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Subject: Xmas 2024
 
Date Sent 24 Dec 2024
 
Twas shortly before Christmas that
Santa became distraught when he realized
his eight tiny reindeer finally
needed to be retired or subsidized 
 
He went to St. Joe and Mother Kamala
Who promised a timely solution;
It seemed clear to them it must be
Something that did not create pollution.
 
Though the eight tiny EV Reindeer worked 
And the battery-powered rig was fast;
But covering the world in a single night,
Sadly, the juice just would not last. 
 
Now, with time running out, Santa
Turned to The Don who appointed
The master of engineering
And quickly Sir Elon was anointed.
 
For old Joe and keep-up-the-losing-fight Kamala,
They honorably choked down a very bitter pill;
As Santa roared out-of-sight they heard him say,
“Merry Christmas to all and to all drill baby, drill”. 
 
Oh yeah, Santa’s ecstasy was not only for the 
Salvaged Christmas that was very complex 
Or that technology had saved the day,
But for the thrill of his rocket-powered … Sleigh-X 
 
Chuck Klein, Columnist: American Free News Network
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: P.I. Characters
 
Date Sent: 17 Dec 2024
 
My long-time friend and fellow author, Kip Meyerhoff, recently published Deadly Justice, the 4th book in his series of private investigator adventures. If you like slam-bang cop-type stuff, this is for you. Kip is a retired LAPD Watch Commander, living in Vevay, IN. 
 
For his next book, his P.I. character, Rollo Michaels, will be interacting with the P.I. character, Sander Rachman – the name I used in my fictional private detective stories. In other words, while solving crimes and surviving lethal force incidents, his P.I. will be involving my P.I. Though fictional, the stories are based on our respective police/P.I. real encounters, practices and locations. 
 
Excerpts:
 
Rollo Michaels: 
"On your knees!" one barked! "Hands up!" shouted another.
"Hey guys, I’m the victim here," I said.
"We're not all guys," Officer Hands Up said. "Raise your hands" 
Her partner, the On Your Knees guy, asked, "You carrying?" 
"Right-hand pocket….”.
 
Sander Rachman: 
I knew the iron bar was coming, knew I couldn't back away in time, knew I had to get my gun out and that the man meant to kill me. …I couldn’t understand why was it taking so long to extract the 2 ½ inch Diamondback from my hip holster?
 
Chuck Klein, Columnist: American Free News Network
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: Trump Challenge
 
Date Sent: 10 Dec 2024
 
1) It was jaw-dropping to watch C-Span coverage of the Congressional hearing into the Trump assassination attempts where SS OIC, Rowe, became unglued - shouting at a congressman. He was not only armed, but is in charge of a small army of armed LEOs. This is symptomatic of a bureaucracy that needs top-down overhaul. 
 
2) Trump plans to deport large numbers of criminal, illegal aliens to countries who will refuse to take them back.  In other words, for example, where does a plane full of Hondurans land when Honduras refuses landing permission? What we need is a “Devil’s Island”, a la., Papillon. 
 
3)  As to his hoped-for Department of Government Efficiency, Trump will be axing billions currently earmarked for sanctuary cities. That “savings” will be re-sent to law enforcement to round up illegals. Exchanging funding between projects is historically in the DNA of administration change-overs. 
 
4)  Under DOGE, he will also be reducing the federal workforce.  Of course, arbitrarily fired civil service government employees can sue. Courts, including SCOTUS, can order them reinstated, however the Judicial Branch doesn’t have enforcement powers - as in Brown vs. Board of Education where it took LBJ to enforce desegregation – 10 years later. 
 
Chuck Klein, Columnist: American Free News Network
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: Enemy Pattern
 
Date Sent: 3 Dec 2024
 
The Progressive Enemy is a people who unintentionally endeavors to harm others by forcing their concepts/control on their fellow citizens. Harm is defined as acts detrimental to the historically constitutional American Way-of-Life. Evil Enemy are those who intentionally strive to harm others. People of the Democrat Party are the Progressive Enemy. 
 
The PE believe they are smarter than everyone else and need to demonstrate superiority/control. Until Trump, they had been successfully convincing the “deplorables” that PE’s policies would make these “trash” wealthier and safer. The PEs rewarded their ilk with employment as professorships, union bosses and bureaucratic government jobs. 
 
These PEs justify their cause with clandestine political opposition and leaks to their fellow PEs in the complacent media, generating a cycle of perpetual PE indoctrination. Today’s domestic/foreign/military doctrines of appeasements have resulted in a PE pattern of manipulation and control hard-evidenced by their campaign to impeach Trump before his taking office in 2016; continuing, legally-baseless, personal assaults; nixing sanctions on Iran; and vowing to resist official deportation of criminal aliens. 
 
Closet-voters - tired of wokeism/DEI and fears of the Progressive Enemy’s ties to Muslims were destroying the American way-of-life … voted Republican. Those calling for a coup are Evil Enemy. 
 
Chuck Klein, Columnist: American Free News Network
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: Thanksgiving 2024
 
Date Sent: 26 Nov 2024
 
Twas months before Thanksgiving 
and all through the voter ranks, 
worry and fears that calamity would befall 
And there be no one left to give thanks.
 
But lo, it became abundantly clear,
As the polls closed one after another,
The Republicans would soon overpower 
And the Democrats they would smother.
 
Today, the elitest are thankful 
They still live in such a land
Where S.O.B.S. can be voted out
When the 4-year hourglass has drained its sand.
 
With New Year’s resolutions just ahead, and
Depending on which side you sit of the political divide; 
Perhaps we might best be planning 2028 to either
Oust the Sons Of Brothers & Sisters or let them continue to provide. 
 
On this day of gratitude, we truly give thanks
That the divisive day has passed;
All are united in hopes of happy times 
And may the euphoria last and last.
 
Chuck Klein, Columnist: American Free News Network
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: Future View of Racing
 
Date Sent: 19 Nov 2024
 
It’s cool, maybe 65 and breezy, but up this high the coolness was being able to look down – below his feet – to see cars brake-shuttering at the end of the downhill before slamming into the loop’s high-banked turn as they swirl, drift and struggle for the slingshot effect onto the uphill straight. The racetrack includes an elevated moving sidewalk, running above and inside the track. He steps off the raised treadmill, still high over the action to catch, from atop, pit crews wrestling with a tire change. 
 
Of course, there’s no such elevated, escalator style, racetrack viewing – yet - where you can watch the action from above or ride a conveyor belt for various over-look points. If there was, spectators would ride airport-style, people-mover conveyor belts (side-by-side – one for each direction). Onlookers could step off at most any point to watch from various locations with crossovers to go-the-other-way. A traditional grandstand, start/finish line and pit area would remain. 
 
The race over, he grabs a bite at one of the many food kiosks that line the elevated walkway adjacent to the moving sidewalks, visually checks his own ride in the parking lot and takes the escalator to ground level. 
 
Chuck Klein, Columnist: American Free News Network
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: Messages
 
Date Sent: 12 Nov 2024
 
Kamala Harris wins … the Gold Star for civil concession and best threat to the Republic: “I do not concede the fight that fueled this campaign….” The message is clear: 
 
1) Embed their spies, leakers and disrupters into the administrative state (The Swamp). It’s already started: CNN – “Informed sources say Trump, Zelensky and Musk had a 3-way phone call.” 
 
2) Biden will use executive orders to allow more illegals in while stymieing  Trump’s plans for energy and foreign relations/trade. 
 
For a major political party and its leaders to continuously and surreptitiously work to undermine POTUS is a far greater attack on democracy than a 3-hour riot on January 6.  The message the voters sent was not that we liked Trump or disliked Harris, but the direction the Democrats had been taking the country. We don’t want wokeism, open borders, cowardly military policy, trade surrender, unrestricted abortion and personal economic woes. 
 
Of our two-party system: one wants to Make America Great Again while the other calls these fellow Americans deplorable and garbage. If America becomes a fascist state, it won’t be the doing of the Republicans, rather the un-doing by the Democrats. 
 
Chuck Klein, Columnist: American Free News Network
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: General Welfare
 
Date Sent: 5 Nov 2024
 
The Preamble to the Constitution contains this lofty line: “[To] promote the general welfare…,”. Article I, Section 8 finds similar wording: “The Congress shall have the power to … provide for the … general welfare of the United States….” These General Welfare notations have been interpreted to mean the federal government has the right/power – and duty/obligation - to use public money to feed, clothe, evacuate, repair and/or provide money to victims of natural or other disasters. 
 
Thus, federal government assistance should be provided to those who suffer significant misfortune, but to do so requires specific legislation - acts of Congress as per the Article I and again specified in the 10th Amendment. In other words, the President or any federal agency is not permitted to disperse aid to any person, state or private entity sans a law allowing such expenditures. 
 
Of course, the reality is these mandates have been over-looked each time catastrophe strikes … or POTUS wishes to endear himself to the voters by executive order such as arbitrarily forgiving debt for select classes of citizens – in direct contravention to a SCOTUS ruling and the above noted Constitutional provisions. 
 
Chuck Klein, Columnist: American Free News Network
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: Dictator
 
Date Sent: 29 Oct 2024
 
Fear of the President becoming a dictator is real when those who run the country, the bureaucrats, become a deep-state due to being of the same party as the CEO. Thus, the acts and activities of a President Harris would not be patently open or accountable except by other members of her own party – she will be a de facto dictator. Trump, as President, sans a dedicated "Swamp," would be shackled if attempting to become dictator. 
 
The 3rd World War is happening now; monetarily, militarily and via electronic remoteness. If Trump is elected, he might be the most significant factor in curtailing the dictatorial regimes of China, Russia, Iran, N. Korea. But if Harris wins, where power is epitomized by just saying "don't," her Swamp is poised to continue the slide into domination by the CRINK totalitarians. 
 
Do we fight WWIII as a combatant or hope our proxies, who lack money, military and communication abilities, will be successful doing battle for us? Failure to elect a formidable leader will find a future book, The Rise and Fall of the American Empire, validating this turning point. The only thing we don't know: in what language will the book be written?
 
Chuck Klein, Columnist: American Free News Network
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: Niche Business Op
 
Date Sent: 22 Oct 2024
 
Recently, I had a short, less than 2-minute, sound-over video produced to help market one of my books (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVwH_aReEVk&t=6s). Amazon would not allow me to post this YouTube link to the book's page – those interested in the book can only read about it. Having an audio/video link should enhance the desirability to purchase it, thus there might be a need to convince Amazon to offer this promotion opportunity to all their authors. 
 
This seems to be a unique, niche business waiting for an entrepreneur to offer the service to Amazon who would, in turn, offer this package to its vast number of authors/publishers. In other words, an entrepreneurial type, using available apps/programs to produce such audio/videos would then supply Amazon with the link for them to place on the subject page. 
 
In still other words, Amazon would solicit its authors to order from Amazon, at a set fee, a promo video of their book. The author would send their script and photos/video clips to Amazon who would forward the material to the entrepreneur who would produce the audio/video utilizing his/her voice. This made for AI generated voice and text concept is also applicable to any product listed on Amazon. 
 
Chuck Klein, Columnist: American Free News Network
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: Boxes
 
Date Sent: 15 Oct 2024
 
No candidate or political party checks all the boxes. Voters must decide the level/percent of importance each box is to them. As a Republican, I have entered my percentage of importance. My Democrat friend has tendered his/her level of importance. Though we both put strong emphasis on foreign policy the difference is: confrontation/offense is traditional conservative/Republican strategy while liberal/Democrat style is appeasement/defense. 
 
DICTATORIAL FEAR: Though the President will dictate policy, personnel and procedures; to become a dictator the military would have to go along. However, control of all three branches could result in a de facto dictatorship. 
Republican 5%
Democrat 0 % (unless it's Trump)
 
PERSONA: Neither candidate is running for Pope.
Republican 0%
Democrat 5%
 
ECONOMY: Elected officials have limited impact on prices, wages and corporate profits. 
Republican 10%
Democrat  15%
 
BORDER: Are too many criminals/terrorists slipping in?
Republican 35%
Democrat  20%
 
FOREIGN POLICY: Supporting our proxies fighting their proxies and establishing trade/sanctions/tariffs with competing nations is the privilege of the President. 
Republican 30%
Democrat 25%
 
PERSONAL SAFETY/LAW ENFORCEMENT: Are the streets safe?  
Republican 20% 
Democrat 5%
 
ABORTION: It's history – no longer a federal issue.  
Republican 0%
Democrat 30%
 
Chuck Klein, Columnist: American Free News Network
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: Israel
 
Date Sent: 8 Oct 2024
 
1) It's not Iran's proxies: Hamus, Hezbollah, Houthis against Israel … it's the Muslims against the Jews in round one. If Israel loses, round two will be the Muslims against the Christians. In other words, Israel is the Christian's proxy. 
 
2) The Democrat leadership cancelled the Trump sanctions on Iran allowing them to stockpile weapons. Now we're fighting with our weapons made with our money against Iran's weapons made with our money. Oh wait, the funds they released were to be used only for humanitarian efforts … yeah right. 
 
3) If Israel can develop and disseminate exploding walkie-talkies and pagers, how long before China, Russia, Iran, NoK copy this technology to produce a house-destroying Samsung TV? 
 
4) The anti-Israel/Jewish protests are not about free speech but signaling to Harris there are more Muslim than Jewish voters. If you're Jewish and vote for her, you're throwing your own people under the bus. If you're Christian – see #1.
 
5) The Democrat leadership said Israel should retaliated in proportion … in proportion to what … population, land mass, bombs/rockets fired, bombs/rockets landing, IQ?
 
6) When invasion occurs, civilians flee to friendly neighboring countries … where can the Israelis go? 
 
Chuck Klein, Columnist: American Free News Network
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: The Exception
 
Date Sent: 2 Oct 2024
 
No one shall (exception noted below):
 
1) Enter the USA other than through official ports of entry. Securing the borders are paramount to safety and quality of life. 
 
2) Go about in public without photo ID. Photo ID cards should be issued, after vetting, at official ports of entry.
 
3) Attend online, or in person, any American university or college. Enemy nations use our higher education system to steal intellectuality from us while limiting enrollment of our citizens. 
 
4) Have the power and authority of a law enforcement officer. The American police officer, the epitome of civilized society, didn't get that way by allowing foreign infiltration. 
 
5) Be accepted into any branch of the U.S. military. Do we want an army of those whose allegiance is not to the USA? 
 
6) As individuals or corporations, own real or personal property valued at more than $10,000. 
 
7) Notwithstanding spies, receive payment from, or work for, any federal bureau, agency or elected official. 
 
8) Be employed as a teacher in any school receiving public funding. Future generations must not be subjected to influence of nations with conflicting ideals. 
 
9) Vote in any federal or state election. Period.
 
The one exception: American Citizens. 
 
Chuck Klein, Columnist: American Free News Network (https://AFNN.US) 
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: Compromise
 
Date Sent: 24 Sep 2024
 
The year is 3834 (34 CE) +/-. I’m a local Hebrew constable trying to keep the peace during tumultuous times in Jerusalem. Roman soldiers gather in my station house to carry out Emperor Tiberius’s execution order for a man called Jesus. Dispatched to a confrontation point, I remind myself of the lesson learned as a child when I was punished for violating the dietary law by using the meat plate to serve the dairy produce. When I asked my father why this is wrong, he said: "Once you compromise, the whole thing will break down."
 
Struggling with my obligation to serve and protect, my loyalty to the law, my allegiance to G-d, I compromise by dutifully working to contain the protesters while surreptitiously opposing the Romans. When called out for my covert acts, I am dismissed from the constabulary. 
 
The next day, I seek consolation from my Rabbi, who tells me: “The uncertainties of these times will produce life-changing challenges to scriptural adherence. Though those separating from us will work to decimate us, they eventually become our greatest ally against a common, evil threat. The seed of Abraham, the covenant kept; we will endure because we will not compromise.” 
 
Chuck Klein, Columnist: American Free News Network
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Suject: CONFLICTS
 
Date Sent: 17 Sep 2024 
 
If there’s a fire in your living room, bedroom, kitchen you’d call the fire department before it engulfs the entire house. What would you expect of the responding firefighter: to be a debate winner, politically correct … or just put out the damn fire?  If America’s living room is the border, the bedroom foreign policy, the kitchen the economy - we’re on fire. Trump is a firefighter. 
 
It is a capital offense for one to knowingly, or should have known, that their act or failure to act causes death to another. Biden and Harris knew, or should have known, that intentionally not securing the border would result in the death of Americans. 
 
The Harris Democrats have called the Venezuela election a fraud and are backing the losing candidate who said the election was rigged. There also seems to be a conflict where the Dems are demanding Israel’s cease fire while remaining silent on requiring Iran, Hezbollah, Humas, Hosui’s to quit firing rockets into the tiny Jewish nation. 
  
Chuck Klein, Columnist: American Free News Network (https://afnn.us) 
https://chuckklein.com 
 
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Subject: TRUTHS
 
Date Sent: 10 Sep 2024
 
1) Everyone has the right to remain silent. However, many don’t have the ability. 
2) Never underestimate your opposition.
3) I you’re gonna run a bluff - always have a plan B.
4) Some people seem to have more dollars than sense.
5) Never steal less than you can successfully hide and comfortably live on – after you get out of prison.
6) One can't teach common sense, any more than one can fix stupid.
7) The secret to life is the ability to adapt to change.
8) Framing the Ten Commandments in our schools might work for some, but posting the first Ten Amendments works for all. 
9) If you're ever in a situation where another person is about to murder you, at that moment, you'd trade all your worldly possessions for a firearm. And, if that threat was to kill your child or your grandchild, you'd sell your soul for a gun.
10) The measure of one's generosity is not how much, but how much in relation to how much is available.
11) Though truth is absolute; absolute is never absolutely absolute. 
12) We all live up/down wind/stream from each other.
 
Chuck Klein, Columnist: American Free News Network
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: SCOTUS Ethics
 
Date Sent: 3 Sep 2024
 
Ethics is described as a followed-belief of moral standards or values where moral is defined as recognizing the distinction between right and wrong and acting thereupon (different from a code of ethics, which is the application of ethics). In other words, an ethical person can tell the difference between right and wrong - and will conduct themselves accordingly. The problems arise with the definitions of right and wrong. Ethics do not change - only the definitions of right and wrong. Ethical right and wrong is separate and distinct from legal right and wrong.
 
Recent claims of “ethical misconduct” by members of the Supreme Court have circulated prompting calls to establish a code of ethics. Conducting large scale investigations disrupts the judicial process and who is to judge if a violation occurs? 
 
Solution: Yearly public polygraph exam. Though lie-detector tests only measure what one believes - not the truth (pathological liars can sometimes fool an polygraphy test) - it would be difficult for a basically honest person to evade the question: Have you taken any money, gifts or gratuities that are valued more than $$$? No punishment – just the fear that conclusive, public and professional embarrassment that can goad a resignation. 
 
Chuck Klein, Columnist: American Free News Network
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: Classes
 
Date Sent: 27 Aug 2024
 
During the 2016 election campaign a single word, deplorable, created the division/animosity we have today. It was Hillery Clinton’s lumping, classifying, labeling - denigrating– not just an opponent or even a party - but half of America because they had different political views.  It was then, consciously or subconsciously, citizens came face to face with the realization that there are three classes of Americans: The Elitist - those who believe they are better and smarter than all others; The Sheep – those who need someone to tell them what is best for them - and The Everyone Else.
 
The Everyone Else, looked at themselves and realized they might not be layered in college degrees and decades of political palling-around but they were certainly decent, law-abiding, god-fearing people - the opposite of deplorable. These laudables only wanted to decide what was best for themselves while not wishing to force control over their law-abiding neighbors.
 
Though the Dems haven’t been using the ‘deplorables’ term during this election era, the inference/smugness is still there as Harris and company tout their elitist agenda: the government will take-care-of-its-Sheep and will persecute, prosecute and tax those with initiative - The Everyone Else - until they say baaaa.
 
Chuck Klein, Columnist: American Free News Network
https://chuckklein.com
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Subject: Dictator
 
Date Sent: 20 Aug 2024
 
“When an empire dies, it dies like a cloudy day, without a visible moment of sunset. The demise is not announced on the radio, nor does one read of it in the morning paper. The British Empire had fatally depleted itself in the great, if laggard repulse of Hitler, and the British people had long since willed the end of the Empire, by electing pacifist leaders to gut the military budgets. Illusion is an anodyne, bred by the gap between wish and reality.”  (Herman Wouk, War and Remembrance).
 
President Roosevelt, prior to our entering WWII, proved the necessity of dictatorial powers to combat the dictatorial regimes of Hitler, Mussolini and Hirohito. He did this, without depleting our resources, by aiding our proxies (England, Russia, France), thus saving the world and establishing the American Empire.
 
Today, we are depleting our resources supporting a 3-front war via our current proxies (Ukraine, Israel, SKO) as wars rage on every populated continent and battles loom under-the-sea, in space and on the moon; it might take a dictator to lead us again. Do we want a Chamberlin-type appeasement leader or a confrontational FDR style Commander-in-Chief? Is the sun shining or is it getting cloudy?
 
Chuck Klein, Columnist: American Free News Network
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: The Olympics
 
Date Sent: 13 Aug 2024
 
Glowing adjectives, ad nauseum, aside, the opening parade of boats on the Seine was also logistically spectacular. To cohesively collate the seemingly endless, perfectly-spaced boats comprised of the athletes in their nation’s colors and for the announcers to accurately recognize each country was most impressive. On this live-to-the-world production, somewhere, there had to be a magician deciding/ordering which camera/commentator to go next. To the untrained eye, there was no dead-air, screw-ups, miscues or disrupting sabotage. 
 
On the downside: Too many metal event categories and sub-categories. If break-dancing is a sport why not jitterbugging, Charleston, ballet? Then there’s the costumes/apparel of the competitors. More than a few nations, including some USA teams, did not have their country’s name large enough to be easily recognizable. Finally, the revealing swimsuit and gymnastic, en vogue outfits left no doubt as to the sex of the wearer - perhaps the Olympic Committee might require such skimpy clothing for women boxers…. 
 
While wars rage in numerous countries it was comforting to see these talented, law-abiding representatives of different nationalities compete, help each other and honor decorum. Merci beaucoup, mazel tov, congratulations… thank you, France. 
 
Chuck Klein, Columnist: American Free News Network
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: The Boost
 
Date Sent: 6 Aug 2024
 
In a criminal trial the prosecutor lays out the case with an opening statement boosting the jurors to think, that SOB must be guilty. Now comes the defendant’s attorney who tells the jury the prosecutor has it all wrong and the accused is innocent – the boost swings to the defendant. Then witnesses and evidence are presented followed by the prosecutor’s closing/boosting statements. However, the defendant’s lawyer will have the final say, thus boosting the defendant’s view - fresh on the jury’s mind. 
 
For elections, substitute voters for jury and candidates for the prosecutor and defendant’s lawyer. In other words, candidate Trump got a boost with the opening Republican convention statements. This was followed by the boost the Democrats got with Biden’s endorsement of Harris. The Dems will get another boost with the V.P. selection and their convention, thus giving them the advantage of having the last word and freshest take heading into the election.
 
But it ain’t over - if Joe resigns, Kamala gets an additional and huge boost running as an incumbent President. The boost closest to election might be the deciding factor in a tight race. Gotta wonder is Trump has a final boost plan. 
 
Chuck Klein, Columnist: American Free News Network
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: Chill Time
 
Date Sent: 30 Jul 2024
 
Historic, scary, dangerous battles: political, shooting, fire, climate…. Enough already. Time for a break with a nostalgic trip to a simpler and more fun era. 
 
Yeah, we were there in the beginning,
singing, dancing and spinning, 
driving, racing and winning. 
To make those days our own, 
to make our mark, to set us apart, 
then suddenly we were grown. 
 
In the beginning was Elvis and Smokey 
the Everly's, Ritchie and Fats.
Four-on-the-floor or three-on-the-tree
and DARLING COME SOFTLY TO ME. 
 
The Drifters, The Platters, Diana and the girls, 
who sang the songs of our soul. 
Pony tails and fender skirts and 
BABY LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL. 
 
Ricky Nelson and Jackie Wilson, Little Richard 
and Jerry Lee, Hootenannies and SHORT FAT 
FANNIE and OH, OH TRAGEDY. THE STROLL 
and THE STOMP and AT THE HOP, TWISTIN' 
THE NIGHT AWAY, South Philly and Bo Diddley, 
rock and roll was here to stay. 
 
Do you remember GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY, 
Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly, Big Bopper and Ben E. King 
and LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING. 
Three-twos and spinner caps, drive-ins and glass packs, 
James Dean and YAKETY-YAK and a screamin' tenor sax.
 
In the beginning those times were ours the words, the music, 
the clothes and the cars, hot rods and puppy love 
and guardian angels up above. 
There’s not been a time as close to heaven as Circa 1957
 
Chuck Klein, Columnist: American Free News Network
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: Breakdown
 
Date Sent: 23 Jul 2024
 
The tale has often been told of the Jewish boy who is punished for using the dairy towel to dry the non-dairy dishes. When he questions his father about such an archaic and seemingly senseless law, the elder explains if you violate one rule and allow it to go unpunished, all of society begins to breakdown. It is difficult to argue with this reasoning as the Jews have been around for almost 6000 years. 
 
Liberals have had control of SCOTUS for 70 years; its activist agenda dramatically fostered reverse discrimination, redefined select constitutional protections and allowed government regulatory agencies to enforce their own rules. These liberal, pseudo-legitimacy impowered, politically driven witch-hunts have concluded in the weaponization of government supremacies - prosecuction of the persecuted…the breakdown of society.  
 
Yes, today’s conservative SCOTUS has been correcting egregious and illegal power plays of the current administration, but the courts do not have enforcement powers, thus governments continue to flagrantly subvert judicial rulings. This thumbing their nose at a breakdown of society was exemplified with Biden cancelling student debt – a second time - and when NYC, made it a crime to carry firearms in most public places after SCOTUS ruled citizens had the right. 
 
Chuck Klein, Columnist, https://AFNN.US 
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: Evil Soul
 
Date Sent: 16 Jul 2024
 
Evil originates in the soul (essence, psyche, being). It is evidenced by the postulation that conscious or subconscious remorseless satisfaction is derived from merciless, inhumane acts that oppose G-d. By this definition, is it evil to kill another if one believes he/she/they are about to, or have, committed evil acts? History is replete with evil acts of those claiming to suppress evil. Who was evil: Hitler or the six million Jews he ordered killed; the Ayatollah/hi-jackers or the 9/11 victims; the man who attempted to kill Trump or Trump? 
 
Is the soul part of the brain, the brain part of the soul or are they unrelated? What happens to the soul when the person dies? If evil is malum in se but undetectable by current methods, how do we prevent/control it? We prepare to defend against and to punish evil doers without ascertaining the core source. 
 
We have put humans on the moon, transplanted organs, created the smart phone, developed AI, cloned animals, but we have failed to identify, measure, or locate the human soul. Perhaps we should prioritize research for this purpose. "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!"
 
Chuck Klein, Columnist: American Free News Network
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: GOP Platform
 
Date Sent: 9 Jul 2024
 
The Republican party is currently working to establish their platform – what they stand for. Perhaps they will consider America might best be served if Republicans (not in any particular order) vow to:
 
1) Secure all borders.  
2) Honor all SCOTUS decisions.
3) Reverse the Democrat’s “appease” foreign policy.
4) Support politically, financially and militarily our allies.
5) Encourage pro-life supporters to seek a constitutional amendment.
6) Amend the Constitution to give SCOTUS enforcement powers for their decisions. 
7) Re-instate Trump era environmental policies and trade sanctions, barriers and strategies.
8) Continue endorsement of the 2nd Amendment. 
9) Recognize the greatest threat to America – the world – is Muslim ideology and China’s military and cyber imperialism. 
10) Promote the fact that America is a republic – not a democracy. In a democracy the voters directly decide all issues, whereas in a republic the voters elect representatives to run the nation and decide issues. The Dems have made strong claims that Republicans are a threat to democracy. Maybe so … but America is not a democracy; America is a republic that needs of strong, unequivocal leadership to return prominence. 
 
Politicians come and go but the platform "is foundational." 
 
Chuck Klein, Columnist: American Free News Network
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: The Pledge
 
Date Sent: 2 Jul 2024
Me personally
PLEDGE 
Promise
ALLEGIANCE
An oath of loyalty, duty, devotion
TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
The symbol - the representation of the 50 states joined together as one people
AND TO THE REPUBLIC
A nation that lives by the rule of law
FOR WHICH IT STANDS,
Not only do I pledge my allegiance to the flag and the Republic, but together we – my brother and sister citizens - promise our loyalty and devotion to the principles on which this Republic is founded
ONE NATION 
United as a single people
UNDER GOD,
By the grace of a supreme being
INDIVISIBLE,
Facing all enemies we stand together back-to-back, shoulder- to-shoulder, rich-to-poor, liberal-to-conservative
WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
Freedom, fairness and honor for everyone who is within our sovereignty to protect.
 
I believe all Americans agree this is our goal, our destiny … it’s just that some have different concepts on how to get there. 
 
Chuck Klein, Columnist, https://AFNN.US 
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: Consequences
 
Date Sent: 25 Jun 2024
 
The consequences of… 
 
1) Fostering a two-front war against Israel, refining uranium plus that direct attack might result in the nuking of Iran. 
 
2) The Dems, finally realizing Biden is not mentally fit, can end in drafting another candidate. This might have been the plan all along – to get the GOP to focus on Biden’s ills, thus not allowing enough time for the GOP to trash the new guy/gal. This would be the Republicans’ worst nightmare - a younger, middle-of-the-road Dem to be sprung on them at the last minute.
 
3) Easy credit card access and fear of armed robbery is producing a cashless society that may cause an economic crunch. The consequences of greenbacks rendered obsolete is a catastrophe. 
 
4) Trump losing his cool and failing to ask Biden tough “gotcha questions” during the debate is a lost election. 
 
5) Biden not effectively answering unscripted questions will be his Waterloo. The consequences of a pre-debate emergency – real or created – might be the out the Dems need. 
 
6) Shuttering coal-fired power plants and not building nuclear facilities will hamper proliferation of EVs and AI capabilities while giving a leg up to China’s quest for world dominance. 
 
Chuck Klein, Columnist, https://AFNN.US 
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: Drug Costs
 
Date Sent 18 Jun 2024
 
Suppose 1M people are afflicted with a life-altering condition for which there is no cure. A drug company discovers a cure that requires one pill/day for 10 days. The cost of ingredients, production, packaging, distribution is $1/pill. However, when factoring in the expense of years of research (read scientist, lab workers, overhead….) and testing, the full cost of this miracle drug is $6/pill. In addition, overhead expenses continue while waiting for FDA approval.  
 
What if the number of afflicted are only 10K or only one pill – once - is needed. The cost is still the same, but the selling price would have to be higher to amortize the costs. These scenarios cover costs of a successful drug development – but research into drugs that did not test out are added costs. 
 
How much should the drug sell for? Cost plus government-set profit? Free - the government (taxpayers) will reimburse the company for the cost? Whatever the market will bear? If the owners/stockholders are government restricted in setting a price that will turn a profit, where’s the incentive to develop life-saving drugs in the first place? Capitalistic nations, lead the world in creating new products, concepts and procedures. 
 
Chuck Klein, Columnist, https://AFNN.US 
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: United....
 
Date Sent: 11 Jun 2024
 
Recently, a U.S. Congressperson and a radio show political commentator have posited that America’s best chance of survival is to become two separate nations – red states and blue states. The problem is an almost equal number of democrats and republicans can be found in each state. 
 
Therefore, the split might best be along ideological lines, i.e., Democrat cities and Republican counties. Call these combined municipalities: United Cities of America. Label the rest of the country: United Rural America. (Originally suggested in my editorial: America Divided, 2012). The outer interstate belts that typically surround the large metropolises would be de facto borders.
 
The UCA can then enjoy the pleasures of giving their constituents all the free housing, cell phones, debt-cancellations, open borders, gun control, entitlements and socialist programs they want - sans URA’s taxes. 
 
United Rural America probably won't need to pass a lot of laws, but you can bet they’ll secure their boundaries. 
 
Navy and Marines to the cities, Army and Air Force to the URA. The FBI – but only as an investigative agency – USCG, FAA and SSA will be joint efforts. All other federal bureaus and agencies will close.
 
Chuck Klein, Columnist, American Free News Network
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: Lessons
 
Date Sent: 4 Jun 2024
 
What we learned from the recent college campus “protests”: 
 
1) There are a significant number of Muslims in America. 
2) They are very well funded and organized. 
3) They have infiltrated universities stirring young malleable minds to champion their anti-Judeo/Christian cause. 
4) They have integrated into political territories then voted together – as Democrats - to promote Shira law. 
5) The Biden administration is forsaking the traditional Jewish vote for the larger number of Muslim voters as evidenced by his unconscionable halting arms shipments to Israel, an ally actively engaged in a war. 
6) Though most Christians are supportive of Israel/Jews, they are slow to accept the fact that Muslims don’t like them either. 
7) The enemy is not Hamas, Iran, Hezbollah, Houthis, ISIS… but the ideology of the Muslim people who are either members of an enemy fighting force or are in sympathy therewith. 
8) Bias of the media is evident by the negative Jewish term, anti-Israel, and positive spin, pro-Palestinian.
 
Suggestion: Each neighborhood form ad hoc groups to promote Judeo-Christian values, teach self-defense and encourage firearms ownership. The only criteria, no Muslims allowed. Yeah, I know, that might be discrimination – let ‘em sue – the publicity would be worth it. 
 
Chuck Klein, Columnist: American Free News Network
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: Trump Trial
 
Date Sent: 31 May 2024
 
Are you celebrating or lamenting the comeuppance of a political threat by the successful weaponization of the criminal justice system?
 
Chuck Klein
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: The Judge
 
Date Sent: 28 May 2024
 
Judges officiate in criminal jury trials for the primary purpose of ensuring a fair trial. They are referees or umpires whose duties lie in making sure the playing field is level - not to pass judgment. Judgments are reserved to the jury as required by the 6th Amendment: “The accused shall enjoy the right to … trial by an impartial jury….” It doesn’t say by a judge - it specifies an “impartial” jury.
 
A government employee, using his or her powerful judicial position to “charge” or “instruct” a jury, is imparting bias to that jury. The judge’s uncontested influence renders the jury no longer impartial. Uncontested because a judge won’t allow attorneys to dispute his/her instructions/charge. 
 
Everyone testifying before a jury must swear, under penalty of perjury, to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth. The judge is exempt from this rule because he/she is not expected to testify. However, judges do testify in the form of their “instructions” or “charges” to the jury. Not being sworn to tell the whole truth they fail to advise the jury that they have the right and power to ignore the instructions and determine the facts as well as the law. 
 
Chuck Klein, Columnist, https://AFNN.US 
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: Immigration II
 
Date Sent 21 May 2024
 
Last week’s observation (https://afnn.us/2024/05/14/illegal-immigration-has-various-impacts-on-all-nations/) tendered a short-term solution to illegal immigration. The crux of the problem is NOT immigration overload, soil, water, air pollution, wars, food supply, energy. These are only symptoms of the core problem: Human Over-Population. If the planet’s human population could be returned to pre-1800 levels all of the symptoms would disappear.
 
Beginning in 1979 China tried to control their unwieldy population by curtailing birth rates … and learned a generation later that there were not enough young people to replace/care-for the workers/retirees. 
 
Possible Long-Term Solutions:
1) Halt all treatments and medications (except for pain) to persons over 75 who are no longer productive and dependent on care of others. 
 
2) Offer kits with instructions for self-euthanasia. This could be a new lucrative industry, albeit one without repeat customers.
 
3) The China plan – Covid24 with an antidote available to those who can pay (attention conspiracy theorists: China might have been trying to do that with C19, but failed. How else to explain that no world leaders succumbed to the virus?). 
 
5) Someone start a nuclear war.
 
4) If you think everything is hunky-dorry - do nothing and experience lethal chaos for survival as fish, clean water/air/food disappear. 
 
Chuck Klein
https://chuckklein.com 
 
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Subject: Immigration I
 
Date Sent: 14 May 2024
 
Illegal immigration has various impacts on all nations. 
 
Good: As Western birth rate continue to fall, immigrants are needed to sustain their work force. These new citizens-to-be will not only become taxpayers as they join the workforce, but will be needed to service the aging population who are exhausting health care and retirement systems. 
 
Not-So-Good: The influx of unskilled, undocumented invaders are becoming dependents costing the existing taxpayers and driving inflation as governments expand social services. These new arrivals, whose numbers are significant, are overwhelming monetary and education systems; and as they become voters they will influence the political and military direction of the invaded nation. In addition, lapses of vetting encourages contraband smuggling and allows penetration of terrorist. 
 
The worldwide shift in population density is but a symptom.
 
Short Term Solution: All illegal aliens will be returned to their country of origin; though the country they fled might not want them back. Therefore, a fee will be paid to the country of origin for each person returned. The negotiable fee could be in the form of humanitarian aid, defensive weapons, trade-advantages or…. 
 
Long Term Solution: See next week’s column. 
 
Chuck Klein, columnist www.AFNN.US 
https://chuckklein.com 
 
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Subject: Absolute
 
Date Sent: 7 May 2024
 
The Constitution absolutely states Congress is forbidden from “abridging the freedom of speech”. However, those who have verbally incited a riot or induced panic found their freedom absolutely abridged by non-congressional laws. The “shall not be infringed” line of the 2nd amendment seems to be absolute – except to those with the legislative, bureaucratic and/or judicial power to say it ain’t absolutely so. 
 
All judges have the Constitutional power and right to restrict what is spoken in their courtroom and absolutely no Constitutional right hinder what is said outside their fiefdom. Recently, a NY judge might have missed this point when he fined Donald Trump $10K for utterances made outside the judge’s courtroom. Of course, Mr. Trump can appeal … but appeals are not an absolute. 
 
We Americans have the absolute right to life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness; to be free from cruel and unusual punishment, excessive fines and a public trial by a jury… while having the absolute right and power to elect our representatives. Of course, that absolutely depends not only on the definition of those words and terms, but enforcement thereof. 
 
Though truth is absolute; truth is never absolutely conclusive.
 
Chuck Klein
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: Simple Answers
 
Date Sent: 30 April 2024
 
1)  Should the President have immunity from criminal prosecution?
 Yes, but only while in office or if he/she is no longer able to run for the office due to impeachment or term limit. In other words, a President should not be subject to criminal charge while in office or after leaving office IF he/she is legally allowed to run for the office (has not been impeached or term limited out). Once a person can’t run, they are no longer a threat to the opposition. Yeah, I know, some “crimes” are not discovered until after a President leaves office and vindictiveness will always exist … nothing’s perfect.
 
2) When pro-Hamas/Iranian protesters gather, why is it labeled anti-Semitic but when pro-Israel protesters gather, it’s never called anti-Muslim? 
It’s all about the ballot box; there are more Muslim voters than Jewish voters. 
 
3) Of the tens of thousands of current college campus protesters, what is the percentage of Christians? Zero (true Christians, that is). Israel is the canary in the mine, the red-flag, the line-in-the-sand, the warning that if the Muslims are successful in their “from the river to the sea” goal the Catholics will be next, then one Protestant after another…. 
 
Chuck Klein
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: Cynic
 
Day Sent 23 Apr 2024
 
In the Spring 2024 issue of WWII History magazine is an interview with a veteran whose diary reads: “12:30am attacked by German planes. We were at our guns but did no firing. We only hoped they couldn’t see us in the darkness.” Then he relates: “…[he] despised having to make dozens of pies to feed the crew…. [I] would go to the top of the ship and start flinging off the pie tins.” This man then had the audacity to continue: “I was glad I did my duty…and did it well”. 
 
Some have said, if you are paid, given educational, medical and retirement benefits to do a job you volunteered for; “serving” in the military or as a LEO or firefighter, doesn’t make you a hero and are owed anything other than a thanks. 
 
Back about 1990, the CEO of a Free Food Bank bragged he was paid $100K/year. GoFundMe type projects are great for tax deductions and especially good for the executives of these 501C3s who take their (very generous) cuts off the top and are proud to say, “I was glad I did my duty…and did it well”. 
 
Chuck Klein
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: A couple of Things
 
Date Sent: 16 April 2024
 
1 American Free News Network (www.afnn.us) will be running my weekly email editorials on Wednesdays, beginning 22 May 2024. They are currently serializing my 26 Question and Answer piece on the use of lethal force. 
 
2 Biden said of Netanyahu: He needs to have a “Come to Jesus moment”. Perhaps it is Biden who should take his own advice on the border, foreign policy, crime….
 
3 The NY AG might have over-played his hand by forcing the Hush Money trial to begin. Now, Trump might keep the trial running past the election whereas his other trials must be put on hold while at the same time gaining nightly free media exposure. 
 
4 In the police academy we were told that when dispatched to a scene: “Do something”. Hey Congress: re. The border, aid to Israel, Tiawan, Ukraine …. That’s why cops are called, and politicians are elected.  
 
5 Israel’s response to Iran’s embarrassing missile attack: Notify Iran the date, time and locations of the missiles Israel will be sending. These missiles won’t have warheads attached, thus no damage or lives lost – just a non-escalation PR campaign to show the world that Iran can’t defend against them. 
 
Chuck Klein
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: Wrongs
 
Date Sent: 9 Apr 2024
 
There are two kinds of wrongs: Malum Prohibitum – wrong because society says it’s wrong and Malum In Se - wrong in and of itself, evil - we don’t need a law to tell us it’s wrong to murder or racially or politically persecute. 
 
“There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.” (Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, 1957). 
 
Traffic laws are purposely designed to be enforcer-subjective, e.g., it is impossible to drive a MV on a public road without committing a violation thus creating probable cause to conduct a “witch-hunt”. Likewise, weaponized political power uses ambiguous, archaic, blanket-encompassing statutes to also “witch-hunt”. 
 
We’ve come to recognize that many Blacks, with long rap sheets, are victims of enforcer-subjective (read racially inspired) traffic stops and thus are not the criminals they are purported to be. Many Americans see 7-years of Trump persecution as Malum In Se, weaponized, political powers - masquerading as Malum Prohibitum laws - for the sake of eliminating competition. 
 
Chuck Klein
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: Lies
 
Date Sent: 2 April 2024
 
There are all types of lies: big, little, bold, bald-faced, white, damn, outright, hidden, admitted, lying under oath and lies about lying. 
 
Is it ever okay to lie? How ‘bout if your life depended on telling a lie? When is opinion a lie? Is it okay for a political leader to lie to further the interest of a nation? How ‘bout bluffing to negotiate a better deal? Is it a lie if you believe what you say is the truth even if you’re wrong? Is it only a lie if you’re caught?
 
What kind of lie is:
* Puffing up your resume?
* Spinning news accounts?
* Withholding evidence?
* Not telling the whole truth? 
* I’ll call you – when you have no intention of calling?
 
Are any of these old sayings lies?
* A lie well told and stuck-to is as good as the truth.
* Money isn’t everything.
* Of course, I’ll still love you tomorrow.
* I really value your opinion. 
* The check must have been lost in the mail. 
* I never speed officer, honest. 
* I’m from the government and I’m here to help … you, the government, my political party….
 
Chuck Klein
https://chuckklein.com 
 
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Subject: The Interview
 
Date Sent: 26 Mar 2024
 
I had the opportunity to ask these prominent figures: “What would you do if you were the Emperor, Potentate - the unmitigated Ruler of the World?”
 
Trump: “You mean I’m not?”
 
Biden: “The second first thing compounded Iran then the final… what was the question?”
 
Harris: Potentate? Who’s he?
 
Putin: “We are eliminating those who doubt that I am.”
 
Ayatollah: “Kill ‘em all; let Allah sort ‘em out.” 
 
Netanyahu: “The Messiah is coming soon; I will then abdicate.”
 
Elon Musk: “King – schming. Money is the power. There are only two kinds of wealth: Rich and Super Rich. The Rich can’t spend the interest on their investments – the Super Rich can’t spend the interest on the interest of their investments. In other words, expenditures expand to meet income until income exceeds the proficiency to expend.”
 
Taylor Swift: “I’d make Travis the King.”
 
My wife: “You can expect to be making your own dinner from now on.”
 
CNN’s: Wolf Blitzer: “Now I can finally smile!”
 
FOX’s Bret Baier: “Come-on, Greg would never allow that.”
 
Yeah, I made this stuff up… but I’d bet I wasn’t far off!
 
Chuck Klein
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: Police Headlines
 
Date Sent: 19 Mar 2024 
 
LEOs comply with their sworn duties every day and sometimes … it’s their last day. Recent headlines from online police news sources - the mainstream media tend to ignore.: 
 
AZ police sniper wounds gunman who fired on officers, leading to fatal shootout. 
 
FL man murders coworker, shoots at deputies before fatal Officer Involved Shooting (OIS). 
 
NY sheriff’s office sergeant killed during struggle to detain suspect. 
 
NYPD officers rescue woman preparing to jump from bridge.
 
U.S. Border Patrol agent, 2 NY National Guard soldiers killed in Texas helicopter crash. 
 
LAPD officers rescue teen driver, passenger from burning car.
 
NM PD releases graphic surveillance, body camera footage of officer stabbed to death. 
 
Man kidnaps LASO deputy during traffic stop before OIS.
 
Man with documented contempt for LE rams cruisers, swings metal weapon at Iowa officers before OIS.
 
Texas officers save life of choking boy, get a hug in return. 
 
Man convicted of first-degree murder in 2021 ambush shooting of Baltimore Officer Keona Holley. 
 
FL officers shoot at armed suspect after pursuit ends with car in pond.
 
Man fires shots in apartment, starts to raise rifle at Ariz. officers before fatal OIS.
 
Texas officers confront armed student who had ‘intentions of harming others. 
 
Chuck Klein
https://chuckklein.com
 
 
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Subject: Moves
 
Date Sent: 12 Mar 2024
 
1) The Palestinians in Gaza are trapped in the southern region without food, water and medical facilities while IDF continues to advance. Why don’t they charge the Egyptian border where the trucks carrying these essential goods are waiting to enter? Egypt has minimal troops at this border and if rushed, how could they deny entry to these war-torn refugees? Once on Egyptian soil, the IDF won’t be attacking. 
 
2) It might be a smart move for Biden to grant a blanket pardon to Trump and offer to negotiate a congressional bill to settle his civil fine? That way he could claim he is healing America and bringing us together. Public opinion, media and voters might take a dim view of Trump if he refused.  
 
3) With Russia, Iran and America expending 100% of their respective war material capacity, wouldn’t a move by China to attack Taiwan or NKo to invade SKo be opportunistic? 
 
Chuck Klein
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: Appeasement
 
Date Sent: 5 Mar 2024
 
America is a republic where voters elect representatives to govern according to a set of written rules – a constitution. Though Iran calls itself a republic, they are de facto controlled by religious doctrine of the Koran. These Muslims have made it clear they envision an Islamic world were an Ayatollah – religious monarch – rules by dictates of their “bible”. 
 
Due to Great Britain’s need of Arab oil, they have fostered a long-term, open-border appeasement of Muslims that is currently creating havoc. These now-citizen, idealistic, Muslim loyalists have been incrementally voting their members into Parliament while intimidating and physically attacking MPs who oppose them. This is a pattern beginning to appear in the USA as Biden appeases Palestinians, Iran, the radical left…. Infiltration of Muslims in America is evidenced by the number of these religious fundamentalist having elected themselves to local, state and federal offices (witness: The Squad, MN, Detroit….). This is not islamophobia – it’s Judeo/Christian-Posiphobia. (made up term to specify a positive belief). 
 
Winston Churchill defined appeaser as someone who “feeds a crocodile hoping it will eat him last”. The upcoming American elections will provide two choices: The open border, cower to Muslims appeasers or … MAGA, build-the-wall, confront-the-enemy, Judeo/Christian-Posiphobia appeasees? 
 
Chuck Klein
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: Take-Over
 
Date Sent: 27 Feb 2024
 
Immigrants have made the USA what it is because America is such a great place to live, work and worship; billions want to move here – and that’s the rub. There are forces out to render their own rendition of the American dream by taking us over, to wit:  
 
China is endeavoring to conquer America by electronic means including, but not limited to: AI, Hacking of infrastructures, satellites, communications….
 
Muslims plan is to dominate via the ballot box. So far, they have been successfully congregating in regional districts, garnering enough votes to control local communities and elect their members to Congress. 
 
Russia historically tends to physically destroy their target before conquering. 
 
The Hispanics, numbering in the tens of millions, are illegally infiltrating our porous borders. They might inadvertently take over by sheer numbers. 
 
The Jews have never been imperialistic … they’ll survive but will continue to depend on the kindness of gentile strangers.
 
Black & White Christians Americans: Though a super and divided majority, they will continue to run things … but as puppets of any new regime. 
 
New book coming soon: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire. The only unknown: In what language will it be published? 
 
Chuck Klein
https://chuckklein.com 
 
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Subject: The Visitor
 
Date Sent: 20 Feb 2024
 
The inspiration for this came to me in a dream – just as I was awakening - the night before last.
 
It’s morning, a fog seemed to be rolling in from the south field of our remote, heavily forested farm. I’m pulling the tractor out of the workshop – only it’s not me – it’s me watching me. A Sheriff’s cruiser is coming toward me - red, white and blue lightbar flashing. Just short of the apron he turns around, creating a furrow in the rain-soaked lawn. A man wearing a Deputy Sheriff’s uniform exits the vehicle. The tractor is running at a fast idle, but I heard exactly what he said: “Those who have kept the covenant with G-d will endure. Stay the course.” 
 
I couldn’t read his name tag and his badge was a 6-pointer made up of two triangles, not the traditional 8-point star.  Though the engulfing fog was casting a surreal glow to the area, his eyes were bright, wide-open, intense and unblinking. I started to ask…. He held up his hand and continued, “All circumcised males who trace their linage to Abraham through Issac and Jacob are Hebrews. Keeping the covenant need not have been the result of a religious ceremony, just that it was done. Disseminate”. He then returned to his cruiser and drove into the fog. I watched myself climb down from the tractor, go into the shop, retrieve an iron rake to smooth over the furrow before it dried out … but it was gone as was the fog.
 
Chuck Klein
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: Books
 
Date Sent: 13 Feb 2024
 
MIRACLES at the GARDEN is a collection of miracles as told to Bill and Pat Miller. The authors describe a miracle as “Extraordinary events that can’t be explained by natural laws … an unusual event, thing or accomplishment considered to be the work of G-d”. Some of these testimonies are amazing accounts that “can’t be explained by natural law”. Probably most of us have experienced the same “extraordinary events” but might not recognize them as “the work of G-d”. Amazon .com 
 
Pete Bronson has produced another Cincinnati based book, THE MAN WHO SAVED CINCINNATI. This is a heavily detailed and footnoted historical accounting of a portion of the Civil War and bio of the “Man” – a General who also wrote Ben-Hur. Included is coverage of a secret plot to assassinate Lincoln while he was in Cincinnati. I found it well written and interesting, especially the section on Shiloh where my Great, Great Uncle, Captain Moses Klein, fought. Amazon .com 
 
Free online book: Wattpad .net is a free online platform that allows users to read and publish portions or complete books. I’ve posted a few chapters/excerpts of my book, Circa 1957 in hope of stimulating sales.
 
Chuck Klein
https://chuckklein.com 
 
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Subject: CO2
 
Date Sent: 6 Feb 2024
 
The “experts” tell us climate change is due to the increasing carbon dioxide in the global atmosphere caused by the burning of fossil fuels such as gas, oil, wood - and products made from these essential elements, i.e., bombs. Sure, we pollute with commercial and private MVs and powerplants, but what about the CO2 produced by all the combined nations’ war materiel plus their delivery systems, i.e., ships, planes and tanks?
 
Currently, over 20 countries are actively embroiled in some form of CO2 generating warfare with no incentive to cease hostilities. Suppose there was single “event” that would influence these combatants to stop the war-production of CO2. Surely it would significantly help the environment as well as save innocent lives. 
 
There is one nation that is a common enemy of the East and the West and could be made the guineapig, sacrificial lamb, scapegoat … savior. Perhaps if we – along with China - preemptively launch a few well-placed nukes it would not only destroy this propagator of evil but would send the message that any nation that does not cease CO2 producing hostilities would suffer the same fate. Thus, wouldn’t killing the evil doer kill hostilities while saving the planet? 
 
Chuck Klein
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: XIV
 
Date Sent: 30 Jan 2024
 
Recently some states have tried to exclude Trump from the Republican primary ballot citing Section 3 of the 14th Amendment: “No person shall …  hold any office … who shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion….” Notwithstanding the subjectiveness of “insurrection, rebellion, engaged,” had his persecutors read a little further they would have come across Section 5 of the same Amendment: “The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.” In other words, states do NOT have the power to enforce this Amendment. “Some citizens are less equal than other citizens” (Apologies to George Orwell). 
 
Even before his inauguration, Democrats rallied against him with unmitigated hate. Egged-on by “their media”, they then focused on attacking all Republicans including SCOTUS Justices. Then they expanded their un-American bias on anything they found not to their liking by creating the Woke/Cancel Culture. “The liberals doth protest too much, me thinks.” (apologies to William Shakespeare).
 
I support Haley, but if Trump is the nominee, I’ll vote for him not only because Democrats have demonstrated their intent to ignore and/or subvert the law, but because Biden is destroying our country with illegals while failing to destroy our enemies. 
 
Chuck Klein
https://chuckklein.com
 
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Subject: The Enemy
 
Date Sent: 16 Jan 2024
 
Down the same path again … and again where a criminal, mental incompetent and/or a child secures a firearm and kills innocents. Liberals can only tout more laws against owning guns; conservatives want to lock-em all up. Perhaps, we should be looking at this issue in a different light. 
 
The only element we haven’t been able to control/remove is motive - the reason why children - and those who were once children - feel so worthless that they not only want to kill themselves, but to kill fellow countrymen. Their motive seems to be a misguided hatred. In countries where their enemy is officially identified we rarely hear of mass killings of fellow nationalists. Today, Western nations fail to identify a common enemy. Perhaps, if the media and education system began teaching, indoctrinating, brainwashing, propagandizing – call it what you may – our hatred could be channeled toward a declared enemy rather than ourselves – we would all have the same goal. 
 
Prior to WW1 and WW2, there was hatred of Blacks, Jews, gays, isolationists…. Then came the wars and we pulled together - the hatred was channeled against a common enemy. We’re back to pre-war days … again. 
 
Chuck Klein
https://chuckklein.com 
 
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Subject: Klein's Laws
 
Date Sent: 9 Jan 2024
 

1* The secret to life is the ability to adapt to change.

2* We are not a nation of laws - we are a nation of constitutions. Laws, statutes, court decrees, presidential edicts are subservient to constitutions.

3* The Constitution should be amended to say: For every new law, statute or ordinance - two must be repealed.

4* When a judge imparts his instructions or charges to a jury; that jury is no longer impartial.

5* All Americans have the right to remain silent; many, however, don't have the ability.

6* Any man who admits to his wife that he can sometimes be dumb, can get away with a lot of dumb stuff.

7* For every bluff tendered, there should be a plan B.

8* Never being able to satiate aspirations is better than not having any fantasies at all.

9* The measure of one's generosity is not how much, but how much in relation to how much is available.

10* Never steal less than you can successfully hide and comfortably retire on - after you get out of prison.

11* One can't fix stupid anymore that one can teach common sense.

 

Chuck Klein

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Subject: Purpose
 
Date Sent: 2 Jan 2024
 
The federal government has two purposes: 
 
1. To carry out the mandates as laid out in the Constitution. 
 
2. To perpetuate itself. The government (in reality, its employees) must constantly be doing something so as not to seem dysfunctional and useless. If elected officials and bureaucrats - masters of perpetuation – do not continue to create new legislation, rules or controls, they fear voters will consider them unneeded and thus they will soon be unemployed. 
 
Americans want to be all things to all people but are naïve in their beliefs that other nations also think this way. The purpose of the post WW2 Marshall Plan: To help Russia, Germany, Italy Japan and China with reparation funding and favorable trade deals they would enjoy economic freedom and would become like us – peace-loving, democratic, capitalistic and non-imperialistic. China has not only taken advantage of our generosity, but has, through manipulations and theft of trade, military and security secrets, become a threat to the world. Three out of five ain’t so good
If “The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink” (T.S. Eliot). Then is the purpose of media to turn ink into blood? 
 
Chuck Klein
https://chuckklein.com