NOVEMBER 13, 2025

GOOD MORNING HOLLAND KOONTZ! Keep plugging away. You are doing great!

Our daughter is going gangbusters at SMU. Her daily activities make me tired. She is certainly not slowing down and coasting in her senior year.

Holland takes after her Grandpa in that respect. My Father attended Texas Tech, where in addition to studying engineering, he flew planes for the Army Air Corps. And he still managed to have fun, which as I understand it, took some effort in Lubbock, Texas in the late ’40s.

“You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot help little men by tearing down big men.
You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.
You cannot build character and courage by destroying men’s initiative and independence.
And you cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they can and should do for themselves.”

― William J.H. Boetcker.

Every politician and every voter should have to memorize and understand these admonitions. Because based on today’s American society, we clearly do not understand how things work.

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy revoked 17,000 Commercial Drivers Licenses, all issued by California’s Department of Transportation, to illegal aliens. Imagine that! Governor Hair Gel unleashed 17,000 CDLs to people not entitled to be present in this country, much less drive a tractor trailer.

Commiela’s never ending book tour continues, and so do her ridiculous comments. The other day, Commiela claimed that she employed a three-dimensional chess strategy against the Trump campaign, and that her strategy beat him. Beat him in what? This woman is delusional.

“It hurts me so much . . . my husband is out there fighting this man, and to me, them voting for Trump is them not voting for my husband and me and our family.  And I unfortunately have kind of lost relationships with people in my family because of it.”

–Molly McNearney, explaining how she values her political views over her family members.

What a sick, sad woman!  You sacrifice your family over your own views on political issues?  How “tolerant” is that?  How absolutely stupid!

Voting is a personal choice. Voting is not a personal betrayal. The world does not revolve around Molly McNearney.

Former Virginia State Delegate Ibraheem Samirah (D.) obtained a PPP loan from the federal government to pay his 4 employees during the former Current Unpleasantness. One problem; Mr. Samirah had no employees. He lied on the forms, got caught, and was convicted of criminal wire fraud. Did Mr. Samirah learn a lesson? No, no he did not. He claimed that he only made mistake. He blamed President Trump for “weaponizing” the Justice Department against him. He claimed to be a political martyr just like James Comey and Letitia James. In other words, it is not fair to hold him accountable because he is a Democrat.

Another socialist appears to have won the Seattle, Washington’s mayoral race. Will she be any different than Seattle’s incumbent Democrat mayor? Doubtful.

“Taxation isn’t theft.  Capitalism is.” 

–Comrade Zohran Mamdani (D. N.Y.).

New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D.) stated her opposition to Comrade Mamdani’s plan for “free” New York City buses. Because contrary to socialist dreams, nothing is free.

“My advice to him is to step down and do something else.”

–Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, referring to Comrade Mamdani as a “communist”, “Marxist”, and a “security threat”. 

Los Angeles, California is refusing to waive building permit fees for homeowners seeking to rebuild their homes after the devastating Pacific Palisades wildfires. Fees run about $20,000.00, and the City Council indicated it is not inclined to forgo an estimated $250 million in permitting fees. Fees that would not need to be paid but for the City’s incompetence in maintaining the forests, reservoirs, hydrants, and the fire department.

“Trans women are women.”

–California State Senator Scott Weiner (D.), who is running to replace Nancy Pelosi (D. Ca.) in Congress.

Scott Weiner is a homosexual activist who pushed for the lowering of criminal penalties for men who have sex with minor age boys.  He is a predator and a pervert.

Protesters mobbed at a Turning Point USA event at the University of California-Berkeley. The protesters wore Arab head garb, and waved Palestinian flags. Queers for Palestine had a large presence. And the whole point was to shut down the event. Thankfully, police in riot gear prevented that, and arrests were made after violence broke out.

Do you notice that these campus protests are a 1 way street? Conservatives do not try to stop Leftists or Liberals from speaking. Only the Left tries to shut down speech, using violence if necessary, to stop conservatives from speaking. Tolerance.

Senior U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf, who sits in the federal District of Massachusetts, resigned his position so that he can rail against President Trump without running afoul of the Judicial Canons of Professional Behavior. Sigh. Trump Derangement Syndrome.

In Illinois, a staffer for U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D. Il.) presented himself at an ICE detention center, posing as a 4-time deported illegal alien’s attorney. This is a crime. And so far, Senator Duckworth–a champion of ILLEGAL ALIENS–has not fired the staffer.

In Hawaii, on the island of Oahu, a homeowners association banned flying the Hawaiian State flag. You can fly the American flag, but not the Hawaiian flag. How very odd.

Tampon Tim (D. Mn.) is working overtime to get the Minnesota legislature to essentially ban firearms in the State. Fortunately, rural Republicans in the legislature are sufficiently empowered to block his tyrannical power grab. Nevertheless, Tampon Tim is holding multiple “town halls”–anti-gun rallies–in order to build political pressure. Thankfully Governor Jazz Hands is failing.

JOLT Initiative, Inc. is a Texas non-profit organization that is working to register illegal aliens to vote in our elections. But, but, but . . . Democrats claim that this never occurs! But it does. And now Texas is suing to shut JOLT down for good.

Shakey’s Pizza once had more than 500 restaurants across the nation during the 1970s. Now, the chain has but 42 stores in California, and 1 in Washington State. But things maybe changing, as Shakey’s is rebranding, refurbishing, and looking to make a comeback. Good luck on the overhaul!

Iran is currently in its fifth year of a drought. The lack of water is so severe, that Iranian officials are preparing to evacuate all of Tehran’s residents to other parts of the country. And the city is now sinking lower into the ground, due to the lack of any ground water.

Great Britain has stopped sharing intelligence with the United States concerning drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean Sea, due to concerns that the strikes against the boats may be “illegal”. Sigh. What a bunch of wienies! But for the U.S., German would be the official language of England. But when we need help with narco-terrorists who are killing Americans? Oh, no. We might get in trouble!

The New York Giants fired head coach Brian Daboll. Because the Giants are just no good. Indeed, they are awful.

American gymnast Jordan Chiles claims that her Bronze Olympic medal was rescinded not on the merits, but because she was black. But of course! That is the explanation for all of life’s disappointments if you are a person of color (colored person?).

GFK