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12/10/2025

12/10/2025

Verbal Violence Is Destroying Us

Proverbs 10:6
Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but violence covers the mouth of the wrong.

I ran for public office in Oregon back in 2008.
So I understand how nasty and mean people can be.

But the verbal violence today makes 2008 look like a cake walk.

I’m sure some of you have noticed some of the comments on your social media.
Vile is the best word I can use to describe some of it.

I scan my comment section, but I can tell within a couple of words whether I’m going to keep reading.
The same people who clamour for unity and discussion are those who pepper your thoughts with the nastiest replies.
Some of them are people you once called friends.
But you crossed a line by disagreeing with them.
Think about that.
The same folks who wanted us to give peace a chance and hid behind terms like tolerance and diversity, spit on you when you disagree with them.

I often wonder what they are so upset about.
What makes folks so angry that they will claw the eyes out of someone who disagrees with them?
I’m sure offline, some of them are decent people.
I know they are; we used to get along.

The reaction to COVID and the election of Donald Trump as President seems to have been too much for some.
If you disagree with vaccine mandates, follow the research on COVID that shows culture over-reacted and hid treatments that could have saved lives, and challenge those who disagree with you; sharp tongues and destruction of one’s character seem to be their weapon of choice.

We learn when we openly discuss everything, not just the ideas that make us comfortable.
Some of the closed-minded comments I get from people come from folks who used to be so open to what they call dialogue.

Where does that anger come from? Fear.
Fear of what? I have no idea.
But it must be pretty deep and pretty scary to cause the lashings, slashing, and bashing that comes out of their mouths and onto my computer screen.

When I read that proverb this morning, the one I led with at the top, it made me rather sad.
Perhaps I’m underestimating the depth of pain people are experiencing in their fear.
It’s hard to feel sorry for people who rip you apart for seeing the world and our situation differently.
We all make mistakes.
We each have our blinders, and we all need a creator to define right from wrong.

12/10/2025

Oregon has more non-affiliated voters than there are registered Democrats or people registered Republican. I local woman has been doing some research that I want to share with you.

12/09/2025

The Tidal Wave of Truth

Remember when culture told us to celebrate our differences?
It didn’t matter what color our skin was.
In fact, we were told not to look for color, but rather to focus on the heart of the person.
It didn’t matter how much money we had in the bank, what we believed in, or where our parents came from; we were to be accepted as such.

Now, many of those same people who preached equity, diversity, and seeing no color, just humanity, are pushing the exact opposite.
These same cultural warriors claim to seek unity, fairness, and a better society, but their actions tell a much different story.

Our forefathers, the individuals who founded this country, truly believed that each one of us is created in the image of God and has God-given rights to self-expression and freedom of speech.
You can’t threaten to kill someone, but if you don’t like their politics, their gender, or their beliefs, you have the right to say something.
True free speech doesn’t create a hierarchy or pick and choose what is free and what is controlled.
Once you do that, you’ve lost the whole idea, and the short list of no-nos grows.

We have a real problem in this country with our young men and what the message manipulators have been telling them for more than a decade.
Rather than allowing them to be men, our culture has tried to successfully emasculate an entire generation simply for being born a male.
They call it toxic masculinity, which the label itself will create.

If that boy is white, or non brown, it’s even worse.
Don’t think so, talk to them, ask them, listen to them, don’t assume you know.
Oh, and despite what some think, it’s not racist to say what I just said; it’s the truth.
To call it racist translates into, “they don’t have an answer, so they just call you names.”
It’s interesting, statistics show many of our young men are turning back to the church to find a true definition of what it means to be a man.
They aren’t choosing modern churches but instead more traditional faiths like Catholicism.
Our men don’t trust the cultural definition of a man because it’s anything but manly.
They’ve had it with culture and need something foundational to get them to the truth.

People of all colors, backgrounds, and ideologies are coming back to the center.
Not just the political center, but a re-evaluation of what culture tries to sell as normal.
The gender debate has lost its way.
We are told by the cultural controllers that there are more than two genders when science, genetics, and our faith tell us that’s just not true.
Instead of digging deeper, culture refuses to follow the science and calls us names for disagreeing.
You can give people the grace to choose their own lives without having to celebrate their decision or agree with their analysis.

Nobody likes to be told what to do.
We don’t listen when you say racism is bad, but in the next breath, judge us based on the color of our skin or the party of our politics.
Hypocrisy doesn’t sit well with anyone, so please stop.

The slow, slippery slope started decades ago.
Most didn’t see it coming.
But I believe God is in the process of setting the record straight.

In Proverbs, it says: “Treasures of wrongness are of no value, but righteousness delivers from death.”

It’s time to identify inconsistencies and stop allowing a small group to set the standards with its agenda.

We can accept people without having to agree with everything they believe.
If something doesn’t sit right and the facts don’t support the message, we are obligated to say something, not cower out of fear of being canceled.
Some people will push and bully us until we stand down.
When you stand up to the folly, the refreshing essence of the truth is overwhelming to the senses.
Once you see the power of the truth, you can’t, you won’t, go back.

The truth has been hidden under a blanket of virtue signaling and weakness.
It’s time to remove the veil.
It’s time to set the record straight.

12/09/2025

Something is happening in the world. I sense a significant change is approaching. Do you feel it too, or is it just me? What do you think these changes will bring?

12/08/2025

12/08/2025

Joy Sometimes Needs Pain To Give It Birth

One of the things that sold us on the house we are living in is the floors.
We walked inside the house, and the floors set the place apart.
In a world consumed by inexpensive, fake wood vinyl floors, the real deal cannot be mimicked.

The wood for the floors came from an old stable in North Dakota.
It’s barnwood with cracks and swirls, knots and imperfections that give it character.
The homeowner told us he sanded them to perfection, but didn’t take out the knots or deep cuts and abrasions given to the wood from exposure.
He was going to stain them, but decided against it.
What happened was the one-hundred-year-old wood soaked in the natural sealer, turning the floors a rich, beautiful honey color.

“It is the tree that suffers that is capable of polish. When the woodsman wants some curved lines of beauty in the grain, he cuts down some maple that has been gashed by the axe and twisted by the storms. In this way, he secures the knots and the hardness that takes the gloss.” (Streams in the Desert)

Life’s difficulty builds character.
The harsher the conditions, the more twisted our surroundings, the more beauty we have to show the world.
Our lives are exposed to difficulty, not just to make us stronger, but to reveal an inner beauty that can’t be faked.

People go to great lengths to puff up their lips, tuck their tummy, and dewrinkle their skin.
We take what God gave us and try to perfect it.
There’s nothing wrong with taking care of ourselves, but when we start allowing youth to consume us, we may be heading into murky waters.
What if the real beauty is not how smooth our skin looks, but the wrinkles and scars produced by living a great life that tell our true story?

As with less expensive vinyl floors, imperfections can be faked in appearance, but the warmth of real difficulty exposes the imposter and lacks warmth and authenticity.

We live in a world that wants the look but doesn’t want to go through the hardship to create authenticity.
Every good story has downs.
We wouldn’t go to a movie to watch the story of someone’s made-up up perfect life.
Real-life drama creates interest and leaves us wanting more.

I don’t like it when things don’t work out.
I want smooth sailing and try too hard to avoid rough waters.
But God doesn’t want a cheap imitation.
He’s looking ahead at the finished product, not some quick makeover that leaves us unfulfilled.

I really like the title of this short story.
It says it all.
Joy sometimes needs pain to give it birth.
I hope you have a great week.

12/07/2025

It’s Between You & God

It’s easy to scroll through the news feed, scratch your head, and think, the world is coming to an end.
Pendulums swing back and forth, historically speaking, but the current movement is erratic.
The conversation is either too far to the left or too far to the right.
There’s no room for middle ground, and if you believe that’s where you are (the middle), the message manipulators will stick you in a corner and try to hold you there until they’ve destroyed you.
Do not let them define you.

You and I alone, with the discernment of our creator, determine what we believe, not some marketing firm or cultural narrative filled with lies and half-truths.
If something doesn’t sit well with you, take it to God, and if you still get a funny feeling, reject it, don’t ignore it.

There’s a great story of an old man who walked around town with a tiny can of oil.
Every time he heard a door or window hinge squeak, he would dab a bit of oil on the mechanism to soothe it.
If a gate was too hard to open, he’d sq**rt a bit of oil on the hinge to loosen it up.

The people of his village thought he was odd, crazy, cranky, and unbalanced.
What value did he have in spending his life, lubricating the unmovable?

We each have our own can of oil.
It’s not up to our friends and neighbors to tell us how, when, or where to use it.

I recently listened to a podcast about rewiring our brains.
We get stuck in patterns that eventually convince us we are something that we are not.
The brain, according to the experts who study this amazing organ, is rewirable, but it takes effort.
We must understand that our brain will lie to us.
Many of today’s “afflictions” are nothing of the sort, but we must allow God to make that determination and then follow His lead.
The little voices in our heads, dropping accusations into the depths of our souls, simply are not true.
We must question, intentionally, the thoughts our brains present to us all the time.

I’m a guy who senses things before they happen.
My spirit has always been sensitive to changes that way.
Something big is coming, and I don’t know what it is, but I sense it’s going to force each of us to stand up for what is good, righteous, and true.
This is not a cultural consensus of truth but a Godly judgment.
It’s not a right versus left change; it’s a good versus evil scenario.

When culture turns on itself, history shows us, destruction of some sort will follow.
When the sanctity of life doesn’t matter, and lawlessness rules the land, consequences arise, and they are never harmless.
One revealing sign is how we treat the most vulnerable in our society.
Yes, I’m talking about our children.
We have let them down.

We are told to stay near God, and He will guide us.
We are instructed, in His word, not to worry; He has a plan, and it’s a good plan.
But there is no guarantee of the outcome for each of us individually.
In fact, if you see what happened to those who followed God closely, there was always a high price to pay.

Now is the time to renew one’s mind.
W**d out those thoughts that seek to mislead and replace them with the truth.
Make sure your oil can is always filled with the soothing lubricant of our Lord.
Never be afraid to speak or seek the truth.
And when the storms come, be still and know that ONLY He is God.

12/06/2025

Wow, That Struck A Nerve

It’s often interesting to me what strikes a nerve with people who tend to lean to the far left.
It shows how differently we see the world and solutions to our current problems.

In a post last night, I did some nerve damage to some of those who read my content.
I claimed, rightly so, that those of us in the middle and to the right of center are actually the counter-culture.
We pay a price for speaking out against vaccines, COVID, wokeness, abortion, and many other important issues of our time.
The left-leaners use virtue signalling as a way of controlling the conversation, or at least they used to, until our voices got louder.
After claiming the counterculture label, the fangs from a few on the left came out.
I guess they still see themselves as the oppressed, fighting for what they believe is right.
But the far left is anything but counter to culture.
They’ve created this culture that is falling apart.

Long ago, the far left was the counterculture.
They were against cultural norms.
They had bumper stickers on their Volvos that read, “kill your TV, don’t trust big pharma, don’t trust the government, and don’t trust the media.”
Now, people who truly believe those things are considered extreme right (counterculture), and many on the left seem to buy in completely.

I recently posted a blog about Oregon being fed up.
I was talking about the tidal wave of support those fighting the gas tax are creating.
Democrats and Republicans and thousands of others don’t care about party politics; they are just tired of being taken advantage of by current Democrat policies in Oregon, and came out in support of repealing the gas tax.

This hit a nerve with a newspaper writer in Eastern Oregon, Tammy Malgesini.
Now that folks on the left have seen the success of signature gatherers, the battle to discredit the move is well underway.
“It’s not that bad, it’s not that much money,” seems to be the battle cry.
So in her article, she does what the left does so well: to try to control culture, she nitpicks and twists my words, not missing the point but trying to change it to boost her position.

She writes:
“This is not about Democrats or Republicans, this is about our financial future! Please, don’t confuse the two,” Carol Greene wrote on Nov. 19 when sharing a post by Rick Dancer, who lost a bid in November 2008 as the Republican candidate for Oregon secretary of state. A Hillsboro native and longtime journalist/TV news anchor, Dancer’s post was titled, “The Oregon Deep State is Shaking.” Although he has resided in Montana for several years, Dancer obviously still follows Oregon politics and freely shares his opinion, saying the objective of this referendum effort is “to stop the Democrats and their leader, Tina Kotek, from implementing the 4.3 billion dollar tax increase.” Sounds pretty political to me. Dancer slams Democrats and party leaders in his more than 500-word diatribe, including providing advice to those signing/collecting signatures for the petition. “The state is against this and wants to find reasons to invalidate your signature,” he wrote.

This repeal effort is not a Democrat or Republican issue.
But the gas tax is partisan.
Very different topics that are twisted together, on purpose, to try to discredit what’s really happening here.
Not a single Republican in the Oregon legislature voted for the 4.3 billion dollar tax.
It was the Democrat party and its leader Kotek, responsible for the tax.

They claim it’s not much.
To many of us, the dollar amount isn’t that much.
But again, they miss the point.
It’s not as much about the amount as it is the final straw for many Oregonians.
A tax here, an increase there, a user fee, and new charges to use a paddleboard for goodness’ sake.
It never ends.

I would venture to bet, the amazing response to the petition drive is less about the gas tax and more about “The People” saying, “Enough already.”
The Democrats in the legislature know that.
So rather than admit they were wrong as they ignored democracy, and instead shove one more thing down the throats of voters, they will come after all of us who expose the lies.

The cultural machine is just starting to gain momentum.
The counter culture needs to fight back.
This is not so much about the tax as it is about maintaining control of the message.
It’s clear, Oregonians (all parties) are back in control.
But the battle is just starting to heat up.
Who will control Oregon?
Republicans, Democrats? I hope not.
I vote for the people.
And so should you.

12/05/2025

People Simply Aren’t Buying It

I posted a video yesterday asking folks what question is out there that they’d like to ask but still fear asking publicly.
I received dozens of private messages from frustrated people with real-life questions that, for fear of reprisal, they would not post.
I get it.
To be counter-culture is dangerous.
The cost to business, family, solitude, and standing in the community is real.

I spent most of my career in journalism.
When I left, I stayed in the media and the public eye.
The cost of asking questions that are counter to the mob is high.

What the message manipulators fail to understand is that while you can silence the questions, the frustration created will come back to bite you in the ass, and it is.
We are watching a quiet revolution, boiling just under the surface of wokeness, created by virtue signalers who have no virtue.
Everything is suspect and for good reason.

We have school districts and their unions, hiding secrets from parents.
They are to blame for exposing themselves during COVID when they kept schools closed, raising questions from parents and the attention of the taxpayer to what is really going on in our classrooms.

Lawmakers, who create laws they don’t have to follow, have lost the respect of the people.
When you break your own rules but expect those who pay you to follow them, few will, and they reject you.

What excites me is the questions I got to see that the message makers will never see until it’s too late.
You can control on the surface what is said, but you can’t control underneath, what is truly believed.
At some point, when we are there, people tire of the lies and will do anything to find the truth.

So expect more headlines of people being caught in their sin.
Cheaters seem to dig their own holes, which turn out to be their graves.
When liars are about to be caught, they scream longer and louder, so be warned.

Morals and standards still matter.
They are hard to see on the surface, but just below it, those foundational blocks are the bedrock of this nation.
So, fear not.
Speak up when you can.
Ignore the noise.
And never give in.
Oh, and keep asking.

12/04/2025

If you ask most Oregonians on the right what's the biggest problem in the state, they'll say "mail-in elections." It's clear Oregon has a bad case of E.D. Election Difficulties, and the guy you are about to hear from is leading the charge to rid Oregon of this mistaken system.

12/04/2025

It’s All In Your Head

I’m listening to a doctor who studies the brain talk about how people really can change their thought patterns by renewing their minds.
This is not a new concept to people who read their Bible.
Romans 12:2: "Do not conform to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”

But what does that mean?
I was lying in bed this morning as a few dark thoughts came to mind.
The voices tried to stir up the past, sprinkle in some insecurities, and remind me what a failure I am.
That verse I posted above came to mind.
I asked myself a couple of questions to clear my mind.
I had to confront my mind by asking, Am I really a failure, or did something just go wrong?
Is the whole world coming apart, or is this just a bump in the road?
When the voices of evil lie to us, they always sprinkle elements of truth into the lie.
They know us better than we know ourselves and use old patterns, worn-out messages, and what some like to call “little white lies” to suck us in.

Our brain is a powerful organ.
But it’s not always trustworthy.
It lies to us by making false assumptions out of seemingly innocent information.
According to the doctor I’m listening to, he says your brain will tell you all kinds of things that simply aren’t true.
That renewing of the mind principle is designed to create new, more positive patterns in your thought process, hence, renewing your mind.
You have the right and the responsibility to question every thought that comes into your brain.
Don’t stop with the question.
Capture the thought, find out where it’s coming from, and take it captive.

I’m not always successful at this renewal game.
It’s easier to follow comfortable patterns even if those patterns are destructive.
The internet makes it even harder.

Get up in the morning, say 15 minutes earlier, and spend time meditating, reading God’s word, reading a devotional, or just listening to God.
We can control our brains.
We don’t have to listen to the voices.
The problem with renewal is that it takes work and it takes time.