Neither Musk or Trump Served in the Military – A “Middle Finger” to Vets

I heard the expression just the other day. “When are you going to grow up?” Fortunately it was not directed at me this time.

Easy for SNL to Make Fun of Him – Although People Laughed, they also CRIED for Ukraine

Author and speaker Brian Tracy had this to say about success: “Success is not necessarily determined by material possessions or accomplishments.

A wax museum in San Antonio, Texas, was forced to remove its statue of former President Donald Trump because visitors kept attacking it. Louis Tussaud’s Waxworks transferred the statue from the gallery to a storage unit after the museum’s guests repeatedly punched and scratched the figure, causing damage.

Nice T-Shirt on Musk! Why wasn’t he kicked out of the Oval Office?

Hundreds of Our Friends feel as if they can do nothing except Vote at the next election. This is not true. Here are just a few ideas.

Rep. Keith Self (R-TX) was met with chants of “do your job” at a town hall on Saturday.

Norwegian fuel company Haltbakk Bunkers has announced it will cease supplying fuel to U.S. military forces in Norway and American ships docking in Norwegian ports, citing dissatisfaction with recent U.S. policy towards Ukraine.

Trump and Musk are destroying the electric vehicle market only to benefit themselves.

Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans.

Rubio sat spineless during Trump’s and Vance’s meltdown in the oval office, then has the “guts” to post the following. Thanks Rep. Eric Swalwell for casting a spotlight on the REAL Rubio.

Russia’s greatest military asset is not any bomb, tank, plane or ship. It is the Republican Party.

Trump Sides with Russia, Ambushes Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Arizona is leasing farmland to a Saudi water company, straining aquifers, and threatening future water supply in Phoenix. Fondomonte, a Saudi company, exports the alfalfa to feed its cows in the Middle East. The country has practically exhausted its own underground aquifers there. In Arizona, Fondomonte can pump as much water as it wants at no cost.

Recently in an exercise class we were requested to stand behind our chairs and march in place. It is strange how old memories come back. As I marched I recalled a parade I marched in July 4th, 1952 as a PFC in the U.S. Army. Recalling that event a few years ago I wrote this.

Give a cheer, give a cheer, for the Volunteer For while others say they’ll see to it, Give a cheer, give a cheer for the Volunteer For they simply go out and do it!

Michigan Representative Josh Schriver is set to introduce a resolution urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges, which has protected the right to same-sex marriage since 2015.

A Poem by Art Fettig Here’s to the Seniors, Survivors all. Many answered Their Nation’s call.

Jeannette Garcia – Another Baseless Claim? She claims and posted that Tom Hanks is a pedophile. She now is walking it back and changed her post which now says that she really meant “pedo” in Spanish which means “fart”.

Art Fettig is a successful corporate president, a publisher, author of 35 books now in print, and featured in over 50 videos.

I watched most of the recent Democratic Presidential Candidates’ Debate and then asked myself “Why would anyone in their right mind want to become President?”  Fame? Glory? Prestige? Money?

Over the fifty years I’ve worked as a Professional Speaker I have made speeches in so many different fields and topics and some of my clients have made recordings of my work.

Publications by Art Fettig

Taking a risk is one of the few “no lose” situations that life has to offer—if we succeed, we’re happy and excited, and if we fail, we have the opportunity to learn from the experience which makes it much more probable that we’ll succeed the next time around.

It was mid October 1952 and I was an officer’s records clerk in the 99th Field Artillery, a private first class on a Landing Ship Troops (LST)  headed towards North Korea.

“The greatest untapped resource we have in this world is the human potential.” I’ve said that many times in many situations and I’m not certain who said it first but it is a mighty challenging thought. When one gets in the upper ages one might ponder those paths untaken.

Devastating storms ravage Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia, causing multiple casualties. The governors of these states declared national emergencies. What did Trump do? He went to the Daytona 500 on the taxpayer dime, costing us millions of dollars to take photo ops of Air Force One flying over the stadium and his motorcade doing laps around the track.

The Weakness of Trump is now Showing on the International Stage

English writer and philosopher Aldous Huxley (author of Brave New World written in 1932) was often asked, “What is the most effective technique for transforming my life (meaning what can I do to make changes leading to a noticeably better or more fulfilling version of myself).”

Tariffs on US imports from Canada and Mexico were announced Saturday by the Trump administration and are set to take effect on goods arriving here Tuesday, as President Donald Trump followed through on a campaign promise by taking action against America’s two biggest trading partners.

The auger in the ice maker in my refrigerator broke a …

Art Fettig is a professional speaker and the author of 22 published books. His Three Robot series of books for children are based on three fictional robots’ names, Pos, Semi-Pos and Neg. Fettig’s goal and mission in life is to bring positive living concepts to children and their parents.

In 1980, Art Fettig was certified as a “Speaking Professional” by the National Speakers Association. He is now a veteran of nearly 3,000 professional presentations to audiences around the world.

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When it comes to impacting people’s lives, nothing is more powerful than kindness. As Albert Schweitzer once said: “Constant kindness can accomplish much.

Wife, Jean’s aunt Estelle Goodwin of Dunn, North Carolina was lookin’ great, her mind was sharp and she was on her feet for at least a half an hour and movin’ like a young lady, celebrating her 100th birthday with about 250 guests.

I watched the movie version of the classic musical “The Music Man” recently.  I watch it about once a year just to keep my energy up. The Star is Robert Preston and gosh, does he bring up the memories.

The president soon attacked her after the event, calling her “nasty in tone, and not compelling or smart.”

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Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) called for Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde to be deported from the country in a post from his official U.S. House member account on X.

My friend Patricia shared the following story. On her way to work on the morning I saw her, she pulled up to a stop light alongside another car. She looked over at the driver and smiled. At this point the driver of the other car smiled back and motioned for her to roll down her window, which she did.

As I was thinking about what I was about to write I caught myself staring at the wall beside my computer but seeing nothing. Just staring into space, searching for a creative spark, sort of, and when I focused in I realized that I was staring at the thirty plus photos of family, friends and business associates who had played an important role in my life. 

A decade or two ago when I was on the road speaking a lot I used to go to bed early and plan to rehearse speech segments in my mind.  I would actually see myself out on a stage delivering prepared material.

Surgeon General, Vivek H. Murthy, posted the following personal story in the New York Times: “A patient of mine once shared with me a most unusual story. He had worked for years in the food industry with a modest salary and humble lifestyle.

I’m sitting here at my desk in my office in my home here in the quiet woods in Hillsborough, North Carolina and I seem to be lost for the right words. I have written this segment again and again.These are troubled days for all Americans.

Did you ever do anything in your lifetime so much better than you ever did it before that you couldn’t understand it?  My son Dan hit a hole in one on the golf course where he plays regularly in Battle Creek, Michigan.  He was absolutely amazed and so was his golfing partner. 

A friend of mine gave me this advice when I was having a bad day. What she meant was, instead of whining or playing the victim when you’re having a bad day, step back, take a deep breath, and say to yourself, “I’m going to rewrite the rest of today’s script.”

On the morning of February 16th, 1948 l reported for work in the General Claims Department Office of the Grand Trunk Western Railroad in Detroit, Michigan.  Thirty Five years later I retired from the GTWRR. I’d worked my way up to the job of Corporate Communications Officer, reporting directly to the railroad president..  When someone called and asked me who would be filling my vacancy I replied that I was not leaving a vacancy. I had completed my mission as Corporate Communications Officer. I had delivered my message and now I was moving on to carry that message out to the whole world. 

Let that little kid come out in me  Let me chase a butterfly let me climb a tree  Let me mess my hair up and giggle out with glee  Oh, let that little kid come out in me. 

I must admit that I have been staring at this blank spot in this memo trying to fill it with something that might be appropriate for these challenging times.

It doesn’t take a mathematical genius or an Einstein to conclude that the most vulnerable to this virus that all America and most of the rest of the world is under attack from, are the aged who are asked to stay in their homes. 

When I perform monthly at our local Senior Day Care Center I share the songs I’ve written that Greg Brayton and I recorded from 1997- 2001. There were 57 songs in all and it was one of the happiest, most creative experiences of my lifetime.

You’ve all heard the saying, “What goes around, comes …

This little section goes way back. It was 1976 when I first started writing good things about America as a part of my PROGRAMS America.

One thing that scientific research is very clear on is that relationships—warm personal relationships—make us happier and healthier. Research further points out that the frequency and quality of our interactions with other people are the two major predictors of our happiness.

I sat down recently at my drum set upstairs and a memory flashed into my mind.  I was 13, had met a new friend my age just two streets over and found out he was playing boogie woogie on his downstairs piano.

I was a Private E-2 in the US Army in 1951, just out of my basic training,  and had just boarded a troop ship in Seattle headed for Korea with a stop off at Camp Drake at Yokohama in Japan. An announcement on the PA said that Special Services was conducting auditions for musicians and entertainers for a show. Volunteers must report immediately.

Ever since this Corona virus thing started I’ve been searching for how I can get something good out of this mess. I want to learn something I didn’t know, something I didn’t know about myself and about others.

Twenty women who have faced extraordinary challenges and have overcome hardships are profiled in a new documentary-style exhibit at Flagstaff’s Pioneer Museum. It’s called “Resilience: Women in Flagstaff’s Past and Present.”

Intimate interviews with professional athletes sharing …

Did you know that almost 40,000 Americans died in action in Korea and more than 100,000 were wounded and it wasn’t even called a war at all when it was going on? It was called a “Police Action.”  More than 5.7 million Americans served during the Korean War that began in 1950 and ended in 1953. This was known as “The Forgotten War” but I have never forgotten it, oh no. 

Can you even imagine?  I’ve been retired from the railroad for over 37 years now. Haven’t really worked a day since then, 1983. . When you are doing something, you really love to do, I figure, it isn’t really work although I admit that I have put in some eighteen hour and twenty-hour days.

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A Mixed Bag is a collection of songs by Art Fettig. It includes Country, Blues, Spirituals, Heavy Metal, Comedy, Jazz and some love songs that might be country but we can’t figure out which country. This CD might have been called “Songs to lift your spirits high” because you will laugh and cry and just feel better about yourself and the world after you listen to this unusual collection.

About 25 years ago when I was just 65 I took a tap dance class from that same teacher who had taught my daughter, Nancy, many years before.

Mastodon is not a single website. To use it, you need to make an account with a provider—we call them servers—that lets you connect with other people across Mastodon

Some friends of ours got them one of those big places on the ocean and invited a mess of kin in this last week and every day all it did was rain. Reminded me of back when I was courtin’ my wife Jean over twenty years ago and her sister Fran rented one of those big houses and there were enough kids there to open a country school.

In this revelatory, authoritative portrait of Donald J. Trump and the toxic family that made him, Mary L. Trump, a trained clinical psychologist and Donald’s only niece, shines a bright light on the dark history of their family in order to explain how her uncle became the man who now threatens the world’s health, economic security, and social fabric.

Prostate cancer is the uncontrolled growth of cells in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system below the bladder. Abnormal growth of prostate tissue is usually detected through screening tests, typically blood tests that check for prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels.

The idea was shared by a man named Paul and his fellow workers on the DT&I Railroad. They took an old steam engine, cleaned it up and then decorated it along with a caboose and arranged to give a group of orphan children a ride around town on the designated Santa Train.

Once upon a time, there was a worn out locomotive that nobody seemed to care about. Except maybe Charlie Weller, who was an old retired railroad engineer. And maybe nobody cared about old Charlie anymore either. At least it often seemed that way to Charlie. He had little to do but sit around and remember the good old days when he would run that ancient train up and down the tracks hauling freight.

Harold Rowley, Battle Creek’s popular blind author and poet.

I had a financial planner call on me several years ago.  His first comment as he walked into my office was, “I’m not here to sell you anything.”

Renee Kaminski was born in Fountain Valley, California and was raised in Arizona while Robin Reece was born in Phoenix and raised in Flagstaff, Arizona. Renee and Robin are partners in life and partners in creating life, the life of their son.

Seven plaintiff couples and the legal team who filed suit on January 6, 2014 to overturn Arizona’s ban on same sex marriage applaud and support the seven plaintiff couples, two surviving spouses and Lambda Legal in their parallel March 13, 2014 filing.

Jeff Ferst was born and raised in New York City and Peter Bramley was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona. Peter and Jeff met in the summer of 2012, combined households in October 2012 and on Valentine’s Day 2013, they married in Palm Springs California.

Meagan Pugh was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah and was raised in Seattle Washington. Natalie Metz was born in Indiana and raised in Mesa, Arizona.

Shaun McKinnon and his print/video colleague, Patrick Shannahan, from the The Arizona Republic and AZCentral.com tell the story of why we are fighting the ban on same sex marriage her in AZ and how it came together. The lawsuit is Connolly v Roche.

When is the last time you climbed out of your shell? I said your shell, not your rut. Your shell, if it is anything like mine, is that place I climb into when I am fearful of a new situation. I encounter a lot of them and generally I take a deep, deep breath and jump off of the cliff. So far none of the jumps have been fatal.

When I was in high school I spent more time after school than anyone in our class. I was the self appointed class clown. My mouth was always getting me into trouble and I was forever being told to “Sit down and shut up.”

The above is a quote from Henry Ford. It illustrates how much our attitude determines our success or failure. For example, On 25 May 1961, President John F. Kennedy, made an appeal to a joint session of Congress. He said, “I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth.” Most of the people around the world said the idea was impossible.

I saw the above quote posted on Facebook recently. As I thought about it, I couldn’t help but think of the Google executive who was found dead ten years ago on his 50-foot yacht. He died from an overdose of heroin administered by a call girl.

This is a unique office, without a clear blueprint for success, so I don’t know that any advice from me will be particularly helpful. Still, let me offer a few reflections from the past 8 years.

I have been writing newsletters since November, 1988. I had delivered presentations at the National Safety Congress to thousands of America’s top safety people and when I returned home, totally exhausted, I faced the ordeal of contacting some 500 leads from attendees who wanted to talk with me about purchasing my books and videos or hiring me to come in and make presentations for their employees.

“You’re the most pathetic person that I have ever met!” Who else but humorist, Art Fettig could tum that line into a love song? And who but super musician Greg Brayton and his two pathetic lovers, Billy Dean and Baby Jean, could make being pathetic a step up on the social register?

This act provides statutory authority for same-sex and interracial marriages.

It was August 9, 2015, still dark in the early hours of a cool Autumn Sunday morning. I was eager and excited about my second ride into the Maritimes with the route including both Newfoundland and Labrador, the two provinces I missed on my first visit.

I was Thinking the other day about the difference in just doin’ your job and doing your job and then some.

Recently, I went to the Post Office to Purchase some stamps. As I approached the counter, I noticed that the woman who was about to help me had tears in her eyes. I said to her, “It looks like the seasonal allergies have gotten the best of you.”

In 1956 I graduated from The Christopher’s Leadership Course. It was a 6 week course in Public Speaking and our instructor, named Frank, was a Dale Carnegie instructor days but he was a volunteer in teaching this course.

Whenever the President nominates someone for an important position in government the Senators get their bird dogs out and they start searching for any paper trail the candidate might have left to be exposed in hearings. Just for the heck of it I went to the Internet to see just what kind of a paper trail I might have left behind in my career.

Where were you on December 7th, 1941? Now I realize that most of our readers were not born until years later. Me, I had been in downtown Detroit at the legendary Paradise Theatre being enchanted by the famous Duke Ellington Orchestra.

I’ve never been a fast learner but lately I have the feeling that my capacity to learn some things has come to a screeching halt. It has. I am making a valiant effort to learn to talk Southern and for this old Yankee it sometimes seems too much. I feel like Elizabeth Dolittle in My Fair Lady. walking around the room saying “The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.”

For a few days I had been thinking about my being Almost Andy and other than having a lot of fun and making some of Andy’s fans happy what was the real purpose of being Almost Andy? What was Almost Andy’s cause, his justification for existing?

On Christmas eve, 1951 I walked over to the theatre at Camp Drake in Sapporo, Japan. I’d just rejoined the 1st Cav., returning from hospitals following being wounded in Korea.

Arthur J. (Art) Fettig, Jr, 91, of Hillsborough, NC passed from this life May 18, 2021, after a long and healthy life ended with several major health issues attacking him in his final 6 months. Art was born July 5, 1929 in Detroit, MI to deceased parents Arthur Fettig, Sr. and Jennie Sands Fettig. He was “little brother” to deceased sisters, Virginia (Sister Marie Therese) Fettig and Florence Fettig; and surviving sister, Barbara Monahan of Grosse Point Shores, MI; and big brother, to Joseph (deceased).

Email marketing is still one of the best forms of customer engagement despite all the other avenues of social media. This short list of tips can change dull into vibrant.

When we came, we came through the cold, we came bearing gifts of gold, and frankincense and myrrh, and there were trumpets playing, there were angels looking down, on a west bank town, and he so loved the world.

Some of the happiest people I know are the ones who never stop learning or trying new things. Instead, they continue to grow as they move through life by saying “yes” to the many opportunities that life sends their way. They understand that in life, you either move forward or backward.