Friday, February 26, 2021
The American journal of Medicine quietly admits that Dr. Zelenko and the America's Frontline Doctors were RIGHT!
Several months ago, I posted an article at http://cowboyentertainer.blogspot.com about the FACT that thousands of Americans likely died because the health agencies in this country, FDA, CDC, NIH and others, denied the use of Hydroxychloroquin (HCQ) treatments for Covid19 patients.
Many doctors in this country have continued to use this treatment, in defiance of these restrictions. These Doctors have had great results from the treatments and have, at risk to their careers, reputations and even freedoms, been loudly advocating such treatment. Most notably, Americas Frontline Doctors (https://www.americasfrontlinedoctors.com/) and Doctor Vladimir Zelenko (https://www.vladimirzelenkomd.com/?fbclid=IwAR2LQ126zIVtmyEeyCpRL9ju2vOukQU3VEcAXoxrFcfIiQb-mbH5Q89SYgY)
For months now, these Doctors have been vilified, ridiculed and fired from their positions. Their Social Media accounts have been blocked and websites removed. They have just kept on promoting and administering these treatments to exceptionally positive result. Incidentally, the treatments these Doctors have been fighting for are commonly used in other countries with an obvious marked reduction in serious Covid19 cases and deaths.
Well, guess what. Very quietly, the American medical community has decided that these treatments ARE effective, just as all these Doctors have been saying all along. The image I share here is from the American Journal of Medicine which recommends EXACTLY the treatments that Doctor Zelenko advocated over a year ago and that the American Frontline Doctors have been using and promoting all along. you can read the entire study here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002934320306732 but the bottom line? America's Frontline Doctors, Doctor Zelenko and President Trump have been RIGHT all along and, by extrapolation, the orders of Dr. Fauci and others have likely resulted in the unnecessary deaths of THOUSANDS of Americans!
This should make you Livid! You should be calling your Congress member and asking for a full investigation into why the HCQ/Zinc/Azithromycin treatment, advocated by Dr. Zelenko for over a year, was denied to Doctors here in the United States.
This is unconscionable.
Link to Dr. Zelenko's recommended treatment: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TaRDwXMhQHSMsgrs9TFBclHjPHerXMuB87DUXmcAvwg/edit
Sunday, February 14, 2021
CDC on "vaccine" effectiveness and safety: "We Don't Know"
Ok. I'm sorry. A large part of our population are idiots. Read this article. This nurse had Covid19 and this is what she said: “I was a little tired, some fever, but it was pretty mild.” But, she still JUMPED at the chance to get the vaccine?
Here's what she had to say about the side effects of the second dose: "“The second dose, they said, ‘You’ll be a little sick.’ And a little sick was an understatement. It was horrible," “I was in bed for three days.” “I could barely open my eyes. I couldn’t walk to the bathroom.”
Seriously? And the vaccine (Experimental Genetic material) is Better how?
"Dr. Michelle Barron, senior medical director of infection prevention at UCHealth in Colorado. 'We know, certainly from clinical trials, that people can have side effects. Younger people seem to have more side effects than older people. The good news is most side effects will resolve within 48 hours.'
In Graves case, it was about 72 hours."
“On the third night, my fever finally broke,” Graves said. “I thought my husband was going to either have to carry me to the ER or call an ambulance.”
And this from an article PROMOTING the vaccination! Take a chance on getting a new version of the flu and have headaches and fever or get the vaccine and be horribly sick for three days. Hmmm. Let me think about that.
And then...let Them inject you with their genetic experiment, be horribly sick for a few days...and it changes NOTHING! You still can catch Covid19. You still can transmit Covid19. You still are supposed to wear the face diaper. What's the point?
The point seems to be, how much control can They get over you? How willing are you to do ANYthing They tell you?
Here's the deal. Your chances of catching Covid19, with or without masks, social distancing, avoiding groups and all that shit are very slim. If you actually DO get Covid19, your symptoms are most likely to be very mild or even non-existent. Admittedly, if you are old, sick with other issues or have a very weak immune system, you might die from Covid19. The same can be said about the flu.
But, since you probably won't get sick from Covid19 naturally, They want you to get some genetic material shot into your body, under the guise of a vaccine, that will MAKE you extremely sick. But, even after the vaccine, keep on wearing that face diaper, keep away from your loved ones, don't go to church or go out with your friends, because the "vaccine" doesn't change ANY of that!
Stupid.
Another one: "Do I need to wear a mask and avoid close contact with others if I have gotten 2 doses of the vaccine?"
The answer? "Yes". The reason? Again, cut out all the gobbledygook and it boils down to: "We don't know"...They don't know what if any effect the vaccine will have on Covid19 transmissability, how effective the vaccine is against your getting the virus or how long any "immunity" will last.
"Are Covid19 vaccines safe?" I'll post the first paragraph here: "All the COVID-19 vaccines being used have gone through rigorous studies to ensure they are as safe as possible. Systems that allow CDC to watch for safety issues are in place across the entire country."
You know what that says? Want it in three words? "We don't know".
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/faq.html
Thursday, February 04, 2021
Glenn Beck: Gut Punch
Tuesday, February 02, 2021
Thousands of people likely could have been saved (reposted)
Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity both have touched on it a little but seem pretty blase' about it all. President Trump and Don Jr. both seemed more disgusted with the Twitter and Facebook censorship than about WHAT was being censored.
Folks, the America's Frontline Doctors appear to be RIGHT! I'm sure they are telling the truth as to what they have seen and I'm learning that they are not the only ones, by far.
I have spent quite a bit of time the last couple of days, researching the recent history of the hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin and zinc treatment for Covid 19, which was touted by the America's Frontline Doctors a couple of days ago. There are a lot of facts, a lot of dates and information and a lot of anecdotal information about this mess and I'll include that at the end of this post. But, it's very dry and hard to stick with so I'll paraphrase quite a bit.I still need to include some dates and info from my research first.
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| Dr Raoult |
New York Times, May 12
About the same time, Dr. Vladimir Zelenko, in a village just north of Manhattan, New York, was doing the same thing.
New York Times, April 2
CBS Local, April 30
Both these doctors were saving multiple Covid 19 patients with this treatment and both had found that a regimen of hydroxychloroquine was also an effective prevention for Covid 19.
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| Dr. Zelenko |
In April, President Trump began talking about these treatments and was optimistic that the hydroxychloroquine treatments could be the answer to this pandemic. President Trump himself began a HCQ regimen. About this same time, scientists in Wuhan, China began publishing information about positive results with hydroxychloroquine.
Bottom line? It Was Working! Not only as a cure for those in early stages of Covid 19 but as a prevention FOR Covid 19! Let's see if I can get this across to you.
It looks as though; If everyone who tested positive for Covid 19 had been quickly treated with the hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin and zinc regimen that the America's Frontline Doctors talked about...most would have gotten better, very quickly. It seems likely (in MY mind, certain) that very few who received this treatment would have died from Covid 19.
Let's say that another way. Thousands of Americans and others around the world DIED FOR NO REASON! There was a treatment which could have cured most of them! Healthcare workers and anyone else at risk could have been taking HCQ BEFORE they got sick and would likely NOT have caught the virus.On May 1, the FDA issued an Emergency Use Authorization for the HCQ treatments.
In May, the National Institute of Health (NIH) began a study, called: A5395, into the efficacy of the hydroxychloroquine treatments.
On May 25, the Lancet Medical Journal published the following:
"HYDROXYchloroquine or chloroquine, given with or without an antibiotic, “was associated with decreased in-hospital survival and an increased frequency of ventricular arrhythmias when used for treatment of COVID-19,” stated an authoritative six-continent, 671-hospital, 96,032-patient study published in The Lancet." After this publication, authorization for a HCQ treatment for Covid 19 was pretty much revoked.
www.dailykos.com
On May 25, the World Health Organization (WHO) suspended their HCQ trials and on June 15th, the FDA revoked their EUA for it's use in the U.S. as a Covid 19 treatment.
Multiple doctors, throughout the U.S. and the world, have continued using it though, despite the FDA, NIH and WHO discouragement and those doctors have almost universally had very positive results.
On July, 29, 2020, a group of Doctors, calling themselves America's Frontline Doctors, gave a press conference on the steps of the Supreme Court, in Washington, DC at which they adamantly state that the HCQ treatments work.
Remember that Lancet article that quoted researchers who claim the HCQ treatments were not only useless but maybe deadly? Well, on July 31, the Lancet RETRACTED those findings! From the Lancet:
“Today, three of the authors of the paper, ‘Hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine with or without a macrolide for treatment of COVID-19: a multinational registry analysis”, have retracted their study,” The Lancet said in a retraction statement Thursday. “They were unable to complete an independent audit of the data underpinning their analysis. As a result, they have concluded that they ‘can no longer vouch for the veracity of the primary data sources.”
The Federalist
My conclusion? My (never humble) opinon? The hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin and zinc regimen that the America's Frontline Doctors talked about works. They are right. President Trump was right. The Mainstream Media and President Trumps own medical advisors (Can you say: "Dr. Fauci"?) lied to the President and to us and are STILL lying, even in the face of these whistleblowers coming forward.
Why do you think the Lancet turned around on Them? Because the cat is out of the bag and running down the street now and They know it!
Now, I ask myself: "Why?" Why have the President's advisors, the media and many other people in leadership positions been lying about something as important as a probable prevention and cure for a worldwide pandemic?
Well, let's just use our logic and common sense, guided by experience, shall we? First, we "follow the money".
President Trump has caused major waves throughout the world since taking office. Pulled out of the Paris Accords, the TPP and NAFTA. He gained and was gaining great concessions from China on trade which stood to benefit our country immensely but would likely cost China a pretty fair sized penny.
At the same time, the Global Agenda that Obama put us into was being undermined by our current President. Islamic terrorists were being soundly defeated while our domestic economy was rocketing through the roof with employment figures and GDP figures higher than we'd had for a long time. Minority employment was the best we'd EVER SEEN.
Where are we now? After completely shutting down our booming economy for ten months with no real end in sight? The U.S. and United Kingdom both in tatters economically. China hammered us big without firing a shot.
Now, let's look at another little issue. If the HCQ treatment works, then there is little or no use, certainly no urgency, for a Coronavirus vaccine. The $60 million that the Gates Foundation has invested in such an enterprise might just go bye-bye. Hmmm.www.statesman.com, April 16
Are Fauci and Bill Gates involved together with vaccine development? Here I quote from a Politifact fact-check: "The Gates Foundation has supported the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the past. He is the director, but NIAID is not “Fauci’s Institution” — it’s part of a federal agency. Fauci is on the Leadership Council for a Gates Foundation-sponsored vaccines collaboration, but Gates himself is not." Hmmm
https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/apr/14/fact-checking-facebook-conspiracy-about-bill-gates/
Speaking of Bill Gates, he's not a fan of old people. He has spoken against using expensive technology to prolong the lives of the elderly and he's not the only one. Also, unhealthy people use up resources and can cost our insurance industry quite a few pesos. So, which demographics are more at risk from Covid 19 again? Oh, yes. the elderly and unhealthy. Hmmm. Thinning the herd?
https://www.nationalreview.com/human-exceptionalism/bill-gates-supports-death-panels-wesley-j-smith/
Here's another Doctor with the same message, from April, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/embed/eVs_EWVCVPc
One man was apparently murdered by police excessive force and the Democrats have used that to burn, loot, assault and murder for over two months now.
THOUSANDS have died because They wanted to make President Trump look bad, while lining their pockets and thinning out we useless serfs. Aren't WE going to do something about it?
https://www.statnews.com/2020/06/16/hydroxychloroquine-emergency-use-patients-politicians/
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/04/06/navarro_virtually_every_covid-19_patient_in_new_york_is_given_hydroxychloroquine.html
https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/chloroquine-and-hydroxychloroquine-current-evidence-for-their-effectiveness-in-treating-covid-19/
Sunday, January 31, 2021
There Are Four Lights!
I have a somewhat complicated analogy for you. If everyone who reads this were a "Trekkie", I could skip the explanation and just make the comparison...but...
In a Star Trek, Next Generation episode, Captain Picard is captured by aliens and is psychologically tortured. Sleep deprivation, minimal food and so on.
As part of his torture, a bank of four lights is left on all the time. The torture will be eased or even stopped if he will just do one simple thing. Admit that there are actually FIVE lights when, in fact, there are only four. The premise being that if he will go along with that, then they will be able to get him to go along with other things, each more important than the other, until he finally succumbs and answers all their questions and does exactly as he's told. The ultimate goal is to have full mental and physical control over him. All he has to do is go along with ONE simple lie. After that, They can get him to do more and more.
You want to open your businesses? You want to visit your elderly in the nursing home? You want to have weddings, funerals, go to church, play in a pool tournament? There are a few things you have to do first.
Wear a mask. Very simple thing. Won't really hurt you and shows that you are willing to go along...compromise. Admit that the Wuhan virus is one of the most contagious and deadly viruses ever encountered and endangers the lives of all the people in the world, despite all the information that shows otherwise. Just admit it. Go along.
Climate change is destroying the planet and is caused by people. See, "MOST" climatologists agree. Just go along.
Biden won the election legally and fairly. It's a done deal now, just admit it and go along.
BLM and Antifa are mostly peaceful protesters and their rioting, looting, burning and killing were not important. But the storming of the Capital building was one of the worst terrorist acts in our history. Just go along.
Biden's Assistant Secretary of Health is a woman. Admit it. Go along.
The Covid19 vaccines are safe. They aren't experimental biological agents. Get the injection. Carry the card or even get a chip to prove you are willing to go along.
It's subtle, folks. If They just declared one day that we had to give up our weapons, give all our property to the State, accept one party rule and Martial Law...They'd have a fight on Their hands that they really couldn't win. Even the most passive among us would stand up to Them.
But this way, using the propaganda of a compromised and controlled media, using a virus They can hype and a school system They control, They can get us to go along with a few simple things until it's just easier to go along with ANYthing!
As for me, I still see four lights.
Thursday, January 28, 2021
Please help me research the things I'm seeing!!
Information I'm finding about the efforts to create a New world Order, including the vote changing done during our Presidential Election and the lies about the China Virus. Very interesting reading at:
https://www.stopworldcontrol.com/, including this video:
https://www.stopworldcontrol.com/leonardo/. In partial support of this video, I found the following link:
https://greatgameindia.com/alfio-durso-leonardo-arturo-delias/
I don't know for sure the truth of these things but they DO seem to make sense, considering the recent and current events in our country.
I'd really like others to dive into this research with me and see what we learn. Let's prove or disprove this stuff so we can spread the word, either way.
Another one that sparks my interest: https://principia-scientific.com/proof-that-the-pandemic-was-planned-with-purpose/
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Dr. Simone Gold and Dr. Lee Merritt about the Wuhan Virus and Experimental Vaccines
Here's some more information about the China Virus that makes you go...Hmmmm.
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Boston Herald Article by Howie Carr: "Thanks for Everything, President Trump"
PUBLISHED: January 18, 2021 at 6:09 p.m. | UPDATED: January 20, 2021 at 1:51 p.m.
"Thank you, Mr. President, for everything you’ve done.
It shouldn’t be ending this way, but I and 74 million other Americans just want to thank you for all your efforts on our behalf over the past four years, actually since you came down the escalator at Trump Tower back in the summer of 2015.
In no particular order:
Thank you for restoring the U.S. as the world’s leading producer of energy – after your predecessor sternly lectured us that we “couldn’t drill our way” out of our dependence on unstable Middle Eastern oil providers.
Thank you for the tax cuts for the middle class.
Thank you for destroying genocidal ISIS, which your predecessor called “the junior varsity.”
Thanks for shutting off the endless flow of illegal immigrants at the southern border, and the unending supply of MS-13 gangbangers, among other criminals, as well as the welfare-dependent illiterate indigents who were so destabilizing American society before you became president.
Thank you for calling out the endless hypocrisy of the media — what you so aptly described as “Very Fake News.”
Thank you for promoting economic policies that led to the lowest unemployment rates ever for blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Native Americans and women, among others.
Thank you for doing more to promote peace in the Middle East than all of your predecessors combined.
Thank you for calling out and exposing the feckless RINOs of your own party like Willard Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Kelly Ayotte, et al.
Thanks for finally standing up to Red China and its predatory trade practices.
Thanks for calling out Fox News Channel for its duplicitous descent into terminal wokeness.
Thank you for Operation Warp Speed, an amazing achievement for which you will never receive the appropriate credit.
Thanks for pardoning all the persecuted victims of the Russian collusion hoax, among them Gen. Michael Flynn and Roger Stone.
Thank you for eliminating Obamacare’s “individual mandate,” which fined individuals for not buying health insurance they didn’t want or couldn’t afford.
Thank you for taking more questions from (almost always hostile) reporters than all of the last three or four presidents combined.
Thanks for getting the U.S. out of such foreign policy disasters as the Iran nuclear deal, the Paris Climate Accords and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, as well as ending the fiasco for American workers that was NAFTA.
Thanks for such a booming economy that seven million people got off the food-stamp rolls.
Thanks for all those tweets that drove the Democrats and the media (but I repeat myself) crazy.
Also, a personal note on Twitter: Thanks for the three tweets promoting my book, “What Really Happened: How Donald J. Trump Saved America from Hillary Clinton.”
As Donald Trump Jr. told me: “That’s two tweets more than he gave my book!”
Thank you for not turning the IRS into an instrument of persecution against your political foes, the way your predecessor did.
Thanks for not surveilling reporters a la the Obama administration.
Thanks for ending state oppression against people of faith like the Little Sisters of the Poor.
Thank you for trying to defund “sanctuary cities” where illegals run amok.
Thanks for the three new justices on the Supreme Court — think how much worse Hillary’s picks would have been, and maybe someday they’ll grow the spines they so obviously lacked last month in Texas v. Pennsylvania.
Thank you for defanging North Korea and Little Rocket Man.
Thanks for opening up more of our North Atlantic waters for New England commercial fishermen and lobstermen.
Thanks for defending both the First and Second Amendments, and for railing against Section 230, which the billionaire fascists of Silicon Valley are abusing to shut down free speech.
Thank you for appointing U.S. attorneys who actually wanted to put real criminals in prison, without fear or favor.
Thank you for the travel ban, which has largely halted the flow of terrorists like the Tsarnaevs, who had been welcomed into the U.S. and put on welfare by previous administrations, Democrat and Republican alike.Thanks for using the death penalty, when necessary, against the worst of the worst serial killers.
Thanks for the balance in my 401(k).
Thanks for the lowest gasoline prices in decades.
Thanks for the largest number of Americans with gainful employment since the government started keeping records.
Thank you for ordering the elimination of two of the most bloodthirsty terrorists on earth, al-Baghdadi and Gen. Soleimani.
To borrow a line from “The Last Hurrah,” “How do you thank a guy for a million laughs?”
Thanks for all the great nicknames — Crooked Hillary, Li’l Marco, Low Energy Jeb, etc.
Thanks for all the amazingly entertaining rallies, if not for bringing back the Village People’s “Macho Man” song.
Mr. President, I could go on and on and on, but all of us Deplorables and bitter clingers and credulous Boomer rubes just want you to know how much we appreciate the four years you gave us to prepare and fortify ourselves for the impending disaster ahead.
We’ll be back, Mr. President, and so will you."
President Trump's Farewell Speech
"My fellow Americans: Four years ago, we launched a great national effort to rebuild our country, to renew its spirit, and to restore the allegiance of this government to its citizens. In short, we embarked on a mission to make America great again — for all Americans.
As I conclude my term as the 45th President of the United States, I stand before you truly proud of what we have achieved together. We did what we came here to do — and so much more.
This week, we inaugurate a new administration and pray for its success in keeping America safe and prosperous. We extend our best wishes, and we also want them to have luck — a very important word.
I’d like to begin by thanking just a few of the amazing people who made our remarkable journey possible.
First, let me express my overwhelming gratitude for the love and support of our spectacular First Lady, Melania. Let me also share my deepest appreciation to my daughter Ivanka, my son-in-law Jared, and to Barron, Don, Eric, Tiffany, and Lara. You fill my world with light and with joy.
I also want to thank Vice President Mike Pence, his wonderful wife Karen, and the entire Pence family.
Thank you as well to my Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows; the dedicated members of the White House Staff and the Cabinet; and all the incredible people across our administration who poured out their heart and soul to fight for America.
I also want to take a moment to thank a truly exceptional group of people: the United States Secret Service. My family and I will forever be in your debt. My profound gratitude as well to everyone in the White House Military Office, the teams of Marine One and Air Force One, every member of the Armed Forces, and state and local law enforcement all across our country.
Most of all, I want to thank the American people. To serve as your President has been an honor beyond description. Thank you for this extraordinary privilege. And that’s what it is — a great privilege and a great honor.
We must never forget that while Americans will always have our disagreements, we are a nation of incredible, decent, faithful, and peace-loving citizens who all want our country to thrive and flourish and be very, very successful and good. We are a truly magnificent nation.
All Americans were horrified by the assault on our Capitol. Political violence is an attack on everything we cherish as Americans. It can never be tolerated.
Now more than ever, we must unify around our shared values and rise above the partisan rancor, and forge our common destiny.
Four years ago, I came to Washington as the only true outsider ever to win the presidency. I had not spent my career as a politician, but as a builder looking at open skylines and imagining infinite possibilities. I ran for President because I knew there were towering new summits for America just waiting to be scaled. I knew the potential for our nation was boundless as long as we put America first.
So I left behind my former life and stepped into a very difficult arena, but an arena nevertheless, with all sorts of potential if properly done. America had given me so much, and I wanted to give something back.
Together with millions of hardworking patriots across this land, we built the greatest political movement in the history of our country. We also built the greatest economy in the history of the world. It was about “America First” because we all wanted to make America great again. We restored the principle that a nation exists to serve its citizens. Our agenda was not about right or left, it wasn’t about Republican or Democrat, but about the good of a nation, and that means the whole nation.
With the support and prayers of the American people, we achieved more than anyone thought possible. Nobody thought we could even come close.
We passed the largest package of tax cuts and reforms in American history. We slashed more job-killing regulations than any administration had ever done before. We fixed our broken trade deals, withdrew from the horrible Trans-Pacific Partnership and the impossible Paris Climate Accord, renegotiated the one-sided South Korea deal, and we replaced NAFTA with the groundbreaking USMCA — that’s Mexico and Canada — a deal that’s worked out very, very well.
Also, and very importantly, we imposed historic and monumental tariffs on China; made a great new deal with China. But before the ink was even dry, we and the whole world got hit with the China virus. Our trade relationship was rapidly changing, billions and billions of dollars were pouring into the U.S., but the virus forced us to go in a different direction.
The whole world suffered, but America outperformed other countries economically because of our incredible economy and the economy that we built. Without the foundations and footings, it wouldn’t have worked out this way. We wouldn’t have some of the best numbers we’ve ever had.
We also unlocked our energy resources and became the world’s number-one producer of oil and natural gas by far. Powered by these policies, we built the greatest economy in the history of the world. We reignited America’s job creation and achieved record-low unemployment for African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, women — almost everyone.
Incomes soared, wages boomed, the American Dream was restored, and millions were lifted from poverty in just a few short years. It was a miracle. The stock market set one record after another, with 148 stock market highs during this short period of time, and boosted the retirements and pensions of hardworking citizens all across our nation. 401(k)s are at a level they’ve never been at before. We’ve never seen numbers like we’ve seen, and that’s before the pandemic and after the pandemic.
We rebuilt the American manufacturing base, opened up thousands of new factories, and brought back the beautiful phrase: “Made in the USA.”
To make life better for working families, we doubled the child tax credit and signed the largest-ever expansion of funding for childcare and development. We joined with the private sector to secure commitments to train more than 16 million American workers for the jobs of tomorrow.
When our nation was hit with the terrible pandemic, we produced not one, but two vaccines with record-breaking speed, and more will quickly follow. They said it couldn’t be done but we did it. They call it a “medical miracle,” and that’s what they’re calling it right now: a “medical miracle.”
Another administration would have taken 3, 4, 5, maybe even up to 10 years to develop a vaccine. We did in nine months.
We grieve for every life lost, and we pledge in their memory to wipe out this horrible pandemic once and for all.
When the virus took its brutal toll on the world’s economy, we launched the fastest economic recovery our country has ever seen. We passed nearly $4 trillion in economic relief, saved or supported over 50 million jobs, and slashed the unemployment rate in half. These are numbers that our country has never seen before.
We created choice and transparency in healthcare, stood up to big pharma in so many ways, but especially in our effort to get favored-nations clauses added, which will give us the lowest prescription drug prices anywhere in the world.
We passed VA Choice, VA Accountability, Right to Try, and landmark criminal justice reform.
We confirmed three new justices of the United States Supreme Court. We appointed nearly 300 federal judges to interpret our Constitution as written.
For years, the American people pleaded with Washington to finally secure the nation’s borders. I am pleased to say we answered that plea and achieved the most secure border in U.S. history. We have given our brave border agents and heroic ICE officers the tools they need to do their jobs better than they have ever done before, and to enforce our laws and keep America safe.
We proudly leave the next administration with the strongest and most robust border security measures ever put into place. This includes historic agreements with Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, along with more than 450 miles of powerful new wall.
We restored American strength at home and American leadership abroad. The world respects us again. Please don’t lose that respect.
We reclaimed our sovereignty by standing up for America at the United Nations and withdrawing from the one-sided global deals that never served our interests. And NATO countries are now paying hundreds of billions of dollars more than when I arrived just a few years ago. It was very unfair. We were paying the cost for the world. Now the world is helping us.
And perhaps most importantly of all, with nearly $3 trillion, we fully rebuilt the American military — all made in the USA. We launched the first new branch of the United States Armed Forces in 75 years: the Space Force. And last spring, I stood at Kennedy Space Center in Florida and watched as American astronauts returned to space on American rockets for the first time in many, many years.
We revitalized our alliances and rallied the nations of the world to stand up to China like never before.
We obliterated the ISIS caliphate and ended the wretched life of its founder and leader, al Baghdadi. We stood up to the oppressive Iranian regime and killed the world’s top terrorist, Iranian butcher Qasem Soleimani.
We recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights.
As a result of our bold diplomacy and principled realism, we achieved a series of historic peace deals in the Middle East. Nobody believed it could happen. The Abraham Accords opened the doors to a future of peace and harmony, not violence and bloodshed. It is the dawn of a new Middle East, and we are bringing our soldiers home.
I am especially proud to be the first President in decades who has started no new wars.
Above all, we have reasserted the sacred idea that, in America, the government answers to the people. Our guiding light, our North Star, our unwavering conviction has been that we are here to serve the noble everyday citizens of America. Our allegiance is not to the special interests, corporations, or global entities; it’s to our children, our citizens, and to our nation itself.
As President, my top priority, my constant concern, has always been the best interests of American workers and American families. I did not seek the easiest course; by far, it was actually the most difficult. I did not seek the path that would get the least criticism. I took on the tough battles, the hardest fights, the most difficult choices because that’s what you elected me to do. Your needs were my first and last unyielding focus.
This, I hope, will be our greatest legacy: Together, we put the American people back in charge of our country. We restored self-government. We restored the idea that in America no one is forgotten, because everyone matters and everyone has a voice. We fought for the principle that every citizen is entitled to equal dignity, equal treatment, and equal rights because we are all made equal by God. Everyone is entitled to be treated with respect, to have their voice heard, and to have their government listen. You are loyal to your country, and my administration was always loyal to you.
We worked to build a country in which every citizen could find a great job and support their wonderful families. We fought for the communities where every American could be safe and schools where every child could learn. We promoted a culture where our laws would be upheld, our heroes honored, our history preserved, and law-abiding citizens are never taken for granted. Americans should take tremendous satisfaction in all that we have achieved together. It’s incredible.
Now, as I leave the White House, I have been reflecting on the dangers that threaten the priceless inheritance we all share. As the world’s most powerful nation, America faces constant threats and challenges from abroad. But the greatest danger we face is a loss of confidence in ourselves, a loss of confidence in our national greatness. A nation is only as strong as its spirit. We are only as dynamic as our pride. We are only as vibrant as the faith that beats in the hearts of our people.
No nation can long thrive that loses faith in its own values, history, and heroes, for these are the very sources of our unity and our vitality.
What has always allowed America to prevail and triumph over the great challenges of the past has been an unyielding and unashamed conviction in the nobility of our country and its unique purpose in history. We must never lose this conviction. We must never forsake our belief in America.
The key to national greatness lies in sustaining and instilling our shared national identity. That means focusing on what we have in common: the heritage that we all share.
At the center of this heritage is also a robust belief in free expression, free speech, and open debate. Only if we forget who we are, and how we got here, could we ever allow political censorship and blacklisting to take place in America. It’s not even thinkable. Shutting down free and open debate violates our core values and most enduring traditions.
In America, we don’t insist on absolute conformity or enforce rigid orthodoxies and punitive speech codes. We just don’t do that. America is not a timid nation of tame souls who need to be sheltered and protected from those with whom we disagree. That’s not who we are. It will never be who we are.
For nearly 250 years, in the face of every challenge, Americans have always summoned our unmatched courage, confidence, and fierce independence. These are the miraculous traits that once led millions of everyday citizens to set out across a wild continent and carve out a new life in the great West. It was the same profound love of our God-given freedom that willed our soldiers into battle and our astronauts into space.
As I think back on the past four years, one image rises in my mind above all others. Whenever I traveled all along the motorcade route, there were thousands and thousands of people. They came out with their families so that they could stand as we passed, and proudly wave our great American flag. It never failed to deeply move me. I knew that they did not just come out to show their support of me; they came out to show me their support and love for our country.
This is a republic of proud citizens who are united by our common conviction that America is the greatest nation in all of history. We are, and must always be, a land of hope, of light, and of glory to all the world. This is the precious inheritance that we must safeguard at every single turn.
For the past four years, I have worked to do just that. From a great hall of Muslim leaders in Riyadh to a great square of Polish people in Warsaw; from the floor of the Korean Assembly to the podium at the United Nations General Assembly; and from the Forbidden City in Beijing to the shadow of Mount Rushmore, I fought for you, I fought for your family, I fought for our country. Above all, I fought for America and all it stands for — and that is safe, strong, proud, and free.
Now, as I prepare to hand power over to a new administration at noon on Wednesday, I want you to know that the movement we started is only just beginning. There’s never been anything like it. The belief that a nation must serve its citizens will not dwindle but instead only grow stronger by the day.
As long as the American people hold in their hearts deep and devoted love of country, then there is nothing that this nation cannot achieve. Our communities will flourish. Our people will be prosperous. Our traditions will be cherished. Our faith will be strong. And our future will be brighter than ever before.
I go from this majestic place with a loyal and joyful heart, an optimistic spirit, and a supreme confidence that for our country and for our children, the best is yet to come.
Thank you, and farewell. God bless you. God bless the United States of America."
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Saturday, January 02, 2021
Forty Years?!!
I was listening to old songs again today. Certainly, nothing recorded in the past 15 years or so appeals to me so I have hours of 60s-80s music on my computer. Country, Rock and a bunch of other stuff.
Anyway, a song from the movie "Midnight Express" came on. A song called "Chase"
I told Joann that I remember queuing up that song on my walkman as I would leave my apartment in Izmir, Turkey and started walking to the Security Police office for another shift. I'd turn it up and walk to the beat of the song. It's a fast beat and a long song so I'd be almost to work by the time the next song came on.
Funny how a song can bring back so much. The smells of the hot streets in Izmir; Garbage, spices, car exaust, people, animals...all blending together. The heat of that Turkish sun beating down. The people bustling by.
Of course, when I heave myself off of the couch and limp the first few steps towards the kitchen, THEN it's easy to remember.
I cry a little sometimes, thinking about the years behind me. But there were some great times and I've done and seen a lot. The only regret is that it's all behind me now.
On the other hand, I'm still here, living on what I call "bonus time" since most men in my family don't get to see 60; yet...here I am.
Saturday, December 26, 2020
Dr. Zelenko Treatment Information
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| Dr. Vladimir Zelenko |
Read this article!! https://onenewsnow.com/perspectives/bryan-fischer/2020/04/27/fauci-knew-about-hcq-in-2005-nobody-needed-to-die
Facebook Fact Checkers mark it as untrue. THEY are the liars and everyone involved in the coverup of the Hydroxychloroquine treatments should be prosecuted for Murder and Treason!
One of the things I learned is that a nutritional supplement called Quercetin can have much the same effect as the drug, Hydroxychloroqine, but Quercetin is available over the counter.
Dr. Zelenko says that he has used Quercetin to replace Hydroxychloroqine when patients had a hard time getting prescriptions for Hydroxychloroqine due to current politics.
Here are some quotes from various internet articles about Dr. Zelenko and his treatments.
Dr. Vladimir Zelenko says:
"My outpatient treatment regimen is as follows:
1. Hydroxychloroquine, 200mg, twice a day for five days.
2. Azithromycin, 500mg , once a day for five days.
3. Zinc Sulphate, 220mg, once a day for five days.
We know that hydroxychloroquine helps Zinc enter the cell. We know that Zinc slows viral replication within the cell. Regarding the use of azithromycin, I postulate it prevents secondary bacterial infections. These three drugs are well known and usually well tolerated, hence the risk to the patient is low."
“Hydroxychloroquine’s main function is to allow zinc to enter the cell, while zinc is a virus killer,” Zelenko added. “Azithromycin prevents secondary bacterial infection in the lungs, and reduces the risk of pulmonary complications. So zinc is the bullet, hydroxychloroquine is the gun, and azithromycin is the protective vest.”
He also had this to say, on Twitter, concerning quercetin and zinc as preventatives of Covid 19:
"ASK YOUR DOCTOR, but I recommend anyone over 20 to take quercetin 500mg one day and elemental zinc 25mg one a day indefinitely in order to prevent Covid-19 and potentially some other viral infections"
https://twitter.com/zev_dr
You should also know that the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons has filed suit against the FDA against their limiting use of hydroxichloroquine in treatment of covid 19.
https://aapsonline.org/hcqsuit/
As well as the fact that the Lancet medical journal has retracted it's article outlining the testing which showed that the hydroxychloroqine treatments were dangerous, because the study was not only flawed but factually untrue.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31324-6/fulltext
They've been lying to us, people, at the cost of THOUSANDS of lives! There MUST be some accountability here. It's crazy that we just shrug our shoulders and go on believing Them in the face of all the evidence in front of us!
Other links I've used for this post:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hydroxychloroq/u-s-doctors-group-sues-fda-for-limiting-access-to-drug-touted-by-trump-for-covid-19-idUSKBN23B340
https://thegreenpassion.com/index.php/tag/dr-zelenko/
https://conservativewoman.co.uk/the-doctor-whos-curing-covid-19-with-hydroxychloroquine/
https://forward.com/news/national/447109/zelenko-hydroxychloroquine-trump/
https://internetprotocol.co/hype-news/2020/04/14/a-detailed-coronavirus-treatment-plan-from-dr-zelenko/
Saturday, December 12, 2020
America Has Fallen
First, I'm thankful to God that He let me grow up and enjoy my prime years in a truly free country, where my travel, my careers and my recreations were not hindered by an overreaching government. I was free to just enjoy my life and the world in which I lived.
It's all over now. The Constitution of the United States is now nothing but an interesting historical document, on display at the National Archives. It no longer has any meaning in our government beyond historical curiosity. Our country is now under the control of a shadowy group of rich and powerful oligarchs, interested only in Themselves and in gaining more complete control of the rest of us.
Don't for a minute think that a majority of Americans actually condone this. Harris/Biden did NOT get a majority of the votes. Quite the contrary. An overwhelming majority of American citizens voted for freedom, our republic and our Constitution. Harris/Biden will be placed as figureheads by a group of rich, powerful and anonymous controllers who stole this Presidential election; NOT by the popular vote of the American public. Biden does not WIN the Presidency. He was placed in that office through theft, fraud and deception. But, with control over the media and the lower courts, Those In Control were able to make it work.
Now, we wait to see how quickly They take complete control. Do They continue to work slowly, taking our freedoms gradually while we complain a little but; after all, just "go along to get along"? Or, will They have their surrogate President take a much firmer hand and get things the way They want them quickly and brutally? Only time will tell.
I think one indication of how They want to proceed will be how quickly They get rid of poor old Joe and put Harris in his place. On one hand, Joe is certainly controllable and will do anything he's told but he also will say or do something stupid and might let us know what's in store before They want it out there. I think Harris probably wants to be one of Them so she's going to be more cooperative and predictable.
I feel a little sorry for those who actually did vote for Biden. There WERE a lot of real votes for Biden/Harris, partly because of the D next to their name, partly through Trump Derangement Syndrome and partly because of a true belief in what they have been told by the Democrat party.
The thing is, though, that even that minority of actual Biden voters will be under the same State Control. Those poor deluded fools won't get a pass because they followed the Party Line. The Police State won't be passing by their doors. On the other hand, most of those who actually voted for the final destruction of our once great nation probably believe that the coming controls and changes are for the greater good. Well, I believe they are about to get a bitter taste of reality; probably pretty quickly.
I mean, why wait? It looks to me as if the slow boil is over and it's time to finish the job. They might as well let Their true agenda be seen as voters no longer matter. They are in control of who counts the votes and how the votes are counted so the general population no longer has a say.
The media; news, entertainment and social, are not only under Their control but are actually
eager, willing participants in the overthrow of our republic. Computers? They own 'em. What you post on ANY social media? They can see it and control it if They want.
You and I carry one of Their control devices wherever we go and pay handsomely for that privilege, giving Them the option of knowing exactly where we are at any given moment and even using our own expensive control device to listen to and even watch our surroundings, if we come to Their attention.
They told us there was a deadly virus in our midst that would kill most of us if we didn't Go Along. Even with the actual facts available, a large part of our population still believes this and They are taking full advantage of this gullibility to more completely cement Their control. They will be able to make us display our obedience, with masks today and with vaccine proof tomorrow and those who aren't obedient will quickly be removed, either through direct or passive force. No need to come grab us in the dark of night. Just not let us participate in normal commerce without the badges of obedience; the mask, the vaccination papers...the chip.
How we got here is pretty clear, in hindsight. And Kruschev told us exactly how it would be done. We laughed at him as he shook his head and started the ball rolling.
Our education system was key. Not only to get our best and brightest youth to welcome government control...communism, but to get a strong handle on necessary career fields. Media, Military, Legal and Political.
In addition, getting our population more and more in debt, living beyond our means, piling up those credit cards, car and house payments. Monopolizing and outsourcing our agriculture was also a brilliant chess move. Very few Americans can live without a grocery store. The skills and knowledge necessary to locally produce food, especially in the big cities, no longer exist, making us slaves to our jobs. Then, controlling the jobs makes it easier to control the population. Don't wear a mask? Can't work, can't buy groceries or even have money to pay for housing. So, what are people going to do? They'll wear the masks and insist that everyone else wears them as well because if you aren't wearing yours, then the State will come after the business that allowed such deviant behavior. The same kind of thing will exist for the vaccine. If you don't have your vaccination papers or chip, then you can't get a job, can't shop in the stores, can't pay your bills, can't get medical care.
They'll get us to accept more and more such things. People dying from the vaccine side effects? Oh well, they're old people and we need the room, the food and the housing for the younger drones.
What is our recourse? Obviously, the vote no longer is an issue to Them. They will just be appointing people to fill "elected" offices from now on. Oh, They might continue to let us vote in order to give the illusion that we have some control but, in reality, the votes will, from now on, be counted by Their vote counters and the results will be what They want.
People have talked of civil war. Really? Against whom? What is your target? Only a tiny, very selective number of people know who really is in charge now and it isn't the President, Congress or anyone like that. Those now are political appointments, made by nameless, faceless controllers that we'll never know.
Maybe secession? Regions with similar cultures? Maybe, but we'll never know, from now on, if They are controlling even a regional, state or local government.
Watch "Braveheart" and "The Hunger Games" series to see what we're looking forward to and "The Postman" is a good insight into the probable results of a revolt.
In my opinion, They won. Accept your lot in this brave New World Order and remember: "To get along, you GO along".
Thursday, December 03, 2020
If the U.S. falls, then Worldwide Freedom falls with us!
Wednesday, December 02, 2020
We Have Been Warned
Ether 2:12: Behold, this is a choice land, and whatsoever nation shall possess it shall be free from bondage, and from captivity, and from all other nations under heaven, if they will but serve the God of the land, who is Jesus Christ, who hath been manifested by the things which we have written.
2 Timothy 3:1-7: "But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away! For of this sort are those who creep into households and make captives of gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts, always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth."
Ephesians 6:12 “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”
Conference Report, Charles W. Nibley, October, 1923:
"Brethren and sisters, let me say in closing that we have it of record, that the prophet Joseph Smith said the time would come when, through secret organizations taking the law into their own hands, not being governed by law or by due process of law, but becoming a law unto themselves, when, by those disintegrating activities, the Constitution of the United States would be so torn and rent asunder, and life and property and peace and security would be held of so little value, that the Constitution would, as it were, hang by a thread."
Conference Report; Ezra Taft Benson, April, 1978:
"Yes, there is a conspiracy of evil. The source of it all is Satan and his hosts. He has a great power over men to “lead them captive at his will, even as many as would not hearken” to the voice of the Lord. (Moses 4:4.) His evil influence may be manifest through governments; through false educational, political, economic, religious, and social philosophies; through secret societies and organizations; and through myriads of other forms. His power and influence are so great that, if possible, he would deceive the very elect. As the second coming of the Lord approaches, Satan’s work will intensify through numerous insidious deceptions."
Conference Report; Ezra Taft Benson, April, 1989:
"Pride results in secret combinations which are built up to get power, gain, and glory of the world (see Helaman 7:5; Ether 8:9, 16, 22-23; Moses 5:31). This fruit of the sin of pride, namely secret combinations, brought down both the Jaredite and the Nephite civilizations and has been and will yet be the cause of the fall of many nations (see Ether 8:18-25)."
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/gs/signs-of-the-times?lang=eng
Friday, November 27, 2020
They Are Almost In Control Now
The fraud and theft of this election is obvious to anyone honest enough to look.
Biden didn't campaign. He hid out in his basement because he knew the fix was in for him, no matter what.
President Trump stands in the way of the Globalist agenda and (T)hey HAD to get rid of him. They tried the Russian hoax, They tried impeachment, riots, looting, lawlessness and then They either introduced or took advantage of a virus, slightly more virulent and contagious than the flu, to make the mindless believe that they were in danger.
None of these things worked. President Trump was able to withstand the unceasing investigations, impeachment fraud and didn't fall for Their trap in re the riots and looting. President Trump just stuck to the Constitution and the law and left Them with no more ammo in Their pouch.
So, They arranged for a demented old man and a woman They could control to run against President Trump in this election, knowing that They would be using every possible method to cheat; would have the unwavering support of Their media and the support of Their social media as well.
If never mattered to Them who ran against President Trump. They expected us to vote him in with a record-breaking landslide. They weren't surprised at the vote count on November 3rd. They were ready.
All They had to do was wait until They could see the necessary states to steal. Then, They stopped the vote counting in those states and executed Their plan. With rigged machines, ballot harvesting, fake mail-in ballots and all the other ways They cheated, They made it look enough like Biden had won that Their media could hype it. Their mindless drones in our population, who believe whatever They report, could say that President Trump had been defeated. "See? Look at the votes!"
But, once again, President Trump didn't follow the normal line. He didn't just accept that They had finally gotten what They wanted. He continues to fight.
Will President Trump and the true citizens of the United States ultimately triumph? I'm not smart enough to know. It's possible but the powers against us are nearly unbeatable.
Super money...even more that Trump has. All of the mainstream and most of the follow along media. Social media. All the Democrats in any level of government. All those whose livelihood hinges on the continued gravy train of our corrupt government and all those people who either can't or won't think for themselves and make any effort to see the truth. Sadly, nearly half of our citizenry.
Who does President Trump have? A majority of the U.S. voters, likely a majority of those who don't vote but can still think for themselves and a small team of dedicated friends and supporters.
It's looking bad. They are able to control us like never before. They continue to hype the virus, getting us to wear masks, avoid our families and friends, stay at home and shop Their big stores online, slowly choking the local businesses that are the lifeblood of a free population.
If They can get Biden in as President, then They will have control of the world. The United States is the last bastion of true freedom in the world and we stand on the brink of losing it all. Once Biden is Their figurehead, They can either keep him or admit to his dementia and put Harris is his place. Either way, Their agenda will rapidly be implemented.
They won't have to conquer us with force of arms. Already, a large part of our population is under Their control. Just look around for The Mark.
The masks are The Mark, showing Them who is compliant and who is not. Soon, it will be the vaccine. "Show us your immunization papers" is how the Walmart door guard will be greeting us. Only the huge corporate stores will be left and if you aren't wearing your mask, have your "papers" or your RFID chip, you won't be allowed to shop.
You won't be hire-able either. You can't work at Walmart, Amazon, Costco or any other remaining job market without your continued compliance.
What will those of us who won't go along do? Barter? What will be our medium of exchange? Gold? U.S. Currency? Beer, tobacco, whiskey, food...toilet paper?
When I first began to formulate this post, I thought to myself: "This is too far-fetched. I'm just being weird". The more I wrote, the more often I read this over to myself, the more I realized that, not only am I right, but I'm probably under stating it.
If not, I believe we are doomed as a free nation.
Saturday, November 14, 2020
I Remember
I remember:
I remember throwing a rifle over my shoulder and taking off on my bicycle, riding through town on my way out to go camping, fishing, hunting or just hiking around outside of West Yellowstone.
If I needed anything, some lunch ingredients, matches, extra shells for whatever gun I was carrying or whatever, I could just stop in at the store and get it. 12 years old or so. No panic. No fear around me. No one called the cops or even commented about it as it was not remarkable.
I remember going camping near Belgrade, Montana with friends. Shooting gophers with our pistols, setting up camp next to the Gallatin River, just wherever we wanted and spending two or three days just fishing, swimming, hiking, shooting and camping. No trespass issues. No police called to check us out.
Going hunting before school hours and getting back, a little late, so hurried to class, still wearing my knife and extra ammo. Got in trouble for being late.
Hiking, camping, fishing, bicycling all over the West Yellowstone area with the rule that I had to be home by dinner. Sometimes miles from town, just a dog, a rifle and myself, exploring the outdoors as only a kid can.
In later years, after I had a pickup for my travels, I ranged even further for longer. If I was tired, I'd stop and sleep. If I wanted to make a meal, whether far out in the mountains or in a pullout next to the highway, I'd make a fire and cook. "No overnight camping" was not a sign we saw. Paying for a campsite? What?!
Leave my rifle in the rack in the back window of my pickup, parked at the school.
Ride a bicycle without a helmet. Ride in the back of a pickup.
No DUI roadblocks. No security check roadblocks. Cops wouldn't even think of asking to search my car!
load my guitar, soundgear and pool cues in the car and take off down the road, living by playing music and pool in crowded bars and pool halls.
Family gatherings, funerals, weddings and events without government dictated crowd size and event locations.
Rodeos, county fairs, local school sports, local school events, such as graduations, plays, concerts and so on.
Children going to school, having friends, parties and events together. Actually attending classes with personal contact. How's a kid supposed to get a crush on his teacher if she's just a computer screen?
National sports heroes we could respect. National sports weren't political events.
Hugs, handshakes and visiting our seniors in their nursing homes.
Want to put up a fence or garden on your own property? OK. How about parking your boat or trailer in front of your house? Sure. No problem.
What else are our children losing? What kind of country will they grow into? One where we don't see smiles anymore? Hard to recognize or hear our neighbors through their face diaper but if you don't wear yours, they will rat you out and you'll be in trouble for breathing free air?
I'm sad to see the things we've lost and reflect on the things we're likely to lose.
But, I'm sure we'll be much more secure and healthy in the New World Order and if you never had freedom, you won't miss it. I'm old now and will likely be gone soon so my memories are just that...old guy memories of times gone by. But...I Remember.
Thursday, November 12, 2020
"Make It Yourself" Cooking Background.
This story really does have a point, if you bear with me. I'm laying the groundwork for some articles on how to cook things for yourself. I walk through the bakery aisles in grocery stores and see pies, cakes, doughnuts and cookies. They all look good but I'm really not tempted to buy them. Mass-produced pastries just aren't as good as the ones I make myself! The same with dinner. Why would I buy a pre-cooked and frozen lasagna when I can make one myself, at home, that will be better, in all ways, than the one from the store? And, I don't even want to get into frozen waffles, pancakes and "breakfast sandwiches". Yuck!
I started working in cafes, in West Yellowstone, when I was 10 years old. I was hired as a dishwasher at the Silver Horseshoe Café. I'd never done anything but deliver papers before that and had never washed dishes in a restaurant before and restaurants in West Yellowstone are incredibly busy in the summer time. It's "slam! bang!" busy from the time the doors open until the place closes and there's no time for screwing around.
The cook tried to get me to understand how to get dishes done very quickly and I kind of caught on but...not. I remember him bringing the stove top grates to me and telling me to get them "clean and shiny like new". Well, they were iron grates with years of crust on them and I spent a huge amount of time trying to actually get all that off. He came over and saw me still scrubbing the, at this point already clean, grates and took them back and put them back on the stove.
I didn't really learn the whole dishwasher job very well there as I didn't last long. I mean, come on! It was summer in West Yellowstone and I was ten years old! There were fish to catch and camping and swimming to do so I kind of called in sick a lot. In todays world, I don't think we can even hire kids that young.
As I got older, I learned to do not only the dishwasher job but everything there is to do in a restaurant, including waiting tables, cooking, being "host", bussing tables and washing dishes. In most of the places I worked back then, the dishwasher was kind of the Prep Cook's assistant so I boiled, peeled, hashed, cut and mashed potatoes, made soups and chili, baked rolls and other things like that. Dishwashers also were the cleaners of everything, bathrooms, floors, freezers and refrigerators...pretty much any greasy, dirty cleanup that needed done, the dishwasher was the go-to guy.

My Mom was one of the most sought after restaurant cooks in West Yellowstone back then and we wound up working places and shifts together so I learned how to work the grill from her as well as from other accomplished café cooks. By the time I was 16 I was able to handle any job in the place and often did. If someone didn't show up, I was the first one they'd call to fill in so I might be dishwasher one day, cook the next and waiting tables another time.
When I enlisted in the Air Force, as a policeman, I told myself I would NEVER work in a café again! Never say never, folks. It's too big a word. I'm right back to being the "floater" again. Now, I'm not doing it full time but it's not uncommon for my phone to ring and a waitress hollers "Help!" so I wander over to the Mint and fill in wherever they need me. I've helped out at Parade Rest Ranch in West Yellowstone a few times over the years too.
My point here (Yes, I'm finally getting to it) is that I have a pretty extensive background in the restaurant business and in cooking. So, a few years ago, I heard that one of our local outfitters needed a cook for his hunting camp. I'd never done that kind of thing before but figured I could learn by doing.
I quickly learned that the style of cooking at a place like that is very different from cooking "on the line" in a café. In a café, you are basically heating up and assembling meal components as quickly as possible. Everything has been portioned out and you just cook it up and throw it together. At hunting camp, I was making "family style" meals; one big meal for everybody. How much do you make and how do you make that much all at once? More like the Prep Cook in a restaurant than the grill cook.
I did figure it out, though, and found that it was a very rewarding and enjoyable style of cooking. I got a lot more personal satisfaction out of making good, presentable and enjoyable meals for a group as opposed to a lot of meals, fast. At hunting camp I made my own bread and rolls and provided breakfast, lunch and dinner with a variety of entrees, sides and deserts for as few as 3 people and as many as 14. Rifle season in Montana lasts until Thanksgiving so I actually prepared and served a traditional Thanksgiving turkey dinner, with all the fixins, for the first time in my life. I kind of pretended I was an old-time chuckwagon cook and treated the job in that way. It worked.
A year or so later, Parade Rest needed a dinner cook for the last month of the season and I filled in there; once again cooking family style, this time for as many as 60 people a couple of times (with lots of help). I really enjoyed it and decided this was something I could do well and still have fun.
Last fall, I cooked for a roundup crew in Nevada for a month. As few as three and as many as eight people for whom I provided breakfast and dinner every day for almost a month. Once again, I made almost everything from scratch, including bread, dinner rolls, cinnamon rolls, cookies and pies as well as breakfast and dinner entree's and sides. It was enjoyable and satisfying and I feel like I might have finally found my nitch, after only over 50 years!
So, my plan here is to provide a few insights I've gained in 40+ years of food service, with an emphasis on doing for yourself what the grocery stores are trying to do for you. Make your own doughnuts, cookies and pies. Cinnamon rolls seemed really hard to me the first time I made some. Pie crusts can be frustrating but you can make your own that will be as good or even better than one from the store and you have the satisfaction of having made it yourself.Remember, I cooked my first traditional Thanksgiving dinner in a tent in the mountains of Montana. You can certainly manage to make dinner in your kitchen at home!
Check back here once in a while for a continuation of this theme. I'll give you an idea of the tools I like and the work-arounds and shortcuts I've learned over the years. Maybe we can have some fun here together.














