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Operation “Crossfire Hurricane”

Published June 26, 2019 / by Lee Kessler / Leave a Comment
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If you have not heard that term, you have not been watching or reading the right news sources.  In the coming months, you, as Americans, are going to have to face something you never could have conceived, you never would have believed, and may not know how to handle.

Be calm, daylight reveals the truth.

Some of you who follow Congressional hearings have heard of Crossfire Hurricane, and it may have caused you to shudder.   It is real; it was testified to under oath by top FBI personnel; it was deployed against an American.   And we are going to explore it in the next few Blogs.

But, for now, just take a look at the name itself.   Ask yourself what crossfire is.  It is fIre from more than one direction converging on a single spot.  Ask yourself if you would like to be caught in a crossfire.   Certainly it is a tactic to guarantee that you hit the enemy from both sides, thus insuring he falls.

And Hurricane.   Well we all know the devastating force, winds, inundating floods, and treacherous clockwise/counterclockwise churning that a hurricane creates.   Not to mention its sudden changes in direction.   And it is broad, almost inescapable if you are in its direct path.

So, your tax payer dollars have been used in the last three years to create a hurricane deployed against American citizens.  Simultaneously, the individuals caught in the hurricane were hit with crossfire in an attempt to bring them down.

Who would conceive of this diabolical plot?   Who would further name it in such a sinister way?  Who was the target?  Did they survive?

Let’s talk.

Little Petty Pompous People

Published June 15, 2019 / by Lee Kessler / 1 Comment on Little Petty Pompous People
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When I was young, my parents taught me manners.   Yours probably did too.  And, as I grew, they and other elders taught me to communicate with respect.  I’ve had some hard lessons learned through my life of what happens when I communicated too harshly or severely, using too much force, or too little respect.

There are times when one must hit back against unfairness, injustice, and stupidity.   Today is one of them.  I will attempt to mind my manners, but you may need a seat belt anyway.  And I encourage you to pass this Blog to any journalists you know, and, more importantly, to anyone who forms their opinions and priorities based upon the opinion of their favorite daytime TV talk show host, or their favorite night time cable news host.

By now, everyone knows the President of the United States has successfully negotiated a deal with Mexico.   You may also have watched the pomp and circumstance of his and the First Lady’s visit with the Queen, their visit with the heir to the throne Prince Charles, the State Banquet, the meeting with Prime Minister May, their historic visit to Ireland, their stunning and moving participation in the D-Day Commemoration.

If you weren’t shown images and reporting on these diverse and equally significant meetings, you either weren’t watching, or the news agency you were watching chose not to clue you into the world affairs.

I saw a chyron a few days ago that stunned me.  Fox News was alerting their audience to the fact that other networks were criticizing the First Lady for wearing sunglasses during the Normandy D-Day event.   Sure enough, other channels spent their time–not talking about the Mexico breakthrough, or any of the thousands of images and choices they had available–but rather about their perceived faux pas by the First Lady.

I don’t know whether it is taboo to wear sunglasses in the sun at such an occasion.   I have never researched that.  But–and here is my point–neither did the news media as far as I can tell.   No one sited some book of protocol.  No one sited any source or reference. They were too lazy to actually research.  Their “research” appears to be that they looked around in the crowd and did not see others wearing sun glasses.   So, they immediately concluded that Melania Trump must have erred.  You or I could observe and speculate.  But, where is the actual research for the smear by Media.  Goodness knows, if they had done that, it might have killed their attack–designed to embarrass the First Lady of the United States, and the United States.  I, for one, would like to know–so that the next time I am First Lady and will be honoring America’s fallen heroes, I know what the Media feels I should wear.

Of all the things she did last week, these little, petty, pompous people chose to talk about SUNGLASSES. I suggest you think long and hard about this before you rely upon any of these people for an analysis of anything.   Even if it were a faux pas, why not talk about all the other exquisitely executed moments in such a long and diverse trip?   Why point out the one alleged flaw?

The motive can only be destructive and deceptive.   When you can’t talk about all the victories, you point out the one wart.   I know teenage mean girls with less drama than our Media is demonstrating right now.

A mentor of mine pointed out that where we will be in the next five years will be determined by the books we read, and the people we associate with.  It makes such a difference to your character and integrity–and wisdom and grace.

Don’t let these people tell you they have a responsibility to be critical and to inform you of “all things not perfect.”   They do not.   That is not their responsibility under the First Amendment which guarantees their Freedom.  All such behavior demonstrates is the fact they don’t research; and they don’t prioritize importances in order to give you the most necessary information.

Well, it has been said that a people get the government they deserve.   I think we also get a Press we deserve.   If we reward these ignorant petty people, and let them sit there day after day pompously making fun, and ridiculing, it only encourages bad behavior.

With all my failings, and with all the times I have not evaluated with the grace I should have, my parent’s guidance stuck.   Don’t be “little.” be “big.”  Don’t be “petty,” be “magnanimous.”  And don’t be “pompous.”

And, in the words of a mentor I love and admire, “Don’t major in the minors.”   I’d like to suggest that last week’s media coverage, by some, of the First Lady didn’t even rise to the level of”minor.”   It descended to the level of petty. It was petty and unworthy of our Press who became the beneficiary of the blood shed by my ancestor and his friends to create this country, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.

Our Media’s Executive Producers are going to have to work hard to rise to the level that they were worth dying for.   A lot of Americans over the centuries have died to make it possible for these little, petty, pompous people to have their “microphone.”   If they say that’s “our job,” tell them to take a long walk off a short pier, smile, and turn away–never to give them access to your precious mind again.

“Now, Lee…” I can hear my mother admonishing.   Well, Mom, this time I had to speak!

What is Courage?

Published June 8, 2019 / by Lee Kessler / 1 Comment on What is Courage?
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As we watched the inspiring ceremony in Normandy yesterday commemorating the 75th anniversary of D-day, I was struck by something one of the surviving veterans said.

First–I hope you have your Millennial children and friends watch the whole ceremony.   Go to YouTube and watch ALL of President Trump’s speech.   This is not a political comment.  Rather, he tells the story of the monumental day from the United States’ perspective.  And watch Macron of France share the French perspective of that day.

This 75th anniversary is the most important one–in my opinion.  In 25 years we will acknowledge the 100th anniversary of a day that saved the world.   But, no one will be alive who landed on those beaches that day.   This was why yesterday–with 50 plus veterans of that fateful day in attendance–was so special.   It is our last time to see these men.   It is the last time to show our young the real living, breathing, heroes who made it possible for us to still be living free.

One of the “90-something” veterans was complimented by a journalist for being such a hero.  And the elderly man responded humbly, “I was not a hero.   These men–he pointed to the gravestones of those who fell that day–were heroes.   I was scared to death, afraid.  I was not the hero.”

To me, he was self-deprecating because he had been afraid.   I think any one of us would say, if you weren’t terrified that day as you landed, you didn’t know what was going on.

So, to that fine man, I would say this, “Why you are a hero is that you pressed on–despite the terror.  You made it to the beach, and off the beach, and on to victory in Europe.   Each one of you who made it to the beach gave hope to the next terrified American who was about to exit his boat, and wade into the deep water, under withering fire, and devastating death around him.  Fear and adrenalin and an innate sense of duty and purpose carried you off that beach and into history. No sir, you ARE a hero!”

That reminded me of something a colleague of mine discovered when his son was studying to be an Eagle Scout.

They were asked the definition of courage and bravery.   Father and son both responded:   having no fear.   And the Scoutmaster said, “No.   Courage is not the absence of fear.  It is the willingness to press on–despite the fear.”

Fear is a human emotion.  But when one acts–in the face of fear–to save a fellow countryman, to do what’s right, to face failure, to learn from it and get back up–that is courage.

All of those 150,000 men were brave and what they did, while terrified, made them heroes forever.

The same is true for you.   Fear is but an emotion.  Moving forward anyway, in order to do what is right, that is courage.

Do not expect victory without fear.  Do not expect growth without anxiety.   Even if the worst is facing you, do what is right for the greatest number, and if you must harm, do the least harm possible for the least number.  That is courage.   And that is also peace of mind!

 

Who Works for Whom?

Published May 23, 2019 / by Lee Kessler / 1 Comment on Who Works for Whom?
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Now I realize it’s been a long time since some of us took our Civics class where we studied our Constitution, and our government.   And for many of you, and those you forward this to as well, you never even had a Civics class.  Apparently some educators felt you didn’t need any education on how to be a citizen of this country.   Sadly, many, who apparently never had Civics classes, have now ended up in government, in one of the three branches of our government.

The key point–overlooked by the DC establishment and the bureaucrats that serve them–is that this is a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.  It was the “Great Experiment” that people could be free and they could form a government and govern themselves.

In that case, we need to remember that everyone in Washington, DC, in all branches of government, in all Departments of the government, and in the State governments as well, works for us!  They may not know this, or choose to ignore it, but we must not.  You are the boss.  They work for you, and it is your money collected through taxes that pays for everything.

You and you alone elect the President and Vice President.   They in turn select their key Secretaries, and then thousands of employees work for them.   But who are they really working for?   You.   You are the Boss of their boss, and if you don’t like the boss you elected, you fire them through the ballot box.  And you even can figure out a way to fire them once they are an entrenched bureaucrat with tenure.

You also are the Boss of your Senators and Congressmen and women.   The only authority they have to do what they do in Washington–or to even go there–is granted to them by you with your vote.   If you do not find them effective, honest, competent, and a great civil servant, you and you alone can fire them.

Please remember this the next time some Washington elitist hack talks down to you as if you were beneath them–too stupid to govern yourself, too stupid to understand the “complexity” of the issues, too consumed with sex and weekend barbeques to be trusted with the affairs of state.   It is that disdainful mindset that has always led to authoritarianism, then to totalitarianism or dictatorship.   Those we “hired” to work for us take on a God Complex and begin to believe they are superior to their constituents, and that we work for them.

Whether they are right or wrong about you, they still work for you.   Never forget this.   Or we will cease to be a free people with a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.  But make sure you are an informed, educated boss who is not flailing around on a stimulus-response emotional roller-coaster driven by the news or social media, like Pavlov’s Dog.

We are better than that.   Our ancestors were counting on that fact when they declared their independence from a dictatorial, mercurial king.   They were counting on that when they risked their lives and fortunes (many to lose both) to be free.   They were counting on that when they created a Constitution to anchor the generations, and provide guidance and stability.

They had many choices, many forms of government that they were considering, and looking at.  The men in that room made a choice–for YOU.   And when they finally came out of the Constitutional Convention to present the Constitution to the people, a man cried out to Benjamin Franklin, “What form of government have you given us?”   His answer, “A Republic–if you can keep it.”

I challenge you to educate your children and grandchildren as to the difference between a Republic and a Democracy.  Democracies fail because they turn into mob rule. Knowing that, and knowing history, the generations ahead of us did keep the Republic.   They built a great nation, and changed the world.  Today’s young generations don’t seem to know or care.   And, if they do not, they will preside over the demise of the “Great Experiment.”   And likely be too “stoned,” or self-obsessed to even know how they will be reviled by History.

Teach them who works for whom.  Teach your government leaders the same.  Keep them in line.  And most of all, we should make sure we are “Bosses” worthy of being submitted to.   Otherwise, the people we hired will overthrow the “Bosses,”  demeaning them and dismissing them, calling them “Deplorables.” Debasing terms like “Racist,” “Bigot,” “Sexist,” “Xenophobe,” “Nazi,” “Misogynist,” “extremist” are Black Propaganda generalities designed to dominate.  They are condescending at best, and overbearing and unjust at the worst.

If we deserve to be the people who elect our government officials, we best be smarter than them, wiser than them, kinder than them, and constantly vigilant.

I want to alert you to the fact that In the months ahead you will be learning about an attempt by a group of highly placed and powerful individuals from within the Washington DC bureaucracy to overthrow our government, and overturn your vote, or the vote of your countrymen.  You will witness indictments, trials, and likely convictions.   It will shock you.

As for me, I ask myself, “What signal did I give to these men and women that made them think they should or could stage a coup and get away with it?  Did I appear disinterested and incompetent?  Did they think I lacked the courage or stamina to face this, and ferret them out, and bring them to justice?”

Perhaps they did think of us that way.   But, I have never forgotten the legacy my ancestor John Adsit left me when he risked everything and signed up with Gen. George Washington.  He fought for himself, and for future generations–which includes me.

I don’t know about you, but I am ready to assert my authority as the “Boss” of these seditious individuals, and I am ready to work to repair the damage, and to make sure we do “keep the Republic.”

How about you?

 

 

The Reverse Dead Agent

Published May 16, 2019 / by Lee Kessler / 1 Comment on The Reverse Dead Agent
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In the world of Black Propaganda there is a handling for the lies and subversion a Black Propagandist trades in.   When one is defaming you and trying to destroy you with lies, innuendo and gossip, you handle it by flooding the area with TRUE data.   That way, the truth overwhelms the false data, and casts doubt upon–not just the content–but the deliverer of the Black Propaganda as well.

You get out in front of them by explaining what they are going to do next and why, and why that is a lie because here is the truth.   Basically, you are knocking down their credibility before they attack, so that if and when they do, the viewer or listener doubts them and dismisses their awful data.

For some months now I have been educating you to aspects of the world of intelligence and propaganda, especially used in warfare and politics.   And we have talked about my character “Samir” from the White King Trilogy, who inserted himself inside the American mainstream media, political arenas, and law enforcement to  corrupt their motives and reasoning.

Well, today I want to point out that “Samir” is hard at work, and I don’t want you to fall victim to him.  He is a master of Black Propaganda, and he also knows what his target will do to defend themselves, by using  the data I just gave you.

So, he has reversed it.   Quite delicious actually.   Here’s how it works.   If you have been spreading lies for the purpose of destroying someone, and you realize that the targeted individual has now spotted you, what you are doing, and how you are doing it, you have to Dead Agent them before they can get the truth out.

Knowing that they will get truth out, all the truly evil, insidious Black Propagandist has to do is talk about what you are likely to do and say, and undermine your credibility or the accuracy of the content of what you have discovered, and are about to expose–BEFORE YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE TRUTH OUT.

Therefore the viewer or listener has been inoculated against the truth by lies, which Dead Agent you before you can Dead Agent him.   The key is the Bad Guy has to speak FIRST.   He has to get out in front of you. Not only out in front of you, but he has to expose the truth, but color it and communicate it as if it were a lie.

So, instead of GOOD getting out in front of the BAD, the BAD reverses it.

Let me give you an example from this week.   As you know, I have called your attention to former CIA Director John Brennan many times.   Well, this week he said something very interesting.

Once the news broke that the Attorney General had established a US Attorney and former Federal Prosecutor to investigate the origins of the Russia Investigation, several people formerly from the top level of the FBI, CIA, and National Intelligence started squawking. One lied, one tried to wiggle and justify and reduce the significance of what might be discovered.   But one engaged in a Dead Agenting of “White Propaganda.”

Director Brennan said in essence, ( not an exact quote, but close to it) “I expect they’ll find that some mistakes were made, and they’ll misrepresent them to the public.” He knows that this investigation if it is done properly is likely to discover real and serious crimes perpetrated against the President, and against fellow countrymen of ours–citizens of the United States.  The crimes will not be small, and the penalties could be severe.   And, he knows that he will be amongst the persons eventually found.  I hope you caught then that he has started a campaign to undermine the validity of what will be found, the accuracy and context of what will be found, and the character and motives of the investigators who will unearth the conspiracy.

Make no mistake, the TRUTH is going to come out here.   The only unanswered question is who gets to you FIRST, the Black Propagandist or the Truth Teller?   It’s a race now to see who can Dead Agent the other first.   Sadly, my money is on Director Brennan.  Why?   He is a “shadows” guy who lies for a living, and he knows Propaganda Warfare, and Black Propaganda.   This subterranean world may be new to you, but it is part and parcel of the make up of Intelligence.  He knows exactly how to place lies on rumor and gossip lines, and he knows also how to get your truth to be discredited before you have even revealed it, and how to get your integrity and motives to be impugned by subtle suggestion–even before you have begun.

Nice trick, isn’t it?   Well, here’s another one.   Donald J. Trump was never the target–not the real one.   You are.   So, it’s time to spot this reverse Dead Agenting, and dismiss its plausibility before it takes hold in your mind.

Be alert.   These guys think you are too stupid to notice.   I, however, do not hold that thought about you, or me.