As I approach my “End of Days” and look back on over 300 articles I have written and published in the last 17+ years a large number of those writings were observations of current affairs.  On occasion they were in some measure predictive in nature based on my life experiences and observed patterns of human nature, especially those of folks in power with an agenda.   Too often I have found good sounding intentions have ulterior motives, especially among the Political elite.

Over the years I have written on a number of subjects, often critical of government and destructive social movements. Whenever possible I would write with satire or humor but some things are just too destructive or mean to try to laugh at. I am sometimes amazed at the number of comments received on articles I wrote ten or more years ago and are still being read and shared across the net.  I must apologize that I am unable to share or respond to more than a miniscule number of comments that are submitted.  Some days several hundred comments are received.  There have been some few writings that I have received well over 10,000 comments on over the years.  At times I have been credited as a “Prophet” but I am not.  Just an observer.

I have selected some of what I would call “Pick of the Litter” articles to list and create easy access to below.  It is not all inclusive but space is limited.  I have listed the articles by title and web link address.  You can either paste or type the title in the search box on left side of home page or copy and paste the address into your browser. Many of these will also link you to companion or follow-up articles.  This is not my usual format – excuse the length. 

“PICK OF THE LITTER” LIST – IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER 

You might want to Bookmark this page for easy return access

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Boiling the Frog: 

https://www.stoppullingthewagon.com/?s=Boiling+the+frog

The Social (in)Security Ponzi Scheme:   

https://www.stoppullingthewagon.com/?s=the+social+%28in%29security+ponzi+scheme 

The Little Red Hen Oil Company:   

https://www.stoppullingthewagon.com/?s=little+red+hen+oil+company

Medicare for All:   

https://www.stoppullingthewagon.com/medicare-for-all/

Bring on the Clowns (Your government at work):   

https://www.stoppullingthewagon.com/?s=Bring+on+the+clowns

The Garden: 

https://www.stoppullingthewagon.com/?s=The+Garden

Kingdom of the Locust:   

https://www.stoppullingthewagon.com/?s=Kingdom+of+the+Locust

What Is A Fair Share?:   

https://www.stoppullingthewagon.com/?s=What+is+a+fair+share

Clipboard Freedom:   

https://www.stoppullingthewagon.com/?s=Clipboard+Freedom

Fair Share Taxes And Global Climate Change: 

https://www.stoppullingthewagon.com/?s=fair+share+taxes+and+global+climate+change

Protecting The Most Vulnerable: 

https://www.stoppullingthewagon.com/?s=Protecting+the+most+vulnerable

Paperwork Reduction: 

https://www.stoppullingthewagon.com/?s=Paperwork+Reduction  

Grifters – The Clinton Crime Family:

https://www.stoppullingthewagon.com/grifters-the-clinton-crime-family/

Junk Science Ala-Carte (A history of Climate Change predictions): 

https://www.stoppullingthewagon.com/?s=Junk+Science+ala+carte

Of Banks And Baseball And Monkeys -(a study in DEI): 

https://www.stoppullingthewagon.com/?s=of+banks+baseball+and+monkeys

Momma Tried: 

https://www.stoppullingthewagon.com/mama-tried/

Silly Me: 

https://www.stoppullingthewagon.com/?s=Silly+Me

California’s High Speed Rail 2.0: 

https://www.stoppullingthewagon.com/?s=California+High+Speed+Rail+2.0

Conrad Blowhard Strikes Again (A  City “government” solution to homelessness) : 

https://www.stoppullingthewagon.com/?s=Conrad+Blowhard

California’s $44,000 Homeless Bonanza: 

https://www.stoppullingthewagon.com/?s=california%27s+%2444%2C000+homeless+bonanza

You Can’t Make This Stuff Up: 

https://www.stoppullingthewagon.com/?s=You+can%27t+make+this+stuff+up

California Gauntlet For The Vulnerable:

https://stoppullingthewagon.com/california-gauntlet-for-the-vulnerable/

There are others….  don’t be afraid to play with the search window.

May I suggest you print and save this posting or save the web address for further “shopping” when you have time.

This is a bit long but worth it (I hope) –  Looking back over this it looks “messy” but works easily.  Pick an article and try it. 

Bob Bandy – June 2026 

Revisiting a Post I wrote back in 2012 I am finding that much of what was written, while not perhaps a strict corollary with what is happening to my home state of California, it does in so many ways paint a picture of the path that the former Great Sunshine State finds itself on today following years of poor management and a failed ideological agenda.

In todays case the “Ants” can be compared to those hard working individuals and companies that are long past frustration with over regulation, over taxation, soft on crime, billions of dollars wasted on High Speed Rail, Homeless programs that “lose” billions of dollars with no results, massive fires too often caused by poor forest management, etc. etc. etc..  Those “Ants” (whether people or corporations) with the resources to do so, are packing up and leaving the “Valley”.  What is left are those who can’t leave, including the homeless, the elderly, the very poor, and all too often those who are totally dependent on the support of the work done by the “Ants”.  Not all are true Locusts but many are not able, or are unwilling to provide for their own support. 

You may or may not agree but read on.  The original post follows.

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KINGDOM OF THE LOCUST

With an apology to Aesop

Once upon a time there was a pleasant meadow in a lovely valley.

A colony of ants came to the meadow and saw that the land was good and with work would provide for a lovely place to live for them and their children.

They worked hard and put away food for the winter and cared for the land.

From a neighboring valley a tribe of locusts came to the land of the ants and decided to stay because the meadow was so pleasant and fertile.

The ants welcomed them in as neighbors and soon they all decided that they should form a government and each ant and locust would get an equal vote in the affairs of the meadow.

Some of the  locusts came to the ants and said they were poor and in need.  Being of kind heart the ants voted to share the fruits of their hard work with the locusts.

Being locusts, they did what locusts are prone to do, that is create lots of little locusts and sit in their burrows eating the food produced by the ants and watching their flat screen televisions paid for by the ants.

In time they discovered, as the little locusts grew up to vote, that they now outnumbered the ants and could vote themselves more and more of what the ants were working so hard to produce.

More and more locusts had baby locusts and invited their relatives and kin in from neighboring meadows.

One by one the ants figured out that they were doing all the work and the locusts were doing all the eating and loafing and watching television.

The ants decided that they did not want to continue to provide for an ever increasing number of locusts who did little to provide for themselves.

The ants packed up and left the now ravaged meadow and moved away to another meadow in another valley.

Winter came to the meadow of the abandoned locusts.  The locusts starved and froze because there was no longer any ants to provide for them what they refused to provide for themselves.

And the shadow of darkness fell over the formerly  pleasant meadow in the formerly lovely valley.

End of story.  If you are an ant you know the moral of the story.  If you are a locust you don’t care if there is a moral; you just want to know where the ants went.

Bob Bandy (November 2012)

THIS IS TOO TRUE AND TOO WELL WRITTEN NOT TO SHARE

FROM THE CALIFORNIA GLOBE

KATY GRIMES – EDITOR – FEBRUARY 4th,  2026

Gov. Gavin Newsom: How to Destroy California in Two Terms

The one thing Newsom is good at is destroying the Golden State

If I was the leftist governor of the largest state in the U.S. and my unspoken goal and unholy plan was to destabilize and destroy my state, there are certain policies I would impose, and executive orders I’d make, while insulating myself from my own policies:

Cut water off to rural areas in the state; remove dams and hydroelectric plants.

Limit water deliveries to farmers and ranchers, forcing farmers and ranchers to shut down.

Create a housing shortage.

Raise the minimum wage so high, restaurant owners are forced to lay off employees.

Pass policies killing manufacturing.

Pass policies bolstering a service economy.

Vilify first, then destroy the petroleum industry.

Limit energy production to solar and wind renewable energy only.

Force people out of their traditional internal combustion engine cars into electric vehicles, and on to public transportation.

Order all internal combustion cars banned by 2035.

Mandate an all-electric state, including autos and trucks.

Keep hiking gas taxes.

Impose a mileage tax.

Allow the California High Speed Rail scheme to continue bilking taxpayers, with no tracks or trains yet, but has ballooned in cost to well over $100 billion. And approve another $20 billion in funding, fall 2025. It’s a public employee union jobs program and political consultant scam expected to grow to $350 billion if ever completed.

Install thousands of floating offshore wind turbines at a cost of $150 billion.

Legalize drugs.

Legalize sex with minors.

Legalize abortion up to baby’s birth.

Authorize more tribal gambling casinos.

Destroy the public education system by watering down actual disciplines of math and English, while sending your own children to private schools.

Outlaw School Choice Scholarships

Promote affirmative action, racial preferences, DEI over merit.

Create fake crises that waste billion$ like climate change and reparations.

Infringe on the people’s right to keep and bear arms by passing laws which nibble around the edges of the 2nd Amendment, creating defacto gun control.

Stop prosecuting crime.

Decriminalize certain crimes, resulting in emptying out state prisons.

Lose $37 billion in homeless funding/spending to shady non-profits and NGOs.

Lose $31 billion to unemployment fraud.

Allow massive hospice and home‑health fraud in Los Angeles.

Allow the California Department of Insurance to devastate the insurance market and drive the state to the edge of collapse.

Create and pass a mid-decade redistricting scheme ahead of the 2026 midterm elections to secure more Democrat seats in Congress by redrawing district maps, or “gerrymandering” numerous California Republicans out of their congressional districts.

Raise corporate taxes to discourage businesses from expanding.

Raise taxes and fees on public services and energy.

Raise income taxes on all income brackets.

Make it easier for local governments to raise taxes.

Impose a wealth tax.

Impose a death tax.

Impose a 5% billionaire’s tax on their assets.

Force doctors to comply with state medical directives; punish those who refuse to comply.

Allow hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants into the state.

Provide free welfare, medical benefits, free housing and food, free education, and even home loans to illegal immigrants.

Provide state-issued ID to illegal immigrants.

>> There is more >>>>>>> For the complete article go to the California Globe website – 

www.CaliforniaGlobe.com

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Katy Grimes is a true Journalist and one of my most trusted writers on what is truly happening in California.  Subscribe to the California Globe.  It is free and you will like it!

Bob Bandy – February 2026

 

 

 

BILBO WAGGINS – BORDER COLLIE  & PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP

Just for fun.  I mentioned to some friends the other day that in some ways our President, Donald Trump, reminds me of my daughters Border Collie.

To explain.  Owners of Border Collies will tell you they are intelligent and very high energy dogs.  They seem to never get tired.  When I spend the day with Bilbo, my daughters Border Collie, I find myself at the end of the day often exhausted trying to keep up with his activity level.  He wants to play tug, ball or anything else that requires activity.  We keep his “toys” in a basket.  He will bring you a toy from the basket and if you do not want to play with him, he will go get another toy and keep doing this till you give up and play.  Did I mention that today Bilbo is a seven year old hyper active “puppy”?

A bit of history.  When Bilbo was just under a year old, one day we, and our daughter, wanted to go on an outing.  We left Bilbo at a Dog Day Care Center.  It was essentially a very large warehouse with handlers that “entertained” dogs in large monitored play groups (no aggressive dogs allowed).  Video cameras were in place so that you could watch your dog at play on your cell phone if you so desired.  When we were some miles down the road, the “Doggie” place called my daughter on her cell phone and said “Look at what your dog Bilbo is doing”!  When my daughter looked on her cell phone she saw that Bilbo had “herded” all the other dogs into a group in the center of the room.  We found this almost unbelievable as she had given him no training in this and he was not yet quite a year old. Breeding? Instinct?

If  you would like to see a Border Collie at work go on YouTube  and search under “Border Collies Herding Sheep”.  They are amazing dogs with boundless energy.

I find our President, Donald Trump seems to have the same kind of energy as Border Collies display.  Like him or hate him, He has an amazing work ethic.  Especially for  a man of his age.  He seems to never get tired.  I find much of his agenda I am in agreement with.  For example, his administration is working hard to stop child mutilation in the cause of gender identity at the hands of “Gender Groupie Predators”.  Many other things he works on I also agree with (I am not a Republican or Democrat but I am conservative).  Some issues I disagree with him on but….. I am amazed at his energy level.  I have gotten to the point that I find myself avoiding “News” Broadcasts, not because I dislike what is being reported, but because it exhausts me to try to keep up with his endeavors here at home and around the world.  At the end of  the “News” I feel like I have spent an entire day trying to keep up with Bilbo! 

For a sort of related fun time – Read : The Ransom of Red Chief – a short story by O. Henry

Bob Bandy – January 2026

A little over three years ago I wrote and published what I consider one of the most important articles I have written.  I followed it with several related pieces that focused on LGBTQ+ related “Transgender” (Pretender) group predators grooming and recruiting grade school children for “Gender” “Identity” transformation, including “Physical/Surgical” mutilation Services.  This I believe is monstrous.  I can only hope when these children grow up they pursue legal redress, including punitive punishment, against those who destroyed their childhood and future happiness.  A reprint of the article follows and if you type Protecting the most Vulnerable in the search box (left column home page) it will connect you with the original article and related, similarly important articles outlining what these predators are doing to the most vulnerable and precious members of our society.   Please share this article.  

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WE ALL HAVE THE OBLIGATION

TO PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE AMONG US

I am sure there are some out there who are going to be angry with me for what I am writing.  That’s okay.  Be angry.  I am past angry, I am outraged with what I see is happening in some of our schools nationwide to the young, vulnerable and innocent youth of America.  Our children are more important than your opinion of me.

First, let me say that I am not a “Gay Basher”, I do not hate Gay People or other members of the LGBTQ community.  I have worked with, shared food with and respected many of this group for many years.

I am writing about the latest militant activist generation of this group coming out of our new “WOKE” Colleges and becoming “Educators” in our Grade Schools with an agenda to indoctrinate and recruit CHILDREN into the Gay and Transgender elements of our society.

We do not allow CHILDREN to buy guns, get drivers licenses, serve in the military, be doctors or work in dangerous jobs for a reason.  They are not mature enough to make life changing decisions about something they do not understand.  Children do not understand sexuality and fall easy prey to teachers whom they respect. 

What I am witnessing that has me so irate is what is happening in some of our schools with the youngest and most vulnerable of our children.  I am talking especially about little ones in the K-6th Grade.

There are many well documented reports:

• I have seen on television video clips of strident, militant LGBTQ Grade School Teachers bragging about how they love sharing their “orientation” with their grade school students.  “Teach them while they are young”.
• Giving children instruction on how to choose their own preferred pro-nouns and choice of sexual identity.
• Children in grades 3-6 being given graphic pictorial curriculum on sexual body parts and their functions – even reports of how to perform oral sex on one another.
• Giving CHILDREN the knowledge of full acceptance of all types of sex in the LGBTQ community. 
• Full support for those CHILDREN who decide they are Transgender and how to “transfer” to the sex of their choice.  In many locations the schools are making available the pharmaceuticals and other resources for CHILDREN, PRE-TEENS and EARLY TEENS to pursue these life changing decisions, often without parental consent.
• In many, many locations throughout America Schools are restricting or prohibiting parents from access to these curriculum or any parental rights to exclude their own child from these materials.
• A school is forced to permit a “suddenly” “Transgender” boy access to the girls Locker Room and Showers.

Are you angry yet?  Many people are very upset about what is happening but afraid of the power of those “pushing” this agenda, including Teachers Unions and the National LGBTQ Community.  Fear of being “Cancelled”, reprisals from employers, even government agencies that are in the “pockets” of the above powers.

We, me, you and all our fellow citizens and neighbors need to be (non-violently) pounding on the tables at School Board Meetings, writing, calling and challenging our elected leaders at all levels and speaking out boldly against this monstrous abuse of all our CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, NEIGHBORS CHILDREN and all CHILDREN everywhere. 

The above is pure evil.  Our CHILDREN deserve to be children and play as children.  They must not be rushed into the world of adult sexuality and the adult decisions that come with it.

Children our our most treasured and vulnerable asset.  We must protect them.  Be angry with me if you wish.  Hate me if you wish.  But, if you agree that our children must be protected, please share your thoughts, copies of this and similar articles with your family, your neighbors, your School Board, Educators/Teachers,  your elected officials, anybody who will listen and help stop this madness.

For those readers of Faith – Pray for our Children.

(Bob Bandy – October 2022)

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Please share this important article and support those who are trying to end this predation on our children.

Bob Bandy – January 2026

Representative Ro Khanna

California 17th Congressional District

In the Government “Shutdown” the main sticking point has been the Democrats demanding full funding for Obamacare “Subsidy” payments which have continued to escalate over the years, and the Republican insistence on coming up with a “new” plan.  there is general agreement, even with many Democrats, that Obamacare has never lived up to its promises and costs are out of hand.  During a news broadcast yesterday Democratic Representative Khanna championed ending Obamacare and replacing it with Medicare for all.  A single payer Government Insurance for everybody.  This has been seriously looked at in the past.  I outlined my questions and concerns in a post I did back in January of 2019.  That post is repeated here below.  Some of the premium numbers I quoted have changed but I will stand by my questions and conclusions.  

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MEDICARE FOR ALL?

With the opening of the new Congress and change to Democratic control of the House of Representatives we are hearing renewed calls for “Medicare For All” residents of the United States.  This has become a rallying cry for the “Progressive” wing of the Democratic Party.  Not all Democrats are admitted “Progressives” but  a growing number appear to be.

“Progressive” is a kinder and gentler word for “Socialist” and some champions for this cause readily admit to Socialist leanings.  Socialist is in turn, often associated with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics/Russia  and other Socialist countries like Venezuela, Cuba and many others.

If you would like an example of living in a Socialist Country, you might want to vacation in Venezuela this year.  Make it soon.  The country is in “end stage” Economic Collapse.

“Medicare For All” has a nice “ring” to it and on the surface would appear to be a way to provide Universal Medical Care to everyone on a simplified, single payer basis.  The idea sounds simple enough to be attractive.

A similar proposal was studied under Bill Clinton’s Presidency with Hillary Clinton heading up a task force to work out a plan for implementation.  After much study and spending millions of dollars on the proposed idea it was ultimately determined to be unworkable.

Several studies have been done and reported in Bloomberg and other  outlets that place the estimated cost of such a proposed plan at between 32 Trillion and 42 Trillion Dollars over 10 years.  That’s about 3.2 Trillion to 4.2 Trillion Dollars a year and would approximately double current Federal Spending.

It should be noted that Medicare as it currently operates is on the road to Bankruptcy.  Government Trustees, including Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Labor Secretary Alex Acosta, and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar,  issued a report that Medicare’s trust fund will run out in 2026 and the combined trust funds of Social Security will run out in 2034.  Source: The Washington Examiner – Saturday January 26, 2019 – from a report by Joseph Lawler June 05, 2018.

Many people believe that Medicare is “Free” healthcare for Senior Citizens.  It is not.  Medicare is not free.  Premiums for Medicare are based in part on income – visit: MyMedicare.Gov – but if I take myself as an example, I’m a pretty ordinary Senior on a modest income, the following shows my Medicare Medical Insurance  and Medicare Prescription Plan monthly premiums for this year.  Keep in mind that plan premiums are for each individual.  Mine total just a bit over $300 a month this year.  If on a “Medicare For All” plan and I was one of a family of five, we could be paying a total premium of $1,500 a month.  

Please keep in mind also that Medicare Medical Insurance does not cover everything and has co-pays, deductibles and maximums.  The same for the Medicare Prescription Drug Plan.  When your limits run out during the year and, “you” are “on your own” for the cost of care or prescriptions for the rest of that year, is where we Seniors get the phrase “Donut Hole”.  I hit my own “Donut Hole” last year on my Medicare Prescription Drug Plan in October.

For the tens of millions of citizens who might not want to be a part of “Medicare For All” and are happy with their current insurance, don’t worry, “If you like your Doctor and Insurance, you can keep them, and that’s a promise!”  Hmmm – Where did we hear that before?

I am sure that Congress, most government employees and various other “special interests” would find a way to exempt themselves just as they did from the “Affordable Care Act”.  Hardly “Medicare For All”.  “All” never seems to include our “Ruling Class”.

For Senior Citizens the premium is withheld from our Social Security payment.  What would the Government do to collect premiums from those who don’t have a check to withhold the premium from, or those who don’t work for a paycheck?  What about those who can’t or won’t pay?

What would happen to the cost of care?  Are there enough doctors to make the plan work?  Not all doctors are currently willing to accept Medicare patients.   There are many unanswered questions. 

Bob Bandy – January 2019

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In closing, my concerns with Medicare for All have not changed.  The program was designed for people who had worked all their lives and paid into the Social Security System.  The Medicare “Trust Fund” is still on a path to Bankruptcy.  What about all the folks who do not work?  What about those who can’t or won’t pay the premiums for Medicare?  Keep in mind Medicare is not “Free”.  In my example above premiums for a family of five would be about $1,500 a month (2019 Dollars).  One of the main problems with Health Care Costs is the large number of folks who use the system but do not work or pay into the system.  During the “Shutdown” I saw one woman interviewed who was/is totally dependent on the government for herself and her seven children.  Who is going to pay the “Medicare” premium for this family?  Lots to think about.

Bob Bandy – November 2025