Some of my cousins who lived out in the country actually had one of these 🤣

C64

Some people make fun of this group and song, still not sure why 🤷‍♂️

The way I see it, was one of the best songs in recent American history 🎸🎶

And yes, twenty seven years ago still seems "fairly recent" to me 🤣

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SCRIPTURE

14 “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.

15 Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.

16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”

Matthew 5:14-16 (NKJV)

PRAYER

Dear Lord Jesus, You have called us the light of the world. Fill us with Your Spirit so our lives shine brightly with goodness and truth. Strengthen our families, guide our steps, and let every good work point others to You, that Your name may be glorified.

Amen.

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Hmmm. Interesting ideas! 🤔

Today I saw a post by Benny Johnson about how:

"Co-Host of The View Sunny Hostin Says She Feels UNSAFE if a Neighborhood has American Flags"

Which led to today's TUESDAY RANT, (have not posted one of these in a while), which was dictated, in text, from my car ... (a Tesla, thank you Elon) 👇

TUESDAY RANT - ABOUT "THE VIEW" AND THE AMERICAN FLAG - 1/3

Today I saw Benny Johnson's post about women on the view saying that they don't feel safe in neighborhoods where there are American flags And I think Benny is right to call that out.

Let me add some input from someone who has worked a lot around multiculturalism Because I think the point of the people on the view was it supposedly displaying an American flag means that you're racist.

I don't know, I've studied more than a little bit about that extended history And as many of you know was raised in a liberal Democrat family without realizing what that meant for a very long time And in my younger years as a tech entrepreneur I was a significant supporter of Democrats having used my financial resources to start the careers of people like Kirsten Sinema in Arizona Which is true;

But I never really thought about the performative nature of those who seek attention by acting appalled and offended by the American flag so much as I do these days.

And so let me just add a few thoughts, because like many of you, friends, I am very interested in truth and justice in the world

And I don't really care much theoretically what political label that truth and justice comes from, meaning if there was a dumb unjust untruthful figure from any political party I would not like them much like I'm sure you would not like them much

Anyways, as someone who started the first bilingual English-Spanish social network in the history of the United States that grew to 40 million users while I was running it, many of them being Hispanics Which is a strange story for someone who is a Caucasian white American whose mother is from the UK but anyways that is a story for another day,

Point being I was immersed in the multicultural racial discussion for a very long time, probably about fifteen years and I know all about it particularly as it relates to Hispanic or as we would say mostly Mexican people in the United States. And I had the benefit of debating it and lengthy discussions with known figures in American history, such as (I know we don't like him) John McCain who was my neighbor for years in Arizona who I used to sit up on the pool deck and have these kind of conversations with. Which is a strange thing to say but it's true and gives a unique background and perspective to my arguments

TUESDAY RANT - ABOUT "THE VIEW" AND THE AMERICAN FLAG - 2/3

And I've also been very immersed in that conversation as it applies to other racial segments because they arise from the same background and political groups I worked with in my past

And as a part of that I've been truly curious about right and wrong, and I've read about, slavery I've even taken academic classes at so-called prestigious universities focused on slavery involving blacks who were at one point enslaved in the United States And whites who have been enslaved in other parts of the world in history and blacks who have been enslaved by blacks which still happens today in some parts of the world

And I don't say any of this to take away from any of that terrible history that has affected both white and black people in different parts of our world over the years

Because let's face it, slavery is a terrible thing, but equating the American flag to racism with some kind of hint that it promotes "white supremacy" which I think is the message of the people of "the view" requires a leap in thinking ... it requires slight of hand

And I will say with stronger belief today At my current age with the benefit of many years of reflection

Associating the American flag with "racism" outright requires perhaps more than anything else - intellectual laziness- which is more than a little ironic coming from so-called liberals who from their point of view claim to be "intellectually superior" than those from other political or social groups in America

And it's interesting that whenever this conversation comes up They leave out while they are trying to equate some kind of association between the American flag Which I guess they use as a substitute for the "confederate flag" with slavery that slave plantations in the south at some point in American history were owned by wealthy Americans in the financial capitals of New England like Boston that were themselves liberal-minded, or whatever and invested in large plots of land in the south where Democrats were by far the primary promoters and enforcers of slavery and traded and acquired slaves to maintain those lands while living comfortable lives for themselves from Boston

That is left out of the equation...perhaps it also should be a conversation for another day...it is also interesting how when you are exposed deeply on an insider first-hand basis to meaningful intellectual and political conversations with thought leaders in moments of confidence in countries where the so-called repressed people come from like Mexico or like the continent of Africa

Where in recent years I've had the benefit of getting to know true intellectuals of significant means and respectable education. Many of them will say things like "Why can't we organize our political systems, our legislatures, our laws to be even a small percentage as fair and healthy as those of the United States of America"

They will say that amongst themselves - "we in our countries are savages by comparison," They will say, and these are not 'fringe leaders'. Such a quote that I offer here is an exact quote I've heard from someone in an African country who if his name were used in a public venue it would significantly raise eyebrows to have been attributed to that quote

But indeed it was said...and it makes me stop and think. Now I will be the first one to admit that my country, The United States of America, as a young country compared to some others has made significant mistakes over the years

Americans know what they are. We may disagree on some of them But amongst ourselves We can look at things that happened like the Iraq War, maybe you think it was a good idea, maybe you don't, I respect your view either way as a fellow American, We can look at Afghanistan, particularly our withdrawal. Maybe you think it was great, I actually do not-just my opinion, again, a conversation for another day

We have made mistakes, the United States has engaged in nation building and it has not always worked out well

TUESDAY RANT - ABOUT "THE VIEW" AND THE AMERICAN FLAG - 3/3

But we have also done a whole lot of good in the world. I would argue, more than anyone. We have literally saved the world and significantly influenced its trajectory towards good in fairly recent times. I had the benefit to live on and off for about four years in the Philippines and I saw the tremendous impact the United States Armed Forces and federal government had on that nation of more than a hundred million people in history and I heard what that country's leadership had to say about the generosity shown by Americans during some of that nation's darkest moments and their gratitude towards us.

That is just one example-certainly there were regional wars that took place in that part of the world that many Americans still remain tentative about

But I will tell you where I am not tentative-and I have complete clarity-equating the American flag with "racism" is wrong, it's a mistake, it's offensive, and as someone who in 53 years on this planet has considered the full spectrum of historical liberal policies and modern day more conservative governance I will say there are things that we all know in our heart matter a lot

There are things and situations we look at and we all truly know in our heart if they are right and wrong, and to simply equate the American flag with "racism" because it is the American flag is simply wrong..

I'm sorry, it is true regardless of your political party And if you're someone who is very concerned with racial justice I understand you because racial justice is a part of the concept of justice itself, we may disagree as to its priority but does it matter, conceptually in a country that claims to seek liberty and justice for all? Sure, mistakes have been made in American history yet founding the United States of America itself was not a mistake as "the view" implies - that founding was quite probably one of the greatest moments in fairly recent human history.

I don't argue any of this to discount the challenges we face in finding ways for everybody to get along in America, which are real, and felt more by some than others, not only due to skin color but also simple human nature. "Minorities" can also treat white Americans like me badly and it's lousy when they do, it works both ways

Yet equating the flag with "racism" does nothing to help any of us. And it is a kind of dumbing down that is done in our media that I can only believe reaches our airwaves through foreign influence because no proud American with half of a respectable education would ever engage in such disingenuous branding of our own Flag.

So I will disagree here with "the view" in case anybody cares and maybe they don't care what this quite thoughtful former Democrat has to say about it, who at one point brought together many tens of millions of multiracial Internet users on a social network in America and found a way for everybody to get along for a while in that context.

Even in our moments of challenge, our Flag is to be proud of, not criticized, never simplified or minimized. And as for the "racial" discussion, it is true that we as Americans do more than anyone in this world to try to find ways for everyone to get along. We certainly do more to try to enact policies to accomidate everyone than the populations of Mexico, or most African nations do, to treat white people well. And I will argue that to the end as I've lived it first-hand.

And so I rest my case, "the View" is wrong again. We who believe in our country are proud of our Flag. And I, for one, feel safer in neighborhoods when I see the American Flag. They should too.

I do not wish those ladies from "the View" would ever be pursued in a situation by a dangerous invader from one of the regions I mention in this post. But if they were, perhaps they, too, would be relieved to find themselves in a neighborhood with a lot of American Flags.

God Bless the USA.