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Text Box: From; Smokey 12/20/23
I got a day off and I am really pleased to be able to spend it with my family. Sean and I played for a while with our electric trains, and then watched videos with the entire family. 
I got to watch a delightful video from the Dorrance Dance Company. It has been described as “Sweet and Silly.’  It was a tap dance routine and it was fun to watch. It was based on a Duke Ellington version of the nutcracker suite. Both Suzanne and the kids loved it, but my understanding is that the Republicans went ballistic in flinging venom toward this innocent fun dance group.   Somehow I think it was much nicer and much more holiday fun than Trump’s wife Milania’s display of blood red Christmas trees.  

From: R. Patriot 12/13/23.
God bless America, the GOP and the man that should be our real President, Donald Trump. 
I am looking forward to Mike Johnson issuing articles of impeachment against Joe Biden and his crime family. His family has been allowed to flout the law for years and now it is time for them to be called to task. I have heard plenty of evidence of their crimes on FOX, Blaze, Newsmax and the One America Network. America is a country of law and the Biden Family has committed high crimes and misdemeanors. Ron Johnson has proof, even if it is only broadcast on right wing radio and TV, it is still true and should be able to be used to impeach Biden. . 
I love babies and I am most upset with the left wingers who want to kill them.
The state of Texas is correct in not allowing abortions.  Left wingers make up all sort of ridiculous stories because they want to kill their own babies. As I said before, our county is a country of law and we need to punish these women, their doctors and the hospitals that rip children out of mothers wombs’. 
The Bible says “Thou Shalt Not Kill” and we need to stand up and stop baby killing. These Commie Socialist left wingers are mostly all child molesters who are sacrificing children on the alters of their false gods. They are child trafficking in unborn babies and if you love God and love children, you will work hard to put a stop to their awful actions. 
God is with the GOP and we are all on God’s side. Be sure that you are on the right side and support Republican candidates.
God bless America. 

From: Suzanne 12/13/23
Smokey is celebrating end of the quarter and going on Spring break by working full time at both our St. Helens and St. Johns Restaurants.  He is, at least, working days so that he can have time with the kids. They have set up their electric train, Xmas village and they are having a ball with it. 
I am disgusted with our do nothing Congress. They won’t do anything to help the American people. All they can talk about is impeaching the President, and the stupid thing is that they don’t have an ounce of proof to back up any of their impeachment claims. They can’t get anyone who will be willing to swear to anything under oath. All they are doing is political Kabuki Theatre.
Smokey and I just wrote a big check to Planned Parenthood. We are very upset with the awful thing that has happened to Kate Cox in Texas.  Kate is a mother of two healthy children. Her fetus had been diagnosed with a rare and deadly genetic condition called trisomy 18. Both Kate’s life as well as the baby’s life will be in danger if Kate were to carry her baby to term, not only that but the delivery of this baby may possibly render her sterile. According to the doctors, the fetus would not be expected to live even if she were to carry it to term. 
A court provided her with an exception, but the Republican Texas Attorney General has issued threats. He said that he will go after the hospital and he will jail any doctors who attempt to perform medically necessary abortions.  Kate has sued, but the Republican Texas Supreme Court has for forbidden her to have an abortion. Because her life is at stake, she has left the state. 
If you care about women and their rights, I would strongly suggest that you also donate to Planned Parenthood.  Women should have the right to control their own bodies and should not be forced to put their life at risk. 

From: R. Patriot 12/6/23
God bless America, the GOP and the man that should be our real President, Donald Trump. My live in girlfriend is still not feeling well. She got sick with that Chinese flu last year and has had health problems ever since. Her doctor said that she has “Long Covid” (what ever that is). I am glad that I don’t have it, and I didn’t get any of those dangerous shots either. I sure as hell don’t want any of those government tracking devices in my blood stream. 
I am looking forward to attend a “Save America” Trump rally.  Most of these rally's will be live stream, but I am hoping that they will have some of them here in Oregon as well. 
We need Donald Trump.  He will save our nation from run away inflation and a corrupt Democrat party. People need to realize that the Republican party is the party of family values.  We don’t want groomers turning our children into gay or trans and we need to watch the sort of books that we allow our kids access to in our school libraries. 
Evil men like George Soros are spending great amounts of money to promote gay and negro causes. 
They are working to replace us with yellow, black, brown, and Jew people. We need to stand up for white and Christian values by supporting Donald trump and voting Republican. 
We are not racist, but pro Christian.  We need to stop babies from being aborted and put an end to this real holocaust in our state and our nation. 
Soro’s people own the banks, the media and are all part of the Hollywood elite. 
God is with us and the Republican party is the party of God. Vote for the good guys, vote for a white Christian America.
God bless America.  

From: Suzanne (Smokey’s Wife) 12/6/23
Everything outside is wet. Our fields are wet and what used to be our garden is now under water. I am doing some paintings, nothing spectacular, but I find my use of color to be fun. 
I saw the Fat guys girl friend at Market Fresh yesterday. She looked really bad. I suspect that she has been sick. I feel real sorry for her and I hope that she gets better.
I just purchased Liz Cheney’s new Book “Oath and Honor.” I have not read much of it but from what I have read, she seems to tell it like it is.  I knew that Donald Trump was bad news, but I had no idea how really bad he is and how horrible our America would be if he is ever re-elected.  The man wants to be dictator and he has a number of “enablers” who would be willing to sell out our democracy and our country in order to gain his’s favor .
From what I have heard from Trump, it would appear that his primary motivation is revenge. Both Steve Bannon and Kash Patel, say that he plans to go after the media. He will punish them and many will see jail time. He does not want an independent media or an independent Justice Department. He has plans to make them all completely subordinate to him.
He also plans to fire 50,000 Federal Employees. This way, there will be no deep state and those that want government jobs, will have to take a loyalty test and oath to him personally, rather than to the Constitution. 
Things will be different under the next Trump Presidency and our country will become a far cry from what it is now.
 

From: R. Patriot 11/29/23
God bless America, the GOP and the man that should be our real President, Donald Trump.
The witch hunt against our former President continues and the 91 indictments against him have backfired.  More and more people support our President and more and more people feel that he is being unjustly persecuted. His enemies have tried to gag him and prevent him from defending himself, but he has proven to be unstoppable. When they tried to  stop him from talking about Judges, Court Clerks, and perhaps even potential Jurors, they are attempting to take away his First Amendment rights to free speech. He should be allowed to rally his followers, since they are they only ones who can stop him from being unjustly prosecuted. You would think that this was a third world banana republic the way the crooked Demorats are trying to persecute and level unjust charges against our former President. 
His enemies may soon be sorry, because if President Trump wins the 2024 election, there will be big changes and roles will be reversed. He will jail the real enemies of our nation and we may even see a resumption of executions, possibly even public ones. Real crooks like Hillary and the entire Biden crime family will be called to question, and there will be a complete stop of illegal immigration and gay marriage.  America will no longer be plunged into Socialism and the evils of Obama care will be stopped.  With Donald Trump, our Nation will truly be great again… and no one, no one will trifle with us. God help anyone who crosses Donald Trump, for God is with him.
God bless America. 


From: Suzanne (Smokey’s Wife) 11/29/23
Smokey seems to think that I need to write this blog in my own name.  He says that I am more politically astute than him. I suspect that he just does not have the time to write or do anything other than his work and school.  He is going to school full time and working part time. This, and his family duties, take up a good chunk of Smokies time.  
I am concerned about the rise of right wing Fascism in our country and in the world. 
Geert Wilders was just elected Prime minister of the Netherlands and it would appear that he wants to lead his country down the road to Fascism, as does the newly elected President of Argentina Javier Milei. They will join right wingers like Orban in Hungry, Modi in India, Netanyahu in Israel, Meloni in Italy, and Kaczynski in Poland.
Trump has told the world about his plans for the USA.  He plans to place his own people in the Justice Department, and overrule local law enforcement.  He will use the Insurrection Act to seize power, jail his enemies and establish a Fascist like government here in the USA.  
I have always wondered how Hitler was able to seize power in Germany, and now I am seeing it happen here in the USA.  I hope people are smart enough to see what Trump plans to do and will be willing to vote him and his supporters out. With vast amounts of money being spent on elections, voter caging, people being dropped from the voter rolls and gerrymandering of voters, we may see a minority of Fascists seize power here, regardless of how the majority of Americans vote.  
I hope that people will wise up before it is too late to protect their rights, and keep America democratic and free.. 


From: R. Patriot 11/22/23
God bless America, the GOP and the man that should be our real President, Donald Trump.
We have a good reason why Donald Trump is our party leader. He is willing to work hard for us and he is not shy.  He says what he thinks. He is singlehandedly responsible for ending Roe v Wade. He promised that he would appoint anti-abortion justices and did just what he promised. He also, as the good book tells us, wants to punish women who kill babies by aborting them. He also pulled our troops out of Afghanistan, began peace talks with Russian and North Korea and will, like he did in Afghanistan, pull our troops out of NATO. We no longer need NATO and we no longer need wars, like those that Biden and his cronies are waging in the Ukraine. 
He will also work hard to protect our children, by banning books that teach racism, homosexuality, Socialism and pornography. He will jail librarians, teachers and others that refuse to eliminate books that teach this filth. 
He will bring stability to our government in America. He will protect us from the filth and vermin that are infesting us by illegally crossing our southern borders. He has already shown how he plans to accomplish this by utilizing the Insurrection Act, and setting up camps to imprison dissidents and illegal immigrants.  
We will never have to worry about our safety. Under Republican leadership and the Trump family, America will be safe and stable again. 
We all need to support President Trump and his family. Our nation and our freedoms will not survive without them
God bless America.

From: Suzanne (Smokey’s Wife) 11/22/23
Halloween is over and now we have to get all geared up for Christmas. I think of myself as “spiritual, but I am not a Christian.  I also don’t believe that Christmas really is an actual Christian holiday. The early Christians borrowed from the Roman Saturnalia and pagan Solstice celebrations and replaced them with “Christmas.”  No one really knows when Jesus was born but Christmas was a good replacement for pagan holidays.  Today, commercialism has replaced the spiritual and Santa has replaced Jesus. Christmas is celebrated world wide in a number of Christian and non Christian countries. Merchants are happy to sell things and people, both secular and non secular, are happy to give and receive gifts 
Tomorrow we will be cooking a turkey, watching football on TV and celebrating Thanksgiving. This too, isn’t really a Christian holiday, but we all like food and Football, so what they heck. 
I see that the crooked Texas Attorney General is going to use the power of his Texas government to support Elon Musk in his bogus lawsuit against Media matters. Paxton was indicted for fraud 8 years ago and he has still not gone to trial. 
Multi Billionaire Elon Musk is throwing a slap suit at Media matters because they wrote a truthful article showing Twitter (now called “X”) running Nazi advertisements. Other advertisers read this article and have refused to advertise on “X” anymore. Musk (and Pazton) say that Media Matters is a “Far left organization” that wants to defame the good name of his “X” public media platform. 
It is a bogus slap suit and Musk has little chance of winning his suit, but legal actions can be a very expensive thing for a non profit like Media matters and that is what Musk wants to accomplish. 
Too bad that Musk wont use his money and power to do good things instead of supporting NAZI’s and racial hate groups. 

From: R. Patriot 11/15/23
God bless America, the GOP and the man that should be our real President, Donald Trump.
Hurray for Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullen. He is and was willing to stand up for what is right and publicly challenge a Commie Marxist Labor Leader to a bear knuckle knock down and drag out fight. I think he scared the crap out of the old union guy.
I was disappointed in seeing the Republicans work with the Demorats in approving another “Continuing Resolution.” If they had any guts, they would have stuck to their guns and shut the damn government down until they got their way. I hope that they will show more guts when they have to vote again in January. 
I am looking forward to the November election next year. This will show the world that Donald Trump has captured both the hearts and minds of a Christian America. We will have no more witch hunts, but we will have genuine retribution. Donald Trump will start the purification process and clean America of Union and Marxist scum. He will reform our Civil Service and form a government that will work for America instead of working for lazy “woke” welfare kings and queens. 
Stand by folks for we will see a real work in progress… Donald Trump’s Christian America where the wrath of God will be spewed upon all of the enemies of God, truth and Freedom.
Looking forward to that day
God bless America.  

From: Suzanne (Smokey’s Wife) 11/15/23
Smokey is working and going to school.  He is serious about what he is doing and is spending lots of his time here at home studying. Because he is busy, I will continue to write his blogs for him. 
Lots of things have happened this last week. Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin  Challenged the Teamsters President to a Fist Fight when the Teamster mentioned that Mullin has acted like a “Greedy CEO.”  It took Bernie Sanders to get them to calm down and act like grown ups instead of middle school brats.  Another Republican, former Speaker Kevin McCarthy elbowed Rep. Tim Burchett because he was one of the people responsible for removing McCarthy as speaker.  
My guess is that Republicans want others to think that they are “Manly Men” when they act violently toward others.
President Trump was noted to be reminiscent of Mussolini and Hitler in his New Hampshire Veterans Day speech. He called his opposition “Vermin, Marxists and radical left thugs”. He dehumanized his opposition and implied that they needed to be eliminated. 
It is no secret that Donald Trump has plans to use the Insurrection Act as soon as he is elected and has plans to construct “Camps” to send his opponents and suspected enemies. 
The Republican party has become not only the party of the wealthy and special interests but now a party of Dictatorship and Fascism.
I find it amazing that the people who support Trump and his preaching also claim to be Christian Patriots. 
If Americans buy this nonsense, then it will be the end of Americas’ two and a half centuries long experiment with democracy. 

From: R. Patriot 11/8/23
God bless America, the GOP and the man that should be our real President, Donald Trump.
We had a great Platform Convention in Pendleton, this last month. Marvelous speakers and a wonderful occasion to be able affirm our stand for election integrity and our belief in law and order. 
I am so pleased that we have a wonderful Chair, Traci Brumbles. She exemplifies all the good things that Republicans Stand for. America, Christianity, and our Constitutional 2nd Amendment rights. 
The witch hunters continue in their battle to discredit and jail President Trump. They have tried to muzzle him and prevent him from using his 1st Amendment rights to discredit the opposition, judges, and court employees. So far they have been unsuccessful and he has managed to let the world know that he is innocent. 
These people had better be careful, because when he is elected again, he will go after all who have opposed him, including Bill Barr and the Biden crime family. 
He is the greatest President our nation has seen in our life times and my hope and prayer is that he will again achieve power and remain President for life. 
God is with us and we need to work hard to keep our nation Christian, white and free.
God bless America. 

From: Smokey (Suzanne) 11/8/23
Smokey is really busy with school and working part time for the Burger Place, so I get to write his blog for him again. I probably should post my name on future blogs since I (his wife) probably will be filling in for him each week 
I have noticed that MSNBC, Yahoo News and the Washington Post have all published stories about Trump’s plans for revenge. According to these news outlets, the first thing that Trump will do will be to sign an Executive order invoking the Insurrection Act. This way he will be able to use the Military to crush any demonstrations, or any attempts to protest his actions. 
Trump plans to fire existing Justice Department Employees and staff it with his own people, people who are loyal to him personally. He has published ambitious plans to take action not only against his political opposition, but also against people in his own party who he feels have been less than loyal to him. He has mentioned a number of people by name which include Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley; Lawyer, Ty Cobb; and Former Attorney General Bill Barr. He has also talked about prosecuting various people in the F.B.I. and Justice Department as well as the entire Biden family.  
If Trump is elected, the man plans to seize as much power as possible under the untested theory of being a “Unitary Executive.” He plans to do this as quickly as possible before anyone can take action to the contrary.
I have often wondered how a Progressive nation like Germany could have allowed someone like Adolph Hitler to come into power.  I now can see how Trump and his MAGA followers may accomplish for the USA what Hitler did for Germany. 
This is a chilling thought and if we are not careful, in 2024, it can happen here.

From: R. Patriot 11/1/23
God bless America, the GOP and the man that should be our real President, Donald Trump. I had fun this Halloween. This year,  I didn’t put my dogs on my front porch,  I just posted a big sign that read “Quarantined for Covid”. I didn’t have any little urchins begging at my front door this year but big High School kids knocked on my door. I jumped out and told them that I would breath on all of them if they were not careful. They took off on a run. 
The witch hunt continues and the Demorats are spending valuable time accusing President Trump and his children of all sorts of fake financial crimes. Attorney General Letitia James (a Black Racist) is trying to make people believe that the President’s Children were aware of and knowingly participated in a long running scheme to falsely inflate the Trump company assets to get favorably terms for loans and insurance policies.  This is nonsense, but who knows what James’s Kangaroo court will come up with.  
Obviously we know that everyone is completely innocent
I do know that come the next election, when Donald Trump is put back into power, that there will be a reckoning. Some people had better be very afraid, because Donald Trump is not the sort of person who will abide disloyalty or dishonesty. 
Our nation needs a leader like Donald Trump and he will work hard to make our Country Great Again.  
God Bless America

From: Smokie (Suzanne) 11/1/23
Smokie has once again asked me to write his blog for him.  He is going to school and working part time at the St. Johns Restaurant.  He is pretty busy, but seems to think that he can handle school and still work part time. 
Don Jr. made his debut in court today regarding their fraudulent family business. Eric is scheduled to testify on Thursday. Donald Trump’s turn will be November 6th, and Ivanka November 8. I am particularly interested in what they have to say, particularly since they will all be under oath.  My guess is that they all will have memory problems. Don Jr. said that he never saw any important papers and was not sure what best accounting practices are.  
Donald Trump took time out to blast the judge and seems to think that he is not under any sort of a gag order. 
Listened to MSNBC and it would appear that Trump, if elected, plans to take revenge on all the people that have either slighted him or rubbed him the wrong way.  He, and his followers believe in the Unitary Executive.  He plans to consolidate all power under his control.  His plans are to install lawyers and judges who will support and take orders from him, regardless of the law. 
It would appear to me, that if he is re-elected that he will turn the USA into a full blown Fascist nation. 
Our fathers fought in a great war to stop Fascism, and it would be a shame to see the USA fall to this evil philosophy. 

From: R. Patriot 10/25/23
God bless America, the GOP and the man that should be our real President, Donald Trump.
I am not looking forward to kids trick or treating at my house. Last year I made sure that a couple of my dogs were tied up on my front porch.  If it were not for neighbor complaints to the County, I would do it again.  I think I will just refuse to answer my door when they ring the door bell.
I am thrilled with the selection of Mike Johnson as Speaker of the House. He is a White Christian, God loving American. He is all that we have ever asked of our politicians.  He believes in President Trump and he knows that our election was stolen. Johnson stands for running our government on Christian principles. I am sure that he will do his best to stop abortionists from legally killing innocent children. Demorats may love child murder, but we Christian Republicans don’t. He also does not believe in fake science, be it the global warming hoax or forcing school children to be given dangerous vaccines. Above all, he will stop our nation from hemorrhaging money with the Ukraine. We need to pull out of that war, we have no business interfering with Russia’s domestic policies. 
It will be good to see our nation run again on good Constitutional principles, and stop the Demorat socialists in their tracks. 
I thank God that we have a Christian Nationalist speaking for our House of Representatives. God will prevail and our nation will again be run as a white Christian nation. God bless America. 

From: Smokie (Suzanne) 10/25/23
Sean is in school, Smokey is taking college classes and Rosie and I are home keeping things running.  Most everything (including our pumpkins) has been harvested from our neighborhood garden and I get to work on my art, (assuming that little Rosie lets me).
I am disgusted with the Republicans, they have pretty much brought our government to a stand still. We have Tommy Tuberville holding up all of our important military promotions, we have the threat of a government shut down in November, and Republicans have turned our House of Representatives into a clown show. They have finally, managed to select a speaker. The reason why they have taken so long to do so is that they refused to want to work across the isle with Democrats. They don’t want compromise or care about the wants or needs of better than half of America. They picked Mike Johnson from Louisiana. He is a MAGA election denier, who thinks vaccines are dangerous, thinks the January 6th Insurrection was a legitimate citizens exercise, global warming is a hoax, and wants to work hard to pass a national abortion ban.  
I suspect that he also would like to make Donald Trump President for life and be willing to let Vladimir Putin run our nation. 
I can’t believe that the Republicans would be so stupid or disloyal.  I am not looking forward to the next year and a half.  I am afraid that our government may come to a crashing stop. 

From: R. Patriot 10/11/23
God bless America, the GOP and the man that should be our real President, Donald Trump.  
I am disgusted with the Demorats. They have done nothing to help our nation or the world. They have allowed Hamas to attack Israel and have done nothing to stop this from happening.  As a good Christian, I am concerned about the State of Israel, because that is where the war of Armageddon will be fought and Christ will then again return and rule the earth. Jesus will throw the Communists, Socialists, and Democrats into hell fire and the world will see a rule of righteousness with Republican king Jesus. 
Donald Trump has the ability to bring on the Rule of Jesus. He promises that if elected, he will not allow the evil Deep State to exist.  He will fire millions of lazy federal employees and replace them with loyal Republican American patriots. He has an enemies list and with a new, stronger and loyal Justice department will jail his enemies and perhaps execute them, making it much easier for Jesus to begin his rule.   
If you care about good government, if you care about America, then you really need to support our countries only hope, Donald Trump. 
God Bless America. 

From: Suzanne (Smokey’s Wife) 10/11/23
Smokey had a day off on Monday.  No school, and he spent most of his time working around the house. He still asked me to write his blog for him again this week. 
Strange that the GOP is blaming the Democrats for the war in Israel.  In reality, they have no basis for doing this, when the GOP has gone out of their way to disable our own ability to act in the Middle East.  They have refused to approve the appointment of an Ambassador to Israel, and GOP Senator Tommy Tuberville has refused to allow the appointment of an Army Chief of staff or for that matter promotion of 100’s of military high ranking officers.  Our GOP house has not made any attempt to allow money for a military response on our part and seems set on shutting our government down in the next month and a half.  If one didn’t know any better, it would seem that the GOP is following orders issued by Putin’s Russia, rather than the American people.  
The GOP seems to be having a great deal of difficulty in choosing a Speaker for the House.  They have two major candidates, one a blatant racist and the other an insurrectionist. It should be apparent that as far as the GOP is concerned, the days of rational government are over.  The MAGA faction is in control of the Republican party and they don’t give a rip about helping our nation or the American people. They seem to want prevent us from being a functioning democracy and turn us into a racist fascist dictatorship.

From: R. Patriot 10/4/23
God bless America, the GOP and the man that should be our real President, Donald Trump.  Good riddance to Kevin McCarthy. He refused to do what President Trump asked him to do and went with the Democrats to prevent the government from shutting down. He is a traitor to our Country and to the Republican Party and should not be in as important a position as Speaker of the House.  
Republicans are now considering running President Trump as Speaker. There are no rules that would prevent him from assuming that position. Donald Trump was the greatest President our nation has seen in modern times and he did everything that he told us he would do. He was wealthy enough so that he donated all of his salary to charity.  He built a wall, he shut down our borders, and made illegal immigration very unpleasant.  Donald was responsible for saving the lives of millions of unborn babies and he protected us from George Soros, BLM and ANTIFA.  Donald Trump presided over the greatest economy our nation has ever seen; and yet he is being persecuted like no other former President ever has been. 
A corrupt Biden Administration with a corrupt Justice Department is accusing him of crimes when he has done no wrong. 
We need to stand up for Donald Trump, election integrity and white Christian America. 
Help us to rid America of an old corrupt senile poor excuse for a President. Make Biden a one term President and when he loses, he and a lot of other people really deserve to see jail time. God is on the side of the GOP and we all need to be on God’s side. As Christian Nationalists, let us all stand up for America and vote Republican.
God Bless America. 


From: Smokey (Suzanne) 10/4/23
Smokey is busy with school work, so that I am again writing his weekly blog, We are giving out pumpkins to all of the neighbors and just about anyone else who wants them.  Our community garden has really made a big hit with the neighborhood and we plan to continue with it again this next year.
MSNBC’s Alex Wagner began her show tonight with a discussion of Who will be Speaker of the House.  She mentioned, former House Speaker, Dennis Hastert who in 2015 admitted to sexually abusing a number of young people.  She then said that Jim Jordan, who witnessed and ignored sex abuse by another wrestling coach at Ohio State, and then pointed to Steve Scalise from Louisiana, who formally has been described as a “White supremacist.”   She pointed out that as human beings, Hastert, Jordan and Scalise all have less then desirable traits and (with the exception of Hastert)  want to become Speaker of the House. In addition to these people, we have Donald Trump who is being charged with 34 crimes and has proven to be a serial adulterer and rapist. Trump is now being suggested as Speaker of the House. 
 The House Republicans, under their leadership, have in the last year passed no meaningful legislation and under their lack of leadership are willing to allow our nation to go into default.  This is so disgusting and so very unamerican.  Have the Republicans no shame, are they stupid, or are they really just downright evil? I am amazed that  people will still vote for them.

From: R. Patriot 9/27/23
God bless America, the GOP and the man that should be our real President, Donald Trump.   

The walls are closing on the Biden Crime family and patriots like Marjorie Taylor Green, and Paul Gosar, are preparing Articles of Impeachment. Biden is probably one of the most corrupt politicians in history. He is not only corrupt, but he is also senile so that he can be easily manipulated by haters like George Soros and the Obama family

This last July, I signed a petition asking for school choice. I believe that parents should be allowed to choose what schools their children attend. I am a strong advocate for Parental rights. We should allow our children to be able to attend Christian schools and we should have them as part of our County School District. 
We need to stand up and prevent our schools from grooming our children. Children as young as 5 are being taught to become trans or gay. They are also being taught bad things about our county. 

If you love America, you will want our children to be proud of our county. We don’t want our children to grow up gay, trans or being Ashamed of America. We need to do as they have done in Florida, Texas and elsewhere, and make sure that our parental rights are heard and our children are taught to become Christian, straight, proud and to marry white. 

We should not allow our nation or our children to become mongrelized. We all need to  stand up for school choice.

God bless America.

From: Suzanne (Smokey’s Wife) 9/27/23
Smokey is busy doing school work so I am writing his blog (again) this week. 
We have harvested most of our veggies for our neighbors. The remainder has been given to the food bank.  Our pumpkins look ripe enough so that there will be plenty for both our neighbors and others come Halloween time.   

I just read that Florida is leading the country in book bans. PEN America recorded 3,362 instances of bans in public school classrooms and libraries from July 2022 to June 2023 across the county. Out of these, about 1,400 (40%) took place in Florida. Texas registered the 2nd highest number of book bans, with 625 books followed by Missouri, Utah and Pennsylvania. 

The right wing wants to censor the books that people read.  They have banned books that have characters who are gay, trans and (gasp) colored. They also want to ban books that cast a bad light on things that we have done in the past. 
It would appear to me that the right wing not only is opposed to kids leaning about human sexuality, but they are also opposed to them learning about black history or discovering how we have treated native Americans, oriental populations, world events like the Holocaust and our own Internment of Japanese during WWII .  

You would think that we would want to understand history and try and learn from our own mistakes. It appears that there is a national movement, lead by our Republican party, to try and cover up or ignore the mistakes that we (and other people) have made in the past. 

It seems strange to me that our nation would be going down the same path as the NAZI’s and Fascists of Old and ban books, because our children might learn something that a bigot would not want them to learn. 

I believe that our schools should try to expand knowledge, understanding, and compassion instead of allowing for ignorance and fear. 

Book bans are wrong and I hope you are opposed to them as well. 

From: R. Patriot 9/20/23
God bless America, the GOP and the man that should be our real President, Donald Trump.   
I was contacted by a corporation asking if I would to sell my rentals to them. I will do that if they are willing to make it worth my while.  It would be one less worry for me.  I would not have to worry about collecting rentals or fixing things that my renters break. 
I just read in AMAC (Association of Mature American Citizens). That crooked Biden is trying to pass a rule to make it harder for any future Republican President to control the left leaning deep state. 
The article explains that of the 2.2 million federal workers only about 4,000 are Presidential appointees.  Of these federal workers over 95% are left wingers. These lefties remain on the job whenever a new President is elected and there is little that they can do to control them. 
President Trump was often frustrated by the deep state and many of his important policies were stopped or at least slowed down by these lefties.   President Trump, Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy all have vowed to put a stop to this sort of government abuse. We need to bring Jacksonian democracy back to how we run our government.  
We need to stand up and prevent crooked Biden from permanently establishing this part of his left wing agenda. He is hiring trans, gay and women to jobs that belong to men.   Presidents should be able to again wrest control of the left wing deep state and make sure that we employ only patriotic Americans instead of sabotaging left wing zealots.   
God is with the GOP and we need to do God’s work.
God bless America. 

From: Suzanne (Smokey’s Wife) 9/20/23
Smokey is in school and so is Sean, and little Rosie has her nose out of joint. Since her dad and brother are now going to school, Rosie seems to be having a hard time understanding why she, a “big girl of 3 years” isn’t in school as well.  I guess I could enroll her in either Snoopyland or Creekside Academy, but I really hate to let go of her, 
I’m selfish, I really enjoy being with my little daughter.
I have been listening to the news and I am disgusted with our MAGA Republicans in Congress. It would appear that they are dead set on shutting our government down. They are anti vaccination and don’t want to support flue, COVID or RSV shots.  They don’t want to upgrade our national infrastructure, they are opposed to our supporting the Ukraine and they think that it is awful that President Biden is working to reduce the cost of drugs and supports workers’ rights and unions. They seem to be opposed to consumer protections, and child labor laws. So far, this Congress has not passed any meaningful legislation and it is evident to all that the MAGA crowd does not believe in Democracy, our system of government, or helping average Americans.  Republican Tommy Tuberville refuses to allow our military to promote their upper-level officers and it would appear that he, and others like him, are damaging our military preparedness.  All our MAGA Republicans seem intent on doing is making up untrue stories about open borders and Joe Biden’s son’s criminal actions.  Strange that the actions of Trump’s sons and daughter didn’t bother them at all, and they were (unlike Biden’s son) actually part of Trump’s Administration and actively involved in making policy decision. 
I am amazed that many Americans’ have been fooled by these people who are pretending to be patriots, but are in truth fascists trying to undermine our democratic republic. 

From: R. Patriot 9/13/23
God bless America, the GOP and the man that should be our real President, Donald Trump.  
I just hired my ex brother-in-law to help me do some plumbing on my rental units.  I have raised my rents, so I have to do some repairs. I don’t want to spend more money than I have to and being a good businessman, I need to cut corners where I can. 

I am pleased that the Patriots in our US House are starting an impeachment inquiry on the Joe Biden Crime Family. It is about time that they do something about one of the most corrupt President’s in history.  I know that this is true, because I have been told all about this on Fox, Brietbart, and Alex Jones network.  Multiple sources mean that the message is true.  You can’t believe the lies that you hear on the Mainstream media, but you can believe what you hear on the media that I listen to. 
We are facing a fiscal crises, open borders, runaway inflation, high gas prices and unjustified persecution of our last (and perhaps greatest) President. 

Biden is corrupt and he is working hand and glove with his crooked drug addicted son . It is about time that Americans wise up and impeach this senile fool. 

We really need to work hard to bring us back to the golden years of the 1890’s. We need to make America Great Again.
We need to be careful on how we vote.  We need to vote GOP (God’s Own Party). We need to save America from racist Commies like George Soros.  We need to protect our children from Child molesting Demorats.   Let us all work hard and make sure that America stays free, Christian and white.  

God Bless America.
 
From: Smokey 9/13/13
All ready for school and my first day of classes on September 26th.  All my books are purchased and I have finalized my schedule. 
We have harvested lots of veggies for our neighbors and for the food bank.  I am pleased that the Burger place is taking care of my neighbor who needed help. I got him a job.  They are happy with him, and he seems to be very happy with his job.  

Suzanne get’s the Thom Hartmann Newsletter and she shared this with me:
House Republicans have revived the infamous Swiftboat lie strategy that helped defeat John Kerry in 2004. In essence, it involves relentlessly lying about a candidate and smearing his or her name and reputation in the hopes it’ll shave a few points off their popularity with independent voters.

While virtually 100 percent of the men who served with Kerry in Vietnam spoke glowingly of his service, a group who did not serve with him made up lies and exaggerations.

Kerry and those who served with him tried to get the truth out, but, as Mark Twain is often credited as saying, “A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.”

While Democrats prefer to win elections based on facts and policy positions, Republicans — not having anything to offer average Americans — instead default to slander and lies. Like with Obama’s birth certificate. Or Hillary’s email and Benghazi.
Wouldn’t most people, after all, resort to lies if all they had to offer was:

— Forcing 10-year-olds to carry their rapist’s babies to term,
— More guns to slaughter more American children,
— Tax cuts for billionaires,
— More fossil fuels to create out-of-control weather,
— A government shutdown to cause a recession,
— And a Russian victory in Ukraine?

I am amazed that people still think that the they are being helped by Republicans. I hope people will be wise in the way that they cast their ballots this next year. 


From: R. Patriot 9/6/23
God bless America, the GOP and the man that should be our real President, Donald Trump.  
I went ahead and did as I promised to do and evicted three families who have been traditionally late in paying their rent.  You should have seen them howl and their kids cry. I told them that it was my Christian duty to do what I have done. I hope they all learn how to become responsible citizens. Our nation does not need more free loaders.  
Personally, I believe that left wing programs like free kids lunches, food stamps, and free school all encourages this sort of behavior. In the old days people were able to stand on their own.  People would work and save for the future. 
Because of far left politicians, this is no longer so.
Marjorie Taylor Greene is now putting together Articles of Impeachment to remove Biden, a corrupt would be dictator. 
We need to jail both Biden and his crooked son for their misuse of their political office.  Sadly, we now have a senile, brain dead President who is actively conducing a witch hunt against former President Trump. 
Biden is lying about our economy and even when he says it is good, we know that things are bad. What they don’t seem to realize is that the more Biden tries to hurt President Trump, the stronger our former President becomes.  He is a strong man, a strong leader and a man that God has appointed to lead our nation. President Trump, when elected will jail the crooks who oppose him and he will lead us on to great things. 
Under President Trump, America will truly become great again.
God bless America. 

From: Smokey 9/6/23
I am getting all ready to go back to school. I have done most of my advanced paperwork and am ready to hit the books again.  In the meantime, I was able to help a neighbor, who had some injuries,  get a job with the Burger Place.  He was having some financial problems since he was not able to work for a while.  Suzanne and I have helped them buy some groceries over the last few months.  Today,  I was able to make sure that he was employed.  With a job he will now be able to get back on his feet.  
Suzanne says that there is a group called “No Labels” that wants to establish itself as a third party.  They seem to have quite a bit of money, and no one seems to know who is financing them.  She thinks that their purpose is to pull votes away from President Biden and get Trump re-elected. She also wonders if they are being financed by some foreign country like Saudia Arabia or Russia. It is really strange that they won’t tell anyone where there money is originating from. 
My wife also mentioned that there is another group, called “Moms for Liberty.”  This Mom’s group is an active right wing organization and stands opposed to abortion, public education, gays, Hispanics, and other minorities. It is no surprise that, despite their name, they are not for liberty, at least not for poor and working people.
People need to know that the name of an organization does not always say what an organization stands for.
There are a number of right wing organizations that are actively trying to discredit President Biden. They like to make out that he is senile and they tell numerous lies about him and his accomplishments. 
Lots of people don’t realize that under our president, we now have the greatest job growth of any industrialized nation.  We also have the lowest rate of inflation of any industrialized county, the lowest unemployment and the best economy that we have ever seen in the last sixty years.  President Biden, under the “Build Back Better  Act” is responsible for lowering drug prices and bringing manufacturing back to the USA.
Despite right wing lies and opposition, our President has accomplished a tremendous number of good things for our country. 


From: R. Patriot 8/31/23
God bless America, the GOP and the man that should be our real President, Donald Trump.
Ha!  I hired a good Jewish lawyer to help me write up new rental leases. There is a shortage of rentals in our community and I see this as an opportune time to be able to raise rents. I have done the paper work to get the Sheriff to evict some of the people who have gotten behind in their rent. I am a Christian man and I don’t believe in supporting free loaders. 
I expect the house to have articles of impeachment for Biden very soon.  He should be impeached for his corruption and Hunters laptop.  Even if he is not impeached he should not be allowed to run again for President.  He is far too old and he is not near as athletic or in as good a shape as President Trump.  Biden is senile and can’t even speak a coherent sentence by himself. A good example is that he can’t ride a bicycle without falling off. On a darker note, he is probably also a child molester. You can tell this by just looking at him and seeing how he fawns over small children and babies. 
President Trump’s doctor has declared him to be in better physical shape than any
Text Box: From: R. Patriot 3/13/24
God bless America, the GOP and the man that should be our real President, Donald Trump.
Donald Trump said on Truth Social that the Dylan Mulvany advertisement was a big mistake. He also said that  Anheuser-Busch is not a woke company. This company supports farmers and creates jobs for veterans. “Anheuser-Busch is a great American Brand and deserves a second chance.
He also came out in opposition to banning TikTok. He wrote on Truth Social, "If you get rid of TikTok, Facebook and Zuckerschmuck will double their business. He also said that Facebook cheated in the last election and was a “true enemy of the people.”    This should prove that Donald Trump is not ridged but flexible.
I do know that Facebook is very biased and that they banned me, even though all I ever post is the truth. 
I support President Donald Trump and will buy and drink Bud Light and I will set up an account with TikTok. I know that he is right, and the rest of America needs to know this as well. 
If you love America, and believe in all of the good things that America has stood for in the past, you will vote Red. God is with the G.O.P. They are for God, Guns and a right white Christian America.
God bless America.

From: Smokey 3/13/24
Finals week for Smokey, then he goes on Spring break.  I (His wife, Suzanne) am writing his blog again for him.  I actually like writing his blog, because I keep up on our national news. In the meantime, I also watch the weather and it looks as if things will be warming up and drying out. Time to start thinking about getting our community garden started for this next growing season. 
I was amused to listen to Rachael Maddow on Monday. On April, last year Bud Light sent an influencer named Dylan Mulvaney some beers.  Mulvany, posted a video of herself dressed like Holly Golightly from breakfast at Tiffany’s promoting Bud light. Right wingers heads exploded. A trans person was promoting what they thought of as  a “Manly Man’s” beer and immediately demanded that Patriotic Americans boycott this terrible beverage.  This has all now changed. Donald Trump called for right wingers to stop their Jehad against Bud Light and start drinking it again. He is doing so because Anheuser Busch (brewers of Bud Light) are planning to hold a $10,000 a plate dinner for him. 
The Same applies to TikTok. When Trump was President, he wrote an unsuccessful Executive order banning the Social Network.  Trump has now changed his tune and says that people should not ban TikTok. Maddow seems to think that this is the result of a meeting between Trump and billionaire Jeff Yass. Yass is a big Republican doner who owns a 13% share of TikTok’s parent company.  
Trump and other Republicans seem to think that profit is much more important than our safety, national security or patriotism.
Go figure huh? If it were not for the profit motive, I would think that Trump and the far right does not care about America at all.


From: R. Patriot 3/6/24
God bless America, the GOP and the man that should be our real President, Donald Trump.
I was disappointed that I have not yet received my Golden Trump Shoes. I was told that the shipment would be delayed until after July.  I do understand, I am still pleased to know that my money will be used to help Donald Trump with his outrageous legal problems. 91 fake accusations in 4 different jurisdictions. I am sure that he will continue to succeed and prevail even if he has to appeal everything to the Supreme Court. 
We were so much better under Donald Trump. Under his leadership, crime was down, as was also illegal immigration. Our families were safer and our lives were all so much better. This all changed when the Biden crime family took over and we now have violent crime everywhere and Democrat voting illegals swarming over our nation’s open southern borders. Under Biden, our nation has become an international laughing stock, and no one fears us anymore. My hope is that people will wise up and impeach Biden and his druggy son. 
Under Donald Trump, our nation, will again become great. He will eliminate the deep state and fire a corrupt civil service.  We will get rid of illegals, gays and drag queens. We will protect our children from all of these perverse people. We will no longer have perverted teachers encouraging children to become trans and gay. We will purify our libraries and let the world know that America is a white, straight, Christian country and not a nation of vermin.
God bless America. 

From: Smokey 3/6/24
Last week Smokey said that he had all of his papers done. He just discovered that he is due a paper in his Business Finance Class. He also has finals next week. All of this, is why I, (Suzanne, his wife), am writing this weeks blog for him. 
The question that the Republicans are asking “Are you better today than you were four years ago?”  
My answer is “Yes.” 
Four years ago, we were in the middle of a pandemic. A pandemic that Trump did a terrible job of managing.  We were in the start of the worse recession, our nation has experienced since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Crime was up under Trump and so was adult and child poverty.  The Conservative Brookings Institute has a great article on Trump’s 4 years of failure. 
We are so much better now than we were under Trump. Jobs are up (best job market since the 1960’s). Crime is down. We have much lower crime then existed under Trump. This is something that Republicans refuse to believe, and the reputation of the USA is being restored. While President, Trump did his best to make us an international laughing stock. He is a Fascist, and his supporters are promoting Fascism. Trump is a security risk and has endangered our national security and may have been responsible for supply (and possibly selling) US secrets to our enemies.
Trump has been ranked by a number of sources, as the “Worst President in US History.” I am shocked that people don’t seem to know this.
If you want to save our nation, I would hope that you vote blue.

From: R. Patriot 2/28/24
God bless America, the GOP and the man that should be our real President, Donald Trump.
My live in girlfriend just ordered me a set of genuine Trump gold colored sneakers. They are very patriotic and have the American flag on them with a big “T”.  I am looking forward to getting and wearing them.  My understanding is that they won’t ship until June or July, and I can’t hardly wait to get them. With these shoes, people will see me wearing them and know that I am a Patriot that loves America. 
I am very pleased with President Trump’s progress in state primaries.  He has the overwhelming support of the American people.  One thing I know is that he supports the Christian “Seven Mountain Mandate.  We, as Christians, under Trump, will influence: Family, religion, education, media, entertainment, and government. Donald Trump will be a strong leader and make sure that things will happen. He will bring tens of thousands of conservatives to Washington D. C.  He will replace existing federal civil service workers (who used to be almost impossible to fire) with people who are loyal to the Presidency, and put an end to the threat of the Deep State.  
America needs a strong leader like Donald Trump, who won’t take crap or advice from anyone who he disagrees with. Under our President Trump, America will be strong again. People had better not disagree with him, because on his first day, we will have camps ready for illegal immigrants and for all of our enemies. 
God is with the GOP and God bless America.

From: Smokey 2/28/24
I got all my papers and reports done, so I can do my own blog again this week.  I am looking forward to spring break on the 23rd. This is kind of a good news/bad news joke.  The good news is that we have spring break, the bad news is that the week before break is finals week. Classes start up new on April 1st. I would really like to take some time off, but my employer (who is paying for my schooling) wants me to work during Spring break.  
Suzanne, who is very politically astute, mentioned that Trump has jumped on the Heritage Society’s Project 2025. This is a plan to reshape the executive branch of the US federal government, if they win in 2024. What it boils down to is a reinstitution of the old Spoils system that was eliminated in 1883. It gives government jobs to Trump’s supporters, friends (cronyism), and relatives (nepotism) as a reward for political loyalty. Trump and the Republicans says this is an incentive to keep working for the party—as opposed to a merit system, where offices are awarded or people are promoted on the basis of some measure of merit, independent of political activity. Trump wants to fire government workers and replace them with people who are loyal to him. His idea is that he does not want what he calls the “Deep State” from stopping his programs, just because they are illegal or bad for the USA.
I find this frightening and if Trump ever gets into power, it will mean the end of our Democratic system in the USA and turn America into a third world dictatorship. 
I do hope that Americans will wise up and vote blue, because if they don’t, it could mean the demise of the USA, or at least the USA that we grew up under. 


From: R. Patriot 2/21/24
God bless America, the GOP and the man that should be our real President, Donald Trump.. Sleepy Joe Biden is trying to play the role of a “strong man” and he is failing miserably.  He promised money to the Ukraine and there is no way that Mike Johnson, our Speaker of the house, will ever give it to him.  We don’t need to throw away American dollars on foreign wars or support a NAZI infested country like the Ukraine. The Ukrainians should never have tried to start a war with Russia. “You don’t poke the bear” unless you are willing to deal with the consequences. 
Tucker Carlson tells the truth and I learned from him that the Ukraine really isn’t a Democracy.  The 2014 ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych was a Coup d’etat by the  Ukraine puppet government. “Ukraine, to be technical, is not a democracy,” Carlson said. “Democracies don’t arrest political opponents, and they don’t shut down opposition media, both of which Ukraine has done. And by the way, Ukraine is a pure client state of the United States State Department.” Biden’s addicted son has been his voice in that country and we need to put an end to this corrupt nonsense. 
Ron Johnson and Donald Trump will save America. They will stop us hemorrhaging our hard earned tax money to foreign governments, like Poland and the Ukraine. He will stop our State Department from meddling in European and other foreign affairs and concentrate on our own national security.
We need to strengthen our borders. We need to stop vermin from infesting the blood of our nation. We all need to pull together and save our country from the Biden crime family’s attempt to weaken our country
God is on our side and with Donald Trump’s help, we will make America Great Again. 
God bless America. 
 
From: Smokey 2/21/24
Took Suzanne and the Kids out last week.  We all celebrated Valentine’s day. Suzanne and I ate steak and the kids had burgers. Suzanne was afraid that we would go to my Burgerplace restaurant, but I fooled her, I took her out to Longfellows.  Had a great evening.
Suzanne is working on our taxes and I think we will be paying more this year than last. Suzanne says that is because the Trump Tax cut for the Middle Class expired. Interesting that the tax cut for the wealthy will not expire at all.  I wonder why this is so? 
Suzanne is very sad that the Russians killed Alexi Navalni. Putin has been emboldened by the Putin wing of the Republican Party.  MAGA Moscow Mike Johnson says that he won’t even discuss money for the Ukraine and promptly had the House go on a two week vacation. Strange that the Republicans would rather take orders from a person who holds no political office and has 91 felony indictments hanging over his head rather than help the world stay out of a third world war.  I don’t know what is wrong with these people. It would appear that politics is more important to the Republicans than people. They, and Trump, would rather support vicious Fascist dictators than do anything to help the American people. Trump says that he would not support NATO unless they pay their dues. If they don’t pay, then he would actually encourage Putin to attack them.  The strange thing is that NATO does not have “dues.”  NATO members have pledged to invest at least 2% of their GNP on self defense. To talk to Trump, you would think that NATO money goes to him. In truth, most NATO countries pay more than 2%, particularly the countries that border Russia. 
Trump is Russia's Manchurian Candidate. He cares nothing for our country, all he cares about is himself. 
I find it amazing that people would ever consider a stupid, selfish criminal for President. 
I hope that Trump and his minions are never elected to anything ever again.

From: R. Patriot 2/14/23
God bless America, the GOP and the man that should be our real President, Donald Trump.
I watched the Super Bowl Sunday. The wrong team won, but it all goes to prove that Donald Trump was right.  The Super Bowl is fixed and Tayler Swift and her foot ball playing boyfriend are all part of a Pentagon Psyop operation to get people to vote for  brain dead, senile Sleepy Joe Biden.  
I am pleased to see Sleepy Joe’s Homeland Security Secretary impeached. Mayorkas needs to be disciplined for his inept handling of our Southern border.  His open borders have encouraged hoards of vermin to swarm into our country. Our nation will be much safer without him. 
If we really care about keeping our nation safe, we need to elect strong charismatic leaders like Donald Trump.  Donald Trump will immediately shut down the borders, he will construct large camps to put our nations enemies and illegal immigrants in. Our nation has always been Christian and white. We don’t need brown vermin polluting the blood of our nation.  We need to reclaim our nation and save it from the brown hoards who are moving across Biden’s open boarders. We need to elect Donald Trump and vote a straight Republican ticket.  God, guts and guns have always kept our nation free. I pray that we can elect Donald Trump as President for Life.
God bless America.

From: Suzanne 2/14/23
Happy Valentine’s Day.  Smokey came home from school early with a huge bouquet of Roses and a promise to take me (and the kids) out to dinner. He didn’t mention where he will be taking me, but I am assuming that the restaurant will be “Kid Friendly.”  I just wanted to mention this, so that you could see that our romance still isn’t dead…
The House Republicans have overstepped. They have impeached Secretary of Homeland Security Mayorkas. He was impeached without evidence of any wrong doings, or high crimes. Impeached, by one vote. What we are seeing is a purely political statement and a blatant abuse of power. He will be tried in the Senate, and there is no way that the Republicans will be able to muster a two thirds majority. 
Trump wants to make his daughter-in-law Laura and the MAGA Swift Boat guy, who is the present head of the South Carolina Party as the new Chair and Co Chair of the RNC. The RNC will decide who runs for President, not the primaries. Trump is trying to solidify his hold on the Republican Party. Trump and his friends represent the Putin-Fascist wing of the Republican Party… as opposed to the old group of Romney Republicans who just want to represent the wealthy billionaires. 
Just a note, neither group represent the American people or the true needs of our nation.  I hope people realize this before they vote later on this year. 

From: R. Patriot 2/7/24
God bless America, the GOP and the man that should be our real President, Donald Trump. My live in girl friend and I went to our Republican Central Committee last month. It was an inspiring and productive meeting.  We did kick out a Precinct person from our meeting because he was responsible for blowing the whistle on our liquor fund raising sale.  This was a very un-patriotic thing for a God loving American to do, even if our sale was illegal. He needs to know that as Republicans, we are doing God’s Work. 
I was sorry to see that we were not able to impeach Biden’s Homeland Security Secretary. We were only a few votes short because of some RINO members.  We were also tricked by the Demorats. Marjorie Taylor Greens says that the Demorats tricked her and the rest of the Republicans by hiding a member until the last minute, before they took a critical vote. She said that “They wanted to throw us off, so that we would look bad.  Alejandro Mayorkas deserved to be impeached, because of his inept handling of the Border Crises that the Demorats have created by their open border policies.  The Border is our nations greatest problem, and the Demorats won’t do anything of value to solve it. Thank God, that we have Donald Trump, who when elected, will take strong action, and become a “dictator on his first day.” On that “First Day” Donald Trump will solve all of our nations problems.         
We need to vote for God’s anointed and we need to pray that Donald Trump stays healthy and again becomes the leader of our nation. Pray that he becomes our President forever.
God Bless America. 

From: Suzanne (Smokey’s Wife) 2/7/24
Smokey is supposed to be doing school work, but I noticed that he and Sean were involved with some very important reconstruction work on their electric train set up.  
I sold a small piece of art the other day.  I donated all of my profit to Planned Parenthood. I believe that women now need them more than ever. 
I think that it is pathetic to see a crazy like Marjorie Taylor Greene becoming the House of Representative’s leading Republican. Speaker “Maga Mike” Johnson was depending on her to count the votes prior to their failure to impeach Secretary of Homeland Security Mayorkas. The Republicans have cheapened the impeachment process, by impeaching people for no real reason. Secretary Mayorkas,  certainly did not commit any  “High crimes or misdemeanors,” that could have created a real reason for impeachment.
The Republicans are in disarray and have not passed a single piece of meaningful legislation since they took control of the House. It certainly is a shame that Marjorie Taylor Green has not learned how to count votes.
Word is that they will be trying again to impeach a Cabinet Secretary or a President, as soon as are able to take an accurate count of their members and their votes.  Smokey mentioned that they should stay still so that Marjorie does not count them twice. MAGA Mike says that he will not allow a vote for the bipartisan immigration bill because Donald Trump says it will help the Democrats.  It would appear that, to the MAGA Republicans, party is more important than the American people. 
We need to vote these crazy reactionaries out of office in November. We hope and pray that we can again, have sane people running our country. 


From: R. Patriot 1/31/24
God bless America, the GOP and the man that should be our real President, Donald Trump.  
I am pleased to see Alabama using non-toxic nitrogen gas to execute prisoners.  I expect to see Ohio and Oklahoma soon to follow with this humane method of execution. It is also good to see House Speaker Mike Johnson pushing impeachment of Cabinet Secretary of DHS Mayorkas for his bad handling of immigration. It is about time that we impeach some of these left wing Commie incompetents. 
Taylor Swift has now been discovered as a “Pentagon asset”, an “election interference psyop” actress, who, with unnamed left-leaning forces, has conspired to “rig” the Super Bowl and then endorse Joe Biden in the presidential election. This is just one more example of the Democrat elite trying to tell us how to think. We don’t need any left wing traitors like Swift using pentagon Psyops to try and sway the American people.  They want us to think like Swift with open borders, free stuff and Swift Abortions.  
People need to realize that the Republican Party is the party of Peace and Christianity. Republicans believe that  life is a sacred thing.  We want to protect little babies and have our nation butt out of needless wars like the one that is in the Ukraine. We need to give the Ukraine back to Russia, where it belongs and stop draining our Treasury by paying for weapons for a useless conflict. 
God is with the GOP and we need to be on the side of God. What side are you on?  God bless America.

From: Suzanne (Smokey’s Wife) 1/31/24
Smokey is busy hitting the books, so he asked me to write his blog for him. The kids are watching kids shows on Nickelodeon  and smokey is doing a paper on his laptop, so I can use our old desktop to do some writing. 
I am continually amazed at the ridiculous things that the Republicans in Congress are doing.  It would appear that the house Republicans want to impeach DHS Secretary Mayorkas. He hasn’t committed any high crimes or misdemeanors, but that won’t stop them. It would appear that they don’t like the way he is handling our Southern Border. I am not sure what they think he has done wrong, since Biden has taken 530 immigration executive actions in his first three years. Biden has done more than Trump with Trump’s 472 immigration-related actions undertaken in all four of his years in office. Even more ridiculous, the Republicans are refusing to even vote on the Senate’s bipartisan immigration bill. It is basically a Republican bill, but they don’t want it because they are afraid  that it will help President Biden… and they say they want to impeach cabinet Secretary Mayorkas for not acting on Immigration.  
It would appear that the Republicans excel in “dumb.”  The MAGA people are now spreading a conspiracy theory about Taylor Swift. This particular right-wing meltdown was prompted by Sunday’s football game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Kansas City Chiefs. As you probably know, the Chiefs won, clinching them a spot in February’s Super Bowl. As you likely also know, Taylor Swift was in attendance, because her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, plays for the team. You’d think conservatives would embrace an all-American tale of a blond pop star falling for an NFL star, but they’ve instead developed a huge chip on their shoulders about the couple. Evidently they are saying that the Super Bowl is rigged. Taylor Swift and her boy friend are serving as operatives for President Biden and the Chief’s win is some part of a “Deep State Conspiracy” to hurt Trump and get Biden elected. 
This is all silly stuff for fantasy loving idiots but it is blasting over OAN and Fox so called news and it would appear that  the MAGA right wing nuts seem to be falling for it… Dumb is as dumb does, and my belief is that our nation won’t run on dumb. 

From: R. Patriot 1/24/24
God bless America, the GOP and the man that should be our real President, Donald Trump. 
I just purchased a Springfield semi-auto Saint Edge ATC Elite. 5.56mm AR 15 Rifle with Coyote Brown Cerakote Finish. Damn, but is a pretty thing. Cost me $1500, but it was worth every penny. I also purchased 10 extra magazines and about 10,000 5.56 rounds. You never know when you will need this sort of thing to protect yourself, particularly since this is an election year. I feel that it is my Christian duty to be armed so that I can take care of my family. The Bible says that “God helps those who help themselves” and I believe the Bible. 
Donald Trump beat the pants off of Nikki Haley. I don’t know why that woman is running against our President. Perhaps, she is planning to be Vice President. I have to admit that I am not in love with the idea of a woman, much less a colored woman, running as our President’s running mate, but I will still vote Republican regardless of who is running.  
Biden is overreaching when he stepped in to stop Texas from enforcing border restrictions. We need to stop this huge mass of illegals from flooding the USA with their crime, their poverty, and their diseases.  We need to stand up and protect our American jobs from these brown usurpers.  They are poisoning the blood of our nation.  Only the Republicans can help save America, by putting a stop to Biden’s open border program and re-instituting President Trump’s program of family separation.  
We also should raise the voting age to 25 and save Social Security by privatizing it and raising the age of eligibility.  
The Republican party is our nations only fiscally responsible party. Only the Republican party can protect us from the Commie Socialists who call themselves Democrats and the vermin that want to pollute our nation’s blood. 
God, guts and guns, coupled with fiscal responsibility, exemplify what our party stands for. We need to stand up for our Christianity and our country. We need to protect our children and vote Republican
God bless America. 

From: Smokey: 1/24/24
I am again commuting to school in Portland, but I’m still concerned about my aging neighbor. I had Suzanne drop in on her. We also brought her some more groceries.  Part of my neighbors problem is that she is not fully mobile. We arranged for Dial-A- Ride and we purchased for her a bus pass for next month. I also made sure that we (at least temporarily) Pick up the cost of her bus tickets. Her niece contacted us and is concerned, for her.  A short time ago, her niece lost her job (her employer shut down his business). I pulled a few strings and got her a temporary job at our St. Helens restaurant. She seemed pleased and will be staying with her aunt.
Suzanne says that Trump is beating his chest and bragging that he just won the New Hampshire Primary. Trump beat Nikki Haley, but not by the 30% that he predicted. Neither Trump or Haley are campaigning truthfully. Trump is telling lies about Democrats registering so that they can vote for Haley. If what he says is true, they would have had to register a couple of months before the election. Suzanne says that we can just chalk this up to more Trump BS.  Both Haley and Trump are telling lies about the democrats having open borders. Nothing can be further from the truth. The Democrats do not have, or ever had, an “Open Borders” program. We have more border security now than ever before.  What is true is that 2021-2023 saw the U.S. admit the lowest number of refugees it has seen since 1980. The Republicans have voted against the Democrats proposed comprehensive Border Security package. They say it just cost too much, but the reality is that they are afraid that this program might help President Biden. It is a shame that the Republicans are opposed to programs that help America. It is evident that, to them, party is more important than country. 

From: R. Patriot 1/17/24
God bless America, the GOP and the man that should be our real President, Donald Trump. 
It is all icy outside and I am happy to be home with a warm fire and my TV. It is nice being able to stay home and do business with my phone. I make it a point to call my renters and let them know that they had better pay me on time, or else they will be out in the street. I think it is important to let people know what will happen if they don’t do the right thing.  Both my live-in girl friend and I are good Christians and we think it is important for people to pay what they owe. 
I have been listening to Fox News and I feel sorry for President Trump.  He is facing a left wing prejudicial Judge and a group of fraudulent witnesses all claiming to be raped by him. New Yorks Attorney General Littia James and Georgia’s Fani Willis are both negros. I suspect that black people are prejudiced against him and I am not sure why this would be so.  Donald Trump has done more good things for Negros than any other President since Lincoln. I now that this is true, because Donald Trump has said so himself.  Our nation is filled with haters for a man who may be one of the best Presidents in US history. They are jealous of his success and hate the fact that he did God’s will while he was President.  
I believe that it is very important for our nation to re-elect President Trump. I shudder to think of what disaster might await us if he does not win this next election
God bless America. 

From: Smokey 1/17/24
No school today. The roads are sheets of ice and I was not about to try and do any unnecessary driving. I get to play with my kids, play with my son and his electric train set and watch TV.  I looked at my books and told myself that I should be studying, but I loved the idea that I could take the entire day off… 
Suzanne discovered that my aging neighbor was out of food and needed to buy groceries. Guess what my wife made me to do? Suzanne had me take my neighbor shopping.  We have an all wheel drive van, and even then,  we still slid and slipped as we tried to get it out to the highway.  I parked by the grocery store and told my neighbor to stay in the warm van. I let her know that I would keep the motor running in and I would shop for her.  She gave me a list and I tried my best to fill it while she waited for me in the van. I was not able to get everything that she wanted, but I think it was enough to get her through this cold snap. She wanted to pay us for the groceries, and Suzanne made it clear to her, that it was our treat.  We were pleased to buy them for her. 
It’s still cold outside, but doing this made me feel very warm. 
Even with a shopping trip, I still had a lot of time to play with my kids and enjoy my day off. 
Suzanne is into politics and mentioned that Donald Trump is still insisting that everything that he did as President was legal and that he was, and still is, immune from being prosecuted for his actions because he was President. So, according to Trump, leaking military secrets to our enemies, stealing documents, ignoring the emoluments clause, hiring prostitutes and cheating on everything is okey if you are a President of the US. 
Maga Mike, the Speaker of the House, told a group of people that it was God’s will that he is speaker. He was also asked if it was God’s will that Joe Biden was elected President.  I am not sure what his answer was, but it does bother me that we have a political party that does not want to work with the Democrats to help our nation because the Democrats might take credit for doing something good. 
What kind of logic is that? 


From: R. Patriot 1/10/24
God bless America, the GOP and the man that should be our real President, Donald Trump. 
My live in girlfriend is still not feeling all that good. Our doctor said some nonsense about her suffering from “Long Covid”, whatever that is. 
I was pleased to hear Donald Trump’s lawyers speak yesterday. They argued (something that we always knew) that Donald Trump, as President,  “is above the law.” 
I could see that this statement blew away the far left judges and their sycophants.  This only makes sense, since if a President does something, it is always legal. 
In the mean time. I was pleased to see the House Oversight Committee going after the Biden Crime Family. They are guilty of numerous crimes, of bribery, nepotism, illegal finances, shady business dealings, and a general all around culture of corruption.  It is about time to knock these crooks off their pedestals and let the general public know the full extent of their evil dealings. 
I am looking forward to Donald Trump again winning the next election. He has promised, on his first day, to rid our nation of Obamacare, illegal aliens and inflation. He will stop vermin from polluting our nation’s blood. He will singlehandedly make our nation great, white  and Christian.  No longer will we be the laughing stock of the world. With Donald Trump, America will again be feared and respected.
Prepare yourself, barricade your homes and be ready to defend what is our right. 
God bless America. 

From: Smokey 1/10/24
It snowed today, but the nice thing is that the roads to Portland were all cleared. There was a two hour delay in our St. Helens schools because of the snow.  I have classes in Portland and nothing was cancelled. I like school, I really like the management training that I am getting and I appreciate my employers willingness to pay for it. 
Suzanne is doing some artwork at home, and does it while listening to both Free Speech TV and MSNBC. 
Last night, Suzanne mentioned that Trump’s lawyers are saying that Trump is above most laws. If a president does something, it is legal. Trump’s lawyers said that the only crimes that we can convict President Trump for are crimes for which he has first been impeached.  Since he was not convicted of any crimes, he can not be charged.
Suzanne said that this is ridiculous. President Trump was an elected President, not a dictator or king. According to Trump’s lawyers, Trump (or any President, for that matter) could order the military to either kill or imprison his opposition and it would be legal.
Somehow, I don’t believe if we want to keep our democracy that it could possibly be so. Suzanne also mentioned that Hunter Biden showed up at the House Oversight committee as they were preparing to charge him with contempt for not appearing.  Hunter Biden said that he would be happy to appear as long as his appearance is public and not behind closed doors.  For some reason, the Republicans are not happy about this. They want to meet with him in secret, not in public. By having a public meeting, they will not be able to “cherry pick” what they want the public to know. 
Suzanne says: “this is just another fake Benghazi type investigation. The Republicans will not pass any meaningful laws or do anything worthwhile.  All they can do is spread fake conspiracies of hate and fear.” 
 

From: R. Patriot 1/3/24
God bless America, the GOP and the man that should be our real President, Donald Trump. 
I sent in a donation of several hundred dollars to buy a pieces of President Trumps underwear. It is an honor to have and I have mounted it on my wall. It makes me feel good to see a portion of his tidy whites. 
I was shocked to hear that there is an effort to remove President Trump from the Oregon Primary election in May.  It is based on a very obscure and obsolete clause in the 14th Amendment.  Besides President Trump never participated in any sort of an Insurrection. What happened on January 6th was just a patriotic display of opposition to an illegal theft of our election. President Trump committed no crimes and neither did the people who supported him. All of this is part of a witch hunt to remove the best President our nation has ever seen in modern times. It is all a plot on the part of the child molesting commie fascist hatful Demorats.  Only President trump can save us from the hoards of vermin swarming across our now open borders. They are taking our American jobs and spreading crime and disease. They are rapists and they want to poison our identity as white Christian  Americans.  
Crime in the USA, under the crooked Biden family is running rampant and unchecked. 
President Trump gave us the best economy our nation has ever seen.  He pulled us out of Afghanistan, closed our borders, kept us out of war and brought America prosperity. Donald Trump will keep us safe and protect us all from infectious anti Christian vermin. 
I am looking forward to impeaching the crooked Biden Crime family and replacing them with God loving people like Mike Johnson and Marjorie Taylor Greene. 
We need to keep the faith and support the candidate that we all love. 
God bless America. 

From: Smokey 1/3/24
I start back to school again this next week. My employer, The Burger Place,
is helping me get a degree in business.  I would never have thought about college were it not for them. My wife (Suzanne) is a college graduate and she is still lots smarter than me. She is a wonderful artist and an even better mother to my children. 
Suzanne mentioned that January 6th is the third anniversary of the greatest assault on our Democratic system that this nation has ever endured.  
Donald Trump, at a recent rally, had the audacity to ask if we were better off 5 years ago.  The answer is “yes” to everything.  Suzanne says that Ronald Reagan asked the same thing except he asked if we were better off four years ago.   4 years ago, we were in the middle of the worst recession since the great depression, the worst pandemic since the Spanish Flu. Murder rates spiked and people were dying so fast that we couldn’t bury them. They had to have refrigerated trucks to contained stacked bodies.
Under Biden we have gained 13.5 million new jobs, 4.5 million more than before the pandemic. Unemployment is at the lowest rate in 54 years and people are now vaccinated against Covid.  Murder rates have dropped 12.8 % from when Trump was President.  Also, despite what Trump claims, most violent crimes have dropped. 
We have lower rates of inflation than most other countries and inflation is still decreasing without our experiencing a recession. 
Are we better off than we were under Trump?  You had better believe we are. 
Take care on how you vote this next year. Do we want our nation led by a thieving liar or a man who truly loves our country?  I hope you chose wisely, because our democracy is now at stake. 

From: R. Patriot 12/27/23
God bless America, the GOP and the man that should be our real President, Donald Trump. 
I was offered an opportunity to sell all my rental properties to a very patriotic sounding corporation that was run by some guys with Russian names, but I turned them down. I think what I have is worth lots more than what they said they were willing to pay.  Besides, I like the fun of collecting my rents. 
I am looking forward to the house impeaching crooked Joe Biden and his druggy son. They were involved with the Ukrainian Burisma energy company and the House oversight Committee says that they have proof of over $20 million in payments to this crooked family. High crimes and misdemeanors.  Just goes to prove that Biden isn’t as squeaky clean that he would like you to believe. 
Biden has done nothing for the American people, while Donald Trump fulfilled all of the promises that he made to America and had the best economy in the history of our nation, perhaps even the world. 
We now have to worry about the Democrats open borders, and the hoards of diseased and crooked scum that are flowing over them. We are opening our nation to robbers, rapists and diseased vermin. Those nations are keeping their best and sending their worst to us...all because they know about Biden’s program for open borders. 
God help us, if we want to keep our nation Christian, white and free; the illegals who are flooding our nation are none of these things. 
Be sure to vote Republican in 2024. Our democracy is at stake and only Donald Trump is able to save us.
God bless America. 

From: Smokey 12/27/23
We had a great family Christmas.  Suzanne’s father and mother came down and brought the kids a huge assortment of clothing and toys. Some of the toys included additions to our train set, a remote control truck and a talking doll for Rosie. 
I am working at the St. Johns restaurant for the rest of this week. They are a good crew they like me and I like them. 
Suzanne mentioned to me that Biden’s poll numbers aren’t all that great. This is surprising since gas prices are less than last year and we have had 22 months of inflation under 4%.  She also mentioned that in the last three years he has been responsible for 14 million new jobs; four and a half million more jobs then before the pandemic. He has reduced drug prices, particularly the price of insulin. He is responsible for passing an infrastructure bill and provided help for student loans. 
Our economy has remained strong despite Republican attempts to sabotage the President’s accomplishments. 
My guess is that the only reason his poll numbers are low is because he is in his 80’s and many people don’t like or know much about Vice President Harris. 
The Republicans keep on accusing the Democrats of having “Open Borders.”  None of this is true. According to factcheck.org the numbers of illegal border crossing apprehensions are up 300%. A far greater number than under Trump. 
Both Suzanne and I agree that the 2024 election is probably one of the most important elections that our nation has ever faced. We both believe that our very democracy is at stake. Trump and his MAGA followers want to subvert democracy and turn our nation into a Fascist dictatorship. Our nation is at a political crossroads, and I hope that we move in the right direction. 

From: R. Patriot 12/20/23
God bless America, the GOP and the man that should be our real President, Donald Trump. 
I was talked into watching an awful video of disgusting dancers desecrating the floors of the White House. According to people who should know “It was a moral and aesthetic outrage.” It was classless, grotesque and downright abhorrent.  It bordered on outright pornography with same sex individuals kissing. It is the sort of thing that I would have been embarrassed to show to my children. The dancers are black, white and queer. I would hate to see something like this blatant and disgusting display of sexuality turn children into gay homosexuals.
The awful thing is that this sort of smut is being used to desecrate the sacred corridors of our Nation’s White House. Under Donald Trump, Christmases were something that pointed to a proud and glorious past, not to something as trite as tap dancing homosexuals.  This is but one more disgusting thing from the Biden “Woke” agenda. 
God help us all if Biden manages again to become President. Our nation will surely disintegrate into a third world backwater filled with black, brown and gay low lives. 
Vote Trump. Let’s be sure that our nation remains great.  God bless America.

From: Smokey 12/20/23
I got some time off.  I’m pretty happy spending a few days with my family.  We got to watch a Christmas video that Jill Biden posted of tap dancers at the white house.   It was a delight and the kids loved it. Suzanne said that it was quite a pleasant change from Milania Trump’s blood red Christmas trees. 
Once again a decorated White House looks like it welcomes Christmas. Jill Biden announce the theme “The Magic Wonder of the Holidays.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEFz2J56n7M
For some reason a number of Republicans took offense from it.  Personally, I loved it and so did the rest of my family. I suspect that it would not matter what Jill or President Biden do, the right wing MAGA crazies will hate it. 
It is an interesting contrast between the two Presidents. Joe Biden is an honest family man, who has been faithful to his wife, his kids and his oath of office. He’s a man who wants to do right by the American people and he has worked hard to abstain from anything that might speak of corruption… This is so different than Trump, a guy who has been convicted of rape and has cheated on all three of his wives. Trump, who claims to be a great business man,  has managed to fail at almost every business venture he has undertaken. He is a man who lies about his taxes, his businesses, his worth and his fidelity to our nation.  Trump tried to overturn a Constitutionally democratic election by instigating an insurrection. Anyone with a half a brain can see that he is a security risk and  if again elected President, will put our nation in dire peril.  
Suzanne just mentioned that the Colorado Supreme Court has just ruled that Donald Trump, since he participated in an Insurrection, cannot have his name submitted as a Presidential candidate.  Trump says that he will appeal this ruling to the Supreme Court. 
We are all curious to see where this will lead.

From: R. Patriot 12/13/23.
God bless America, the GOP and the man that should be our real President, Donald Trump. 
I am looking forward to Mike Johnson issuing articles of impeachment against Joe Biden and his crime family. His family has been allowed to flout the law for years and now it is time for them to be called to task. I have heard plenty of evidence of their crimes on FOX, Blaze, Newsmax and the One America Network. America is a country of law and the Biden Family has committed high crimes and misdemeanors. Ron Johnson has proof, even if it is only broadcast on right wing radio and TV, it is still true and should be able to be used to impeach Biden. . 
I love babies and I am most upset with the left wingers who want to kill them.
The state of Texas is correct in not allowing abortions.  Left wingers make up all sort of ridiculous stories because they want to kill their own babies. As I said before, our county is a country of law and we need to punish these women, their doctors and the hospitals that rip children out of mothers wombs’. 
The Bible says “Thou Shalt Not Kill” and we need to stand up and stop baby killing. These Commie Socialist left wingers are mostly all child molesters who are sacrificing children on the alters of their false gods. They are child trafficking in unborn babies and if you love God and love children, you will work hard to put a stop to their awful actions. 
God is with the GOP and we are all on God’s side. Be sure that you are on the right side and support Republican candidates.
God bless America. 

From: Suzanne 12/13/23
Smokey is celebrating end of the quarter and going on Spring break by working full time at both our St. Helens and St. Johns Restaurants.  He is, at least, working days so that he can have time with the kids. They have set up their electric train, Xmas village and they are having a ball with it. 
I am disgusted with our do nothing Congress. They won’t do anything to help the American people. All they can talk about is impeaching the President, and the stupid thing is that they don’t have an ounce of proof to back up any of their impeachment claims. They can’t get anyone who will be willing to swear to anything under oath. All they are doing is political Kabuki Theatre.
Smokey and I just wrote a big check to Planned Parenthood. We are very upset with the awful thing that has happened to Kate Cox in Texas.  Kate is a mother of two healthy children. Her fetus had been diagnosed with a rare and deadly genetic condition called trisomy 18. Both Kate’s life as well as the baby’s life will be in danger if Kate were to carry her baby to term, not only that but the delivery of this baby may possibly render her sterile. According to the doctors, the fetus would not be expected to live even if she were to carry it to term. 
A court provided her with an exception, but the Republican Texas Attorney General has issued threats. He said that he will go after the hospital and he will jail any doctors who attempt to perform medically necessary abortions.  Kate has sued, but the Republican Texas Supreme Court has for forbidden her to have an abortion. Because her life is at stake, she has left the state. 
If you care about women and their rights, I would strongly suggest that you also donate to Planned Parenthood.  Women should have the right to control their own bodies and should not be forced to put their life at risk.