McDowell Report: 2020

Monday, May 25, 2020

Fw: Lawmakers exempt themselves from budget sacrifice

Thursday, May 21, 2020

Fw: By Lenoir Menzes

Well put and concise. Thank you Nancy!!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nancy Turlington" <turlingtonn@hotmail.com>
To: "Paul Andert" <paul.andert693@gmail.com>; "Robert W. McDowell" <abdmcfpi@localnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 8:07 AM
Subject: By Lenoir Menzes

By Lenolr Menzes:

I'm so grateful my prayers were answered. I have despised this man for so long. 😢
Since this whole virus thing started I was so scared for my family and their future. I was
so confused about what was really going on. I was losing it locked up in a tiny house by
myself. I wanted to be with my family I wanted to go back to work I wanted things back
the way they were. So I prayed to know Gods will. I prayed for discernment. I know
God loves me. Because when I need Him the most He is there for me. He answers my
prayers.
The next day my sister shared a video with me and it was at a certain point in that
video where it felt like a veil had been removed from in front of my eyes and I could see.
At first I was shocked because I felt it went against all I thought I had stood for my whole
life. And then the Holy Ghost in a split second testified to me that I had been deceived.
When I look at this picture I realize what a hard job our president has. I know he is far
from perfect just like ALL the rest of us. But I also realize that he was chosen to do this
job. It takes someone with his demeanor to stand up to the attacks that are coming from
all sides. Just not us as a country but himself personally. A weak minded individual could
not endure what is currently unfolding. I watch the briefings as much as possible. And that
has shown me even more so how biased our media is. And how they are dividing us. And
we are letting them. Sometimes I feel terrible that I have been so negative towards this man
until recently. But then I realize how blessed I am to have had the courage to change. And
I want to let others who might be experiencing this to know. That it's okay to change your
mind. It's okay to admit you are wrong. It will set you free. And I'm grateful to have a man
in the White House who is fighting for my freedom everyday. Because rest assured, there
are forces working very hard to strip us of them. I'm ashamed that I was bamboozled by
past administrations that I endorsed. But that does not supersede this personal revelation. ❤️
Thank you Heavenly Father!
And Thank you Mr President for excepting the call to serve us!
Sent from my iPad

Fw: Forwarded by a reader.......Fw: 5 second read - everything you need to know about politics....

Good common sense!!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Solomon" <jimsolomon@windstream.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 1:09 PM
Subject: Fwd: Forwarded by a reader.......Fw: 5 second read - everything you need to
know about politics....

Further proof that Democrats don't know how to administer anything - city, state,
or country
This morning another reader complemented Cuomo's approach to handling the
Covid 19 crisis and the reopening of the State of New York's economy. While there
are reasons beyond Cuomo's or anybody's control why NY had more issues than
Florida and other states....there were two actions by NY Democrats that were fatal.
NYC Mayor's initial reaction to keep the city open and Cuomo's decision to move
COVID-19 victims into nursing homes, Both were huge errors resulting in unintended
catastrophic consequences. Nevertheless, they were no less criminal than if you or I
were charged with criminal negligence in the unintended wrongful death of another human
being.
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Saturday, May 16, 2020

Fw: W W II Miracle

Quite a story, I hadn't heard before. Thanks Jimmy and especially Nancy.
I hope our manufacturers of today are making them as stout today!!!

----- Original Message -----
From: "J McGuire" <jim_tec5@yahoo.com>
To: "Jimmy McGuire" <jim_tec5@yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 5:44 PM
Subject: WW II Miracle

Thanks to Nancy Turlington sending this for our All Veterans Association members. Wow, what a
plane. Certain the crew were saying their prayers.
Stay safe and healthy.-------------------------------------------

A real miracle - from WW II...…...d
B-17 "All American" (414th Squadron, 97BG) Crew
Pilot- Ken Bragg Jr.
Co-pilot- G Boyd Jr.
Navigator- Harry C. Nuessle
Bombardier- Ralph Burbridge
Engineer- Joe C. James
RadioOperator-Paul A. Galloway
Ball Turret Gunner- Elton Conda
Waist Gunner- Michael Zuk
Tail Gunner- Sam T. Sarpolus
Ground Crew Chief- Hank Hyland

In 1943 a mid-air collision on February 1, 1943, between a B-17 and a
German fighter over the Tunis dock area, became the subject of one of the most
famous photographs of WW II. An enemy fighter attacking a 97th Bomb Group
formation went out of control, probably with a wounded pilot, then continued its
crashing descent into the rear of the fuselage of a Flying Fortress named"All
American", piloted by Lt. Kendrick R. Bragg, of the 414th Bomb Squadron.
When it struck, the fighter broke apart, but left some pieces in the B-17. The
left horizontal stabilizer of the Fortress and left elevator were completely torn away.
The two right engines were out and one on the left had a serious oil pump leak. The
vertical fin and the rudder had been damaged, The fuselage had been cut almost
completely through connected only at two small parts of the frame, and the radios,
electrical and oxygen systems were damaged. There was also a hole in the top that
was over 16-feet long and 4 feet wide at its widest; The split in the fuselage went all
the way to the top gunner's turret.
Although the tail actually bounced and swayed in the wind and twisted when
the plane turned and all the control cables were severed, except one single elevator
cable still worked, and the aircraft miraculously still flew! The tail gunner was trapped
because there was no floor connecting the tail to the rest of the plane. The waist and
tail gunners used parts of the German fighter and their own parachute harnesses in an
attempt to keep the tail from ripping off and the two sides of the fuselage from splitting
apart. While the crew was trying to keep the bomber from coming apart, the pilot
continued on his bomb run and released his bombs over the target.
When the bomb bay doors were opened, the wind turbulence was so great that it
blew one of the waist gunners into the broken tail section. It took several minutes and
four crew members to pass him ropes from parachutes and haul him back into the
forward part of the plane. When they tried to do the same for the tail gunner, the tail began
flapping so hard that it began to break off. The weight of the gunner was adding some
stability to the tail section, so he went back to his position.
The turn back toward England had to be very slow to keep the tail from twisting off.
They actually covered almost 70 miles to make the turn home. The bomber was so badly
damaged that it was losing altitude and speed and was soon alone in the sky. For a brief
time, two more Me-109 German fighters attacked theAll American. Despite the extensive
damage, all of the machine gunners were able to respond to these attacks and soon drove
off the fighters. The two waist gunners stood up with their heads sticking out through the
hole in the top of the fuselage to aim and fire their machine guns.The tail gunner had to
shoot in short bursts because the recoil was actually causing the plane to turn.
Allied P-51 fighters intercepted theAll Americanas it crossed over the Channel and
took one of the pictures shown. They also radioed to the base describing that the appendage
was waving like a fish tail and that the plane would not make it and to send out boats to
rescue the crew when they bailed out. The fighters stayed with the Fortress, taking hand
signals from Lt. Bragg and relaying them to the base. Lt. Bragg signaled that 5 parachutes and
the spare had been "used" so five of the crew could not bail out. He made the decision that if
they could not bail out safely, then he would stay with the plane to land it.
Two and a half hours after being hit, the aircraft made its final turn to line up with
the
runway while it was still over 40 miles away. It descended into an emergency landing and a
normal roll-out on its landing gear When the ambulance pulled alongside, it was waved off
because not a single member of the crew had been injured. No one could believe that the
aircraft could still fly in such a condition. The Fortress sat placidly until the crew all
exited
through the door in the fuselage and the tail gunner had climbed down a ladder, at which time
the entire rear section of the aircraft collapsed.
This old bird had done its job and brought the entire crew home uninjured.

Please pass this on to someone who will also appreciate this amazing story.

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Fw: How big a Department of Education does Oklahoma need?

I found this in my mail this morning and consider it worthy of wide spreading
to those of us concerned about our schools, which I consider to be totally in the
wrong direction as when they had me as a student, 1930 to 1943, K-12.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brandon Dutcher" <digital@ocpathink.org>
To: "Friend" <abdmcfpi@localnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2020 6:44 AM
Subject: How big a Department of Education does Oklahoma need?

How big a Department of Education does Oklahoma need?
From curriculum to nutrition to family engagement to technology, the Oklahoma
State Department of Education's interference in your local school never rests. And
when the state isn't overregulating schools, it's promoting the indoctrination of
students into a progressive political agenda.
By Greg Forster, Ph.D.
A lot of educational problems have remained consistent in Oklahoma over the
years, stubbornly resisting all efforts to remove them. Spending goes up while
outcomes stay flat. Local schools are buried under mountains of unnecessary regulation.
Political agendas of the Left and Right (but usually the Left) get shoved into the
classroom in hopes of indoctrinating the young.
There's no magic wand to remove all these ills, but what if there were something
we could do that would at least mitigate all of them?
No, no, I mean something else besides the patently obvious thing we should be
doing, which is enacting universal school choice. While we wait for the advent of
greater wisdom on that topic, Oklahoma could take a look at another solution: shrink
the state department of education. (Absolutely & Amen, RWM)
According to Oklahoma Watch, the Oklahoma State Department of Education
has 485 employees. The state has only 1,924 public schools, so that's almost exactly
one department employee for every four schools in the state. It's not quite the old
joke about the U.S. Department of Agriculture employee who was found distraught at
his desk because his farmer had died, but it's getting there.
What do Oklahoma schools get in exchange for all this? Not funding. The state
legislature appropriates funds for public schools according to formulas written into the
law. Indeed, state funding for education is one of the very few places left in American
governance where legislatures still make their own decisions instead of delegating all
the hard choices to the administrative state. Oklahoma could fund its public schools
with no more than a handful of state employees involved, to gather data and program
the check-writing machines.
Red Tape
No, the main thing local schools get from the state department of education is
officious regulation. You can see this by glancing at the list of divisions (https://sde.
ok.gov/directory?utm_source=OCPA+Master&utm_campaign=c3f4654b4b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_12_10_03_32
_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&
utm_term=0_1acebeac5c-c3f4654b4b-137165401) in the department. Almost all
of them are concerned with exercising various kinds of state control over local
schools. From curriculum to nutrition to family/community engagement to technology,
the state's interference in your local school never rests.
But surely having all these state employees turned out to be a huge help to local
schools when the coronavirus emergency hit, didn't it? On the contrary, the
department informed local schools that they needed to submit plans for dealing with
the crisis to the state for approval—unless they chose to adopt the state's preferred
plan, in which case they were off the hook. Because local schools had nothing better
to do at the height of the crisis than lobby the state government for permission to
handle the crisis in the way that would work in their communities.
The document informing local schools of this helpful assertion of state control
even bragged about how the department was considering the needs of local communities
(https://sde.ok.gov/sites/default/files/documents/files/20200325124831229.pdf?utm_source=OCPA+M
aster&utm_campaign=c3f4654b4b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_12_10_03_32_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term
=0_1acebeac5c-c3f4654b4b-137165401) . If it had been, the document wouldn't have existed in the
first place.
The state even closed down virtual charter schools
(https://www.ocpathink.org/post/oklahoma-closes-public-schools-including-online-schools
utm_source=OCPA+Master&utm_campaign=c3f4654b4b-
EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_12_10_03_32_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1acebeac5c-c3f4654b4b-13716
5401) for a while, denying them an exemption to the order that
schools had to close for quarantine. It would be nice to think this was mere bureaucratic
inertia—an inability to make an exception to the rules for anything, even for digital
learning during a pandemic. The more likely explanation is that the state saw an
opportunity to flex its muscle and shut down an alternative to the government monopoly.
Before you cry "libertarian!" and make preparations to burn me at the stake, let me
make three observations. First, this is not about the extent to which government controls
private citizens, it's about the extent to which state government controls local government.
School districts and even charter schools are government entities. Our constitutional order
depends on a healthy division of powers between these entities. That division is destroyed
when states turn local governments into mere administrative units of the state, existing only
to carry out what the state dictates.
Second, there is no reason in the world local schools can't be trusted to handle these
issues for themselves. Are local school boards incompetent to supervise lunchroom
nutrition or classroom use of computers? What is the argument against letting each district,
or even each school, control its own family/community engagement, technology, menus,
and even curricula?
There are, it is true, real problems with local school governance structures—such as
school board elections held at odd times so only the special interests vote. But that's no
excuse to take power from imperfectly accountable school boards and give it to even less
accountable state bureaucrats. Fix the local governance systems instead of using their
anemia as an excuse to subvert the constitutional order, protecting more and more
decisions from democratic accountability with a wall of bureaucratic insulation.
Third, there is ample evidence of harmful state overreach. I've written before ("Relax
school regulations
(https://www.ocpathink.org/post/relax-school-regulations?utm_source=OCPA+Master&utm_campaign=c3
f4654b4b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_12_10_03_32_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1acebeac5c-c3f4654
b4b-137165401) ") about how badly overregulated Oklahoma schools are. The
1889 Institute counted 610 systems of state regulation controlling Oklahoma public schools
[download the Excel sheet here
(http://1889institute.org/education-regulation?utm_source=OCPA+Master&utm_campaign=c3f4654b4b-E
MAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_12_10_03_32_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1acebeac5c-c3f4654b4b-137165
401) ]. They cover everything from tracking teachers' professional
development "points" to specifying the permissible calorie content of diet soda.
It's not 100% clear to me that schools ought to expend any portion of their scarce
labor and budget bandwidth on the vital task of monitoring how many calories are in the diet
soda their students drink. But it is clear to me that if there is any question—any question
whatsoever—that ought to be settled at the local level in our constitutional order, this is it.
If
states can control this, we should give up on pretending we still have a constitutional
division
of powers; it's diet soda all the way down.
Clawing back this overregulation is not just a matter of downsizing the state
department
of education. The regulatory laws themselves will have to be reformed. But those are just two
sides of the same coin. Shrinking the bloated and burdensome administrative state and
reforming laws that overreach are really the same job.
Progressive Ideology
When the Oklahoma State Department of Education isn't overregulating schools, it's
promoting the indoctrination of students into a progressive political agenda. Last year the
department pushed recommendations that Oklahoma public schools scrap moderate,
sensible solutions to the transgenderism
(https://www.ocpathink.org/post/oklahoma-education-agency-newsletter-includes-transgender-bathr
oom-policy-other-lgbt-best-practicesa-recent-oklahoma-state-department-of-education-osde-newsle
tter-advises-school-districts-to-allow-students-to-use-the-bathroom-of-their-choice-based-on?ut
m_source=OCPA+Master&utm_campaign=c3f4654b4b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_12_10_03_32_COPY_01&utm_medium
=email&utm_term=0_1acebeac5c-c3f4654b4b-137165401) conundrum—such as allowing students who
identify as
transgender to use faculty restrooms or other separate facilities—and instead forcibly invade
students' most intimate bodily privacy by bringing biological boys into the girls' rooms and
vice versa. It also pushed schools to work with Generation Citizen, a civic-education
nonprofit whose student activities bear the heavy stamp of progressive ideology
(https://www.ocpathink.org/post/oklahoma-education-agency-promotes-progressive-activism-masquer
ading-as-civics?utm_source=OCPA+Master&utm_campaign=c3f4654b4b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_12_10_03_32_
COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1acebeac5c-c3f4654b4b-137165401) .
Of course, Oklahoma is not going to just eliminate its department of education. Some
state regulations of schools are sensible—especially monitoring respect for civil rights.
Defining clear educational standards is a valid state function. Compliance with federal
regulations is also an important issue; one might even think the state could learn something
about the burden of state overreach upon local governance from its experience of federal
overreach upon its own governance.
But while some kind of state educational department is a necessity, one employee for
every four schools seems excessive. Oklahoma could save a few bucks on bureaucratic
salaries if it could only find a way to get its state government out of the business of
regulating
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Saturday, May 9, 2020

Fw: MAYBE YOU ARE MAD ABOUT THIS TOO...

Couldn't agree more. This came in much more fancy in "Rich Text" but my
self trained machine switched it to "Plain Text" so here it is that way.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nancy Turlington" <turlingtonn@hotmail.com>
To: "Nancy Turlington" <turlingtonn@hotmail.com>
Sent: Friday, May 08, 2020 6:43 PM
Subject: MAYBE YOU ARE MAD ABOUT THIS TOO...

I've seen that on quite a few posts and on many news stations.
It's a thinly veiled accusation that Trump didn't act quickly enough.

Author Unknown

Well I'm mad too.

I'm mad that Pelosi and the U.S. House wasted close to 3 months pursuing
an obviously futile impeachment of the President.
I'm mad that Pelosi sat on those very impeachment papers for 28 days before
sending them on to the Senate.
I'm mad that the Senate was shut down for 21 days in January and early
February dealing with Pelosi's impeachment, thereby leaving Trump to deal with
Covid alone, with no support from either the House or Senate.
I'm mad that the day the President closed travel to and from China, Chuck
Schumer declared the action "racist".
I'm mad that 28 days after the travel restriction, Nancy Pelosi, downplaying
the severity of the virus, begged people to visit Chinatown in San Francisco, again
playing the race card.
I'm mad that Pelosi swooped in at the last hour of the stimulus package,
adding things that were pure politics and had nothing to do with the dire
circumstances at hand.
I'm mad that the Obama administration didn't replenish the National Medical
stockpile of masks after the H1N1 virus scare.
I'm mad that there are top doctors and experts in many fields having to waste
their time at daily press briefings just so the "media" can pester them with gotcha
questions that they think might be their ticket to a Pulitzer.
I'm mad that Pelosi is now talking about an investigation into Trump's handling
of the Covid crisis. Every day, every turn, every word, every breath since before he
was elected, President Trump has been attacked, mocked, accused and belittled by
Pelosi and her gang.

(And don't even get me started on the media.)

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Fw: HELP STOP THE EMINENT VOTER FRAUD IN OKLAHOMA!

This is critical. I experienced this while Delaware CO Rep. Chairm, it was brought to
my attention, ironically by a whole town council made up of Democrats upset by a primary
having this done to them. As now usual, inbound format of 'Rich' was auto-changed by my
machined to 'Plain' which reduced size and appearance.

----- Original Message -----
From: "OKGOP" <okgop@okgop.com>
To: <abdmcfpi@localnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2020 8:05 PM
Subject: HELP STOP THE EMINENT VOTER FRAUD IN OKLAHOMA!

Attention ALL Oklahomans:
Call to Action
Yesterday, May 4, 2020, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled to remove the requirement
of providing a copy of an Oklahoma photo ID OR Notary Stamp to verify a voter's authenticity
when voting by Absentee Ballot. The ruling states all that is necessary now is just a signature
on the ballot, with NO proof that it is your ballot and your vote!
If we think the potential for voter fraud was bad before, this type of ruling
guarantees a
California style of voting and voter fraud like we have NEVER seen in this state! Imagine all
the
Absentee Ballots that will be sent in by deceased voters! Imagine the vulnerability of our
Oklahomans by any group "helping" our seniors fill out ballots at nursing and convalescent
homes.
SB1779
(Read the full bill by clicking on SB1779)

We at the Oklahoma Republican Party applaud our leadership in both the House and
the Senate by bringing forth SB1779 which, when passed, will again ensure and maintain
the integrity of our elections.
We strongly encourage you to reach out and talk to your legislators and let them know
you support SB1779 .

Our Oklahoma legislators are just as upset as we are and need to hear encouragement
from YOU!
While the Oklahoma Supreme Court has failed to keep our Oklahoma voting process
secure and proper, we thank Justice Kane, Justice Rowe and Justice Winchester for voting
against this horrible injustice to our great state of Oklahoma!

Send this to EVERYONE you know and encourage them to call their legislator in
SUPPORT OF SB1779!!

Sincerely,
David McLain, Chairman
Oklahoma Republican Party

"2020 Challenge"
----------
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https://www.okgop.com
(405) 528-3501

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Monday, May 4, 2020

Fw: The Stimulus Bill - HR 748 from 116th Congress - Look it up on the Congressional website (WH)e

Always try to find the hidden negatives in legislation, at any level of government. It
would appear that the "disloyal opposition" will stop at nothing in their quest to bring
down an administration from the other side, as long as WE pay for it!!! In-bound
was in A"Rich Text", machine auto-changed to "Plain Text" on using "Forward" key.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Solomon" <jimsolomon@windstream.net>
Sent: Friday, May 01, 2020 2:25 PM
Subject: Fwd: The Stimulus Bill - HR 748 from 116th Congress - Look it up on the
Congressional website (WH)e

American population: 330,483,530
Stimulus bill: $2,000,000,000,000
Dividing the cost by every person in America is $6,051.74 per person
The government could have given every person over $6,000, but instead will
give $1,200 to each adult under a certain income.
Wanna know where the missing 96% of your tax dollars went?
$300,000,000 for Migrant and Refugee Assistance pg 147
$10,000 per person for student loan bailout
$100,000,000 to NASA, because, who knows why.
$20,000,000,000 to the USPS, because why the **** not
$300,000,000 to the Endowment for the Arts - because of it
$300,000,000 for the Endowment for the Humanities/ because no one even
knew that was a thing
$15,000,000 for Veterans Employment Training / for when the GI Bill isn't enough
$435,000,000 for mental health support

$30,000,000,000 for the Department of Education stabilization fund/ because
that will keep people employed
$200,000,000 to Safe Schools Emergency Response to Violence Program
$300,000,000 to Public Broadcasting / NPR has to be bought by the Dems
$500,000,000 to Museums and Libraries / Who the **** knows how we are
going to use it
$720,000,000 to Social Security Admin / but get this; only 200,000,000 is to help
people. The rest is for admin costs
$25,000,000 for Cleaning supplies for the Capitol Building / I **** you not it's
on page 136
$7,500,000 to the Smithsonian for additional salaries
$35,000,000 to the JFK Center for performing Arts
$25,000,000 for additional salary for House of Representatives
$3,000,000,000 upgrade to the IT department at the VA
$315,000,000 for State Department Diplomatic Programs
$95,000,000 for the Agency of International Development
$300,000,000 for International Disaster Assistance
$90,000,000 for the Peace Corp pg 148
$13,000,000 to Howard University pg 121??
$9,000,000 Misc. Senate Expenses pg 134
$100,000,000 to Essential Air carriers pg 162 This of note because the
Airlines are going to need billions in loans to keep them afloat. $100,000,000 is
chump change
$40,000,000,000 goes to the Take Responsibility to Workers and Families
Act This sounds like it's direct payments for workers. Pg 164
$1,000,000,000 Airlines Recycle and Save Program pg 163
$25,000,000 to the FAA for administrative costs pg 165
$492,000,000 to National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) pg 167
$526,000,000 Grants to Amtrak to remain available if needed through 2021
pg 168 (what are the odds that doesn't go unused)
Hidden on page 174 the Secretary has 7 days to allocate the funds & notify
Congress
$25,000,000,000 for Transit Infrastructure pg 169
$3,000,000 Maritime Administration pg 172
$5,000,000 Salaries and Expensive Office of the Inspector General pg 172
$2,500,000 Public and Indian Housing pg 175
$5,000,000 Community Planning and Development pg 175
$2,500,000 Office of Housing
What DOES ALL of this have to do with the Virus?

Thursday, April 30, 2020

Fw: Piano lessons

This came in in 'Rich Text' with one part or two words per line. Thankfully my
slow and weak machine automatically changed it to 'Plain Text' when I called
for a 'Forward'. I guess it decided if the change was going to be done, it might
as well get into the game. Bob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Solomon" <jim.solomon@shieldintl.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 1:42 PM
Subject: Fwd: Piano lessons

Piano lessons

TRUE STORY...PLEASE DO NOT DELETE,RETURN IF YOU CAN'T
FORWARD TO AT LEAST ONE PERSON!!!

At the prodding of my friends I am writing this story. My name is Mildred
Honor. I am a former elementary school music teacher from Des Moines, Iowa.
I have always supplemented my income by teaching piano lessons... something
I have done for over 30 years. During those years, I found that children have
many levels of musical ability, and even though I have never had the prodigy, I
have taught some very talented students. However, I have also had my share of
what I call 'Musically Challenged Pupils'.
One such pupil being Robby. Robby was 11 years old when his mother (a
single mom) dropped him off for his first piano lesson.
I prefer that students (especially boys) begin at an earlier age, which I explained
to Robby. But Robby said that it had always been his mother's dream to hear him
play the piano, so I took him as a student.
At the end of each weekly lesson he would always say 'My mom's going to hear
me play someday.' But to me, it seemed hopeless, he just did not have any inborn
ability. I only knew his mother from a distance as she dropped Robby off or waited
in her aged car to pick him up. She always waved and smiled, but never dropped in.
Then one day Robby stopped coming for his lessons. I thought about calling him,
but assumed that because of his lack of ability he had decided to pursue something
else. I was also glad that he had stopped coming. He was a bad advertisement for
my teaching!
Several weeks later I mailed a flyer recital to the students' homes. To my surprise,
Robby (who had received a flyer) asked if he could be in the recital. I told him that
the recital was for current pupils and that because he had dropped out, he really did
not qualify.
He told me that his Mother had been sick and unable to take him to his piano
lessons, but that he had been practicing. 'Please Miss Honor, I've just got to play,'
he insisted. I don't know what led me to allow him to play in the recital - perhaps it
was his insistence or maybe something inside of me saying that it would be all right.
The night of the recital came and the high school gymnasium was packed with
parents, relatives and friends. I put Robby last in the program, just before I was to
come up and thank all the students and play a finishing piece. I thought that any
damage he might do would come at the end of the program and I could always
salvage his poor performance through my 'Curtain Closer'.
Well, the recital went off without a hitch; the students had been practicing and it
showed. Then Robby came up on the stage. His clothes were wrinkled and his hair
looked as though he had run an egg beater through it. 'Why wasn't he dressed up like
the other students?' I thought. 'Why didn't his Mother at least make him comb his
hair for this special night?'
Robby pulled out the piano bench, and I was surprised when he announced that he
had chosen to play Mozart's Concerto No.21 in C Major. I was not prepared for
what I heard next. His fingers were light on the keys, they even danced nimbly on the
ivories. He went from pianissimo to fortissimo, from allegro to virtuoso; his suspended
chords that Mozart demands were magnificent! Never had I heard Mozart played so
well by anyone his age.
After six and a half minutes, he ended in a grand crescendo, and everyone was on
their feet in wild applause!!! Overcome and in tears, I ran up on stage and put my
arms around Robby in joy.
'I have never heard you play like that Robby, how did you do it? Through the
microphone Robby explained: 'Well, Miss Honor, remember I told you that my mom
was sick? Well, she actually had cancer and passed away this morning. And well...
she was born deaf, so tonight was the first time she had ever heard me play, and I
wanted to make it special.'
There wasn't a dry eye in the house that evening. As people from Social Services
led Robby from the stage to be placed in to foster care, I noticed that even their eyes
were red and puffy. I thought to myself then how much richer my life had been for
taking Robby as my pupil.
No, I have never had a prodigy, but that night I became a prodigy ... of Robby.
He was the teacher and I was the pupil, for he had taught me the meaning of
perseverance and love and believing in yourself, and may be even taking a chance on
someone and you didn't know why.
Robby was killed years later in the senseless bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah
Federal Building in Oklahoma City in April, 1995.

A footnote to the story. If you are thinking about forwarding this message, you are
probably wondering which people on your address list aren't the 'appropriate' ones
to receive this type of message. The person who sent this to you believes that we can
all make a difference!!!
So many seemingly trivial interactions between two people present us with a choice..
Do we act with compassion or do we pass up that opportunity.

You now have two choices:
1. Delete this; OR
2. Forward it to the people you care about. You know the choice I made.
Thank you for reading this... !! May God bless you today, tomorrow and always.

If God didn't have a purpose for us, we wouldn't be here!
Live simply.
Love generously.
Care deeply.
Speak kindly.
Leave the rest to God. In God We Trust Believe In Him
Death leaves a heartache no one can heal...
Love leaves a memory no one can steal.

Roger Reinhardt

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Fw: i`m mad

This from Jim Solomon, 'nuf said'?

I've heard friends and also mass media announcers say;
"I'm mad that our government didn't act sooner."
=================================
I've seen that on quite a few posts and on many news stations.
It's a thinly veiled accusation that Trump didn't act quickly enough.

Well I'm mad too.

* I'm mad that Pelosi and the U.S. House wasted close to 3 months pursuing
an obviously futile impeachment of the President.
* I'm mad that Pelosi sat on those very impeachment papers for 28 days
before sending them on to the Senate.
* I'm mad that the Senate was shut down for 21 days in January and early
February dealing with Pelosi's impeachment, thereby leaving Trump to deal with
Covid alone, with no support from either the House or Senate.
* I'm mad that the day the President closed travel to and from China, Chuck
Schumer declared the action "racist".
* I'm mad that 28 days after the travel restriction, Nancy Pelosi, downplaying
the severity of the virus, begged people to visit Chinatown in San Francisco,
again playing the race card.
* I'm mad that Pelosi swooped in at the last hour of the stimulus package,
adding things that were pure politics and had nothing to do with the dire
circumstances at hand.
* I'm mad that the Obama administration didn't replenish the National
Medical stockpile of masks after the H1N1 virus scare.
* I'm mad that there are top doctors and experts in many fields having to
waste their time at daily press briefings just so the "media" can pester them
with gotcha questions that they think might be their ticket to a Pulitzer.
* I'm mad that Pelosi is now talking about an investigation into Trump's
handling of the Covid crisis. Every day, every turn, every word, every breath
since before he was elected, President Trump has been attacked, mocked,
accused and belittled by Pelosi and her gang.
(And don't even get me started on the media.)

So there it is…… I'm mad as hell that our country is going through this
and petty bickering from the left won't even stop for people who are dying
while our economy is imploding.
Hey Nancy, why don't you man up and stand side by side with the
President to work through this mess?
American citizens need to see "all" of Washington working together and
your mob are infuriatingly absent.
I'm mad about that too . If you are also ticked off, pass this message on.
If each of us pass this message on to 3, 4 or 5 people ... we'll get the job
done before Mother's Day!
Oh yeah, and just remember that if Trump and Pence were to die from
the virus, she would be your President.

Let that sink in...!!

Sunday, April 26, 2020

Fw: World War II Trivia - Gasoline

This seems to be an accurate account of numbers. Mr. Sperling was appointed
U.S. Attorney for E. OK district (Muskogee) by PRESGWB-43 at his inauguration
in 1981, is now "retired". I belive him, from experience, completely. Thanks Shelly!!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sheldon Sperling" <sheldonsperling@yahoo.com>
To: "McDowell, Robert W., Jr., No.2" <abdmcfpi@localnet.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 11:46 PM
Subject: Re: World War II Trivia - Gasoline

Of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II, more than 400,000 died during the war.
At the end of the war, there were approximately 79,000 Americans unaccounted for. This number
included those buried with honor as unknowns, officially buried at sea, lost at sea, and
missing in action.
The article states that "100,000 Americans died in the skies over Europe." There's no way that
number is anywhere near accurate. Of course, the point of the article relates to gasoline
octane, but the actual numbers of U.S. Combat Dead by Theater of war: Europe–Atlantic 183,588
(Army ground forces 141,088, Army Air Forces 36,461, and Navy/Coast Guard 6,039); Asia–Pacific
108,504 (Army ground forces 41,592, Army Air Forces 15,694, Navy/Coast Guard 31,485, Marine
Corps 19,733). Shelly

On Thursday, April 23, 2020, 04:10:25 PM CDT, McDowell, Robert W., Jr., No.2
<abdmcfpi@localnet.com> wrote:

Very ineresting, and I have some more details, especially on the MCPC Refinery
in West Tulsa, that may not be known outside it. More on that later. This came
in as "Rich Text" and my machine auto-changed to "Plain Text" which reduced
the byte size.

----- Original Message -----
From: "J McGuire" <jim_tec5@yahoo.com>
To: "Jimmy McGuire" <jim_tec5@yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 3:27 PM
Subject: World War II Trivia - Gasoline

Thanks to Mitch Reed, All Veterans Association member for the below article. I never knew....
Stay safe and healthy-------------------------------------------------

Subject: World War II Trivia - Gasoline
It has always puzzled me as to why the German Luftwaffe kept on using 87
Octane Aviation Gasoline while the Americans and British used 100 Octane
Gasoline in their Spitfire Fighters and Americans used 130 Octane in our P-51 and
other fighters. This is a declassified article by the British Society of Chemists
(Declassified in 2014).It seems that the German and British aircraft both used 87
Octane Gasoline in the first two years of the war. While that was fairly satisfactory
in the German Daimler-Benz V-12 engine, It was marginal in the British Rolls-Royce
Merlin XX engine in British aircraft. It fouled the spark-plugs, caused valves to stick,
and made frequent engine repair problems.Then came lend- lease and American
aircraft began to enter British service in great numbers. If British engines hated 87
Octane gasoline, American, General Motors Built, Allison 1710 engines loathed and
despised it.
Something had to be done!Along came an American named Tim Palucka, a
chemist for Sun Oil in their South East Texas Refinery. Never heard of him? Small
wonder, very few people have. He took a French formula for enhancing the octane
of Gasoline, and invented the " Cracking Tower " and produced 100 octane aviation
Gasoline. This discovery led to great joy among our English Cousins and great
distress among the Germans.A Spitfire fueled with 100 Octane gasoline was 34 miles
per hour faster at 10,000 feet. The need to replace engines went from every 500 hours
of operation to every 1,000 hours. Which reduced the cost of British aircraft by
300 Pounds Sterling . Even more, when used in 4 engine bombers. The Germans
couldn't believe it when Spitfires that couldn't catch them a year ago started shooting
their ME-109 E and G models right out of the sky.Of course, the matter had to be kept
secret. If the Germans found out that it was a French Invention, They'd simply copy the
original French patents. If any of you have ever wondered what they were doing in that
3 story white brick building in front of the Sun Oil Refinery on Old Highway 90, that
was it. They were re-inventing gasoline.The American Allison engines improved
remarkably with 100 Octane gasoline, but did much better when 130 octane gasoline
came along in 1944. The 130 Octane also improved the Radial Engine Bombers we
produced.The Germans and Japanese never snapped to the fact that we had re-
invented gasoline. Neither did our "Friends" the Russians.
100,000 Americans died in the skies over Europe . Lord only knows what that
number would have been without "Super-Gasoline". And it all was invented just a
few miles west of Beaumont , and we never knew a thing about it.

Friday, April 24, 2020

Fw: "I love when people call Trump Stupid..

This just in Thursday while I was gone. Pretty well sums it up. I just wish
people on our side would impress pemanently in their mind's memory that
the legal and chartered name of the political party now under the control
of the C/F/S movement has no "ic" in it, it is "DEMOCRAT" PARTY.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Solomon" <jim.solomon@shieldintl.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 10:56 AM
Subject: Fwd: "I love when people call Trump Stupid..

Subject: "I love when people call Trump Stupid..

"I love when people call Trump Stupid..

You mean the multi-billionaire who kicked every Democrats butt, buried 16
career Republican politicians, and continues to make fools out of once reputable
news organizations ..
You mean the guy who won the presidency?
You mean the guy with the super model wife?
You mean the guy whose words alone put a massive slow down on illegal
border crossings?
You mean the guy whose mere presence made the stock market smash its
previous records?
You mean the guy who created 1 million jobs in his first 7 months in office?
Are you sure you even know what it is you're resisting?
Are you sure you back a party that enables the decimation of every core
principal of Christianity?
Are you sure you back a party that voted 100% against the abolition of
slavery?
Are you sure you really take a politician like Maxine Waters seriously?
Are you sure you don't see anything wrong with someone who has a 40 yr
career as a public servant living in a $4.5 mansion representing a district she
doesn't even live in?
Are you sure you see nothing wrong or peculiar about Hillary Clinton a
woman being involved in politics for the last 30 yrs having a net worth of $240
million?
Are you sure you're not just basing your opinion on hatred spewed by a
crooked paid for media platform?
Could you even tell me 5 things the Democrat'ic' Party has done to
improve you're day to day prosperity as a hard working American citizen?
Probably not..
The prosperity and safety of its citizens is job one of your government.
Get with the program.
Everyone else has horribly failed you!
Smarten up and take a position for the sake of your children.
I promise you a country full of illegal immigrants, abortions, $15 an hour
jobs, and non-gender specific people aren't gonna make your country and
life any more prosperous.
Rosie, Madonna, Katy Perry, and Robert Deniro are not just like you.
They don't have to live through the real world day to day disparity of an
average American.
Men don't hate women, white people don't hate black people, and
Donald Trump is not a racist.
Stop allowing yourself to be brainwashed by a party that has continuously
failed you.
Be about your prosperity, your safety, your children, and an America First
mindset.
Dump these crooked politicians that have stunted your growth.
Dump these crooked politicians that have stunted your children's growth.
Toughen up, take a stand, and act like a proud American.
See the spirit of Trump supporting and freedom loving Americans and just
imagine where we could be as a country if everyone had the same priorities"

Clint Eastwood-

Thursday, April 23, 2020

Fw: World War II Trivia - Gasoline

Very ineresting, and I have some more details, especially on the MCPC Refinery
in West Tulsa, that may not be known outside it. More on that later. This came
in as "Rich Text" and my machine auto-changed to "Plain Text" which reduced
the byte size.

----- Original Message -----
From: "J McGuire" <jim_tec5@yahoo.com>
To: "Jimmy McGuire" <jim_tec5@yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 3:27 PM
Subject: World War II Trivia - Gasoline

Thanks to Mitch Reed, All Veterans Association member for the below article. I never knew....
Stay safe and healthy-------------------------------------------------

Subject: World War II Trivia - Gasoline
It has always puzzled me as to why the German Luftwaffe kept on using 87
Octane Aviation Gasoline while the Americans and British used 100 Octane
Gasoline in their Spitfire Fighters and Americans used 130 Octane in our P-51 and
other fighters. This is a declassified article by the British Society of Chemists
(Declassified in 2014).It seems that the German and British aircraft both used 87
Octane Gasoline in the first two years of the war. While that was fairly satisfactory
in the German Daimler-Benz V-12 engine, It was marginal in the British Rolls-Royce
Merlin XX engine in British aircraft. It fouled the spark-plugs, caused valves to stick,
and made frequent engine repair problems.Then came lend- lease and American
aircraft began to enter British service in great numbers. If British engines hated 87
Octane gasoline, American, General Motors Built, Allison 1710 engines loathed and
despised it.
Something had to be done!Along came an American named Tim Palucka, a
chemist for Sun Oil in their South East Texas Refinery. Never heard of him? Small
wonder, very few people have. He took a French formula for enhancing the octane
of Gasoline, and invented the " Cracking Tower " and produced 100 octane aviation
Gasoline. This discovery led to great joy among our English Cousins and great
distress among the Germans.A Spitfire fueled with 100 Octane gasoline was 34 miles
per hour faster at 10,000 feet. The need to replace engines went from every 500 hours
of operation to every 1,000 hours. Which reduced the cost of British aircraft by
300 Pounds Sterling . Even more, when used in 4 engine bombers. The Germans
couldn't believe it when Spitfires that couldn't catch them a year ago started shooting
their ME-109 E and G models right out of the sky.Of course, the matter had to be kept
secret. If the Germans found out that it was a French Invention, They'd simply copy the
original French patents. If any of you have ever wondered what they were doing in that
3 story white brick building in front of the Sun Oil Refinery on Old Highway 90, that
was it. They were re-inventing gasoline.The American Allison engines improved
remarkably with 100 Octane gasoline, but did much better when 130 octane gasoline
came along in 1944. The 130 Octane also improved the Radial Engine Bombers we
produced.The Germans and Japanese never snapped to the fact that we had re-
invented gasoline. Neither did our "Friends" the Russians.
100,000 Americans died in the skies over Europe . Lord only knows what that
number would have been without "Super-Gasoline". And it all was invented just a
few miles west of Beaumont , and we never knew a thing about it.

Monday, April 20, 2020

Fw: A Great Video

This sounds great, but unfortunately my old OpSys is not accepted by ANY
website, so could not view. Original message was in "Rich Text" and few words
per line, my machine auto-changed to "Plain Text" to go out.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nancy Turlington" <turlingtonn@hotmail.com>
To: "Nancy Turlington" <turlingtonn@hotmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2020 5:58 PM
Subject: A Great Video

A Great Video
Folks,
Here's a great video of WW II flying--Enjoy!!
Jerry
Amazing story/film - you will enjoy this!

Great Story !!
An 18 year-old just out of high school was trained to take pictures of damage
done to German targets by B-17's. He flew in a British Spitfire fitted with extra
fuel tanks where the guns were. In other words, he flew over Germany unarmed…

WWII American Spitfire Pilot…
This is probably one of the best WWII film clips out there. Stored for 61
years in two suitcases of 16mm home movies that were inherited by filmmaker
William Lorton from his great uncle who served as a Flight Surgeon. Those
suitcases contained 3 hours of war footage that included a compelling crash
landing of a Spitfire in 1944
Filmed in a 2005 interview with the then 83 year old pilot and seeing the
expression on his face when he realizes it is him in the cockpit, is something
you won't soon forget.
At 18 years old, he was all alone, behind enemy lines, with no guns, no
escort, and he gladly did it.
They just don't make them like that anymore. It was truly the greatest
generation and we owe them so much.

Click this link: American Spitfire Pilot in
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Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Fw: how the virus stole easter

Two days late but still fitting. Came in as 'Rich Text', Computer changed to 'Plain Text'

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Solomon" <jim.solomon@shieldintl.net>
Sent: Friday, April 10, 2020 2:35 PM
Subject: Fwd: how the virus stole easter

Have a BLESSED EASTER
What a beautiful way to start Holy Week:

How the Virus Stole Easter
By Kristi Bothur
With a nod to Dr. Seuss 😊

Twas late in '19 when the virus began Bringing chaos and fear to all people,
each land.
People were sick, hospitals full, Doctors overwhelmed, no one in school.
As winter gave way to the promise of spring, The virus raged on, touching
peasant and king.
People hid in their homes from the enemy unseen. They YouTubed and
Zoomed, social-distanced, and cleaned.
April approached and churches were closed. "There won't be an Easter,"
the world supposed.
"There won't be church services, and egg hunts are out. No reason for new
dresses when we can't go about."
Holy Week started, as bleak as the rest. The world was focused on masks
and on tests.
"Easter can't happen this year," it proclaimed. "Online and at home, it just
won't be the same."
Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, the days came and went. The virus pressed
on; it just would not relent.
The world woke Sunday and nothing had changed. The virus still menaced,
the people, estranged.
"Pooh pooh to the saints," the world was grumbling. "They're finding out now
that no Easter is coming.
"They're just waking up! We know just what they'll do! Their mouths will hang
open a minute or two, And then all the saints will all cry boo-hoo.
"That noise," said the world, "will be something to hear." So it paused and the
world put a hand to its ear.
And it did hear a sound coming through all the skies. It started down low, then
it started to rise.
But the sound wasn't depressed. Why, this sound was triumphant! It couldn't
be so! But it grew with abundance!
The world stared around, popping its eyes. Then it shook! What it saw was a
shocking surprise!
Every saint in every nation, the tall and the small, Was celebrating Jesus in spite
of it all!
It hadn't stopped Easter from coming! It came! Somehow or other, it came
just the same!
And the world with its life quite stuck in quarantine Stood puzzling and puzzling.
"Just how can it be?"
"It came without bonnets, it came without bunnies, It came without egg hunts,
cantatas, or money."
Then the world thought of something it hadn't before. "Maybe Easter," it thought,
"doesn't come from a store. Maybe Easter, perhaps, means a little bit more."
And what happened then? Well....the story's not done. What will YOU do?
Will you share with that one. Or two or more people needing hope in this night?
Will you share the source of your life in this fight?
The churches are empty - but so is the tomb, And Jesus is victor over death,
doom, and gloom.
So this year at Easter, let this be our prayer, As the virus still rages all around,
everywhere.
May the world see hope when it looks at God's people.
May the world see the church is not a building or steeple.
May the world find Faith in Jesus' death and resurrection,
May the world find Joy in a time of dejection.
May 2020 be known as the year of survival,
But not only that - Let it start a revival.

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Saturday, April 11, 2020

Fw: Could It Happen Here?

Amazing story, received 04/10 (sent o4/06 -- my in-box jammed again for
several weeks) senders name removed by request, but deemed reliable from
experience. Note: received in 'Rich Text' mode, changed to 'Plain Text' by my
computer, without any input by me!!

----- Original Message -----
From: (Removed)
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2020 12:06 PM
Subject: Fwd: Could It Happen Here?

Can this country learn something from Italy's experience?

Did it seem strange that the "WuHan Virus" first appeared in Northern Italy? It
did to me. I would expect it to first surface in a "Pacific Rim" location. For example,
Japan, Philippines, or even San Francisco or Los Angeles. But close to the Italian
Swiss border ? To my mind, that just didn't seem to be the most likely spot...
Well, here is how it happened,...and more importantly, could this happen in America?

ITALY'S COMMUNIST RECIPE FOR DISASTER
Published March 24, 2020 | By Giacomino Nicolazzo
Giacomino Nicolazzo is one of Italy's most beloved writers. Born and raised in
Central Pennsylvania, he lives in a small village in Lombardy where he writes his
books. Montecalvo, Lombardy, Italy. As I sit here in my involuntary isolation, it was
just reported that overnight 743 more people died and 5.249 new cases have been
reported. This brings the total cases of infection to 69,176 and the body count to 6,820.
We take relief in knowing that 8,326 people have recovered so far. (Numbers as of
3/24, 8:30pm in Italy.)
Most towns here in Italy, from the upper reaches of the Alps to the ancient shores
of Sicilia and Sardenia, while not deserted, are closer to being ghost towns than the
bustling centers of tourism, business and daily life they were just a few weeks ago.
Stores and shops have been shuttered. Restaurants and coffee shops no longer serve
customers. Schools, universities, sporting arenas…even our museums and theaters…
all closed. Even the Vatican City has closed its gates and armed patrols monitor the
20 foot tall walls that protect it!
Streets and roads are now empty for as far as the eye can see. Normally they
would be filled with crazed Italian drivers in tiny cars and
scooters (the ones that
sound like demonic insects) darting here and there, reaching the limits of centrifugal
force on our roundabouts. In the piazze of our towns and cities, there are now
officially more pigeons than people.
Many of us know someone who has been infected and recovered. Some of us
know someone who did not recover…now they are dead. But everyone knows
someone who has been affected by this microscopic monster in one way or another.
Sixty million of us are in lockdown…it is like a war zone here. We are being held
prisoner in our own homes by an unseen enemy that sneaked in unnoticed…by
most of us. As you will read in just a few more minutes, there were those who
knew something like this was coming…or at least they should have.
So who is to blame? With all this craziness swirling like a whirlpool at our feet, I
just had to find the blame answer. And so I have spent my free time (of which I
have a lot in these days) digging and researching. I was literally shocked to discover
how this has come to be. I am not going to bore you with talk of Patient '0' who
spread it to Patient '1' and how mathematics efficiently explains the rapid expansion
of infection. No…I am going to tell you how (as I see it) the virus came to Italy
It has everything to do with communists and how they getting their "hands around
the throat" of every nation they can with a false currency, meanwhile they steal the
real assets . Allow me to explain: Beginning in about 2014, Matteo Renzi, the
imbecile ex-mayor of Firenze (Florence) acting as the leader of the Partito
Democratico (synonymous with the Italian Communist party), somehow managed to
get himself elected as Italy's Prime Minister. To give you a proper frame of
reference, Matteo Renzi was so far left, he would make Barack Obama look like
Trump!
At the same time that Renzi was leading Italy into oblivion, strange things were
happening in Italy's economy. Banks were failing…but not closing. Retirement ages
were being extended…for some reason the pension funds were dwindling or
disappearing The national sales tax we call IVA (Value Added Tax) rose from 18%
to 20%, then to 21% and again to 22%. And in the midst of all this financial
chicanery, the Chinese began furiously buying up Italian real estate and businesses
in the North.
Now the reason I mention Renzi and the Chinese together is that strange things
were also going on between the governments of Italy and China. A blind eye was
being turned to the way the Chinese were buying businesses in the financial,
telecommunication, industrial and fashion sectors of Italy's economy, all of which
take place in Milano. To be brief…China was getting away with purchases and
acquisitions in violation of Italian law and EU Trade Agreements with the US and
the UK…and no one in either of those countries (not Obama in the US or
Cameron in the UK) said a thing in their country's defense. As a matter of fact,
much of it was hidden from the public in all three countries.
In 2014, China infused the Italian economy with €5 billion through purchases of
companies costing less than €100 million each. By the time Renzi left office (in
disgrace) in 2016, Chinese acquisitions had exceeded €52 billion. When the dust
settled, China owned more than 300 companies…representing 27% of the major
Italian corporations. The Bank of China now owns five major banks in Italy…all
of which had been secretly (and illegally) propped up by Renzi using pilfered
pension funds! Soon after, the China Milano Equity Exchange was opened and
much of Italy's wealth was being funneled back to the Chinese mainland.
Chinese state entities own Italy's major telecommunication corporation (Telecom)
as well as its major utilities (ENI and ENEL). Upon entry into the telecommunication
market, Huawei established a facility in Segrate, a suburb of Milano. It launched its
first research center there and worked on the study of microwaves which has
resulted in the possibly-dangerous technology we call 5G. China also now owns
controlling interest in Fiat-Chrysler, Prysmian and Terna. You will be surprised to
know that when you put a set of Pirelli tires on your car, the profits are going to
China. Yep…the Chinese colossus of ChemChina, a chemical industry titan, bought
that company too!
Last but not least is Ferretti yachts…the most prestigious yacht builder in Europe.
Incredibly, it is no longer owned by the Ferretti family. But the sector in which
Chinese companies invested most was Italy's profitable fashion industry. The Pinco
Pallino, Miss Sixty, Sergio Tacchini, Roberta di Camerino and Mariella Burani
brands have been acquired by 100%. Designer Salvatore Ferragamo sold 16% and
Caruso sold 35%. The most famous case is Krizia, purchased in 2014 by Shenzhen
Marisfrolg Fashion Company, one of the leaders of high-priced, ready-to-wear
fashions in Asia. Throughout all of these purchases and acquisitions, Renzi's
government afforded the Chinese unrestricted and unfettered access to Italy and its
financial markets, many coming through without customs inspections.
Quite literally, tens of thousands of Chinese came in through Milano (illegally) and
went back out carrying money, technology and corporate secrets. Thousands more
were allowed to enter and disappeared into shadows of Milano and other
manufacturing cities of Lombardy, only to surface in illegal sewing shops, producing
knock-off designer clothes and slapping 'Made In Italy' labels on them. All with the
tacit approval of the Renzi government.
It was not until there was a change in the governing party in Italy that the sweatshops
and the illegal entry and departure of Chinese nationals was stopped. Matteo Salvini,
representing the Lega Nord party, closed Italy's ports to immigrants and systematically
began disassembling the sweatshops and deporting those in Italy illegally. But his rise
to power was short-lived. Italy is a communist country…socialism is in the national
DNA. Ways were found to remove Salvini, after which the communist party, under
the direction of Giuseppe Conte, reopened the ports. Immediately, thousands of
unvetted, undocumented refugees from the Middle East and East Africa began pouring
in again.
Access was again provided to the Chinese, under the old terms, and as a
consequence thousands of Chinese, the majority from Wuhan, began arriving in Milano.
In December of last year, the first inklings of a coronavirus were noticed in Lombardy…
in the Chinese neighborhoods. There is no doubt amongst senior medical officials that
the virus was brought here from China.
By the end of January 2020 cases were being reported left and right. By mid-
February the virus was beginning to seriously overload the Lombardy hospitals and
medical clinics. They are now in a state of collapse.
The Far-Left politicians sold out and betrayed the Italian people with open border
policies and social justice programs. One of the reasons the health care system
collapsed so quickly is because the Renzi government (and now continued under the
Conte government) redirected funds meant to sustain the medical system, to pay for
the tens of thousands of immigrants brought in to Italy against the will of the Italian
people. If you remember the horrible earthquake that decimated the villages around
Amatricia, in the mountains east of Rome in 2015, you would also remember how
the world responded by sending millions of dollars to help those affected.
But there is a law in Italy that prevents private donations to charitable Italian
organizations. All money and donations received must be turned over to a government
agency, who in turn is to appropriate the funds as needed. But that agency is corrupt
just as are all the others. Most of the money never reached a single victim in the
mountains. The Renzi government redirected the vast majority of those funds to pay
for the growing immigrant and refugee costs.
As the economy worsened under the burden of illegal immigration, compounded
by gross government spending and incompetence, unemployment rose quickly…
especially among young people. The unemployment rate for men and women under
age 35 is close to 40%. So more money was diverted from the health care system
and used to pay what is known here as guaranteed income. Whether you work or
not you are paid here, especially if you belong to the PD! The government simply raises
taxes on those who do work.
Let me give you a quick example of the height of insanity to which Italian taxation
has risen. If you live in a building that has a balcony or balconies…and any of those
balconies cast a shadow on the ground, you must pay a public shadow tax! I will say
no more! The point I am trying to make here is that not only did the Chinese bring
the virus to Italy (and the rest of the world) it was far-Left politics and policies that
facilitated it.
This should hopefully be a warning to Americans that while they work to rid
themselves of the China Virus, they should just as vehemently endeavor to rid their
government of any politician that circumvents the Constitution and ignores the laws
of the land…plain and simple.
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