This Has Been My "Dream Team" For A Very Long Time!

This Has Been My "Dream Team" For A Very Long Time! I am convinced that a Trump-Gabbard Team will turn ALL America RED in the November 2024 Elections. Before I show you absolute proof that I am right - I would like to share what we will be missing when Trump-Gabbard wins in November, as compared to the Biden-Harris team currently cluttering our White House and making America a laughing-stock all around the world.

First, we will see a president who will immediately begin to rebuild the strong America he built during his first term. We will see the China, Russia, Iran, North Korea coalition stop laughing, stifle their smiles, and start moving toward building a working coalition WITH America - and put away their rattling sabres.

We will see the American economy once again blossom - inflation will take a big dip - unemployment for ALL Americans will be drastically lowered - jobs will once again come back into America instead to countries who hate us. In other words, we will once again see the America we had between Jan 6, 2017 and Jan 6, 2021 - an America who, without doubt, had the strongest economy, the strongest military, the best controlled border, and happy, productive American Families.

Our borders will once again be closed to all except legal immigrants. The ILLEGALS, foreign terrorist, drug cartels, human trafficking cartels, and other undesirables that have been flooding into America through our OPEN borders - will begin to flow OUT of our borders and back into Mexico. Once again it will be Mexico's burden, not Americas!

Now to the good part. What will we lose by having Tulsi Gabbard as our next Vice President? We will have to learn to live without the Cackling - without the Word Salad - and without the VP who got into politics in California by having an up-close and personal relationship with the married California Democratic Political Boss, Willie Brown.

During the 2019 Democratic Primary Debates, Willie Brown publish a book of his memoirs as a Political Boss in California - and in his book he speaks about his affair with a young female attorney, Kamala Harris, and how he, because of their relationship, was responsible for getting her into politics, by getting her appointed as Attorney General of San Francisco, and then AG of California.

Willie was her ticket into politics. But for some reason, even though the book was published and ready to hit the stores - it disappeared. Hmmm? I wonder how much that cost the Democratic Party?

Although I realize we all will miss the amusement of the Cackling and the Word Salad, because I know YOU are a true Conservative American who wants to "Make America Great Once Again," aka, MAGA PLUS! Based upon our mutual love for America, we all want to see sanity revived once again - I ask you to take about an hour of your time and view these four very impressive videos.

What will you find in these videos? Before continuing let me digress a wee bit. I went on Google to find a better way to express a person who is articulate - and although I seldom read on the Quora site - this question which popped up on Google so strongly expresses the comparison I wanted to show between Cackling "Word Salad" Kamala and Tulsi Gabbard, I have to share it with you.

"Why is it that people who articulate and speak well - seem to be smarter than the average person who doesn’t pronounce their words thoroughly? Is their a correlation between articulation and intelligence?" (Quora) And I would have to answer that question with a really big YES!

In these four short videos, you will not find Tulsi "cackling" - you will not see her waving her arms and offering a diet of Word Salad. What you WILL FIND is a woman who is articulate, intelligent, patriotic, and a Vice President who could, without American missing a beat, step into the Oval Office and continue our American government, if for any reason President Trump could not finish this term in office.

This is an excerpt from a blog I wrote on April 9, 2024 titled "Why Would I Vote For Tulsi Gabbard To Be The Next Vice President?"

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Why Would I Vote For Tulsi Gabbard To Be The Next Vice President? ~ Thought you would never ask. Let's get serious. We now have seen a VP chosen, not for ability, competence, patriotism, and most certainly not for her ability to speak to an audience and discuss issues of importance to American families.

She was chosen because she is female and for her supposed ethnicity. Those are admirable traits, but definitely not qualifications to be VP - and one heartbeat from being President to the United States. And her "cackling" when asked a serious question is enough make a stone scream!

Then there is Tulsi Gabbard ~ a Lieutenant Colonel and Battalion Commander in the Army Reserves - Iraq War veteran - former Congresswoman - and 2020 Presidential Candidate. Tulsi enlisted in the Hawaii Army National Guard in 2003.

In 2004, she deployed for a year-long tour to Iraq where she served as a medical specialist. After being commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, she was stationed in Kuwait from 2008 to 2009, serving as a Military Police Officer. In July 2021, she was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.

Tulsi was elected to Congress as the Representative from Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District and served in that office from 2013 to 2021. And if one wants to play the race card - Tulsi was the first Samoan-American to be elected to Congress.

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Now I ask YOU to view these videos - and get ready to vote for a TRUMP-GABBARD Ticket in November 2024:

MASSIVE Prediction: Trump's VP Will Be Tulsi Gabbard! - Donald Trump's VP Pick Could Be Tulsi Gabbard.
She'd Make A Great Vice president And This Is Why!
TayMerica - Jul 9, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJB_0JTSLCE

Tulsi Gabbard's Warning To America | CPAC 2024 Speech - Feb 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMG2Yq_Bhps&t=320s

"Fight Of Our Lives" - Tulsi Gabbard Says Trump Needs A Strong Patriot As His VP Pick For 2024
PBD Valuetainment Podcast - Apr 27, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-3cRAhE2h8

Tulsi Gabbard's Rallying Cry for America
Turning Point Action Convention - Jun 18, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-5yWsisQ2M

God bless America,

Bill Gray

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Which Is True - Eternal Heaven And Eternal Hell - Or Annihilationism?

Which Is True - Eternal Heaven And Eternal Hell - Or Annihilationism? ~  Today my good Friend and Christian brother, Jack B. Marti, posted a text graphic which declared:  "The soul of man is not naturally immortal.  If we are redeemed we 'put on immortality.'  (But) "The soul that sinneth, it shall die'."
 
In other words Jack was saying that heaven is eternal and immortal for believers - but NOT eternal and immortal for non-believers. 

That is the definition of Annihilationism,  the belief that unbelievers will not experience eternal hell and suffering, but will instead just be burned up, extinguished, after death.  I would like to offer Biblical proof that my Friend is confused and is following a theology which is not Biblical.

I had intended to respond to Jack's post, but when I tried Facebook told me my response is too long.  So I have to address my Friend's contention as a new post.  This is what I initially posted to Jack:

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Hi Jack B. Marti,  Your graphic tells us, "The soul of man is not naturally immortal.  If we are redeemed we "put on immortality."  (But) "The soul that sinneth, it shall die."

Let's look at your first statement, "The soul of man is not naturally immortal. .  .  ."

Yet in Genesis 1:27 God tells us, "So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them."  

In what way were Adam and Eve, and consequently all mankind, created like Him?  God does not have a physical body, so He could not be speaking of our flesh and bone bodies.  God is perfect in every way.  But because of Adam, man is flawed in every way.  So no mortal perfection for man.  So what is left?  Eternal Immortality!  All mankind after Adam and Eve, later saved or unsaved - are born to be immortal.  The only question is where will that immortal body spend eternity - heaven or hell?

The next part of your statement, "If we are redeemed we 'put on immortality'."  is referring to 1 Corinthians:

1 Corinthians 15:50-53,  "Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption.  Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed - in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality."

This is referring to the fact that because Christ resurrected - all mankind is assured that we, too, will be resurrected.  Christ assured that all mankind will exchange mortal bodies for immortal bodies - both saved and unsaved.  The only difference is the eternal destination.

Paul tells us in 2 Corinthians 5:1-5,  "For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.  For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven, if indeed, having been clothed, we shall not be found naked.  For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, but further clothed, that mortality may be swallowed up by life.  Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee."

That is referring to the fact that our corrupt mortal bodies cannot enter into the perfection of the presence of God - so He resurrects we believers into immortal bodies so that we many stand before Him in fellowship. And He later resurrects the immortal bodies of the non-believer to spend eternity separated from God.

Now let's look at your final statement, "The soul that sinneth, it shall die"   Here you are suggesting Annihilationism, that the body of the unbeliever, rather than suffer in hell eternally as God has determined - will merely burn up, disappear.  That is not Biblical.

You are referring to Ezekiel 18:20-21, "The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.  But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die."

Pastor David Guzik in his Study Guide for Ezekiel 18 tells us:  The soul who sins shall die: As God judges each man and woman individually, the righteous will be justified and the wicked will be judged.

That phrase you quoted is from Ezekiel 18:20, and it is basically referring to the fact that in God's perfect Love and perfect Judgment - each person must decide for himself / herself to choose eternal Life in Christ, or eternal Torment in hell. 

The Bema Seat Judgment is for those who died in their faith in Jesus Christ, while the Great White Throne Judgment is for those who died in their denial of Christ and have been waiting in Hades/Torment (Luke 16:23) to be resurrected in their immortal bodies to stand before Christ to hear His judgment which sends them to the Lake of Fire, Hell, eternally.

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For reference, these are the Scripture passages referred to in that excerpt from GotQuestion:

Acts 24:15,  ".  .  .  . that there shall certainly be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked. "

Revelation 20:10, "And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever."

Revelation 20:11-15, "Then I saw a Great White Throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled, and no place was found for them.  And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds. 

And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them; and they were judged, each one of them according to their deeds.  Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire.  This is the second death, the lake of fire.  And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire."

And from the Sheep & Goat Judgment following His Second Coming, this is found in Matthew 25:31-46:

Matthew 25:46, "These (goats, non-believers) will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous (sheep, believers) into eternal life."

Jack, my Christian brother, all mankind was created to be eternal, immortal beings.  Only Adam's fall into sin divided us into those going into Eternal joy and happiness - and those going into Eternal torment and suffering.  Both depend upon the eternal choice made by each individual man/woman in this lifetime.

Ephesians 1:13 tells us that the Holy Spirit enters and dwells within each believer - and Ephesians 4:30 tells us that the Holy Spirit lives within each believer by which we are sealed unto the day of redemption.  What is our day of redemption?  It is the day we die in this mortal body - or the day we are Raptured from this mortal body and into our immortal bodies.

Jack, thank you for your initial post.  This is a point of confusion for many believers - and we have seen a number of supposed Evangelical pastors who are teaching the false hope of Annihilationism.  So I feel this discussion between Friends and brothers in Christ is timely and very worthwhile.

God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,

Bill

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For Years I Have Read The "Grace In Focus" Magazine - But!

FOR YEARS I HAVE READ THE "GRACE IN FOCUS" MAGAZINE ~ Published by the Grace Evangelical Society, aka, Free Grace Movement.  And while I have many Christian brethren and Friends who worship in Free Grace churches, and are just as saved as me - I have never been able to agree with them completely. 

I love the articles in this magazine, I learn from them, yet there remains a couple of teachings and/or actions which I cannot fully digest.  I will say this to all my believing Friends, "I highly recommend the Grace in Focus magazine for your Christian and even leisurely reading."

Today, while eating breakfast I was reading the latest issue of Grace in Focus and the article "Is The Forgiveness Of Sins Equivalent To Everlasting Life?"  caught my attention.  It was written by Mike Lii, a finance attorney and a member of the Grace Evangelical Society Board of Directors.  As I was reading Mike's article, it suddenly dawned on me the root of my disagreement with the Free Grace teaching.

But first let me digress a wee bit.  During my 50 year career in the computer industry, I traveled a lot.  To the point that hotel rooms became more like home to me than did my actual home.  And often when I would have repeat visits to the same hotel and had found a specific room I liked - in making reservations I asked for that room.   Thomas Wolfe may have written the novel, "You Can't Go Home Again" - but in my hotel homes I was proving him wrong.

Traveling meant eating in restaurants, or room service in my rooms, and when I came home from a trip, being single I ate in restaurants.  So on the road or at home - I ate in restaurants.  Eating alone in restaurants, no matter how elegant or upscale, became boring - so I came with a good book to read during my meal. 

I remember a funny incident that happened years ago while I was reading and eating.  A lady walked by, stopped, and asked with that "Hi there, big boy" smile, "What are you reading?"  I smiled at her and replied, "It is 'The Life of Jesus'."  Her smile disappeared and she walked quickly away.

You can see how, after a while, I chose to eat most of my dinners in my hotel room while watching television, and then go for a walk.  And restaurant eating is why I was forced to learn to cook at home.

What was my favorite room service meal?  I would have to say that a Reuben sandwich with french fries, a bowl of fresh fruit, and a pot of coffee was number one on my dining list.

"Bill, why have you begun a blog addressing the Grace in Focus magazine, Free Grace Movement, faith, repentance, believing in Christ, and forgiveness of sins - and then switch over to a Reuben sandwich?"   I thought you would never ask!

In the Free Grace churches they teach we are saved by Faith, but without repentance.  To me, when I was saved by Faith in Jesus Christ, Repentance was an integral part of my Faith.  That would be like diving into a lake to swim, but not getting wet.  Can't be done!  Getting wet is an integral part of diving into the lake.  Just as Repentance is an integral part of being saved by Faith Alone.

And today reading the article "Is The Forgiveness Of Sins Equivalent To Everlasting Life?" it suddenly dawned on me why I have never been fully able to accept the teachings of the Free Grace Movement.   Why?  They insist upon taking the teachings of the Bible and dissecting it down to the bare bones - then claiming the bare bone as the Gospel.

They do not separate the chicken or the egg - they insist upon taking the chicken apart instead and making that their doctrine.

In the article, "Is The Forgiveness Of Sins Equivalent To Everlasting Life?"  - Mike Lii argues for separating "Believing in Christ" - "Forgiveness of Sins" - and "Eternal Life" - as being separate issues.   While to me, when by Faith I believed in Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, All my sins were forgiven, and I had His Promise of Eternal Life.  That is one integral package:  Faith, Believing, Forgiven Sins, Eternal Life. 

Just as the Reuben Sandwich is made with corned beef on rye bread, topped with Swiss cheese, sauerkraut, and Russian dressing - then put on the grill and melted until the corned beef, cheese, sauerkraut, Russian dressing, and bread become ONE tasty meal ~ Salvation is one integral package:  Faith, Believing, Forgiven Sins, Eternal Life.   There is no such thing as Believing in Christ without forgiveness of sins and eternal life.

One last thought.  It seems to me that Bob Wilkin spends more effort arguing against John MacArthur, than against Satan!  I know, that is an exaggeration  - but that is often the feeling I get in reading his blogs and articles.  I read them because they are very worthwhile, but I would get more from them if he left John MacArthur at home.

I spent about 35 years in computer systems sales and marketing - and one practice which gave me success was ~ When with a prospective customer, tell him all the good features of your product and how it will fulfill his needs.  Do Not spend all your time knocking down your competitor.

If you have a great product, which we do - since our Eternal Life Doctrines are based upon our Bible - we do not need to spend a great deal of time downgrading the competition, but should spend all our time telling and showing folks what a great God and Savior we have in Jesus Christ. 

Let me close by suggesting that, if you do not already subscribe to the Grace in Focus magazine, DO IT!  If is FREE (great price).  

"It is a free bimonthly publication, is filled with easy-to-follow topical and exegetical articles dealing with the Gospel and assurance.  The articles are both informative and motivational.  Many find the articles so helpful that readers file them for future use."  (This was copied from their Subscribe web site, but I agree)

https://faithalone.org/resources/grace-in-focus-magazine/subscribe/

God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,

Bill 

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Allow Me To Share A Wee Bit Of My Early Naughty Life!

Well, not so naughty, but interesting, at least to me.  As most who have read my past blogs know, in the early 1960s I was sort of bitten by the acting bug.  Not so much bitten, but bored and tired of parties and night clubs every night - so I enrolled in the Theater of Arts acting school in Santa Monica. 

And from there later to an acting school in Beverly Hills run by the man who had been in charge of a large studio's inhouse acting school.  In the 30s, 40s, and 50s all the major studios had their own acting school at their studios - and when they found a young potential future actor, they would put him/her on salary and train them inhouse. 

By the early 1960s most studios had stopped this - so this man started his own school in Beverly Hills.  And it was interesting.  There I learned that my Southern accent was a form of lazy speech.  Maybe he was right, or maybe we Southerners know what the English language should sound like. 

One related incident happened circa 1963.  I was Lawrence in Little Women at a Children's Theater in Encino on Sundays - and one week I was asked to fill in for the man who played Professor Luigi in Pinocchio, the Saturday production. 

As I was studying the script, a lady was helping me with my costume, and another lady was teaching me an Italian accent.   Finally she threw up her hands and declared, "I start with your Southern accent, try to teach you an Italian accent - and end up with Chinese!"  But the performance went on, two times that afternoon.

After Beverly Hills I enrolled in an acting class at Pierce College in Woodland Hills.  That class proved to be interesting also.  For on the first night when we all introduced ourselves, one lady introduced herself as the wife of Rod Serling, creator of The Twilight Zone.  Why she was in a college acting class, I don't know.  But why would she lie?  For surely folks in the class or the man teaching the class would know if she was not being truthful.  And she made our class interesting - every week after class, she was the one leading the whole group to a local club for dancing.  Never happened in any of my other classes. 

Then last night on YouTube I saw the trailer for the movie "Days of Wine And Roses," and that really took me back.  This scene in the photo below is from the beginning of the movie.  Jack Lemmon is a high-powered Public Relations man and in this scene he is taking six tall, beautiful blonde call girls to a party on the yacht of a sheik.  The six tall, beautiful blonde ladies were actually six models they had hired in San Francisco just for this part of the movie.

At that time in my life, my favorite evening spot was the original El Torito in Toluca Lake, California.  Why was this my favorite place?  Well, for one, they had great Mexican food, they had Manuel on the Piano Bar, and they had two very talented waiters:  Val and Miguel.   Val was a tall, handsome Latino who sang popular songs such as La Bamba better than the original - and Miguel was a small guy with a big voice, singing show tunes and even operatic songs.

The clientele was also interesting since the restaurant was near Warner Bros Studio in Burbank, many of the young folks working at the studio patronized this original El Torito.  Normally they were not wild, but I will admit that one evening when I came in, a young lady from the studio crowd was dancing on the Piano Bar.  Not a regular occurrence though.

Another interesting occurrence happened one evening as we all stood by the main bar chatting while waiting for Manuel to begin on the piano bar.   We were all dressed in casual clothing - except for one young guy from the Midwest.  He was wearing a black suit, white shirt, and black tie.  He mentioned that he was in California attending a school.  Naturally someone asked what he was studying - and he, with a straight face, told us, "I am studying to be a mortician."  You could have heard a pin drop.

And I mentioned that Manuel was at the Piano Bar which was loaded with all sort of noise makers:  bongos, maracas, tambourines, etc.  It was fun to sit around the Piano Bar, sing, and make noise while waiting for Val or Miguel to come and truly sing.

One evening I walked into the club and walking past the main bar I noticed a very attractive blonde sitting at the bar with two guys hanging all over her - so I just noticed briefly as I walked on to join Manuel at the Piano Bar.  A little while later, that very attractive blonde came to me and asked, "Can I sit by you?  Those two guys are really pestering me."  

What could I say?  No gentleman would refuse to help a lady in such a stressful situation.  She sat beside me at the Piano Bar and we chatted, she told me she one of six models hired for the early scenes of the movie "Days of Wine And Roses" which was being filmed at that time.  And the next evening we went on a date.

Later that week she told me that one of the other girls who was her friend, had nothing to do that evening, and she wanted to know if I had a friend who could go on a blind date with her.  A guy would have to be blind to not accept that date.  There was a guy where I worked at Ramo-Wooldridge, a nice looking guy who I thought would fit in well, so I called and arranged for him to join us.  Big, big mistake!

That evening we were having dinner, just chatting and having what could have been a nice evening - except this clown was star-struck, "Oh, you are really in this movie?  You are an actress and a model?" he repeated with little puppy eyes as he was adoring her - to the point that it was embarrassing.  I felt like telling him, "Lighten up!  These two beautiful ladies are just flesh and bone like you and me.  They are not here to be worshiped."  I felt like saying it, but did not.  However, I can assure you that I never introduced him to another date again, never!

She was in Los Angeles for about two weeks, then I drove her to the airport and we said goodbye, and except for a couple of phone calls - that was the end of our relationship, gone like the Days of Wine And Roses!

As I said earlier, that was my early somewhat naughty young professional life in the City of Angels, Los Angeles.  In my later more mature years I know I have made the right decision, an eternal decision which I happily share with all my family.  Yet I do admit, at times the deja vu bug bites me and I look back and wonder - "What if?"  Then I dust that deja vu bug off, or as now I write about it, smile, embrace my family, and look for my next inspiration. 

My regrets in life are not related to fame, fortune, or many "What ifs."  No, I have only two real regrets: First would be the times in my life when I may have hurt someone, for it was never done intentionally.  I cannot recall a time in my life when I have purposely chosen to hurt another, although, in hindsight, I can recall times when I look back on a situation now and ask myself, "Did I really do that?" or "Did I really say that?"  At the time, I was totally oblivious and had no idea what I was doing was hurtful.  If only I could go back and make amends.  But God and time do not allow "do overs."  That was my first real regret and I have to live with it.

My second real regret was my waiting until I was 50 years old to become a believer. So many time during that 50 years I could have lost the eternal gamble and have been lost for eternity. But praise God, that did not happen. And the experiences of my first 50 years prove helpful in my writing ministry. I have to believe God has always been in control - for within a year of becoming a believer in 1987 - God gave me a Christian writing ministry.

I have long wondered how Roman Catholic priests can offer Marriage Counseling - when they have never been married. Or how a Roman Catholic priest can counsel young people on Sexual Relationships - when they have supposedly never had such a relationship?

Yes, they can offer book knowledge, but which is better, book knowledge, or "Been there, done that!" and can tell you the pitfalls to avoid. My 50 years of walking with the world - allows me to share my experiences of how the world is working to pull folks away from God. Me being a delayed believer, I can use that experience and knowledge in my writing and sharing, hopefully to guide others away from doing the same. And what I share is very often, like this blog, the product of deja vu reminiscing.

God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,

Bill

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What Do Barack Obama And George Wallace Have In Common? ~ They Are Both Racists!

WHAT DO BARACK OBAMA AND GEORGE WALLACE HAVE IN COMMON? ~ They Are Both Racists!

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, America's first black president, Barack Obama - is trying to be the next George Wallace! Yes, Barack Obama (the president who could never find his own birth certificate) has realized (or maneuvered) that his puppet, Joe Biden, will not be able to successfully run in the 2024 Election.

And knowing that virtually all Americans do not want to see America further embarrassed by Cackling Kamala as the next Democratic presidential candidate - Obama is starting the subtle campaign to push his wife, Angry Michelle, as the next Democrat Party candidate for president.

In other words, "Barack Obama Is Trying To Emulate George Wallace! He Is Trying To Be The NEXT George Wallace!"

Racism, Racial Division, most frequently has come from two sources. And the following is my worldview of racial discrimination.

First, it grew in America in the 1600s to 1800s, costing over 600,000 American lives in the Civil War of 1861-1865. But over the next 100 years or so, thanks to a booster shot given it by President Eisenhower in 1957, the Civil Rights condition in America began to turn around. Racially divided schools became integrated, discrimination laws were enacted, and other changes were slowly making America more the land of freedom, for all people. I grew up in Alabama in the 1940s/50s and saw segregation and prejudice first hand. I praise God I was not raised in a home where prejudice and racism were practiced. But in hindsight I can see that racial discrimination, starting back in the early days of slavery in the l600s, was an evil passed on from parents to children, over and over again.

That is what kept it alive throughout the 18th, 19th, and most of the 20th century - parents who, as children, had learned this evil in their homes - then passed it on to their children, those children to their children - and the cycle continued. Were these bad people? No! Most were not, just folks who had heard, parroted, and accepted racial prejudice as normal in their homes and communities. They were just folks who did not know how to break the cycle.

President Eisenhower began to break that cycle when he signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the first civil rights legislation since the Post-Civil War Reconstruction period (1865 to 1877). And he sent Federal Troops to protect the Little Rock Nine, a group of nine African American students, enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957.

Second, and I believe most prevalent in America during my lifetime, racial division is used to gain political power - primarily by the Democratic Party.  One of the most flagrant abusers of that evil was George Wallace, the Democratic Governor of Alabama in the 1960s when racial tension ran high, fueled in a large part by Wallace himself, who nurtured it for political gain.  In his gubernatorial campaign, his campaign slogan was:  "Segregation Now, Segregation Tomorrow, Segregation Forever."  

In my heart and mind, George Wallace was pure evil, for he was willing to sacrifice a large portion of the population of Alabama - for political purposes, power, and gain.  He was an expert at playing to that familial inbred racism, i.e., parent to child cycle, which had nurtured it for centuries.  Believe it or not, George Wallace was a greater embarrassment to me than our current Cackling Kamala!
 
When Wallace's term as governor ended and he could run no more - he pushed his wife, Lurleen, to the forefront, getting her elected governor of Alabama.  That made him Governor-in-fact.

Much like George Wallace making Lurleen his front puppet - I believe Barack Obama is subtly working on the same plan for the 2024 Election - get rid of Joe Biden and present his wife, Angry Michelle, as the best candidate to run against President Trump.  It is my opinion, and you can watch her current interviews and press meetings to verify what I believe is their intention - that Obama wants to get his wife elected - so that he can be President-in-fact. 

BARACK OBAMA has become the next GEORGE WALLACE!

Barack Obama has been the Master Puppeteer behind Joe Biden, how much more would he be behind his own wife, Angry Michelle?

Democrat George Wallace ran in the 1968 United States Presidential Election as the candidate for the American Independent Party against Richard Nixon, Republican, and Hubert Humphrey, Democrat.  Wallace did not expect to win the election, his strategy was to prevent either major party candidate from winning a majority in the Electoral College.

This would throw the election into the House of Representatives, where Wallace had influence and believed he would have bargaining power sufficient to determine, or at least strongly influence, the selection of the next president.  Personally, in hindsight, I believe I see the old Adversary guiding George Wallace's actions.  Who would you guess is guiding Barack Obama's actions?

Can you picture Barack Obama (with great disdain for whites) - standing shoulder to shoulder with George Wallace (with great disdain for blacks) - pushing Angry Michelle Obama to be president?

And just like George Wallace was fighting to spread Racial Discrimination for political gain, Obama has been, and is, copying Wallace's game plan.  George against Blacks - Obama against Whites.  There is no difference!

In the video below, Candace Owens shares her candid thoughts on how the Leftist Democrats have, for almost two centuries, lied to and used the black communities to keep them voting Democrat.  It is time to change all that - for I don't believe any American wants to give Barack Obama a third term in office hiding behind Angry Michelle's petty coat.  I urge you to watch this short 4-minute video:

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Candace Owens: The Left Uses Racism to Control Black America
PragerU 4-Minute Video - February 17, 2020

Candace Owens speaking TRUTH! It's time for Black America to leave the Left.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUOYPdomEPI

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And then I urge you to:

IN NOV 2024 - VOTE CONSERVATIVE, ON ISSUES AND CANDIDATES!

IN NOV 2024 - VOTE TO "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

IN NOV 2024 - VOTE FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP!  MAGA ALL THE WAY!

God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,

Bill 

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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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