Chuck Klein

Chuck Klein is a former police officer, licensed Private Investigator (ret.), active member of International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors (IALEFI) and author of: INSTINCT COMBAT SHOOTING, Defensive Handgunning for Police; and other books, articles and columns. www.chuckkleinauthor.com

Perfect Storm

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Oil And Water: Islam And Christianity

The midterm election is set to produce a cataclysmic world. Socialist Democrats – aka far-left, radicals, socialist, communist – are really just intellectually duped-citizens. Their hatred of Trump is centered on his goal to return America to Judeo-Christian values, common sense and an America-first nation. These pseudo-Americans are blind to the consequences of  Muslim ideological infiltration of our core government. Neo-liberals such as AOC, Mamdani,  El-Sayed, et. al., swear loyalty to Islam…not the United States.

Stockholders Union

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Our income is under attack from both the right and left. The socialist left wants corporate profits to be restricted with higher taxes while the Trump administration has been intimidating corps to lower prices – both plans mean less income to pay their shareholders. Corporations use their gross income (profit before tax) for capital improvements and research. What remains after taxes is paid out as dividends to the owners (stockholders). Anyone who has common stock – either personally, in trust or in a retirement account – is at risk of losing income when publicly traded companies encounter reduced profits.

Coming Soon from Chuck Klein

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My latest book, CIRCA 1967, Unyielding Mind-set Street Cop turns P.I. Collides with Anarchy, is a forty-year odyssey—a trek, a pilgrimage, a crusade—one man’s three lifetimes: from a twenty-something blue collar/junior executive to an excitement-driven law enforcement officer to the mature fiftyish private investigator involved in a world-changing ordeal.

Liability Insurance

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The sound of breaking glass awakens you in the dead of night. You instinctively grab your trusty shotgun, herd all family members into a single room and call the police. However, before the police arrive the intruder finds you and advances – the 2×4 he used to break your sliding glass door raised above his head. Fearing for your life and your family’s – you shoot him.

A Gated Community

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Polite society expects everyone to be good and punish those who are not good. Good being defined as living a lifestyle where rewards are earned – not entitlements just for being good. Most western nations compel citizens to earn their own way and charitably help those who struggle. However, liberalism has evolved into treating felons almost like visiting dignitaries, to wit: our own taxpayer-financed penal system. We allow those convicted of heinous crimes to luxuriate in an obligation-free, communist-style gated community with air-conditioning access to TV, college degrees and health privileges that even some of our good citizens don’t have.

Travel-Trailer-Train

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Automobile-pulled travel-trailers have been around almost as long as passenger trains. But locomotive rail travel is nearly extinct due to excessive government regulations, freight traffic conflicts and costs. Time might be right for creating Travel-Trailer-Trains  – coupling together multiple travel-type trailers that have been made into full trailers (wheels at each end).

Serving America

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Memorial, Veterans and Independence are American tear producing days when we honor our soldiers – past and present. We are also blessed to have an abundance of patriotic citizens who have unselfishly served this country so many times. Right here on our soil and in highly visible positions are others of every affiliation who serve this great nation. Everyday our first line of defense, our police officers and firefighters unflinchingly serve at risks that cost some their livelihood and lives.

Common Sense

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A succinct definition of Common Sense seems difficult to state. The issue might be semantics. Even CoPilot AI struggles: “The shared, experience-based judgment people rely on to handle ordinary situations without needing specialized knowledge.” Merriam-Webster isn’t much better: “Sound and prudent judgement based on a simple perception of the situation or facts”. Now, with each word’s meaning defined, I’ll give it a try:

Consequences

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Trump has successfully demonstrated the tactic of threatening dire consequences to bring latent matters to the forefront, to wit: Greenland – the intended consequence was not “taking” this island but forcing Denmark to send arms to protect against China/Russia closing the new sea-lanes. The intended consequences of saying he was going to withdraw from NATO suddenly inspired the members to start paying up; and pressuring Cuba to change regimes by controlling Venezuelan oil….

Lie Detector

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The polygraph (lie detector) test does not determine truth – it reveals what one believes to be the truth. Even when confronted with conclusive evidence, eyewitnesses ofttimes believe what they’ve subconsciously convinced themselves to believe. Test-takers can pass this truth/belief test if they truly believe – not merely wish, deem or imagine – what they claim is the truth.  In other words, if a person believes that two plus two equals five, a polygraph test will confirm they are being truthful.

Cultural Rewards

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During WWII the upper echelon German leaders’ culture was fight to the death embracing even suicide…as Hitler did. The troops, however, were not fatalistic inasmuch as when faced with obvious over-powering odds they surrendered. The Japanese had a different culture: Military officers and their soldiers believed honorable death, including Hara‑kiri, was preferrable to capitulation. Their Emperor was slightly more realistic, calling it quits after experiencing the devastation of nuclear bombs.

Electoral College

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Contrary to media claims, there is no such thing as the Electoral College. Article II, Section One of the Constitution: “Each state shall appoint…electors”. Electors are chosen by political parties, usually at state party conventions, or by the party’s central committee. They are not elected by voters, per se.