The US Dept. of Defense was nowhere to be found on 911.
We haven’t won a war since.
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, it feels like the people who run the Pentagon specialize in undeclared/unwon wars. Is it understandable that young people and their parents and grandparents would take a dim view on all this?
Sentinel
Pro sports and made for TV events are part of the entertainment industry.
They are not part of the federal government even though we often see militarized pageantry, giant flag rituals, fighter jet flyovers and quick views of The Troops still in the Middle East at game time.
A symbol of the propaganda that makes it all work.
What are your favorite Presidents Day traditions?
Some federal holidays have little meaning. Some are quite meaningful. People may have different feelings about each one. How you felt in the third grade may be different from how you feel now.
A symbol of the propaganda that makes it all work.
Sentinel
The Oak Bay Starfish Take
Pro sports and made for TV events are part of the entertainment industry.
They are not part of the federal government even though we often see militarized pageantry, giant flag rituals, fighter jet flyovers and quick views of The Troops still in the Middle East at game time.
The event does play to a groupthink patriotism. Some might prefer it was just sports and who cares about the Ads and the show at halftime.
Head over to markets in the International District of Seattle or the agricultural Skagit Valley and you will see products with labels not printed in English. Visit a cafe for lunch. You will be amongst a different culture. Good with me.
Some may say Homeland Security is a scam and that newspeople have avoided asking questions related to Homeland Security funding and performance for decades now.
Below, we’ll offer up several examples of what we’re talking about.
Why It Matters
Americans were told that they faced a life and death situation after 911. If certain actions were not taken, terrorists could come to America to disrupt our way of life and attempt another 911.
If all this was a life and death situation that required sending the troops to Iraq and Afghanistan, wouldn’t it be important to ask a few public policy questions about what was going on?
Newspeople have a long history of not asking questions in this area.
Will Northwest HIDTA be shut down when cartel drugs stop entering the US? Have recent US Dept. of Homeland Security efforts reduced the need for Northwest HIDTA services?
Any questions from newspeople?
Drug Cartels Designated As Terrorist Organizations
Did the advantage of designating terrorist organizations in Iraq and Afghanistan allow those undeclared wars to be prevented, won or shut down?
Drug cartels were designated as terrorist organizations back on Feb 20, 2025.
Both major parties have been OK with wasteful and ineffective Homeland Security spending.
Kristi Noem was supposed to keep cartel product out. She became irrelevant when Operation Macho Swagger went hot to take out boats thought to be operated by drug cartels.
Months ago, Kristi Noem deployed her ass kicking drug war road show.
Mar 20, 2025:
Homeland Security Vision of Success
Promotional events crafted and controlled by public affairs professionals, staged with major drug hauls, patrol boats, helicopters, etc.
The big campaign features top level team leaders thanking each other.
Well done.
Announcing the number of DOD ground units, US Navy and US Coast Guard vessels sent towards the US/Mexico border demonstrates a sense of commitment.
If you are part of a local drug task force, or narcotics enforcement team, you are advertising the latest big drug bust after cartel product is able to move past the jurisdiction of federal agents at borders, border crossings and ports of entry, REAL ID checks and a barrier of DOD ground units, US Navy and US Coast Guard vessels prior to arriving in Hometown, USA.
If you are part of the DEA, you may hope for limited success coming from the Trump/Noem team because what would you do with yourself if cartel drugs could no longer enter the US?
Please let us know when Seattle area drug addicts have any difficulty finding their cartel product of choice.
If you are part of a local health dept. you are handing out Naloxone as always, to deal with the stuff that doesn’t get reported in the big local drug bust.
Welcome Home Troops. Thanks for doing time/risking your ass in Iraq and Afghanistan, working to keep a post 911 USA safe & secure.
Don’t worry-The Super Bowl and public affairs will be safe:
Real newspeople may ask:
If special games require special security-what keeps regular games safe? Crowd size/capacity is similar at several stadiums.
Are fans less safe at regular games?
What prevents terror strikes at hundreds of events & locations unsupervised by federal authorities?
What stops terrorists from going 2 states over and driving a truck across the playground at a daycare center?
Welcome Home Troops
Head Over To Walmart
Common flashlight batteries are now locked up like diamond jewelry:
Kristi Noem is sealing off the border. Any day now, cartel drugs will no longer be available anywhere in WA.
People will no longer need cash to support a drug habit. There will be no more need to steal, and we can all go back to how things were in the last century.
Back to a time before the US Dept. of Homeland Security was established in 2002. This giant federal agency now has more than two decades of experience and lessons learned in working to prevent cartel product from entering the US.
More overdose deaths now, or before DHS?
We’re not impressed.
Credibility squandered, enthusiasm dried up.
Don’t lie to people and maybe they would be more patriotic.
Port Angeles Drug War
A significant Homeland Security/CBP/Border Patrol presence at Port Angeles and the expanded Port Angeles USBP HQ have been in place now for more than a decade.
New Port Angeles USBP Station opened more than a decade ago. Has the new station been able to prevent cartel drugs from entering the Olympic Peninsula?
Newspeople remain silent.
Were Clallam County drug overdose death numbers higher before the US Dept. of Homeland Security was established (2002) or are the numbers higher with a $51.6 billion (every 12 months) US Dept. of Homeland Security in place? This giant federal agency now has more than two decades of experience and lessons learned in working to prevent cartel product from entering the US.
“Under a new screening process, military recruits do not need to show a REAL ID or pay a $45 fee to get past security checkpoints for flights to basic training.”
Real Newspeople May Ask:
What keeps the terrorists with no ID of any kind from creating a disruption at the back end of the airport security screening line?
Is there any possibility that any DEA office or DEA budget will be downsized due to the success of US Dept. of Homeland Security efforts in recent months?
The US should maintain strong and ready military forces.
In some cases, the US Armed Forces provide for our security. That’s as good as it gets.
In terms of American rights and freedoms- The Dept. of Defense has no more say than the Dept. of Agriculture.
Legal marijuana, concealed carry of handguns, semi automatic rifle sales, federal minimum drinking age, federal toilet regulations, sports betting, federal gas can regulations/free enterprise system, voting rights, bump stock ban, interracial marriage, gay marriage, tobacco sales, open container laws, etc.
Freedoms come and go. None of the above are linked in any way with The Joint Chiefs of Staff, The Troops, The Dept. of Defense or the outcome of military operations overseas.
“Rather than trying to shrink the First Amendment liberties of retired service members, Secretary Hegseth and his fellow Defendants might reflect and be grateful for the wisdom and expertise that retired service members have brought to public discussions and debate on military matters in our Nation over the past 250 years,” Leon, a George W. Bush appointee, wrote. “If so, they will more fully appreciate why the Founding Fathers made free speech the first Amendment in the Bill of Rights!”
Violent protest, threats of violence and property damage are not to be tolerated.
Seems like government should be neutral on peaceful/nonviolent protest that involves questioning/protesting US government or foreign government policies.
Not asking about the oath of enlistment. Asking about what happens after the oath has been taken.
Love to see newspeople interview elected officials and let us know how sending US Troops to Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia, etc., is somehow defending the constitution.
For many people, Trump was an attractive candidate, especially with the alternative offered up by the DNC.
Both major parties are OK with decades of undeclared/unwon wars.
Both major parties are OK with telling us that wars are for freedom.
Both major parties are OK with wasteful and ineffective Homeland Security spending.
Kristi Noem was supposed to keep cartel product out. She became irrelevant when Operation Macho Swagger went hot to take out boats thought to be operated by drug cartels.
Welcome Home Troops. Thanks for doing time/risking your ass in Iraq and Afghanistan, working to keep a post 911 USA safe & secure.
Don’t worry-The Super Bowl and public affairs will be safe:
Real newspeople may ask:
If special games require special security-what keeps regular games safe? Crowd size/capacity is similar at several stadiums.
Are fans less safe at regular games?
What prevents terror strikes at hundreds of events & locations unsupervised by federal authorities?
What stops terrorists from going 2 states over and driving a truck across the playground at a daycare center?
Welcome Home Troops
Head Over To Walmart
Common flashlight batteries are now locked up like diamond jewelry:
Kristi Noem is sealing off the border. Any day now, cartel drugs will no longer be available anywhere in WA.
People will no longer need cash to support a drug habit. There will be no more need to steal, and we can all go back to how things were in the last century.
Back to a time before the US Dept. of Homeland Security was established in 2002. This giant federal agency now has more than two decades of experience and lessons learned in working to prevent cartel product from entering the US.
More overdose deaths now, or before DHS?
We’re not impressed.
Credibility squandered, enthusiasm dried up.
Don’t lie to people and maybe they would be more patriotic.
Above: A meetup with newspeople who ask questions.
Sponsored by a local Invisible Veteran chapter.
Glenn Greenwald explains:
People who take no public funds, private donations or advertising dollars are free to ask questions at any time. Why not the press? Call for unpaid volunteers and you’d get better news coverage than what we have now.
Zero questions from small or large newspapers. Zero questions from TV newspeople.
Grays Harbor – Damon Point
Zero Questions From Newspeople:
When and why was a decision made to turn away from maintaining the 1916 jetty adjacent to former public parking areas at Damon Point?
Is the jetty adjacent to Damon Point the only section of jetty in Grays Harbor that has gone without maintenance since it was first installed?
Drive down to the former public parking area at Damon Point and see what Westport would look like today if efforts to maintain the coast were suspended decades ago.
A significant Homeland Security/CBP/Border Patrol presence at Port Angeles and the expanded Port Angeles USBP HQ have been in place now for more than a decade.
New Port Angeles USBP Station opened more than a decade ago. Has the new station been able to prevent cartel drugs from entering the Olympic Peninsula?
Newspeople remain silent.
Were Clallam County drug overdose death numbers higher before the US Dept. of Homeland Security was established (2002) or are the numbers higher with a $51.6 billion (every 12 months) US Dept. of Homeland Security in place? This giant federal agency now has more than two decades of experience and lessons learned in working to prevent cartel product from entering the US.
“Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican who chairs the NGA, told fellow governors in a letter on Monday that the White House intended to limit invitations to the association’s annual business meeting, scheduled for Feb. 20, to Republican governors only.”
Above: Grays Harbor – looking south towards Westport.
From 1976 Bicentennial To USA 250
TV Ads
Today, overweight people are hired to do TV Ads for pharmaceutical drugs used to achieve weight loss.
More here:
Breaking Points
Back in 1976, people shown on TV seemed less likely to be overweight. Something like the ship’s crew seen on the The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau, or Reality TV when I was a kid:
50 years from adolescent males backpacking on overnight Boy Scout outings to role models for profit on TV and reaching for injections and pills in order to deal with being fat.
USA 250
Same country that stages a big celebration of freedom and independence from a powerful central government each July 4th.
Instead of waiting for school teachers to teach about individual rights and limited government authority, waiting on the press to ask questions, or courts to handle cases, these guys go out and update us with a quick reality check.
It is common in various states that open records laws allow the public records request to be submitted in person orally or in writing and that the public records request may be made anonymously.
Public records laws set up an open door policy for people to go and interact in person with government offices and agencies during normal business hours at public offices.
Tyrant Terminator Audits!!! is a favorite channel where he has explained all this over and again in public offices.
Above: A meetup with newspeople who ask questions.
Sponsored by a local Invisible Veteran chapter.
KING 5
The Trump Era
Wonder what was happening at border crossing/port of entry inspections during this nearly 3 year-long investigation.
Do the good guys who made the local bust notify the good guys at the border about the weak links in their process?
Zero Questions From KING 5 Seattle
How much fentanyl moved through local communities during this nearly 3 year investigation?
How many victims were harmed by the drugs and guns tied up in this nearly 3 year long holding pattern?
Love to see newspeople ask:
Were federal authorities at the border notified of this ongoing investigation?
Did the drug traffickers get fast track screening at the border so as not to disrupt this ongoing investigation?
If the drug traffickers were given a pass at the border- would that have tipped them off as to the investigation- or would that have been seen as standard protocol?
Imagine LE authorities observe a shoplifter or bank robber in action. Instead of going in to make an arrest they back off and conduct an investigation that goes on for nearly 3 years. What if they applied the same tactic Re: crimes involving arson, terrorism, child abuse, DUI, etc.
Has any city, county or state jurisdiction been able to cleanup their drug problem using these methods?
Just Ask The DEA About Sealed Borders
Made for TV DEA spokesperson lets us know what to think.
Welcome Home Troops. Thanks for doing time/risking your ass in Iraq and Afghanistan, working to keep a post 911 USA safe & secure.
Don’t worry-The Super Bowl and public affairs will be safe:
Welcome Home Troops
Common flashlight batteries are now locked up like diamond jewelry:
Kristi Noem is sealing off the border. Any day now, cartel drugs will no longer be available anywhere in WA.
People will no longer need cash to support a drug habit. There will be no more need to steal, and we can all go back to how things were in the last century.
Back to a time before the US Dept. of Homeland Security was established in 2002. This giant federal agency now has more than two decades of experience and lessons learned in working to prevent cartel product from entering the US.
More overdose deaths now, or before DHS?
We’re not impressed.
Credibility squandered, enthusiasm dried up.
Don’t lie to people and maybe they would be more patriotic.
Above: A photo I took back in May of 2025 showing the good as new sign advertising a restaurant and lounge not open in recent years.
Ongoing Breakdown of Society
It’s a shame that people look forward to a visit to the coast and may be disappointed with the reality of their stay compared to what they saw on a web page prepared by marketing/advertising and web sales staff.
Click on some of the sites and the first thing you see is a calendar to select the date you want to stay. No thanks. Not ready to purchase anything, just trying to do some homework.
The sites that do only reviews and no bookings are preferable.
“Recently, the city of Ocean Shores ordered the closure of the Shilo Inns Ocean Shores near the Chance a la Mer beach approach for numerous reasons and suspended all business licenses issued to Shilo Inns.”
“A water disconnect notice was sent on Jan. 16 with a due date of Jan. 23. Water service was subsequently shut off. According to the Grays Harbor County Assessor’s website, Shilo Inns owes $233,898 in property taxes. Current market value for the property is $12.9 million.”
“Tamez-McClain’s letter of additional findings included bed bug infestations in several rooms and more cleanliness problems and intimated that the hotel is allowing long-term occupancy exceeding 30 days.”
“According to Ocean Shores Mayor Frank Elduen, workers at the Shilo Inns Ocean Shores have not been paid in some time.”
Just Up The Street From Shilo
$6.3 million in federal cash for a used Ocean Shores hotel.
Zero questions from small or large newspapers. Zero questions from TV newspeople.
Possibly of interest:
Drive down to the former public parking area at Damon Point and see what Westport would look like today if efforts to maintain the coast were suspended decades ago.
At one time this location featured the Silver King Motel and the Marina View Restaurant next to the marina. Also, a grocery store, charter boat fishing, a boat lift and room to tie up 200 small boats.
Tune in to any Super Bowl in the post 911 era to see the press promote a big US Dept. of Homeland Security show of force to keep the big game safe.
TV newspeople skip asking real questions and play the role of federal public affairs staff instead:
Real newspeople may ask:
If special games require special security-what keeps regular games safe? Crowd size/capacity is similar at several stadiums.
Are fans less safe at regular games?
What prevents terror strikes at hundreds of events & locations unsupervised by federal authorities?
What stops terrorists from going 2 states over and driving a truck across the playground at a daycare center?
New Drug War – Fog Them Down With The Antidote
Love to see newspeople ask:
Has any US community announced that first responders are finding less need for Narcan, buprenorphine, Naloxone, fentanyl test strips, or any similar product used in overdose response situations?
Is there any possibility that any DEA office or DEA budget will be downsized due to the success of all US Dept. of Homeland Security efforts in recent months?
The US Dept. of Homeland Security was established in 2002. This giant federal agency now has more than two decades of experience and lessons learned in working to prevent cartel product from entering the US. More overdose deaths now, or before DHS?
Has any community anywhere in the US downsized or shut down any local drug task force, or narcotics enforcement team due to the success of Dept. of War strikes on narcoterrorist drug boats, ICE crackdowns and designating cartels as terrorist organizations?
Any questions from newspeople?
Just Ask The DEA About Sealed Borders
Made for TV DEA spokesperson lets us know what to think.
Welcome Home Troops. Thanks for doing time/risking your ass in Iraq and Afghanistan, working to keep a post 911 USA safe & secure.
Don’t worry-The Super Bowl and public affairs will be safe:
Welcome Home Troops
Common flashlight batteries are now locked up like diamond jewelry:
Kristi Noem is sealing off the border. Any day now, cartel drugs will no longer be available anywhere in WA.
People will no longer need cash to support a drug habit. There will be no more need to steal, and we can all go back to how things were in the last century.
Back to a time before the US Dept. of Homeland Security was established in 2002. This giant federal agency now has more than two decades of experience and lessons learned in working to prevent cartel product from entering the US.
More overdose deaths now, or before DHS?
We’re not impressed.
Credibility squandered, enthusiasm dried up.
Don’t lie to people and maybe they would be more patriotic.
Mainstream Media Functions Like Paid Actors Reading A Script
Americans do not live in a free and honest society. Today, the mainstream media will function like paid actors reading a script:
Has any US community announced that first responders are finding less need for Narcan, buprenorphine, Naloxone, fentanyl test strips, or any similar product used in overdose response situations?
The US Dept. of Homeland Security was established in 2002. This giant federal agency now has more than two decades of experience and lessons learned in working to prevent cartel product from entering the US. More overdose deaths now, or before DHS?
Has any community anywhere in the US downsized or shut down any local drug task force, or narcotics enforcement team due to the success of Dept. of War strikes on narcoterrorist drug boats, ICE crackdowns and designating cartels as terrorist organizations?
Any questions from newspeople?
Borders Are Sealed
US Dept. of Homeland Security – The people who fail to keep cartel product away from local communities will be keeping the Super Bowl safe.
Just ask the DEA about sealed borders:
Made for TV DEA spokesperson lets us know what to think.
Welcome Home Troops. Thanks for doing time/risking your ass in Iraq and Afghanistan, working to keep a post 911 USA safe & secure.
Don’t worry-The Super Bowl and public affairs will be safe:
Real newspeople may ask:
If special games require special security-what keeps regular games safe? Crowd size/capacity is similar at several stadiums.
Are fans less safe at regular games?
What prevents terror strikes at hundreds of events & locations unsupervised by federal authorities?
What stops terrorists from going 2 states over and driving a truck across the playground at a daycare center?
Welcome Home Troops
Common flashlight batteries are now locked up like diamond jewelry:
Kristi Noem is sealing off the border. Any day now, cartel drugs will no longer be available anywhere in WA.
People will no longer need cash to support a drug habit. There will be no more need to steal, and we can all go back to how things were in the last century.
Back to a time before the US Dept. of Homeland Security was established in 2002. This giant federal agency now has more than two decades of experience and lessons learned in working to prevent cartel product from entering the US.
More overdose deaths now, or before DHS?
We’re not impressed.
Credibility squandered, enthusiasm dried up.
Don’t lie to people and maybe they would be more patriotic.
“The Air Force-Navy collaboration representing 250 years of airpower and maritime strength is deemed a reflection of the entire U.S. Armed Forces—Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, and Coast Guard—that safeguards freedom.”
Freedom?
In some cases, the US Armed Forces provide for our security. That’s as good as it gets.
In terms of American rights and freedoms-The Dept. of Defense has no more say than the Dept. of Agriculture.
Legal marijuana, concealed carry of handguns, semi automatic rifle sales, federal minimum drinking age, federal toilet regulations, sports betting, federal gas can regulations/free enterprise system, web censorship, voting rights, bump stock ban, interracial marriage, gay marriage, tobacco sales, open container laws, etc.
That was before decades of military operations for your freedoms.
Both major political parties are now OK with treating 18-20 year old adults as second-class citizens.
Why do elected officials and high level DOD civilians speak of the US Armed Forces as if they function as some sort of giant civil rights organization?
Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in this area:
Not asking about the oath of enlistment. Asking about what happens after the oath has been taken.
Love to see newspeople interview elected officials and let us know how sending US Troops to Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia, etc., is somehow defending the constitution.
Several news sources published this quote. View them here.
The idea that sending hometown troops to Africa would be linked in any way with keeping the people of Salisbury Maryland safe and free calls for more discussion.
Mayor Day,
While the troops were deployed, federal law was signed prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to adults age 18-20.
Can you help us to understand the militarized version of freedom here?
A giant flag ritual at the next ball game will make it all good.
Don’t lie to people and maybe they would be more patriotic.
Mainstream Media Functions Like Paid Actors Reading A Script
Americans do not live in a free and honest society. Today, the mainstream media will function like paid actors reading a script:
Would any newsperson ever ask:
Did the advantage of US air power allow the undeclared wars in Iraq or Afghanistan to be prevented, won or shut down?
US jet aircraft have been able to strike targets in what wars won by the US?
Currently serving four-star officers and high level DOD civilians have been associated with what wars won by the US?
From 2004
“Today, however, the Congress has relinquished its delegated powers, giving the President license to do whatever he and his office determine that they can get away with. Consequentially, the presidential and legislative oaths to the Constitution have just turned into a great photo op on inauguration day.”
“It is a sad and hard realization for a grunt who loves the Marine Corps to admit that the organization is not used in the preservation of liberty, and has not been used toward that end for a very long time.”
“Last July, a Transient Accommodations Inspection Report prepared by the Washington State Department of Health indicated overflowing garbage, flies in the fitness room bathroom and spiders in guest laundry, lack of current boiler certificates, lack of adequate hot and cold water available to guests at all times, stained carpeting and mattresses and peeling wallpaper in certain rooms.”
Here on the coast, it is common for lodgings that appear to be no more than hotels or motels to describe themselves as a resort. What is a resort? What does it take to achieve this designation?
Just Up The Street From Shilo
$6.3 million in federal cash for a used Ocean Shores hotel.
Zero questions from small or large newspapers. Zero questions from TV newspeople.
Possibly of interest:
Drive down to the former public parking area at Damon Point and see what Westport would look like today if efforts to maintain the coast were suspended decades ago.
At one time this location featured the Silver King Motel and the Marina View Restaurant next to the marina. Also, a grocery store, charter boat fishing, a boat lift and room to tie up 200 small boats.
Instead of waiting for school teachers to teach about individual rights and limited government authority, waiting on the press to ask questions, or courts to handle cases, these guys go out and update us with a quick reality check.
It is common in various states that open records laws allow the public records request to be submitted in person orally or in writing and that the public records request may be made anonymously.
Public records laws set up an open door policy for people to go and interact in person with government offices and agencies during normal business hours at public offices.
Tyrant Terminator Audits!!! is a favorite channel where he has explained all this over and again in public offices.
A symbol of the propaganda that makes it all work.
2nd Amendment
Washington Gun Law
Federal Gun Ban for Marijuana Users?
Another of many examples where American freedoms may come & go-completely unrelated to military operations/US Troops in distant lands, or the Sound of Freedom over Coupeville.
It’s a society that can’t stop bragging about freedom, thanking the troops for freedoms, fighting wars for freedoms, staging military jet flyovers at sporting events for freedom, etc.
It took a constitutional amendment to prohibit the sale of a glass of wine- why no constitutional amendment to authorize a federal prohibition of marijuana?
Today-
You may fill a shopping cart with hard liquor, make the purchase and head home. You do not give up your guns.
Yon may be involved in a serious car wreck and take prescription meds that may include mind and body altering opioids. You are not required to turn in your guns.
A symbol of the propaganda that makes it all work.
The War on Terror has prompted elected officials and law enforcement authorities to calm the public by looking into the future and announcing that no credible threat exists.
Newspeople play along by not asking questions.
If the good guys can tell what the bad guys will do before they do it-surely, these powerful crime fighting tools will be used to shut down gang and cartel activity, fentanyl trafficking, bank robberies, mass casualty shootings, truck-ramming, etc.
At The Big Game
At 2:12 below: We are supported by more than 35 federal, state and local agencies.
At 2:57: No credible threats.
KPIX – CBS NEWS BAY AREA
Below: Top level team leaders thank each other. Well done.
Video below features damage control Re: ICE operations.
Real newspeople may ask:
What threat level did authorities see in the days and hours prior to the January 1st, 2025 event at New Orleans?
If special games require special security-what keeps regular games safe? Crowd size/capacity is similar at several stadiums.
Are fans less safe at regular games?
What prevents terror strikes at hundreds of events & locations unsupervised by federal authorities?
What stops terrorists from going 2 states over and driving a truck across the playground at a daycare center?
Homeland Security Out At The Airport
Our Questions:
What keeps the terrorists with no ID of any kind from creating a disruption at the back end of the airport security screening line?
Guaranteed: No TV newsperson anywhere will ever ask this question. Americans do not live in a free and honest society.
Decades Past 911 – A Fake War On Terror
In recent years, the press tends to support government agencies, departments and policies rather than question them.
Below:
A total of 3 Seattle TV newspeople work this story on camera. Zero questions from any of them.
KOMO News
Imagine the TV newsperson, on camera, escorting the TSA official all the way to the back of the “be sure to arrive early line” and asking what keeps the bad guys from creating a disruption at that point.
Year after year, more of the same. Similar cheerful videos, TV newspeople interviewing each other.
No voices of dissent. No passengers with questions about security theater will ever make it on air.
The USA has a big 250 year birthday coming up in 2026.
I remember being in school for the bicentennial in 1976.
It will be strange to watch the celebrations this year because we are experiencing an ongoing breakdown of society that has been going on for years now, no matter what political party or personality is in office. Today, both major parties serve up a version of politics that is more extreme than what we saw in 1976.
Celebrating USA 250 includes acknowledging the post 911 era.
Gambling
I am OK with people making the choice to gamble. It seems that gambling has a much bigger place in our lives now than it did at the bicentennial in 1976.
Back then, gambling was done in Atlantic City, Reno NV, Las Vegas and some locations that had horse racing. State lotto games seemed to be mostly unheard of.
Today, state lotto games are common. Gambling casinos are common in the state where I live. Multi-state lotto games pay out huge prizes. Game rules are manipulated over time so that jackpots can grow bigger than ever.
I used to enjoy reading an article related to sports and some team or Indy Car driver I was interested in. Sports writers would do great work in covering teams, players, coaches, history, etc.
I go to the web today to read a sports story and often find info that is geared towards betting which is of no interest to me.
We watched a small number of NFL games on TV this past season. I was surprised to see sports betting adds coming at us with the game. Seems odd for what some may have once considered to be family viewing time. Mixing a sports league with betting ads seems a little off.
Grab your smart phone and sign up now to get some free cash and get started. Bet on an unlimited number of games this week.
Family Time
“Hey Grandpa, show me how to use your fucking phone to bet on these upcoming games.” Show me how to be a good consumer by ordering more hot wings with cinnamon bread twists, dipping sauce and liters of pop. Show me how to use your smartphone to talk to the appliances here in the fucking house.
Old Man Blog category:
Thoughts on changes in American culture relating to those born roughly in the late 50s & early 60s.
Above: Approved Flag Images
