Mike Mustang

I believe what I say and believe I am right. Thus, the title of my column, Undeniably Right. Take it as you will, that I'm a conservative or I have a huge ego and believe I am always correct. Sometimes those things overlap, sometimes not.

Mike Rowse

Guess What? You Are In Control

I wonder what we are in control of. Guess I'll find out. 

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The Real Problem We Face

There is so much going on in our world that really requires our attention. The economy, war, our education system, immigration, crime, and the election process to name a few. Most of the problems have been created and sustained by politicians in order to serve their purposes. If the politicians were gone, most of those problems would go away. At the very least, they would become issues that could be solved regionally by people like you and me. Sadly, it takes our focus away from real problems. Problems that should be addressed because people are suffering.

Recently I put a post on social media in which I expressed the joy of eating a really good tamale. It was a red chile brisket tamale, not something that's traditional, but it was excellent. The flavor, texture, everything about it was so satisfying. A friend commented that it sounded good, and she'd have to try it sometime, also commenting that she'd never had a tamale. Can you believe that?! In today's world, someone has never eaten a tamale?

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Free Speech IS Under Attack

This should be interesting

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Connect the Chinese Dots

Let's connect the Chinese dots, which includes connections to the Biden crime family. Hunter Biden was indicted Thursday night on a number of tax evasion charges. He failed to pay tax on the money he received from businesses with ties to the Chinese, Ukrainian, Romanian, and other countries. The federal government is admitting that he got this money from these sources. Any of you that are cheering the charges need to sit down. This investigation is going no further. This is a dog and pony show designed to make the lemmings believe justice is being done. The real purpose is to make us forget about why the money was paid and to whom it was paid.

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Bullies Are Running the Middle East

Hmmm. Which ones are the bullies?

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Indoctrination of Our Youth

Proponents of critical race theory will tell you all they care about is relating an accurate picture of history. They want to relate to students the actual history of how minorities were treated in this country, primarily by white people. On its face, that sounds good. Who doesn't want an accurate depiction of history to be taught to our children? But as with most things that the radical progressives promote, that is not their real agenda. All you have do is look at the practical application of their stated agenda.

Like many people, I have read a lot of the legislation, lesson plans, and reviewed many of the books that would be used to accomplish their goal. That includes the proposal put together but our current Lieutenant governor in New Mexico. What those documents stated did add some historical facts and information that likely was not being taught on a significant basis in our schools. But as with most proposed plans to promote critical race theory, it's clear that their only goal is to divide us into two groups: the oppressed and their oppressors. They can only do that by omitting significant events in history.

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The Lesson of My Money Tree

Hmmm. Sounds intriguing.

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Let the Bigots Speak

FBI Director Christopher Wray said antisemitism is growing in America. Is he right? I'm not so sure.

Antisemitism has always been present, as has bigotry against other demographic groups, much of which has remained unspoken. Is it more likely that people feel freer to express their bigotry? Maybe the media is covering it more closely. I tend to think it's a combination of all three.

I think most of us agree those with bigoted opinions are more comfortable in expressing their hatred. Stuart Seldowitz, 64, who worked for the State Department and the National Security Council during the Obama administration has been arrested after videos showing him making hateful remarks towards a food cart vendor were made public. The young man was apparently of Arabic descent; Seldowotiz made comments about the man being here illegally, that he hated Jews, that he should die, and more.

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