Reflections of An Uncommon Common Man

  When I was growing up in Nashville we only had AM radio stations. The most popular stations were WSM, WLAC, WENO, WSIX, WKDA and WMAK. WSM was the home of the Grand Ole Opry. It was a 50,000 watt powerhouse and at night and it could be heard all over North America and nearby countries. WSM was also nicknamed the "The Air Castle of the South" This was a huge factor in spreading the popularity of country music. Especially with the military during WW2. I didn't become a fan of country music until about the age of 17. After getting off work I would listen to a late night talk show hosted by Ralph Emory. He would interview country music stars and play the latest country hits. I would lay on the front seat of my car and listen to the show late into the night. WENO was in Madison, a suburb of Nashville. It was our only other Country music station besides WSM and WSIX.. WLAC was also a 50,000 watt powerhouse which could be heard over vast areas at night. There were three white

 Jeffrey Goldberg, who is the editor of the Atlantic magazine wrote a hit piece on president Trump accusing him of saying that he wished all of his generals were as good as Hitler's generals. Of course he uses anonymous sources and Goldberg is a proven liar. He is the same one that claimed Trump called the fallen Marines at Belleau Wood cemetery in France "suckers". This was soundly debunked by numerous people that were there. They said that he never said that. Many have come forward saying that Trump never said anything about wanting Hitler's generals or admiring Hitler. For the sake of argument let's say that Trump did say that. Hitler had some pretty good generals. Erwin Rommel and Heinz Guderian come to mind. If they had not been under the command of Hitler, who was a terrible military strategist, there is no telling how much damage that they could have caused us. What president wouldn't want generals like them or a George Patton, Stonewall Jackson, a Nath

Walking Courtney down the aisle Democrat Luis Mata is running against Republican Mike Sparks for a seat in the Tennessee House of Representatives. Mata seems to be a one issue candidate. He runs the same add over and over pushing for the so-called reproductive rights of women. Which is a politically correct way to avoid saying the word abortion. Mata is pro abortion. Who benefits from so-called reproductive freedom? The unborn baby that is being ripped apart in the womb? The only thing that is being reproduced is death. I see no difference in people like Mata using terms like reproductive freedom than Hitler calling the Holocaust the Final Solution of the Jewish Question. He couldn’t call it what it really was. The extermination of the Jewish race. Nor can the sociopaths pushing the abortion fetish call the mass murder of the unborn by it’s proper name. Hitler murdered ten million people. The majority were Jews but he also murdered the mentally challenged, physically handicapped, Gypsi

 I love this picture of August Landmesser who is standing in a crowd of Germans with his arms folded. In a gesture of defiance he is refusing to salute Adolph Hitler, who is addressing ship yard workers where August was employed on June 13, 1936. August's rebellious attitude was based on his love for his wife who was being mistreated by the NAZI state. He could have been imprisoned or killed for this simple act of defiance. August joined the Nazi Party in 1930 which was during the depths of the depression and he thought that joining the party would put him on the fast track to getting a job. August met Irma Eckler in 1934 and fell deeply in love with her. This was a problem since Irma was a Jew. It mattered not that she had been baptized into the protestant church as a child. In 1935 they would become engaged and this would get August expelled from the party. Under the Nuremburg laws their marriage application was denied. Their daughter Ingrid was born in October 1935. In 1937 the

 Vivek Ramaswamy gave a rousing speech at a Trump rally in which he compared the challenge we face in the upcoming election to that of our Founding Fathers in 1776. I agree with him but if we lose this election we will face a tyranny far greater than anything King George III or Parliament could dish out in the late 1700's. Communism has killed and enslaved more people than any form of government in history. Our Founding Fathers weren't facing the threat of a Fascist/Communist government. I agree with Elon Musk that this is our last chance to avoid that outcome. Vivek compared J.D. Vance to John Adams because of his brilliance and integrity. He also compared Elon Musk to Benjamin Franklin because he is an inventor. Last but not least he compared Donald Trump to George Washington. This is something that I have been saying for a while now. Trust me when I say that there were differences between Washington and Trump. Primarily their temperaments were definitely not the same. Trump

                                                                   Giovanni Gentile  Educated people know that Adam Smith is considered the father of free market capitalism and that Karl Marx is the father of Communism. It is also safe to say that most educated people do not know who the father of Fascism is. They might say Benito Mussolini or Adolph Hitler. Actually the father of Fascism is Giovanni Gentile. His last name sounds like Gentilly. He was an Italian philosopher who was born in 1875 and died in 1944. He would live almost long enough to see the downfall of the two most famous fascist states that were founded from his philosophy. Hitler's Germany and Mussolini's Italy.  Gentile believed that all private action should be oriented to serve society. He was against the ideal of individualism. In his view there was no distinction between private and public interest. Gentile defended compulsory state corporatism.   He advocated for a state that would not be self sufficient.