Start Something

I have been following Maj Toure and the Solutionary Center for a while. I didn’t really get it until recently. I mean, I understand constitutionalism and second amendment responsibilities, but not what he is really teaching We, the People: responsibility and freedom.

A person who does not understand how to hold a weapon, cannot use a weapon. A person who does not use their weapon, will not respect it. This is the basic underpinning of freedom. Freedom is admired, sought after, and feared. Something that is feared will always come under attack and it is the freedman’s responsibility to protect it from attack.

The second big lesson I was missing was to start something. I thought ownership was enough. I don’t take jobs that don’t provide equity because ownership is the fastest way out of economic poverty. What is the fastest way out of spiritual, social, and political poverty? Just because you own something, does not make you rich in these areas. We see this lesson in Vivek Ramaswamy’s story: he owned and controlled a business but was still a political prisoner while he held onto that control. He had to choose between control over the corporation or control over his social, political, and spiritual life. He chose the latter.

During a time when DEI, ESG, CEI, etc… are all pushing us to fall in line with their ideals, it has become more important than ever to start and maintain your own grind whatever that may be. I have been asked throughout the years to start my own training and advice service - just to get into a building somewhere and educate the people. I have not because, I thought I could never make any kind of an impact. I was wrong.

We all can make an impact. It is Strong Dad June. It is time for the strongest of us to stand firm, stand in our values, and stand on business. I am in contact with a facility. I hope to do my part to educate the people and empower them politically. However, there is no need to wait. I am going to attend every event I can and push the strength that we need in the coming years, the strength with which I have been blessed. If those who have it don’t spread it, those without it will never receive it. That is the work. That is the duty.

Men Protect Communities

It is, of course, Strong Dad June.

Men protect communities. We do not ask for praise or worship thereafter; we simply protect. It is important to remember that as a man one should build oneself, one’s family, one’s vocation, and one’s community. In that order. Without a strong man, a family falls; without strong family support, a man’s vocation falls; without strong leaders, a community falls. This is the way.

When the men of a community are without vocation, the community falls into ruin. Chris Rock, although a comedian, can teach us a lot. He taught that you can tell how well-kept a neighborhood is by who was out in the middle of the day. If women are out in the middle of the day, it is a nice community. If men are out in the middle of the day, it is a community in depravity. Men are with their families or engaging with their vocations, or else no good shall come of their toils.

I found myself called to serve last weekend and shall answer that call in stride. Last Saturday, I found myself - without schedule nor cause - in the company of the leaders for our African American museum. Then a man asked if I would be willing to lend my time to their facilities that I may instruct, inform, and support the people through the current Artificial Intelligence revolution we see around us. I gave it little thought but still more than none.

Then, on Wednesday, I was again placed before the leaders of the museum. These coincidences so close together move me and motivate me to serve my community. The museum’s hours are Saturday 10A-5P; I stopped in with my children. We spoke. We laughed. We thought. We put in WORK. It is up to me to put together the sessions and schedule it. This is the work. This is for the community.

Men: be strong dads; be leaders; be present and protective.

Student Debt Cancellation

This Student Debt Cancellation move is a disgrace to the constitution, our morals, and fiscal responsibilities.
1) Government should provide for the general welfare and defence; this is far too specific
2) Not everyone has student loans
3) Not everyone who has student loans is able to participate
4) A man handles his own responsibilities #StrongDadJune. Get to work!!!

Let's Go Brandon!!!

Strong Dads

It is Strong Dad June! Fatherhood is my most important vocation. Nothing comes close to the importance of and fulfillment from my duties as a father to my children. Nothing.

https://www.youtube.com/@thestrongdadprotocol is the source. From what I can tell, he was the creator of the idea of Strong Dad June. We give entire months for nonsense - complete garbage. We have 1 day for the highest calling a man can serve: fatherhood. This defect is now resolved.

So, what is a Strong Dad? Please, go look at the YouTube linked above. Learn what these men have to say and what they are doing. Take what you can use and apply it to your life; leave the rest. As men, it is up to us to drive our families toward success. Part of success is study; study successful people and take their habits to make your own.

To me, a strong dad sets achievable goals and then executes them. A strong dad does not execute flawlessly - no human can - a strong dad, calls his mistakes, takes criticism as constructive, grows, adapts, and succeeds. This is especially true when it comes to family and children. Full stop.

If you are a man, try to be a strong dad to someone. If you have your own children for whom you are responsible, the choice is clear. If you do not have your own children, you can still be a strong dad. It is up to us to grow the next generation. 80% of the men in prison grew up without a father. Fathers are important.

You don’t have to be a giant for someone to gain an edge by standing on your shoulders.

Liberty is Hard

It is extremely difficult to be your own person; your own family; your own community. Extremely difficult. This is why we have a lot of arguments around what small government is, what constitutional conservatism is, and what balance to strike between liberty and safety.

Liberty is a huge Responsibility. If we were to live under completely totalitarian rule, we would have everything determined and provided that we could have. We would have no choices and no responsibilities; all would be provided and determined by those who did the choosing. this of course would not work because, different people are different, it would be impossible to find happiness (or even pursue it) under such a regime.

If we were to live under complete freedom there would be a lack of protection for society’s most vulnerable and marginalized: elderly, infirm, mentally incapacitated. Without some set of rules, one evil person could harm others freely and it would be up to those others to protect themselves individually. Clearly, we need some kind of medium between extremes.

Our founders understood liberty and the balance a people can strike with their government to maintain both liberty and safety. The government would be of for and by the people. The government would be balanced between duly elected parts. The government would be given powers only that the people said it would be given and no other powers. the government would exist to secure the people’s rights as provided by Nature and Nature’s God. The government did not give rights to the people; it simply secured them. Simple.

This method of governance requires a great deal of personal responsibility and comes along with a great deal of liberty. In effect, we can do as we please as long as another is unharmed in so doing. If another is harmed in our doing, the people’s government redresses the situation. Simple.

Of course, there are people who would rather not take responsibility: People who are strong, healthy, and of sound mind who do not take responsibility for themselves, their own families, and their own communities. The universal basic income, ultra-high minimum wage, anti-capitalist bunch. rather than relentlessly dedicating themselves to personal betterment, they would (at the expense of their own liberties) have the government control everything, take from those who have, and redistribute to those who have not. This is what “tax the wealthy” means: the government ought to steal from workers and give it to the lazy. This, of course, only works absent a certain amount of liberty. Our property rights must be tossed aside to provide for those who would rather not earn things.

Absent liberty, responsibility disappears. It is hard to maintain a culture of liberation; destitution is always but one generation away.

The 2nd is Supreme

I have seen a great many so-called Conservatives supporting this Hunter Biden conviction. Poppycock.

The 2nd Amendment comes with no asterisks. It comes without error. It bears burden of neither interpretation nor hardship. It is clear. It shall not be infringed. The Hunter Biden conviction is an infringement.

The most devastating piece of this ruling is a simple clerical error on a form can cause Federal prosecution. A single mis-checked item is grounds for a Federal Prosecution. If the Department of Justice so decided, it could pull hundreds of millions of these forms and dig for errors. This is a clear case of the DoJ being granted the authority to shop for crimes rather than finding a crime and shopping for perpetrators. This is turning the system on its head. Hallie Biden stole and then illegally disposed of a firearm, where are her charges?

The authorities found a gun. It is unsafe to dispose of a gun by throwing it into the trash, this is unquestionable. Like dangerous chemicals, guns should be disposed of properly of course. How did the person who performed this act walk free? All Hunter did was buy a gun and keep it; why was he prosecuted while the person who unsafely discarded the gun was not? This is a clear attempt to create a precedent to go after legal gun holders for doing nothing. This is a power grab by the system and nothing less.

A true, Republican, Constitutional Conservative will denounce this prosecution, trial, and conviction. Full stop. We need to use this as one measure by which we judge our candidates. We need to vet our candidates wholly. Nothing less is acceptable.