2) Second, if you're interested in where @AmmonEBundy stands on the #10PlanksOfMAGA, you'll want to head back to my thread on our long interview, here:
3) Enough background, let's turn forward. Ammon spent 9 years creating the most powerful plan for his state, and perhaps unwittingly, for America's future that I've ever read. He calls it the #KeepIdahoIDAHO Plan. Here it is. You MUST read it!
4) However, if you don't want to read Ammon's plan, yourself - and shame on you bad student! - it's okay. Slowly and bit by bit, we're going to walk through it together, here. This is the first paragraph from Ammon's Introduction.
1) How may you be more content, prosperous, and have more free time?
2) How may you bless other people's lives more?
3) What brings you happiness and prosperity now?
6) Ammon applies the focus upon:
4) Your family?
5) Your employment?
6) Your endeavors?
7) Maybe you just want to know you're secure and have a future with opportunities?
7) Whoops! I was wrong. The Plan wasn't developed over 9 years, rather 7. And two of those years were spent in Federal Prison, mostly in solitary confinement, with NO conviction of any sort. Ammon was a 100% innocent political prisoner right here in the heart of America.
8) When I learned that he was a political prisoner, I instantly thought of John Bunyan, author of Pilgrim's Progress - and that's where my error comes from! Bunyan was in prison for 9 years during which he composed his great work.
9) @RealABundy continues, explaining that his plan is designed to foster:
1) Peace 2) Prosperity 3) Security 4) Freedom, and ultimately... 5) Happiness to the People of Idaho
10) If you know me, you will NOT be surprised at my awe over this 1st paragraph's introduction. A biblical scholar and historian, Ammon's got my full attention. And just pick one word:
HAPPINESS
There we are at the Declaration of Indepence's great right to its pursuit.
11) You have to let me linger a bit on this one. The ancient Greeks offered two kinds of virtue. One kind, and the most important to the ancient Romans, was NOT moral, but rather merely effective, efficient. That is, virtue is what created victory in combat.
12) The second kind of virtue was that which led to, yes, happiness. It was completely moral in nature. For instance, it contemplated serving self-interest as opposed to serving others. This is one of the greatest questions in human history. Where is the balance?
13) Now here's this politician making such claims. He's going to help us with all this. A politician? When we first discussed all this, I assure you, I pushed Ammon hard. Really hard. I couldn't believe what I read, but I wanted to. I had to know. Is @RealABundy the real deal?
14) Yes. He is. He passed my muster and pushed me hard right back. I have been fighting for America's future since 2016. And I remain 100% loyal to Donald J. Trump. He is my leader. But Ammon found gaps in my vision, and he filled them for me.
Gaps? In Pasquale's vision?
15) Actually, I can bring it down to a single term:
POSSIBILITY
Ammon teaches that America's return to greatness is completely and utterly possible. Check out his comments here:
16) In a recent conversation I had with General Flynn, he told me, "America's freedom rests with our governors more than any other place." A governor who can teach us how to reclaim our greatness is, simply, what the American History Doctor calls for.
17) Let's turn tactical. No, we can't walk through all the points of @AmmonEBundy gives us in the plan. In fact, we're going to consider only ONE element:
Land Control
Look at this map...
18) Ammon explains that 61% of the land of Idaho is UNCONSTITUTIONALLY CONTROLLED by the Federal Government. Idaho is held hostage by this, unable to pay its own bills unless it accepts BILLIONS of DOLLARS tied to Federal Mandates, Federal Compliance.
19) from school curriculums to welfare policies, and so many others, Idaho is being transformed from a Conservative state into a Liberal one, like Colorado and California, Oregon & Washington. Make no mistake, this transformation is PRECISELY what DC wants.
20) Ammon explains that he will commence the reclamation of Idaho's control of its own land on day one of his first term. He knows exactly how to accomplish this. Will he? I believe him, but even if I'm wrong - I'm not - the fight is more important than the outcome. Here's why...
21) For all I know, the fight will take years, maybe even more than one term as governor. Picture that. It's, say, a 7-year battle. Every step of the way, the battle will be INTERNATIONALLY CRITICAL news. Yes, International. Every government on earth will be put on notice.
22) That is ONLY one element of Ammon's plan. Here is our current analysis, breaking the plan down to its basic principles. Please mind, you can't hold Ammon to these specific 8, yet. Like Trump, Ammon listens and tests everything. In fact, what do you think of this list?
23) There is something called a SYSTEMS EFFECT. You've heard this all your life, as:
The Whole is Greater than the Sum of the Parts
Technically, there are 3 conditions: The Whole is:
A) Greater Than - shows as: >
B) Merely Equal To - shown as: =
C) Less Than - shown as: <
24) Consider:
A) Greater Than Systems survive, thrive, grow, and dominate.
B) Equal Systems merely survive, as long as they remain equal. Eventually they either grow or die.
C) Lesser Than Systems die.
Please linger with me.
25) The historic eye can readily see, America and Idaho are both on a devolutionary trajectory from Greater Than to Lesser Than. That's the true basis of Trump's gift to us in the command that we MUST:
Make America Great AGAIN.
I bet you didn't know that MAGA had its own math.
26) The moment I read Ammon's plan, I knew that his reforms would be transformational for more than Idaho. Again, reclaiming control of the Idaho's land from the Federal Government's UNCONSTITUTIONAL hold.That will rock our nation and the world. Federalism ensures it.
27) Every other state will have to consider what it means when Idaho gets back control of its land. Then, consider the complex interaction of all Ammon's plan elements. I believe in each one. Do you? If so, put them all together in your mind's eye. What do you see?
28) I see a state where the vision, and an ever more perfect one, that our founders laid forth for us is ever more realized. I believe that Ammon is the governor that America needs, and the one most ready to live up to the MAGA Vision that so ignited us in 2016.
29) Today, Idaho is governed by one of the worst Republican Governors in America. The Republican Establishment in Idaho is simply terrible. When speaking with a Republican Party Chairman, he told me: "We always elect Republicans and get Democrat Government."
30) That's why @RealABundy is running Independent. To #KeepIdahoIDAHO, he has to. And I'm telling you, the rest of us in the #AmericaFirstMovement must support him in this great undertaking.
Post Script: Here again are the 8 points @RealABundy and I have analyzed from his plan so far. And please remember, we NEED your help in solidifying them. Let us know what you think about each and all, as you study his #KeepIdahaIDAHO plan.
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If you've watched any of the previous #MAGAInterviews, you'll find the format familiar. But oh how unique the answers are! Here's Tom's full interview:
2) Our format comes from President Trump's 10 Planks, laid out in his 2016 rallies. If you do watch the entire interview above, you'll see how powerfully @Speciale4VA rises into each and every principle.
3) In our work today, we're going to follow Tom's 1st segment, about 13 minutes, on #RememberTheForgottenAmericans. It always surprises me how much I learn from each segment, after engaging in the whole!
31 August 2022 - A Top-Down Approach to Clip Analysis
Title aside, this is going to be an EXCITING thread! If you haven't seen Joe's full, 2-hour deep dive interview, you want to! If you can, watch this first.
2) Now, check this out! The video above is from a MP4 file given me by @vladlemets. He opens and closes the interview and handled all the technical aspects with his typic panache, verve and style. Ah, but this segment is all my own technical work!
3) We're going to slow down now, and work through some of the basics involved. First, I had to master (more like just kludge my way through) the art of file management to include storage, finding, and uploading into editing software. He's what I'm using:
You’re about to hear a new prayer, composed by my client, friend, and spiritual compatriot, @k_frey7 and myself last week. I’ll explain more following the recording. This is also dedicated to another Ken, @SandhillsKen.
3) It is an extraordinary new feature that Twitter has added. Once you hit the waveform icon - found only on iOS devices for now - you may just record what you wish. Twitter automatically breaks whatever you record into a thread and there you go.
It appears the prayer only requires two tweets worth if recording. Also, what an awesome function Twitter has added! In fact, I’ll have to re-edit the prayer, as it always takes reading out loud for a proper, full edit. Alas, always more work!
Today's hashtag is of course a twisted quote from Dickens' opening line of A Tale Of Two Cities. What a juxtaposition. Let's discuss that.
2) If you haven't watched it yet, you're going to see actual historic significance in Joe's interview, here. He is ON THE RECORD, and that record will stand. I'm telling you, Joe is the real deal. He will NOT be corrupted.
3) In case you haven't been following, Joe's opponent, who just conceded, was the Republican Representative from his district, Washington State 3, in Congress since 2010. Had he not run, she'd have been a shoe in, again. She voted to impeach Trump. Imagine that.
Last Thursday, I had the great honor to interview Admiral Chuck Kubic. We hope to post the final version later this week, and I'll let you know soon as we do. Today, we're going to follow his guidance.
2) For those of you who don't know Veterans For America First, yet, you'll want to head over to check out the tremendous wealth of information and service we provide. Admiral Kubic is our National Spokesperson.
3) If you check out the About Us page, there, you'll find me towards the bottom, the newest member of the Advisory Board. It is a tremendous honor to be able to serve.