Day Two of the October 2024
Holiday to the Great Upper
Middle West
9 October
As we Traveled North on I-75 to the USS Ranger (CVA-61) Reunion we stopped at Corbin, Kentucky for the evening of 8 October. I took this view of the Cumberland River from our Lodging that evening.
October 2024
Visit to the Holy Land
Since before COVID - 19 was a World Wide Epidemic in 2020 My Bride and I have not visited the Land of My Birth and My Wonderful Siblings. In early 2024 the decision was made that a visit would be very appropriate simply because I was not getting any Younger. Therefore we arrived in Guttenberg, Iowa on the evening of 19 October with the Goal of Worshiping on Sunday, 20 October at Trinity Lutheran Church. The Church of My Baptism and My Confirmation in 1940 and 11 April 1954 respectively. The Message was from the Gospel Lesson. "A Journey of Hope!!" My Lord Helps Me when I am weak. We are Comforted and have that because We Believe, which allows up to Have Peace in Our lives. The following is what I learned as it relates to Me, Alan.
I am saved through Faith! I am to be Strong in the Lord! I am to put on the whole armor of God!! He Protects Me and I am able to return to My Home in Peace.
We Must Demand The Truth
in the Political Promotions and/or
Commercials For the Upcoming
Presidential Elections!!!
Here is a letter I just sent to My Duly Elected Leaders:
Alan
F. E. Thiese
23 August 2024
The President
of the United States of America
The Vice
President of the United States of America
The Senate
Majority Leader
The House of
Representatives Speaker
The Senior
Senator for Georgia
The Junior
Senator for Georgia
The Eighth
District Representative for Georgia
Greetings
Honorable and Duly Elected Officials,
This
is Number 35. As You review the attached
letter you may wonder how I remember so much.
A quick story here is in order.
Many Years ago when My Sons were in Middle and High School it only
happened a few times when they would perform poorly on a History Exam. I would discuss the situation with them and
remind them that all they had to was review the assigned material. Their quick response was usually: “Dad, this History is easy for You, it
happened during your lifetime!” My
usually response was something like this:
“In spite of what you may think, I was not a Mess Cook on Noah’s
Ark. Admittedly I was a subject matter
expert on the Vietnam War and later History, but what I knew then and still
know now came from a study of the books I was assigned to read.
Why
is this applicable? As you review My
letter of 22 August 2024 to Madame Kamala Harris contains a lot of History from
My Own Youth. Simply stated “I remember!”
As
we all prepare for Election Day 2024 I consider it crucial that we all keep to
the actual facts in the Campaign Promotions the Candidates use. These Promotions can be, as you know, E-Mails/Social
Post on the Plethora of Media/Television Commercials/Mailed Flyers/Phone Calls! Some of the “Stuff” I have viewed or exposed
to by the various media is simply not true.
Just this morning My Sony was expounding some TV Commercials that stated
that the Republican Candidate for President was going to “Do a Ban on Abortion
USA Wide/Eliminate Social Security/and other topics that our Friends in the
Democrat Party are promoting to win this upcoming Election. Some of this “stuff” was also mentioned by
the Democrat Candidate President during the Democrat National Convention (DNC)
last evening, 22 August 2024.
Additionally,
the Democrat Candidate for President this November is “reinventing”
herself. A few weeks ago she was against
a long list of stuff. Now she is
reportedly supporting “Fracking,” Downplaying the impact of the “Green New Deal”
to list but a few projects/schemes she has supported and in some cases very
actively supported and promoted in the past!
I get the impression she is now on the “Other Side of the Fence” in an
effort to garner Votes. If she should
win will she maintain her new “self” once she is sworn in as Our
President?
From
My own Point of View – I doubt she will remain consistent with her new found
positions/policies she is currently using to gain the Office of President of
the United States. Her current
positions/policies could simply be a guise to win the Election.
Additionally,
Her Advisors and/or Handlers may be keeping her uninformed on the real status
inflation, which I discussed in My letter of 22 August 2024.
In
any regard, I will hold any of you accountable, as the Media also should for
any change in course she is currently using to possibly win this Upcoming
Election. It is really against any and
all principles of “Leadership” to gain a position that may be coveted by anyone
Person, Group, or even a Political Party.
If
this is the best the Democrats have to Offer, Commercial/Promotion wise than I
would humbly suggest that:
We All Need
Pray, No Matter What Faith/Belief We Profess That Our Respective God/Supreme
Leader Maintain the United States of America A “City on The Hill!” and also a
leader of all Freedom Loving Peoples on this Planet.
I continue to
have HOPE In and For the Future of the United States of America!!!
One of the words I heard often during the
just completed “Democrat National Convention” is “JOY!” I am still waiting for the expressions of “JOY”
from the families in our beloved United States of America who have lost loved
ones from the crimes against people committed by the “Illegal Immigrants” the
Biden/Harris allowed in to Our USA! I do
not anticipate that there is much “JOY” for the Families who have lost Loved
Ones because of Fentanyl in the last three and one half years. I am respectfully suggesting that there
certainly be “JOY” once our Fentanyl Problem is eliminated and the Crimes
against people dramatically reduced.
Just this Morning it was reported that over 37 shots were fired and
experienced in the City of Chicago and at least Seven people were Killed during
the period of the recent Convention. Not
much “JOY” in that statistic.
Submitted with True Concern for
our United States of America and also the Planet,
Alan F. E. Thiese
My Recent Correspondence with
Democrat Presidential Hopeful
Alan F. E. Thiese
22 August 2024
Madame
Kamala Harris
Harris
Victory Fund
Post
Office Box 96663
Washington,
D. C. 20077-0752
Greetings,
I take this opportunity today to send you a letter
to share information with You as You seek the Office of President of the United
States of America. I am always impressed
that Candidates send me letter requesting My Financial Support. That stated I am My Father’s Son. My Sainted Dad would always write to candidates
in long hand and express His concerns and also ask them their views and plans
regarding various subjects of concern to him.
If he received no response he quickly crossed them off of the list of
people he would vote for. Both My Sister
and I are following his example. I
realize that this address is set up to process Financial Donations and
hopefully some one here can forward this letter to you.
What You may not know about Alan is that He served
in our U.S. Navy from August 31, 1961
through December 31, 1981. I served of
four U. S. Navy Ships and deployed three times to defend our U.S.A. Two to the Western Pacific and one to the
Mediterranean Sea. The first deployment
was on the USS Ranger (CVA-61) of Top Gun Fame to the The Western Pacific before anyone except the
People in High Positions knew about the Vietnam War. The deployment to the Med was on a Guided
Missile Destroyer and My final Deployment was to the Pacific onboard the last
All Gunned Destroyer the USS Hull (DD-945).
The Hull was named after the DD-350 which was sunk during World War II
during Typhoon Cobra. I would urge You
and even your Campaign Staff to Read the Book – “Sea Cobra” by Macon, Georgia
Native Buckner F. Melton Jr. who performed in depth research reviewing over 500
documents contained in a wide number of sources to write this compelling
document which describes the events of December 18, 1944 when several ships
were lost at Sea as well as the lives of over 700 Young Sailors. One of the Navy Officers involved in the rescue
of the survivors was a Young Navy Lieutenant named Gerald R. Ford. As You most likely know he served our U.S.A.
as a President many years later. Of
course the high point of My Service was My time onboard the USS Ranger (CVA-61)
where I worked in the Operations Office which allowed me to learn much about
World War II from the events that the Operations Officer shared with us all. He
was a Naval Aviator and he often took the opportunity to share his experiences
as a Survivor of the Bataan Death March.
The Skipper of the Ranger was also involved in World War II and was a
renown Fighter Pilot who was credited with many kills.
The most educational Shore Duty for me, a Young
Sailor from the Farms of Northeast Iowa, was my assignment to the staff of U.
S. Naval Forces, Europe. The Admiral
was John S. McCain, the Father of a former Prisoner of War during Vietnam who
went on to serve as a U. S. Senator.
It was during this Staff Duty that I participated
on the Memorial Service honoring President Dwight David Eisenhower for his
performance in the European Theater of Operations during World War II as the
Army General responsible for the successful “D” Operation.
I provide this information here so that You can
appreciate that I consider myself very well invested in the future of our
United States of America. I frequently
correspond with the top leadership of our Government and frequently receive
replies.
As You can appreciate I am especially interested
in the future of our U. S. Navy and I was delighted to hear one of Your
Campaign Commericals where You stated that You would take care of the
Military. I now take this opportunity to
share a list of our current and future Aircraft Carrier which I just obtained
from the World Wide Web.
WASHINGTON
— The Navy is weighing what to do about the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft
carrier, which has been battling Houthi rebel attacks on shipping in the
Red Sea for nearly nine months. The question is how to replicate the carrier’s
combat power if the ship returns home.
The
service has 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. Generally, they are getting
ready to deploy, are deployed or have come off deployment and have gone in for
maintenance and repairs.
The
carriers have a lifespan of about 50 years, and halfway through they undergo a
major overhaul of their nuclear and other systems, which can take several
years.
Here’s a look
at where the Navy’s carriers are now:
Deployed
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower —
Based in Norfolk, Virginia, and in the Red Sea, it left Norfolk on Oct. 14,
2023. Has been extended twice.
USS George Washington —
It is off the coast of Chile, sailing from Norfolk to San Diego and then on to
Japan, where it will be deployed, replacing the USS Ronald Reagan.
USS Theodore Roosevelt —
Based in San Diego, it has been deployed in Indo-Pacific Command since January
and is in the South China Sea.
USS Ronald Reagan —
It has been the carrier deployed in Japan. It is on patrol in the Philippine
Sea and will be going to San Diego.
Preparing to deploy
USS Harry S. Truman —
It is based off the coast of Norfolk in pre-deployment workups. It is about
halfway through its training for deployment and doing workups with the strike
group. It is expected to deploy in October/November.
USS Carl Vinson —
It is in the port in San Diego and is in pre-deployment workups. It will go to
the large, multinational military exercise known as the Rim of the Pacific
(RIMPAC) in July and deploy into Pacific Command late in the year.
USS Abraham Lincoln —
It is based in San Diego and has just finished its final composite unit
training exercises and will deploy to Pacific Command in July.
Being repaired
USS George H. W. Bush — It went
into maintenance last December.
USS Gerald R. Ford — It just
returned from deployment and has entered its maintenance phase, which should
last about a year.
USS John C. Stennis —
In May 2021, the Stennis went into what’s known as RCOH — the major refueling
complex overhaul — which can take four years. It is expected to return to duty
in 2025. RCOH happens about midway through a carrier’s lifespan, and during
that time, the ship’s electronics and combat and propulsion systems are
upgraded, replaced and tested.
USS Nimitz — It went
into maintenance in October 2023 and will move to workups later this year.
Not in service
PCU John F. Kennedy —
It will be delivered to the Navy next year.
Navy
to Name Future Ford Class Aircraft Carrier After WWII Hero Doris Miller
Acting Secretary of
the Navy Thomas B. Modly will name a future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft
carrier in honor of World War II hero Ship's Cook Third Class Doris Miller
during a ceremony in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
If you are Elected
as our Next President You will become very involved in critical decisions made
in the White House Situation Room. When
a crisis erupts and the Situation Room is considering any possible action/s the
question often asked is where are the Carriers.
Along with our vast
arsenal of Nuclear Powered Submarines we in the U.S.A. can be proud of our
Military. Unfortunately our Current
Administration of the Biden/Harris White House has not kept the Chinese
Communist Party (CCP) under control because of our President’s Son, Hunter’s
involvement in China. President Biden
appears to not wanting to upset the current situation which according to
various reports has resulted in major funding of the Biden Family. Certainly a sad situation which I sincerely
hope you will not continue if elected this November.
Now to give you
some appreciation of the impact of the late Representative Carl Vinson we here
in Georgia are a proud group of citizens who respect our U. S. Military. We are well blessed with many major Military
Facilities which have many citizens that contribute major funding to our State
Economy. Here is a list I compiled a few
years ago for our Georgia Government:
Military Bases in Georgia
A Summary of the economic
impact of the 8 larger Facilities
Please Note that that the information below is
what I was able to acquire from the respective Web-Sites of these
Facilities. There is no standard format
required so I am presenting what I learned.
Warner
Robins Airforce Base
– Warner Robins. 2019 information. Workforce 23,968 of which 14,821 are
civilians, 6,188 are Military and 2,958 Other employees – most likely
Contractors. The 2019 Economic Impact
was reported as 3.38 Billion.
Fort
Stewart/Hunter Army Air Base near Savannah.
21,818 Active Duty. Army
18,429. Reserve Members 593. Students 127 and 478 Other Services. DOD Civilians – 4,983. 1,143 Military Family
Members. 28,739 Retirees and Family
Members 45,454. Total: 121,763.
King’s Bay
Submarine Base
near St. Mary’s. Because of Security
Concerns the only population data available was from the 2010 Census. A total population of the Military Community
was reported as 50,513.
Moody Air
Force Base
near Valdosta. The only data I found was
the On Base Population was listed as 886.
Dobbins Air
Force Reserve Base near Atlanta. 2500 Air Force Reservist and more than 2000
Navy/Marine/Navy Reservist. This does
not include Family Members or Military Contractors.
Fort Gordon
Army Base
near Augusta. Of special note at least
5,000 Military who serve at the Cyber Security Headquarters which was
established in 2014. 30,000 Military and
Civilian Employees. Estimated Economic
Impact 1.1 Billion.
Fort Benning
Army Base/Training Command near Columbus. 120.000
Active Duty, Family Members, Reservist, Retirees and Civilian Employes.
Marine Corps
Logistics,
Albany. 1000 Military and 3000 Dod
Civilian personnel and Contractors.
Additionally I learned from the Veteran’s
Administration (VA) Web-Site that there are 697,127 Veterans living in Georgia
which is 8.98% of the Georgia population.
Of these over 88,000 are Female Veterans. This data was as of September 30, 2017.
Compiled on 13 January 2021
With this information now
available to you I would suggest that You not allow your Vice President
Selection, Mr. Tim Walz conduct any campaign activities in Georgia. I can not begin to comprehend how My Fellow
Georgia Citizens will react to any stops he would do in Georgia in light of His
Current nickname “Tampon Tim” which has been given to him in Conservative
Circles here in our Country!
As you continue your
campaign with statements that you will support our Military and the Veterans
that have previously served please remember that the Biden/Harris team has
targeted us with increased Prescription Cost.
Just recently I was charged a total of $16.20 for two items of medicine
that from any and all Veteran’s Point of View should have been totally free
based on our Service. Additionally My
one Major Prescription for Medication through “Express Scripts” has increase
from three or four dollars a prescription to a total of $13.00. Certainly I can not view this as a decrease
in my cost. I know that Your Campaign
Commercials say you will change this once elected, however my question to You
is Why Wait. As a viable Member of the
Biden/Harris Team I would suggest that You are in the ideal position to correct
this problem/concern experienced by Us Veterans Now while You are still working
in the White House.
As it stands today I
simply can not assist you in Your Campaign as You requested on the Post Card I
have received where You wrote:
“I would be so honored to have you on our
people-powered campaign. Together, we
will defend the promise of America – our freedom, our opportunity, and our
democracy. Together, we can win and
protect our future. Thank You!” signed Kamazla H.
Yes, Kamala, this is a
Very Noble cause, Yet, I Alan as a Retired U. S. Navy Veteran simply can not
afford any additional expenditure at this time.
Maybe after January 2025 I will be in a better financial situation.
With this in mind please
know that during the last three years and at least seven months I have received
well over $300.00 a month in Cost of Living increases. Admittedly this sounds great, however I
assure that every trip to the grocery store and the fueling station has
consumed these increases. In fact I am
now enjoying Beef Steaks less often than a mere four years ago. A sad situation indeed.
Yes I am aware that there
are some Fellow Georgia Citizens that do not agree with my view and facts as
were expressed during the Speeches at the Democrat National Convention the
evening of August 21, 2024, but please be sure that I served My 21 years in the
U. S. Navy so that they also have the right to free speech.
In closing, I also am
focused on “HOPE” in the future and I look forward to Your Reply to this rather
long letter. My future vote this Fall
depends on the answer/s I receive from the respective Candidates for the Office
of “The President of the United States of America!” I am indeed My Father’s Son. Thank You!!
Please note that I am
posting this letter prior to the Closing Speeches of the 2024 Democrat National
Convention tonight, August 22, 2024.
Submitted with Warm
Regards,
Alan F. E. Thiese
U. S. Navy Retired
Macon-Bibb Lottery
approved by
Macon - Bibb Commissioners
I recall that just a few years ago the Board of Commissoners approved a New Trash Pick Up Service for us, the Citizens of Macon - Bibb! We now rely on the Ryland Environmental to remove our Trash here in West Macon-Bibb. This it to happen on a Weekly basis on every Thursday. Household Hold Trash Every week! This is to take away the contents of the "Red Box" as I call them. Others refer to them as the Curby Derby!
On the weeks when the "Blue Box" is not emptied the "Yard Trash" which is usually piled up near the curb is to be hauled away. I usually use
Macon - Bibb Lottery
During prior weeks when the Trash Service has not been up to part I have relied on the County Commissioner who represents the area I live in to contact Ryland! From My point of view this is redundancy at its finest. No resident of Macon - Bibb should have to resort to their respective Commissioner to resolve any Trash Situation.
Therefore starting this week, the week of August 18 I am placing all of the Boxes along with the Yard Trash, either in Containers or piled at the curb. It will be like playing the Lottery. On Thursday evening I will have the opportunity to see which trash has been removed.
Number 33 To The Top Seven
Since December 2021 I have been sending letters with My Concerns. This time I included our Current Vice President. I write because I have HOPE.
Alan F. E. Thiese
5 August 2024
The
President of the United States of America
The Vice
President of the United States of America
The Senate
Majority Leader
The House of
Representatives Speaker
The Senior
Senator for Georgia
The Junior
Senator for Georgia
The Eighth
District Representative for Georgia
Greetings
Honorable and Duly Elected Officials,
This
is letter Number 33. Please note that
starting with this letter I am including the Vice President of Our United
States of America.
I
fear that Many of Our Elected Leaders have lost some or possibly all connection
with the People of the United States of America. I know for a fact that several of You have
Staff Personnel who are tasked with the purchase of the needed items that You
consume! That stated it makes it
difficult for You to really tell us – “We The People” that You know what it is
even like to understand what the price of groceries are. Almost on a daily basis I view Presidential
Commercials that tell me that things are better!!! Better than What? I say.
For
example in 2023 My Two Wonderful Sons gifted Me with this Blackstone Griddle so
that I can prepare wonderful meals for My Bride and Myself, as well as Our
Guest when we have a Meal with Family and Friends. It is shown here with the cover.
Please
note that the Blackstone Griddle was their gift to me for Father’s Day
2023. We have enjoyed many meals using
this Griddle.
Father’s
Day 2024 was quite different. Both My
Sons have advised me that the Challenges of supporting their own respective
Families has caused them to re-evaluate the amount the funds that they could
expend for My Gift in 2024. Admittedly,
I have also noted the increase in the amount of funds My Bride and I expend for
Fuel to Go the Church, Visit Friends and conduct other necessary business in
Our City. Additionally, we both also
know that the amount of money we spend here in 2024 for the basic necessities
of life, food and support items such as toilet paper have increased
dramatically.
Because
I personally know that living life here in 2024 cost more I appreciate that My
Sons were even able to give me this very appropriate gift for Father’s Day
2024. The message on the Cup indicates a
“Biden Supporter” however I think that they will not now become a “Harris
Supporter!” For that I Thank My
Creator.
I
am also aware that the cost of doing business has increased. Our Own U. S. Postal Service has recently
raised the cost of a “First Class Postage Stamp!!” When will our Top Officials currently
governing and those who seek Higher Office start being honest with us – “We The
People!” who actually know what it cost to live on a daily basis. For Your information very few of us have
Staff Personal who do our shopping or even conduct our daily business. Then to view Campaign Commercials on how
great things are is rather sickening!
Prior
to stepping down from seeking an additional term as President, Mr. President
Biden actually told us that the “Border Patrol Union and/or Their Chairman
Endorsed his seeking the second Term as President. Yet within a few hours the “Border Patrol”
people informed us that such was not, nor never the case.
The
most critical aspect of the 2024 Presidential Campaign is the Attempted Assassination
Attempt of Our Former President who is seeking a Second Term. This happened on 13 July as you are all
aware, however there is much speculation as to why this event even
happened. Did Our Own Secret Service
fail the Candidate in Butler, PA. or was the whole situation a set up? Admittedly it is more and more looking like
it was a set up. Everyone is telling us
that they must get the investigation right and/or correct. A great goal.
But even this Television Viewer can not comprehend why the structure
with the dangerously sloping roof was not included in the area that needed to
be within the rifle range of protection of the Candidate seeking the Office of
President.
If our Current Administration can
weaponized the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) to prevent the Challenger to the Democrat Candidate for the
Office of President of the United States of America it may just be possible
that inadequate Secret Service Protection on 13 July 2024 in Butler, PA was
just another tool that may have been used!!
A terrible situation and a terrible thought, but one that
I certainly think Many Citizens are currently mulling over in their respective
minds. I hate to think that such a
concept was even considered, however the longer we wait, the more creditability
of it being possible. Or is the current
Democrat President seeker hoping that the “News Cycle” will soon overlook the
tragic event/s of 13 July 2024. I would
suggest that such is not the case. I
know that many news cycles ago our great United States of America lost thirteen
Heroes in the tragic withdrawal from Afghanistan. I know that this event has
not been lost in our History and I think that Many will Remember when the next
elections are held.
Many Seeking Election this
November 2024 are telling us All that HOPE for the future resides in their own
election. We simply must vote for
them. Interesting concept when I consider
what some of these who are courting me for My Vote have had a few years to put
appropriate policies/laws/governance in to practice to gain My Vote. Some of You simply must realize that You Can
Not now erase Your Past Statements and attempt to re-invent Yourself/Your
Campaign so that “We The People” will overlook your past record and gain a
Vote. Too often Political Parties will
tell us that the opposition is telling us “Lies,” as they promote their respective
candidate. My I remind each of you that
if “You Tell The Truth Concerning All
Situations” you will never have to change your Position on Any Matter!!!
This quote “The Truth Will Set
You Free” is from Holy Scripture, however I suggest to each of You that this
concept will also apply to Our respective lives no matter what Our Religious
Beliefs!!!
Please be sure and also confident
that I, Alan have HOPE for the future and this is as I have states in previous
correspondence is why I continue to send each of You these periodic letters
which I have mailed to you since December 2021.
Prior to closing this letter My I
encourage each of you that the Attack Against Israel in October 2023 by the
Hamas killed the equivalent of 40,000 if they had attacked the USA. Yet We All Hear that Some of You, Mr.
President and You Madame Vice President are encouraging Israel to allow a two
state situation in Israel/Gaza. For Your
information this War is an Old War.
Death to Israel has been the situation since Abraham’s two sons became
citizens on this Our Planet many years ago.
Isaac’s and Ishmael’s have been involved in conflict for many years and
yet we have Modern Day Leaders who are now attempting to resolve this issue and
accepting the chant “Death To Israel!” I
would encourage our Duly Elected Leaders at All Levels to let Israel do what
needs to be done and get out of the Way.
Then You each must also consider the fact that Israel has been our “The
USA” Ally in the current situation. I
suggest that you do not now, or ever in the future betray our Ally, Israel.
Recently I have heard that The
Democrat Candidate for President during the 2024 Election may just select a
dedicated Jew as Her “Vice President” nomination. I would hope that Mr. Shapiro, who spent five
months in his Youth with the “Israel Defense Forces,” will soon realize that a “Two
State” solution to the current situation will not be possible.
In closing as I stated four
paragraphs prior to this one, I, Alan have HOPE for the future and encourage
each of you to simply do what is best for the future of “We The People” rather
than your own personal agenda.
Sincerely,
Alan F. E. Thiese
