This particular blog begins with our July Fourth of 2026 celebration.
Then points out the subtle freedoms that are complicating our lives that we don't think about because the media doesn't tell us homelessness is gone, streets are clean, graffiti is gone, and there is absolutely no crime. No clueless costumed protestors with signs. No elected politicians who rabble-rouse in front of the cameras but spend their time getting paid huge paychecks and getting rich while doing nothing but attacking our country and its values. That in itself seemed like a breath of fresh air. Because it still exists but is hidden this day.
For perhaps the first time in many years, there were no homeless, no protesters, and no dirty streets to walk around. The crowds of thousands of cheering, curious, and patriotic people. They were elbow to elbow behind the barriers, far as the eye could see, as the troops marched in locked cadence down the wide street. They were accompanied by tanks, artillery, various support vehicles, and personnel from our many conflicts and wars around the globe. Bands playing happy music to match our troops, men and women in uniforms with proud faces marching with the spirit of our country's best of the best.
This sight is the first such celebration of our country I have seen in my lifetime. It was a good feeling to see a president and the people who support him and our country. It's been a very long time since I could have at least a hope of not being in an internment camp for my love of what I see as limited freedom.
The current New York State Democratic governor tried to set up internment/concentration camps for those who refused the jabs that kill. I say "concentration camp" only because it was to "concentrate those who would not comply," and they would be forced and guarded by armed guards to stay there till they died without rights or allowed visitations from friends or families. All ages were to be so placed to stay indefinitely. It's documented but buried. It's there if you dig deep enough, though. Imagine for a moment if a future Democratic president mandated that on her advice. I would change many things were it my power to free the American people and take pre-emptive steps to make sure our country stays free and affordable. Find and read the 30 days of change article I wrote a while ago and have republished recently.
As I sat in front of the television, watching the parade as it happened, I was so proud of those young folks in uniform. It's well known what my ideas on war are, and I refuse to blindly follow orders that I feel are wrong. I hope and pray for what's happening in Europe and the other countries that have allowed their ideas to overwhelm their customs and freedoms. The first law of life is to take care of yourself and your own, or you won't have anything to take care of. Because those who are not yours will do the same and take care of their own first. That won't be you.
Your loved ones will fall victim to the whims of those you helped first or who had some bent idea that anyone who wasn't yours would care when the fertilizer hit the fan. Not hard-hearted, just human nature. With exceptions. Good people are living among society. There are individuals who are good people, but our state punishes those who put their lives at risk to help others. A young man named Penny saved a person from an attacker and was found innocent of charges against him. Now the attacker's admirers are suing him for his bravery. This corrupt legal practice must stop. Our government has not done anything to stop it. Too much corruption in the government. This keeps your eyes on the distraction of an attack on someone who just did the right thing when no one else would. Others stood and videoed the incident as it happened. Even those videos are a spectacle instead of a witness.
Those good people are the ones who give up a seat for another who is obviously in need of a safe place to sit. There are, among those in that parade who may surrender their future to save people, a philosophy of freedom. These people are like the ones on the infamous day of 9/11 who ran into a building they knew so well they may never escape... Many did not.
Those marching down that street are like the ones who made last-minute cellphone calls to loved ones they knew they would never see again. They banded together and saved Washington from a fate they could not avoid. Many were murdered before the plane went down in Pennsylvania on that fateful 9/11 date.
Most of that is forgotten unless mentioned. Those marching in the street—most were not even born then. They were only a twinkle in their mommas' eyes. now. The first attack of the belief is now changing our country to their ideas. It has never stopped. The Twin Towers must be to Americans as the Alamo was to the Texans in that distant past time.
I have lost many readers to the defense of my observance of what is being said and done to American society now that our country's values are being attacked by anyone who disagrees with them. I base my writings on historical facts and events that have repeated for a millennium. I have no hatred for anyone, but I will not go quietly into that dark night because some appointed guardian of an oppressive idea tells me to. I pray to God, the Creator of everything in existence. People of the United States and worldwide will wake up and read all versions of historical fact.
I totally enjoyed that July 4th celebration. I truly hope the next 5 generations can see it through the eyes of a free person. Maybe even freer than we see ourselves today. Those celebrating fireworks were outlawed in many parts of the USA till this year, and we took advantage of making our celebrations loud and noticed
The United States was once the breadbasket of the world. That bread (using it as an example) was wholesome and healthy. There should have been enough to feed the entire world with our assets. But then the number crunchers were hired, and our food became an asset and a commodity. People lived into old age with fewer modern health problems. The past 100 years or so: the junk was placed into that bread to make it cheaper to make and longer lasting. We buy an item that has garbage in it that poisons our systems long-term. Most of our food has fallen to the same deals.
Still, the very seeds that the farmers use are mandated to not produce more than one crop from their seeds, or they will be severely penalized. So every year they must re-purchase the next crop's seeds to grow the food to feed people.
Were you aware that many millions of chickens and other birds that were produced to become our food were killed by orders from the U.S. government? Millions of birds that were said to have bird viruses, and later documents were found that there was no proven virus even there. Were you aware that last year millions of pounds of potatoes and other root crops were dumped into pits to keep food prices high?
Farmers till now have used saved seeds from last year's crops and sowed them as the new crop. It saved money and lessened the burden on the farmers' business. Not to mention the controls on what is used to grow those purchased seeds as boosters for the crop. Who do you suppose makes the laws that control the food producers and processors? From the idea of what to plant to the time you buy the finished product. And yeah, if you don't plant what the processor is telling you, no one buys your product, and you take a hit in your livelihood.
There was an Amish farmer in Pennsylvania last year that found this out for real. He had a country store that was generations old and had never had a customer complaint. The feds showed up armed to the teeth on a peaceful Amish farmer's land, terrorized his family, confiscated every bit of store inventory, locked his livestock down, and then proceeded to enter the private residence and took all their food. It took months and his customers and media to make it go away. I don't know if he was compensated for the loss, let alone the mental stress and terror of his family.
American farmers are paid not to grow so that prices stay high. Any small farmer or rancher who does not swear allegiance is driven out and off their land. Much as if they didn't join the cult. People go hungry and end up in the street. They were small farmers, not stacking stock at Walmart. Or homeless for the damage done to their credit while trying to keep their farms. Food prices stay high, but the other farmers don't profit as the corporations that control their crops do.
You're asking what that has to do with the July 4th parade, or 9/11, or anything related. Read on as I am attempting to bring a perspective into play.
There are so many things that are regulated at the person down the chain of life's bearing; do we really need religious dogma and doctrine controlling what's left as freedom? One that even steps into your restaurant, talks with all the wrappings head to toe, and asks you not to order or eat your favorite sausage, eggs, and English muffin breakfast because it offends them. Never asking (not that it's their business anyway) if it's maybe turkey sausage. That displaced sheik hopes that one day soon it will be law. Imagine that effect on a farmer who may butcher his own stock. Imagine it's now against the law... to raise or harvest certain foods for even your family. It becomes reported if you buy or cook certain foods.
Imagine that your beloved best friend must be put down because he is a dog. Didn't bite anyone, didn't chase the neighbor. Didn't howl all night and is an intelligent guardian of your castle/home. Now imagine he must be put down because the law says he is an abomination. You have no choice. If it happens, your firearms have already been banned, and the converted police will beat you if you protest. Possibly to death if you try to save your friend. That is also whether it's a dog or a human. You now become less than human. Whatever happens to you is no longer a sin.
It may be only a dream that we remain free from oppressive societies. God knows with tons of taxes from the cradle to the grave, we are indebted without cause on that plane of existence. Alone, we are controlled as to what we live in and how we build. Every aspect of our lives needs to ask permission to do what we dream of.
Sit for a minute and think of the things you would love to do, things you dream of doing. Things that would make your life more comfortable for you and your loved ones. Now consider the reasons you can't without permission from someone who has nothing to do with your project or your dreams, fixing your necessity to do the task.
Your roof is leaking; you need a permit and inspections. You may need a repair crew even if you can repair it yourself. Then you need someone who has nothing to do with your problem to inspect the procedure of finished repairs. God have mercy on you if that inspector or zoning officer has a wild hair and doesn't like you. Why do we set up oppressive systems to command our lives? I understand zoning inside a cramped city where we build on top of each other. Sometimes close enough to spit into the next house's window or hear the sound effects from the bedroom next door.
But that control is moving out into the country, where the country folks are being forced to surrender the peace and abilities they have always enjoyed. There's usually not enough consensus to fight the infringement on folks' freedom. Many country communities are being driven out by the control freaks using laws, judges, and overly zealous zoning officers who routinely break every law and rule in the book to use that law.
The poorest and elderly are the easiest victims. There are terms for that process. It's called gentrification and deprivation. Look it up and see how it started in Chicago to get the poor and elderly pushed out of their homes. This allowed the wealthier and more affluent to seize the property. Those who lost their homes are normally unable to financially fight the situation. Most have never had the idea it could happen in America, so they never prepared for how to fight it.
My own experience is that most lawyers these days are either the ones pushing to take property or are chasing ambulances for easier money. As I say, from my own list of over 40 law firms, who hear of the situation and say it's too complex, suddenly they don't do that kind of law. One called zoning and informed them I was trying to help someone. Another female lawyer said so for $2500. She would go to court with that person. When I asked what she could do to help, she chuckled and said, "I stand there and then walk out." "That's what you get for $2500!
Yet another old-time lawyer who was willing to help called me the next day to explain the Bar Association threatened to pull his license and force him to retire if he took the case. He spoke with his voice breaking on the phone. saying he had practiced law for 50 years and had a heart attack 2 years prior. They forbade him from taking the job. Control of his job and dreams. I never knew the actual reason, beyond his age and health possibly being threatened. But from my mentioned experience with lawyers, I have my own thoughts.
I remember a Paul Harvey episode many years ago. He told of the pilgrims living in peace till a certain group of people started agitating the settlers and causing huge amounts of problems; it went on until the people banded together and banished the entire group to the forest to live. The people went back to peaceful coexistence.
His program went to an advertisement, and when it returned to his program, he said those troublesome folks that were banned and caused so much stress and malcontent among the peaceful settlers were allowed in time to return to the safety of the settlements, and the country has never been peaceful since. Those troublemakers were called lawyers, and now you know the rest of the story. I really miss Paul Harvey and the enlightening and educational broadcasts.
The July 4th celebration was a good time to consider what we have to be grateful for, while it should also make us thoughtful about what we need to fix in our beloved country. We should take the money out of the food chain's quality scenario. If it's slowly killing folks or breaking down our bodies for profit, it needs to stop. Return to wholesome foods. Take the junk out of our foods and punish those who profit from our pain and suffering.
Many people no longer have legal representation or have lawyers who pull deals with the opposing parties to make peace with authorities at the defendant's expense. Ontario County, N.Y., is that way. try to find a law office that is willing to help an elderly or poor person. We need to make the law equal and unbiased for all people, even those who are on the street with no address. Been there. Got the experience.
We need to band together and get the deadwood out of the Senate and Congress so we can make the changes to our farmers' paychecks and controls. Who grows our food? Thousands are losing generational farms to banks that no longer support them through no fault of their own. We need to watch cults that would usurp our beliefs and deny they are subject to Laws and moral safeties embedded in our Constitution.
We need to abolish government institutions that siphon billions of our dollars each day without auditing. Were it you, it would be a totally different story. I think of you hoping for an easy April 15th income tax deadline each year, even after you retire and shouldn't need to think of it. I thought this election was to wipe out taxes for tariffs... What happened there? Then look at Minnesota and other financial leaks in the freedom boat. How about the HUNDREDS of BILLIONS that are unaccounted-for money spent by the government each year? Money that would take the homeless off the street would put the stolen Social Security funds into the coffers. Now, millions of elderly and disabled people are having their only security pulled out from under them by Medicare and Medicaid saying they had a loan that does not exist. It's a scam to take the people who spent a lifetime's savings for their later life and trusted the United States to keep that money safe. The politicians took that trust and the money without any thought of replacing it. Now people need to unite and force the Social Security accounts to be returned out of pork-barrel BS funds that allegedly are being recouped. Put it back in the Social Security/medicare/medicaid funds where people who paid into it have their livelihoods. KEEP THAT PROMISE FIRST.
My oldest sister was one treatment away from being cancer-free from brain cancer. SSI said she had used too much money and canceled even pain meds. She was said to be nearly cancer-free. The doctor said one more treatment would kill the last cancer. She died in agony weeks later. Her attorney said SSI is immune from lawsuits and walked away from her. She was a registered nurse who had cared for others all her life... You can understand my mindset for doctors and lawyers here. There have been numerous researchers who have had thousands of patients who have been proven to have cured cancer.
They were sued and driven out of their profession or imprisoned. The nemesis that destroyed them grabbed the cure and buried it. Goldman Sachs stated on camera a while ago that there would never be a cure after polio was cured. I was around during those years. I saw my best friend at 5 years old suffer and die from polio. in the 1950s. I didn't find out till years later why my friend, who was also 5 years old, was so different and where he disappeared to.
If you have read this far, thank you. I don't get compensation for my articles. It is my heartfelt concern for others and freedom for people from tyranny. I don't live in a cave waiting for the end of the world, sleeping with a remade AK-47. It sounds a bit too dramatic, and the system has countermeasures making that rather useless. You fight for freedom inside and use the rules set by others to fight them on your own chosen ground. That is what we must do. It states WE THE PEOPLE, which gives you the incentive to find information to help you without violence.
There's an election coming in a very few months, as we surely all know. It will determine where our country goes in the next few years. Possibly either giving back many rights or taking all our rights. Depending on your perspective and lifestyle, your beliefs, and your perspective of reality. Stay this course, and you will have the freedom to change it in the future. For all the complaints in the media, we have more freedom than we can complain and protest about.
A vote for substantial change to the far left will set a downward spiral as is being done to societies all over the world now. Personally, I enjoy what is happening in the USA right now, though I wish for less drama and more for the retired and downtrodden. Not the lazy bum that wouldn't take an opportunity if it were given to them. But to those who have gone through life and hit a dead end in the road of life with not even a place to safely sleep... I guess my dad was so hard-cased that he made me get back up when life knocked me down, brush myself off, and say, "Well, what have I learned from this?" and "What can I do to get around this? How can I turn a negative into a positive? A character from a James Axler audio series said, "Find a way over, under, around, or through. "I usually do so.
One final note to keep in mind: Those troops are looking good, and we send them all over the world when the cause arises. I couldn't help picturing in my mind if they ever again would be used to bomb United States citizens. Again? And would they? Do it again? I can prove it with documented proof. Before you run away from what you don't want to hear.
Not really; as history goes, a company was cheating American citizens who worked for them. They paid the workers in company script, which only had value in the company store, and forced the workers of all races to live in minimal housing. No running water or toilet facilities. Living in uninsulated shacks winter and summer. Children were put to work with their fathers as soon as possible. Still paid less and with the company script. As workers now, the working sons had to pay rent to live in the same shacks. Food was low quality and high priced to keep the workforce broke. Births were done in-house. That is in the lived-in shacks, as no medical coverage was offered or it was taken out of the pay script.
So after years of no one lifting a finger to help what was tantamount to slavery in the 20th century, the people armed themselves and rebelled. The company hired thugs with pipes, hammers, and clubs to beat down the workforce. Those thugs were met with armed resistance. This company had really powerful folks in the Senate and Congress who sent soldiers armed to the teeth and airplanes to drop BOMBS on these citizens, not tear gas or nonlethal ordnance—BOMBS as used in warfare to kill and maim, which took the lives of AMERICAN CITIZENS. The survivors were tried for rebellion and sent to long prison terms. Those families didn't own their homes/shacks. They were displaced, and most were not heard from afterwards. Such an act of war on the American People inside the boundaries of the United States is a major violation of our laws.
If you would like proof of what I write, here is all you'll need to find those documents: It's the Battle of Blair Mountain. U.S. citizens/coal miners vs. the coal company. Those who fail to learn from history are destined to repeat it. All scenarios must be considered to see what may be. We need to guard our freedoms. There are still such situations going on in the USA. I wonder who defended these people who had no money beyond worthless company script, no property to put a lien on, etc. I wonder how long they served for slaves who intended to misbehave.
This last administration saw citizens treated like dirt, with Social Security setting up the current plans to rob the disabled and elderly of life, as it will take that from them when they are unable to care for themselves or feed properly, if at all, and deny them mandatory meds. It may as well be a bomb because it will make many just as dead. Why has Washington allowed this to happen? Even President Obama came to the rescue of the disabled and elderly. Where is that help now? Just asking. I will be contacting them later today. President Obama answered in a day and sent federal investigators to the local SSI office. It will be interesting to see the outcome. President Trump's a good man from what I see.
There are tons of things our country needs to "fix." But we need people in office who are willing to work together on systems that benefit people and not other systems and things. IE: railroads that are paid for and never built, but the money is gone somewhere. Child care with nothing to show for it. finally but not last. Let's actually prosecute those in office who profit at the voters' expense. Who uses their office to pilfer and profit? Using the office, WE THE PEOPLE voted them into that office to serve the United States people. The bosses (VOTERS) whose offices they work for.
I appreciate your comments and contacts. I make myself heard, and people get angry. It's supposed to work that way. It's to make you think. Maybe that anger will open doors for you or others who you discuss it with. Discussion and debate are good. Those in Washington do enough for all of us; now if we could just... Get them to make all that drama into action!
Okay, I guess I am going to leave you in thought now. If you got this far, God bless you. Whatever you call him, may our country one day look back on this time as the nation blossoming into what will bring light to this crazy world of smoke and mirrors.
RJ Pickering
