Scared for my children and grandchildren

 Good day people. As you may know, I have been diagnosed with stage 4 renal cancer. I hope to begin my treatment soon so I can overcome this setback and get back to enjoying life once again. Any prayers and thoughts are appreciated.

Having cancer is scary. I have made peace with my life and being a Christian, If, for some reason, the treatment does not go as planned, I am ready to go see my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I cannot wait to see Heaven and all its glories. But, I am also concerned and sad. I will be leaving behind some awesome friends,(Jason and Andrew among them) family members and a wonderful and loving lady named Janie. She is the love of my life. Always has been even though things did not work out the first time around for us. She is an awesome lady and great companion. But my real concerns are with my chidren and grandchildern. My two daughters are both in their 30's and I think they will be OK if the time comes. I have a 10 year old and a 6 year old grandson. I pray their parents and their grandma(Janie) will help them understand that this should be a time of joy and celebration, not sadness. I will always be with them even if they do not see me. But, NONE of that is going to happen cause if the VA gets off their butt I will beat this thing worse than Reagan beat Mondale in '84. 

Sorry for the long lead in and personal stuff but I am also concerned for my children and grandchildren for other reasons.  The USA I love and grew up in is slowly vanishing. Personal responsibilty is being ignored by some and they want to blame everyone else for their plight in life. No job?Not my fault. I sit at home and collect benefits and eat candy all day so I am doing my part. No food or housing? Not my fault. Isn't the Government suppose to supply me with I phones, big screen tv, food stamps, condos and other NECESSITIES that make my life easier? I stubbed my big toe on the sidewalk the other day. Isn't the city responsible for my medical bills and punitive damages. I spilled hot coffee on myself at McDonald's the other day..guess I will sue them for me bring so clumsy. My great great great grandpa had a mule that was shot by a Union soldier...I want my mule back and I want it at TODAYS price, not the 1863 price. I love Star Wars more than Star Trek so I am going to deface that statue of Capt. Kirk and maybe even tear down that statue of the Enterprise. I could go on and on but hopefully you are smart enough people to get the drift as to why I am so concerned.

The Country is degrading. Journalism is dead, and the our fellow citizens have decided that voting is more of a chore than a privilage. Racial divide has increased the last 20 years because Politics has become a game where leaders play sides against each other. Money and power are more important to our elected officials than the will of the people. I have no doubt that under a strong liberal rule that values, beliefs and freedoms will be attacked constantly with a good possibilty of being eliminated. Socialism and Govt. control of everything is just ahead at the next sign post. The thing that is so frustrating is getting fellow citizens to see this and understand that their freedoms are in danger and their families are in danger. But hey, as long as we keep getting free cheese and I phones..who cares? Right? I just pray that my family and esp. my grandchildren survive the upcoming civil and military unrest that is probably going to include some sort of a civil war. May God help us all. Pray for your families and pray for your Country. Thank you for reading. Any and all comments are welcome, regardless of ideology. 

Clay Moorer, Father, Grandfather, Patriot and Assistant editor of the Treehouse of Liberty Blog.

Now what?

 I've held off on posting anything about the election because I haven't come to a decision in my own head how I feel about it just yet. There's a lot that seems to be questionable, but at the same time, we can't question our process just because we don't like the result. Regardless, I have to admit that my electoral map was pretty far off. Of course I wasn't alone. I saw polls that had Biden winning states by as much as 17 points, only to see them divided by a few thousand votes. I'm not sure most pollsters even make a legitimate effort, but Donald Trump may well be the most difficult president to poll or predict in the history of our country. No excuses though. I got it wrong.

Where do we go from here?

That's the million dollar question. I think there's very little chance this election is overturned. And for the overall health of our country, I think that's probably a good thing. Don't get it twisted. I think Donald Trump has been a far better president than Joe Biden will be, but we have to be able to trust our elections on some level. 

That trust is hard to come by when I see republican vote count watchers routinely turned away or kicked out. It's hard to come by when I see postal whistleblowers put on administrative leave for exposing corruption. It's hard to come by when I see cardboard being put over windows so no one can observe the counting even from outside the building.

I find it very difficult to believe that vote counting activities are being hidden from view because the people doing the counting are on the up and up. As I asked my significant other a few days ago, "Did you hide from your parents when you were reading the Bible or when you were smoking a cigarette?" The answer is obvious. There is no reason to hide doing what's right. It's when we are doing something we shouldn't that we try not to be seen.

This belief is reinforced by the fact that we now know that the Democrat National Committee and Hillary Clinton paid for a false Russian dossier, used to spy on candidate and later president Trump. This level of cheating makes Richard Nixon look like a harmless choir boy. It is the most egregious and heinous crime committed against the United States since Benedict Arnold's treason. It is made all the worse by the fact that NO ONE has been punished for it.

Liberals don't view elections the way conservatives do. Conservatives hope the rightful winner of an election takes office. Liberals want their guy or gal to take office whether or not they actually won. That explains the dossier. That explains the hiding of vote counts now. That explains why the Supreme Court will be packed, D.C. and Puerto Rico will be added as states, and tens of millions of illegal aliens will be made citizens. It's not about the country for them. It's about raw, unchallenged, unabashed power.

That is why it's so devastating to me that Joe Biden won this election. Soon my voice will be gone. Yours will too. So will that of anyone who dares to challenge the leftist authority. You think that's an exaggeration? We've already seen statues torn down because the leftists need to rewrite our history and silence any opposing voice. We've seen riots nationwide because the leftists have to get their way, be it by election or by force. They don't care which. We've been called everything from racists to smelly Walmart shoppers for four years in an effort to minimize our voices.

Furthermore, we can look forward to the loss of our energy independence causing gas prices to spike. We can get excited about the stock market plunging as our taxes go up and Biden enacts his proposed six-week national lockdown. I guess we can get pumped about the fact that every minority group -- each of which has seen its most prosperous four years in U.S. history -- will be struggling again. I suppose we can get on board with more wars for oil and new conflict, which we haven't seen in four years. And I'm sure if we stand against any of it, the country will be set on fire again.

I just wonder if conservatives will finally stand against any violence that may ensue. If so, I guess my next column will be more like one of those old letters soldiers sent back home during the first Civil War.

Clay and Jason on the Treehouse of Liberty podcast

Clay and Jason on the ToL podcast!

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Final Electoral Map

  https://www.270towin.com/maps/Devwd

It's that time. Here is my final electoral map. I'm sure you'll have a few states that you disagree with me on, but that's what's fun about any type of prognostication.

I started the map by filling in all of the automatic blue states. California, New England, and Illinois were all easy to pick. D.C. and Virginia are pretty easy to call too.

Then I moved on to the sure-fire red states -- much of the South and Midwest.

With most of my coloring done, it was time to tackle the swing states, and there are more of them than in most election seasons. Up for grabs to at least some extent were North Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Texas, Pennsylvania and Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada, and a few others. I also turned Oregon red. This is the only map I've seen that makes that bold prediction. I just can't imagine that the people in the state's main population center -- Portland -- would vote blue after essentially being occupied by leftist terrorists for four months.

I took the same view of Michigan. Democrat Governor Gretchen Whitmer is so unpopular there was actually a plot to kidnap and potentially kill her. Certainly those right-wing terrorists do not represent the entire state, but there is vast dissension in the ranks. 

Ultimately I ended up with President Donald Trump being reelected with 289 electoral votes to former Vice President Joe Biden's 240. This is a wider spread than most predictions, but the Trafalgar Group, which correctly called Trump's victory in 2016, has it 280 to 249 for the president. I'll consider myself within the margin of error.

What say you? 270 to Win is a great site that will let you color your own map. Share it here, and let's see who gets it right. I certainly hope the right gets it.

My Cancer and the biggest cancer of all, liberalism in the USA

 Dear  Fans,

 As you probabky know (from the OUTSTANDING and HEARTFELT blog Jason wote) I have been diagnosed with Cancer of the kidney and lymph glands. But I have outstanding Faith in the Lord, My doctor, my family and my awesome friends(Like Jason) and I will beat this if God chooses to let me. But enough about me lets talk about what will happen if Biden wins next month :(

 Uncle Joe has dementia and is bordering on Alzeimers..make no mistake about it. His elevator does not go to the top floor. I am not making fun of him, in fact, I feel sorry for him. He has allowed the anti American Dem Party to use him to their advantage. Do not kid yourself, if the libs take over this Country, we are doomed. Socialism and out of control Govt. Spending WILL raise your taxes and drain your bank account. NO DOUBT ABOUT IT! 

And a Green New Deal will collapse the market and industry. Why so many do not see this is a mystery to me. They are either too lazy, too ignorant, too uncaring or too Anti American to realize the destruction a vote for the Left will bring on this Country. I have a lot of friends and family that do not care for the attitude and demeanor of Trump. I agree sometimes. He needs to be cooler and let the media and interviewers trap themselves instead of trying to trap them himself. It is so easy to make the media and the Left look like fools. All you have to do is give them some rope and stand back. They will hang themselves...EVERYTIME!

 Let me close by saying that I respect and Love everyone, even libs. (like is another matter entirely) They have a choice to make like everyone else. BUT, whatever choice any of us make, we have to live with it and accept the consequences. That is why you need to study and research the situation before blindly casting a vote for someone because they hate Trump or they love Trump.  If you don't want to vote for Trump then that is your choice. But then either stay at home or vote a third party candidate...like my choice, Don Blankenship of the US Constitution Party. But remember this if you remember NOTHING ELSE...a vote FOR BIDEN is a vote AGAINST AMERICA . Plain and simple truth and fact. Don't believe me? Wait and see what happens if he wins. May God Bless us double if that happens. Thank you all for reading, use your brain, not your heart, when you vote. And do not let hatred of Trump cast your ballot for you. God Bless us, everyone!!

Cancer fighter extrodinare and Associate editor of the TOL blog, Clay Moorer

We're not happy, but we're hopeful: Beat this Clay!

 We here at the Treehouse of Liberty Times come before you today with a mixture of bad news and overwhelming hope. My dear friend, and ToL Times Associate Editor, Mr. Clay Moorer, has been diagnosed with kidney cancer. Before I continue, I must say that Clay did not authorize me to make this post, nor does he know I am writing it. But as he said yesterday about sharing the news on Facebook, "No secrets. I'm not a liberal." He made me laugh in a time of concern, which is exactly who Clay is to me.

For those of you who don't know Clay, I'm sincerely sorry about your bad luck. He is quite simply the epitome of selflessness, of everything you could hope a good friend would be, and a man of a great faith (which makes up the core of who he is.) He has two adorable grandsons, of whom he is rightfully one proud granddad. He is a former United States Army MP, and his love of country is unparalleled in my experience.

I met Clay via a friend on Facebook. I sent him a friend request because he seemed like a pretty good guy. I didn't know the half of it then. Since, he has become one of my most reliable friends. He has appeared several times on the Treehouse of Liberty Podcast, and frankly is the driving force behind the Treehouse of Liberty Times.

If it sounds like I'm writing an obituary, I can assure you I absolutely am not. I know that Clay will tackle this challenge with the same ferocity he verbally eviscerates the left. Rather, I am humbly asking that you keep our friend in your thoughts and prayers, send him your best juju, positive thoughts, whatever is the best way for you to send him your energy.

Our Good Lord has in no way written Clay's last chapter. I can assure you that when the next one is written, he will be right here, writing it himself.

Much love, brother. I look forward to the great news of your complete victory.

-- Jason Fornwalt, ToL Editor, and more importantly Clay's friend

Let's talk fascism

 It's ironic that Antifa is a left-wing group. Afterall, "Antifa" stands for "anti-fascist." And what is fascism? According to Merriam-Webster, it is "A political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition." Merriam-Webster lists a second definition as "A tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control." (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fascism)

Now, let's take a look at which party actually embraces this philosophy and desires this form of government.

Is President Trump a nationalist? I think it's fair to say that he is -- not in an unhealthy sense, but in the sense that he believes in American greatness and wishes to see it continue. Does President Trump "Exalt race above the individual?" No. While he has geared some of his policies toward improving the lives of under-served minority groups, his desire is to continue to build a United States in which all people can flourish. Is President Trump a "dictatorial leader?" Absolutely not. This is evidenced by his COVID-19 response. He provided ventilators, PPE and hospital beds to the most unprepared states, but allowed governors to devise their own plans to battle the virus. He delegated. He didn't dictate. Does President Trump believe in "severe economic and social regimentation?" Quite the contrary. He believes that a free market economy does and should pick winners and losers, and has done very little to interfere with current social norms. Does President Trump believe in "forcible suppression of opposition?" No. If he did, the Antifa and Black Lives Matter terrorists who are burning and looting our country, murdering police officers and others, and trying to create change by force would have been crushed.

Plain and simple, President Trump is not a fascist.

Now let's take a look at the other side of the coin.

Is the modern democrat party nationalistic? Far from it. They see America as a republic founded on slavery and oppression that still does not provide opportunity for all. They believe that they are the only ones capable of rectifying this injustice, and that anyone who disagrees must be racist, hate women, and want to maintain white privilege. Do modern democrats exalt race above the individual? Of course they do. The constant theme is that "black lives matter." They look at skin color as the only determinant of justice or injustice. They immediately jump to conclusions and declare the police officer wrong when a black man is shot for any reason. They incessantly push that white privilege is a thing, and constantly stoke racial division.

This one is crucial. Do democrats stand for a "centralized autocratic government with a dictatorial leader?" Absolutely they do. Just look at their plans for what happens if Joe Biden is elected. Nancy Pelosi is setting up a 25th Amendment Commission that will examine the fitness for office of all future presidents. Shortly after the election, she intends for the commission to remove Biden and install Kamala Harris as the new president. Not elect -- install. They have already said that they will grant citizenship to the between 18 and 38 million illegal aliens in the country, securing those votes forever. They want to make Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico states, adding four more democrat senators in perpetuity. And then, in case anyone wants to challenge their successful soft coup, they will pack the Supreme Court to guarantee that nothing they do will ever be overturned.

Adolf Hitler would be proud of a takeover like that. It would appear peaceful. Heck, they may even be able to make it appear that the will of the people has been done. Yet any opposing voice would be crushed forever -- or at least until the Second American Revolution.

The sense of entitlement to rule by any means necessary (not govern) the democrat party displays should be horrifying to all of us. The things they have flat out said they're going to do bear no resemblance to the way our elections and government are supposed to be handled. Make no mistake, this is an iron fist, poised to smash those of us who understand the founding of our country and the documents we hold sacred.

What about "severe social and economic regimentation?" Well, declared socialist sure have established a nice foothold in the democrat party, haven't they? Hell, supporters of Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are an actual "wing" of the party now, that the establishment must cater to in order to maintain their support. And how often do you hear a prominent democrat talk about income redistribution? If democrats are elected, we will see a hard shift away from capitalism toward harshly regulated socialism. Socially, it will be their way or the highway as well. Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has proposed aborting babies once they are born, wholly separate from the mother. He said they will, "keep the baby comfortable" and then "let the mother decide." Not one prominent democrat condemned his suggesting fully-independent human beings be murdered. If that's their social view, I want no part of it.

And finally, do democrats "forcibly suppress opposition?" If you've turned on a television in the last several months, you know they do. You've seen people attacked because they're white, because they're Trump supporters, and because they refuse to exalt the black race over all others. You've seen statues torn down because leftists don't like them. You've seen "Black Lives Matter" spray painted everywhere from public streets to churches. You've seen churches burn. You've seen cities burned and looted. You've seen leftist terrorists seize parts of American cities. You've seen police ambushed for no reason. You've see molotov cocktails tossed into government buildings. More benignly you've seen everyone who disagrees with a democrat called "racist" in an effort to minimize and silence them. You've seen people in southern West Virginia who still use outhouses being told that, because of what they look like, they have "white privilege." You've seen conservatives called everything from a "basket of deplorables," to "bible and gun clingers," to "smelly Walmart shoppers" and worse. And why? Because we didn't fall in line and accept leftist rule.

This election is horrifying to me. If Trump wins, the nationwide leftist terrorist riots will increase dramatically in scale. If Biden wins, odds are good that what has been the greatest country in the history of civilization will be gone. They've said it. And I believe this is the one time the democrats will actually do what they say.

Jason Fornwalt, ToL Editor/Staff Writer