yearned for freedom instead of slavery. If we do, great things will happen.

Back In My Day: Finale

You may be surprised a bit about how this BIMD series ends. My days as an active participant in business as well as industry related government and politics ended not long after the debt markets collapse and The Great Recession of 2008. I have led readers through a maze of connections and parallels to well known people, events, criminals and American culture over several decades. So it probably will make sense to some of you that I end with another odd connection to a person I have never actually met, yet, know on a deeper level than many who have. It is only fitting that this series Finale end this way.

Senator James Donald (Bowman) Vance

Time to pull back my curtain more. If you have not already done so, I strongly urge you to read the book of Mr. Ohio MAGA and now, devoted PDT supporter, Senator J. D. Vance. It is called Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis.

JD’s background is similar to mine though we are thirty years apart in age. Like me, he was not a Donald Trump fan when he was younger. However, I quickly accepted and embraced the importance of what Donald and Melania Trump did when they came down that escalator. Quite frankly, JD would have been too young to fully understand why that was so important. With what I had witnessed in our country over many years I saw that act as a “real” profile in courage that I admired. It led me to digging deeper and seeing America First was not just a self promoting slogan of The Donald. JD embraced PDT years later after PDT won the presidency. He wrote and published the subject book in 2016, which was made into a leftist leaning Netflix movie by Ron Howard along with stars Glenn Close and Amy Adams a few years later. His understanding of politics and the world had not yet percolated into the finer blend it is today.

In summary, like most of us, JD was and is a work in process. I am good with that since he made the correct choices for America when he gained maturity such that wisdom and discernment could rule his head and heart. The Wiki page linked below is a reasonable representation of him in my opinion although I realize folks may quibble over specifics.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._D._Vance

If readers care to know who I am as well as millions like me including JD from the past, present and future; you need to understand who Scots-Irish hillbillies are. This may seem strange to many of you. However, JD explains it well in the Introduction section of his book, which only expands as it goes. As a people we are in the backbone of MAGA and that started long before Donald Trump arrived on the scene. Some of the original “America First” are Scots-Irish. We are the same people who view all humans as equal; who left the oppression of the British monarchy, controlled state religion, and heavy handed government for the wilds of America. Independent, self sufficient and contrary to a fault while being fiercely loyal to family, friends and America would be a good description. A large number of our types, hillbillies, settled into the Appalachian mountains. However, we have long since spread our wings into the rest of this country. Below is a link to know more about a very important segment of America that is ignored by the media narratives of the day.

https://www.americanheritage.com/scotch-irish

Connections And Parallels

I am going to delve into this and more with the expansion of the Civilized War series, which replaces BIMD. This is another reason why I suggest reading JD’s book to gain a down and dirty understanding of a large segment of people in America. Our midwestern readers on here may enjoy the read as much as the hillbillies. Others from around the country and other walks of life will probably be interested in the family interactions and the personal effects that the drug culture has on society that JD describes. As a bonus you get a first hand view of law school at Yale as well as the Ivy League and law industry in general. Many may want to know what a potential VP pick and current MAGA senator on the rise looked like when he was growing up and as a young adult. The readers will get a raw, emotional, strong sense of what makes JD tick, while knowing he has continued to grow and evolve.

To cut to the chase, JD and I are from the same hometown of Middletown, OH. We just lived there a few decades apart. He was born in the year I divorced and moved from the delta to eastern TN, which was a rebirth for me. So he was born when I was reborn. His grandfather undoubtedly worked with my father in that Armco steel mill during the same period. They probably had met and possibly knew each other well. With his family being coal miners from southeastern KY before hitting the Hillbilly Highway like my parents did from southwestern VA, there could have been other interconnections. As an example, the best man and matron of honor at my parents wedding in 1950 in that VA coal mining town they soon left, which was not that far from Breathitt County, KY; were a married couple named Vance. They may have been related to JD through his grandparents in some way. A look at where the men spent many of their years along with a couple of summers for me is below.

https://www.journal-news.com/news/historical-photos-armco-and-steel-through-the-years-middletown/RBj4EDBeOMNjbKyjQVUv6M/

JD’s grandparents and my parents both hit the Hillbilly Highway north, U. S. Route 23, within a year of each other. The coal mines were shutting down and the jobs were ending. The attraction of heading to the MidWest to the explosion of factory jobs was strong. For many there was very little choice and that would include my parents and JD’s grandparents.

The Path To MAGA Is Littered With Good Intentions

I will interject a point now that was made clear to me awhile back by our esteemed host and leader, Wolf. When people are sincere and have no desire to harm others, consider granting them a path back to restoration when they have fallen. Show a little grace. Consider refraining from attacks or making assumptions; give them the opportunity to learn and grow if they are misguided and still finding their way. As an example, Wolf advised me to do that with well meaning medical practitioners with Grandson #1 and he was right. They adapted to conditions on the ground, learned and changed. This concept and practice also applies to other occupations and people. We need to remember, especially during this period around Easter, that we all have received a path back to redemption via the cross at Calvary. Most folks are trying to find their ways in a confusing world and if we are patient and offer guidance when given the opportunity it may work to our collective benefit.

It is an absolute miracle JD made it out of his situation. It is also highly unusual for somebody who was subjected to what he was as a child to become what he has become. Along his life’s journey he made the decision to sign on for a four year stint with the Marines from 2003-2007 that included doing his part in the Iraq War. That endeavor appeared to instill discipline, order and the confidence he lacked. He followed that by working a couple of jobs while getting through Ohio State with two degrees in 19 months. Each experience he endured changed him in some way, sometimes good and sometimes bad. He did not get everything right, none of us do. As an example even into adulthood his views of Barrack Obama were an example of getting it totally wrong. I am sure he learned differently as much of the rest of the world has. Being young and impressionable he fell for the uniparty ploys as portrayed in his book. He valued social and occupational climbing within the society that once excluded him. However, you can tell that he was beginning to rethink all of it a couple years after PDT won as stated in the Afterword section of the book. Again, this book was written prior to its publishing in 2016.

JD’s life to the point of his Yale Law School days left him wondering about many things most people never notice who have not experienced what he did growing up. The following stood out like a sore thumb to me from his book:

When you go from working-class to professional-class, almost everything about your old life becomes unfashionable at best or unhealthy at worst. At no time was this more obvious than the first (and last) time I took a Yale friend to Cracker Barrel. In my youth, it was the height of fine dining—my grandma’s and my favorite restaurant. With Yale friends, it was a greasy public health crisis.

Vance, J. D.. Hillbilly Elegy (p. 208). HarperCollins. Kindle Edition.

In all deference to JD and his friends, the new Biscuit Benny at Cracker Barrel is a food culture masterpiece. Those snobs you developed networks and hobnobbed with at fancy dining establishments were idgits. Been there, done that, know the end results. Give me the people and the comfort food at the Cracker Barrel. While you are at it, JD, ask PDT about his affinity for Big Macs.

He goes on to discuss the inner workings of Yale Law School, job interviews, and fine tuning his academics and related activities. In summary, he was playing the man’s game hoping to hit all sevens on the slot machine of life. This is similar to what I did before escaping the Dem criminal machine of the delta for good. Finally, he hits pay dirt in the form of sage advice from a trusted professor about him potentially clerking for a Supreme Court feeder judge to improve his credentials.

“I think you’re doing this for the credential, which is fine, but the credential doesn’t actually serve your career goals. If you don’t want to be a high-powered Supreme Court litigator, you shouldn’t care that much about this job.” She then told me how hard a clerkship with this judge would be. He was demanding to the extreme. His clerks didn’t take a single day off for an entire year. Then she got personal. She knew I had a new girlfriend and that I was crazy about her. “This clerkship is the type of thing that destroys relationships. If you want my advice, I think you should prioritize Usha and figure out a career move that actually suits you.” It was the best advice anyone has ever given me, and I took it. I told her to withdraw my application.”

Vance, J. D.. Hillbilly Elegy (pp. 219-220). HarperCollins. Kindle Edition.

He took her advice. His future wife was in Yale law school when they first met and later clerked for Justices Kavanaugh and Roberts. We can give her experiences and employers the side eye, but we also need to acknowledge that at least those two are not Ginsburg types. They have delivered some wins lately even if they disappoint on occasion. JD may actually continue to benefit from his wife’s thoughts and experiences as it comes from the real world. She was a bit unique in that she exhibited no pretense and has a lot of plain speak in her. All of it came together for them because he took counsel from a wise female law school professor who recommended he avoid the spotlight of doing something that would not necessarily benefit his personal and occupational plans along with the relationships. Score one for wisdom and discernment.

And if you have read his book, I found the same level of acceptance and love for family and those in need of kindness as JD found through his wife and her family. Just like him, it took many years and a failed marriage to overcome the adverse childhood experiences (ACE) that I had experienced. They were different than JD’s, but just as devastating.

More Comparisons

“My” plan always included living in the east TN area where I do today going back to when I was 5 or 6 years old. I never felt comfortable or fit in well where I had to grow up in the Rust Belt even though many would consider me to have been successful in doing so. My heart was always in the hills and mountains of Appalachia as it was for JD growing up. One of my high school nicknames was even Tennessee. However, the attraction changed for JD over time.

Rural Appalachia was the ancestral land of both sides of my family tracing back into the early 1700’s on my Scots-Irish/English side as well as many centuries before that on my mother’s Cherokee side. It was where I spent a good portion of my life growing up as we were always on the road visiting family around the region as time permitted just as JD describes in his book. JD’s Papaw and Mamaw in southeastern KY were the equivalent of my Papaw and Mamaw in eastern TN as well as Mamaw and step grandfather in southwestern VA – just different lives and stories to tell. There were also far less four letter words spoken by mine and definitely no hillbilly justice with a gun in hand. 😂

I had a love for the great outdoors, the mountains, forests, streams, rivers, lakes and most of all, the people of this region. Still do. I marvel at the bear, deer, turkey, hawks, eagles, trout and bass that abound here. As I aged I no longer pretended life was OK living anywhere else. JD adapted to his environment in Ohio much better than I did. Both of us lived elsewhere before choosing to go to our promised lands for good. Little did I know as a kid when we hit the roads south that I was passing by my future wife’s hometown as we took Mamaw and Papaw on trips with us into the Smokies national park. We may have eaten in the local restaurant Wifey worked in when she became a part-time server at age 13 to help her family make ends meet.

JD chose to return to and stay in Ohio, his home. I chose to go to TN, my home. Both choices were the right things to do based on our individual circumstances. JD’s upbringing was rough and more violent. Mine was slightly more civilized with a Masonic/Eastern Star cult influence. JD’s was filled with no parental stability due to a revolving door of spouses and boyfriends to go with a mother lost in substance abuse and mental illness. Mine had no divorce proceedings, yet plenty of alcohol addiction, mental illness, screaming and multiple relationships causing two people to be nothing but bad roommates. Both of our dysfunctional homes were filled with great mental suffering for the children. Both of us found solace, stability and safe harbor with grandparents and friends.

Even with all of that in his past, it is not surprising at all to me that JD is on PDT’s short list for VP. He overcame great odds to be who he now is, which is somebody PDT would highly value. Once he figured things out about PDT and it matched his personal vision for America; he jumped in with both feet as any good Scots-Irish hillbilly former Marine would do. He is a high functioning individual who is battle hardened. He fits the image of what PDT wants the GOP to become with some on the job training.

To read JD’s story, is to read mine. Different characters, different time period, different influences, different occupations, similar ancestral backgrounds, similar family life concerns, same determination, same theme and similar storyline. Literally the same streets, same type people, even the same grocery store describe our life stories growing up. We played in the same parks and rode bikes on the same sidewalks. His mother grew up about 4-5 minutes from our home at the same time, the same home he lived in with his Mamaw much of the time. His mother is my younger sibling’s age, although they probably would not have known each other since we moved to a smaller community nearby in my junior high school years.

I was never all that good at imposed compliance and scripted existence, which is why I declined an opportunity for a Naval Academy appointment in high school and followed the path in my BIMD stories. The spectacle and obvious deception about the Vietnam War turned me away from the military. Decades later after his time in the Marines, JD chose to go to Ohio State and Yale law school when provided the opportunities. Both choices reflected what each of us believed were the right things to do at the time, which were in different periods of American history. We both made our own decisions about our futures.

My parents are both buried in the Rust Belt area where they made their beds all those years. JD’s grandparents were buried back home in Breathitt County, KY. My father even bought grave plots overlooking that same steel mill to which he gave much of his life. That is where he wanted his final resting place – until he didn’t. In his last days as he neared death while living with us back in TN he deeply regretted having left the land of his father and mother. He was so proud that I returned and made a good life here. He loved Wifey and Daughter with all of his heart and enjoyed our circle of friends and Wifey’s side of the family. He even joined us in our worship of the Lord. Before he passed away he had progressed to the point of wanting to lead us in saying grace over meals, much to our delight. If I had asked him to be buried here, he likely would have. Instead I told him to finish what he had started there in Ohio, and so he did. I took him back to Ohio to die and be buried overlooking the mill. All of his friends and family came to the funeral. Our 92 year old former retired pastor officiated the services. It was well with his and my souls.

It Is A Small World

When we take time to care about and have relationships with other people there is great benefit to all. You never know when you might say the right words, offer encouragement or provide for the physical needs of somebody who needs them at the perfect time. The same applies to truly listening to understand somebody else. Lending a hand to the less fortunate and children is such a no brainer for those who care for their neighbors. We all need help at times.

From the BIMD stories I have shown some of my interconnections and parallels with people and events that you may know or otherwise have an interest. My challenge to you the reader is to identify your own. Discover how all of your experiences fit together and share the experiences with others. Telling and listening to stories has been done since mankind set foot on earth. It adds great value to life. It is within these life stories you may find the hand of God has also guided or even saved you or somebody you love.

We live in a giant, beautiful mosaic of goodness that has been intruded on by those who seek to disrupt and destroy. Do not let them. Love others anyway. Share your stories.

I would not be me without one last short connection discussion. I had a line of business boss in corporate lending BIMD (the bank had a wierd org structure) who worked with me on the underwriting of the Haslam family’s Pilot Oil needs. As God would have it, he was born and raised in the same hometown of JD and me in Middletown, OH. He was a decade older than me and grew up in the “wrong” end of town. His father deserted the family growing up, which had a profound impact on how he lived his life. He was fortunate like JD and me to receive financial assistance for college and to go to nearby Miami University in Oxford. After graduation he left the area for good. A long commercial banking career ensued in several states that eventually led him to east TN. Throughout it all he continually chased the blessing of and inclusion in the high society crowds in each community. Earlier in life he married, they had children, he had an affair with a younger co-worker, he divorced, he left his kids with their mom, he married the mistress co-worker, and they moved on to other employers and places. As time went by his younger wife became the major breadwinner in the family. He eventually would just coat tail her by working with the company she was asked to join.

In the middle of those times with wife #2, we ended up working together when he was hitting the backside of his usefulness in his commercial banking career. However, he was still trying his best to be included in high society. It was the same type social climbing situations I had been thrust into by my ex’s family that I totally rejected more than a decade before he and I worked together. He would get irritated if I did not agree with him and participate in that pursuit. At one point, exasperated, he said, “I know where you came from and where you are today. You are just a redneck. Don’t you want to rise above it?” I looked him in the eye and said, “No. I am a hillbilly and quite proud of it.” He backed away and never confronted me again.

He knew who hillbillies were since he grew up in the middle of them in Middletown. No further explanation was necessary. I left that job a year later. He continued with that bank until they let him go a couple of years later and took a job chasing more rich people and clients for a large international investment company his wife had joined. He has wasted his entire life chasing other people’s dreams and what he thought would make him happy. For many with ACE that feeling of inadequacy never seems to go away. Mine changed forever when I was reborn by the Holy Spirit of God in my promised land. It remains to be seen if it will or already has for JD.

You have been shown three guys from three different generations who were all from the same midwestern town of 50 K population who came up from working class situations and completely broken families that went on to live very different lives that crossed the nation once they became adults and left that town. This story is just one example of the interconnections and parallels that our loving God orchestrates for billions and billions of lives on this planet every second of every day.

My job is done here. I have done what I intended to do, it is now time for this series to end. Forward we march to Civilized War and other stories. Blessings to all and may God forgive and bless our nation as we turn our eyes toward Him and His glory.

He. Is. Risen. ✝️

Back In My Day: Scoundrels and Heroes, Part 4 – Personal Heroes

As we move toward the completion of BIMD, I want to focus this part more on the positive. It is in this part that God’s mysterious, awesome loving care was fully revealed to me. The stories about some personal heroes follow.

To set the stage, in Goober’s former life in the delta of AR and MO in the 70’s and 80’s there was a family that very few folks would know about today. The patriarch was a man of great character and competency in his work. He was my mentor with the utility company employer, a district manager. He was from a modest family background from a small rural town in southeastern MO called Ironton. He served in our military after WW II and went on after his enlistment was up to enter the utility industry. He married his high school sweetheart and they had a son together. It was during this period he was transferred south to the bootheel to Caruthersville by his employer who had both electricity and natural gas distribution operations in regions of Missouri and northeastern Arkansas. He was named the local manager of both utilities in that town.

Goober Moves To The Bootheel

That first entry level job with the utility company employer in that river town came after college and a stint in banking in Little Rock that brought all of its political connections and observations previously discussed. At the time I was still a rube, a nobody married into a somebody family that was yet to be fully groomed by the Dem/uniparty machine. I had unwittingly married into a wealthy family with long standing deep state as well as national Dem political and business connections that I had no idea even existed. However, the more I learned through the years the more uncomfortable and even fearful I became as discussed in other BIMD stories.

I reported to work in the small town of Caruthersville, MO with all of the family and political connections I needed to meet leaders, open doors and get my job done. Our District Manager, a few levels above me in the corporate structure, became my mentor as he had formerly lived in the town for a good number of years before his promotion into the home office in NE Arkansas. He was not a part of the Dem criminal machine, just an average guy that worked his tail off to do good work. When he was hired by the company back in his day, he was later named the youngest local manager in company history. The job I was assigned to perform provided good training and access all over the bootheel as I worked with contractors who were building energy efficient electric homes during the national shut down of natural gas access. Living in the community provided both good and bad connections as you can see from the previously linked Reeves (JER) interview in Scoundrels, Part 1. I tried to understand who was who better without aligning with anybody in particular.

George K. Reeves (GKR), the attorney who secured the job for me, had left and was selling his large home there to live in Memphis and when working, in New Orleans where the headquarters of the larger holding company of the utilities operation was located. He provided legal services as a function of his position on its Board of Directors. This holding company was the NYSE listed Middle South Utilities that had operations at that time in five states, which included nuclear power facilities going back to the late 60’s. It is now called Entergy Corporation, still based in New Orleans, and one of the nation’s largest publicly held power companies. During the years that followed my employment they sold off their natural gas company operations as well as smaller electrical distribution rights that crossed into border states. They are now located in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.

There were other people in the community not mentioned in the JER interview who were also prominent. That was a good thing. One lived a few doors down from GKR. His name was Charles Southern, Jr., who soon became a friend. It also turned out he was a long term friend of Fred Smith, the entrepreneurial CEO of Federal Express. They had met each other in Memphis as younger men where both had common business and social activities. It was at this point I began to realize that once again I would be associating with some people who played at a high level. That was something I did not expect after leaving Little Rock for a small town in the Bootheel.

However, Charlie was different, more down to earth and not snobbish at all. He was a devoted family man with a wonderful wife and four kids. He acted as the CEO for his retired father’s barge towing business, Southern Towing, whose terminal was located in Memphis with their headquarters an hour north in Caruthersville where Charlie and family lived. That small town was where his father had started before it grew into a regional operation. The company had a GM running operations at its Memphis terminal. Charlie had also purchased a small, related maritime insurance brokerage he operated from Caruthersville. Later on after I had long since left the area, he moved his family to St. Louis after selling the barge business upon his Memphis based father’s death. He continued operating the insurance brokerage until his own death in 2017. His obit with bio information is below.

https://www.luptonchapel.com/obituary/5337464

Charlie was one of the good guys. He was loved and a friend to many no matter their station in life. He was also unapologetic about his faith. He was very considerate, giving and helpful. I always regretted that our paths diverged due to the circumstances of work and life changes. I still wish I had listened to him in 1978 when he told me about Fred taking FedEx public and it being listed on the NYSE. After telling me what the company was about and Fred, he said that I should mortgage the house if I needed to buy their stock. Ole Goober did not have much money to do anything back in those days, but in hind sight I should have scraped whatever I could together to do so. I told my ex’s family about it, but they thought they knew everything and did not buy any either.

These people and more along with their associations, businesses, politics and more nefarious activities were in this little Mississippi River delta town of about 7500 people at that time. A population that has since declined to about 5500.

I was in that town only one year before being promoted to the nearby Kennett, MO office in adjacent Dunklin County. My mentor gave the honor of being the youngest local manager in company history to me and I was truly humbled. If you read the JER interview in Scoundrels, Part 1 you received insight about both counties; Pemiscot where Caruthersville was located as well as Dunklin. The political and government power structures in both were totally different. Essentially, they had nothing to do with each other, like there was a wall that separated them. The sheriff of many years in Dunklin had run a cleaner ship, unlike the criminal Sheriff Orton in Pemiscot.

Living in the two towns was also like night and day. In Kennett I was accepted immediately into the business community and put to work in the local UMC church and civic orgs. It was an enjoyable two years and I learned much about my work role, people in general, and the UMC denomination. My best friend from there, who later was the Best Man in my wedding to Wifey, was a big reason for that as he made sure I knew how things worked around there as well as more in the UMC power structure. He was a district lay leader for the conference and voting member at the UMC General Conference for many years. However, my stay in that town was not to last. It was a great training ground for the next role my mentor had in mind during our company’s merger into Arkansas Power & Light back in NE Arkansas where he was located. Much of the rest of this portion of that story was previously given in the earlier BIMDs.

It was from this man I learned about serving others with integrity in my occupation as well as corporate operations practices that I was able to utilize throughout my business career. After all I had seen and experienced at such a young age I was dangerously inching toward the grooming of the Dem controlled side of things with the continued exposure to my ex’s family, friends, political connections and business network. My mentor offered me alternative ways of looking at and doing things while still being able to enjoy life in each community. Subsequently, while still in their employment, I received similar exposure to another older, conservative political mentor as a board member in the company employees’ PAC back in Little Rock. This man was the assistant to the President of the company.

Through the years leading up to my time there, my local mentor’s son who was a decade older than me, completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Missouri and enrolled in medical school at the University of TN medical school in Memphis. After a year there he joined the Army to serve his country and earn funding for future medical school expenses via the GI Bill. He was commissioned a Captain and was awarded a Bronze Star as a combat medic in Vietnam prior to his return in 1971. He reenrolled in medical school and completed his residency. While in Memphis he joined a group that developed one of the first urban trauma centers in America. With his experiences in the field in Vietnam he had developed a passion for trauma care and related surgery. When we met, he and his family had just moved back to the area, opened his surgical practice and lived nearby in town. The link to his obit below provides more details of this extraordinary man’s life.

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/bartlett-tn/dr-kenneth-sellers-7548520

Kenneth, his wife and kids were all good folks. It is an interesting oddity that both he and his father were named Kenneth and both his mother and wife were named Norma. We had some good conversations with the Kenneths and Normas over dinner on weekends for several years. He had developed a keen interest in organ transplants and later completed advanced studies, but chose not to go into the specialty as his occupation due to expenses and loss of income associated with leaving his practice as well as the requirement of completing a long residency to gain experience. He had a family to take care of and they came first. After his father passed away in the early 1990s, he and his family including his mother moved back to Memphis where he became a professor in the University of Tennessee medical school while remaining very active with the related foundation associated with transplants and organ donation. His wife passed away a couple of years after he did in 2019.

However, the interconnections in this story do not end there.

More Interconnections And Parallels

While Kenneth and his family were in NE Arkansas with his parents, he became friends with the surgeon/chief of staff for the hospital at the SAC AFB adjacent to the town. They had a lot in common with their military service and surgical backgrounds. This man would join us all for dinner on occasion. This talented surgeon later left the AF when his tour ended the year before my divorce and subsequent move to east TN. I learned from Kenneth he had decided to return to the UT medical school in Memphis for additional education and residency for a specialty as an OB/GYN. With all of his connections there, Kenneth helped get that done. I will leave his name out of this as he is still alive, retired and living relatively near us. I will call him Baby Doc for this story.

Meanwhile an Otolaryngologist (ENT) physician acquaintance who lived down the street went through a divorce a few months before me as his wife refused to leave the area for a much better opportunity he had received from a practice and hospital in east TN. She was a native of the area and the marriage had been rocky for some time, so he forced her hand and she divorced him. We neither one knew it at the time, however, both of us were heading to the same area about 500 miles away with divorce papers in hand looking for a fresh start.

We lost touch for a couple of years until one day this ENT’s new wife called our bank in East TN to inquire about a possible business loan for a new greenhouse business they were starting that she would operate. They were located in my assigned territory, so I took the call, went to see them, and had a good time catching up on everything with him. About ten years later he became the ENT my mother-in-law used until her passing. He is still practicing in this area part time, so I will leave his name out as well and just call him Nose Doc.

A year or so after we married and unbeknownst to me at the time, Wifey decided she would check out her ability to have a child. She told me she had a routine GYN exam scheduled and would drive herself. However, she had other plans. She knew she needed an OB/GYN who specialized in high risk pregnancies due to her age and to a nightmare first pregnancy, It was an emergency delivery prior to our marriage that landed her in a coma for several days. Her long term GYN made a referral to a practice with three OB/GYN physicians who worked out of an office adjacent to a preferred hospital.

As it turned out it was a practice located next door to the OB/GYN of the Warrior Queen, Pat Summitt. Her OB/GYN was a banking client of mine. This was discussed a bit in another past BIMD. Wifey got the all clear during the exam, we discussed it that evening and went on with life. It was not long until she was pregnant with Daughter.

Imagine my surprise when I saw Baby Doc’s name on the sign at the door when I joined her for one of the first appointments after becoming pregnant. I had not noticed it a year before when I was visiting with my customer, Pat’s doc. I had no idea Baby Doc had joined a practice in Knoxville after his residency was completed. I wanted to see him again to ask how things were going, however, he was never there when I came with her to exams. He seemed to always be in surgery or delivering a baby.

The big night came and the labor pains grew more frequent and so we headed to the hospital. Guess who was on call for their practice and waiting on us when we arrived? Hello, Baby Doc! We had a quick, happy visit and then prepped for the delivery. I had taken classes with Wifey to enable me to be in the operating room during delivery even with it being a planned, more extensive surgical procedure that involved tube tying. Baby Doc even allowed me to record the blessed event on my video camera, just behind a surgical curtain that had been erected on Wifey’s torso on the operating table.

Both Baby Doc and Nose Doc knew Kenneth well and went to UT Medical School during the same period. Both lived in the same small town in rural NE Arkansas when I lived there before moving to the same area nearly 500 miles away during the same year. One ended up delivering our daughter, the other taking care of my mother-in-law. Yup.

Then there was my interconnection with the families of the former residents of Caruthersville, MO. One’s father became my mentor. The son and a friend grew up and played sports together through high school and passed away at about 73 years of age about two months apart? Yup, Kenneth and Charlie.

What city did they all have in common? Memphis. in what city did Wifey and I first meet during the same general time period? Memphis. The same city that Dr. Adrian Rogers preached from, who so strongly influenced my spiritual life’s development. Memphis has been home to many very good and horribly bad things within our nation’s history. Most of my personal experiences were very good. With that in mind as well as past BIMD stories I give you…

Introspection

When I consider that all of these men, women, their families and friends were from and/or living in the same rural, podunk farm country of the Mississippi River delta; with several choosing to move to spend their lives where I do now without knowing we were doing so, I am blown away. Only a God who cares deeply for His children could arrange all of these connections and events in the manner and sequence they occurred. Sad, difficult situations led to better, happier ones. Life affirming relationships carried forward that led to helping others for decades. Taking the proper fork in the road led to joy and peace. Doing what was right in God’s sight when nobody was looking or paying attention led to lives well-lived.

These folks are heroes as far as I and many others who knew them are concerned. I give thanks for all and especially my Lord for His love and care. The evil that could have happened to me – did not. In essence I was alone and exposed without an understanding of how to use the armor of God. He provided people, many more than even described here, to be truth tellers and helpers that encouraged and educated me. I learned to pay closer attention to the Holy Spirit within me. And everyday since my awakening I simply pay it forward to others as opportunities are presented.

Some would call this inner sense or consciousness providing guidance as having intuition. Others say it is just being crazy. However, I know the truth is that it has always been the Hand of God through the Holy Spirit guiding me away from destruction, taking care of things, leading me toward the light, who is Jesus Christ. Run on sentence time. It happened because I made a decision at 8 years old in a steel mill town of the Midwest after listening to my pastor who was from a small rural town in Kentucky who once was a partying musician in a band who felt the call of God on his life who then went to seminary and became a great evangelist that brought the gospel to my young ears and understanding. The deal was sealed when I publicly said, “Yes.”

Over the years that followed I learned that all of my subsequent striving, failures and sin did not cancel that day of redemption and the state of being forgiven and accepted into the family of God forever. I truly had experienced being born again and could spend my life in service to others as my Lord desired. Jesus changed everything.

Conclusion

I offer special thanks for a couple of friends from those days. Mike and Phil – you will never know this side of heaven what inviting me into the Bethel Bible Series meant at a time when I was slowly drowning. Mike, your courage in abruptly leaving the society scene upon receiving the Lord’s call on your heart and then diving into helping others understand the Word served as an example as a man on fire for the Lord. Along with Phil, the Lord walked both of you into the lives of me and many others to teach and deliver the truth of Christian living.

Phil, you were there for me with an encouraging word, prayer and reading material when I was hurting and alone during the divorce. I will never forget and have tried to follow your lead with others through the years. I still have the paperback you gave me the month before I left; Winners and Losers by Sydney J. Harris. You gave your best wishes for success in my new career as well as for good health and happiness. You asked God to bless me. Then you wrote that the book was for me, your friend, “a winner”. Looking forward to seeing you again in Heaven, my winning friend.

To conclude, I dedicate this part of the story to the Normas, Jana, and Wifey. You were the rocks that never crumbled for your families and communities. You took care of the wounded, hurting and hungry without fanfare. Your children reflected the love and values of your families. You earned your crowns in Heaven.

There is one more special person to express love and appreciation from BIMD that I will discuss in the finale next time.

For some reason this version of the great classic reminds me so much of the music in the Mississippi River delta around Memphis. The talent on that stage – wow! Enjoy.

Which reminds me of the time we broke bread over breakfast with Gregg, Dickie and most of the Allman Brothers Band at the downtown Mariott in St. Louis the morning after a concert in St. Louis in the early 1980s. Hearing “Ramblin Man” on the car radio in August 1973 as I was driving home from working the graveyard shift at the steel mill hit my inner redneck self square in the heart. Having the occasion to actually meet and visit with them was a treat. It was a time when Gregg was clean, sober and rational; although I doubt Dickie ever was.

It was the same Mariott I had stayed in a couple of years before with a couple of utility company execs when we were called to testify in a fight the company had with the IBEW union before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) there. Did I tell you I knew some things about how the NLRB scratches the backs of union leaders and that it is all a scam?

Darn, there I go with another story or two. Nope, not gonna do it. See you next time with the BIMD Finale.

Back In My Day: Scoundrels & Heroes; Soundrels, Part 3- Local Industry, Economics & The Uniparty Gameplan

It is time for more truth telling. Most should agree by now the MAGA operation is in full swing and there is really no reason to be cryptic and flip floppy anymore.

We move from the world of agriculture into industry with an aluminum smelting operation located in the same rural area of the Bootheel. A rarity of a dirty, but important mill in the middle of nowhere that has provided 20-30% of domestic production for six decades.

There was a recent post made in a daily a month ago of a statement from Sen. Josh Hawley of MO lamenting the closure of an aluminum smelting plant in New Madrid County, MO; which is in the subject bootheel of southeastern MO from BIMD. The company’s biggest competitors are from China of course. The links below describe it and the situation.

https://missouriindependent.com/2024/01/25/one-of-nations-only-aluminum-smelters-set-to-close-in-missouri-bootheel/

https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/another-us-primary-aluminium-smelter-bites-dust-2024-01-26/

So how could the demise of this relatively unknown mill in farm country have such an impact that politicians would be jumping through hoops before the public to act concerned and involved in a resolution? The journey begins.

Understand Aluminum

We probably need a good primer on what aluminum is and its value to the world. See the link below.

https://www.xometry.com/resources/materials/what-is-aluminum/

The media, manufacturing, government and science all indicate aluminum is vital to the viability of our country as well as its defense. Is that true? The industry seems to think they are and reference government reports frequently such as in the links below.

https://www.aluminum.org/news/american-aluminum-essential-industry-moment-national-emergency

https://www.aluminum.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/TAA-Presidential_Policy_Brief.pdf

Common sense seems to indicate the industry is vital. As an example, the electricity grid is somewhat dependent on it to transmit the juice. Those pretty little EV’s that are going to save the planet are seemingly dependent on it in their manufacturing and operation as well as for the manufacture of all those gorgeous, environmentally sensitive solar panels and windmill blades.

Why There Is An Aluminum Smelting Mill In The Bootheel

We will now look at how the mill got there by understanding the founding company more – Noranda Aluminum.

Most would probably not know that this mill goes back well before BIMD in the region. The operation was originally called Noranda and was in business and thriving when I lived and worked in the bootheel. It was known throughout the area as the highest paying employer for the working man in that region. There was never a shortage of applicants for the few jobs that would open each year as people retired, became disabled or passed away. You can learn more in the links below.

https://manufacturing-today.com/news/noranda-aluminum/

https://www.lakeexpo.com/news/top_stories/noranda-aluminum-closure-marks-the-end-of-an-era-in-the-missouri-bootheel/article_da1753ba-d98f-11e5-85bf-433e4c00f491.html

Many steel, aluminum, etc. mills are located in more rural areas with lower land and facilities costs. Noranda locating their plant in the middle of the country in a rural area of the Midwest with low building costs, reasonable access to the Mississippi River, railroads, the interstate system and lower cost coal fired power would be a smart initial move. Labor costs would be lower and more well trained workers could be drawn from markets such as St. Louis.

What Noranda did not know is that a decade later the EPA would have a bigger hammer in pushing electricity providers to add expensive scrubbers and to use lower sulfur content coal in the area power plants from western states such as Wyoming. Which is exactly what happened to the power company I worked for in the area BIMD. It is as described in BIMD: Scoundrels, Part 2 in the obituary of attorney George K. Reeves of the Ward & Reeves law firm. Up to that time coal fired power companies in the state purchased coal from surface mining (strip mining) in their own state of Missouri as well as nearby Kentucky. My employer had contracted for years a portion of the electricity generated by Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc.’s (AECI) coal plant known as the Thomas Hill Energy Center in Clifton Hill, MO today. AECI’s biggest customer was Noranda BIMD. With the EPA emphasis on lowering the sulfur dioxide during the period, they also eventually switched to Wyoming coal. This caused the rates to go up to all customers including Noranda. Eventually AECI could no longer handle the lower rates Noranda needed as well as supply requirements and a different arrangement was worked out with the much larger Ameren to do so.

All of that coal supply chain switching began an increasing of power rates over time, that combined with paying higher wages pushed costs and resulting Noranda product prices up. Another miscalculation of Noranda ownership was the zeal of which the uniparty and their globalist cohorts would support the thawing of relations with China and its own developing smelting operations. China, Inc. began to ramp up production over the years until it became less expensive for domestic customers to buy from them despite it taking longer to receive the product. China had then and still has no environmental constraints. They use coal fired electricity widely and have ample low cost labor. The Chi-coms do whatever they want to do. They simply kill people who cause trouble for them. Thanks to the clowns paving the way for the uniparty globalists who consequently jumped into bed with the Chi-coms, it was only a matter of time before Noranda failed.

Once again, America last. Remember that the groundwork for this was laid in the Nixon years by his utilization and belief in who? Henry Kissinger. This is a perfect illustration of the span of time necessary to complete fundamental change in governance, national economies, etc. It is not done in quick soundbites and through executive orders by the POTUS of the day. It is done in backrooms and through back channels by people with money and power at their disposal. They utilize the “intelligence” agencies and clandestine military operations to plant and carry out coups, revolutions and “national security” operations to effect their will on the unwilling. The legacy media (fake news) has always been just a propaganda arm of who holds the power behind the scenes that they shield from public scrutiny. We will address this more after the completion of BIMD as I focus more on Civilized War stories.

Here is some background relating to Noranda’s end times operations and bankruptcy. It entered the decline period of the life cycle a couple of decades before becoming a dead dog.

https://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/southeast-missouri-residents-say-noranda-smelters-closing-has-been-devastating/

https://www.nola.com/news/environment/noranda-aluminums-parent-company-files-for-bankruptcy/article_c51e45a9-50aa-5ce9-b043-034e751e4682.html

Current Company – Magnitude 7 Metals

Below is a link on the reopening of the mill as Magnitude 7 Metals some 2.5 years later.

https://www.missouribusinessalert.com/news/business/reopened-bootheel-aluminum-plant-sends-first-shipment/article_e46766cf-b754-5748-b72b-1b9a2fb459d6.html

Note that then MO Governor Greitens pushed legislation through to change the electricity pricing structure for industries similar to the subject that assisted it in reopening. See link below.

https://www.missouribusinessalert.com/news/business/greitens-signs-steel-mill-bill-passed-in-may-special-session/article_7b61c05f-1724-510a-bbba-79c71e9ac259.html

Economic lesson incoming. Anytime there is a restart of a deceased business in a mature industry such as aluminum smelting, there are requirements that must be met to ensure its success. First and foremost will always be meeting the basic needs of the business and its process/methods. The demise of Noranda three years before told the new ownership group what that was. For Magnitude 7 it would be sufficient capital, meeting current and anticipated EPA requirements, cheap and dependable source of power long term, lower cost labor, demand for product, and governmental support. Did the ownership have these primary issues covered?

Nope, not even close. They lit a match to their money and burned it. Our economic lesson to understand is that sometimes wealthy and/or highly successful people make stupid decisions because they become filled with pride or unduly enamored with the subject of their affections.

Politics And Jobs

The political posturing on both sides of the aisle this year relating to this mill has been interesting to say the least. After Sen. Hawley spoke out, MO AG Andrew Bailey jumped in to gain some political traction.

https://ago.mo.gov/attorney-general-bailey-fights-to-protect-missourians-amidst-magnitude-7-metals-closure/

It is worth noting that AG Bailey mentions the company appeared to not act on offers that would have enabled it to continue operations. How viable those offers were is not discussed. A cursory review of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) company/employee related activities noted several filings in recent months. With the union contract involved, this would not be a surprise. It may have also contributed to the decision by the company’s ownership to shut down.

The following link of 2/21/24 gives a good perspective from the worker standpoint. It appears there may be attempts underway to find a resolution. However, some of the employees will never return to work at the mill regardless of what happens.

https://www.missouribusinessalert.com/industries/manufacturing/southeast-missouri-smelter-employees-face-uncertain-future-after-plant-s-sudden-closing/article_d7a3879e-d020-11ee-82cb-d3564f0739ad.html

The current MO GOP governor, Mike Parson, vetoed a line item in the budget that would have provided the funding the keep the plant operating. I have no idea if Parson is truly MAGA or Uniparty. He appears he may be a convert to MAGA after the Mittens Romney fiasco of 2012. In my opinion it can happen and it explains PDT’s attitude towards other uniparty politicians at times. Some of them may appear to remain within uniparty control while serving as operatives and informants for the good guys. Another possible example of a MAGA convert from that Romney run is Sen. Bill Hagerty of TN. He has been 100% on the Trump train since 2016. Parson may be as well, I will defer to DePat and others who know current MO politics better than me.

The Brandon (Soetoro) administration has turned a blind eye to this company’s plight in pursuit of the “green” agenda since the plant uses a great deal of electricity provided by the use of carbon based fuels, primarily coal. They have also been squeezing the company on its emissions for awhile now. Their media lackeys continue to beat the pollution drum loudly. With China Joe involved we know what he wanted to happen. More on this is provided in links later in this story.

To survive the company once again needed access to lower power rates to operate profitably as well as funds to install equipment to clean emissions better. Here is a quote from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch of 1/25/24 on the situation. Parson said at an event on Thursday, however, that when government partners with businesses, it has to be a good deal for taxpayers. “We’re not gonna bail anybody out of anything,” Parson said.

So having more dependence on communist Chinese suppliers for smelted aluminum is a good deal for taxpayers, Gov. Parson? Tax payers equal American citizens who strongly prefer to remain independent of communist China.

Regardless of the decision to resurrect Magnitude 7 or to allow it to die, it has been puzzling that the vast majority of all elected officials in state and federal offices throughout the country thought partnering with government and running the money printing presses at full throttle was a great idea to do back in 2008 with big banks, big insurance, auto manufacturing, etc. However, to do that with a relatively minuscule amount of funding from taxes for dirty industries vital to national security and infrastructure like the subject, steel mills, and such…well…they have more important uses for the money such as giving it to war pig industries and paying pensions in Ukraine.

Oh, c’mon, Gov. Parson. You are either posturing, still in the uniparty, or an idiot. That statement is too transparent to be effective.

The Truth Of The Situation

Not everything is as it seems or appears and this is one of those times in my opinion. At press time for this part of the story, the following scenarios appear to be possibly involved.

1) Even red state governors have been proven to cozy up to the money of China, Inc. to benefit their states and themselves at the loss of their personal integrity and national security. Parson may be making sure China’s position in the industry remains strong by ensuring American output reduces by 20-30% of its past levels.

2) The Democrat funding bill sponsor (Quade) may be playing politics as well. The major issue is access to lower costing energy to make the company’s operations competitive and profitable long term. If it is successful doing that and gaining labor contract concessions it will be able to afford to install equipment to clean emissions better. The reality is she may be posturing for the loss of 400 union jobs to rally the union vote in the upcoming elections while knowing the electric rates and EPA issues will keep it shuttered, which is what the Dems really want.

3) This plant shut down for a couple of years once before when Noranda owned it for similar reasons. It had twice the number of employees at one time compared to now. It would be expected that money could be saved from operations if wages are lower as the number of employees is right sized to the projected revenues. Rightsizing workforces can be much more difficult to get done and the costs of doing so higher when union contracts are involved. Guess what state passed the right to work law in recent years that did not exist with the current company’s restart or Noranda? Yup, Missouri. If Magnitude 7 bankrupts out of existence or otherwise sells assets at the site in liquidation; at some point it frees a new entity to purchase facilities for a restart later with the current union contract eventually terminating. A GOP controlled state legislature and governor might want to wait awhile for a potential buyer before they assist in negotiating new power rates as well as giving credits for emissions equipment.

Presently, I will take Door #3 – for the most part. There is a caveat. Timing is a critical issue and 2025 would be optimum for restart if PDT wins. With the rise of China, Inc. in the past few decades Noranda and the current company proved incapable of operating profitably as well as not responding to the EPA requirements The tariffs PDT imposed have not proven to be enough to turn it around primarily because of the electrical rates and secondarily because of the EPA.

But there was also an under-discussed factor. COVID destroyed product sales demand right after PDT’s tariffs were placed on China.

Moves and countermoves. This picture is far bigger than a small mill in the Bootheel.

Our economy was running at breakneck speed once PDT took over. COVID destroyed the momentum. Many businesses and millions of people suffered and died worldwide. Which was the intent of China, Inc. and their buddies in crime, the uniparty globalists. All of it was intentional and staged into play as the documented evidence clearly reveals. This is no secret, it is staring everybody right in the face with documentary evidence everywhere. All you have to do is remember the masks and the constant fear porn directed at you from every corner of the country.

Do not tell me that any of them actually gives a rats behind about the average human. We the People need to remember that when we think about giving them our money, time, children, the sweat of our brows, taking that needle into our arms, or swallowing those pills.

As it applies to the current Magnitude 7 situation, with COVID trashing the American and other major world economies along with the high operating costs associated with electricity and union labor; there was no way for the company to dig out without government assistance. However, there could be other reasons the ownership chose not to accept assistance that MO AG Bailey alluded to being available.

Owners of businesses in trouble have been known to have their companies finish taking a dive for the benefit of others in return for unusual and sometimes hidden forms of compensation, especially when the offering side controls enforcement of laws and regulations along with having a friendly judiciary. The uniparty controls enough of the federal system to provide that environment. Anybody having doubts the uniparty globalists along with China, Inc. would do so to keep the subject mill closed needs to rethink their position. Another possibility (probability) is the usual product dumping that occurs to drive less financially strong competitors from the market. This happens with impunity when similar federal enforcement and judiciary are in place.

New Madrid County’s residents will be hurting for a time, so the state legislature needs to do all it can to assist in the interim period. But the truth is the county’s total population is only about 16 K. County leaders and businesses need to be about recruiting and working on developing other business opportunities to create jobs. They have depended on this one employer to sustain things for over 50 years. They placed all their eggs in the one basket knowing full well it could permanently die at some point.

You can see this dependence in the forlorn statement of their State Senator in the provided link. He is a Republican from the little town of Holcomb, population 600 or so plus dogs, cats and watermelons. The later of which are the best tasting I have ever put in my mouth. Something about the soil there makes them a known delicacy in the area, at least they were BIMD. But I digress.

But Wait, There’s Even MOAR!

The real battle has very little to do with Magnitude 7 Metals and the closure of an underperforming aluminum smelting mill. This is not to trivialize the loss of many jobs in a rural area that can ill afford it, however, this company is just a pawn on the uniparty chess board and a political talking point. The county has a small population and leans GOP regardless of the mill being open or not. The mill had closed for 2.5 years after Noranda shut down before Magnitude 7 restarted it. Besides posturing about the loss of union jobs, these links reveal the real Dem game plan.

https://www.wsiltv.com/news/missouri/clean-energy-groups-respond-to-magnitude-7-metals-closure/article_a8f316c4-be2a-11ee-9f3b-f75cbf925a3b.html

https://www.kcur.org/news/2022-01-10/midwest-coal-fired-power-plants-are-among-the-countrys-worst-polluters-but-they-dont-break-epa-rules

https://www.wsiltv.com/news/top-stories/decarbonization-organizations-respond-to-magnitude-7-metals-curtailment/article_963773a2-bb9d-11ee-b5dc-7fc6794fa720.html

Relating to the first link, anybody with any common sense at all knows you could never operate an aluminum smelting mill with solar and wind generated power. The absurdity is off the charts. So what are they really aiming to accomplish other than propaganda for the brain dead? This is about what Cankles said during her failed POTUS election bid about coal that helped cement her loss along with her “deplorables” miscue. Oh yeah, I remember. “…we’re going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business.” Which would mean coal fired power plants as well. That is still the game plan of the uniparty globalists; to shut down the American economic engine and destroy the American spirit.

Which leads to the second link from commie NPR. You will find discussion on Ameren’s Labadie power plant being one of the ten worst polluters in the Midwest. Which is an interesting way to make a point since Labadie has been in full compliance with stringent EPA regulations for decades. The EPA and political pressure to remove coal fired generation, however, is pushing electricity providers to close plants early that need large capital commitments for scrubbers and or conversions to natural gas. When that happens they still need to provide customers with power, so they contract for excess supply from other producers at higher rates than they can produce the electricity themselves. As an example Ameren is closing one coal fired plant earlier than planned this year, Rush Island. That means less internally generated power production. Rates will be going up and there is not much negotiation by the state that will help the subject mill, which has been an Ameren customer. If rates go up significantly in Missouri and the Midwest due to the abandonment of coal fired plants that are the core power providers while demand for electricity is strongly growing with their federally forced promotion of EV’s on manufacturers and other focuses; what do you think will happen to the overall economy of the region? Where are the replacements of nuclear and natural gas plants? Nowhere. With a strong downturn the uniparty will be out in full force selling lies that unfortunately usually leads to their return to power at the state level when We the People lose our minds and vote for them.

Then there is the third link which is pure lunacy.

It is the same old game plan already used in every blue state in America involving the Commiefornification of the country with the uniparty pulling the strings.

Under the guise of doing good for society by improving the environment the cabal is moving to undercut the economic lifelines of millions, which slowly destroys the unwitting who believe them. None will or can answer why they are personally owned by the biggest polluting country in the world that uses oppressed citizenry and slave labor who steal technology and governmental/business intel. They cannot respond to how they plan to wall off the polluted air and water produced in China and other economies from the rest of world.

This nation can run clean power plants on natural gas for centuries from its own resources. When you consider our known coal reserves we are nearing 1000 years of sufficient carbon based fuels within our nation’s current control for purposes other than transportation. Then add in the centuries of known oil reserves and the increasing technologies developing from other naturally existing elements and matter to serve the purpose for transportation needs. Over time technology has developed and would continue to develop at an even faster rate to clean up the coal burning process if funding was used for the purpose instead of forever war pig wars and regime changes. As an example, if readers chose to do so they could go back to a portion of my BIMD story about Coal Mining Heroes and see where B. Ray Thompson developed and used a nearly zero emissions coke (coal) oven for industrial purposes over a half century ago.

The gaslighting of the uniparty globalists and their EPA/university “research” brown shirts is incalculable. So, what gives with this devious assault? Quite simply, the evil globalist cabal’s membership wants the resources we have in America and they will kill us all off to get them. I really could care less about their motives. That they have evil intent and are opposed to God’s order for mankind is all I need to know.

For the historical, local effect relating to the mill in this story, we can reference back to the JER interview in BIMD: Scoundrels – Part 1 and what he says about New Madrid County back then. They played it straight and kept their governing clean. It was completely different than the corruption of Democrat, mob controlled Pemiscot County. As a result it had a large bloc of long term conservative GOP voters even after the plant employees unionized. In the current situation the Dems and RINO’s are attempting to seize some publicity by posturing about the loss of jobs by using their prostitute media as they continue to undermine the overall economy and jobs of the very people who are ignorant enough to vote for them and not stand in the gap for their fellow citizens.

This usual display of liberal (socialist) politics over substance will not work for the Dems in New Madrid County itself because of history, political attachments and the type people who live there. The people view the EPA as an enemy of the common man who have caused problems there for decades. They have values and common sense that Dems and RINOs are clueless about. They know how to make ends meet when times are tough. Many have planned for the contingency and have other jobs lined up.

Which is true for most Missourians as has been proven with the more MAGA elements of the GOP taking control of state government in recent times. But all politicians need to know, even the MAGA types, that the people are getting smarter. They are paying closer attention now.

It may be back to watermelon farming and such for a time for those who remain in New Madrid County. More equipment operators may be available for any corporate farms that bought out the family farms. Some workers have their CDL’s and will hit the roads in the trucking industry. Just make no mistake, what started as planned controlled implosion in the Dems quest to reassert itself in the region, state and nationwide politics; will likely…

Boomerang. It is just a matter of time in my opinion.

MAGA – Solutions

What the Uniparty and commies suspect, but do not yet want to accept is they no longer can fool over half of the American public. They miscalculated with the COVID hoax and jabs. Too many of We the People wised up to be easily misled anymore. Their institutions that have worked against average Americans for over a hundred years have been crumbling. People today know far more than any of us did even 20+ years ago. Citizen journalists have already replaced the prostitute fake news media for the majority of Americans. We the People have no time or inclination to listen or view the reports that are repeated over and over again in the fake news by propagandist mockingbirds. This is why viewership and traditional talk radio is tanking. It is why media outlets are failing and laying off employees in droves. All the swamp critters have to keep them in power is election cheating, which will eventually be destroyed.

PDT, patriots and supporters have orchestrated a massive awakening about the real world that took the demons around 200 years to construct in America.

What we frequently still miss in that understanding is that it was then and is now all in God’s timing. We have grown accustomed to instant gratification as a society, even as MAGA patriots.

Quick, easy fixes and trying to incite others into doing what we ourselves are not willing to expend the effort to do is not going to work. Ever. All that does is circumvent the process of actually fixing things. When people do that they call into question their motives.

Which is where we find ourselves today as Americans, facing that decision of continuing to try to do it our way or the Creator’s way.

I brought up vices, deviancies and cults in previous parts to this story because they are directly linked to personal slavery and the destruction of America. In this part of the story we see the environmentalists who are willing to destroy the well being of millions of people in pursuit of the tenets of their religion. That religion ignores God’s clear instructions in Chapter 1:28-31 of Genesis to tame the world for the benefit of His crown jewel – mankind.

Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” And God said, “See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food. Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food”; and it was so. Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day. (NKJV)

The world was created for mankind, not the reverse. The Word states that. Being a good steward of His creation as well as His people that it benefits are not mutually exclusive realities. Those who fail to realize mankind’s value or take actions to harm them do not believe the Word of God. They self identify, they cannot hide. They also act in direct conflict with our nation’s Declaration of Independence and Constitution as well as the rule of law that is based upon them. Our founding fathers built the observance and dedication to God as well as the value of mankind into those founding documents. It is an inescapable truth.

God says in His Word that man was made in His image. If you are a Christian, you are not permitted to hate who God created. To do so reveals rebellion and/or disbelief in God. Guess what two American founding documents also reflect that truth? Those documents codify the unity of people and purpose in America.

None of that states that we are to ignore as well as not defend or seek justice when attacked. There is discipline for harming the lives of others.

Everything you need to know about sustaining life on this planet is contained in the quoted Genesis scripture in bold above. Some may say that was the Old Testament, what about Jesus and what he said and did? He confirmed the law and the prophets in Matthew 5:17-19. Genesis is in the Torah (Pentateuch for Christians), which contains the law. It is a liturgical blueprint that is believed to have been provided prior to the creation of the world according to the rabbinic Talmud related, Midrash. Christians know that Jesus was there in the beginning per the Gospel of John 1:14-18. It is all neatly tied together with a bow on top. Accept or do not accept – the personal results from the choice are yours to own.

Equally important to consider is what God does not say through His Word that some of mankind continuously adds to or reinterprets throughout history. The Bible also has something to say about all of that. Do Not. Old Testament – Deuteronomy 4:2. New Testament – Revelation 22:18-19. There are many admonitions against it in both testaments. A particular favorite of mine is Galatians 1:6-9 where Paul states:

I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel, which is not just another account; but there are some who are disturbing you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed! As we have said before, even now I say again: if anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, he is to be accursed! (NASB)

Even today sinful, contrary gospels have been openly promoted throughout our culture and preached in some of the pulpits. The Scoundrels use it and many other apostasies to add to their evil ranks. Just as the Scoundrels of BIMD chose doing evil against their fellow mankind.

For those caught in their web you will receive the equivalent of this worldly instruction, “All you got to do is trust what he tells you.”, as Jaybird instructed Green in Scoundrels, Part 1. Jaybird was soon murdered after that statement by the same people he told Green to trust. Green lived and died in a pathetic state of being some time later, trying in his own way to make things right and knowing people viewed him as a pariah. So much for doing the work of and trusting Scoundrels, right?

These deceivers, abusers and murderers are the real Scoundrels. Those who believe they can ridicule, manipulate, injure, murder and steal the rights, lives and souls of others with impunity; while acting like they are pure as the driven snow for the official narratives and records. They even treat it like it is a sport, a competition to see how well they can screw somebody else over. They are unworthy of the air they breathe, however, the Lord said to allow these tares to grow with the wheat in the parable in Matthew 13:24-30. He will handle what happens at the harvest, which is an excellent Bootheel agriculture related example in my opinion.

For Heaven’s and your own sakes, stop apologizing for living a life of principle and integrity. You owe no man or woman who works against God and His order for the world that accommodation. Set your hope on the horizon and expect good to win out.

By so doing we can use a phrase from yesterday and throw a monkey wrench into the machinery of their criminal system. This phrase appears to trace back to Democrats in America doing what Democrats in America seemingly always have done and still do today. Per wordorigins.com:

The context is the Boston mayoral election of 1884. From the Marion Daily Star of 9 October 1889:

M. J. Kiley, the Boston Democrat who was to print ballots for both sides in the election when O’Brien was first made mayor, but who dropped a monkey wrench into the press before the Republican ballots were run off may be there.”

wordorigins.com

That would be 140 years ago. It is the same old same old, generation after generation. Nothing has changed in terms of their goals and methods. The tools they use may be different, but nothing has changed. How many times must we be shown to identify those opposed to America fulfilling its promise? These people are not the friends of an America founded on Godly principles as stated in our founding documents.

If you have tendencies and dependencies with any vices, deviancies, and cults – now would be a really good time to stop giving personal plantation masters power over your person, your money, your families, your community and your nation. The more we can disengage from their control, the better off we will all be. Shun them, their desires and their representations. You know what you need to do, you do not need me or anybody else to tell you. Just know that MAGA and We the People are depending on you. We need each other, God designed it that way.

Conclusion

In Part 4 it is time to move to the positive side of the ledger and reveal some personal unsung heroes from BIMD. They made things better for many people whose lives they touched. They were lights who cared about their fellow mankind and took action. None indicated they had any idea they were doing anything unusual or special, yet, they did.

As always, I wish for you happiness and peace as provided in our national founding documents and the Holy Bible.

Back In My Day: Scoundrels and Heroes; Scoundrels, Part 2 – Agriculture

In Part 1 of Scoundrels I discussed the historical background of the criminal network of the region that extended from the depths of human depravity to the White House. There was a trail exposed from the man who made the call to destroy hundreds of thousands of people with two atomic bombs to end a war that had ravaged half of the earth killing millions of people. That trail would also eventually lead to the deaths of another POTUS from the same political party as well as other iconic social justice leaders. The criminal underbelly of politics, cults, vices, government, law enforcement, judiciary, business and so on was exposed in middle America; which existed then and exists now to an even greater extent nationwide.

I give a special thanks to our faithful patriot host, Wolf, for providing this forum.

The choice to read and acceptance of the content is now entirely in your court. I left literally dozens of rat holes to dive into with more to come if you need something to do with your time. I am not going into them anymore. I have too many scars from the experiences. I am more of a macro guy anyway, an explorer, I need to explore the next hill and move on. I will leave it to those who are called to dig for the treasure. However, I urge others with the skillsets of investigatory curiosity and research to do so who want to advance the cause of truth and justice for the billions of people of this planet who have and continue to be severely damaged by the evil.

Part 2 and Part 3 are primers about some of the methods that the underlying criminal system in power used BIMD and still use today. In this part I will discuss the plantation approach in farm country BIMD. This will lead to a current day manufacturing example from the same area in the bootheel of MO in Part 3. This BIMD agriculture example is specific to my experiences and observations, but can be applied universally. It is interconnected to Part 1.

How It Worked There (And Everywhere in Everything)

In those days in the delta, the non-overtly criminal, wealthier people were primarily the farmers whose families accumulated large tracts of acreage over time and consolidated it into family business ownership over generations. The wealthier were also those who had businesses related to agriculture that included processing the yields of crops such as warehouses, cotton gins, grain mills, canning, etc. as well as related equipment suppliers, fuel distribution, trucking, barge transportation, bankers, attorneys, CPAs and so on. Add in, of course, the criminals such as politicians who bent the rule of law and principles of fair governing for their collective profit. However, it all worked there because of wealthy farm owners doing their thing. When times became tough on them due to droughts, floods, commodity market price dips, etc.; their hands would go out to Uncle Sam for our tax dollars through the efforts of their “friendly” politicians and legal operatives exerting influence such as Jame Ed Reeves (JER) and the Ward & Reeves law firm.

To operate a large farm you needed cheap labor even after large farm mechanization had kicked in. If the employable people in the area had other, higher paying options they would not work on a farm because it is hard, boring work with zero career and retirement upside. Owners in the farming and supporting roles such as those listed previously, preferred to keep their fellow man in a less educated state of poverty or else they would be forced to pay more for labor. It was and still is the system. As a result they were adamantly against the pro-business GOP and any influx of manufacturing and related distribution related businesses operating in the area that would increase the wage base and benefits to area residents. They just could not broadcast that desire, it had to be kept on the down low.

If you doubt this, ask yourself why a $1.275+ million John Deere cotton picker is operated by a $20 per hour wage earner with no benefits today. BIMD it was a $70 K cotton picker operated by a $5 per hour wage earner with no benefits.

However, the politicians and business leaders at the Chamber continued to tell these same area residents how hard they were fighting for them to have good jobs while adding social welfare handouts to “help” them get by. As an owner/operator of a farm and other support network occupations, it worked to your advantage to keep people in poverty and what better ways are there to do that than to keep them undereducated and untrained without access to higher wage employment as well as enslaved in vices and cults? Bad public schools with other illegal “entertainment” options were your friends. Wink, wink.

It taught me to be more merciful to my fellow man. At least when I understood fully that much of the nation’s economy has become systemized evil foisted on the unwitting to the profit of others. Willpower to reject the systemized temptations alone are not enough for most average people. We need Jesus in our lives or we can easily fall prey. I did not see many examples of true Bible believing Christians in the facilities and gatherings of the criminal machine BIMD. But there were plenty of posers and evil doers who managed to regularly make their way into the church pews on Sunday only to resume their lives of sin and crime on Monday. Only the Lord would know the state of their hearts and commitment because the other days of the week did not reveal the same dedication.

This overall methodology does not just apply to agriculture, as the principles and process still applies to many areas of American commerce, government, etc. today. There will always be a need for controllable, cheap, uninformed, uneducated labor. Robots are not real good at some common criminal activities, yet. The Dems, RINO’s and less scrupulous will always be happy to violate the law to make money off the cheap labor and gain power. The uniparty GOP will always be happy to play their parts as foils to make money as controlled opposition. The globalist elite will always be happy to use all of their services to increase their control and wealth. They have all long since possessed the ability to provide illegals with legal ID documents to cover their tracks. They know the flaws in the American system intimately and take advantage of them with impunity.

Since the controlled economic system went top down, the farm owners knew their place in the hierarchy and how much profit upside was available. As an owner, if you found a guy who was dependable and reasonably good at operating a tractor, cotton picker, combine, gin, etc.; you would pay him just enough to keep him and feed his family. You would probably provide an old farmhouse on your land for them to live in for free or low rent if you had a mortgage to pay on it. You would help them fix it up over time as long as he was an employee. If he was loyal and stayed with you until retirement, you would usually let them stay there at a low rent for as long as possible.

You would become wealthier. The worker and his family would have just enough to live until they died, just like all good plow mules who had enough food and strength to work until they were no longer able. The vices and cults would keep them in a controlled state. Many of their children would likely remain as raised, which would provide the next generation of labor.

You might even make sure the guy had some cash in his pocket to participate in the “fun” down at the county line or in Caruthersville on weekends. If he was into wacky tobaccy you could choose to look the other way and not see those plants along the Corp of Engineers managed flood control ditches and canals on your property. If he had proven to be trustworthy, you might even take a cut of the cash and/or product for him to have an expanded sharecropping opportunity. Even the crop dusters knew where to avoid spraying herbicides and pesticides for a little product compensation. Of course that might mean you need to pass some cash along to the friendly sheriff’s reelection campaign, or in Sheriff Orton’s case, his bookie operation and restaurant. Or perhaps a friend or relative of a key local leader in the machine needed a job or bailed out of whatever mess he/she found himself/herself.

If the farming operations became too much to control, you the land owner simply rented the land out to other farmers who needed access to create more crop production to make the most of their equipment and labor investment. As a farm land owner you would maintain good relations with the county property tax assessor to make sure your tax assessments were reasonable, perhaps with a little cash or business opportunity available to help them do a good job or toward their coming reelection. You needed to make sure their buds stayed in office long enough to get a good pension, right?

But what would a dumb son-in-law know about such things? Goober played the part well. Sheriff Orton figured out he was not a fed operative for the white hats and ignored him being around. Which is obvious since Goober is not worm food.

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But I have since come to the full understanding that there was nowhere to turn to make it stop outside of Heaven. What was clearly illegal and destructive to America was not subject to change by a system that derived full benefit from it. Sort of a key observation and point for today, don’t you think? Which makes what PDT is doing all the more remarkable.

If you did not before, you should now already understand why the invaders are flooding across our border. Far less numbers of American citizens are willing to work in lowered skilled labor roles with zero upside because they have other options that include a lot of government safety nets. Those remaining that are willing are being injured and genocidally murdered by the pharmaceutical and medical industries by the millions. Lest we forget, injury and murder sometimes takes years to accomplish, however, the seeds of same have been planted in tens of millions. Some working class citizens have their personal integrity stripped enough like Green in Part 1 such that they are willing to get into the thieving, drug dealing, human trafficking gigs and so forth as long as they have “protection” for those times when they are observed in the acts and get into trouble. Hello, freemasons everywhere among many other cults.

The unipartyists and globalists also need voters as well as distributors and enforcers for those drug and human/sex trafficking trades that replaced those in bootlegging, traditional sex workers, etc. such as is provided by the cartels crossing our borders in record numbers. Having continued the generally successful crash of the public education and medical systems with an escalation of the depopulation game plan and domestic terrorism; at some point they will no longer be needed and funding will be cut off. With the missions and usefulness of the invaders completed, off they will go back to their countries of origin that serve as safe harbors until the next call and fistful of money deploys them again. All of it performed to help dumb down and otherwise destroy American culture and citizen population, which has led to a nation now teetering on collapse.

Important Observation

When a criminal enterprise in a “line of business” ceases to be profitable or useful, the criminal machine will participate in its destruction to gain public support. Prior to the destruction they will have already planned and implemented replacement(s). The bright, shiny object is displayed and prominently publicized as the “good guys” taking it down. FIB, ATF, etc. enter the scene at the appropriate moment. Politicians then pile on claiming credit using their media lackeys with celebrity influencers chiming in. Entertainment programs come out in television and cinema to build the images of the enforcers.

It is a well designed system. Many American citizens fall for it. Others simply turn a blind eye toward it all. Which contributes to their success. But there is well founded hope for a better future.

What the cabal simply cannot defend successfully is broad exposure of their intentions and deeds. If the masses realize what is happening and resist participation, it ends.

Which is the primary purpose of these stories.

Sample

The uniparty politicians and criminal participants did not go to war with FIB and law enforcement over the destruction of the mob operations in the region. Why?

They allowed the uniparty GOP leadership to play the parts of the “good guys” and clean it up to impress those opposed to the evil and crime that resulted from looking the other way with vices and cults all those years. Select criminals were scapegoated and sacrificed for the cabal’s greater good. The law abiding public’s tension about the situations decreased and the new lines of business kicked in. Uniparty members like AG “Saint” Jack Danforth had their images polished for his future bump to Club Senate, while ignoring the new lines of business of the uniparty criminal operatives. He could then go on to play his the uniparty’s controlled opposition role in DC.

When the trigger was pulled to bring the mob’s operations down, the Dems and criminal machine had already begun implementing plans to legalize gambling nationwide, utilize and expand drug dealing instead of booze bootlegging, liberalize and decriminalize sexual activities and perversion, and so on. Basically all of the things we see they are trying to legitimize and build into the American culture today. Always one or more steps ahead.

It is a system. The good news is they realize the public holds the keys to their future success. They know there is a need to deceive or else they would not succeed. Which should tell all of us to not contribute to their efforts. Resist participation and go a different way. Bring the evil to light so others will not fall prey.

You should also now fully understand why Christianity has been under a full scale attack, why stuff like DEI and trans rights are being thrust upon us among many other destructive initiatives. But it gets worse. What happens when you no longer control your own food supply?

Back To The Farms (Plantations)

The referenced big family farm owners were almost exclusively second and third generation BIMD. Their parents and grandparents had the foresight to purchase and clear the flat, fertile lands while working other occupations. Land purchase costs were low in southeast Missouri and NE Arkansas because the Little River Drainage District had not yet developed waterways to drain the swampy ground in the area. It was common to purchase tracts for $10-25 per acre a hundred years ago. Such was the case with ex’s family. The patriarch purchased hundreds of acres at a time of scruffy, wild cypress forested swampland at very low prices as he earned enough money to do so. Over the years he accumulated nearly a thousand acres that only a hunter would want. He had a vision for the land and had heard through his Democrat political cronies that the Little River Drainage District waterway work was planned. After work at his postal service job and on weekends he would do clearing work along with a local guy or two who needed some extra money. Over time he began farming small tracts and learning the business end as the drainage project started and was later completed. The District was eventually turned over to the U. S. Corp of Engineers to maintain.

By the time my ex Father-In-Law (FIL) was an adult and graduated from college, the farm operation had become self sufficient with even more acreage as his father purchased some of the dry and previously cleared land through the Depression and WW II years

The soil is very fertile because it was the former bed of the Mississippi River prior to the great New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-1812. The quakes were so severe they forced the river to run backwards, diverting its path in the region while creating a new bed, and backfilled an area with water that became Reelfoot Lake in western TN. For over a hundred years that lake has been known for excellent crappie fishing. A link describing the earthquakes and effects is below.

https://www.jswconline.org/content/jswc/71/2/37A.full.pdf

Their family farm began earning enough to plow the profits of the operation into buying even more land. That process continued off and on into the third generation in the family during my time there. The cash crop in that area for many years was cotton and the patriarch had built a gin he and local farmers used. Also during my time there, the family replaced the original with a new electronics driven gin as well as a modern milling operation for the soybeans and winter wheat beans that had been introduced into the area during the 1970s. For more on that year round crop rotation method please read the link below.

https://extension.missouri.edu/publications/g4953

By the time of my divorce the family owned over 7000 acres of prime farmland in the SE MO bootheel and NE AR. They reduced their own farming operation to about 3000 acres or so and rented the rest out to other farmers. All of the crop yields from their land were processed through the gin and mill while other farmers in the area would also utilize their services. By all appearances they seemed to have it all.

Problems Under The Surface

With that in mind and now refocusing on the JER interview from Part 1, most of us who were there during the referenced points of time and knew the people involved can easily tell when something JER said in that interview was probably true or just BS. One of the towns mentioned, Holland, I knew well. It was the town of my ex and her family, which had its own criminal electioneering background among other things that then AG Danforth prosecuted. I know because my ex FIL had been caught up in it with Pappy Brown and crew long before I ever met his daughter and moved to the area. The story went that there were around 600 total votes cast with my ex FIL voted to be the mayor of the tiny town of Holland with its total population of about 300 or so. His opponent, the other wealthy, farm owner/operator in town filed a lawsuit. Of course if you had money, you could buy yourself out of many jams and ex FIL did. Democrat U. S. Senator Thomas Eagleton came to his rescue. Yup, the same Eagleton who spent a couple of weeks as a VP candidate on McGovern’s ticket until the GOP and media found out he had once been hospitalized for mental health issues. He voluntarily withdrew his name and remained a Senator in the state for many years.

After the elections fiasco in Holland the family’s reputation took a hit, which affected business. The farmer who was their political opponent stopped using their services along with a number of others in the area and added his own milling and warehousing. The reduction in business impacted my ex’s family finances as well as dealing with significant mortgage debt on the farmland at the banks that continued into the awful Carter years and beyond when interest rates were approaching 20%. As previously described my ex’s parents were bound and robbed at gunpoint in the mid-1970’s. Criminal/FBI Operative Sheriff Orton entered into law enforcement again. Ex FIL’s attorney, George K. Reeves (GKR) with Ward & Reeves law firm had moved from the area to Memphis with another place in New Orleans for his Board work with Middle South Utilities; so he had nobody at the law firm he trusted since Orton was represented by JER. GKR’s obit reveals more information about him below.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42348244/george-kendrick-reeves

Well, would you looky there. They officially acknowledge the “rough and tumble days” (translated – mob operated crime ring) in the bootheel and GKR’s employment for a few years after WW II for J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI. Imagine that; the FBI, Hoover, Memphis, Bootheel, and New Orleans all in one long obit bio of a regionally high profile attorney. I am sure it is just another in a long list of coincidences. It was no surprise that soon after moving his family to Memphis to live in 1979 they all became estranged with the divorce of GKR and his wife. For those that remember Part 1, that would be about a year or so after the Congressional committee hearing that Green testified in with FBI #3 Deke Deloach in attendance regarding the truth about the MLK, Jr. assassination. An assassination Ward & Reeves law firm would have likely known details about due to the clients they represented who were involved in same. Of which several of those same clients were likely fed operatives with inter lapping FIB connections.

My ex’s parents were shocked and surprised when they were told of the divorce. The official response from people who knew them was GKR’s ex was just crazy. Crazy as in distancing herself and children from their bootheel past and the line of fire among other reasons. Both of their children, an adult son and daughter, remained in Memphis with their mother.

The tangled webs people weave…

Corporate Farms

Besides the obvious protection provided from “rough and tumble” people in the area, one of the reasons ex FIL was tied into Ward & Reeves law firm and GKR above was because of federal estate tax laws. The tax bite when passing down family farms to the next generation was horrible. Estate tax planning was a necessary, expensive evil that included extensive CPA and specialist tax attorney involvement with the use of complex tax shelters. Guess which political party held control over the federal tax laws in Congress during those days? Yup. When GKR left the area, some of that needed legal assistance fell on junior attorneys who were less competent.

Fortunately for family farmers the laws changed over time beginning with the Tax Reform Act of 1986 during Reagan’s time and strategies developed that made taxation issues somewhat more manageable through the years that followed. As those moderated, however, more long stressed family farmers decided to sell out and receive large monetary nest eggs for their families, which could be invested where? Why the uniparty, globalist controlled Wall Street of course. No point in toiling in the soil when one can let others manage their money and take it easy, right? Which led to more large farming operations owned and controlled by corporate farms as well as the loss of control of the family wealth to the deceivers on the Street. Well, is that not convenient of the already wealthy globalists to provide that avenue? Decades of oppressive tax laws that threatened the ability of many farming families to survive as well as pass down the land to their families that forced them to use many Democrat connected tax attorneys and CPA’s for tax advice and shelters; had been replaced by tax relief that removed the shackles that made it easier to sell out to those same Democrat affiliated corporate elites who benefitted from the previous oppressive tax laws.

From one pocket to the other.

See how that works? Follow the money. A farmer who was called to be a farmer deep in his or her heart and soul would never consider selling out for money if they could remain financially viable. Farmers tend to value their independence far more. However, many less called and less vested second and third generations are happy to do so. The trappings of cash, wealth and elite society that do not involve working the land are far more attractive to many. The cabal knows that truth and uses it to their benefit. They own the entertainment industry that uses movies, shows, books, music, theater and such to glorify the rich and famous that helps create idol worship and envy for their purposes.

With the tax relief, escalating land costs from inflation and corporate farm purchases, along with an improving overall economy; the land prices began to escalate significantly. What once went for $1.5 -2 K an acre BIMD has jumped to $7-10 K subject to location and characteristics today. For example, the link below is for a 140 acres, high yielding tract in the bootheel county of New Madrid listed for $1.117 million today. It is currently rented to another party for $28 K a year and appears to be a good spot for hunting of migratory ducks and geese that are in the flight pattern.

https://www.land.com/property/140.4-acres-in-New-Madrid-County-Missouri/18864857/

Remember this New Madrid area, we will revisit in Scoundrels, Part 3.

How many second, third and even fourth generation adult children of family farms are going to continue to fight the government entities, supply chain malfunction, excessive equipment costs, climate fluctuations, commodity market manipulations and overall economic challenges that make it difficult to continue to work the land when they can receive a check from big bank financed international corporate carpetbaggers for an amount that puts them and their immediate heirs on easy street? Not many. All of it happening with the industry consolidating while taking more and more control of our food supply and pricing of same. As I expected, my ex and her brother sold out the big family farm not long after their father passed when the prices rose to high enough levels to satisfy their creature comfort desires.

Those called and continuing to work the land regardless of the difficulties and temptations to sell out are American patriots and heroes in my book. We need more of them and less sell outs. The sell outs rarely think about how the money will fly away through the generations through excessive spending, inflation, bad investments, taxes, etc. Wisdom is always in such short supply with these folks. Many are only thinking of themselves not having to work. Rarely do they consult the Lord or think about what they are doing may help sell America down the river.

Scarcity Versus Abundance – Conclusion

There is always a sense of abundance versus scarcity mentalities on full display in these type scenarios. You can tell in what and who that people believe by their choices. Christians are taught to believe in abundance, the existence of plenty that is provided by God Himself to His children. They know that everything they have or receive is a gift and with it comes a desire to be obedient to His will for His people and creation. Father knows best.

The world teaches scarcity, that there is a limited amount of the good stuff and you need to fight or outwit your fellow man to get your share. They believe only the strong survive. Their personal desires are all that matter. The greater good is rarely considered unless there is something in it for them. They believe in the freedom to pursue whatever pleases you.

In both camps, temptations exist that must be navigated or all may be lost. We will discuss this more in the future.

A reminder for some of us…

Scoundrels, Part 3 is on deck. Until then, blessings to all.

Back In My Day: Scoundrels & Heros, Part 1 – Scoundrels

My hope is that readers will stick with me on this multi part wrap-up to my BIMD series. Parts 1 and 2 may be the most important stories I have posted as it pertains to understanding the corruption you have seen on the national scene in the past as well as today. Gail Combs has done a great job of drilling down on some overarching themes with people, orgs and events that have caused the American people untold grief and misery over the years. Many of us at the QTree would call her a hero for all of the research and fearless pursuit of truth she undertakes. This series gives my real life examples and connections that interconnect with some of her research as well as other personal experiences and observations.

There is a great deal of reading material linked in this part that has relevance. It may strain your attention span. My guess is about an hour or so just in reading the linked information, much more if you want to research some of the names and events. However, I urge you to read and make your own observations if you desire to see the inner workings of corruption, racketeering and worse in America. This is packed to the gills with historical information to go with the usual personal connections and parallels of Goober Gump and his (mis)adventures.

Please note: Other than as included in linked source documents and articles, I only provide the real names of the people involved in my experiences if they and their spouses are deceased. I will not provide the names of my former family members. They did not know in advance they would be first person sources during these BIMD stories. Some of how they were involved or may have been affected along with their past communication of information to me directly is discussed. In addition, I have no desire to make false accusations or maliciously malign anybody in this story. I feel their words and actions during the events and periods covered speak for themselves based on the linked information and witnesses.

Before you think this is a holier than thou exposé of others, I confess to being helpful as well as causing pain and suffering to others at various times in my life. Chasing God and chasing the devil seems to be a common theme for many of us throughout the history of mankind. I am unworthy to judge any man or woman. Nonetheless, this is a story that should be told. For some, a portion of the information may not plow new ground. What I am bringing simply ties some people and events together at the lower to higher levels of the corruption with people you would not necessarily know anything about.

I believe there are important lessons to be learned as we consider the consequences of decisions and actions of others as well as ourselves. Generally, if you love your fellow man you will be concerned about that and act in an honorable manner. If you could care less about them you will pursue a path that damages or at best, ignores the plight of others. I have been an example of both in the past. That is until Jesus changed it all for me. HIS words in Matthew 12:35 are: “A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.” (NKJV)

May my Savior judge this revelation a good thing. With that in mind and regardless of your faith in Christ or not, let’s begin.

Back To The Delta

Back In My Day in a small town along the banks of the Mississippi River named Caruthersville, MO, were a group of attorneys who were quite well known in the surrounding four state region of the delta as well as in some national circles. My future ex and I had moved to this town from Little Rock in late 1977 after I had taken a job with the regional utility company.

Downloaded below is a 70+ page interview with one of their senior attorneys dating back to 1998. This firm was a beehive of Democrat Party connected criminal defense attorneys, operatives and cleaners for nearly 90 years leading up to this interview. Prepare to take in a picture of American law, politics and crime going back in time to President Truman’s days forward as spoken by a man I met while living there, James Ed Reeves (JER for these stories). He went by Jim Ed. JER was a second generation senior partner and handled a lot of criminal defense litigation in the region. It was his attorney cousin in the firm who is named in this interview who basically forced the utility company to hire me to work there after my ex and her parents brought us back to the delta. This same George K. Reeves he references within this interview was my ex father-in-law’s (FIL) attorney. He was also a Board member of the same above referenced utility company. He will be discussed again in Part 2 of this story.

Please note that JER listed Roy Harper as a senior partner in the firm who later became a long term federal district judge in St. Louis. He was appointed by POTUS Truman. JER’s son, William Edward Reeves was reported to be a much kinder, more ethical man than his father and was considered a legal scholar. Unfortunately, he passed away in mid-2023 at about 62 years old. There is very little left of the Ward & Reeves law firm today.

You will read or have now read all sorts of historically informative as well as judgmental, unethical and corrupt things in the interview. You will probably note that many of the negative things happening in it, ole JER found to be humorous. There are discussions about those times that mirror what we deal with today in society and our elections. Indeed, what you read is a precursor to the current expanded version. For example, what we call “lawfare” today was called “judicial politics” back in those days. Nothing new, just more openly and offensively used today, just like his use of the term “misinformation” in the interview.

I am thankful he left my ex-FIL’s name out of this interview despite his passing away a year prior to this interview. He was involved in the Holland, MO election scandal JER describes in the early 1970’s. I suspect JER was protecting the firm’s client of remaining family members by not revealing. Ex-FIL was able to buy his way out of trouble with the assistance of Sen. Thomas Eagleton whom JER describes in the interview. Ex-FIL was an active member and financial contributor to DNC efforts for many years.

Some of the people JER discusses relating to the Truman years will make more sense if you do some research on him and his DNC cronies like Robert Hannegan. It was through the efforts of Hannegan, who was briefly a co-owner of the St. Louis Cardinals MLB team before his death in 1949, that attorney Roy Harper referenced above received his federal district judge appointment that is discussed briefly below. Truman became POTUS unquestionably because of Hannegan’s efforts.

As an example, here is what Eleanor Roosevelt thought of Hannegan within their own Democrat Party family. Did not care for her either, but this provides a bit of useful information.

https://erpapers.columbian.gwu.edu/robert-emmet-hannegan-1903-1949

If so inclined, enjoy researching some of the names you read about in the interview. It may prove to be an enlightening experience as you piece together the often dirty politics and legal system that led our nation to this point. Just understand that JER was a typical Dem lawyer from the delta whose words you can trust about as far as you could pick up the casket that contains him and throw it.

Turning Up The Flame

Now, to the next link.

https://rense.com/general19/part.htm

And this…

https://stlreporter.com/tag/clyde-orton/

For this part of my story to make the most sense and impact on your understanding of what you see today with our federal government, FBI, judiciary, politics, crime, etc.; you need to read the JER interview and the two linked articles above. Set aside the time you need to digest them. There are a few minor discrepancies in the two Green articles, such as the years of the House committee meeting in question when Green gave testimony. The actual year is immaterial as there is no dispute the hearing happened and Green testified.

In the linked Green info you read about Pemiscot County Sheriff Clyde Orton that I briefly mentioned in a previous BIMD story. JER’s account of him in the linked interview is nearly a completely fictional narrative of lawyer-speak BS. In reality there was bootlegging, slot machines, craps, prostitution and all sorts of other criminal activities including murder that Sheriff Orton protected and probably benefitted from financially occurring at the Rat Ranch (discussed in the first BIMD of 7/4/22), in the town and county prior to his conviction. The only question to be officially resolved in my mind is if it all occurred with the full knowledge, blessing and to the advantage of certain federal agencies of government and politicians. I will leave it up to you the reader to determine if that point is valid and to whether it benefitted Americans.

During the period in discussion Orton was able to acquire a property near downtown and build a two story upscale, fine dining restaurant/lounge with a second floor view over the levee onto the Mississippi River. He did not come from wealth and he did it all on a Sheriff’s salary. Yeah, OK, moving on.

The activities he protected eventually led to him losing the Sheriff’s office with his conviction by state AG Danforth as discussed in the links. In a bit of cleanup during the investigatory period, the region’s crime boss (Jaybird Gatewood) who was clearly connected to the Sheriff as you will read, was shot in the back via shotgun and soon after died in a Memphis hospital. His killer was never arrested. The walls were closing in on Orton and the regional crime ring during the late 1960’s when the investigations began and coincided with the take down of the mafia’s gambling operations in Hot Springs, AR.

Orton returned to the Sheriff’s office years later while I lived in the area in Blytheville, AR, after his previous conviction was overturned by the Dem controlled Supreme Court in Missouri. That should tell everybody that the criminal enterprise was never vanquished, it just went more underground only to resurface later with different characteristics, organization and with some different faces. Some of the key players during that early period were killed off or died of cancer, heart attacks and such at times as you read in the JER interview and Green articles.

There was an illegal bookie operation Clyde Orton ran from the office of his restaurant that I visited after he had his previous conviction overturned. That illegal gambling operation is one I would have to lift my hand to testify about if required. I personally observed some payoffs my ex-FIL made to the bookie and Sheriff Clyde Orton in his office in that restaurant. My wealthy farmer ex-FIL was a lousy gambler. I learned early in life that I would be as well and successfully avoided that particular vice.

Based on the information provided in the JER interviews and Green articles it appears that Orton likely became a fed operative after his conviction was conveniently overturned and that they were very intertwined in his activities. The bookie operation was too openly known and operated to not be. The way it appears is that the bigger charges against Orton went away, the state got their “conviction”, he lost his Sheriff role as the Feds and State cleaned up the crime ring somewhat, he operated his restaurant/bookie operation, he moved back into the law enforcement game with Fed approval as an operative after his conviction was overturned, he was “elected” Sheriff again, lower profile criminal activities restarted, and he acted as an informant until his death in a single vehicle “accident”. Again, you will read elements of this in the JER and Green pieces. Green quotes local crime boss “Jaybird” Gatewood as saying, “Look, we do things for them. They do things for us.” relating to the FBI and Sheriff Orton as separate entities, a theme that is repeated with other St. Louis connections regarding the FBI and clowns. It would also appear that the clowns were involved with Green in his early days. This is later discussed in the rense.com article on Green as in their coordination with the FBI.

All of it going on while the venerable Democrat Party supporting Ward & Reeves law firm above greased the skids, raked in the cash, defended the criminals and cleaned up their messes. At the same time they gave a share to the politicians and knew they had their former DNC controlled law firm partner as a federal district judge in St. Louis on speed dial.

Judge Roy Harper was located in good ole St Louis, where key cogs in the mob’s organization resided and operated. Please note that it took three recess appointments and a fourth formal successful attempt to finally have Judge Harper approved by the Senate back in his day. Truman was persistent in getting his man in the role with Hannegan’s help. What else was a fellow, good freemason POTUS supposed to do other than help another 33rd degree freemason be made a federal judge in a mob region?

https://prabook.com/web/roy_w.harper/59141

More on that latter point below.

More Dot Connecting

It is time to connect some more farther reaching dots with this. From my own first hand knowledge, Clyde’s bookie handled horse racing and sports betting primarily. For a few months in late winter and early spring, they had a live feed into the restaurant office of the horse races from Oaklawn in Hot Springs, AR on some new teletype electronics (computer infancy) of which I had no familiarity when I first saw it in the early 1980’s. They gave me a short demonstration. It was not a year later that the utility company converted to a similar system.

Placing bets at the windows of Oaklawn and the Greyhound dog racing track in West Memphis, AR (operations ended 12/31/22), were the only forms of legalized gambling left in Arkansas from the Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller and FBI task force led crack down on the entire mob owned and operated gambling activities in Hot Springs that went back to the mid-1800’s. No off site betting was permitted in Arkansas or Missouri despite Sheriff Orton conducting same in his restaurant offices. The passing of legal horse track betting in MO did not occur until 1984. The loss of the gambling operations revenue tanked much of the rest of the mob controlled criminal operations in Hot Springs. They receded from prominence there only to resurface in other vices as the FBI was infiltrated and the Dem crime machine reassumed power in the Arkansas government.

Some summary history of Hot Springs where Oaklawn is located is warranted to inform readers of the history and depth of the criminal activities there.

For what it is worth I went to a bank training event and stayed at the Arlington BIMD for a couple of nights. It was just a quiet resort area hotel at that point. However, I often wonder what activities might have occurred in that hotel and its rooms back in their day. Yuck. Below is another summary link.

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/arkansas/ar-mafia/

We see from the Green interview the bootheel crime ring was also connected to the mob in New Orleans led by don Carlos Marcello as well as the St. Louis area with Buster Wortman and labor boss, Louis Shoulders. For the purposes of this story we will stay primarily with the southeast Missouri and Arkansas connections. However, for research purposes it sure would be interesting to see the judicial record of one federal Judge Roy Harper in St. Louis since it took so much arm twisting by Truman to get him in the seat.

For the next part, reference back to my first BIMD featuring Elvis. The Rat Ranch from within that story was a micro version of Hot Springs in a profoundly less resort-like area. It was an extension of the mid to lower level operatives of the mob and their supportive Democrat Party crime machine that dominated both states of Arkansas and Missouri during that time. With the fed and state crackdown on Hot Springs initiated by Republican Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller, there was a crackdown by the feds and law enforcement in multiple states on the satellite operations such as at the Rat Ranch and in Caruthersville. Both went into serious decline into the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. The Ranch only functioned with a rundown outdoor weekend music stage, a seedy prostitute ridden motel and a liquor store by the time I moved to the area in the late 1977. Elvis would have the sads about its demise if he had heard. Viva Las Rat Ranch and all that might have some folks giving the side eye about burning love, the jungle room and jelly donuts in that place.

Until the take down the mafia and Dem crime machine with Orton’s assistance by playing both sides and keeping the law abiding feds at bay, raked in the cash and power for all of their other activities and political uses from the vices they operated. All of it being illegal, but openly allowed to exist without interference just as it was for all those years in Hot Springs. GOP AG Danforth went after Orton officially in 1971 after they raided Caruthersville and the Ranch. He got a conviction, just not on all of the major stuff Orton protected. Below is enough in a link to see a little about the charged activities in the case. If you desire to drill down on this more, you can complete to receive a seven day free trial.

https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/state-ex-inf-danforth-894241813

If one were cynical and a skeptic one might find it strange that openly conducted criminal activities over many years did not lead to major charges that could stick for major convictions. JER would tell you if he was still alive it was just outstanding criminal defense work. It actually confirms what we already knew about Missouri politics, the GOP was controlled opposition. The uniparty was alive and well in those days and before. Orton served a useful function.

However, this story does not end there. Theres MOAR! The “Little Chicago” and “capital of vice” of the bootheel was protected by a Sheriff who had even worse shady things in his past.

MLK, Jr.

As you read, the Green articles reveal what was worse. Ask yourself, why would a 1978 U. S. House investigatory committee related to the MLK, Jr. assassination keep witness testimony sealed until the year 2029? One subject testimony in it was by Green, the well known habitual ex-con/fed operative from Caruthersville, Mo, who had turned government confidential informant as well as becoming an actual badged officer of the ATF at one point. I personally feel both writers did a very good job of considering all aspects of the representations of Green while providing the information.

More probably would have come out eventually, but Green died in 2003.

Whoo boy. There are some things in Green’s story that make a great deal of sense to me, especially when I connect the dots of what I know of Caruthersville, Ward & Reeves law firm, Clyde Orton, the legacy of Jaybird Gatewood, Hot Springs, the FBI, multiple politicians, judiciary and so on. When I connect them to my previously stated experiences and observations of the Arkansas political mafia, the Clintons, the money players that backed the Clintons and Dems – well, the picture comes into focus much better.

But First – A Parallel Story

One thing that is very obvious, ole Goober was in the middle of a major league pile of shiz his entire time in that region and really had no idea how big of pile it was until he moved away. The passage of time brought perspective and new information. To better understand reality on the ground in the bootheel in those days there is the following.

Jim Green was in Caruthersville much of the time I was working there. Thankfully, I just did not run in the same circles as him. I did not know of his MLK, Jr. plot connections with Orton and Jaybird. When I talked with local folks in town back then it went as Green described it. Nobody dared say anything negative about Orton and everybody avoided Green. Orton was an intense man without much humor who seemed to have to force a cordial nature when meeting people. Perhaps the weight of what he had done and was doing was too heavy to be any other way.

I do know Orton seemed to be on good terms with my ex-FIL during much of the time I was there. That concerned me the longer I lived there because I knew a backstory. A couple of weeks before my ex first introduced me to her parents; they had been blindfolded, gagged and bound in their own home and held at gunpoint. The robbers were waiting on them to return home one evening and wanted access to their safe. They made off with jewelry, weapons and cash. One robber kept asking if they knew who he was, which they denied of course because it would have caused their deaths if they said they knew. The robber suspected they knew him and afterwards her parents told me they had heard the man’s voice before but truly did not know for sure who it was. They suspected the voice was of an ex-employee of their farm who ran with the local crime ring. After the robbers left my ex-MIL worked loose from the binding and contacted the newly elected Sheriff who came to the scene. They learned the next day their fenced in dog had been drugged to keep the barking noise down. Of course, no arrests were ever made and there were no solid suspects.

I learned a half dozen years later after the event that Orton had gone through a personal financial crisis during the very same period when he was no longer the Sheriff as the local economy was awful in the Carter years and the crime ring was still laying low. He was losing money in the restaurant business. With the raids the primary criminal money drivers had been hit and he was more under a microscope. By that later point my in-laws suspected that Orton was behind that robbery somehow. My ex-FIL stopped betting with the bookie and they also stopped dining at the restaurant. When Orton was returned to the sheriff’s office they stopped going anywhere near Caruthersville and focused all of their household and entertainment attention into equidistant Blytheville, AR. They also had a sophisticated alarm system installed and never left home without a weapon.

Back To MLK, Jr

In the Barsten comments in the Green links he references the clown connection in addition to the FBI handlers. He feels certain MKUltra was involved. I tend to agree. Consider the connections discussed by Green as well as the assassination of 32nd degree Mason civil rights leader Medgar Evers in 1963, who was in the Scottish Rite. Note that MLK, Senior was also a long term member of that cult.

https://www.chicofreemasons.org/lodge-news/2019/2/21/black-history-month-celebrating-famous-black-freemasons

Pay attention to #6, #7, #8 and #9 below.

https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-martin-luther-king-jr

MKUltra is interconnected with freemasonry and in my considered opinion that is an indisputable fact. Freemasonry is one vehicle for its delivery. Which leads to revisiting another blight on America, J. Edgar Hoover of the FBI, a severely complex and conflicted man as the nation’s Top Cop, who is also associated with all things immoral and dodgy at times. A man who thrived on coercion and instilling fear with no aversion to using any tactic he thought would work to achieve the desired results. I will leave his rumored transvestite and homosexual tendencies to others who may or may not have trustworthy information. However, if true it would fit right in with both MKUltra and freemasonry where all inhibitions are destroyed and anything goes.

https://www.myfreemasonry.com/threads/j-edgar-hoover.14364/

Yup, devoted and dedicated freemason.

It would seem that the presence of many freemasons in positions of power back then and today in government, judiciary, FBI, clowns and law enforcement in general may provide an ability to pull off some really heinous actions. The current crop in positions of power rarely reveal their connections to it and other cults as was proudly done in the past. I guess the public has become more aware, so they cover their tracks and no longer mention as prominently in bios, obits or on grave stone markers as in the past.

However, they are still recruiting. My son-in-law’s father who retired from a law enforcement career recently joined. He and a friend of my SIL have both been recruiting him. However, our SIL trusts us much more than his own father and friend. He felt uneasy about the cult on his own, my info and guidance just helped him to shut down their efforts. He knew freemasons were even in my immediate family along with the why and how to shut down their recruiting efforts. A brother-in-law of mine has even been a Master of a lodge in the Midwest.

These battles for the soul are happening all over America right under our noses.

If what has been represented in these interviews, biographical links and historical summaries is substantially true; I contend the worst probably did happen to MLK, Jr. and in the federal coverup. Much of what I read has truth in it from past experiences and associations. Going back to the JER interview, look at that regional Dem crime machine’s connection to dedicated freemason and future POTUS Harry Truman. We know FDR was one prior to him. In the times that followed we know unipartyist Gerald Ford was one. All told there are fifteen Presidents who had some level of involvement plus Clinton in the DeMolay as a youth. Look at the attitudes and activities of racist Dems Byrd and Biden through the years that followed with the Clintons marching lock step with the Arkansas political mafia and money backstopping of their activities. Look at the clarion call of one James Clyburn of South Carolina to the cult’s alliance with the black AME “church” voting as directed every national election, a “church” that is interconnected with the Prince Hall Masons and its descendent orgs.

Combine it with MKUltra and to me it is all hiding in plain sight. It is an unholy alliance for the ages.

If there is nothing to hide, why manufacture narratives and destroy evidence as was done with the JFK assassination? Why the need to seal testimony over something heinous that happened long ago with anything of importance to the American people? What are they hiding? Who was POTUS and FBI Director in 1977 when the FBI’s #3, Deke Deloach (info on him is linked below), was sent in to observe Green’s testimony? It was Dem Jimmy Carter and William Webster it appears. The FBI’s image had deteriorated greatly over those years for good reasons. It was in Carter’s and Webster’s best interests to clean that up for the outside view. Seems that might be a reasonable motivation to keep what had been hidden – hidden. So the lies and cover-up were continued.

There are a number of Green’s statements of which I have personal knowledge of the content. For example Green’s discussion about buying votes with a bottle of whiskey and dollar bills is true. The Dem operatives were still doing it in the early 1980’s BIMD with one exception. Inflation had increased it from a half pint to a pint and a dollar to ten dollars. They would load them into buses and the beds of pick-ups for the treks to the voting booths. They ran charter buses from Chicago to New Orleans on election day with the same people voting multiple times in multiple states and multiple locations. A Dem operative in NE Arkansas participated and directly stated it to me and others. She thought it was funny about how easy it was to do. As Green stated, if one knew how, it was easy to have multiple aliases with legit documents to support each one.

Most important is connecting the dots to the mob connections that extended from Hot Springs to New Orleans to Memphis to the bootheel to St. Louis to Chicago and other nationwide locations nationwide. Add in the important pursuit of truth in the MLK, Jr. assassination with the obvious clown and FBI interconnections you have been reading about. The time period of the JFK, Evers and MLK, Jr. assassinations were at the start of the LBJ years going into Nixon’s first term. J. Edgar Hoover was still controlling the FBI and Deke DeLoach, or should I call him “Roachie”, was the liaison and cleaner between him and LBJ, a role he played starting with JFK’s assassination. We know LBJ was friendly with freemasonry as he entered a lodge as an apprentice in his native Texas, just chose not to pursue it. If you want to learn more about those Hoover/LBJ/ Deloach relations in a cleaned up official version go to the FBI link below.

https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/deke-deloach-adviser-to-j-edgar-hoover-dies-at-92

For more detail go here.

https://spartacus-educational.com/JFKdeloach.htm

It seems more likely to me that Deloach provided plausible deniability to both LBJ’s and Hoover’s decisions by acting as the go-between. It was more of a public show of distrusting one another while coordinating the events of the times through Deloach and underlings. Deloach would never want Green’s testimony to be put into the public record, so much so it was stalled out by the black Democrat Congress critter, Louis Stokes. That appears to be the obvious reason Roachie was in attendance at the hearing. It would seem there is something to see here when 2029 rolls around, if they are not successful in making it disappear. The American people may not be pleased to know the hidden truths of the connections between the Democrat Party, RINO’s, clowns, FBI, judiciary, organized labor, freemasons and communists when it comes to national icons such as JFK and MLK, Jr. and many other innocent lives they injured or offed through the years. Every single American and many international lives and nations have been negatively impacted by their loss since those days.

We know the fake legacy media will not want to get involved since they are controlled opposition to the American people. Independent citizen journalists need to do that job in conjunction with whatever patriots are left in positions of authority.

And to think that I probably unwittingly said “hello” to Roachie during the 30+ years we have been vacationing on Hilton Head before his recent death. Such a strange coincidence (not) that Neocon Nikki is from that same town as Deloach lived and the same state as James Clyburn.

The ancient Romans had nothing on American government and politics.

Wrap-up on Green and Orton

Green had absolutely nothing to gain by telling his story when he did. The opportunity to cash in on it with a book deal and 48 Hours with Dan Rather in 1998 had long since past. The feds had once again prevented that. Who was POTUS then? Yup – Clinton. Green knew the powers that be were freezing him out. He knew he was getting older with health issues and would not last long. The interviews and testimony seemed to be about a guy who needed to unload some burdens to somebody in the media or in government who would listen and take him serious before he died.

Perhaps I forgot to mention that Green was also a freemason.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42254541/james-cooper-green

Sheriff Orton died in an auto accident in 1994 at 72 years of age, about ten years after I left the area. A bit of cleanup, a heart attack as reported, or an intergalactic act of justice? You decide.

I have purposely avoided discussion on the likely MLK, Jr. triggerman, Butch Collier. A search of the web revealed nothing other that what is referenced in the Green articles. You would think that would be readily available unless people in authority did not want him found.

For what it is worth the family of Dr. King have repeatedly requested that the case be reopened, to which the feds refuse.

Over the years that followed the machine lost some of its grip on the county and region with the demise of most of the key players. Legalized gambling and relaxed alcohol laws have reduced the ability to criminally pursue money making schemes that worked well for the Dem crime machine in the past. Once Missouri legalized gambling on horse racing in 1984 along with riverboat casinos in 1992, law enforcement was less of an issue and it became a tax generator for the state. Caruthersville soon capitalized and the Lady Luck Casino opened. However, there is still no online betting and sports betting is just now being debated with bills introduced. It is expected to be approved and begin within the next two years. Horse track racing gambling essentially died a natural death in Missouri, so they want to replace and enhance the revenue stream.

More money for the politicians, primarily out of the pockets of those who can least afford it in poverty stricken areas such as Pemiscot County, MO. More people to exploit for the Dem crime machine, which has morphed into government control using lawfare and the judiciary that undermines America.

The Dem crime machine adapted and primarily works their magic through the government tax revenues they dictate and somewhat legally steal as well as the cartel drug trade and human trafficking. All of the region around Caruthersville has shrunk in population size. Many local family farming operations have sold out to large corporate ag conglomerates. The Air Force’s SAC base in Blytheville, a former major area employer, has long since closed.

Conclusion

All of the vices discussed above and more were used (and obviously still are) to keep people entrapped in their situations, which the machine sells as good “fun” that will do no harm. Bootlegging has been replaced for the most part with illegal drug distribution. In fact it all is just another form of slavery used to enrich the purveyors and make them more worldly powerful. Which is how they keep poverty stricken areas such as in the bootheel to go with the urban blight they promote in the large urban centers. It’s good business to them.

All of that explains why THE VERY SAME PEOPLE are exploiting and promoting legalized prostitution, pedophilia, sexual perversions, “alternative” lifestyles, gender dysphoria, wokism, cancel culture and the like. They simply promote deviancy as normal in the same way as they did the long standing vices and cults. It is a system to encourage the public toward acceptance. They introduce the deviancies; they undermine religions and individual faith in a higher calling and/or being; they undermine society’s foundational institutions; and they then promote the deviancies through popular culture using celebrities, government and business leaders, schools, etc. Over time they gain a growing and significant acceptance until it reaches the point they can sell it as normal behavior. When they reach enough acceptance by the public they introduce legislation to soften or eliminate restrictions and mainstream acceptance into government leaders and bureaucrats while continuing to promote through the media.

If it can be taxed or lead them to more power, they step on the gas pedal.

Isn’t that always the standard answer of supporters and the less informed? Legalize and tax it, at least the government will get the tax revenues from it and police it. Yeah, OK. How has that thought process been working out?

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They use the tax dollars for their own purposes while their corrupted law enforcement and judiciary system creates more issues and criminal power structures within society. The average American never sees any benefit or reduction in taxes they pay.

With MLK, Jr. Day having recently occurred, which includes the very recent death of his son, Dexter, who Green attempted to make peace with and inform; it seems odd the public posers never seem to talk about anybody leaving the plantation dedicated to vices, deviancies and cults. They only seem to want to make it easier to get involved. I guess that would be because it would be unpopular, unprofitable or in conflict with what their puppet masters desire. Those plantations of vices, deviancies and cults seem to thrive regardless of skin color, gender, nationality, culture, etc. of the people who are targeted.

The people who don’t play along are ridiculed as never having any “fun” and as a result never receive the parting gifts from the purveyors – a lifetime of wasted opportunities as well as the possibility of an eternity spent in Hell.

Please do not be deceived, we are all being targeted. There are no exceptions and there are an ample number of methods for which to get the job done. We have barely scratched the surface at discussing their methods at this point.

As we progress into Part 2 of the Scoundrels, we will discuss some economic methods employed for keeping people on a literal or figurative plantation from the past (mis)adventures of Goober Gump. This will be followed by spending more time on the current methods and how you can spot the deceived and the deceivers. That is very important to know if we intend to help PDT and patriots reverse the Hell-bound course of destruction we have been on as a nation for over a century.

Please do not let what you read here cause despair. It is just a disclosure of an evil underbelly that has been operating in plain sight in our nation for a century. There are good reasons for hope. It appears the tide is reversing. The voices of MAGA patriots in every corner of America tells us the best is yet to come. God wins and we benefit.

Back In My Day: Civilized War – Connecting Dots Again

This one will be shorter and to the point. As most know by now I deal with personal Goober Gump type events that play into the big picture that we face today.

Readers of this series may remember a post I made back on 9/3 of this year titled Ghosts. It was personal observations of a couple of men on the fringes of my family’s past that undoubtedly were operatives for some arm of our federal government. Ghost #1 was the oldest son from a previous marriage of an uncle. My uncle had been in the Navy in WW II and accepted reassignment back to his native Anderson County, TN area to be a firefighter for the Secret City and DOD facilities where atomic bomb research and development were occurring that eventually led to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan that ended the war.

As an aside, most people do not understand or think about the danger that was involved in that role he and others accepted. As if volatile atomic bomb development related activities were not enough of a concern, the process was prone to fires due to the excessive heat involved in processing. Contamination by radioactive materials was a real thing. There was also a risk of sabotage even with the high security. Captured and otherwise turned Nazi scientists were housed there and involved due to their expertise. It was in this environment my uncle met his first wife and began having a family.

Another example: There was a raid by elite American forces into Germany during the war. The subject of the raid was to take an existing uranium stockpile being used in German research. For what it is worth, the history of this raid has been largely scrubbed from the internet. I will no longer try to link it, I will simply tell you I have stood on the fully abated concrete pad where the uranium formerly sat for a couple of decades in 55 gallon drums exposed to the elements. An internationally noted environmental engineer confirmed its existence there to me as did the owner of the manufacturing facility and property at that time, which was in the early 1990’s. Both stated that the steel drums rusted with the weather and the resulting contaminants leaked into the nearby creek with each rain, which then flowed into the nearby TVA created recreational lake which is now used for collegiate rowing team competitions, but once was fished by local residents who were largely unaware of the contamination.

The military that completed the raid assignment would not have been well prepared for the task with the protections provided today. One might be able to assume they did not live long or well afterwards. The sacrifices of war long after the shooting stops on full display.

It was also no surprise that my uncle later died of cancer in his 60’s as well. Mercury, uranium, and other contaminant exposure was prevalent throughout the plant facilities, city and waterways. Over time it has been removed and incinerated. However, that process took over fifty years to get done. Those that participated in the annual deer hunts on the DOD/DOE reservation probably thought they could cook the chemicals and elements out of venison.

As my story stated, a divorce later broke the family apart with my uncle’s children leaving with their mother and moving closer to her family in Alabama. The oldest son left with them at first, but soon returned to east TN to finish high school and later supposedly joined the Peace Corps. It was not long afterwards that he moved to Medellin, Columbia where he told the family he was an English teacher. His personal life became a dark secret and if he ever married none of his family were aware. He would send a card or short letter to my uncle and aunt, who had become his stepmother, on occasion. His visits through the years were rare in occurrence and short in duration. In the later years they only happened at the funerals after both passed away.

My father and I handled the closing of my aunt’s estate. We read through old letters and cards from Columbia from the son looking for clues, but nothing of substance was found. His two siblings had similar experiences and the last time each saw him was at the funeral of my aunt. When both of them also passed years later they did not even list him as a brother in the obituaries. The Ghost had disappeared from all of our lives.

My father and I both would talk about my aunt and uncle for several years afterwards. We both laughed about her seemingly irrational hatred for anybody in the Bush family. I attributed it to her teachers’ union membership and Dem political leanings, but it seemed deeper than that. Neither of us had ever known anybody else she ever hated or over whom she became that animated. She was a low key, non-judgmental, friendly sort of person. At the time I was too uninformed to draw any conclusions. I just knew the Ghost cared a good amount about my uncle and aunt based on the correspondence and the visits. It was probably enough to inform them of more than was openly stated. I also knew both of them would keep his secret, they were that type of people.

It is into this strange situation I link the following for those who have not read it. A Family Affair…

https://badlands.substack.com/p/a-family-affair?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1135129&post_id=138787117&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=1p1fzp&utm_medium=email

Back to Wall Street/DC

I greatly appreciate what Joe Lange has brought to the world of late. I highly recommend all of his posts. He is going deep and he is going there. I pray he is protected and blessed by the Lord. Truth tellers are always at risk at this level of exposure of the misdeeds of others.

One of my observations from his post is that JEB! was placed into a shill role in Lehman Brothers at the debt markets collapse of The Great Recession of 2008. The Lehman disaster was much larger than the Bear Stearns collapse, a company that I posted about in the related BIMD’s that I had business banking dealings with during the period leading up to their bankruptcy. Lehman triggered the worldwide avalanche that followed. However, they were doing exactly what Bear was doing that led to their demise, just on a much larger scale. As we learn from Joe’s article the losses were going to prove to be too much for even globalist cartel kingpins to bankroll.

Which once again tells the world what side the Bush family was (is) on and one thing for certain, it was not MAGA and We the People. That Lehman hired JEB! tells us something about them and who they were aligned with as well.

Joe also reveals the Miami connections which are deeply interconnected with Cuban exiles, cartels, Columbia, Mexico and Venezuela primarily. These extend into NYC, the Street and of course, into DC. Is there another famous, highly celebrated person from NYC in those days we know who bought an aging large mansion and estate in nearby Palm Beach, FL in 1985? Seemingly this was occurring right in the middle of the activities of HW, JEB! and cronies with some Jeffrey Epstein mixed in for adult pedophile and blackmailing entertainment.

Sort of a well placed, convenient purchase, huh?

Now, think back to the 2020 presser when PDT announced there would be a Naval and Air Force led effort to go after the drug and human trafficking routes in the Caribbean and east Pacific regions. The displeasure of Bush owned Barr and Milley was written all over their faces as it was rolled out that day. You could see the already planned and implemented “coup” against We the People and PDT in their countenances.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8177475/US-deploy-anti-drug-ships-near-Venezuela.html

Which adds to our understanding of the connection of the Bushies, clowns, cartels and the NYT. In reality it is all legacy media in bed with this globalist apparatus.

JEB!’s slime ball buddy, Carlos Slim, made a $250 million loan to the NYT in 2008 when they were nearly bankrupt as the debt markets collapsed. They paid it off in 2011 and he exercised his stock warrants. He doubled his stock holdings in 2015 in anticipation of Hillary Clinton’s globalist predestined election. Oopsie. When that did not materialize he sold half of his interest two years later during PDT’s first term. So a Mexican cartel globalist bails out a clown newspaper rag only to reduce his holdings when PDT pulls off the unexpected. He even made money in the process while keeping his hold over the NYT for the clowns.

Goes a long way toward explaining what we see of the Bush family and their open hatred of PDT. Goes an even longer way in explaining their hatred of We the People so much that they would help execute an obvious election steal coup and subsequent Fedsurrection event that was known to more than 80% of the Uniparty Congress who participated in the “show” that is destroying lives of average citizens. All of it while the COVID bioweapon jabs are rolled out worldwide and throwing all of our national treasury toward a losing proxy war in Ukraine in an effort to distract and control We the People.

Liz Cheney proved herself an obvious deep state asset of the Bush family as are many others you may or may not know about. I brought you another such wealthy family from east Tennessee who play their parts – the Haslams. As an example there is Bill, the former two term GOP establishment governor whose career tanked when he openly trashed PDT and sided with his buddy, JEB!, and the rest of the Bush family. His political career is now over. He masqueraded as a devout Christian while supporting the vile behind the scenes and collecting billions of dollars from Warren Buffett and Berkshire with its acquisition of 80% of the family’s Pilot Flying J business empire. So just what exactly goes through all those trucking industry utilized travel centers nationwide along with the Buffett controlled BNSF Railway? With what we have learned, oil and illegal drug/human trafficking seems interconnected to the oil production and transportation industries.

Do we see a pattern here? Of course we do. What do you get when the Bush family, drug cartel czars, the Clinton family, Soetoro, globalists like Buffett and Gates, social media kings, propaganda media, and the clowns look in the mirror?

The same image of evil incarnate. Knowing These Truths (h/t to our friend) sets us free.

This is one guy who is anxiously awaiting the release of Joe Lange’s next article. Got a feeling more dots will be connected.

Another reminder of what our VSG said. From his lips to God’s ears.

Civilized War: Hidden Gems And Connections

Believers know we cannot hide from YHWH. It is a pointless exercise. Non-believers assume they can hide their thoughts and actions. They believe there are no repercussions, just get what you can and do what you want while you are here. Which is sad. If they understood He exists and even a small amount of what He sees and does, they may have less resistance to having a relationship with the Creator of the universe.

For the believers, the Lord provides little hidden gems to find that help us gain wisdom and understanding. They connect us directly to Him as the source of all good things.

My desire is for readers to watch the videos and review the links. My words would never be able to have the impact they provide. I have provided some commentary to link personal history and context. I have provided personal connections and small stories where applicable.

However, I need to be clear. There is a greater purpose to these stories. America was not founded and organized to be what we have become. It has been attacked by forces far more sinister than believed by the average citizen. This fight is in the hearts of mankind and it is way past time for We the People to wake up and fight back in the only way that will ensure victory over evil.

We are going to go “there” with my stories very soon. The foundation needs completed first. I confess unapologetically that I am an evangelical Christian. That is my world view if you have not yet figured me out. I chose to become evangelical as a middle aged adult through life experiences and the work of the Savior. So do not think it was a family, denominational or cultural thing that drove it. Jesus Christ means everything to me, he changed everything about me. If that turns you off, I hope you will reconsider and read this anyway because your nation needs you to understand a few things.

In no chronological order, let’s warm up with this.

Chris Tomlin

I like this collaboration as Hillary Scott has begun to develop her own Christian music career.

https://youtu.be/OJdp4V2itXw?si=scwTDngmvkaUQioY

In typical Goober Gump fashion, I met Chris Tomlin and his band a year or so after they first began touring twenty plus years ago. They were the worship band for three years at the UMC Holston Conference’s Resurrection conference event that has been held for thousands of youth annually in this region every winter for over 40 years. Wifey and I worked and mentored in the youth area of our congregation for a half dozen years, which led to many sleepless nights chaperoning and facilitating Bible study during the weekends of the events. Our church’s youth minister, who went on to become an evangelist in his own right, was the event’s leader for years and introduced me to Chris. Cool guy who obviously had a plan for his career as well as the fledgling Contemporary Christian Music industry in which he is now considered an icon and most importantly, sincere influencer for Christ. He possesses a Grammy, countless Dove awards, a couple of Billboard awards, is prolific as a songwriter and one of the best worship leaders ever.

He is a family man who gives back to help humanity with initiatives relating to poverty, medical needs and to stop human trafficking worldwide. The real deal.

For what it is worth, Chris told me not to buy his first album, that it was not very good. He was still in that career stage of hawking his CDs and T-shirts at events and conferences, which was about to end with a record deal signing. He said he was proud of several songs on Not To Us and that he had high hopes for his Arriving album that would be coming out the next year in 2004, which later went platinum. It was Arriving that shot him to the top along with the other albums that followed. His songs have been performed countless numbers of times by church worship bands worldwide over the ensuing years. Millions have been influenced and inspired to receive and worship the Lord as a result.

He is a perfect illustration of how you never know what will happen in your life when you sell out to Jesus. At the time he went to college it was to go into a different occupation; physical therapy. He continued his music and worship leading while in school, answered the Lord’s calling, and the rest is history.

Meeting and worshipping with him became a hidden gem I found in my personal move away from secular rock and pop music to CCM that was first kindled by the music of Big Tent Revival and Rich Mullins, the latter of which I am distantly related. The connection with Chris helped that to grow and increase my faith and willingness to share publicly.

Howard Sears

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/cincinnati/name/howard-sears-obituary?id=48312007

Thousands saved that have now witnessed to millions worldwide through the efforts of congregation members, numerous pastors from his tree, countless revivals held from coast to coast, students who went to their Christian school, and so on. This was my home church pastor, the man who led me and many, many others to Christ. His autobiography is still available on Amazon and is titled Sears and the Hand of Providence. One of the truly great men of Christ. From the autobiography I learned what our limited family records could not tell me, the year I was saved (1962). It happened on one of the most memorable days of the Holy Spirit’s movement in the church’s history, a day Dr. Sears remembered well and documented per the book. It was a day I will never forget.

As Dr. Sears delivered the altar call, the entire congregation was clamoring and shouting when the town’s wild living, larger than life businessman and real estate developer came forward to give his life to Jesus along with young me and many others. The same wild man later became a trusted church staff member, leader for a major physical move of the church to a more prominent and expansive location, and the inspiration and leader of the church’s decision to provide and administer a K-12 Christian school on campus. His was a 180 degree turnaround from a life of selfishness and sin to one of selfless service for the work of the church and his fellow man in the community and around the world.

I had been studying my Bible and going to Sunday School class. I waited until I knew. It was as if the Spirit lifted me from my seat and carried me forward that day. I never had any doubts about what was happening along with the decision and was baptized a week later.

Dr. Sears and his wife, Ethel, were married for over 72 years. She was the light of his life and very active in the ministry doing the things she felt led to do that were unrelated to the traditional role of a pastor’s wife. They had a son who sang in a traveling gospel quartet, daughter-in-law, four grandchildren and a slew of great grandchildren.

Ethel passed away two months before my father when Dr. Sears was 92 years old. My parents had backslid from the church over time with just an occasional visit from an associate pastor to their home or a visit by one of them to a worship service every few years. Yet, there Dr. Sears was as faithful as ever, conducting my father’s funeral and burial service. He drove himself everywhere and needed no assistance. He had good conversations with my two pastor friends from TN that came and spent time with the many people who paid their respects. He honored me with a personal request I faithfully kept until he passed a few years later, which was to pray for him to be at peace as well as to go home soon to be with his beloved wife. He was a gem and our connection changed my life forever.

After he spoke, Pastor Sears quietly left the funeral home when the Masonic part of Dad’s funeral service began that my mother made happen, which Dad did not want. Some really weird stuff. He returned to the gravesite the next day to speak at his burial service, which was also conducted with military honors.

The following hymn was one of Dr. Sears’ favorites along with the lyrics that he recited as a poem from the pulpit on occasion. The music in this video is from a different congregation unrelated to Grace, but would be similar to what happened there BIMD.

Despite his quiet, introspective, kind manner in personal discussions with individuals, Dr. Sears would bring the house down with his fiery, well researched, Biblically based sermons that tore into the souls of those in attendance. He would become so excited he could not stay in the pulpit as he would pace the aisles, looking his flock in the eyes while preaching The Word of God. He was also liable to break into song and frequently ended his sermons with a poem before the altar call. The problem was he did not have an internal clock in his head. When you went to his worship services it was best not to be on a tight timeline. 🤣

Billy Graham

Other than local church attendance, the first major impactor of my faith experience came from the same man who moved millions worldwide, Billy Graham. There is not much that needs said. Our family watched his revivals on TV every time they came on and I read a number of his books years later. In my past I’ve had discussions with people who were assistants and musicians in his ministry as well as meeting his daughter, Anne Graham Lotz, when she spoke at a church function about her AnGeL Ministries. Without exception they all said he was the real deal and were honored to have spent time with him.

Dr. Graham was not hidden, but was a gem for all who paid attention.

One of my favorite Zach Williams songs includes an excerpt from the man himself.

Adrian Rogers

Over the course of thirty years or so it was Dr. Adrian Rogers who provided a strong boost to my understanding and faith experiences as I posted recently. His Love Worth Finding television ministry shot from where he served as Senior Pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in the Memphis area brought his unique delivery of straight talk. On many Sundays, Wifey and I would come home from our local church and immediately turn on his program to learn more and grow. We both loved it. Having met and talked with him personally in the early 1980s, including attending worship service at Bellevue when in the area and attending a marriage ceremony he performed for friends who were members there, I had a trust and connection that drew me in even more. This continued as a participant in the Promise Keepers conferences in the 1990s. I knew I was conversing with and listening to a friend of God. Had there been a modern day group of Apostles, in my opinion he would have been selected for it by the Lord Himself.

He was the three time President of the Southern Baptist Convention, drafted by his peers for the role, who would much rather have been preaching than leading that organization. Even with the prominence, he was one of the most sincere and humble men of God I have ever met. There are many other things I could spend time telling you more about him, his wife (Joyce), their relationship, etc. But the one of interest that is in theme with this story is that unlike many at that time, he stated the church better be involved with influencing government toward Biblical truths or else we would lose our country. This guy would probably agree with him.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/10/25/mike-johnson-acknowledges-gods-plan-in-speakership-victory-i-dont-believe-there-are-any-coincidences/

In BIMD/Civilized War I have made the point consistently that America was founded and dedicated to God and His principles for living. Others believe that to be true as well. As I prepared for this story I decided to go to Youtube to see what they had from Dr. Rogers. The first two videos there I have linked below. I had not watched them previously. Your first impression may be that I am not telling the truth about that if you read my related stories.

God knows I had no idea as to their content previously, as He is who orchestrated it. That is one of the ways that hidden gems and connections are found and revealed. These videos are gems as were my experiences with Dr. Rogers. They connected me to him and led me into a deeper relationship with the Lord as a result. I will see Dr. Rogers in Heaven and tell him just how much he meant to me and my people.

When we discover these gems, they are faith affirming and defining. The videos will be well worth your time investment as a human being, believer and an American citizen.

The first will take a little over 25 minutes.

For those who read the last Civilized War story, remember the part about changing your citizenship? In the video above Dr. Rogers apologized to Jews for people who represented themselves as Christians who then went on to commit atrocities against them. He could not do that in truth if he did recognize that Christians received new citizenship in Heaven upon being saved and born again, that they are not of this world any longer. However, what we do represents the condition of our hearts and souls. Anybody can claim to be saved and a believer in Christ, but their words and actions indicate the reality.

Which leads to the second video below that is about 40 minutes long. Again, realize that both are from decades ago. Dr. Rogers died in 2005 with my father dying less than a year later. It was a double blow to me that later led to greater understanding about how the Lord works in the lives of believers through gems and connections.

Please watch this, it is also well worth it. You will feel that you just saw or heard news of current events.

Many of his words mirror mine about America and Christianity. What we are seeing now started long ago and has continued to grow because the hedge of protection has been removed.

Once again, I have never heard either sermon linked above before this day as I write this.

Which is how He works in the minds and hearts of His people. He placed something in my mind and heart to write to you weeks and months previous to today. He confirmed it with a wonderful past connection from decades ago as we now see. He has his ways and reasons, but I believe one would be to test me to see if I would listen to Him and communicate what He placed in my mind and heart. We are not robots, we have been given the choice to obey or not. It now falls to you the reader. Will you be faithful or not?

We share the understanding of His truth. It is not ours to keep and hide. He provides the gem to us, many times without our knowledge or understanding it is coming. When it arrives it is ageless and timeless. And nothing in this world is more satisfying than to be in sync with the Lord and do His will.

Conclusion

Believer or non-believer, every reader and participant on the QTree knows the hedge of protection around America has been lifted, just as Dr. Rogers predicted many years ago. He was not the only one who has shared that message through the years.

There are some hopeful signs that millions of people are waking up and taking actions to turn their hearts and minds to the Lord. Perhaps He will choose to restore our nation to Him as the Hebrews experienced many times when the surviving remnant would remain faithful and rebuild. Only He knows.

In remaining faithful, I have modified the direction of BIMD/Civilized War. With Joe Lange and our own Gail Combs work, it is no longer necessary to go there. They are delivering well researched truths that all should read to understand. I will provide a personal time lined review of my related gems and connections over the nearly seven decades of my existence down the road. Many of you would be able to do the same with time and introspection. There is much truth to be learned from one another and especially from the Lord that could be shared.

My next story will be spent exploring some books that were enlightening and led to more gems and connections. A couple shattered my previous belief “system” that I finally understood was partially based on church traditions. In so doing more truths were revealed. Praise God!

I pray you will enter into His peace and pay attention. He has something He wants you to know. He is moving in the hearts and minds of His people.