Peaceful Protests in the US

This needs to be watched.
The government & some of the media sources are lying to us.
The truth needs to be seen,
Please watch this entire video, please share it everywhere,

^Video source: House Judiciary GOP

China Shows it's True Face & it is UGLY & EVIL

Bad enough that "China's deliberate cover-up of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan is a matter of public record. In suppressing information about the virus, doing little to contain it, and allowing it to spread unchecked in the crucial early days and weeks, imperiling not only its own country and its own citizens, but also the more than 100 nations now facing their own potentially devastating outbreaks. More perniciously, the Chinese government censored and detained those brave doctors and whistleblowers who attempted to sound the alarm and warn their fellow citizens when they understood the gravity of what was to come."
(sources will be cited at the end)
Even worse "The government only instituted a lockdown in Wuhan on January 23—seven weeks after the virus first appeared. As events in Italy, the United States, Spain, and France have shown, quite a lot can happen in a week, much less seven. By then, mayor Zhou Xianwang admitted that more than 5 million people had already left Wuhan.""But is this a time for blame? Yes, it is. Accounting for responsibility when a disaster happens—particularly one likely to devastate entire countries, leaving thousands dead—is not beside the point, particularly as Chinese officials move to take advantage of the crisis and launch a disinformation campaign claiming that the U.S. Army introduced the virus."Stop for a moment & take that in, if you will...
Then follow me through my morning.
I get online to see a meme my son-in-law posted about wish.com selling toilet paper for some exorbitant price AND having to wait 2 weeks for it to arrive...
Understand the toilet paper madness in the US has been a source of some puzzlement and amusement to those of us who still look for something to laugh about during this crisis, and it has been complete insanity here.
Yes, we understand (even if we do not accept) the sudden mad rush to buy hand sanitizer, rubbing alcohol, bleach, food staples, etc... but the toilet paper thing, well, it just got out of hand SO FAST (especially considering that this virus does not seem to affect the bowels).
And so, I decide to pull up wish, and search for toilet paper, just on a whim - ironically, as I am doing so, I also stumble upon the article I quote from above (and will source below) and suddenly NOTHING is funny and I AM FURIOUS!
Because not only is China largely responsible for the massive spread of this virus, not only are their hands stained with the unnecessary deaths resulting from their deliberate underplaying and outright lies - NOW they are trying to PROFIT from the crisis they CREATED. And that is beyond wrong, beyond repugnant, beyond evil.
And it should NOT be allowed. In addition to the source below, I am also adding screenshots of just a few of my search results from Wish.com, taken on this day, March 19, 2020 at approximately 10 a.m. Eastern Time.
There is only ONE thing we all should do, MUST do in light of this. We, not just as a nation, but as a PLANET in peril due to the actions of China, MUST BOYCOTT WISH.COM immediately. Not just for toilet paper, masks, hand sanitizer and the like, but for EVERY SINGLE ITEM THEY TRY TO SELL US.
How can they expect the entire world to be so stupid & let them profit from the pandemic they created?
If you don't see this is imperative, I am guessing you might be from China.
'Nuff said.

article "China is Trolling the World and Avoiding Blame" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/china-trolling-world-and-avoiding-blame/608332/
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/15/opinion/sunday/china-coronavirus.html
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-urges-calm-over-virus-during-critical-period-11580045718
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/13/world/asia/coronavirus-china-conspiracy-theory.html

Can't Sleep - Blacktop Mojo - Lyric Video

the first release from their third album, Under the Sun. Hope you like it. Check out the official video here -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR6xzjC-Ptc

Burn the Ships - Blacktop Mojo - Unofficial Lyric Video

Won't Let Go (thinking about Roger)

So, I've found this band, Fivefold, & I am loving their sound. Listening to all the songs I can find online, doing my thing. And I find this one- http://bit.ly/wontletgo5fold  & it reminds me of Roger, & how much I miss him every single minute of every single day.

So I took a little liberty with the lyrics, just to suit my mood. No offense, Fivefold. No attempt to hijack your beautiful song, just want it to express how I feel about my boy being gone. I wanted to share the song, for everyone who reads my blog who ever lost anybody, 'coz I guarantee it will help you, & I wanted to share my version of the words because I MISS YOU SO MUCH MY PRECIOUS SON. Still do, every single day. Thank you for what you gave me. Thank God for the strength to go on. 

Won't Let Go

Fivefold

I found a ghost of the past,
A memory that last seems like yesterday,
That we had it made.
But this is not the way
that we had planned it.
It’s hard to understand what happened
to all the times & all the places,
I guess it's time I need to face this,
you’re not here…
But you've never been so close…
So that's why I say-
That I won't let go-
(oh no, oh no)
Of the memories we hold,
(oh no, oh no)
Teach me how to go on without you-
& I swear I won't let go.
(oh no, oh no)
It’s been so many years,
& we're all still here,
Living day to day.
Keeping your memory safe,
in everything we say and do,
We raise a glass to you-
My Son!
Remember all the times,
& all the faces?
Missing you at night-
It's time to face it-
You're right here.
You've never been too far away
to hear us say…
That we won't let go,
(oh no, oh no)
Of the memories we hold.
(oh no, oh no)
Teach us how to go on without you-
& I swear we won't let go.
(oh no, oh no)
They say you never know what you have -
Until it's gone.
These memories, keep me wide awake -
I know it's been too long.
On the silver screen,
You speak to me-
Of all of the things
You wanted to be.
But you live on, in memory-
& after all this time, I start to see -
You are the one who got us here -
Taught us to cross that line,
Taught us to face our fears.
Through stormy weather
we’ll stay together
& in our hearts you'll live forever.
& that's why-
We won't let go
(oh no, oh no)
Of the memories we hold.
(oh no, oh no)
Teach us how to go on without you.
& I swear we won't let go.
(oh no, oh no) (oh no, oh no)
I swear we won't let go…

Reasons for a Wall

The debate over whether we need a Southern US border wall seems to be making people lose their minds. Arguments against it seem to be more about keeping President Trump from "winning" than anything else. I don't know why people don't understand that, in this case, if he doesn't win, we all lose...

So I'm spending a lot of time these days listening to actual footage of what's going on in government meetings, not what the news says, or my friends say, but the real thing. I want to be informed, & I want to be factually correct when I pass along information.

This isn't gonna be a long drawn out rant, in fact I am focusing on one topic, and two speakers, at least for now.

First, Mr. James W. Carroll Jr. (current director of the U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy), was recently asked about the Border Crisis & by comparison, the Opioid Crisis & allocated spending on both. The person questioning him at the time was Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) - one of the new Democrat Socialists (a whole other topic, I promise), & she asked this in an attempt to belittle the President for wanting to allocate the funds for the wall, and make it seem as if he was unconcerned about the Opioid Crisis by comparing the amounts allocated (or requested) for each. But the answer backfired right in her face.

The information he provided was disturbing enough to stop me in my tracks and listen again.

Let it be known that Director Carroll had to ask to address this issue with the following information, as it did not suit her agenda to be bothered with facts...

Last year (fiscal year 2018) the Border Patrol and other agencies confiscated a total of 432,000 Pounds of narcotics at the various Points of Entry into the US from Mexico. He offered to break down the various drugs by weight, but it was not deemed necessary at the time. Regardless of how much of what, that number is terrifying. And there is still worse to come. 

Director Carroll then went on to say that during the same time period Between the Points of Entry (those wide-open spaces in between which have no structure to stop people from entering -the miles & miles of border that no amount of patrolling could effectively cover without increasing agents at the border to an astronomical number) the amount of illegal narcotics seized was 476,000 Pounds!!

Think long & hard about this information, people. 432,000 at the legitimate, legal way(s) in, and 476,000 in the spaces outside - that is 902,000 Pounds of narcotics in one year & that is only the ones who got caught! Almost a MILLION POUNDS OF DRUGS SEIZED How much more got through? There is simply no way to know.
But I bet it's a lot...

Almost everyone I know (including myself) in the US either has an addiction or is close to someone who has an addiction. It is a crisis. And it is tied in to the crisis at our border. The more drugs get in, the more drugs get consumed. It's an irrefutable logic.

Now, after the members of Congress were given this information, Mr. James Daniel Jordan (the current Ranking Member of the House Oversight Committee) brought up the seizure at our southern border(just a few weeks ago) of enough Fentanyl to KILL 57 Million Americans. In obvious frustration he asked what it's going to take for Congress to acknowledge that the border crisis is a reality. How many would constitute a crisis, he asked, 58 million? And he is absolutely right.

The points of entry are simply not enough, the amount of agents on the border don't have the manpower to catch every illegal entrant, and our elected members of Congress choose to turn the safety of our nation and it's people into a pissing match with our President.

That is unacceptable, at least to this American. I don't care how you feel about our POTUS, in this case he is absolutely right regarding the need for that wall. Stop for a minute and think of yourself, or that person you love who struggles with addiction, the hopeless feeling you get when you know that no matter where you/they go, the drugs are readily available. The fear that the next time you/they use might be the very last due to overdose or unexpected additions to the drug of choice (like the recent trend of mixing heroin with fentanyl which has caused a multitude of deaths) & tell me, tell yourself that a structure at our southern border that will at the very least, slow down the flow of drugs from Mexico, give border agents better odds of catching the people bringing those drugs is a bad idea.

I'm extremely concerned about our country. I'm extremely angry at the elected officials who care more about winning than the safety of the people who elected them to office.
Please think, and afterwards let your voice be heard. 

Staying silent & thinking your voice won't matter is no longer a viable option. 
I'm done for now. God Bless us all.

Back Home - Blacktop Mojo - Lyric Video

Another lyric video for Blacktop Mojo - for the song "Back Home" from their first album, I Am. Hope you enjoy it!

Pyromaniac - Blacktop Mojo - Lyric Video

My Latest lyric video for Blacktop Mojo - Pyromaniac

sides - smile empty soul - lyrics video (unofficial)

Check it out!

Be Still My Heart - PlanThree - Lyric Video *Fixed at LAST*

Oh, wow, was really thrilled to find this file yesterday- I was never really happy with the one I uploaded 2 years ago, but thought I had lost this in a system crash back then. This is what I wanted it to be like from the beginning.