Supermen

"All men are created equal." 

This fundamental truth was penned by Thomas Jefferson when he wrote the Declaration of Independence.

Of course, it is also true that all men do not use all of their skills and abilities to achieve extraordinary results in their life.

History shows that their number to be extraordinarily low.

Thomas Jefferson was such a man as was George Washington and Benjamin Franklin.

They all excelled in a number of spheres of life.

When I was a younger I marveled at what a man named Pete Dawkins had accomplished in his life.

How could one man be so good at so many things?

At age 11, Dawkins was successfully treated for a case of polio.

He went to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point where he was a running back on the Army football team from 1956-1958.

He won the Heisman Trophy and Maxwell Award as the top college football player in the nation in 1958.

Credit: https://www.pristineauction.com/a5097373-Pete-Dawkins-Signed-Army-Black-Knights-8x10-Photo-Inscribed-Heisman-58-Beckett-COA

At West Point, Dawkins was the Brigade Commander, was class President and was a Star Man (top 5% of his class) in addition to being the captain of the football team.

A cadet is considered outstanding if he attains one of these positions. Dawkins was the only cadet in history to hold all four at once. 

In addition to all of that, Dawkins also played hockey at West Point where he was an assistant captain.

He is considered the most decorated West Point cadet of all time.

Upon graduation, Dawkins was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and studied for two years in England at Oxford University.

At Oxford, he took up rugby and became one of the elite players in that game as well.

Upon returning to the United States to serve in the Army, Dawkins finished Infantry and Ranger schools before serving in Vietnam where he earned two Bronze stars.

He later served as a White House Fellow and earned both a Masters Degree and PhD from Princeton University.

He retired from the Army as a Brigadier General after 24 years of service and worked in both investment banking and business consulting.

He later became Chairman and CEO of Primerica, a financial services firm.

Dawkins ran for the U.S. Senate in New Jersey in 1988 and lost to incumbent Democrat Senator Frank Lautenberg by eight points. It was a rare setback in the life of Dawkins who is the oldest living Heisman winner today at age 86.

I don't know that I have ever seen a better resume than that of Peter Dawkins.

A true Superman.

There are many who will not want to admit it but Donald J. Trump also has to be considered a Superman.

How many people can you name that have achieved the level of success he has in the three different areas during their lifetimes--- business, entertainment and politics?

A billionaire businessman. The star of a top-rated television show. President of the United States.

On the Forbes 400 list for wealth. On a list of just 46 Presidents of the United States. Recognized with a star on Hollywood Boulevard along with Marilyn Monroe, Walt Disney, Lucille Ball and Tom Cruise among others..

This is a picture I took of Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame when I was in Los Angeles recently.

Pick any three major areas of endeavor and give me another name or two that compares with what Trump has done over his lifetime. It is not an easy task. 

If you think of someone, please list them in the comments section.

This brings us to Elon Musk.

As I have written before, when the definitive history of the early 21st Century is written I will be surprised if Elon Musk is not considered the most consequential person of this period.

Musk may yet have the potential to be remembered as the most consequential individual in the history of mankind short of Jesus Christ.

Musk developed and marketed the first popular mass-produced electric vehicle---the Tesla

Leveraging off of Tesla he has created an energy storage business for homes and huge "megapacks" for utilities that extend the usefulness of solar and wind-powered generators.  Some analysts value that Tesla Energy business at $600 billion of value by itself.

Musk created SpaceX with the audacious goal of colonizing Mars. In the process he has basically taken over the U.S. space program. SpaceX is on track to carry 90% of all earth payloads in the world into space orbit this year. It is even more impressive when you consider the fact that he is competing against government controlled space programs such as China, Russia, Japan and India.

Musk developed the Starlink communication system that allows for any cellphone in the world to be connected to the internet. There are more than 6,400 Starlink satellites in orbit already that have been launched by SpaceX. I recently was able to stay connected 24/7 while on a ship in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

Musk is also working on autonomous driving, humanoid robots, robotaxis, electric semi trucks, advanced artificial intelligence applications, implanted chips to cure paralysis and much more in addition to owning the preeminent free speech platform ("X") in the world.

It seems that the fact that Elon Musk bought Twitter to protect free speech is the reason that the liberals and progressives have now made Elon public enemy #1 after Donald Trump.

This tweet on X below sums it up pretty well I believe.

The rocket he launched was larger than the Saturn V rocket that sent men to the moon with over 2.5 times the thrust and power. 

Musk also attended the Trump rally in Butler. PA which seems to be another reason for Democrats to hate him.

If you have not seen the launch and catch of the Starship Super Heavy booster I recommend you view this three minute highlight reel.

It is one of the most astounding engineering feats in the history of man.

If you want to have a glimpse of what else Musk is working on this is a 7 minute video of Elon explaining his robotaxi, robovan and humanoid robots at an event he held last week in LA.

Link: https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/videos/see-teslas-musk-introduce-new-cybercab-robotaxi/

Elon Musk is literally transforming the world around us before our eyes.

You would think that he would be getting all of the encouragement and support he could from our government officials.

You would be wrong.

Last December the FCC rejected Starlink's proposal to provide broadband services to rural areas in the United States. 

       

Source: https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2023-12-13-fcc-rejects-starlink-bid-bring-broadband-services-rural-areas

The Federal Communications Commission Dec. 12 rejected an application by Starlink for nearly $900 million in Rural Digital Opportunity Funds to bring broadband services to rural locations, including health care facilities, concluding the application failed to demonstrate the company could deliver the promised service.

The FCC said this in December but it is Starlink that is providing the necessary broadband access in the isolated and devastated sections of western North Carolina in the wake of Hurricane Helene?

Something does not add up here.

In the meantime, Biden/Harris received $42 billion in allocated funds from Congress in 2021 and have yet to connect one single household to broadband in the United States under the program.

Source: https://reason.com/2024/06/27/why-has-joe-bidens-42-billion-broadband-program-not-connected-one-single-household/

At the same time. Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota stated last week that Minnesota is providing $52 million in state grants to expand broadband access to over 7,500 homes and businesses in the state.

Let's do the math.

$52 million for 7.500 homes and businesses is almost $7,000 per hookup.

The cost of a Starlink terminal installed in a home is only $349 in hardware costs.

Source: https://www.starlink.com/us/residential

Perhaps Tim Walz and Kamala Harris need to be introduced to Elon Musk?

If you do not think politics is involved here, also consider the fact that the state of California just refused permission for Musk's SpaceX program to expand launches in that state because they don't like his politics and his tweets.

Even more incredibly, the Biden/Harris Department of Justice is suing SpaceX for alleged discrimination in not hiring asylum seekers and refugees from countries such as Afghanistan, Haiti and Venezuela

Source: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-spacex-discriminating-against-asylees-and-refugees-hiring

I think that those working at SpaceX are doing a pretty good job without the extra help.

In addition, who thinks it is a great idea to hire non-citizens from these countries to work on the sensitive technology that SpaceX is developing and deploying?

This guy on X puts all of what Elon Musk is doing in perspective.

(Click to enlarge)

Source: https://x.com/Devon_Eriksen_/status/1845479747020640570

This is why I believe that Elon Musk is the most consequential individual of this era.

Can you imagine shutting all of this innovation down because of politics?

Can you imagine having the opportunity to have this man working for free to recommend better and more efficient ways to run the federal government?

Musk has made that offer to Donald Trump.

It is not often that a Superman comes along to save the day.

It is even rarer to have two Supermen on the same team that are dedicated to making America and the world greater.

Forget about the politics.

The 2024 vote is most assuredly about our future.

All men are created equal.

However, some just get far more done than others.

You might not choose either of these men to be your pastor or have them marry your daughter.

However, when it comes to your future and that of your children and grandchildren, is there any better choice before you?

Let's start a SpaceX type countdown.

5, 4, 3, 2, 1....before liberal brains explode after reading this blog post and seeing these images.

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