Man, we just can’t get enough sleep. Every morning, no matter how early we go to bed, we’re still tired. Anyhow it’s time to get up and get after it. Of course the kids are back in school and Lori and I at work. I have conference calls today and tomorrow with today’s lasting from 9am until 2:30pm.

Our house is still clean, whoo hoo, and we’re planning on keeping it that way. We still need to clean up and downstairs plus do about 6 loads of laundry. Hard to believe it’s May 2nd but it is. Here’s some good news, we are 128 days from the Bronco’s season opener! Now just for fun, check out this comparison of Illinois and Oklahoma, it’s pretty interesting. I thought these two states, made for an interesting contrast. The first part is about Illinois and the second part is about Oklahoma !

PART 1 – Illinois, “A State with No Republicans”!

Some interesting data on the ‘state’ of, the State of Illinois … There are more people on welfare in Illinois than there are people working. Chicago pays the highest wages to teachers than anywhere else in the U.S. Their average pay is $110,000/year. Their pensions average 80-90% of their income. Wow, are Illinois and Chicago great or what? Be sure to read till the end. I’ve never heard it explained better. Perhaps the U.S. should pull out of Chicago ?

Body count:

In the last six months, 292 killed ( murdered ) in Chicago .

221 killed in Iraq ; AND Chicago has one of the strictest gun laws in the entire US.

Now here’s the Chicago chain of command :

President: Barack Hussein Obama .

Senator: Dick Durbin .

House Representative: Jesse Jackson Jr. .

Governor: Pat Quinn .

House leader: Mike Madigan .

Atty. Gen.: Lisa Madigan (daughter of Mike) .

Mayor: Rahm Emanuel .

The leadership in Illinois – all Democrats. .

Thank you for the combat zone in Chicago. Of course, they’re all blaming each other. .

Can’t blame Republicans; there aren’t any! .

Let us get ALL the facts out while we are at it:

Chicago school system rated one of the worst in the country. Can’t blame Republicans; there aren’t any!

State pension fund $78 Billion in debt, worst in country.

Can’t blame Republicans; there aren’t any!

Cook County ( Chicago ) sales tax 10.25% highest in country.

Can’t blame Republicans; there aren’t any!

This is the political culture that Obama comes from in Illinois . And he is going to ‘fix’Washington politics for us?

George Ryan is no longer Governor, he is in prison.

He was replaced by Rob Blagojevich who is, by the way, also in prison.

And Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. resigned and, that’s right, he and his wife are both in prison.

The Land of Lincoln , where our Governors and Representatives make our license plates. What?

As long as they keep providing entitlements to the population of Chicago , nothing is going to change, except the state will go bankrupt before the country does.

“Anybody who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian.”

PART 2- Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA- may soon have plenty of new residents!

THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING, AND TRUE… PLEASE READ IT!

Oklahoma is the only state that Obama did not win even one county in the last election… While everyone is focusing on Arizona ‘s new law, look what Oklahoma has been doing!!!

An update from Oklahoma :

Oklahoma law passed, 37 to 9 an amendment to place the Ten Commandments on the front entrance to the state capitol. The feds in D.C., along with the ACLU, said it would be a mistake. Hey this is a conservative state, based on Christian values… HB 1330

Guess what… Oklahoma did it anyway.

Oklahoma recently passed a law in the state to incarcerate all illegal immigrants and ship them back to where they came from unless they want to get a green card and become an American citizen. They all scattered. HB1804. This was against the advice of the Federal Government, and the ACLU, they said it would be a mistake.

Guess what…. Oklahoma did it anyway.

Recently we passed a law to include DNA samples from any and all illegal’s to the Oklahoma database, for criminal investigative purposes. Pelosi said it was unconstitutional SB1102.

Guess what… Oklahoma did it anyway.

Several weeks ago, Oklahoma passed a law, declaring Oklahoma as a Sovereign state, not under the Federal Government directives. Joining, Texas , Montana and Utah as the only states to do so.

More states are likely to follow: Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, the Carolinas, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, West Virginia, Mississippi and Florida. Save your confederate money, it appears the South is about to rise up once again. HJR 1003

The federal Government has made bold steps to take away our guns.

Oklahoma, a week ago, passed a law confirming people in this state have the right to bear arms and transport them in their vehicles. I’m sure that was a setback for the criminals The Liberals didn’t like it-

But..

Guess what…. Oklahoma did it anyway.

Just this month, the state has voted and passed a law that ALL drivers’ license exams will be printed in English and only English and no other language. They have been called racist for doing this, but the fact is that ALL of the road signs are in English only. If you want to drive in Oklahoma , you must read and write English. Really simple.

By the way, the Liberals don’t like any of this either.

Guess what… who cares… Oklahoma is doing it anyway.

So, what do you think now? Hmmm

Hard to believe it’s May 1st, time sure flies. I’m a bit surprised, but not really, that no one commented on yesterday’s post. Either you don’t know how to comment or you are just as desensitized as the rest of the American public as to what’s going on in our Country. Mark my words, it’s easy to lose your rights but damn near impossible to get them back. This is especially true with the power hungry, self entitled politicians we have elected. It’s like once they get into office, they all change and worship each other and their little club of elites rather than us, the people. Things are going to change as the status quo is not sustainable, the people won’t stand for it much longer.

Anyhow back to our little piece of the World. Lori cleaned from top to bottom yesterday. Our house is so clean that when you talk downstairs, it echos from all the clutter being gone. Ty had his friend Sam spend the night and we all went out for some sushi for dinner. It looks warm outside with the sun shining. Today we’ll be doing something outside, somewhere.

It’s almost 9am so time to run. Remember Lori’s birthday is Wednesday. Not sure what we’re doing. She said last nights dinner can be her birthday dinner. I’m sure we’ll do something fun, we’ll let you know. Next up, Mother’s Day is a week from today!  GB

Now before you start your day in your own safe little corner of the Country, read this from a former Cuban filemaker who moved to America.

Cuban-American Filmmaker Warns America Is Morphing Into Communist Country

Filmmaker and American citizen Agustin Blazquez never thought his native Cuba would become a communist country, but now he sees the same radical shift happening in America.

In an interview for The Daily Caller News Foundation, he says the left has been clever by using “very non-threatening words,” like liberal, progressive and concerned citizens, for advancing government control of American lives. The truth about Cuban politics is hard to find because of media spin and propaganda dominating American discourse.

For Blazquez, watching American youth embrace avowed socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders for president, strikes him as “absurd.” It is the end result, he says, of the cultural marxist education and media propaganda that has anesthetized too many Americans who do not defend the values that made America exceptional.

Watching President Barack Obama travel to Cuba, he says, made him “want to throw up.” This was a “betrayal to victims of communism,” the filmmaker of “Covering Cuba” says. Blazquez adds there are “so many [Nelson] Mandelas” in Cuban prisons, who are tortured, denied medical attention and abused. Yet, prominent black elites from America, including most incredibly to him, the Congressional Black Caucus, are wined and dined by the political elites but are blind to their “betrayal of blacks in Cuba.”
Do You Think America Could Become A Communist Country Within The Next 10 Years?
As the “fundamental transformation of America” continues under Obama’s governance, Blazquez warns that elites in America are in a precarious situation. Their privileges, rights and property could evaporate fast with America’s trend towards erosion of liberties. “Wake up, America!” the Cuban-American proclaims.
Interestingly, the Obama administration is forcing one of the most prominent Cuban exiles, Ramon Saul Sanchez, who has been a thorn in the side of the Castro regime, to leave America.

Hmmmmm, think about it, before it’s too late!

Finally, it’s the weekend. It sure seemed like a long week. Next week is Lori’s birthday on Wednesday! Her doc is off to Cuba for a week of vacation so it’ll be a bit easier around work. It’s also supposed to warm up around here but this morning we have a dusting of the white stuff.

Both boys are still sleeping and it’s 8:21. I’m sure they’ll be up soon. Even though there’s a little snow it’s melting and we have the sliding door open as it’s not that cold. I have some work to do today and a call at 3:30 but other than that, am going to try to take it somewhat easy.

Round 2 and 3 of the NFL Draft took place last night and we grabbed a couple of good guys. It should be a fun year next year. First up though, for sure, is some house cleaning. We keep saying that as we never quite get to it. There’s always something else like laundry or dishes or errands. We have to do a little deep cleaning today for sure.

No politics today but one thing I have to say is that no matter what you think about Trump, all these protesters are bought and paid for.

How do you non Trump or Hillary supporters like this? Illegals basically wanting to turn America into Mexico. Nice. If it comes down to TRump vs Hillary, we have to go Trump. I’m sure he’ll settle down and surround himself with some great people. We’re not sure of what all he’ll do but we do know what Hillary will do. She’ll continue to shred the constitution, make govt bigger, and take more and more rights away from the people and continue to lie right to our face. The misses and I cannot believe that people would actually vote for someone that has repeatedly lied to us all. I’ll stop now, but the mere fact that it’s coming down to those two people show just how screwed up it is. Check this out from former Senator Tom Coburn.

“You’ve Lost Their Confidence” Tom Coburn Exhorts Congress “America Doesn’t Trust You Anymore”

Last night after waiting about 2 1/2 hours, we ended up with our new QB of the future. Leave it to John Elway, our former QB and now GM, to work his magic. It was a good pick.

Today Lori might come home early as she’s still under the weather. Speaking of weather, it’s totally dry up here but raining and snowing in the city. Ty is feeling a little better but still is sick. Jag and I will head to the gym this morning before I get on the phone.

We hope to clean up around here this weekend, still lots to do. Guess I’ll run as we slept in and it’s now almost 7am. Go Broncos! and GB.

Yea, it’s here, the draft. I think it starts at 6pm tonight, whoo hoo! Of course, we pick last in the first round but it’s still fun to watch. Ty still has a cold and now Lori does too, sore throat, fever and all. Hopefully I won’t get it!

They say rain and snow down the hill today but I think/hope we miss it. I was in Denver yesterday for a couple appointments and to get my truck fixed. I had no time to spare (sorry Mom) and was home by about 6pm. Luckily I don’t have to go down for a while. Guess I’ll run, hope you all have a great day and Go Broncos!

Yes, it’s Wednesday and Lori and I have more work as usual. Yesterday Jag and I went to the gym while Ty tried to kick his cold. Lori said he has a fever. He needs to take it easy for at least another day. Dr. C comes back from Mexico today and then is off to Cuba next week so there’s a break in surgeries at the office. The NFL Draft is tomorrow. Should be fun. Time to go, have a good day and GB

It was great to see Lorenzo last night along with our friends at dinner. We made it down around 4pm and then left for home about 8:30. All was fine until Vail Pass. This is where we hit a wet slushy snow that was coming down so hard it was like something out of a Star Wars movie. This slowed us down and added 20 minutes or so to our drive. Anyhow we made it home around 10:30 and everyone went straight to bed. Today the boys and I are going shooting down at the range after Jag and I make a trip to the gym. Ty has a cold and hopefully is better today although I just heard him cough.

It’s almost 7 so I’d better get moving. Lori is still sleeping as are the boys. The NFL Draft is in two days. My brother and I really enjoy that so we have that to look forward to. Hope all’s well, take care and God Bless you all.

Sounds like a movie, Dinner in Denver. Anyhow tonight that’s what we’ll have. We’re heading out a bit after noon and then will drive back up tonight as we have no one to stay with Mojo. The boys are on break and will sleep in. Yesterday we cleaned up some more and made another trip to the storage unit. Rain and snow mix on and off for the week and that’s about it. Guess I’ll run as not much else going on today. Have a good week, GB.

After my quick trip to Denver, Lori, Jag and I made a trip to Costco. Next up Jag and I headed to the gym for a quick 45 minute workout. He’s at the age where he can start lifting weights and is all into it. Then it turned out to be almost time to get ready to go to dinner. We left at 6 for the 20 minute drive up to Wildridge to our friends Rick and Devons house. We’ve known them for over 10 years and Rick now is high up at the hospital where Lori works. We made it home around 9:30 or so and went to bed to catch up on our sleep.

Here’s a picture of Jag and 3 friends in D.C. I told him they look like a band! He didn’t like that, ha ha.

It rained pretty hard yesterday and is snowing lightly now. I’m sure it’ll turn to rain as it warms up in a few hours. Today we’re cleaning up more around here and going for a hike. One of the benefits of living in the mountains!  We’re headed to Denver for dinner with Lorenzo tomorrow at our friend’s house. There will be 6 of us plus the kids. Not sure what we’re doing with Mojo, guess I need to find a hotel that takes big dogs! Time to run, enjoy the day and get ready for a week of politics as we’re still in the crazy season, God Bless.

Today I need to run to Denver and back to drop off a few bottles of wine for Lorenzo and a sales rep to use Monday am for work. I hope to be on the road by 7 and back here before 11. Yesterday I was also in Denver for a couple of doctor appointments and apparently I’m really healthy. Sometimes I don’t feel that way but I guess they know what they’re doing, or at least I hope they do.

The kids are off school for the next week for Spring Break. Tonight we’re going to dinner at some friends which should be nice. First though we need to clean this mess we call home. We need to get a cleaning person as we’ve never had one come in and deep clean this place. Time to run so I can get on the road, hope you all have a great day, GB.

Look at this and then think about who you trust more, hmmmm.