A friend called me this afternoon. She’s working on a project that extends her finances but also, if successful, helps her to achieve her dreams a lot more quickly. If her short term goal goes well, a lot more people in her niche will hear of her soon…

She has been asking for advice on this project from time to time, but today she said “sales were not going well and time is running short.

“Do you have any marketing advice to help me leverage this project and make it a success?”

“As a matter of fact, I do.” I recalled the project will come to fruition in about a month, so she has little time to waste.

“I recall you are connected well within this circle of people, arguably measuring 2-3 million associates in this ‘circle.’

“I’d do something that attracts them to rally to purchase your products. In fact, many times the spiff is more important than what you are actually selling…”

“How so?” she asked.

“I have a friend who purchased a newsletter for several years. He rarely read the newsletter as the newsletter was in the same industry his business was and he was at the pinnacle of the industry. So, in many ways, an interview with him could have been a featured article in the newsletter.

“Still, he bought. Year after year.”

“Why would he do that?” she inquired.

“He liked the spiffs. The freebies that came with the subscription to the newsletter. It’s the reason Sports Illustrated has their swimsuit issue. Many subscribe to Sports Illustrated just to receive the annual swimsuit issue.

“It could be a clock radio. It could be a sweatshirt with a logo or saying. It could be a coffee cup saying ‘Ted is the Best Human Ever.’

(At the church I attend, I grab a ceramic coffee cup rather than a Styrofoam one due to the health issues hot Styrofoam can cause. I tend to grab the mug that says “Best Human Ever”).

“How about a spiff that the first 50 buyers get that is specific to this sales event? Over time, this could be highly collectible or highly prized. Connect this spiff with the affinity group who would be likely to rally to your cause because you are helping others within the group. Even at a rather high price, the spiff and the helping others gets people to ‘ante up.’”

I followed up with a brief self-image lesson I learned from the Psycho-Cybernetics foundation and suggested we talk in a day or two after we let the subconscious mind do the heavy lifting/ sweating/ worrying for us.

She said ‘wonderful’ as well as ‘Thanks. I love you…’

It’s nice to share the love by providing insight to those seeking answers.

This is an iteration of what my book, The Fastest Way to SuperCharge Your Business (without working your ass off), which I wrote about 10 years ago. I’m in the process of editing the book and should have it available for download at https://TedLeithart.com soon…

The #USA is schizoid

Personally, I am ‘mazed or maybe the right word is appauled by the country going from #Reagan to #Obama in less than 20 years.

How’d young ‘Merica, formerly known as the Land of the free and the home of the brave, move from #RonPaul to Joe Biden in 16 years?

How did ‘Merica go from Obama’s fundamentally working to change the country to ‘TRUMP-TRUMP-TRUMP’ and then back to “Oh, socialism isn’t that bad” Biden in another 4 years?

the only thing that makes sense is the amount of marijuana being smoked by Americans, because such vascillating is nothing short of the country being schizoid

Like, totally man…

As I was visiting a local retailer this morning, I walked by a couple of friends who were having a discussion. I must admit, I do not know the gist of the conversation or what the point one of my friends, Alex, was trying to make to Randy.

But, as I walked around the corner to where they were, Alex asked, “What Color do you think most people in Washington DC are?”

Like I said, I wasn’t privy to the entire conversation, so the question hit me blind. However, I immediately had a response. My response was such that both Alex and Randy were chuckling while nodding their heads.

I asked, “Well, am I wrong?” Both Alex and Randy stated in their own way I was absolutely right.

Was it a racist comment? No.

Did I compare one ‘race’ with another (I put race in quotes as no matter how much melanin is in a person’s skin, we human are all one race). In fact, I’ll go one better. I cannot believe with all the intimate moments humans have with one another, it doesn’t matter whether humans have been around for 5000 or 10,000 or 100,000 or 2 million years, we’ve cross-bred with each other sufficiently to make us all some iteration of Heinz 57.

Did I make a snide comment others may pick up as inappropriate or rude? Not at all.

So what was my answer to the question “What Color Do You Think Most People in Washington, DC are?”

It’s very insightful when you hear the answer…

My answer was “CCP Red.”

Given this answer had an overwhelming majority of those overhearing the conversation agreeing with my answer, it seems to me it would be smart to understand how to Prosper in a Socialist Society. After all, since that is where Americans … Hell, after all, since that is where most people in the world find themselves today, you need to CLICK HERE to be transported to a site which will give you specific strategies of how you can prosper while living under tyranny.

I have come to realize that the timeless principles the Founders of the USA used to create the government and the society, the free-est the world have ever seen, you didn’t need all these other new organizations.

You had education, health care and care of the aged, you had transportation, you had murderers and assassins, for millenia before 1776. Today, there isn’t anything new – it’s simply new modes of how these issues are addressed.

So the over-arching principles of what government is, was and shall be does not change.

Therefore, why were all these agencies created 100-130-155 years after the country was founded?

This concludes with – in my opinion – there is no need for social security or HHS or the Dept. of Education or the FBI. The heart of man is as black as it always has been. There has been no change.

So, why was it so important to create these new agencies that would fix all these problems the country has done well without and that history demonstrates are at best human, at worse demons, working for an entity whose sole thirst is to gain power.

John Adams wrote “The Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other…”

Are modern day ‘Mercuns being vetted as moral and religious (I did not say perfect)?

Similarly, are the 7.2 million the current administration has welcomed into the country been vetted the same way?

If not, then it follows that since the citizens as well as the President’s guests refuse to be a moral and religious people, how long can we live under the fantasy we can continue to be a free people?

And if no longer a free people, the only alternative is dictatorship/ oligarchy/ kingdom /living as slaves.

Last night while America slept
Congress was hard at work, passing a bill to ensure everyone was kept
Clothed by spending $400k to ensure confused kids can be bound and tucked
If this is the priority in Washington these days, the country is f**ked

I asked my Congressman today
Meeting with farmers to ensure they thrive
Where in the Constitution was he given the right. If it doesn’t, are you not connive
-ing while ignoring the Supreme Law of the Land? The first response was ‘Whatever. Come What May…’

Then we are not a free country
as the government does what it wants. Is this the tree
we want to grow? An ever-encroaching tyrant
By admitting so, you are no different than a sycophant

You see you live in liberty
Where you live in the land of the free
Or you can be oppressed as most of the world have been
If you don’t recognize this simple truth, you’re not thinking but simply listening to the din
Of your owners.

They started over a hundred years ago
Giving you a little tastes of being owned and you bought it. I’m sorry if my rant is making you feel low
Rather than being angry with me rather than refusing to be used again
You should focus your anger on who deserves your retaliation –
the legislature, the executors and the courts.

A few years ago in the largest Congressional district in the land
500 Montanans decided they had enough of a rogue Representative
They began to share his voting record and views with all of the state
Within six months this Representative realized his fate
And accordingly began to follow the Law of the Land.

You see it isn’t that hard to make ‘Merca the home of the brave and free
All you need is to show the government they are the people’s employees, that’s how it’s supposed to be
It’s not voting every year or two that’ll make a difference
It’s writing, speaking and facing them belly-to-belly. If they refuse to listen and be that dense
You can make them a lame duck representative until the next election or impeach the sucker
It’s about taking action, not just hoping we get luckier

But before you go off half-cocked
Learn the Constitution, the Declaration and Understand what the Federalist papers. If you know these you cannot be mocked
When you know the law better than your representatives, your senators, your counsel and governor
Then you can give me a big “What-for”
Government is in business for YOUR money and taking your power
While the Constitution says ‘stick it to the government’ and things will grow like a field of flowers
It’s YOUR money and the government is you – WE THE PEOPLE

While perusing some news this afternoon, I came across the following headline:

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson raises eyebrows with comment that First Amendment “hamstrings” government

This should raise more than eyebrows. First off, it should send major warnings to such Constitutional scholars as Barack Obama as well as President Biden as her statement reflects she is not someone who can perform her duties as a member of SCOTUS.

Secondly, her oath of office as recommended by Article VI of the Constitution states

“The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.”

The oath currently reads:

“I, ________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.”

In short, Justice Brown-Jackson says she does not support the Constitution.

Nor it is her duty or privilege to amend the Constitution. Although courts decide how law should be interpreted in a specific case, their ruling is not law.

A judge’s ruling only becomes law through the legislative branch, both House and Senate, voting to amend the law or to write a new one. As a result, it is very bad precedent for any judge to comment how they would rule given a set of circumstances, especially one which would subvert the Constitution by legislating from the bench.

As I have stated many times, today’s fruit produced by the tree of freedom planted in 1776 and provided massive growth nutrients in 1789 by the passing of the Constitution, seems to have fallen on a different continent – it is that far from home.

Americans would do well to ‘hamstring’ government by voting only for Constitutionalists from this time forward. By doing so, the American Republic may once again produce fruit.

But should you care to shrug your shoulders, vote for the person who gives you the most stuff, and generally ignore what your government is doing to you daily, you should get my book (because you will need it). It’s entitled Prospering in a Socialist Society and you can obtain a copy by clicking on the title.

The number of people I know
Who believe the only way for the USA will continue to grow
Is to have a Convention of States
Which doesn’t exist – if you believe it does, you’ve taken the bait

You see, in the Constitution there is
Something called a Constitutional Convention. Yes, that’s what the COS truly is
An Article V Convention by another term
These advocates of such think this is the only way to create a berm
To reign in an over-reaching, tyrannical government – that seems to be a common goal on which we stand firm

Did you know when an Article V Convention is called
Congress determines the delegates. Just this should make you feel appalled
The wolves in sheep’s clothing on Capitol Hill
Get to choose who guards the sheep fold. Isn’t that a tough pill
to swallow

Americans in the know realize there is no need for Article V
‘Cause with an educated citizenry, we’d soon stop what those on the Hill connive
If those in office fail to abide by their Oath of Office and abide by the law of the land
Throw the buggers out! Recall them! Don’t let them continue in error! Strike Up the Band!!!
In short, hold our elected officials and the bureaucracy accountable or soon they will be canned

The Constitution gives us a second weapon that is Article VI
Known also as Nullification. Using this would be quite a fix.
Living in Cincinnati you should be aware
Lebanon, Ohio used Nullification prior to a 2022 SCOTUS ruling, throwing off the bear
Making the city a Sanctuary City for the Unborn. Amazin’ how few cities seem to care
for these little ones by doing the same thing.

Michigan recently voted to nullify all Federal regulations on firearms
No changes to the Constitution, no election held, simply people of the land protecting their farms
No need for alarm
Michigan was simply using Article VI. A brilliant idea within the Constitution. Isn’t that a charm?

In closing, my message is clear
Those wanting COS are either ignorant or they are stirring up fear
Having a no-holds barred Convention to amend
The Constitution which, should we abide by it, would be the only weapon needed to fend
Off a tyrannical, over-reaching government. Do this and the country will be on the mend.

It is interesting to have a governor of a sovereign state within the United States (New York) declare that  business owners in her state that there is “nothing to worry about” after the civil case against Donald Trump.

Asked if businesspeople should be worried that if prosecutors could “do that to the former president, they can do that to anybody”, Hochul said: “Law-abiding and rule-following New Yorkers who are businesspeople have nothing to worry about because they’re very different than Donald Trump and his behavior.” (New York governor seeks to quell business owners’ fears after Trump ruling | Donald Trump | The Guardian)

Where’s the victim? There is none.

Where’s the fraud? There was none.

Where did Donald Trump’s organization do anything different than any other real estate developer virtually anywhere in the United States? He didn’t.

But America has to thank Kathy Hochul for being the first governor in the United States to admit there is no longer a Republic or a Constitution or a government where the government gets their just powers from the consent of the governed.

No, Donald Trump was different, she claims. Allow me to translate.

There is no longer blind justice in the United States of America. If you offend or upset the wrong people, they will come for you.

To me, this sounds like something out of Mao’s China or Cuba or North Korea. I’ll stretch just a little and say it sounds like something out of Russia.

I’m confused. I thought Trump was Putin’s buddy.

Instead, Governor Hochul’s stance suggests she is marching in lockstep with Russia’s ancestors – Vlad, Josef, Nikita, Leonid, and to a lesser extent, Mikhail.

Instead of a Black National anthem or the Star Spangled Banner at the Super Bowl, this is what we should have sung. Come sing with me, Comrade Hochul…

I
An unbreakable union of free republics,
The Great Rus’ has sealed forever.
Long live, the creation by the people’s will,
The united, mighty Soviet Union!

Chorus I:
Be glorified, our free motherland,
Reliable stronghold of the people’s friendship!
Banner of the Soviets, the banner of the people,
May it lead from victory to victory!

II
Through storms, the sun of freedom shone on us,
And Great Lenin illuminated our path.
Stalin taught us to be faithful to the people,
To labor and achievements, we were inspired!

Chorus II:
Be glorified, our free motherland,
Reliable stronghold of the people’s happiness!
Banner of the Soviets, the banner of the people,
May it lead from victory to victory!

III
We raised our Army in battles,
And swept the vile invaders from the path!
In battles, we determine the fate of generations,
We bring glory to our Fatherland!

Chorus III:
Be glorified, our free motherland,
Reliable stronghold of the people’s glory!
Banner of the Soviets, the banner of the people,
May it lead from victory to victory!

Should you realize the gulag awaiting you in 2026 or 2029, you may wish to understand Prospering in a Socialist Society, a guidebook I’ve written to provide strategies on exactly how to do so.

As I was glancing through various news feeds and posts this afternoon, I noticed my congressman was ranting about the Border resolution bill.

Specifically, this is what Greg wrote on his social media account:

“I spoke about my absolute disbelief and genuine disgust with what the Speaker did Tuesday night.

“My colleagues and I attempted to amend this bill to include aid to all three. We were denied. But we will keep fighting to fund Ukraine, Tawain, and humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza.

“This is what the American people want, what our global partners need, and it’s what this moment requires of us.”

This short post reflects Greg’s obvious failure of high school civics class, as follows:

Greg notes the American people want to continue funding Ukraine, Taiwan as well as humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza.

Nowhere in the Supreme law of the land is the Federal government given the privilege to fund foreign governments, for the purposes of funding proxy wars or providing military protection for any nation.

The United States military is for one reason – to protect the United States of America, not to be the world’s policeman. Nor is it to be used to determine what nations are ‘winners and losers’ from an economic, political or other standpoint.

Additionally, acting to provide the American people what they want is not the purpose of the government. “If the government is to be a Sugar Daddy,” I noted, “send me $90 million. That’s what I want so it’s your job to be Santa Claus or my Sugar Daddy and give it to me.”

Rather Congress is to act in accordance with the limitations given them by the Constitution.

Two can’t have both, Greg. Either you are my Sugar Daddy, so I expect my check shortly, or you are following the law which limits you severely. You cannot hand out whatever you decide to hand out.

In November, we get to decide whether we want to have Sugar Daddies that dole out the allowance they decide to give us when they determine it best for them or have a country based on the principles of liberty. Again, you cannot have both.

Greg’s lack of understanding of our nation led me to thenewamerican.com/freedom-index/ which publishes the voting record of each Senator and Representative at the state as well as federal level. I wanted to see how well Greg was embracing the Supreme law of the land.

Well, Greg votes in accordance with a strict interpretation of the Constitution only 5% of the time, I learned. That’s down from a 15% I noticed a few months ago.

Now, personally, I don’t think Americans should wait until the next election to rid themselves of individuals who ignore the directives and confines of their job description. They should be fired immediately and a special election called to replace the deadbeat.

But, you argue, there would probably be several hundred special elections over the next couple of years. True.

Which means America would depend much less of the government when Congress doesn’t have enough people available to make a quorum. But, in my opinion, that’s much better than keeping Congress functioning and marching the country to oblivion.

Lastly, you may wish to learn how to Prosper in a Socialist Society, which is a book I wrote recently detailing the same. In it, I provide several case studies of individuals who thrived while living in tyranny.