Brian V. Burmeister

Always can be a better man, dad, friend, citizen & earth steward. Negotiations, marketing, sales & presentation pro & spokesman. Crypto supporter. Closet sage.

[Brian V. Burmeister @BrianThinkAbout]

Check out this video, "c. rice performs amazing grace" https://t.co/zajYGY8yBo
This piece was played yesterday just as flawlessly during the offertory at church yesterday by our new music director and a student violinist she invited.

[Brian V. Burmeister @BrianThinkAbout]

If you live in constant fear of something terrible happening -- whether real or perceived -- how can you feel happy or grateful? With God on our side, we should fear nothing.

[Brian V. Burmeister @BrianThinkAbout]

I'm humbled and so grateful for all the kindness and love I've felt being back home in WI and IL this week!

[Brian V. Burmeister @BrianThinkAbout]

Past experiences build who you are; memories and your influential people solidify those building blocks.

[Vivek Sen @Vivek4real_]

MILTON FRIEDMAN:

“KEEP YOUR EYE ON ONE THING AND ONE THING ONLY: HOW MUCH GOVERNMENT IS SPENDING, BECAUSE THAT’S THE TRUE TAX.”

“IF YOU’RE NOT PAYING FOR IT IN THE FORM OF EXPLICIT TAXES, YOU’RE PAYING FOR IT INDIRECTLY IN THE FORM OF INFLATION OR BORROWING.”

LEGENDARY WORDS.

[Art @ZarkFiles]

Communism through (my) ages:
1) When I was 15, a teacher told me "It isn't as bad as they say, and makes a lot of sense."
2) At about 19, college friends, "Socialism isn't communism."
3) At 20, on meeting my grandfather-in-law, "They are evil. We escaped in 1949."
4) At 30, "China is a wonderful developing Democracy"
5) At 35, I was sent to communist China on business. It was a crowded, smelly, dirty, factory of despair and hopelessness. This I saw with my own eyes.
6) At 36, "China doesn't count. Successful socialism is in northern Europe."
7) I moved to northern Europe when I was 40. It was much nicer than China, but also felt like I was living in the past. I had to wait 6 months for a hernia operation.
8) When I was about 45, the migrant crisis began. The socialist/globalist/pacifist allowed them entry into every country, regardless how many crimes they committed along the way. Just 20 minutes from my house, in Calais, I was shocked to see migrants jumping onto trucks, breaking open the doors, scattering the contents across the highway, then climbing in. They went through the Chunnel and got out in England.
9) At 52, the soft socialism around me had transformed into globalism. I was told I had to call people by their preferred pronouns, though it was a lie, and even if I didn't know what the preferences were. I quit.
10) I returned to the US, and am now 60. "Socialism" is no longer a dirty word here. People openly espouse the virtues of it. Politicians run as socialists and win.

Socialism has taken many forms, from the Bolshevism of Russia, to the CCP in China, the Nazis in Germany, Fascists in Italy, and the many forms of it found in Latin America. It is one of the two most destructive ideologies on earth. It is designed to deprive, despirit, and murder everything that comes in contact with it.

Socialism is a great lie at every level. It helps no one, not even those who benefit the most. This is because the cost is the imposition of one's will on everyone else, and that destroys the soul of the usurper and the life of the oppressed.

Socialism always fails on its own, but only after destroying almost everything in its train. It can also be conquered. Those are the options.

[Dr. Maalouf ‏ @realMaalouf]

During the Iranian Revolution, leftist students, communists, and Muslims were all united in overthrowing the Shah.

The leftists celebrated when Khomeini returned in 1979. They thought they defeated capitalism and imperialism. It didn’t last long.

Around 30,000 leftists who helped the Islamic regime consolidate power were soon executed. That’s where the term “useful idiot” comes from.

They served their purpose and were no longer needed. Muslims had always despised their progressive ideals and couldn’t wait to get rid of them.

One of the women celebrating in the picture was killed, the other fled the country for her life.

It’s bizarre that almost 50 years later, Western leftists are making the exact same mistake and allying with Muslims. They will have the same fate.

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

Comparing the California High Speed Rail to Elon Musk’s SpaceX

This is how criminally inefficient California's bureaucracy has become

- The California High-Speed Rail Authority is 6 years older than SpaceX
- Total private funding for SpaceX was $12 billion, whereas California's high-speed rail is projected to cost $231 billion by the time it's completed (That's 2,000% more funding than SpaceX had)

In the same amount of time, California has laid zero miles of high-speed rails while SpaceX has developed a reusable rocket, delivered astronauts and saved astronauts from the International Space Station, and as of today has a $2.5 trillion market cap

Elon Musk will literally have been able to send people to Mars at a fraction of the cost and at a fraction of the amount of time that it's taken Gavin Newsom just to send Californians up the coast

[ddsnorth ™ @ddsnorth]

Exactly right

[Thomas Sowell Daily @DailySowell]

Thomas Sowell:

“What the welfare system and other kinds of governmental programs are doing is paying people to fail.”

“In so far as they fail, they receive the money. In so far as they succeed, even to a moderate extent, the money is taken away.”

[Robby Starbuck @robbystarbuck]

Harvard professor Arthur Brooks explains how data shows that the unhappiest and most mentally ill people are mostly on the political left while the happiest are on the right.

Liberal women 18-30 have a 60% chance of being diagnosed mentally ill. Discuss.

[Brian V. Burmeister @BrianThinkAbout]

@robbystarbuck Does constant complaining add to this sad attitude? After all, positive thinkers are healthier, yet constant complainers are dwelling in the negative, especially if they don't actively engage how to practically find solutions to problems.

[Imtiaz Mahmood @ImtiazMadmood]

This is Historic! For the very first time, the European Parliament has formally passed a resolution addressing the unprecedented opposition faced by believers, officially recognizing Christianity as the most targeted faith in the world today.

Behind this official declaration is a staggering reality: over 380 million Christians across the globe are currently enduring immense hardships simply for practicing their beliefs. It is a worldwide reality that is finally receiving the global attention it requires.

[Mor Edge Insight @MorEdge_Insight]

Listen to Sophia Salma Khalifa, a Muslim Arab-Israeli woman, tell the truth about Gaza.

In 2005, Israel completely left Gaza. No Jews alive or dead. They even took the graves. They handed over greenhouses, homes, and infrastructure, hoping Gaza would become the Singapore of the Middle East.

The people of Gaza had a real chance.

Then they elected Hamas.

Hamas burned it all down, murdered everyone who opposed them, stole the opportunity, and turned Gaza into a launchpad for terror instead of a thriving state.

This is what happens when radical Islamists win. They don’t build. They destroy.

Powerful testimony from someone who actually understands the reality on the ground.

Civilizational suicide has consequences.

H/T @prageru

[Dr. Maalouf ‏ @realMaalouf]

A 9 year-old-girl is sold by her own family into sex slavery and forced to marry to a 70-year-old man.

This is the reality of millions of Muslim girls! Where is the outrage?

[Sabrina (LionHearted) @LionHearted76]

Bill Maher just exposed the catastrophe:

Only 14% of 8th graders are proficient in History. A pathetic 22% in Civics. 4 in 10 Gen Z kids now call the Founding Fathers VILLAINS.

Let that sink in.

Hamilton was rewriting history at 21. Madison at 25.
Jefferson at 33.

Our schools aren't failing — they're weaponized, breaking kids' minds and pumping out ignorant, radical activists who hate America.

Teachers' unions own the politicians protecting this child abuse. How much longer will we let these parasites destroy the next generation?

Burn the failing system to the ground. Fire the failures. Rebuild our schools —NOW!

[Sunshine Diamond Eyes @sundiamondshine]

@LionHearted76 Democrats Teacher's Union destroyed education. America was #1 in the word. $4+ trillion later and our education system is a complete failure. This is deliberate destruction.

[Brian V. Burmeister @BrianThinkAbout]

There's a little nasty in every dynasty.

[🇺🇸RealRobert🇺🇸 @Real_RobN]

Here it is:

The Republicans are protecting Ilhan Omar — they deliberately killed the motion to subpoena Ilhan Omar’s immigration records, including those involving her own brother, whom she slept with, so the matter could instead be sent to the Ethics Committee — the committee in Congress that protects them all.

Rep. Nancy Mace: “I tried to subpoena her immigration records, her brother-husband’s immigration records, and IT WAS REPUBLICANS that killed my motion.”

Release the name of every single Republican member who killed the motion. The American people deserve to know.

[Commentary - Sowell Economics @sowelleconomics]

Ayn Rand: “There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force, socialism — by vote.”