Well, it looks like Biden/Harris are going to come out on top in this election despite numerous accusations of voter fraud and/or counting frauds. Okay. As a plain citizen, there is little if anything I can do about it. I simply have to accept what happens, and I do.

What I don't have to do is accept unconstitutional executive orders by Biden and his cronies regarding many things, but primarily gun ownership and use. Fuck 'em. If they want my guns, let them come and get them. Someone is going to die in the process, and if it's me, I consider it a sacrifice well worth it.

NOT MY AMERICA

 For many years, I watched TV world news, and I saw throngs of people, thousands, maybe millions, in the streets of various countries around the world, chanting, carrying signs, throwing rocks and bottles or whatever they could find, protesting this or that (usually their own government). I thought to myself, "How do these people live? Don't they have to work? How do they feed themselves? Why do they remind me of a chimpanzee attack on a video by Jane Goodall?

I never dreamed these things could happen in my country. Even the civil rights protests of the sixties, or the anti-war protests during the Vietnam conflict, were reasonably civilized. Yes, police used water cannons and dogs and tear gas on occasion, but the crowds themselves were largely peaceful.

Our country has experienced some riots, usually over racism, or the perception of racism, but those were mostly confined to one city where things got out of hand. The controversy over Rodney King's beating by police was significant, but it was still largely a local issue.

Due to the influence and availability of social media over the internet, these events are no longer local in scope. People who never heard of Jacob Blake or George Floyd or several other persons who became the impetus for demonstrations against racial injustice are in the streets supporting people they know little or nothing about other than the color of their skin. The speed at which rumors, inuendos, and accusations can reach the entire country has made the truth irrelevant.

The truth is that most of those whose names are chanted by the mobs were criminal scumbags that were bound to end up in prison or killed by police at some point. The only question is whether or not they deserved to die for the offense for which they were stopped by police, and whether their own actions contributed to their deaths. The answer to the first part of the question is often no, but the answer to the second part of the question is almost always yes.

I just watched a video today of a recent traffic stop. Police pulled over a car full of black men because they were driving at night without any headlights. When approached by the officer, the driver was told to please put his hands on the steering wheel. Then, the officer spotted the butt of a gun near the driver's waist. He said, "If you reach for that gun, you're going to get shot. Is that a gun in your waist band?" The driver immediately made a quick move with both hands toward the gun he was carrying. I can't believe the officer didn't shoot him on the spot, but he refrained, probably for fear his career would be over if he shot this man, even if it was justified. That is the world we live in today. As it turned out, police recovered three stolen guns from the car and arrested two of the passengers who admitted "owning" them.

I'm using this post to warn anyone reading that there is going to be a civil war in this country soon. It may have already started, but it will definitely start as soon as the election is over no matter who wins. Get yourselves some guns, some ammunition, stocks for survival when the whole fucking system crashes, and start learning about how to grow food, purify water, create a shelter with tools and materials available, because life as we've known it is over come November fourth, 2020.

Well, I'll be

 Okay, I've had this blog going for years now, and I've had about half a dozen or so comments and perhaps a few more views. So, today I searched "how to get more viewers on my blog". The first suggestion was to make comments on other popular blogs with links to mine. Sounded good. So, I searched "most popular blogs". The first list I came to had the top 50 in the world, then I found a list of the top 100, and a couple more lists after that.

To my amazement, it seems the world is more concerned about lifestyles, fitness, celebrities, and cooking than anything of any real importance. Nowhere on any of the lists was there anything about current events, politics, BLM, or even the pandemic.

So much for that idea.

WTF

The only thing I keep thinking of lately, in the wake of all the controversy over Corona virus, and the killing of a couple of black men by police officers, is a quote from Steve McQueen in the movie, "Sand Pebbles". Right at the end, before he is fatally shot, he says, "What the hell happened?"

That is exactly what I'm thinking. What the hell happened? I'm having surgery in a couple of days, and it is a fairly routine operation, but as with all surgeries, there is always that slim chance something will go wrong and you will die. I can't have picked a better time to have it, because if it does kill me, I may actually be thankful that I don't have to witness any more of the destruction of my country, the land of the free, the home of the brave.

MAGA

That title is there because of what has happened slowly and subtly to our country over the last several decades, but also because of what has happened suddenly in the wake of George Floyd's killing by police in Minneapolis.

We now belong in the ranks of the shithole countries Trump talked about and for which he was highly criticized. Enough of our citizens have joined the ranks of the extreme left that rioting, looting, anarchy are now the rule rather than the exception.

For years, I watched the news with videos of those in third world countries marching, chanting, rioting in the streets of their cities, and thought what kind of animals are these people. Don't they have a job, something better to do than standing around, shoulder to shoulder, screaming and crying, waving signs, and throwing rocks and bottles and Molotov cocktails? Well, that's what we have here now in America, the home of the free and the brave.

Seattle has actually given in to radical leftists and allowed part of their city to be claimed as a new country within the boundaries of the United States. Not only have they accepted this anarchy, but they are doing things to help the anarchists, by bringing in food and toilet facilities and ignoring these terrorists' extortion of the private property owners in the Capitol Hill area.

We have literally come to the point where law-abiding citizens must choose between using lethal force to protect their property (and likely being prosecuted for it) or simply abandoning their property and everything they have worked so hard for.

I can tell you my choice without a second thought. Anyone tries to take or damage anything of mine will be dead, or I will be. There is no other option.

INSANITY

That is the only way I can describe what is happening in the United States these days.

A number of black men (and maybe some women) have been killed by police in the last few decades. (Anything beyond that is pretty much ancient history.) We're talking 13 black men in the last 15 years. In that time, hundreds, if not thousands of black people have been murdered, mostly by black people. Last year alone, 55 police officers were murdered during the performance of their jobs.

It is insane, to take the death of one black man, a man who had a lengthy criminal record, a man who participated in a home invasion robbery armed with a pistol who pointed it at the belly of a pregnant black woman, who committed other crimes and spent several terms in prison, and who supposedly was turning his life around but tried to pass a counterfeit $20 bill, was killed by a cop, and make that the focus of a national riot. That cop may, or may not have been racially motivated, but regardless used excessive force that resulted in George Floyd's death. Virtually everyone agrees with that. Blacks, whites, politicians, even the police, agree that this should not have happened. The officer and his fellow officers who stood by and did nothing are up on charges. Yet America is burning because BLM says it needs to. Protesters are blocking our streets and highways and bridges, and even those who don't condone violence are essentially aiding and abetting the arsonists, the looters, and those who assault police who are trying to maintain peace.

They are now calling for the abolishment of police departments! Where is most of the crime? In black neighborhoods. Who will suffer the most if there are no police to try and control this crime? Black people.

They obviously don't realize it, but BLM is nothing more than a political arm of the democratic party seeking the donations and support of both blacks, and the whites who have been brainwashed into thinking they have some blame for the poverty and other ills of the black community.

I'm nearly 70 years old now. I don't expect to live a great deal longer, and there is some comfort in that given the way our society has and is failing. I can only hope that there are enough people who believe in the things I believe in and be able to save us from this insanity.

Those beliefs are: don't prejudge people; treat everyone with respect until you have some reason not to; don't take shit off of anyone; stand your ground; work hard because you will feel better about having done so; don't take charity unless you have no other choice if you want to survive; don't depend on others for your welfare or security; teach your children how to take care of themselves and their families; pass on the knowledge you have acquired in your lifetime; die knowing you might have made some mistakes but you tried to do what was right as best you could.