Welcome to November in Kentucky. Less than a week ago, I lost a newborn calf to an arctic night, a frigid wind, and a thickly-frosted morning. Today, I hung a gate and was wearing a short sleeve tee-shirt…and sweating. Like the world about us, our weather patterns are full of contradictions, surprises, and absurdities.
All
things considered, we have had a wonderful fall thus far in my home state. The temperatures have been fairly normal,
notwithstanding the occasional wide disparities previously mentioned, and the
rainfall has been quite adequate without being gully-washing aggressive. All of our grain farmers have had plentiful
opportunities to harvest their corn and soybean crops and there have even been
several that took one last cutting of hay off some of the better fields. Soybean prices are pretty good, corn prices
could be a lot better, and cattle prices still remain at embarrassingly-high
levels. No apology for the cattle
prices…these high years simply offset many of the low years we have experienced
over the last decade or so. It all evens
out in the wash. All things
considered…the Lord has been mighty good to us all.
As
we head into winter and the holiday seasons of Thanksgiving and Christmas, we
can all find things to be thankful for and…to complain about. If I might, I will humbly pray the following
for everyone…
Father…Thank
you for the lives we have and the blessings we receive. As we move through our journeys on this
earth, please help us to think more about the welfare of others and less about
the state of ourselves. Lord, help us
all to talk less and listen more. And
finally…please help us to focus on all that we have in this world and stop
worrying so much about the things we seek and desire. When we fall short of what we ought to
be…when we stumble and fall…please Lord, put your hand on our shoulders and
help us to rise back up. May we learn
from our mistakes and manage somehow to live a live worthy of all that we have
received. In the name of Jesus I
pray….Amen.
I
believe in God and I am proud to be a Christian. Typically, I do not wear my faith on my
sleeves…perhaps I should do that more often.
I am not in the habit of throwing my religion up in peoples’ faces. But in many ways, this world of ours is in
rough shape. A little prayer can do no
harm. And besides….the world needs the prayer and I need the
practice.
Rather
than focus too much on one or two news stories this time around, I want to take
a shotgun approach and hit some varied subjects. Some of them typically take a backseat to the
more popular media coverage…the kind that inundates our lives.
The
revival of the oil/gas industry and a return to a common sense national energy
policy is refreshing and invigorating. It creates jobs, invigorates commerce, and bolsters
America’s national security. So many of
the idealistic and naïve Green New Deal initiatives were nothing but scams, get
rich schemes, and corrupt abuse of federal funding. It is always good to see some type of
governmental pivot…no matter how slight…towards good reason and practicality.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/11/on-climate-follow-the-money.php
https://www.ciphernews.com/articles/fossil-fuels-are-already-booming/
https://amgreatness.com/2025/11/13/america-at-250-needs-energy-overhaul-arc-is-the-place-to-start/
Our
Congress has become a carnival of fools and is essentially dysfunctional in
regards to its primary functions and responsibilities under our Constitution. This decay and devolution is a bipartisan
effort with both national parties taking turns being the idiot of the moment.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/11/14/congress-has-forgotten-how-to-legislate/
The
recent government shutdown engineered by Senate Minority Leader Schumer and his
merry band of Congressional Democrats was a sad and clear display of how poisonous
the legislative environment has become in Congress. As our federal debt has ballooned at an
astounding rate, both national parties continue to criticize the other for
spendthrift practices…while proudly advocating those same spendthrift practices
for themselves. The only real fiscal difference between the
two is precisely what they spend their money on. The ongoing explosion in
federal spending is not sustainable and must be slowed down and reversed.
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/dems-finally-fold-in-pointless-shutdown-fight/
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/11/democrats-caved-on-the-shutdown/
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/08/12/key-facts-about-the-us-national-debt/
Obamacare
was a mistake from its inception and everyone who voted for it knew that; it
was sold on a false basis and was never sustainable. If you liked your plan, you did not get to keep
your plan. If you liked your doctor, you
did not get to keep your doctor. Americans
did not save hundreds of dollars each year on healthcare expenses. It was a Frankenstein Monster legislation that
was thrown together in different parts from different interests. As they said…the Democrats has to pass it to find
out what was in it. NO REPUBLICAN VOTED FOR
IT. It was quite simply a government give-away
program that has destroyed our national health care industry and added rocket fuel
to our national spending. It must be
dismantled and reconstructed in a transparent, bipartisan,
fiscally-responsible, and common sense fashion.
National healthcare legislation is essential. Hard choices must be made.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/11/15/obamacare-is-a-disaster-just-as-expected/
The
force of the liberal/progressive/Democrat “Trump Resistance Movement” has been largely
mitigated in WDC due to the Republican control of the White House and Congress;
but it has moved its base of operations to the myriad benches of rogue federal
judges scattered all across America. Somehow…some
way…the Supreme Court and Congress must restore some semblance of order and
balance to our third branch of government known as the Judicial. This blatant disregard for constitutional
law that is nourished by lifetime appointments must come to an end.
https://americanmind.org/salvo/a-constitutional-turning-point/
In
an attempt to form a balanced and equitable government, our Constitution was
designed in such a way to place the Department of Justice (DOJ) under the
jurisdiction of the Executive Branch. When executed by noble, responsible, and
honest people of integrity…this design works splendidly. When it is populated by corruptible, power
hungry, career politicians…it is an insidious cancer on our democracy. Like Obamacare, the DOJ needs to be torn down
and reconstructed.
https://americanmind.org/salvo/enemies-of-the-state/
It
appears that the significant degree of Democrat Party success in the recent
elections has refocused some…perhaps not yet the top man…in the Trump
Administration on the need to put extreme emphasis on America’s economy. It is hard to see any
way that it will not be the primary driver in the success or failure of either
national party’s efforts in next year’s midterm elections.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/11/10/the-race-for-the-trump-economy/
The
mainstream media, both American and international, appears to be moving in fits
and starts towards the center of the political spectrum. Although these
indications are not explosive and momentous, they are there nonetheless if you
pay attention. CNN seems to be subtly moving
to a more balanced approach while CBS News is having its major stars’ minds
blown by the prospect of the Bari Weiss objective approach to journalism. NBC has divorced itself from its biased
sibling MSNBC and even print journalists such as the New York Times and the
Washington Post are showing signs of realizing they have gone too far to the
left in their biased operations. This
can only be a positive occurrence for our country and we should all hope that
the evolution continues towards a new standard of objectivity and integrity in
the Fourth Estate. Alas…change can be so
difficult to implement sometimes…
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