This past week early in 2025, there have been disastrous events regarding these extremes - both Fire and Ice! 

Here in the Midwest where I live, we got lightly buried in a beautiful fluff of snow, that is, unless you got stuck out in it! It really amounted to only a foot of snow or less, which is not much compared to areas that get feet of snow - like northern New York and the other far northern states. South of Interstate 80 we tend to be sissies regarding the frozen stuff. And there's no way we are going to stay home and let the road crews do their work. 

The horrors of the fires in Los Angeles are utterly overwhelming. I have spent some time in my life in that area, and I remember the Santa Ana winds that would swoop into the region with such force. Add fire to that scenario and it is absolutely unimaginable. The devastation would move so quickly that truly very little could possibly be done. 

Most of us have never faced such a magnitude of devastation as has recently been seen in North Carolina and Tennessee, or with these fires in Los Angeles. Getting stuck in some snow or traffic is insignificant compared to having everything you own swept away and destroyed with such force and swiftness. As many have expressed, at that point if you and your loved ones are still alive, you can simply be thankful. 

The aftermath of disaster, whether it be fire or ice, or wind and flood, brings a torrent of seemingly endless discussion about it all. The “News” as well as the commentary on social media drones on and on about what should have been done, who is to blame, whether people deserved it or not, and what can be done now on behalf of the victims. So much of the discussion is ridiculous and pointless, and even hurtful and quite counterproductive. When a “journalist” asks something like how much water it would take to stop the fires, or “What are you going to do now?” to someone who just lost everything they own - WHAT ARE THEY THINKING? They feel they must fill the silence with something, no matter how empty it might sound, as if there is a fear of just feeling something and being quiet!

And what can you do, really? 

Pray for those affected, look for ways to give (that are legitimate!), and take great care in looking out for yourself and those around you. Be thankful for what God has given you and how He has helped you in your life. And count your blessings as you share this life with those around you. 

Blessings, and love!

Paul Hayden

I am happy to report that, on rare occasions, CNN can stumble on the truth, and this kind of reporting should be encouraged if CNN wants to survive and return to its roots. Considering the anti-Trump bias of CNN, the story nevertheless proves that Trump had clean hands and was not connected in any way to any violence. There was never an insurrection, only a protest, and we still don’t know the full extent of the FBI use of informants in the crowd and what role they played in the physical confrontations.  

Governor Newsom sent Trump’s plan to bring water to southern California to the courts. He then sent or diverted funds for California’s emergencies and sundry problems to illegal immigrants. Finally, he and Mayor Bass sent an enormous cache of surplus firefighting equipment to Ukraine. The water, the money, and the equipment are gone, but the wind returned and joined forces with the fire - the rest is history.  

It’s rather ironic that the last three presidents have modeled themselves after a Roosevelt presidency. However, while Barack Obama and Joe Biden used Franklin Delano Roosevelt as their model, Donald Trump seems to be looking to Theodore Roosevelt as his. A fair question is whether Trump’s approach is as vastly superior as it may seem on the surface. Let’s see.  

Recently, President-elect Trump suggested the reasonableness of renaming the Gulf of Mexico. Instead, he suggested it be named Gulf of America. This creative idea reminded me that originally New York was New Netherlands, but was re-named New York when the British took control referring to an area in southern England. Would it be useful or realistic for New York City now to be re-named New World City because of its longstanding openness to worldwide emigration?  

With Hollywood liberals angry about losing their homes and belongings, the time may have come for a reckoning. The once communist-dominated Hollywood may have had enough with communism, at least to the extent it has affected them. It may be time to examine how California became a communist state in America and why it’s imperative to re-establish congressional committees on internal security and un-American activities.  

Here’s an opening thought for us today. If people don’t like you, it might or might not be OK. You only need to be concerned if dogs don’t like you. Then, it’s a time of self-reflection.  

A terrorist attack at 3:15 a.m. on New Year’s Day exposed to the world the deadly consequences of the dysfunctional leadership of New Orleans. The Crescent City has been controlled by the Democratic Party since 1872, when the last Republican mayor left office. The current Democrat Mayor, LaToya Cantrell, is thankfully in the final year of her second term in office. She has been enmeshed in controversy from the beginning of her tenure as Mayor.  

They tell us that Jimmy Carter was a great ex-president, a description designed to camouflage his disastrous four years as president. We must know the truth as America moves forward. We must not celebrate his one and only presidential term.  

Citing reports on “grooming gangs” running rampant in Britain, Trump adviser Elon Musk asks if America should “liberate Britain” from its governing elite. Who will liberate America first? It is one of President Trump’s big challenges, as he faces the need to eliminate pedophile networks in the “gay” community and the Roman Catholic Church. In addition to these problems, of course, the U.S. has become the largest consumer of trafficked human beings in the world.  

Joe Biden can't leave soon enough.  

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