Bernard Woodworking

08/12/2024

Explaining the Righteous Anger over Tim Waltz:

There has been a lot of confusion about the well deserved anger over Waltz's embellishments about his time in the National Guard, his claims of Rank and most disturbingly, outright lies about having served in a Combat Zone.

The average civilian, most Democrats and certainly some of those who never wore a uniform will never understand the level of loathing expressed by those of us who have.

A Combat Zone is Sacred Ground; Baptized with the shed blood of Fallen Warriors who, having been compelled to face Hell's fires on behalf of lesser men, most of the senders having never served themselves. Claiming to have tread those Hallowed soils when you never did, is tantamount to desicrating the grave of a loved one.

Waltz didn't just cross that auspicious line, he did so with the knowledge that he actively sought to avoid deployment to Iraq as his Unit's Senior Enlisted man, abandoning his much younger and less experienced Troops to an uncertain future, on their own.

A doubly despicable and professionally unforgivable act of negligence, dereliction of moral duty, and abandonment and for the most contemptible reason; personal gain and aggrandizement in pursuing a political "career"!

And just to answer all of the Weekend Legal Eagles, as someone who served in Recruiting for a time, Shin Splints, damaged Tenons, Flat Feet and the like WILL cause you to be assigned a 4F enlistment code making you involuntarily ineligible for Service.

Curious that the Liberal complainants aren't at all concerned that neither Bill nor Hillary, Obama, Biden or Kamala ever thought to Serve much less that Waltz destroyed his own credibility, claiming a Rank he chose not to earn and Combat Service he never engaged.

I guess political ideology trumps honesty or at the very least, consistently applied outrage.

SF

John Bernard

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05/22/2024

42 years ago today, I made the only right decision I have ever made...but I still question her judgement...🤪

05/08/2024

A few reminders;

1. No one has a Right to be anywhere on earth they are not a citizen of.

2. The US Constitution and the Rights protected within are not universally extended to every person on earth, ie, the Chinese Government cannot declare First Amendment protection here in the US - period.

The CCP has finally publicly admitted that Tik Tok is in fact a CCP controlled entity and they have challenged the Constitutionality of Congress interfering in their Constitutional Right to free expression.

That's astoundingly arrogant being as they put their citizens to death for speaking.

If you think the seditious handling of the border and declaring a universal Right of non-citizens to breach our border and stay here was not precedent setting...think again!

SF

John Bernard

05/02/2024

Is this being choreographed by middle school kids?

In the Odyssey, the writer retells the story of a successful Deception used by the Greeks to infiltrate the walls of Troy, insert a kill squad, blow open the gate and seize the City.

Troy's mistake? Assuming the Horse was a simple gift from the Greeks expressing interest in ceasing hostilities. It never occurred to them to investigate outside the gate before rolling it in or even sending an envoy to officially discuss terms. They simply brought the thing in, laid down their arms and engaged in a city-wide, debauchery.

Bite-me and his Star Wars Bar Scene cast of miscreants aren't even bothering with the Ruse. They intend to blow open another Gate and bring the enemy in on winged chariots, laying out the red carpet complete with taxpayer funded payments, housing and an expedited pathway to citizenship.

These "refugees" are coming from a strip of land populated by a gaggle of people, 75% of whom support Hamas.
..and a full 50% of the Electorate is poised to cast their ballot in November for four more years of this.

Can you say "Anarchy"?

See comments;

SF

John Bernard

02/04/2024

Something else to consider in November. It's one thing to cut the bureaucratic red tape to speed the approval process as a good faith effort to make medicine available and quite another to force it onto a significant percentage of the population while indemnifying the supply chain and exempting those mandating its use!

The comment section has a link most will want to read...

01/20/2024

What's in those Supplements??

I am finding that the Supplement "industry" is at best illusive and at worst nothing short of a Criminal Enterprise. Most specifically this Post is focused on the powdered Fruit and Vegetable Capsule Vendors.

I have had direct contact with Superfood MD, Simply Nature's Promise and The Vitamin Kitchen and ALL have produced bad addresses, evasive answers and except for their personal claims, effectively don't exist as business entities with physical facilities.

The most troubling aspect of this is that Amazon has ZERO idea about this, ie, they do not Vet companies for authenticity. They have effectively become Mules for an ingestible product that cannot be researched!

We have discovered by now that advertisers on FB are largely off-shore no matter their claims, almost all sourced in China. But now, our "fall-back", Amazon is proving to be just as bad.

What I have found is that the Supplement Vendors almost to the one, claim offices in Phoenix or Florida whose supplied business addresses are in fact UPS stores. Their schtick is that they, the ingredients and manufacture are all USA sourced but when you do simple research or a BBB inquiry, or local Chamber of Commerce search, they are Ghosts.

Confronting them directly produces evasive answers or silence.

The problem? Not having any way of knowing what is actually in those capsules! This industry which has enjoyed no required oversight by FDA has seemingly become a gigantic scam, most evidenced in the fruit/vegetable supplement market. So what are we ingesting? Food coloring and Flour, Sawdust, Soy or worse?

Lastly, I found that NO ONE is focused on any of this. Prospective scammers hang a shingle, use the EXACT SAME photographs and artwork, produce bogus addresses, purchase CONEX box loads of this stuff, box it, and peddle it with zero requirement to prove the efficacy of their goods or claims.

At least one scammer C.D.I. (I don't want to publish his name here), has several business address, 11 "businesses", at least a dozen e-mail addresses and phone numbers and a list of aliases and cohorts - all at age 29....none of which are legitimate, by the way; no office, facility etc.

Conclusion; do more than quick surface research, check all addresses including Street View surveillance, don't trust Amazon's recommendations and contact the Vendors directly with very specific questions about location, facility, sourcing etc.

Beware...

SF

John Bernard

12/25/2023

Merry Christmas All!

11/10/2023

Happy 248th Birthday to our Beloved Corps and all my Brothers, Sisters and related Family members.

Personally? I don't one day older than 247 😀

06/18/2023

Happy Father's Day All!

12/25/2022

Merry Christmas Folks!!

10/04/2022

These are final photos of the last job we completed in the past few months. The entire job is a natural Walnut with Corian tops.

01/06/2022