HISTORY OFTEN REPEATS ITSELF

In 1938 Hitler marched into Austria and took over.  No. not with tanks and other weapons of war.  No the people of Austria invited him in like any guest in their home.  They cheered and waved the Swastika flag and showered the troops with flowers.  Hitler gave his familiar stiff arm salute as he rode in that big open staff car of his to the shouts of joy of the Austrian people.
You see, times were tough in Austria.  Inflation was rampant and money was worthless.  Crime was out of control.  People were out of work.  There were shortages of all the necessities of life.  The government was corrupt and self-serving (sound familiar)?
So what did Hitler do?  He put his "Brown Shirts" in the streets and, along with Martial Law, put crime out of business.  He closed government offices and threw the scoundrels out replacing them with his own scoundrels.  He took over industry, gave everybody a living wage.  He outlawed weapons of any kind--turn them all in or else.
It was too late when the people finally discovered that they had no freedoms.  They had given them all away.  Funny how history repeats itself!..........Medicineman!

WHAT'S MISSING?

The country spent numerous hours of TV,and other media, honoring the memory of Martin Luther King on the 50th anniversary of his murder.  Anyone who was close to him, marched with him or spent time in jail with him was called upon to tell his story (over and over in most cases).  While I have no problem with that I cannot help but think that this man has a Day, marked on the calendar, to remember him while we have Presidents Day.  We gave up recognizing Washington, our first President and the man recognized as the founder of our Republic.  Likewise, we do not honor Lincoln any longer with a special day, the man who saved the union.  Just seems to be----unequal!  We have thoughtful writers like Walter Williams and Thomas Sowell who contribute so much to those who take the time to read them.
There are many blacks in our history, men and women who have made contributions to the formation of our country who are left out of our memory bank.  A free black, Crispus Attucks, fell in the street at the Boston Massacre.  Washington's slave was with Washington throughout the Revolution.  Jim Bowie's freed slave fought and died by his side at the Alamo. Blacks have fought in every war defending this Republic..
Blacks dominate major league sports, making huge salaries while insulting the American flag as well as the fans who idolize them.  Somethin's wrong folks!....Medicineman!

CHRISTIANS---WAKE UP!

Reading from the book of Luke 21:35-38; Then Jesus asked them, "When I sent you without purse, bag, or sandals, did you lack anything?"
"Nothing" they answered.  He said to them, "But now, if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you do not have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.  It is written; 'And he was numbered with the transgressors'; and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me.  Yes, what is written about me is reaching it's fulfillment."  The disciples said," See, Lord, here are two swords."  "That is enough," he replied.
In that day travel was dangerous.  It is dangerous today.  Christians sometimes forget that Jesus Christ was a man as well as the Lord of all, the Savior.  He was not a wimp, or a pushover.  Yes he  was caring, loving and forgiving while at the same time, he was hard as nails, tough, strong, both physically and mentally or he would never had been able to endure what he did for us.  But before he died on the cross and was raised from the grave he walked among us as a man.
Jesus recognized that it was necessary to defend themselves as they traveled, hence the swords.
Those today who think that we should let someone else defend our home and family (think police) are missing the point of the Second amendment.  It is not about hunting or sport but about DEFENSE AND THE NEED TO BE READY!  Yes, and to remove a despotic government if necessary!...Medicineman!

"KEEP US SAFE"

All over the country it seems, students are marching, carrying signs "KEEP US SAFE", "BAN THE GUNS", ETC.  They are in the cities, in the streets, in the halls and "in your face".
They are sincere and, for the most part, behaved.  They certainly are motivated!
The problem, as I see it, is that they are telling their story to the wrong people.  For instance: in Washington they want congress to act and "Make Them Safe".  But Congress will just do what they always do, blame the gun.  It's the gun's fault.  They are too easy to get.  They kill people.  So, we must get rid of the guns!
But look around.  Congress is protected by guns.  The President is protected by guns.  Banks are protected by guns.  Entertainers are protected by guns, as are members of NBA and NFL, etc.  So, keeping that in mind, why don't these kids go to their local school boards, carrying their signs, and demand that they NO.1-LOCK THE DOORS, NO.2-TAKE DOWN THE SIGNS "GUN FREE ZONE", NO.3-PUT PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING TRAINED IN THE USE OF FIREARMS (GUNS).
 I have a gun sitting in the same place for months and has never once offered to get up and shoot someone!......Medicineman!

THE "DEEP STATE"!

I have heard this term, as we all have, used over and over in recent months to describe our government.  It has puzzled me because I did not understand what was "The Deep State"?  Now I find the answer and wonder why I never picked up on it before.
Simply stated the Deep State, the permanent state, is that portion of our government never elected by the people.  Did you get that?  The Deep State is made up on thousands of employees, drawing public salaries, who have NO AUTHORITY given them by the electorate.  They live in and around Washington and go to work every day and do what they do with little oversight from Congress, (the voice of the people).  94% of Washington DC voted for Hillary Clinton.  You will find that those who live in and around Washington and work in the various departments are some 80% anti-President Trump.  Case in point;  the EPA and other federal agencies are using encrypted cell phone technology to communicate with other federal employees---an open violation of the law!
I have to believe that if the people's representatives did the job they are elected to do this could not happen!.....Medicineman!
 

"DIAMOND L. SLIM"

The great state of Wyoming has many stories that bring the old west to life.  One of those stories was told to me by an eye witness.
When living in Newcastle, the County Seat of Weston County, I was privileged to live neighbors to someone who could remember when her father was killed by the Indians.  Her father was Billy Mitchell, known as the "Martyred sheriff of Weston County".  It was in the Fall of 1903 and the Sioux Indians had left the reservation to steal cattle in the County at a place known as Lance Creek.  The Sheriff formed a Posse and went after them and in the ensuing fight was wounded and bleed to death.  But that is only part of the story.
In the early Spring of that year A ranch couple were murdered by their hired hand, Wm. L. Clifton, known as "Diamond L. Slim" after the ranch he worked on.  He was tracked down and jailed in Gillette.  The Sheriff feared that mob action would take "Slim" so he took him to Newcastle, some 70 miles away.  President Roosevelt happened to be traveling the West and was in Newcastle at the time and for his safety he was moved out of town.  It was May 27, 1903.
In those days the Sheriff's quarters were above the jail.  My friend and her sister were watching through the hole in the floor which allowed the Sheriff to check on prisoners when the mob invaded the jail and held him at gunpoint while they took Diamond L. Slim to the railroad bridge, put a rope around his neck, and at his request, gave him a "long drop".  As the story goes the long drop jerked his head off.  Lore has it that the undertaker attached his head on backwards and put him on public display.  One might assume that costs to the County were minimal!...Medicienman!  

"JUST THE FACTS MAAM" Sgt. Friday

Children, and adults acting like children, skipping school and parading the streets carrying signs asking ", demanding, "Keep Us Safe", "No Guns", "Guns Kill", "School is not safe", Etc, Etc.
Let's take a look at some facts.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tell us that daily nearly 30 Americans die in motor vehicle crashes.  Should we do federal background checks on those wanting drivers license?
The FBI's 2015 Uniform Crime Report shows us that nearly three times more people are stabbed or hacked to death than are killed with shotguns and rifles combined, which numbered 548, while those stabbed and hacked to death amounted to 1,573.  Should we have federal background checks before buying a knife?
Most people and courts would argue that it is utter nonsense to deal with drunk driving or with knife deaths that way because, after all, they are inanimate objects.  Guns are also inanimate objects and have no will of their own to do anything but sit in the gun cabinet, or behind the bedroom door.
The Sears mail-order catalog of 1902 had 35 pages of ads for firearms.  Lots of magazines through the 40's, 50's and 60's had ads for firearms, aimed at children much of the time.  Until The 1968 Firearms Act, one could order many old military weapons such as, Mauser '98 rifles and Jap Nambu pistols and many other firearms.  Every boy over the age of ten wanted a .22 rifle for his birthday.
"Gun Free Zones" will not solve the problem, only encourage the "Nuts".  Banning cops 'n' robbers and cowboys 'n' Indians play won't do much either.
Congress cannot make our society more Moral.  It cannot make our families more civil.  Our moral standards have been under siege for 50 years.  God is out of many schools.  The trek to the Principle's office holds no fear for the miscreant any more.  Teachers have lost control of classes, and some have suffered physical injury because of it.  Bad behavior needs to be punished and instantly.  It worked when I grew up!....Medicineman!