The American Pulse E19: How Humans Flourish

E19: How Humans Flourish w Special Guest Martin Barrett

 

E19 Introduction

Hello listeners and thank you for tuning in. I love this idea brought to me by my guest today of how do we flourish as humans? It is an idea that transcends political party and gamesmanship. And it begs a few questions. Are the societal and political structures that we strive within, are they allowing us to flourish or are they promoting other qualities. When we look around at our cities, do we see everyone flourishing? I don’t think anyone would truthfully say that we are, would they? And why is that? And what do we do about it?

There is a movement afoot from WE THE PEOPLE and my guest today truly exemplifies it. Sometimes with all the noise in the media and social landscape around what is happening in D.C. , we can lose focus on the things that are happening right down the street. Our communities need us in whatever small way we can serve and as many of us as possible.

If you are feeling called to make a small difference and you are here in KingCo, please reach out to us at www.kcgop.org. We want to hear from you. There are so many small ways that can help move the needle. We are doing this as a team. As WE THE PEOPLE.

Today’s interview is a good one and I would like to get right to it. Enjoy.

Martin Barrett Bio

My guest today is American Martin Barrett. Martin is a husband and father, a successful entrepreneur, a citizen journalist and the co-founder (along with his wife Beth) of the Burien News, who’s vision is to promote human flourishing through uplifting, truthful stories.

E19 Final Thoughts-

I hope you enjoyed that conversation as much as I did. If you are local here in the Seattle area, go subscribe to the Burien News. Martin and his team are living examples of the old axiom Think Globally, Act Locally and very much in alignment with the grassroots movement that is happening here at the King Co GOP and all over this great nation. Power to the people.

Thank you for tuning in and we’ll see you next week on The American Pulse.

 

 

 

The American Pulse E18: The Education Conversation

E18: The Education Conversation w Special Guest Chinmay Nagarkar

 

E18 Introduction

Hello listeners and thank you for tuning into the American Pulse. My guest today is a first-generation immigrant with a passion for education excellence for all of our children.

There is much debate these days (with all the corruption being exposed on the national level), of CAN we save the Dept of Education? Is it worth it? How do you correct course for a corrupt organization massive bureaucracy not to mention all the far left ideology that have replaced any real scholarship or deep learning for the kids. The Dept of Education has, to use political jargon, been captured.

Should the Dept of Ed be abolished? I have my thoughts on the matter as I watch countless homeschooled kids do miles better in their intellectual development than the public school kids. But we can‘t just abandon all of the kids that are in the system. It doesn’t seem right, does it? My guest today doesn‘t feel right about it either which is one of the reasons he is running for a local school board. Even though his kids are not in the system, he has still raised his hand to be a leader. I love this and it exemplifies the grassroots approach that we celebrate here on the Pulse.

I thoroughly enjoyed the conversation with this wise American. He has some great ideas about how can we can improve education in our great nation. Enjoy the interview.

Chinmay Nagarkar Bio

Chinmay, a first-generation immigrant, earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering in India and pursued graduate studies at Stanford University on a research scholarship. With over two decades of experience as an Engineering and Program Manager at companies like Amazon and Google, Chinmay has been a dedicated advocate for education reform and excellence.

E18 Final Thoughts-

If you want to research and support Chinmay in his run for Issaquah school district, go to www.votechinmay.org. I certainly will be following and supporting him in any way that I can. Thank you for tuning in and we‘ll see you next week on The American Pulse.

 

 

The American Pulse E17: We The Parents

E17: We The Parents with Special Guest David Spring

 

E17 Introduction

Hello listeners and thank you for tuning into The American Pulse. Sometimes you meet everyday heroes just going about your day. Such is the story of my guest today who came to speak to my LD last year to talk about the state of education and the transgender ideology that has exploded in our public schools here in WA. This combination of dropping test scores along with the meteoric rise of the transgender ideology and more and more mental illness has, from my vantage point, overrun our public schools.

Let’s be clear here before we proceed.. I am not against some poor child who is being encouraged to question his or her very biological reality. My beef is with the adults who have created and foisted these terrible ideas upon unsuspecting children and their parents who (I would imagine) must watch thunderstruck as their beautiful son or daughter start to walk a treacherous path of drugs and hormone replacement and (possibly) life altering surgery. Who created this? We’re going to talk about that today.

My heart goes out to the trans community. Truly it does and I think this is true for most of the conservative, independent, and libertarian minded Americans. We see what is being done and just because we won’t celebrate all things transgender, does not mean we are against you. Quite the contrary. We fight on your behalf. So future parents feel supported by schools and structures around them. Not threatened if they don’t go along with every crazy idea and legislative action put forth by people who benefit from widespread adoption of the transgender cult.

Ask yourself this: Do you really think Bill Gates and Bob Ferguson and Chris Reykdal care about the health and education of your children? If they did, why do their actions say otherwise? Don’t get mad, I’m just asking a question.

I had the great pleasure to meet my guest and we talked all about the state of education here in WA state. This is a bit longer of an episode but I think it is more than worth the listen. Enjoy!

David Spring Bio-

My guest today is David Spring. David is a retired professor, an author, a prolific writer, and a man who puts truth over ideology. Here is my interview with David Spring. 

 

 

The American Pulse E16: Creating Unity from Conflict

E16: Creating Unity from Conflict w Special Guest Jolie Lansdowne

 

E16 Introduction

For those that haven’t heard, Seattle recently had a clash of cultures and activism when the Christian group “Don’t Mess with Our Kids” was exercising their Constitutional right to free speech and assembly and was confronted by two groups, the LGBTQ community and Antifa, a group bent on disruption, violence and rioting.

The police were once again caught in the middle. Doing their best to keep order and give the Christian group a space to assemble without being bullied or shouted at our having things thrown at them.

Did the Seattle Times respond with even-handed skillful journalism? Ha! Of course they did not, referring to the Christian group as “fascist family values”. Who has time for all this inaccurate name calling? Isn’t everyone in Seattle and throughout our nation tired of the lies and deception of the status quo and ready for dialogue and unity and common ground?

I think so and so does my guest today. Jolie Lansdowne is our Chairwoman of the KGGOP and a woman who leads with vision, heart, and wisdom. All qualities that people from all walks of life and along the entire political spectrum are more than ready for, in my humble opinion. Enjoy the interview!

 

 

 

The American Pulse E15: An American Mindset

E15: An American Mindset

 

E15 Introduction

 

A Collectivist mindset vs what I am now calling an American mindset. These distinctions are important right now and, without really realizing it, we have been swimming in a Marxist/collectivist context.

Pushed by media and social media alike, with innocuous sounding expressions and sentiments like we just need to “do what is right for everyone” and “can‘t we all just get along”, and even the misunderstood word “democracy” give you a glimpse into collectivism and Marxism. These sugary sentiments are the lipstick on the collectivist pig, so to speak.

Remember, it’s the Globalist dream to have everyone in a Collectivist mindset and defending these values and virtue signaling about it. This makes us easier to control and sell all their bad ideas to. The anecdote to this: an American mindset with self-responsibility, a love of freedom for all, and sovereignty for future generations.

You don’t need to ask anyone for permission to adopt an American mindset. It is your God-given right, your birthright even to stand in American principles. With the Trump election and DOGE in full swing, the Globalists and their collectivist dream are backpeddling. But let’s not get complacent. Let’s lean into and express our principles to ensure future generations get their fair shot at the great American experiment.

Lastly, (before we fully swing into the episode) a little food for thought. Could we have two America’s right now? On one hand, a United States Corporation based out of DC (a foreign-owned territory and and not part of our Republic) This foreign-owned corporate entity, views you as property of the corporation and preaches Collectivism and Democracy with their dreams of a an efficient, authoritarian, collectivist control system.

And, on the other hand, the American Republic, coming from WE THE PEOPLE, standing opposed to the Corporation and aware of our God-given rights standing in our American values with our American mindset. And to make it even more interesting, is our sitting President fully-aware of this dynamic? I will tell you one thing, things are getting interesting.

I crafted this episode out of one I did a few years back on my other podcast Basecamp for Men. I made a few updates and modifications for The American Pulse. I hope you enjoy the episode.