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12/31/2025

Oregon, You Must Put Your Foot Down.

Oregon has done some pretty stupid things, but this one is right up there near the top.
The majority of the Salem City Council appointed a convicted killer to its police review board.
That’s right.
The board that reviews complaints against police.
WTF are you thinking, Salem?
Kyle Hedquist shot Nikki Thrasher in the back of the head in 1994.
The only reason he got out of jail is that former Oregon governor Kate Brown did a mass clemency of criminals as she prepared to end her term as governor.

See these names?
Salem, if you have any decency at all, you need to get rid of these people.
Councilors Linda Nishioka, Vanessa Nordyke, Micki Varney, Irvin Brown, and Mai Vang voted yes.

I’m sitting here in Montana, my new home, both saddened and embarrassed by what’s happening in my birthplace, Oregon.
I know many of you still live there and hate what is happening to your beautiful state.
The problem in Oregon is, the urban areas, where heartstrings and virtue signalling trump common sense and decency, own the power to control the state. (Yes, I did use Trump)
It’s not fair, but it’s what it is.

The entire state is not crazy, but enough people continue to vote for one party, and this is the kind of crap you get.
We voted to legalize drugs, but that didn’t work.
For 40 years, we’ve voted one party into the executive branch, and that’s been a cluster screw.
The legislative body has no checks, and you can’t even mention the word balance in Oregon.
Oregon’s schools rank 47th out of 50 in terms of education, and you spend more than 19k per student, one of the highest amounts in the nation.

The leaders offer sanctuary to illegals but can’t solve the housing crisis for the taxpaying citizens who call themselves Oregonians.
The governor and supermajority Democratic legislature passed the largest tax in state history and refused to allow Oregonians to vote on it.
You turned on them and collected over a quarter of a million signatures when you only needed 70k plus change.

Oregon is on the rebound.
It really is.
Perhaps God is calling out the idiocy and forcing the idiots (Salem City Council) to look at themselves in the mirror.
The people of Oregon need to wake up.
This is not normal, unless you live in a place like Minnesota.
It all starts at the ballot box.
Who and what you vote for matters.

Yes, if you speak up, speak out, and speak loudly, you will not get applause; you will be belittled by the very people who put folks like this into office.
If you want Oregon back, if you want to clean up the mess of forty years of failed leadership, that’s the cost.
In the comment section, I will provide a link to the article about this murderer, so you can conduct your own research.

Don’t let these elected ass kissers get away with this.
Your state hangs in the balance.
Fight for her.

12/30/2025

A judge ruled against Lane County in a case involving recycling garbage. There's a lot to this decision, and what happened, so we bring on one of the people who fought them and one of the county commissioners who voted against those who pushed it through. Expect to learn what this means to you, the taxpayer, what happened, and what can be done at this point.

12/29/2025

Quick update on big news of the day plus what's coming up tonight at 4pm on our live podcast.

12/29/2025

The Final Nail In The Media Coffin

The legacy media is, as my mother used to say, as useless as t**s on a boar.
A 20-something kid with a camera and the desire to find out what is really happening just slapped all the networks in the face by simply asking questions, digging, and uncovering the truth about Somalis ripping off the American taxpayers in Minnesota, in a multi-million dollar scam. (fake daycare)

Nick Shirley makes me chuckle.
Good for him.
He’s gotten more hits off his story while 60 Minutes continues to beat the dead horse, trying to trip up Trump or any other Republican they don’t like.
Leslie and her gang need to understand, no one gives a damn what they are doing.
We see through their questions and want to hear what independent journalists have to add to the conversation because we ask the questions the people are interested in.

Independent journalists are talking about issues that impact people’s daily lives.

Mark my words, this is the end for legacy media.
All of them.
Even the new brands that claim to be fair and balanced are often staffed with the same individuals who previously worked at the local newspaper or television station.
It’s a simple rebranding, and viewers/readers often overlook it.
Trust me, the left-leaning lack of balance is still there.
Step back and read carefully, and you will see it screaming off the computer screen.
Look at their donor/supporters.
Follow the money.

The editorial boards of the hippy papers and rags that used to be the standard trusted papers are treading water and sinking.
The problem with blindness is that it slips up on you when your arrogance is operating at full power.
The legacy media is dead, but its self-recession continues.
It’s sad.
I equate it to a heart attack patient whom paramedics know is dead, but keep beating the guy’s chest and blowing more hot air into his lungs, to no avail.
Dead is dead, and this weekend, Nick Shirley took the legacy media off life support.
What should scare the legacy guys is that it’s not just Nick beating the pavement; there are hundreds of us asking questions we’re not supposed to ask.
The internet is filled with people like Nick, and he just cleared the way as he placed the wooden cross on the legacy grave.

Yep, the ulogy is pronounced, and your numbers are not there.
Nice job, Mr Shirley.
Much admiration for your persistence.

12/28/2025

It Really Does Matter

You can have the heart of a lion and the tenderness of a lamb, even when the world tells you it’s not possible.
Culture aims to limit our expectations by whispering words of discouragement and flat-out lies about what’s possible.

People seem hopeless as they are easily sucked into a commercialized sense of what it means to have success.

We just got back from visiting family in Portland, Oregon.
There are many beautiful aspects of the city, but its greatness is smothered, for me, by its limited space, traffic, and hustle and bustle to keep up with the Joneses.
After a few days, I feel trapped.
My head hurts, my soul feels empty, and I just want to find some open space to clear my head.

On the flight home last night, I was watching reels on my social media.
I get hooked on those talent shows where people tell their tough stories and then sing, or play the piano, as if God Himself had orchestrated it all.
It’s dark in the plane, so no one sees my tears.
I guess it’s my version of a Hallmark movie. LOL

This morning, I looked out the window from our home in Montana, and all I saw was wide-open space and the big sky.
I pulled up my newsfeed, and stories that make the headlines mean nothing to the average American.
From gender surgery on kids to money stolen by people living in our country illegally, it’s as if the media and the party it represents are trying to set the agenda and convince the rest of us we are wrong.

WE ARE NOT WRONG
But we do see it very differently.

What really matters to most Americans is truth, freedom, and their ability to pursue happiness as they see it.
You can believe what you want.
But don’t shove your ideology down our throats because our gag reflex is stronger than ever, and we know, we don’t have to agree and can speak out for or against anything.
Yes, anything, and so can you.

What scares those who disagree with us is that for so long we remained silent because our opposition used cultural monitors to destroy those who dared to challenge cultural speak.
We lost clients, business, community standing, friends, family, and our voices.
Those “monitors” no longer hold the power.
They wore out the meaning of words, so now, their labels fall flat on the ground and leave no impression at all.

There is a price to pay for ignorance, and America is paying it right now.
Proverbs 28:2 “Because of the transgression of a land, Many are its rulers. But by a man of understanding and knowledge, Right is maintained.”

Right is not a political ideology or a party, but instead about doing what is good and wise in the eyes of our creator.
I don’t think God cares about left or right, and many of us agree, but He does care about righteousness, truth, and our freedom to choose.
What we do, what we say, and what we allow, really does matter.
The veil has been lifted from the eyes of many.
You can’t unsee what has been shown to you.
Proverbs 28:1
“The wrong shall flee though no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.”

12/27/2025

Come On Donald

It’s hard for those of us who support much of what President Trump is doing to restore our country to be critical of the man.
Not because we agree with him all the time.
Not because he doesn’t make mistakes that cause us to cringe.
But because some of you are so blinded by hate for the guy, you jump all over us for critiquing him.
You and the media jump to your own conclusions that we are turning against his agenda, when in fact, that is wishful thinking on your part. So, put your fangs back in your mouth and read on.

Trump adding his name to the Kennedy Center is pretty stupid.
It reeks of arrogance, and it sends the wrong message to the American people.
It makes him look petty.
And before you say “he is,” remind yourself that you, too, have that same proclivity.

But that said, the reaction from the haters and the legacy media is hilarious.
Does it surprise anyone that he did this?
No.
Does it somehow signal Trump is planning to take over the world?
No.
And if you think so, you are not dealing in reality and falling for the media narrative designed to sell papers and ad time on 60 minutes.
Former President JFK is not going to lose any sleep over it, and neither should we.
Oh, and I think it’s fair to call him out on it.
But don’t make up stories; call him out because it’s ego-driven and is petty.

I produced a story on a long-time donor to the University of Oregon.
The university wanted to name a building after him, to which he said, “That is the G-d Damn most expensive tombstone I’d rather create an endowment to educate students.”
And he did.

My great-grandfather gave money to Linfield University to buy the land for the football field.
A few decades ago, a bigger donor stepped in, and Linfield tried to rename the field.
People came unglued, and that field is still named “Maxwell Field.”

My point, Parker Stadium at Oregon State University was changed to Reser Stadium because a bigger donor came along.
Putting names on buildings and streets is stupid and can be changed, but that doesn’t change the impact someone has on the world we live in.

What’s frustrating to me about Trump’s renaming the Kennedy Center is, it takes away from the work he’s doing to restore America.
It gives more fuel to the haters.
He knows that, and the reaction you give him, egg him on.
I wonder if Trump isn't so immune to his critics' tactics that he's pushing the envelope because he can.
When I was a kid, and the town bully picked me as his target, my mom would tell me not to pay attention because it gave him the upper hand, and if I paid less interest in his jabs, at some point, he'd stop.
Trump is a human being with many flaws, but so are you and I.
Some of you freaked out when he started building the big, beautiful ballroom, something presidents before him admitted was needed.
In that case, he won't even benefit from it because it won't be finished until he's out of office.
And he and donors are paying for it.
If this were a Democrat president, you and I'd be paying for it with our tax dollars, and you know it.
Yes, he'll probably name it after himself to trump his opposition.
Trump has a big ego, he's arrogant, and a bit narcissistic, but really, what president hasn't been?
Perhaps if the media and his rivals stopped poking the bear, he might not get the attention to keep going.
But still, he’s the one digging a hole, and in the end, it will catch up with him.
The Bible warns us repeatedly of stories about good people, good kings, and amazing leaders whose arrogance left a lasting mark on their leadership.

I still support much, not all, of what he's doing to bring our country back and set us straight.
But when he does something like this, it makes me want to scream.
Not because I think he's a bad guy, but it reminds me how easily we each can allow our service to become self-serving.

12/26/2025

Why Do Visionaries Scare Some?

If you want to control a society, rather than creating a vision, you bog it down with rhetoric and lies to keep the masses confused and divided.

As I speak with candidates, hope to be leaders, I find that a lack of vision is the biggest problem.
There are plenty of people who think they can lead, but not very many who can paint a picture of what the future could look like.

Obamana was great at creating a myth; the problem is, he never delivered.
Here we are years after his presidency, and his healthcare vision is a nightmare, and it did the exact opposite of what he promised.

When talking with a candidate for any public office, listen to what people say.
Do they want to be governor or a legislator, or is their vision to lead Oregon?
It makes a huge difference.
Plenty of people want to sit in the magical chair, but do they want to lead?

Without a clear vision, people tend to jump onto the latest craze or fall for what is easy and tickles the ears.
Real leadership and vision are more than pointing out what the last guy did while in office.
Voters don’t care what “Senator A or B” did; they want to know how you are going to correct mistakes and make their lives better.
If you can’t paint that picture, put down the paintbrush, step away from the easel, and stop.

True vision is given by our creator. You can feel the difference between His will and that of a person led by their own ambition.

It’s hard to get true visionaries into political power.
I was interviewing a candidate the other day.
The questions that landed in the comment section were filled with preconceived notions, rash judgment, and backbiting accusations.
I understand the frustration because many politicians lie or tell you what they think you want to hear rather than being honest with you.

But part of that is our fault.
We say we want leaders to tell us the truth, yet when they do, we verbally crap all over them.
We have become our own worst enemies, spawning the very type of candidates we say we hate.

I think Trump showed the voters something the liberals and fake candidates can’t turn around.
Whether you like him or hate him, he does what he says he’s going to do, and if you don’t like it, he doesn’t care because much of America appreciates someone who stands by their vision and convictions.

People will forgive a visionary for a lot of things.
But it will turn on the “public servant” who trips over his or her words.

There’s a housecleaning of sorts going on right now.
The fight is real.
But it is not just leaders we should blame.
The public has a fickle, unrealistic expectation of the elected, but fails to live up to the high standards themselves.

Perhaps it’s time we all humble ourselves and stop blaming others; instead, let's look within.
Our leaders are a reflection of those they lead.

12/25/2025

The Chair In The Corner

Outside my grandson’s bedroom sits a rocking chair.
It’s not just any chair.
This is the rocking chair my grandmother rocked my mom in when she was a baby.

Grandma gave it to me when I was in my early 20s.
She probably shouldn’t have, I was a young man who liked to have parties at my house.
How that chair survived, I will never know.
Grandma knew the importance of memories and left me many in the old things she passed down to me.
Not just the chair, but her blue & white Johnson Brothers china, an old hurricane lamp that still brightens one of our bedrooms, and the blue & white pitcher that watches me from inside the corner cupboard in our dining area.

We gave the chair to our son Jake and his wife, Grace, when we left Oregon.
My mom rocked me in that chair.
We rocked Jake and Jess in that old oak chair.
And now, while it’s not as functional as the modern-day rocker they use with our grandson, it still sits outside his bedroom as if watching over him, as it’s done for four generations.

I know it’s just a chair.
I understand that there are less squeaky pieces of furniture that can do a better job of lulling Niko to sleep than this old chair.
But the new chair doesn’t have the history of the chair in the corner.
If only it could talk.
If that old chair could tell the stories of late nights, close calls, and peaceful nights, rocking my family history to this moment in time.
This old chair stirs so many memories in me on this Christmas morning.

This old chair will probably never mean to Niko what it means to me.
But that doesn’t really matter.
As I look at it sitting by itself in the hallway outside his bedroom, my mind is flooded with memories of past Christmases.
I see, inside of him, my mother, my grandmother, his father, and all the Christmases that came before.

For the old, creaky rocking chair, its functionality can’t keep up with our modern world.
But its purpose hasn’t really changed all that much.
Like all of us, it may not be the primary source used to lull young ones to a place of rest.
But just being what it is, it still brings peace and calm to those willing to look, listen, and remember all that it’s witnessed.
The stories haven’t died, they are still buried in my, triggered by…The chair in the corner.

The Chair In The Corner…..It still matters.

12/24/2025

I Have A Good Feeling About 2026

As I sit here at my son’s house in Portland, Oregon, my two grand puppies by my side, I’m thinking about the year to come.
The unknown can be scary but also exhilarating.

Already, I can see the trolls jumping down my throat for the headline “I have a good feeling about 2026.”
My “good feeling” isn’t that everything is going to turn around or that unity will be brought to the world.
For me, and many who believe as I do, a restoration is needed and well underway.

One of my favorite activists of all time changed the world, but many of His followers mistakenly took His message as one of peace when in fact, He said He came to divide, good from evil.
People love to quote His comments they agree with or that they can use to turn the other cheek, but cringe at the thought of a revolution, fought with a sword that separates.

As the year 2025 comes to a close, I’m ready for a fresh start in 2026.
The last year has been quite the education for all of us.
If you slow down and really look at what’s happened, you see institutions and organizations called out for their lies.
There’s so much misinformation, it boggles the brain.
I don’t always know what or whom to believe, but I trust this is all part of God’s grander plan to educate you and me.

He’s teaching us to stick up for each other, refuse to ride the fence, be kind when you can, and firm when you have to be.

If you watch closely, story by story, news organizations, liars, and cheaters are being exposed.
For my more left-leaning readers, I’m not just talking about folks on the left; I see the same thing happening to the far right.
Cleansing battles w**d out fake narratives.
Some call it disunity, I call it housecleaning.
As the fabric of cancel culture, the worthlessness of woke, and the ridiculousness of the timid unravel, we simply need to stay engaged, seek His will, and hold on for dear life.

12/23/2025

Oregon is often reduced to what needs to happens in Portland, forgetting about all those who live in the rural parts of the state. We talked about this and much more with the Republican candidate for governor, Christine Drazan. Here's the rest of the interview. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1BCGpVny8w/

12/23/2025

Christine Drazen is no stranger to Oregon politics. She ran for Governor last go around and is back in the pack to try to win the primary. Tonight, we talk with her, and you, too, can ask questions if you like.

12/22/2025

Why Lack of tarrifs is hurting U.S. Plywood/ Truth about Timber

Buying American-made products sounds simple, but are consumers willing to seek them out? Bill Childress explains why the absence of tariffs on softwood plywood is undermining the U.S. plywood industry. Low-priced, low-quality imports have forced American manufacturers to close, and tariffs are needed to give domestic plywood producers like Freres Engineered Wood a fair chance to compete.

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