Important Midterm

       I seldom agree with both the Democrats and Republicans, but I do about this midterm election.  They both say it is the most important midterm in our lifetime.   Our Democratic Republic and our Constitution are at stake.

        The difference is both say the other party is trying to destroy our democracy.  We actually don’t have and never have had a democracy.  We have a republic.  There is a huge difference. 

        What does each Party stand for?   I will address actions and not rhetoric as Democrats always start to SOUND like Republicans when it get close to an election. 

 

Democrats:                              Republicans:

Rewrite the Constitution           Follow the constitution

Manipulate elections                Fair elections

Marxist country                        Maintain the Republic

Open borders                           Sovereign country

Global economy & control        America first

Crime in the streets                  Criminal justice

Large federal control                State & individual rights

Collapse the economy              Strong economy

Divide country on race ++        Equal rights for all

Eliminate fossil fuels                Energy independence

Politicize gov’t agencies           Equal justice under law

Schools programming kids        Schools educating kids

Censor free speech                 Free speech

Biased media                           Journalists with facts

We must fight for fair elections and take control back from the DC establishment and Deep State.  These are the first steps to take back this country.

 

Business Fits by Terry Oliver Lee is available on Amazon as an e-book or a paperback. http://BusinessFits.com

Systemic Racism Revisited

         It has been a couple years since I blogged about systemic racism.  At that time I said the United States of America was the least racist country in the world.  We had even fought a civil war to end slavery.  We didn’t have any systemic racism. 

        I now have to say we do have systemic racism.  The system hurts blacks while claiming to stop racism.  The whole WOKE movement and cancel culture is ridiculous and racist. 

        Hiring quotas are totally racist.  Any affirmative action based on skin color is racist by definition.  These hiring guidelines hurt everyone including blacks because blacks are put in positions they may not be able to handle.  Are these hiring quotas implying blacks are not smart enough to compete on a level playing field?  That is racist.  

        College admissions that consider skin color are totally racist.  These standards hurt both the qualified and unqualified applicants.  If an unqualified black is admitted to collage, it is naive to think that individual can maintain an acceptable performance.

        Some colleges are so racist that they designate certain areas as safe spaces where whites are not allowed.  It is hard to imagine any school policy that promotes racial hatred that way. 

        President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society did more to hurt the black community than anything since slavery.  This program enslaved blacks to a life of poverty and despair.  It broke up the traditional family, took away good work ethics, and made blacks more dependent on the government than God.

        I had hopes President Obama would stop the racial divide, but he made it worse.  He told blacks that their failures were not their fault and they had no personal responsibility.  The Left says that blacks are so stupid and irresponsible they can’t obtain an ID to vote.

        I am not saying there are no white supremacists, because they do exist.  The good news is that they are rare and they have not been violent. 

        On the Left we have Black Lives Matter and ANTIFA which should be designated as domestic terrorist movements.  They have committed murder and destroyed black communities.  They care nothing about black lives. 

        Talk of equity and reparations are totally racist.  Why should people be forced to pay for past sins they had nothing to do with based on the color of their skin?  Equality is guaranteed under the Constitution.  Unfortunately, the Left would like to dispose of the Constitution.

        Teaching Critical Race Theory in our schools is the most racist thing happening in our country today.  This tells blacks they are inferior and not responsible for their own future.   It tells all whites that they are racist because of the color of their skin.  It is pure propaganda brainwashing our youth and further dividing the country on race.

        We have to stop the racial divide.  Racial division has become a political tool used by the elite for political and financial gain, while they talk big and keep their communities gated.         

        Martin Luther King Jr. was a non-violent civil rights activist.  He dreamt of a time when people would be judged on their character and not the color of their skin.  That time is now.

        I am sick and tired of the racism.  We must stop promoting it.  I have refused to mark any race on any survey for years.  I leave it blank or mark N/A.  Think about doing the same.  We are all Americans.  Let’s act like it. 

 

We must fight for fair elections and take control back from the DC establishment and Deep State.  These are the first steps to take back this country.

 

Business Fits by Terry Oliver Lee is available on Amazon as an e-book or a paperback. http://BusinessFits.com

 

Get A Job

         I was raised on a farm.  My father thought getting a good education and going to work for a big company was the best way to be set for life. 

        Graduating from high school was what Dad considered a good education.  He thought job security was such that I could retire from the company worked for.  Working for a big corporation was a good option in the 1940s and 1950s.  The 1950’s probably were one of the greatest times of prosperity for the United States.

        A job was good for my brother who was nineteen years older than me.  After WW II, he went to work for Douglas Aircraft, which became McDonald Douglas, and later Boeing. 

        Labor was represented by United Auto Workers. Bob retired at sixty-one with full a pension and benefits.  He told me when he was eighty-three that he had received more money from his pension than he had received in wages for all the years he had worked.  We may never see that again.  The plant is now closed.

        If you are unemployed, it may be even harder to get a job.  Some human resource departments have a policy of only hiring people that are currently employed. 

        If you want a stable career, consider learning a trade.  Trade school is an attractive option compared to a four-year college degree.  A four-year collage degree is very expensive and many are worthless.  A degree in basket weaving, gender studies or art history will not be a good investment. 

        Once, when I was a plant manager for a small manufacturing plant in a small Midwest town, I needed a new office manager.  I had an applicant who’d been a bank manager in town.  He’d been let go because of a merger.  While definitely overqualified, I still felt he was a good prospect.  He lived in town and he didn’t want to move.  He would be taking a cut in pay, but was financially independent because of his past career and family money.  

        My corporate management did not consider him the best choice because of his over-qualification.  I hired him anyway.  He worked out well, and with my recommendation, he took over as my replacement for plant manager when I left the company.  Unfortunately, many HR departments don’t feel the same way I do about overqualified and unemployed potential employees.

        “Get a Job” is chapter two in my book Business Fits.  It goes into greater detail on this subject.

 

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Blackout

          I just read Candace Owens’ book Blackout.  I highly recommend it. 

        Candace Owens is a black female that is called a racist, white supremacist, and an Uncle Tom according to the Left.  Democrats hate any black conservative.  They think every black should vote Democrat.  To quote President Biden, “If you don’t vote Democrat, you ain’t black.”

        Candice addresses many social and political issues in her book, but her primary goal is to free blacks from the current Democratic plantation.  The Democratic Party has always used and abused the black community. 

        Democrats have always attempted to control blacks.  Only the tactics have changed.  The physical force of slave owners is no longer used. 

        The Democratic Party has always been a racist party. 

·                   They were the Party of slavery.

·                   They were the Party of the Ku Klux Klan

·                   They were the Party of Jim Crow

·                   They were the party of segregation

 

        Some people think that all changed with President Johnson signing the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act.  What did LBJ mean when he said. “I’ll have those N*****s voting Democrat for 200 years.” 

        LBJ was talking about his Great Society agenda.  This was a progressive idea of expanding welfare to enslave the black community and obligate blacks to vote Democrat.

        Candace points out in her book how the black community actually did much better economically, socially, and culturally before the Great Society welfare.  Blacks put Family, God, and Country first.   They took personal responsibility for their lives and had a good work ethic. 

        Democrats and welfare have destroyed all that.  We now have black urban areas with crime in the streets, and no fathers in the family.   We now have three or more generations living on welfare with no hope of improving their future.

        Candace also points out and explains how ALL affirmative action was destructive to blacks.  This is true in both employment and education. 

        The Democrat party wants to keep blacks on the government tit so they feel dependant on welfare and will vote Democrat.  Candace wants to change that. 

 

We must fight for fair elections and take control back from the DC establishment and Deep State.  These are the first steps to take back this country.

 

Business Fits by Terry Oliver Lee is available on Amazon as an e-book or a paperback. http://BusinessFits.com

 

" An Entrepreneur's Thoughts"

This was published in the February 1985 edition of Entrepreneur Magazine. 

          Being an entrepreneur and being in business for yourself may seem to be the quick and easy way to fame and fortune, but it can be frustrating.  An entrepreneur must have a great deal of tenacity. 

          I felt quite comfortable starting my entrepreneurial venture.  It involved marketing, franchising, and automobiles.  I had a BBA and MBA in marketing, I had franchise experience and I had been an automobile dealer.  I even took the Entrepreneurial Test and scored 93%.

          I had an idea that I had played with for more than ten years.  It was quite unique, and it took me the first eight years to get the concept to a workable point.  I then spent all my spare time for the next two years working on market research and developing the concept. 

          At this point I was convinced that the market for my concept was virtually unlimited.  I felt it satisfied the largest unfilled consumer need in this country.  I was all set.  I went to work full-time with the project in order to fund it. 

          I worked with banks, accountants, venture capitalists, the SBA, and investment companies.  No one ever questioned the concept.  Typical comments were, “This is fantastic and it will work, but it does not meet our criteria.” or “The economy is just too bad.”  It was just too unique. 

          For financial reasons, I had to work out of my home.  I find this frustrating because I don’t have the office equipment or secretarial help that I am used to having available.  There is just too much to do and too little time.  I hate lunchtime and nighttime because I can’t get a hold of people and have to quit working. 

          Most frustrating is the attitude of some friends, neighbors, and relatives.  To some of them, I am just someone who is out of a job and doesn’t have anything to do all day except sit home and watch soaps on TV.  This is very frustrating because I have a strong work ethic, and I know I do more in a day than most of them do in a week.

          I have now been full time on the project for eight months, and it is not off the ground yet.  Money is running out.  My banker tells me to get a job because I have given it “my best shot”.  My wife is concerned about money, and that creates more pressure. 

          Is it time to quit?  No way!  Somebody has to do it and I’m that person. 

          And I do know that when the project is a success, people will look at me and talk about how I “hit it lucky.”

 

Terry O. Lee

 

 Business Fits by Terry Oliver Lee is available on Amazon as an e-book or a paperback. http://BusinessFits.com

 

Vice President

          Kamala Harris is the current Vice President of the United States of America.  Below is a quote from her on 02/16/2021.  The left wing “fact checkers” say it is not true, but what would you expect from the biggest spreaders of disinformation in the history of our country?  They told us that the Russia hoax was true and that Hunter Biden’s laptop was Russian disinformation.

 

“The United States government cannot continue to pay for every need of what has become a special class of citizen.  Veterans are equal to us, not better than.  Veterans Affairs coddles them.  It creates a dependency on us which is not doing these former solders any good.  They need to learn to live on their own and be responsible adults.  The easiest way to assist them is to cut them off.”

 

        Kamala went on to say the money could be used to help illegal immigrants.  This is insane.

        Joe Biden is undeniably the worst President in the history of the country.  He clearly does not have the mental capacity to be President, but I hope he hangs on as Kamala would be even worse.

        The next in line would be House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.  Biden is not capable of forming a coherent sentence, but listen to Harris and Pelosi.  They can’t either. 

We must fight for fair elections and take control back from the DC establishment and Deep State.  These are the first steps to take back this country.

 Business Fits by Terry Oliver Lee is available on Amazon as an e-book or a paperback. http://BusinessFits.com

 

Business Fits Introduction

          If you expect me to describe to you the perfect business that cannot fail, forget it; there is no such thing.  No single business fits every person’s goals and talents.  No business fits in every geographic area.  No business fits every individual’s financial resources.

        There are many reasons for owning your own business.  The most common is to just control your own destiny.  Maybe you just want to create a job for yourself. Some of you are just looking for an investment.  A few of you want to build a business empire.  There are hundreds of other reasons.  I hope this book can help you find the right option to meet your individual goals.

        Some of you think you already know the direction you want to go and are just looking for help in certain areas.  For example, you may want to turn a hobby into a full-time business and are just looking for financing. 

        You are now tempted to read only the chapters on independent start-up businesses and financing.  Please don’t make this mistake.  Read the entire book,  You don’t know what you don’t know.  You may discover that an independent start-up business does not meet your goals.

        Starting a business can be frustrating and expensive.  I started a business in 1984.  I worked out of my home.  I had attorneys, accountants, and bank trust officers all working pro bono.  I put in some long hours.  Once I worked thirty-six hours straight to complete some financial projections. 

        Late into the hours of a particularly frustrating night, jotted down my thoughts.  The next morning, I typed them up and sent them to Entrepreneur Magazine.  Entrepreneur published “An Entrepreneur’s Thoughts” in the February 1985 edition. 

 

Business Fits by Terry Oliver Lee is available on Amazon as an e-book or a paperback. http://BusinessFits.com

 

Money Laundering

        Laundering money is a crime, and it is a crime that promotes other crime.  If you deposit $10,000 or more in a bank account, the bank reports it to the government.  When I was in the collector car business, some clients would buy cars as an investment.  Some were only interested in cars under $10,000.  It was obvious they were going to pay in cash and did not want the government to know about the transaction. 

        The IRS wants to add 87,000 more agents, and they want to arm them.  The IRS will be coming after you, and they will not limit their investigations to transactions of over $10,000.  

        Criminals like drug cartels and Islamic terrorists deal in large amounts of cash.  The problem is that money is of little value as cash.  A drug cartel may have a bundle of $100 bills the size of a hay bail, but it is not spendable like that.  It has to be laundered.

        What do you think should happen to people that launder money for drug cartels and Islamic terrorists?  They are committing a crime that aids crimes that kill hundreds.  I think life in prison or the death penalty sounds reasonable.  How about you?

        HSBC bank is a large international bank.  It is the largest in Europe and has offices in the US.  In 2012 HSBC Bank in the US plead guilty to laundering money for drug cartels and Islamic terrorists.

        The bank paid a fine of $1.9 billion to the US government.  Part of the plea deal was that no one involved with this crime would be prosecuted.   It was just not right to condone a crime against humanity like this.  

        Who were these criminals?  Some of them were Cheryl Mills, Sandy Berger, Lorretta Lynch, James Comey, and Robert Mueller.  That’s right.  They all are part of the Obama/Clinton corrupt deep state establishment. 

        These people should have been incarcerated for life, but instead went on to powerful positions in government. How could this happen?  Why was it not the lead story for every newspaper an TV network in the country?  

         

We must fight for fair elections and take control back from the DC establishment and Deep State.  These are the first steps to take back this country.

 

Business Fits by Terry Oliver Lee is available on Amazon as an e-book or a paperback. http://BusinessFits.com

Dedication

           My dedication for my book Business Fits:

This book is dedicated to all the small farmers and the small town business owners that played a huge part in making this country great.  Unfortunately, they are both disappearing.

 

          I was raised on a farm in northwest Iowa.  The average farm was 160 acres or a quarter section.  This meant there were four farmsteads on every section of land.  Many of these farms provided a living for a traditional family consisting of a husband, wife, and two or more children. 

        Farms were diverse to provide a consistent living with changing markets and prices.  Crops included corn, soy beans, oats, hay, and pasture.  Most farmers raised cows, pigs, and chickens.  Large gardens and orchards provided much of the family’s food.  These farms produced food. 

        The small town merchants supplied the goods and services the farmers needed. They were productive and filled a need.

        Several things had a high priority for all these people.  They put family, God, and country first.  Education was high on the list for their children, and the quality of education was very good. 

        Honesty was very important.  A person’s word was very important.  A person’s word meant more than a written contract in many cases. 

        My Father farmed the land I was raised on for sixteen years.  There was a written agreement with the land owner the first year.  The next fifteen were done on a handshake.

        People had a strong work ethic.  They did not look to the government for a handout.  The poor, disabled, and handicapped were taken care of locally.  There was alcohol and drunks, but very little drugs or crime compared to today.

        I feel so lucky to have grown up in this time period.  It was a great time to be a kid.  Now entire sections of farm land do not have a single building.  As population decreases, businesses close, and small towns die.  We have lost an important part of our society.

        Too many people get rich in today’s society without ever producing anything.  The stock market makes many people rich, but produces nothing. 

        We have 5% of the world’s population and 70% of the world’s attorneys.  Many never produce a service or product with any value.

        Teacher’s unions no longer put the children first.  Kids are indoctrinated instead of educated.  Small fortunes are spent on four-year college degrees that are totally worthless, and then graduates that do not have the skills to make a living want the government to pay off their loans.

        The federal government has grown totally out of control, and is inefficient at best.  Most of their regulations hamper rather than help or assist business.  Welfare and give-a-ways increase with hope of buying votes.  Politicians that produce nothing become millionaires.    

 

“No society ever thrived because it had a large and growing class of parasites living off those who produce.”  Thomas Sowell

 

We must fight for fair elections and take control back from the DC establishment and Deep State.  These are the first steps to take back this country.

 

Business Fits by Terry Oliver Lee is available on Amazon as an e-book or a paperback. http://BusinessFits.com

Amendment IV

 Amendment IV

          The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

 

        This amendment is part of what is normally referred to as the Bill of Rights.  The founding Fathers knew how they been treated by the British and wanted to protect this God given right.  It is very clear and easy to understand. 

 

        Now let’s take a look at the Search Warrant used to raid Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home:

Property to be seized

C. Any government and/or Presidential Records created between January 20, 2017 and Januar4y 20, 2020. as well as any other containers/boxes that are collectively stored or found together with the afore mentioned documents and containers/boxes.

 

          Any literate person of reasonable intelligence can clearly see that this search warrant violates the 4^th Amendment and is illegal.  It is simply a fishing exposition to harass Trump.  I don’t care if you are Democrat, Republican, or Independent; you have to be appalled by this type of government over-reach and corruption.

 

        The affidavit for the warrant to raid Trump’s home has been released.  Over half of it has been redacted.  This cover-up proves that the search warrant was in violation of the 4^th Amendment and should be prosecuted as a felony,

        What are we going to do about the corrupt politicization of the FBI and DOJ?  This can’t be allowed to continue if our Constitutional republic is going to survive.

 

 

We must fight for fair elections and take control back from the DC establishment and Deep State.  These are the first steps to take back this country.

 

Business Fits by Terry Oliver Lee is available on Amazon as an e-book or a paperback. http://BusinessFits.com

How DO You Make Money?

I am only going to address legal ways to make money.  I will not discuss either private or public organized crime.  The private sector could involve jail time which is not attractive.   In the public sector, we have too many people going to Congress as paupers and leaving as millionaires. 

There are five ways a business makes money. 

1.  With a special skill or talent. 

If you are a medical doctor or surgeon, people come to you.  Some other special skills might be; veterinarians, land surveyors, lobbyists, and in some cases lawyers.  Congratulations if you fall into any of these groups. 

2.  Having money to invest. 

Many of us have money invested in a savings account, stocks, bonds, or a 401K, but it does not generate enough income to live.

If you have enough money, you can invest it wisely in a business and make money.  You may or may not want to be personally involved in the business.  Both options are available

3.  With employees.

If you have enough employees working for you and those employees are efficient in their jobs, you should make money from each employee’s efforts.

Employees may be skilled or unskilled, but in either case you must be able to manage those employees.  Employees are human and do not always do what they should.  Some people cannot manage employees even with a good system. 

4.  Selling.

If you don’t have a lot of money and or employees, you have to be able to sell.  A good sales system can help, but not everyone can sell.  

I have had clients say, “I can sell if it is something I believe in.”  This is a false premise.  Handling rejection is a big part of sales, and when you believe strongly in your product or service, the rejection is even more devastating. 

In reality, most businesses involve some combination of 2, 3, & 4.  Number 1 could still require the other 3. 

Every business has to be marketed.  A good web site or newspaper ad will not do it.  I have seen people spend their money on a great web site without a complete marketing plan to drive potential customers to the site.

 

“How Do You Make Money?” is chapter 5 in my book Business Fits.  More information is available there. 

Business Fits by Terry Oliver Lee is available on Amazon as an e-book or a paperback. http://BusinessFits.com

 

We must fight for fair elections and take control back from the DC establishment and Deep State.  These are the first steps to take back this country.

Democrat Party Gestapo

We have never seen the amount of corruption in our federal government that we are witnessing today.  Enough is enough.   

Government agencies have been turned into a political Gestapo for the Left.  All the intelligence agencies have been corrupted, and even others like the IRS.  The IRS is adding 87,000 new agents and arming them.   They are not needed and certainly don’t need to be armed.         

The FBI and Department of Justice are the worst.  There is no excuse for their criminal actions targeting Donald Trump and anyone who supports him while all Democrats go free and their crimes are covered up.  

Trump and Trump supporters have been submitted to raids of their homes, strip searches, and been put in shackles in public arrests.  This has never happened to a Democrat. 

The FBI raid on President Trumps Mar-A-Lago home is a crime in itself.  I hope this is a step too far for the Democrats.  It should wake people up and guarantee the Democrats losing the House and Senate in November.  It may even guarantee Trump’s election in 2024.

Nobody in the history of this country has been investigated more, or had more false claims and lies against him than Donald Trump.  Even after all this he is cleaner than any of the people trying to frame him. 

Our justice system demands people be investigated that are suspected of a crime.  It does not allow investigating people to look for a crime.  This is what has been done with Trump. 

Attorney General Garland says we need to trust the FBI and DOJ to treat everyone equally under the law.  These are the same people that have called parents domestic terrorists.  They have manufactured evidence, altered documents, used illegal surveillance, and lied to the courts and Congress, including the Fisa Court.  They said the Steele dossier was real and Hunter Biden’s laptop was Russian disinformation.  Why should we ever trust them again? 

I used to say that there were only a few politically corrupt people at the top of the FBI and DOJ that needed to be replaced.  The corruption has gone past that now.  Any person that has participated or condoned the political corruption attempting to hurt Donald Trump or his supporters has to be fired and in some cases prosecuted.  “I was just following orders” is no longer an acceptable excuse.  Everyone must be held accountable.  

If we had equal justice, there are many people with clear evidence of crimes that should be in jail.  Nobody should be above the law. They include:  

·       FBI Director, James Comey

·       U.S. Attorney General, Loretta Lynch

·       FBI Deputy Director, Andrew McCabe

·       FBI Deputy Director of Counterintelligence, Peter Strzok

·       FBI attorney, Lisa Page

·       FBI General Counsel, James Baker

·       DOJ Senior Official, Bruce Ohr

·       Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper

·       Director of CIA, John O. Brennan

·       IRS Director, Lois Lerner

·       U.S. Attorney General, Eric H. Holder Jr.

·       National Security Advisor, Susan Rice

·       Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton

·       FBI Director, Christopher Wray

·       Attorney General, Merrick Garland

·       Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden

·       President, Joe Biden

 

        It is about time our justice system does its job. 

 

We must fight for fair elections and take control back from the DC establishment and Deep State.  These are the first steps to take back this country.

 

Business Fits by Terry Oliver Lee is available on Amazon as an e-book or a paperback. http://BusinessFits.com

 

E.S.G.

E.S.G. is the acronym for Environmental, Social and Governance.  This policy gives unelected federal bureaucrats in Washington the right to control business and industry.     

The government recommends that banks and financial institutions not do business with people or companies that do not meet their expectations because  of an environmental and social score.

Using E.S.G scores, the government can and do control and regulate our freedoms that they cannot get approval for though Congress.  Taking away second amendment rights is one example.

I personally know of one example involving a firearms manufacturer.  The company was planning on building a new manufacturing facility.  The company was solid and the numbers looked good.  

Most major banks were not interested in making the loan.  The problem was that a company manufacturing firearms did not score well with E.S.G. criteria.  

I do not know how the government enforces or promotes E.S.G, but it is a political tool that is unconstitutional in my opinion.  The federal government does not have the right to use finance institutions to control businesses for political purposes.

The Environmental, Social and Governance overreach of the federal government must stop.

 

We must fight for fair elections and take control back from the DC establishment and Deep State.  These are the first steps to take back this country.

 

Business Fits by Terry Oliver Lee is available on Amazon as an e-book or a paperback. http://BusinessFits.com