The Delta Variant. COVID and the Lambda Variant. CRT and racial issues. Is the Housing Market Overheated. Record 10+ Million U.S. Job Openings. Debate over Causes and Cures to Rising Crime Rates. Southern Border and Immigration. Inflation’s impact on Retirees, Lower- and Middle-Income Americans. Obama’s 60^th Birthday Bash. Trump’s Tax Returns. These are just some of the trending headlines and issues. Many headlines and articles are merely eye candy: what celebrity wore what, did what, with whom, said what and why. There are millions of articles on the latest gizmo, fad, recipe, video game, sports, fashion, travel, restaurant, shopping, or health craze. But millions of ‘serious’ news items, when the media source’s owners and sponsors are examined, often reveal an agenda that influences their reporting. Perhaps it is no surprise that ratings since January 2021 for major cable news networks have crashed. So, why raise the topic of George Washington and the documentary “The First American” now? Because there is a widespread recognition that things have gone wrong in American society. In order to understand the present and prepare for the future in a pragmatic way, it is useful to look to the past to glean its valuable lessons.  Past tragedies and triumphs can inform and inspire.

We all have our strengths and weaknesses. It seems that in America history, generation after generation has often had its own unique crisis or crises. On a personal level, something similar happens too. Our present national challenges can be informed and inspired by how previous Americans handled their social, economic, and political upheavals. Because in the natural order, there are two and only two ways to learn. From our own experiences, or from the experiences of others.

 

 

Streaming now on Prime is a documentary about George Washington entitled “The First American.” It has earned a 4.3 stars out of 5 viewer rating. A mix of women and men versed on various aspects of that history, reenactments, and period illustrations are blended together to reveal aspect of the man, the myths, and the often surprising realities. While no such production (or any other merely human endeavor) is perfect, “The First American” is informative, well done, and inspirational.

For instance. We ‘know’ when the Battle of Yorktown was won, that it was a practical end to the Revolutionary War. But in fact, those living then did not have that same clarity. In hindsight, we know that the “patriot” rebels under Washington’s command ‘won’ the Revolutionary War. But numbers that view this video may be surprised at how many losses, and how dark the experiences were during the war for colonial independence. Having watched The First American previously, it was even more insightful the second time around than the first.

While it isn’t stressed in the “The First American” video, the role of the printing press is a periodic backdrop. One reason for the First Amendment freedom of the press is because pamphleteers printed and distributed articles that were a mix of news and views. The goal from the side of the rebels was to inspire the people.

England at the time was a military and economic juggernaut. The First American does a good job of revealing just how low the odds were for the colonial rebels to defeat the British.

“First in intention, last in execution,” is a classic and ancient philosophical statement akin to the modern “begin with the end in mind.” But as Albert Einstein famously put it, per Medium: “If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask… for once I know the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes.”

• What are the causes for our current plights?
• What is necessary to safeguard maximum liberty, rights, and opportunities?

These are among the issues, past and present, that thinking people have pondered for thousands of years.

• There was fear among the colonists, there is fear today.
• There were those who did not want to rock the boat or challenge the status quo in 1776, and there are those who would rather engage in some distraction than ponder the great issues of our time.
• When Solomon said, there is nothing new under the sun, (Ecclesiastes 1:9) he did not mean that things do not change or that new things do not occur. Of course, things change and develop. Solomon knew that from first-hand experience. So what did he mean?

Human nature is the same now as thousands of years ago.

The patterns of history have similarities and echoes.

That’s why understanding the past, grasping the questions, debates, and solutions of the past can prove useful today. That’s true personally, professionally, and for an organization or nation. That’s the meaning of Solomon’s great insight. Human nature is the same.

 

Per Goodreads: “Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future too.” ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was the Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoic philosopher, says left-leaning Wikipedia. The following quotes by Marcus Aurelius relative to various trials, challenges, and history are also per Goodreads.

“Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.”

― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“Here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not “This is misfortune,” but “To bear this worthily is good fortune.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

 

Thomas Paine’s The Crisis begins with the words, “THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered… Per U.S. History, that was printed on December 23, 1776. The entire document will be republished below.

 

Near the end of The First American video, at about the 1:20 time-mark, Washington’s vision for Americans as a nation for removing barriers and creating opportunities is explored. Thorny issues like slavery are dealt with, including a look at the black man that served Washington throughout the war, a black slave who nevertheless risked his life at times to protect Washington. Per the video, about 10 percent of those who fought were blacks. These men of whatever background fought, bled, and died – often for weeks at a time without pay. With meager supplies, in often brutal weather, the volunteers included heroes and deserters.

 

 

A few terminology and definitions will help readers with Thomas Paine’s famous, “The Crisis.” The The First American video will shed light on Paine’s work, and vice versa.

• A Tory is “an American colonist who supported the British side during the American Revolution,” says Oxford Languages.
• A patriot was a rebel that supported independence.
• Then there were those who sat on the fence.
• Common causes of the revolution often cited were unjust and oppressive laws, taxation without representation, and a rebellion against British crown monopolies, among others. The Declaration of Independence states many of the issues.

One of the pamphlets mentioned in the video is reprinted below. It makes a nice compliment to the documentary. Following the text of Thomas Paine’s “The Crisis” will be some additional brief commentary followed by our business daily manufactured home connected stock market recap.

 

The Crisis

by Thomas Paine

December 23, 1776

 

THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated. Britain, with an army to enforce her tyranny, has declared that she has a right (not only to TAX) but “to BIND us in ALL CASES WHATSOEVER” and if being bound in that manner, is not slavery, then is there not such a thing as slavery upon earth. Even the expression is impious; for so unlimited a power can belong only to God.

Whether the independence of the continent was declared too soon, or delayed too long, I will not now enter into as an argument; my own simple opinion is, that had it been eight months earlier, it would have been much better. We did not make a proper use of last winter, neither could we, while we were in a dependent state. However, the fault, if it were one, was all our own [NOTE]; we have none to blame but ourselves. But no great deal is lost yet. All that Howe has been doing for this month past, is rather a ravage than a conquest, which the spirit of the Jerseys, a year ago, would have quickly repulsed, and which time and a little resolution will soon recover.

I have as little superstition in me as any man living, but my secret opinion has ever been, and still is, that God Almighty will not give up a people to military destruction, or leave them unsupportedly to perish, who have so earnestly and so repeatedly sought to avoid the calamities of war, by every decent method which wisdom could invent. Neither have I so much of the infidel in me, as to suppose that He has relinquished the government of the world, and given us up to the care of devils; and as I do not, I cannot see on what grounds the king of Britain can look up to heaven for help against us: a common murderer, a highwayman, or a house-breaker, has as good a pretence as he.

‘Tis surprising to see how rapidly a panic will sometimes run through a country. All nations and ages have been subject to them. Britain has trembled like an ague at the report of a French fleet of flat-bottomed boats; and in the fourteenth [fifteenth] century the whole English army, after ravaging the kingdom of France, was driven back like men petrified with fear; and this brave exploit was performed by a few broken forces collected and headed by a woman, Joan of Arc. Would that heaven might inspire some Jersey maid to spirit up her countrymen, and save her fair fellow sufferers from ravage and ravishment! Yet panics, in some cases, have their uses; they produce as much good as hurt. Their duration is always short; the mind soon grows through them, and acquires a firmer habit than before. But their peculiar advantage is, that they are the touchstones of sincerity and hypocrisy, and bring things and men to light, which might otherwise have lain forever undiscovered. In fact, they have the same effect on secret traitors, which an imaginary apparition would have upon a private murderer. They sift out the hidden thoughts of man, and hold them up in public to the world. Many a disguised Tory has lately shown his head, that shall penitentially solemnize with curses the day on which Howe arrived upon the Delaware.

As I was with the troops at Fort Lee, and marched with them to the edge of Pennsylvania, I am well acquainted with many circumstances, which those who live at a distance know but little or nothing of. Our situation there was exceedingly cramped, the place being a narrow neck of land between the North River and the Hackensack. Our force was inconsiderable, being not one-fourth so great as Howe could bring against us. We had no army at hand to have relieved the garrison, had we shut ourselves up and stood on our defence. Our ammunition, light artillery, and the best part of our stores, had been removed, on the apprehension that Howe would endeavor to penetrate the Jerseys, in which case Fort Lee could be of no use to us; for it must occur to every thinking man, whether in the army or not, that these kind of field forts are only for temporary purposes, and last in use no longer than the enemy directs his force against the particular object which such forts are raised to defend. Such was our situation and condition at Fort Lee on the morning of the 20th of November, when an officer arrived with information that the enemy with 200 boats had landed about seven miles above; Major General [Nathaniel] Green, who commanded the garrison, immediately ordered them under arms, and sent express to General Washington at the town of Hackensack, distant by the way of the ferry = six miles. Our first object was to secure the bridge over the Hackensack, which laid up the river between the enemy and us, about six miles from us, and three from them. General Washington arrived in about three-quarters of an hour, and marched at the head of the troops towards the bridge, which place I expected we should have a brush for; however, they did not choose to dispute it with us, and the greatest part of our troops went over the bridge, the rest over the ferry, except some which passed at a mill on a small creek, between the bridge and the ferry, and made their way through some marshy grounds up to the town of Hackensack, and there passed the river. We brought off as much baggage as the wagons could contain, the rest was lost. The simple object was to bring off the garrison, and march them on till they could be strengthened by the Jersey or Pennsylvania militia, so as to be enabled to make a stand. We staid four days at Newark, collected our out-posts with some of the Jersey militia, and marched out twice to meet the enemy, on being informed that they were advancing, though our numbers were greatly inferior to theirs. Howe, in my little opinion, committed a great error in generalship in not throwing a body of forces off from Staten Island through Amboy, by which means he might have seized all our stores at Brunswick, and intercepted our march into Pennsylvania; but if we believe the power of hell to be limited, we must likewise believe that their agents are under some providential control.

I shall not now attempt to give all the particulars of our retreat to the Delaware; suffice it for the present to say, that both officers and men, though greatly harassed and fatigued, frequently without rest, covering, or provision, the inevitable consequences of a long retreat, bore it with a manly and martial spirit. All their wishes centred in one, which was, that the country would turn out and help them to drive the enemy back. Voltaire has remarked that King William never appeared to full advantage but in difficulties and in action; the same remark may be made on General Washington, for the character fits him. There is a natural firmness in some minds which cannot be unlocked by trifles, but which, when unlocked, discovers a cabinet of fortitude; and I reckon it among those kind of public blessings, which we do not immediately see, that God hath blessed him with uninterrupted health, and given him a mind that can even flourish upon care.

I shall conclude this paper with some miscellaneous remarks on the state of our affairs; and shall begin with asking the following question, Why is it that the enemy have left the New England provinces, and made these middle ones the seat of war? The answer is easy: New England is not infested with Tories, and we are. I have been tender in raising the cry against these men, and used numberless arguments to show them their danger, but it will not do to sacrifice a world either to their folly or their baseness. The period is now arrived, in which either they or we must change our sentiments, or one or both must fall. And what is a Tory? Good God! What is he? I should not be afraid to go with a hundred Whigs against a thousand Tories, were they to attempt to get into arms. Every Tory is a coward; for servile, slavish, self-interested fear is the foundation of Toryism; and a man under such influence, though he may be cruel, never can be brave.

But, before the line of irrecoverable separation be drawn between us, let us reason the matter together: Your conduct is an invitation to the enemy, yet not one in a thousand of you has heart enough to join him. Howe is as much deceived by you as the American cause is injured by you. He expects you will all take up arms, and flock to his standard, with muskets on your shoulders. Your opinions are of no use to him, unless you support him personally, for ’tis soldiers, and not Tories, that he wants.

I once felt all that kind of anger, which a man ought to feel, against the mean principles that are held by the Tories: a noted one, who kept a tavern at Amboy, was standing at his door, with as pretty a child in his hand, about eight or nine years old, as I ever saw, and after speaking his mind as freely as he thought was prudent, finished with this unfatherly expression, “Well! give me peace in my day.” Not a man lives on the continent but fully believes that a separation must some time or other finally take place, and a generous parent should have said, “If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace;” and this single reflection, well applied, is sufficient to awaken every man to duty. Not a place upon earth might be so happy as America. Her situation is remote from all the wrangling world, and she has nothing to do but to trade with them. A man can distinguish himself between temper and principle, and I am as confident, as I am that God governs the world, that America will never be happy till she gets clear of foreign dominion. Wars, without ceasing, will break out till that period arrives, and the continent must in the end be conqueror; for though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire.

America did not, nor does not want force; but she wanted a proper application of that force. Wisdom is not the purchase of a day, and it is no wonder that we should err at the first setting off. From an excess of tenderness, we were unwilling to raise an army, and trusted our cause to the temporary defence of a well-meaning militia. A summer’s experience has now taught us better; yet with those troops, while they were collected, we were able to set bounds to the progress of the enemy, and, thank God! they are again assembling. I always considered militia as the best troops in the world for a sudden exertion, but they will not do for a long campaign. Howe, it is probable, will make an attempt on this city [Philadelphia]; should he fail on this side the Delaware, he is ruined. If he succeeds, our cause is not ruined. He stakes all on his side against a part on ours; admitting he succeeds, the consequence will be, that armies from both ends of the continent will march to assist their suffering friends in the middle states; for he cannot go everywhere, it is impossible. I consider Howe as the greatest enemy the Tories have; he is bringing a war into their country, which, had it not been for him and partly for themselves, they had been clear of. Should he now be expelled, I wish with all the devotion of a Christian, that the names of Whig and Tory may never more be mentioned; but should the Tories give him encouragement to come, or assistance if he come, I as sincerely wish that our next year’s arms may expel them from the continent, and the Congress appropriate their possessions to the relief of those who have suffered in well-doing. A single successful battle next year will settle the whole. America could carry on a two years’ war by the confiscation of the property of disaffected persons, and be made happy by their expulsion. Say not that this is revenge, call it rather the soft resentment of a suffering people, who, having no object in view but the good of all, have staked their own all upon a seemingly doubtful event. Yet it is folly to argue against determined hardness; eloquence may strike the ear, and the language of sorrow draw forth the tear of compassion, but nothing can reach the heart that is steeled with prejudice.

Quitting this class of men, I turn with the warm ardor of a friend to those who have nobly stood, and are yet determined to stand the matter out: I call not upon a few, but upon all: not on this state or that state, but on every state: up and help us; lay your shoulders to the wheel; better have too much force than too little, when so great an object is at stake. Let it be told to the future world, that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet and to repulse it. Say not that thousands are gone, turn out your tens of thousands; throw not the burden of the day upon Providence, but “show your faith by your works,” that God may bless you. It matters not where you live, or what rank of life you hold, the evil or the blessing will reach you all. The far and the near, the home counties and the back, the rich and the poor, will suffer or rejoice alike. The heart that feels not now is dead; the blood of his children will curse his cowardice, who shrinks back at a time when a little might have saved the whole, and made them happy. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. My own line of reasoning is to myself as straight and clear as a ray of light. Not all the treasures of the world, so far as I believe, could have induced me to support an offensive war, for I think it murder; but if a thief breaks into my house, burns and destroys my property, and kills or threatens to kill me, or those that are in it, and to “bind me in all cases whatsoever” to his absolute will, am I to suffer it? What signifies it to me, whether he who does it is a king or a common man; my countryman or not my countryman; whether it be done by an individual villain, or an army of them? If we reason to the root of things we shall find no difference; neither can any just cause be assigned why we should punish in the one case and pardon in the other. Let them call me rebel and welcome, I feel no concern from it; but I should suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul by swearing allegiance to one whose character is that of a sottish, stupid, stubborn, worthless, brutish man. I conceive likewise a horrid idea in receiving mercy from a being, who at the last day shall be shrieking to the rocks and mountains to cover him, and fleeing with terror from the orphan, the widow, and the slain of America.

There are cases which cannot be overdone by language, and this is one. There are persons, too, who see not the full extent of the evil which threatens them; they solace themselves with hopes that the enemy, if he succeed, will be merciful. It is the madness of folly, to expect mercy from those who have refused to do justice; and even mercy, where conquest is the object, is only a trick of war; the cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf, and we ought to guard equally against both. Howe’s first object is, partly by threats and partly by promises, to terrify or seduce the people to deliver up their arms and receive mercy. The ministry recommended the same plan to Gage, and this is what the tories call making their peace, “a peace which passeth all understanding” indeed! A peace which would be the immediate forerunner of a worse ruin than any we have yet thought of. Ye men of Pennsylvania, do reason upon these things! Were the back counties to give up their arms, they would fall an easy prey to the Indians, who are all armed: this perhaps is what some Tories would not be sorry for. Were the home counties to deliver up their arms, they would be exposed to the resentment of the back counties who would then have it in their power to chastise their defection at pleasure. And were any one state to give up its arms, that state must be garrisoned by all Howe’s army of Britons and Hessians to preserve it from the anger of the rest. Mutual fear is the principal link in the chain of mutual love, and woe be to that state that breaks the compact. Howe is mercifully inviting you to barbarous destruction, and men must be either rogues or fools that will not see it. I dwell not upon the vapors of imagination; I bring reason to your ears, and, in language as plain as A, B, C, hold up truth to your eyes.

I thank God, that I fear not. I see no real cause for fear. I know our situation well, and can see the way out of it. While our army was collected, Howe dared not risk a battle; and it is no credit to him that he decamped from the White Plains, and waited a mean opportunity to ravage the defenceless Jerseys; but it is great credit to us, that, with a handful of men, we sustained an orderly retreat for near an hundred miles, brought off our ammunition, all our field pieces, the greatest part of our stores, and had four rivers to pass. None can say that our retreat was precipitate, for we were near three weeks in performing it, that the country might have time to come in. Twice we marched back to meet the enemy, and remained out till dark. The sign of fear was not seen in our camp, and had not some of the cowardly and disaffected inhabitants spread false alarms through the country, the Jerseys had never been ravaged. Once more we are again collected and collecting; our new army at both ends of the continent is recruiting fast, and we shall be able to open the next campaign with sixty thousand men, well armed and clothed. This is our situation, and who will may know it. By perseverance and fortitude we have the prospect of a glorious issue; by cowardice and submission, the sad choice of a variety of evils – a ravaged country – a depopulated city – habitations without safety, and slavery without hope – our homes turned into barracks and bawdy-houses for Hessians, and a future race to provide for, whose fathers we shall doubt of. Look on this picture and weep over it! and if there yet remains one thoughtless wretch who believes it not, let him suffer it unlamented.

December 23, 1776 ##

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Fear and unchallenged habits have often been used to paralyze or drive large numbers of people into doing things that in hindsight ought not to have been tolerated. What some are calling “fear porn” today is defined by the Urban Dictionary like this. “Fear Porn. Mainstream Media content that deliberately and enticingly plays on people’s fears about disaster, disease and death.” While it is more commonly used by voices on the right, the point is one that should be pondered by all.

Our manufactured home profession has been and is being driven by several factors. Among them are habits and fear that is stirred up by the ‘powers that be.’ But if nothing is challenged, then nothing will be changed. See the related reports for more. And invest the time to watch The First American. See what life and death challenges look like. Imagine how long odds then were transformed into a surprising victory. Then keep in mind that those who aim to rule America now are vastly outnumbered.

As President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (D) notably observed, per Wikipedia, during his first inaugural address, “So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is…fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.” Quite so. That was during the Great Depression. What our forbearers endured during the Revolution, the Civil War, World War I, the Spanish Flu pandemic, the Great Depression, and  World War II make our current travails – while serious – more manageable.

 

 

When we have a sound view of life, liberty, and what makes happiness possible, then the efforts to fight for what’s right are supported and encouraged.

Family, faith, flag, and fortune are intertwined. Begin with the end in mind. ##

 

 

Next up is our business daily recap of yesterday evening’s market report and related left-right headlines.

The Business Daily Manufactured Home Industry Connected Stock Market Updates.  Plus, Market Moving Left (CNN) – Right (Newsmax) Headlines Snapshot. While the layout of this daily business report has recently been modified, several elements of the basic concepts used previously are still the same. The headlines that follow below can be reviewed at a glance to save time while providing insights across the left-right media divide. Additionally, those headlines often provide clues as to possible ‘market-moving’ items.

 

Market Indicator Closing Summaries – Yahoo Finance Closing Tickers on MHProNews…

Headlines from left-of-center CNN Business = evening of 8.9.2021 

• A tough ask
• Customers shop at a Target store on January 13, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. Target announced today that comparable sales rose 17.2% during the November/December holiday shopping season. On Monday the stock reached an all-time high of nearly $200-per-share.
• Why big retailers and restaurant chains aren’t requiring vaccines for customers
• Warren Buffett is buying more of his own stock as Berkshire bounces back
• DraftKings buys casino giant Golden Nugget Online Gaming for nearly $1.6 billion
• Big moves for oil, gold and bonds after blockbuster US jobs report
• This company uses technology and nature to cut your air conditioning bill
• One of the world’s biggest cigarette makers wants to buy an asthma inhaler company
• Malls are back. But for how long?
• Domino’s is giving away $50 million of free food to take on DoorDash
• These top US chains are reinstating their mask requirements
• Opinion: Global businesses must address climate change before it’s too late
• Rush shipping is often free. But the environment could be paying for it
• Why Silicon Valley is betting on making this dystopian sci-fi idea a reality
• ‘The Suicide Squad’ underperformed at the box office. Here’s why
• You might be able to retire earlier than you think. Here’s how
• A “Job Fair” sign outside a Job News USA career fair in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., on Wednesday, June 23, 2021.
• This is a first: The US has 10 million job openings
• Mike Richards accepts the award for outstanding game show for “The Price is Right” at the 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel on May 1, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.
• Alex Trebek’s likely ‘Jeopardy!’ successor defends himself on allegations he mistreated colleagues
• ON TELEVISION
• ‘South Park’ creators score reported $900 million deal with ViacomCBS
• ‘GMA’ anchor Dan Harris is leaving after 21 years
• Reality television is heading to outer space
• ‘Lord of the Rings’ series to premiere next year
• How Jeopardy’s producer ended up as the front-runner to replace Alex Trebek
• CLIMATE CONCERNS
• Watch these robots clean up a beach
• Biden’s EV sales goal won’t be too hard to reach
• Europe aims to kill gasoline and diesel cars by 2035
• See how this flying vehicle could transform London’s transport
• Farms are wasting 1 billion tons of food. That’s a disaster for the climate

 

Headlines from right-of-center Newsmax – evening of 8.9.2021

• Ed Secretary Cardona: Nation at ‘Fork in the Road’ on COVID, Schools Reopening
• A student raises a hand in a classroom at Tussahaw Elementary in McDonough, Ga., last week. Schools have begun reopening in the U.S. with most states leaving it up to local schools to decide whether to require masks. (AP)
• Newsmax TV
• Blackburn: $1.2T Infrastructure Bill ‘Gateway to Socialism’
• Willam Kelly: Chicago Mayor’s Comments on Officer’s Death ‘Despicable’ |
• Gordon Chang: Xi Jinping’s Actions Show ‘Deliberate Spread’ of COVID-19 |
• Claudia Tenney: It’s ‘Over’ for Cuomo; He’s ‘No Bill Clinton’ |
• Bacon: Biden’s Plans to Remove Afghan Interpreters Too Late
• Garbarino to Newsmax: Cuomo Will Resign Before He Gets Impeached |
• Mike Braun: GOP ‘Outmaneuvered From the Get Go’ |
• Dershowitz: ‘Bigoted’ Attack on Cuomo ‘All Political’ |
• More Newsmax TV
• Newsfront
• CDC Urges Avoiding Travel to Israel, France, Thailand Over COVID-19
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• Education Secretary Cardona: Nation at ‘Fork in the Road’ on COVID, Schools Reopening
• Rand Paul Urges Americans to ‘Resist’ New COVID Mandates
• Gottlieb: Leave COVID Response Up to Local Areas, Not Blanket Rulings
• ‘Not Normal.’ Ex-Cuomo Aide Details Groping Allegations
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• Time’s Up Leader Resigns After Criticism About Cuomo Ties
• Peter King: No Way Cuomo Can Remain in Office |
• Nearly 800 Mixed Israeli, Palestinian Families File for Family Unification After Law Expires
• Nearly 800 mixed Israeli and Palestinian families in the past 30 days [Full Story]
• Biden Announces Major Changes to Your Bank Accounts – Cash at Risk
• Gottlieb: Leave COVID Response Up to Local Areas, Not Blanket Rulings
• Some states like Florida, are prohibiting schools from enforcing [Full Story] |
• Cleveland Activists Pushing Plan to Create Most Powerful Police Oversight in US
• Activists in Cleveland, Ohio are pushing a police reform effort that [Full Story]
• Ohio Man Pushing Back on Judge’s Order to Get Vaccinated as Probation Condition
• An Ohio man is pushing back at a judge’s order that he get a COVID-19 [Full Story]
• Rewarding Vaccine Holdouts is ‘Ridiculous’
• From cash rewards to lottery-style sweepstakes, the government has [Full Story] |
• Menendez: Send Helicopters to Help Greece Fight Wildfires
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• The intensifying Democrat infighting, waged at the border between the [Full Story] |
• Willam Kelly to Newsmax: Chicago Mayor’s Comments on Officer’s Death ‘Despicable’
• Chicago correspondent William Kelly, who has had several [Full Story] |
• Senators Reach Bipartisan Crypto Deal Amid Vote Uncertainty
• A bipartisan group of senators have struck a compromise on a [Full Story]
• Tesla Institutes Mask Requirement at Nevada Plant
• Tesla is requiring that all employees at a battery manufacturing [Full Story]
• Chad Robichaux: Abandoning Allies Is Current American Policy
• The Biden administration must correct this injustice by delivering [Full Story]
• SF Sheriffs’ Union Says Unvaccinated Members May Quit Over City Mandate
• San Francisco deputies are threatening to quit if they’re required to [Full Story]
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Manufactured Housing Industry Investments Connected Equities Closing Tickers

Some of these firms invest in manufactured housing, or are otherwise connected, but may do other forms of investing or business activities too.

• • • • • • • • • • • • • NOTE: The chart below includes the Canadian stock, ECN, which purchased Triad Financial Services, a manufactured home industry lender
                        • NOTE: Drew changed its name and trading symbol at the end of 2016 to Lippert (LCII).
                        • NOTE: Deer Valley was largely taken private, say company insiders in a message to MHProNews on 12.15.2020, but there are still some outstanding shares of  the stock from the days when it was a publicly traded firm.  Thus, there is still periodic activity on DVLY.

Summer 2021…

Berkshire Hathaway is the parent company to Clayton Homes, 21^st Mortgage, Vanderbilt Mortgage and other factory built housing industry suppliers.
· LCI Industries, Patrick, UFPI, and LP each are suppliers to the manufactured housing industry, among others.
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