Who Would YOU Believe?

WHO WOULD YOU BELIEVE? ~ One of America's greatest presidents?  An over-the-hill porn star?   Or a lawyer (don't laugh, I know this is a rhetorical question)?

Joe Biden is working day and night to destroy America.  All America knows that the only man today who is best prepared to save America is President Trump.  And the Leftist Democrats also know this - and it scares the devil out of them (if only that were possible!). 

Just as they did in the 2016 and 2020 elections - they will keep creating and spreading false claims and accusations, doing every underhanded and evil deed they can imagine - in their politically motivated attempt to blacken President Trump's character and reputation.

Now they are using an over-the-hill porn star and a questionable lawyer (why are you smiling?) in their attack on President Trump's character - screaming, "Trump paid hush money to the porn star!"  In their Leftist dominated court room with a Far Left judge presiding, whose son is a fund raiser for the Democratic Party - they accuse President Trump of paying hush money.  But they have not presented ANY evidence that he has actually committed a crime!

Just for the record, let's take a look at the Democrats' record in that arena of possible payoff funds and actual crimes.

1. Who remembers the Chappaquiddick incident?  When Senator Ted Kennedy was coming home from a late night party with a young woman in his car who was not his wife?   Seemed to have run in the family.  On July 18, 1969, 28 year old Mary Jo Kopechne died in a car driven off a bridge by U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy after leaving a party. 

Could alcohol have been involved in the wreck?  Kennedy was so afraid of having a black mark against his name and record - that he left Mary Jo to drown in his car submerged in water, without trying to help her - while he ran away looking for a way to hide his crime.  How much Hush Money changed hands in that incident?

2.  Let's look back some years, married Democratic President Franklin Roosevelt - had a mistress in Georgia.  In 1944 he died of a heart attack at the home of his mistress in Georgia.  That was before Viagra, so he must have been working pretty hard.  How much Hush Money changed hands in that incident?

3.  Democratic President John Kennedy and his brother, Democratic Attorney General Robert Kennedy - were very open and active womanizers, probably the worst we have ever had in the White House.  John Kennedy was even sharing a mistress, Judith Exner, with a New York Mafia boss, Sam Giancana.  Exner, while a mistress of President John F. Kennedy - was quoted Sunday as saying she carried both money and intelligence data between Kennedy and Chicago mobster Sam Giancana ”on at least 20 occasions” (Oct 7, 1991).

No security problems there!  Not sure if the Kennedys paid Hush Money then, for they were flagrant in their adulterous activities - in Hollywood and in Washington DC.

4.  Remember Democratic President Billy Bob Clinton?  I believe he tried to out-womanize JFK, for he had women coming from every corner accusing him of rape and womanizing, both while governor of Arkansas and as president. 

Do you remember Monica Lewinsky, the 22 year old White House intern who Democratic President Bill Clinton use to hide under his desk where she proceeded to pay her oral sexual homage to the great man - or the other times he admitted to using a cigar on her as a sexual toy. 

I wonder how often she was hiding under his desk during meetings where he was discussing key and possibly secret security information with top echelon people in his administration?

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Now let's look at who took America into our many wars.

1. Democratic President Woodrow Wilson took America into World War 1.

2. Democratic President Franklin Roosevelt took America into World War 2.

3. Democratic President Harry Truman took America into the Korean War.

4. Democratic President John Kennedy took America into the Vietnam War.

5. Democratic President Lyndon Johnson greatly escalated the Vietnam War - sending hundreds of thousands more Americans into Vietnam. That was after his sincere (smile, smile) and adamant campaign promise in the 1964 Presidential Election campaign than he would NOT escalate the war. 

Right after taking office, he flooded Vietnam with American military personnel - 58,000 were killed in that war that Johnson was not going to escalate!

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Moving on, we all know that Democratic President Bill Clinton was so busy trying to beat JFK's record for illicit affairs - that he had no time to take us into a war.  However his sexual dalliances were so blatant that even grade school kids were asking, "What is oral sex?" when they should have been concentrating on their academic curriculum.

And let's not forget about our greatest FAKE president, Barry Obama!  Democratic President Obama, could never prove he was born in America (a Constitutional requirement for being president) - and the Democratic Party spent millions of dollars hiding all his records, even to this day. 

How could Obama, whose grandparents were middle class Kansas folks, his mother a college student in Hawaii, his father a Muslim from Kenya, and his step-father a Muslim from Indonesia  - afford to attend two of the most expensive colleges in America: Columbia University and Harvard University.  Wonder where that money came from to allow him to attend those very expensive colleges - without working?

He said he got a Harvard law degree and and he claimed to have been a law professor at Harvard.  But he never practiced law - and NO ONE has ever come forward to verify that he was their law professor.   Hmmm?   A professor MUST publish peer-approved books, articles, and other publications.  Where are Obamas?  Google "books written by Barack Obama" - and this is what you will find.

You will find that he has only written three autobiographical books:  "Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance" (2004 when he was being prepped to run for president) -  'The Audacity of Hope' (during the 2008 presidential campaign) - and "A Promised Land" (2020 when he is hoping to run Michelle as president in 2024, making him the de facto president, like George Wallace did with his wife, Lurlene, in Alabama). 

Where are Obama's "law professor peer-approved" books and publications which all professors must publish?

And when Obama did get into the White House, by hook or by crook - his first international travel was to Saudi Arabia.  Why there?  So he could address his Muslim brothers and assure them, from a public platform, that America is NO LONGER a Christian nation.  Hmmm?  When did America become a Secular Nation like Russia?

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In conclusion, how is America's Economy faring under the Leftist Democratic Administration of Joe Biden?

In California, Democratic presidential hopeful and California governor, Gavin Newsom, can claim this:  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - California-based 99 Cents Only Stores said Friday it will close all 371 of its outlets, ending the chain's 42-year run of selling an assortment of bargain-basement merchandise - citing Covid, Inflation, and Product Theft - all products of Leftist Democratic Policies.   

So far in 2024, "Family Dollar" has closed 620 locations throughout the country.  Coming in second is the "Rue21" department stores is closing 543 stores - Followed by "99 Cents Only Stores" with 371 closures - and "CVS Health" closing 315 stores 3 days ago.  How many jobs lost?  How many middle and low income families are looking for other places to shop?

Well known and loved Red Lobster is closing at least 99 locations nationwide.

Gee, I wonder if the new law signed last September by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, i.e., California Assembly Bill 1287, is seen in all states as a Red Flag for fast food restaurants and other stores catering to middle and low income families?  Newsom's new law includes a $20 per hour minimum wage for fast-food workers and a fast-food regulatory council which has the authority to raise the industry's minimum wage annually (Apr 24, 2024).

In conclusion, where do we see Leftist Democrats spending all their time and efforts?  Are they working on securing our borders?  NO!  Are they working to bring down Inflation to help all American families?  NO!  Are they working to help our Law Enforcement and First Responder Organizations combat the Crime Wave which has flourished during the Biden Administration?  NO!  Are they working on ways to help America's many homeless, especially our homeless veterans?  NO!

So what are the Leftist Democrats doing?  They are spending 90% of their time attempting to blacken the character of and convict President Donald Trump of false charges - and the other 10% of their time they spend trying to keep Old Joe Biden awake and to cover up his many gaffes - while Cackling Kamala is taking a public platform to tell America's youth to "Kick the F- - - - - - doors down!"  In a public forum and on national television!

Oh, and by the way, both Old Joe and Cackling Kamala are spending a lot of time and effort promoting their first priority, Abortion, to allow more "Murder by Abortion" of Americans' unborn and newly born babies, our future citizens.  Kind of reminds me of the way that Hitler's goons were promoting his effort to "Murder by Gas" all of our Jewish friends during World War 2.

Folks, this is a lot to consider, but if YOU want a better and more secure America for your families today - and a more secure future for your children and grandchildren - YOU will think long and hard about these facts - and - YOU WILL vote for President Trump in November 2024.

God bless America,

Bill Gray 

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Time Flies When We Are Having Fun - The Wireless Era!

TIME FLIES WHEN WE ARE HAVING FUN!  ~  At least that has long been my thinking.  Last week my wife, Dory, went to a meeting at her local Real Estate Board and as I was sitting in our living room reading, I had my iPhone on my lap tracking her progress as she drove. 

We have an app in our iPhones named Life360 which uses GPS (Global Positioning System) technology to track the progress of another family member.  And it is used in real time while driving to help us find a specific destination address we have entered into our iPhone or iPad.

Today we view that capability as an everyday mundane feature of our iPhone/iPad, not really giving it a second thought.  And I am sure that many young folks today would laugh if we remind them this is a relatively new technology - and it cost America a bundle of money to create. 

Even the cell phone itself is relatively new, I remember well, in the mid-1980s, going to a computer convention and having to stand in a long line at a bank of public phone booths in the convention center, just to call and check in with my office. 

Circa 1985, I was walking to the convention center in Las Vegas and I heard a man walking ahead of me, talking into what looked like an Army walkie-talkie, telling the person he was talking with, "I bet you cannot guess where I am calling you from!"  Yes, that was my very first time to see a cell phone.

The next year at the convention, some of the people had the expensive cell phones - but most of us still stood in long lines at the bank of public phone booths to call our office.

This is from the NASA web site:

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Global Positioning System History - GPS had its origins in the Sputnik era (1957 and forward, i.e., the Space Age) when scientists were able to track the satellite with shifts in its radio signal known as the “Doppler Effect.” 

The United States Navy conducted satellite navigation experiments in the mid-1960’s to track U.S. submarines carrying nuclear missiles.  With six satellites orbiting the poles, submarines were able to observe the satellite changes in Doppler and pinpoint the submarine’s location within a matter of minutes. .  .  .

Today GPS is a multi-use, space-based radio-navigation system owned by the U.S. Government and operated by the United States Air Force to meet national defense, homeland security, civil, commercial, and scientific needs. 

GPS currently provides two levels of service: Standard Positioning Service (SPS) which uses the coarse acquisition code on the L1 frequency - and Precise Positioning Service (PPS) which uses the P(Y) code.  Access to the PPS is restricted to U.S. Armed Forces, U.S. Federal agencies, and selected allied armed forces and governments.  The SPS is available to all users on a continuous, worldwide basis, free of any direct user charges. (NASA [dot] Gov site)

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Chuck Hill hired me, fresh out of the Air Force, in 1958 to work in the Test Department of Burroughs Corporation's mainframe computer system, the B-220.  And in 1959 when I transferred into Field Engineering, he also transferred into Field Engineering and was my District Manager in the Burroughs Washington DC office. 

In late 1962, early 1963, Chuck left Burroughs and joined Ramo-Wooldridge in Canoga Park, California, to set up a Test Department for their new RW mil-spec minicomputer, the AN/UYK-1, which was a ruggedized military spec computer in a cast iron enclosure designed to fit through the cargo hatch of a submarine.

In late 1962 Burroughs had transferred me back to Los Angeles and a month or so later, Chuck Hill called and asked me to join him at Ramo-Wooldridge.  It took me about 10 seconds, or less, to accept with a big, "Yes!"  

About 6 months later when the Test Department was established and we were shipping the AN/UYK-1 computers, I transferred into Field Engineering to install and maintain those computers at customer sites.

Early 1963, I traveled to the Philadelphia Naval Ship Yard to install an AN/UYK-1 aboard the USNS Kingsport, the first satellite communication ship - and one destined for history.  It was retrofitted to be the satellite control station for the Syncom 2 satellite.  I was in Philadelphia to install the AN/UYK-1 onboard the ship as the antennae tracking and control computer. 

It was amusing to stand in the ship's control center which had a wall of all kind of displays, controls, etc.  Later when the Star Trek movies appeared I wondered if Captain James Kirk's USS Enterprise was copied from the USNS Kingsport satellite control room. 

At that time the Syncom 2 satellite had not yet been launched into space, so they were using a helicopter as their de facto satellite for tracking purposes.  I had to laugh one day as I was watching them work - and heard from the operator talking with the helicopter pilot, "Can you give me your coordinates.  I cannot find you."  And I am thinking, "If he cannot find a helicopter flying above him - how is he going to find a satellite in space?" 

But he obviously did, for in 1963 the ship was sent to Lagos, Nigeria, as the control station for Syncom 2 satellite, becoming the control center for the first two way  intercontinental telephone conversation via satellite for two heads of state - a satellite telephone call to Nigerian Prime Minister Abubakar Balewa aboard the Kingsport docked in the port of Lagos and President John F. Kennedy at the White House on 23 August 1963.

Last week, as I was sitting in our living room tracking my wife, Real Estate Broker Dory Gray, driving to her Real Estate board meeting - the leap in technology between 1963 and today, 2024, really hit home for me.  In 1963 it took billions of dollars, thousands of engineers, scientist, manufacturers, and many other people to make President Kennedy's satellite phone call possible.  Yet today, as I sat in the recliner in my living room, with a small iPhone in my lap - I was tracking my wife in real time as she drove to her meeting.

After her meeting, I could see that she had stopped for lunch at a Carl's Jr. restaurant.  My iPhone with the Life360 app even showed me when she had parked and was walking into the restaurant.  At that moment I had several flashbacks:  One I just shared above with you about the history making satellite phone call. 

The other was a conversation I had with a late friend and co-worker, Bob Diorio, back in the 1980s.  Bob had been Eastern Regional Manager for Genisco Computer Graphics, Inc. - and at the same time I was the Western Regional Manager.  Our backgrounds were similar - military training, then working in the computer industry for many years.

Bob told me, "Bill, do you realize that for those decades of our early careers, the technology tracking chart would show an annual growth in technology of maybe 5 to 10 percent a year - and then all of a sudden, the chart begin to shoot up at a 45 degree rate?  My friend, technology is leaving us behind!"  And that was true.  My iPhone tracking of Dory really brought it home to me last week.

As Bob Dylan once sang, "For the times they are a-changin' "  And boy was he right!  It makes me wonder what technology will be like in another 20-30 years.

God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,

Bill

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