Author: Kent

Past Publsher/CEO of the old Kokomo Tribune and Kokomo Dispatch. As one of a newspaper family who owned a 34,000 daily newspaper in the heart of the Midwest for 85 years, I have a deep belief in a strong “Fourth Estate”, the press. Without a diligent, truthful, and assertive free press, the power would be taken from the people. People have the absolute right to know. After earning a degree in Industrial Management from the Krannert School of Management at Purdue, I spent over 20 years in newspaper management with several as publisher. I also hold three graduate science degrees including a Ph.D.. I have a passionate interest in science, the environment, government, and politics. I have very little tolerance for ignorance and stupidity.
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Washington Examiner Turncoats

11-23-2020

Hugo Gurdon
Editor-In-Chief
Washington Examiner
1152 15th St NW
Suite 200
Washington DC 20005-1799

Mr. Gurdon:

Ya’all are going to have to eat this one…. “Biden Takes Charge”. The only place he will be taking charge of will be his basement at home in Delaware.

I do not know what the matter is with you and most other news media unless you, too, are on the take. Joe Biden is NOT the President-Elect. No one is as of this date. And guess what….. Joe Biden will never be the President-Elect.

The election fraud is mountainous. The Examiner needs to be reporting on that, not speculating anything about a post-election administration.

As Sydney Powell says….. the Kraken is coming.

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Politically Correct Audubon Society

November 15, 2020

Mr. David Yarnold
President/CEO
National Audubon Society
225 Varick Street, 7th Floor
New York NY 10014

Mr. Yarnold:

Early this morning, I picked up my copy of the Fall 2020 issue of Aubudon. It did not take long before I became irritated. I have been a supporter of the National Audubon Society off and on for a long time and will continue to do so. However, all of the now “political correctness” is nauseating. The first thing I would suggest is that you move out of New York City to somewhere in the middle of the country where life is a bit different.

So, I began to read, “Revealing the Past to Create the Future”. Your article could well have been written by Black Lives Matter. Prior generations had their faults as do we, but groveling at the feet of who knows who and erasing history, tearing down statues, renaming everything, and more is not the way forward. We must honor the accomplishments of the conservationists and environmentalists of yesteryear while at the same time forgiving them for their faults. They are dead. We move forward with corrections.

Then I came upon the sentence, “He enslaved Black people and wrote critically about emancipation”. And I read two pages later about the capitalization of the work “Black” when referring to people who “belong to the African diaspora”. Using the same reasoning, people from old Europe, Scandinavia, and the British Isles should be referred to as “White” with a capital “W”. Even the current AP Style book goes counter to your capitalization decision. Again, it is the political correctness that is nauseating. And, I think from now on I will be calling myself, “European American” or “Scandinavian American”.

So, ya’all need to get a life. Quit all the kowtowing, get on with fixing what needs to be fixed, and stand tall with your purpose for existing.

As you will see from my signature block, I have a varied and wide background. I was fortunate enough to have as a college professor, Dr Durward Allen, one of the giants of conservation in my opinion. I regard him as one of my mentors. He always taught conservation means the “greatest use of a resource for the greatest number of people for the longest time”….. the longest time being forever. Clearly, this means balancing between many values.

The one factor that he did not address and I believe NO environmental or conservation organization is honest about or will publically take a position on is the simple fact that planet Earth cannot and will not sustain a human population in the direction it is going. Every environmental crisis I can think of is rooted in that.

Finally, please get on with the role of the Audubon Society. Don’t get caught up in politics and political correctness.

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YouTube Cockroaches

Here is a list of some of the independent sites that have been taken down temporarily or permanently by the Cockroaches at YouTube:

Tish Dixon
Trump Rocks
Trump TV Network
Truth and Art TV
Truth and Art TV2
X22Report
X22Report Spotlight
Charles Ward
Amazing Polly
AmericaFirst
American Patriot
AndWeKnow
DeceptionBytes
David Harris Jr
DeepState&Cabal
DustinNemos
IPOT — In Pursuit of Truth
IntheMatrixxxx
Joe Alan
Joe M
Just Informed Talk
Lori Colley
Mark Taylor Official
Patriot
Prayingmedic
ProjectWeepingAngel
QuiteFrankly
RedPill78
SarahWestall
SGTReport2
SGTReport
SGTReportSpotlight
SpaceShot76
ThePatriotHour
TheRedElephants
QAnon

Surely there are more. Censorship is what they do. This cannot stand. It is time the Feds breakup these monopolies like they did MaBell decades ago.

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Message to Estranged Grandchildren

To My Biological Grandchildren…

You all are now young adults. I have often wondered if you have ever questioned why you have not had a Blacklidge grandfather and step-grandmother in your lives for these many years. I wonder about what you have been falsely told by those really responsible for our absence. Those would be your parents, primarily your Blacklidge parent. At some point, you may want to know the full story. You and we have missed much in these years. Marcia and I wanted very much to be a part of your lives. We want the very best for you on your paths…. always have.

Our love, Your Grandfather Blacklidge and Step-grandmother Marcia

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Return

I cannot believe how long it has been since really attending to this site. It looks like I posted one post all of 2020 so far. I need to get active again. The United States of America is at a tipping point. We will save the Republic or lose it depending upon the final outcome for the Presidency……. Trump or Biden. It is that serious.

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Toxic Agriculture

From the Organic Consumers Association:

“Industrial agriculture, with its toxic chemicals, monocultures, drugs and deforestation, is destroying the natural resources needed to sustain life on earth.”

Nothing more need be said……

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The Enemy Among US

Ever wonder why protests and demonstrations get started almost immediately after some announcement by the Trump administration? How anti-gun marches get set up so quickly after a school shooting? Huge marches on Washington DC are organized so quickly? The orders come directly from their headquarters in DC. Read this article attributed to Charles Krauthammer….

The Enemy is Among US!!
by Charles Krauthammer, October 11, 2017. An Article from the New York Post:

I do not understand how living in a country with its democracy established over 200 years ago, and now, for the first time in history, suddenly we have one of our former presidents set up a group called “Organizing for Action” (OFA).

OFA is 30,000+ strong and working to disrupt everything that our current president’s administration is trying to do. This organization goes against our Democracy, and it is an operation that will destroy our way of governing. It goes against our Constitution, our laws, and the processes established over 200 years ago. If it is allowed to proceed then we will be living in chaos very much like third world countries are run. What good is it to have an established government if it is not going to be respected and allowed to follow our laws?

If you had an army some 30,000 strong and a court system stacked over the decades with judges who would allow you to break the laws, how much damage could you do to a country? We are about to find out in America!

Our ex-president [Barack Hussein Obama] said he was going to stay involved through community organizing and speak out on the issues and that appears to be one post-administration promise he intends to keep. He has moved many of his administration’s top dogs over to Organizing for Action.

OFA is behind the strategic and tactical implementation of the resistance to the Trump Administration that we are seeing across America, and politically active courts are providing the leverage for this revolution.

OFA is dedicated to organizing communities for “progressive” change … Its issues are gun control, socialist healthcare, abortion, sexual equality, climate change, and of course, immigration reform.

OFA members were propped up by th ex-president’s message from the shadows: “Organizing is the building block of everything great we have accomplished. Organizers around the country are fighting for change in their communities and OFA is one of the groups on the front lines. Commit to this work in 2017 and beyond.”

OFA’s website says it obtained its “digital” assets from the ex-president’s re-election effort and that he inspired the movement. In short, it is the shadow government organization aimed at resisting and tearing down the Constitutional Republic we know as AMERICA.

Paul Sperry, writing for the New York Post, says, “The OFA will fight President Donald Trump at every turn of his presidency and the ex-president will command them from a bunker less than two miles from the White House.” Sperry writes that, “The ex-president is setting up a shadow government to sabotage the Trump administration through a network of non-profits led by OFA, which is growing its war chest (more than $40 million) and has some 250 offices nationwide.

The OFA IRS filings, according to Sperry, indicate that the OFA has 32,525 (and growing) volunteers nationwide. The ex-president and his ‘wife’ will oversee the operation from their home/office in Washington DC.

Think about how this works. For example: Trump issues an immigration executive order; the leftist media springs to action in support of these activities; the twitter sphere lights up with social media; and violence follows. All of this happens from the ex-president’s signal that he is heartened by the protests.

If Barack Obama did not do enough to destroy this country in the 8 years he was in office, it appears his future plans are to destroy the foundation on which this country has operated on for the last 241 years.

If this does not scare you, then we are in worse trouble than you know. So, do your part… You have read it, so at least pass this on so others will know what we are up against. We are losing our country and we are so compliant. We are becoming a “PERFECT TARGET” for our enemy!

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Democrats Betray Our Nation

The top national headline in the Tuesday, December 17th, issue of the Kokomo Tribune said, “Dems: Trump betrayed nation” when the only betrayal of our nation has been that of the Democrats.

It has been angering and disgusting to watch what the leaders of the Democrat party in the House of Representatives have done. They have repeatedly lied to the people of our nation. They have been trying to come up with some grounds…. any grounds…. to seek impeachment of President Trump since before he was sworn into office in January 2017. Russian collusion did not work. That attempt went on for years. Nothing else worked until they seized on Ukraine.

Now the alleged grounds are withholding military aid from Ukraine in turn for an investigation into the Bidens, both Joe and Hunter. It is damned clear the Bidens are as guilty as sin of corruption. The President has every right to ask the new President of Ukraine to take a look at what happened around the 2016 USA election as it involved people in the Ukraine. And he has every right….. and even duty….. to ask for investigation of the Bidens when good ole Joe was Vice President and Hunter was on the take. And even if President Trump wanted to withhold military aid to get an investigation — which he did not — that would have been in the best interest of the United States. I remind you, too, that President Obama did NOT provide any meaningful military aid to Ukraine as it defended itself against the Russians. President Trump did.

Both President Trump and President Zelensky, the new President of Ukraine, have repeatedly said there was no pressure for any investigation of anything. Too, we learned later that Zelensky knew nothing about any military aid which was forthcoming, let alone if it was being withheld which, I repeat, it was not. The tank busting Javelin missiles came.

So, the impeachment of President Trump for anything is a total basket of bird droppings. The Democrats have dug a hole for themselves. The Trump train gets longer and stronger with every passing day. All one has to do is look at the crowds that show up at Trump rallies. These are folks from all around the country. They are the deplorable, smelly Walmart shoppers. They no longer will be quiet or fooled by the Democrat establishment corrupt politicians. They cannot wait for the election in November 2020. Again, they will come from the hills, valleys, farms, small towns and large to elect President Donald Trump for four more years.

President Donald Trump deserves exoneration, not just acquittal in the US Senate. He is innocent of any wrong doing let alone any that rise to the level of treason, bribery, or high crimes and misdemeanors. The do-nothing Democrats are on the road to destroying their own political party. If so, good riddance. The worst are Adam Schiff, Jerry Nadler, Nancy Pelosi, and Chuck Schumer. Their sun is rapidly setting.

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Lynn “Rudy” Rudolph

In just a few short weeks, voters will have the opportunity to elect to Kokomo’s Common Council one of Kokomo’s finest. His name is Lynn Rudolph from the 2nd District.

I have known “Rudy” for decades. His background and reputation precede him. Rudy served many years on Kokomo’s police force. He led a special task force dealing with crime and drug enforcement. This task force, which benefited not only Kokomo and Howard County but surrounding counties as well, was recognized in law enforcement as one of the best. Rudy led by example. He always made it a goal to see that he and his fellow officers had the best training and education available. In short, they were very effective.

One year, Lynn Rudolph was recognized nationally as one of the top ten “Policemen of the Year”. He well deserved this honor and recognition.

I know all of this because I was an executive at the Kokomo Tribune at the time. I served on the Mayor’s Drug Abuse Task Force along with others of the community. We held Lynn Rudolph and his task force in highest regard.

Now we are at a time when we are hearing about drugs and crime in the news about every day. Kokomo is not exempt. We need leaders with experience and an outstanding track record. None could be better that Rudy’s. He would bring common sense, effectiveness, and results to a variety of issues as a part of the Kokomo Common Council. Rudy’s life is one of service to the community. We could do no better than have him as a member of our Common Council. We need to elect Lynn Rudolph.

Kent Blacklidge
Past Publisher/ Kokomo Tribune

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New Diversity in Congress

[From the Internet]

Several months ago, the 116th Congress was sworn in, and all day long, the media was fawning over the “remarkable diversity” of the new Democrat members. It was a day of “firsts,” we were told repeatedly. While the new Democrat majority offers members of note, we want to highlight a few “firsts” who are examples of the “diversity” that was sworn in then.

Here are our Top Most “Diverse” house Freshmen:

1. Ilhan Omar — The first person who married her brother to commit immigration fraud ever to be elected to Congress. Omar is also the first open supporter of female genital mutilation to ever be elected to Congress. Such amazing diversity! And this does not mention her problems with fraudulent tax filings.

2. Rashida Tlaib — One of the first Muslim Brotherhood-linked and anti-Semitic candidates to be elected to Congress. She also claims to be a Palestinian — not American. Wonders never cease. Also, she has a potty mouth using the term “Mother F—er” for the President.

3. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — Where do we even begin? Let’s just say she is the first person elected to Congress who lied about being from the Bronx, and thus, made up her life story. She’s also an overt Marxist, in case you forgot.

4. Abigail Spanberger — The first substitute teacher from an Islamist school (nicknamed “Terror High”) ever to be elected to Congress.

5. Donna Shalala — Rep. Shalala was HHS Secretary from 1993 to 2001 under Bill Clinton and worked from 2015 to 2017 at the Clinton Foundation, and in 2016 she admitted in an interview that some significant Clinton Foundation donors received “courtesy appointments” in the Clinton State Department. To top it off, apparently she can’t let go of politics. At 78, she’s the oldest female House Freshman in history.

6. Krysten Sinema — The first bi-sexual atheist to be sworn into Congress. She refused to take the oath of office on the Holy Bible.

These are just a few examples of the “firsts” that the media has been celebrating. Those who apparently show an open disdain and animosity for America as we’ve know it for over 200 years. And they all represent the Democrat Party. Kind of makes you proud to be an American, doesn’t it? All of this “diversity”!