Definition of Opinion:  A belief or conclusion held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof.

Please be respectful to others with differing opinions. 

Frank Wiley

Hey Mike W.--Sorry I missed your Birthday!  I got knocked of the website for a week but Patty got me back on.  Well, belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Frank Wiley

Another Book recommendation.  "Killing the Witches" by Bill O'Reilly.  None in America were burned to death.  The were hung.  In England they burned them.

Lester Cox

Hey Frank, good call. I've read all O'Reilly's killing book. O'Reilly was a history teacher before journalism and he  does an excellent job on research. Killing the Witches really points out just how cruel and inhumane people can sink to when confronted with unknown fear. I think among my favorites of his was Killing the Mob. Also Confronting the Presidents is a really cool look into the history of our Presidents and some really little known facts and quirks about them and their families. I've never felt any political persuation in his books. O'Reilly is a conservative living on Long Island, his co-author is Martin Dugard who is a liberal who lives in California. Great fact checking throughout all his books. I've been a consierge member of his service for many years. Also seen him live twice, once with Dennis Miller and the other time with President Trump.

Frank Wiley

The Republicans are trying to get accountability from Fauci and the Democrats are covering for him,  disgusting Dems!

Mary Powers (Evans)

I liked Bill O'Reilly's The Day the World Went Nuclear: Dropping the Atom Bomb and the End of World War II in the Pacific.

Michael Kelly

Doctor Fauci  Watched him plead the Fifth Amendment today even though he had Immunity, which is an Insider's look at how much DC Lawyers place stock in the Accu Pen that the Insiders have in why Biden needed to use it  during the 4 years he was president and how Valid they consder the Signature really is. So  there was Fauci telling us on the Advice of Counsel he was going to plead the Fifth. Bathing probably doesnt do much good in DC nowadays. 

Fauci broke the Law. The Law prohibited the method of Research called "GAIN IN FUICTION" RESEARCH, because it was used in deliberately attempting to manufacture New Viruses that were considered incurable so that Researchers could then use millions of dollars, inventing a Cure where none had existed before. Covid 19 was actually eliminated with the Use of Clorox Bleach, and some products used to innoculate Horses which products were found in Feed Stores across the USA. Ivermectin comes in a Paste Form with a Plunger that you use to kill worms and other parasites that horses encounter in feeding on Hay. You pop the end off the Tube and use the Plunger to squirt the paste in the Horse's Mouth, which the Horses don't like at first, but the Paste tastes like Apples and so the Horses begin to recognize the Tubes and actually begin to Like it. My Minister used to take the last of the Paste off the Tube after injecting it in the Horses Mouth, and lick it and follow it wth a drink of water, told me it would kill Parasites, Worms, and now we all know that they have used the Same Paste in African Countries to Kill Covid

Remember when Donald J Trump told our News Media that Ivermaectin would kill Covid, how the Media mocked him, implying he was an ignirant Hick, because he had mentioned that Bleach can Kill Covid, if you look at a bottle of Bleach you will find it plainly written that Bleach is useful for cleaning up Covid 19. Perhaps the Powers that were in charge during the Covid Pandemic forgot about Bleach, and Ivermectin. As a result our whole country was shut down while New Antidotes were being formulated to deal with the deadly new Virus. I wonder if Fauci knew about Ivermectin, and common old household Bleach?

Frank Wiley

I think the first oath Doctors take is to do no harm.  Fauci did plenty!'  Read his Diaries on Fox.com.  There is no Media spin.  Biden's pardon doesn't protect Fauci from the States suing and prosecuting him!

Michael Kelly

What truly amazes me is the number of those people who vehemently protest the questioning of Fauci, and are willing to  porclaim him a National Hero  When you embark upon what is called Gain in Function Research that is forbidden  by law in the USA, it is a Felony, you are also assuming that you are in essence, Equal with God, for you are assuming that by your manipulation of DNA and the Natural Barriers between Animals, People, Insects, and other parts of the Creation, you are an Equal with our Creator. Perhaps this is why people are now not welcoming the experimentation with the Genetic composition of our Food Sourcse, and want natural grown food, instead of artificially engineered Corn, Wheat, and whether thise crops can be germinated by Natural means. 

Lester Cox

Who would’ve guessed four years ago that John Fetterman would become one of the more clear-headed voices left in the Democratic Party? I miss when politicians could set the team jersey aside and just do what’s right for the country instead of what’s right for their party.

Term limits matter more now than ever. A recent NPR/PBS News/Marist poll found 83% of Americans support limits on how long members of Congress can serve  — and that support isn’t some fringe opinion, either. Only about 8% of people actually oppose it.  Voter ID isn’t far behind: a Pew Research Center poll found 83% of U.S. adults support requiring photo ID to vote, up from 77% in 2012 .

So here’s the question nobody in Washington wants to answer: if 8 in 10 Americans agree on something, why does it never happen? Because the people we elect to serve us have figured out they can ignore us and keep their jobs anyway. They’re supposed to carry out our will — instead they’re playing a power game, and we keep handing them the chips. Maybe it’s time we start voting like we actually mean it.

Frank Wiley

It would be nice if we American citizens would insist that something like Term Limits would go on a National Ballot rather than permitting the few people it effects make the decision on dictating their own fate.  Another one is Capital punishment.

Jim Coats

I was more than a little down today.

We have a Congress that is supposed to be For The People...and they cannot come to an agreement on funding Our government....protecting the voting rights of our Citizens....and so much more.  I won't bore you with the list.  I will say from my viewpoint....Follow The Money.  It's always about the money and power.  I am disappointed, but not surprised.  I hope they enjoy their recess.

Our President cannot get it through his head that Iran will Never capitulate.  Jihad is the overriding belief of "true believers" and there is No end to their depravity.  As a Christian, I feel torn to continue the stand I have held for years and that is that there is No negotiating with the "leaders" of Iran.  I still feel that the only way for us (USA) to survive is to eliminate the IRGC and Theocratic leaders of Iran.  Eliminate them with extreme prejudice.  I don't know why POTUS hasn't "done" this.    I will also point out that I believe any kind of "peace" with Hamas is a pipe dream.  They deserve the same fate that I outlined above.  For myself, I will have to face final judgement for my thoughts and beliefs on these matters.

There is hope however.  I'm not as down as I was at the beginning of this post.  I just listened to and watched Carrie Underwood on YouTube sing How Great Thou Art.  My sweet wife recommended it and she was right.  Sometimes it takes more than our dear pastor to drive hope back into one's heart.  Watch, listen and see if you aren't lifted up and have some hope shine for you on the horizon.

Best Regards and love to all my classmates.

Bill RIHS

Jim, great post! Iran, as usual we are on the same page👍. Never peace if IRGC and clerics are not killed and new government installed.

Michael Kelly

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Frank Wiley

"How Great Thou Art"--Great Song and uplifting!  I've enjoyed it since High School!

Lester Cox

Carrie Underwoods performance of How Great Thou Art at the Ryman Theater is simply perfect. No audiance, just her and her band spreading God's word via this awesome video. On another note, not sure who has seen this, but Trey Gowdy gave a magnificent eulogy at Lindsay Graham's funeral in South Carolina. Trey is one of the great speakers of our time and I wish he would run for President. Here is his talk if you care to watch. About 30 minutes.  https://youtu.be/hBvxu0qHyX0?is=WiWO4jf8QQ73bn7Q

Mary Powers (Evans)

Ah, "How Great Thou Art."  I remember hearing George Beverly Shea sing that at a Billy Graham crusade at the ASU packed stadium.  I still have a vinyl album of his with that song.  Years later, I had the privilege of briefly meeting him personally, but, alas, without singing.

David Rainwater

...And I remember my Dad practicing that song over and over - with my Mom at the piano - for a solo at church.

Michael Kelly

I heard Carrie Underwood sing  "How Great Thou Art" with Vince Gill accompanying her on Guitar. It was a Great Tribute to  our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 

Frank Wiley

A Special Thanks to all those who shed their blood for Our Country!!

DeWitt Bacon

Thanks, Frank.

While serving on a buoy tender in Ketchikan, Alaska, I cut my finger while trying to cut a rope. It hurt and bled like hell until the corpsman put a Band-Aid on it.

Michael Kelly

I haven't taken my official Vacation yet, and so I have posted this reminder that Vacations are alright, but postings are also permitted, unless, you have all been Raptured and that means that  no wonder I have been seeing Big Black Dogs circling outside my Front Door and strange Vehicles  Never Miind

Bill Randall

  When you find "Hallelujah" by the late Canadian Leonard Cohen your world will slow down. Only then can "Ready to Go HOME" by 10cc be understood.

Peace Spartens

Michael Kelly

If you watch the WNBA games as I dO, enjoying Clark of the Indianopolis Fever shooting nothing but Net 3 pointers almost at will, then it will be of interest to you that the WNBA has become embroiled in the "Controversy" over whether men should be allowed to pretend they are woman so that they can play in Women's Sports. Now as a personal opinion, I really thinK that at the very Crux of this alleged controversy is a "need of some" who wish to usurp the Natural Order of Things to prove a point, and that is that We decide our own Destiny, even as to the DNA you were born with, so that you are either a man or woman, BUT, some want to tinker even with this most basic issues of Creation. Why? I have my Opinion and am siure I am right. Back to the WNBA, they had to have an Emergency Meeting to decide if the WNBA was going to continue as a Women's Basketball Association, or they were going to throw open the Doors and Invite them All In. 

I just voted in the Western Journal's survey on the point and I answered Yes to the Question as to whether the WNBA needed to Not Allow this to Happen. Results  93 % were Yes, and only 7 % No. 

The most amazing thing is that the Question needs to be asked at all.

There is perhaps, a very large business opportunity here. People really like Women's Basketball as has been demonstrated the last 3 years. If the WNBA gets all mushy soft over saying this is a Women's League, period, the WNBA will be choked out within a year or less. WNBA Players will be looking for a New Place, to JUST PLAY BASKETBALL, WITH NO POLITICS/SOCIAL DYNAMICS THROWN IN TO MUDDY UP THE WATERS. 

Frank Wiley

The WNBA can continue its 4 letter title but replacing the "W" which stands for Women's, but keeping the same "W" which now would stand for Woke!!