What happened to the GOP?

 They become the party of Trump.

They are no longer the party of Lincoln. 

Lincoln cared about others, he united the country during our civil war with his 

"Gettysburg Address". 

Trump is the total opposite; he is evil, hateful, cares only about himself. 

He spreads lies and false conspiracies, he bullies and cyberbullies, 

he was the criminal and chief.  

And those who follow him are just as evil. 

He is a narcissist. 

Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) (1822 - 1885) - enacted the 15th Amendment of 1870 -

this gave citizens the right to vote. 

In 1965 LBJ (Democrat) (1908 - 1973) - enacted the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 

In  1975 Gerald Ford (Republican) (1913 - 2006) - extended the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 

In 1982 Ronald Reagan (Republican) (1911 - 2004) - signed a 25 year extension to the act. 

In 2007 George W. Bush (Republican) - let the Voting Rights Act of 1965 expire. 

Today the Democratic party is trying to pass the "Freedom to Vote Act HR1" 

and the "John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act"; yet the GOP does not care.

The GOP refuses to pass it!!!

The first voting rights act were enacted by Republicans - by the GOP;

yet today they are the total opposite and will not allow others the freedom to vote. 

Ever since the Republicans allowed the voting rights act to expire,

they made it much harder to vote and not easier to vote. 

Instead their states are enacting strict discriminatory voting laws;

laws that do not allow others to have water in long voting lines,

laws that make it harder for the black and brown to vote, 

laws the limit ballot boxes and such. 

This is not right my Peeps; my readers and followers.

I say let us stop the Filibuster, which 2 of our democrat constituents are stopping as well, 

Senima and Manchin, call those two senators to stop the Filibuster!  

I don't understand why they do not care. And lets  get these voting rights acts passed,

so we can stop the GOP and their evil racist Jim Crow laws going backward agenda. 

Call your congressman or congresswoman; call your senator and urge them to pass the...

"Freedom to Vote Act HR1" and the "John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act"!

Also let us get the "George Floyd Police Reform Act" passed as well,

so we can finally end the discriminatory policing laws that started after the Civil War;

where blacks and browns still had to work as slaves to finally own their land, 

where in the late 1950's the Jim Crow Laws were enacted with the separation of race,

where police started profiling the blacks and browns,

where a Football player by the name of QB Colin Kaepernick took a knee to 

protest police brutality,

yet got banned from the NFL;

but another Football player by the name of QB Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers

(a QB whom I used to respect, but no longer respect)

had many Covid19 protocol violations and lied about his vaccination, 

yet still plays for the NFL. 

Kaepernick is black and Rodgers is white. See my point?

We have to end Racial Profiling and Discrimination; 

and pass the "George Floyd Police Reform Act".  

Lastly my friends it seems that most of those anti-vaxxers are from the GOP. 

Those who are not vaccinated are now dying from Covid19 

and filling up the hospitals with the new variant called "Omnicon". 

Those who are chanting my body, my choice. 

If that is the case why can't women choose to get an abortion. 

If the GOP want my body, my choice for the vaccine;

then the women should have my body, my choice for abortion. 

Instead lets get our vaccinations and boosters; get this Covid19 crises under control;

and pass the "Build Back Better Act": 

which will help those people that the GOP say they are for. 

It will help them in their bills with the Child Care, with Paid family Leave, 

and also Build a Better Climate with the "Climate Reform Bill" attached. 

But instead the GOP is against anything good. 

They instead are for Trump, they instead want us to go backward instead of forward,

they do not care about the climate change, bad weather affecting crops

 like the floods last year in Iowa and the Midwest, 

nor the tornadoes in the middle of winter...

...from climate change. 

Nor do they care if the rich pay their fair share. 

Lets bring the "Wealth Tax" back so they can. 

They particularly Boebart, Margerie Taylor Greene, McCarthy, 

those Senators and Reps revealed in the Meadows texts -

Jordan, Perry, Gosar, Gohmert, Brooks, and Biggs - 

 flip-flopping McConnell and others want to back Trump!

They spreaded voting fraud lies, hate, false conspiracies 

and did everything the could to overturn a fair well counted election of a true President - 

President Biden;

an election that had very little voter fraud if any, 

an election that was counted 4 times in Georgia alone,

an election in which its lies lead to an attack on our capital on January 6th,

which now we have a January 6th commission leading to the truth,

a commission which many courts like the Southern District of New York 

and courts in Georgia are after Trump for his crimes of insurrection, falsehoods,  

conspiring against an election and many other crimes. 

And this is the man that much of the GOP still want to follow. 

I do not get that. 

Instead why do we not prosecute the Senators and high ranked officials 

involved in the insurrection, disband them, better vet the officials, 

get new well vetted officials, and pass these bills of Biden 

and make America and the world a better place. 

Let us go forward instead of backward. 

In short: 

 follow the science of the Covid19 crises and get your vaccines and boosters. 

DO NOT BE AN ANTIVAXER; GET VAXXED, GET BOOSTED!

follow Biden, not the evil Trump!!!

CALL YOUR REPS TO LIFT THE FILIBUSTER 

AND GET THE BIDEN AGENDA IE 

THE BUILD BACK BETTER ACT, 

THE FREEDOM TO VOTE ACT HR1, 

THE JOHN R LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS ACT,

GEORGE FLOYD POLICE REFORM ACT, 

AND CLIMATE REFORM AND GREEN NEW JOBS,

PASSED!

AND HAVE THE RICH PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE WITH A WEALTH TAX!

CALL THEM  AND URGE THEM TO PASS THESE BILLS

AND LETS GO FORWARD AND NOT BACKWARD.

Stand for goodness not bad, kindness not hate,

stand against bullying and for compassion,

stand and be Christ-like or a person like him,

stand for the climate and earth justice, 

stand to make America and the world a better place. 

And that is my blog. Thank You. 

T.L. Kerofsky, MA 

Not Guilty, Huh?

 Another white privileged man gets away with murder. 

Sadly white privilege wins again.

Tamir Rice was 12 and killed for having a toy gun

while playing on the playground.

Kalief Browler was 16 and stole a backpack

and went to juvenal detention for 3 and a half years.

Brionna Taylor was 26 and killed in her home by the police

and she was unarmed.

Trayvon Martin who was 17 was killed while walking home

by George Zimmerman who claimed it was self defense,

but it was not; Martin had no weapon.

It was just another white man who got away with

murder of a black teen.

This was back in 2012.

Yet since then more and more cops and white men

have gotten away with murdering blacks

or innocent bystanders and protesters.

Like with the Rittenhouse case; it was murder.

One cannot claim self defense while threatening another

with a semi automatic weapon and expect the person not to react.

Another white privilege case.

It was unacceptable. NO Justice again.

After the George Floyd case I thought things would change

after he got justice for his murder;

but I do not think things will ever change in America.

#whitepriveledge #NoJustice

Year End Letter 2021

 

Well my friends and family as 2021 comes to a close I reflect on the year and realize it is better than last year and know that 2022 will be even better. In 2020 the covid crises went out of control with a president that spread hate, conspiracies and lies. Also last year I lost a great mentor and friend to me – Master Miriam Stevens (1948 – 2020). Sadly this year we lost our dog Scruffy. Thankfully in 2021 we got a new president who cares about America, its people, and the climate. He is making every effort to build America back better. And I feel things are getting better. And I feel that 2022 will be a great year.

This year 2021 we still have covid safety prodicals, but my wife Jill and I had a good year for the most part. In June we went camping at Sugar Bottom Campground at Coralville Lake. It was not fun camping this year, however, as the campers in site one decided to have a so-called bachelors party and where extremely loud – blasting music until all hours of the night. At 1 AM they were finally quiet as I told them to shut up. In spite of no sleep I still went kayaking the next day to the Coralville Dam. We are never going back to Sugar Bottom Campground.

In the first week of October we drove to Oklahoma City Oklahoma for the 34^th USS New Jersey BB-62 Battleship Reunion. We went and saw the Oklahoma City Bombing Victims Memorial, ate lunch at a place called Mad Cow Cafe, and went at saw the Cowboy Museum where we got autographs, on a poster, from all the artists that made the sculptures and art at the museum. We did have a fun time at the 34^th Battleship Reunion and in Oklahoma City. Of course in October is my favorite Holiday – Halloween. It is the last Halloween we are celebrating here as we are preparing to move to New Mexico. We already started to get rid of things and packing up the house.

We are looking forward to having a ranch home and land, traveling across the states, and one day raising horses. I am going to finish my Private Investigator license in New Mexico and help search for trafficked or missing children. I am also planning on building an Okinawan style dojo and teaching art and karate classes again. I am also looking forward to exploring all the bike trails in New Mexico, Utah, and in Colorado. And do the historical haunted tours. We, my wife and I, have much to look forward to as we begin the next journey of our lives. And hopefully in 2023 we will be able to finally take our wedding anniversary trip to Holland.

Happy New Year 2022!!!

Love From Timothy L. Kerofsky, MA and wife Jill

If I was a Juror I would find Rittenhouse guilty!

 My two cents -

as a Security Tech and a ex Navy Master at Arms,

I say without a doubt that Kyle Rittenhouse is guilty of murder.

For one he lied about being an EMT,

he lied about protecting a business,

a business he knew nothing about,

he was not even from Kenoshi WI,

in fact he was from a different state IL,

he illegally obtained the semi automatic AR15

which he used in the murders,

he had no business being there at the BLM protest

and no business carrying the AR15,

he brought it there looking for trouble,

he put down a fire extinguisher he was carrying

and pointed the weapon at innocent bystanders,

therefore he became the aggressor threatening them,

and the bystanders became the victims,

the bystanders were the ones that became the defenders,

and Rittenhouse could therefore no longer claim self defense.

It was murder plain and simple!

He murdered two people and wounded another.

Guilty as charged.

And that is "my two cents".

Break down of the 3 day Halloween Holiday:

 

October 31st - All Hallows Eve (Halloween)

November 1st - Hallowmas (Souling)

November 2nd - All Souls Day (Day to honor the dead)

On All Hallows Eve in America the children go out for

tricks or treats; but in the ancient Celtic times of Ireland

it was the feast day of Samhain - day of the harvest.

On Hallowmas in Gaelic Ireland the children went out for souling -

begging for food to give to the poor families of the village.

Today in America the Catholic Church made it All Saints Day -

to honor all the saints of old.

On All Souls day it is a tradition to wear costume to disguise

one self to avoid the evil spirits as one honors the dead

of those family members whom have passed.

My wife and I go visit the graves on this day.

In Ireland Halloween is a week long holiday with fireworks;

and kids are off from school.

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Thankful for my Life

 Today I am thankful for my life.

For it has been good and bad,

but through my journeys in karate,

the navy, and in life itself;

the bad times made me stronger.

I wanted to be an artist go to Blackhawk College for my AA,

go to the Chicago Art institute for my BA,

and go to the University of Prague for my MA;

but instead I joined the Navy served on a Battleship,

held three ratings a Boatswains mate, Cook, and Master at Arms,

traveled the world, explored, met different people,

learned about different cultures.

While I was in I earned 3 associates degrees AS Culinary Arts,

AAS General Education, and a AA in Business.

When I got out I earned a BA in Art from WIU,

a BA in Theology, and a MA in Sociology.

I got married before my first cross rate to MS

at an apple orchard in Stanwood Washington.

Which we, Jill and I, are still married today after 30 years.

We had Timmy and Kenny who grew up in a happy home.

Then on top of that I had a long karate journey

which started at age 10.

A karate journey full of struggles as a strived to learn basics, techniques, forms and kata's.

From my white belt through the kyu ranks and to my dan ranks

I keep going up through my promotions in spite of many injuries

acquired in the navy and in the martial arts,

now at a 9th dan red belt I strive to complete the circle to my

10th dan grandmasters white belt;

starting with white ending with white - full circle.

And in life itself as I have been bullied, called names, put down,

stepped on, overcoming death of a son, a house fire, been in fights,

been kicked, beaten, knocked unconscious, fought in combat,

been injured, knocked down a ladderwell, yet always overcame.

No matter the curve balls of life, the anger, frustration, pain,

I came out strong; and now on a new journey as my wife and I prepare to move to New Mexico

and start the last chapter of

our life's as we retire, travel the states and the world together,

and one day raise horses on our ranch.

And hope my legacy will live on.

Today I am thankful for my life.

#ThankfulThursday

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We are too polarized in America!

 We are too polarized in America; 
can we get our unity back? 
By: Timothy L. Kerofsky, MA

2021 - 

Climate change deniers!

Hate and division!

Way too far right or left!

Anti vaxxers! 

Covid conspiracies! 

Parents yelling at other parents because their kids wear a mask!

What has happened to America? 

The simple answer really is FOX news and the lies being spread. 

But goes deeper than that. 

As a man with a MA in Sociology I do agree that social division is rooted in 
not just our history,        
but in the history of the world and how man has evolved. 
And hatred is rooted, many times, in the way we are raised. 
As a toddler we do not see black or white, Hispanic, Indian, or what not; 
we just see another toddler, 
yet our parents teach us to hate. 

They teach us the color differences and prejudices. 
Now with that said, the Christian church teaches us to 

love one another and respect one another.

Jesus teaches us to love thy neighbor as our self. 
Yet society, sadly, has always been divided, full of hatred, 

and war as nations battled one another for land, power, greed, monies, and oil.                       
And the slaughter of many Indians in the Republic of  the United States of America. 

Here is a bit of history...

1492 - Columbus sailed with the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria under the orders of                                  Queen Isabella. 

1619 - The first settlers came to Jamestown and brought slaves to America. 

1622 - Jamestown Massacre 

1644 - Powatan Massacre 

1675 - Great Swamp Massacre 

1676 - Turner Falls Massacre 

1704 - Apache Massacre 

1704 - Deerefield Massacre 

1830 - Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Act 

1890 - Wounded Knee Massacre 

In the beginning of the creation of America, we came here 

and slaughtered the Indian natives. 
We, I mean the Colonial Americans, are really the first terrorists. 

Then from the beginning of Colonial America we had slavery of the blacks 

until Abraham Lincoln freed them after our civil war in 1865. 

Like I said racism, division, and hate as always been rooted in our history. 

Then after the Civil War we held the blacks back with laws that 

 prevented them from owning land and they were still forced to do slave work.                                  

Than later in the 1960's were the Jim Crow Laws separating whites and blacks.                                      

It was not until 1964 until the Civil Rights Act was signed by Lyndon Baines Johnson. 

This was supposed to unite the nation, 

but we were really not united until, sadly, the fall of the twin towers of 9/11

and the terrorists attacks on our nation in which we started treating the Muslins badly;

blaming them for the attacks, though really we should not have treated them bad

for it was not Saddam Hassan, but Usama Bin Laden funded by Saudi Arabia. 

Muslims are not to blame, they really are a peaceful religion. Anyway...  

In 1917 we became a warring nation and have been since. 

World War 1, 2, Korea, Vietnam, War on Terror, etc. 

Sadly now we are completely divided again 

and we went backwards under the tyranny of Trump. 

Germany had its dictator of Hitler from 1936 to 1942,

We have our dictator of Trump from when he took power in 2016;

which he is still hurting this country today even after being twice impeached;

and under a new president, Joe Biden, who is trying to unite us again;

and bring back our nation - building it back better.

He, Trump, used FOX news and people like Tucker Carlson 

who still gets away with spewing hate, lies, fake conspiracies, 

and stirs up anger and division. 

Tucker is the reason for much of the hate and anger today; 

the reason for the Covid conspiracies, 

for parents yelling at other parents for kids wearing masks, 

and the reason for much of the anti vax conspiracies.

He should be banned from FOX; 

in fact FOX news should be shut down and banned!

Trump spread his hate, bullying, fake conspiracies theories, propaganda, and such

on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and other social media platforms. 

He spread fake conspiracies on Obama's birther movement, 

on the Covid crises which now over 600 thousand died 

(which makes Trump a murderer, like Hitler was in my book),

and with the Climate change and denying.

He was finally banned on Twitter and Facebook for life, 

but still spreads his lies, fake conspiracies, and propaganda with his rallies,

sadly millions of people still follow him. 

Instead of following him, follow Jesus, follow Jehovah, 

follow someone who is Christ-like. Trump is not Christ-like. 

If you believe in or follow Trump than you are not Christ-like;

If you follow him, you follow evil, hate, lies, bullying -

these things are not Christ-like!

To be Christ-like is to be like Jesus!

Is to be kind, caring, giving, 

is to stand up for others and what is right. 

It is not about greed or monies which Trump values. 

If we are ever to be reunited, instead of divided again; 

we have to come back under a common cause, 

but not in war - we had enough war. 

As a 26 year combat veteran I fought enough. 

When President Biden brought the troops home from Afghanistan

(though I do not agree on how he brought them home, 

I am not here today to debate that)

I cheered, because we do not need any more wars.  

It is time to bring our nation back and be an example for the world again.

It is time to get the infrastructure bill passed, the build back better act passed,

the climate change action with greener new jobs, and for the people act passed. 

As a Progressive Democrat I feel not even the 3.5 trillion is enough. 

It just chips away a bit, especially for the climate change in like Greta Thunburg says -

we need action now and Bernie Sanders says - time is running out.

We Democrats and the Republicans are in agreement with the infrastructure;

but with the other programs like free community college, child care, elderly care, 

housing, family leave, universal pre K, homeless shelters, and such 

the GOP calls socialism. There is nothing wrong with these programs. 

If we want to move this country forward we need programs like this. 

Canada, Qatar, Sweden, New Zealand, and the UK have programs as such. 

Not every American is a multi millionaire or a billionaire Senator or Congressman. 

We common people vote them in to fight for us, to have programs to better our lives.

Many hard working Americans can barely pay for housing or rent, 

yet alone put food on the table for the kids or families. 

A point I made in a blog before - 

Dwight D. Eisenhower had the corporate tax rate at 68%.

He used this tax rate to build the interstate highway system. 

Yet since then the infrastructure has been crumbling around us. 

We never really had a plan in place to rebuild our roads and bridges since then. 

All Biden wants to do is raise the corporate tax rate 5 points 

and have corporations pay their fair share. 

Many corporations cover up their monies and pay little or no taxes (Pandora Papers),

while a teenager flipping burgers at BK pays more taxes than a billionaire does. 

This is not right! (I am doing a blog on this on other post). 

My friends congress itself is much too divided. 

If they, especially the GOP, cannot come together for a common cause 

and pass these Climate Change Bills, Build Back Better Act, 

and the For the People Act passed; 

how are we ever going to get reunited?  

The bible says - 

"This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of JHVH (God);

5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: 
from such turn away."

2 Timothy 3:1-5 KJB (1611) 

Sadly I believe end times like this are near,
especially if we do not unite again. 
If people keep following hate and lies,
and people like Tucker Carlson and Trump,
we shall never reunite. 
We have to settle are differences and love one another,
not hate or bully, not spread conspiracies or lies. 
Let us find our common cause in America, 
rebuild it and be good ambassadors to the world again. 
Then we can reunite. 

 

My Two Cents - Get your vaccine!

 Alright here is another "My Two Cents."

When I started elementary school I had to get mandatory vaccines,

when I joined the Navy I had to get 20 shots,

every year I get the flu shot.

Yet now people want to make the Covid vaccine political, why?

As soon as the vaccine came out I got my shots -

I got the Moderna.

Come on people get your shot and let us end this crises.

Now, I understand if one has a medical condition

which prevents them from getting the shot.

But if you do not have a valid medical condition -

get your shots.

People say that Biden cannot make shots mandatory;

yes he can - Here is a little history:

Washington (1732 - 1799) mandated small pox vaccines

for the continental army,

FDR (1833 - 1945) mandated the Polio vaccine,

Jimmy Carter mandated the nation wide vaccine program

for school children...

When the Spanish flu happened in 1918 people wore masks

covering their faces to prevent the spread.

Yet now there are anti mask protest.

What has happened to America?

The world follows us. Let us be good ambassadors again.

I tell you one thing - I would not want to be in a ships berthing

with a shipmate who is not vaccinated.

And that is "My Two Cents"

T.L. Kerofsky, MA

Some 9/11 facts:

1. 15 of the 19 terrorists were from Saudi Arabia,

yet we never set sanctions against Saudi Arabia because of oil.

(one from Lebanon, one from Pakistan, and two from Afghanistan)

2. The FBI suspected attacks were going to happen,

but there was no communication

between them, the CIA, and other agencies.

3. American flight 11 hit the North tower at 8:46 AM NYT.

4. United flight 175 hit the South Tower 17 minutes later.

5. American flight 77 hit the Pentagon at 9:36 AM Eastern time.

6. United flight 93 crashed into Shanksville field

in Pennsylvania at 1003 AM; which the Passengers on-board

stood against the terrorists and the quote "9/11 Lets Roll"

was formed and lives in history.

7. At 9:59 AM the South tower fell

and 29 minutes later the North tower fell.

8. A new organization was formed after 9/11

called the Department of Homeland Security

in which Thomas J. Ridge was the first director.

9. Bush enacted the global war on terrorism

in which troops went to Afghanistan to hunt for Bin Laden.

(And we stayed there for 20 years and it was all in vain,

as we sent the troops home and the Taliban took back over)

10. Obama sent seal team 6 in to kill Bin Laden

on May 2nd, 2011.

11. The Iraq war really had nothing to do with 9/11.

It was based on lies and falsehoods on

Weapons of Mass Destruction which was never found.

A little history on 9-1-1:

 

Osama Bin Laden hated us since we used the

sacred soil in Saudi Arabia to defend the Saudis against Iraq

in the first gulf war in 1991.

The CIA was funding him and supplying him stinger missiles

to use against the Russian Red Army in the early 80's.

Yet, because of a grudge, the twin towers are no more.

In 1993 the first attempt on the twin towers failed,

so Bin Laden came up with a plot,

to kill many infidels as the radical Islam call us.

The original plan was to attack the Sears Tower in Chicago,

a nuclear plant in Texas,

and the city of Las Angeles as well.

In 1996 President Clinton sent cruise missiles

to retaliate from the 1993 attack,

to factories in Sudan and Afghanistan.

This was called - "Infinite Reach".

In 2000 there was an attack on the USS Cole DDG-67

in Aden Yemen,

in which 17 sailors were killed.

These attacks should not have happen,

for one we should have let Bin Laden

and his holy soldiers defend Saudi Arabia,

and two we had several chances to kill him.

In 1992 The CIA had a mission to kill Bin Laden,

but it was scrapped due to Bin Laden was meeting

with a Saudi Prince.

Before that Clinton scrapped another chance to kill him,

because there were children in the area.

In the Philippines in 1996 one of the terrorist lap tops

was confiscated by the Philippine National Police

with info on terrorists plots to attack several buildings

in the United States, yet it was never reported to the CIA or FBI.

Think about it. 9-1-1 should never have happened.

Then after the twin towers, the pentagon,

and the United 93 crash in the Pennsylvanian field;

President Bush enacted the War on Terrorism.

However, we lost focus on the Afghan War

and hunting for Bin Laden;

to an Iraq War, which we should not have been in,

and the fall of Saddam Hussein.

It was not until 2011 when President Obama enacted

Operation Neptune Spear;

until Bin Laden was finally killed

and justice was served.