Or maybe since the 23 October 1983, Beirut Marine barracks bombing.
Was this operation meant to benefit the American way of life?
Were Marines defending the constitution in Lebanon?
Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in these areas.
These questions do not need to be asked on Veterans Day, Memorial Day, Blue Angels day or Armed Forces Day. Sometime during the year, please ask these questions.
Breaking Points
LiveNOW from FOX
C-SPAN
Don’t worry, we are still the best at militarized pageantry for public events.
Related:
Which DOD Military Operations Were For Defense Of The Constitution?
The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East
The country struggles with:
Photo-
Something from the last century
Post-Vietnam guilt
The guilt doesn’t seem to work towards staying out of undeclared/unwon wars or maintaining bases inside the US.
A giant flag ritual at the next ball game will make it all good.
Above: Walking to the beach at Green Lantern State Park.
Public Records Request
It is very common that public offices in various states will say something like: Go to our website to submit your public records request online.
They would prefer the person with the camera leave the office as soon as possible.
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.
I.A.M. Free – Inland Auditing Media
Operating A Camera In A Public Place
The era of newspeople not asking questions brings on private citizens who go out and ask questions.
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.
These guys were also never waiting on the overthrow of Saddam Hussein or the take down of any other bad guy in distant lands, as DOD defends the constitution, etc.
Maybe they are tired of being lied to.
Away From WA
Tyrant Terminator Audits!!!
Please see 12:38
More here:
Operating A Camera In A Public Place
Washington Coast – The North Beach
When the time is right, the top of Mount Rainier is visible from this cam:
Westport – coastal weather cam here.
Aug 4 Update
Good Morning America
KUTV 2 News Salt Lake City
Aug 1, 2026
Aug 1, 2026
CBS Evening News
Sorry, we got it wrong:
Then
Cocky/Schmoozy
July 3, 2026
Fox News
Now
Brian Tyler Cohen
Consider replacing the phrase:
“Thanks for your service”
With:
What do you think about all this?
To me, this would come off as more respectful, thoughtful and meaningful. It could lead to discussions people might learn from.
Valhalla VFT
More than 1000 comments are posted with the video above.
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.
Is the Seattle fentanyl situation any different today than it was under Biden?
Any questions from newspeople?
Seattle street scenes:
Related:
Which DOD Military Operations Were For Defense Of The Constitution?
Seattle Has Taken A Dive In The Post 911 Era
The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East
The country struggles with:
Above: A meetup with newspeople who ask questions.
Sponsored by a local Invisible Veteran chapter.
KOMO News
Cheerful TV newspeople play the role of federal public affairs staff:
At 0:19 It’s the Sound of Freedom.
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.
Both major parties are OK with federal prohibition of alcohol and tobacco for adults age 18-20.
No such thing the day I graduated from high school.
That was before decades of military operations for your freedoms.
The Fantasy Newsperson Asks
US jet aircraft have been able to strike targets in what wars won by the US?
Did the advantage of US air power allow the undeclared wars in Iraq or Afghanistan to be prevented, won or shut down?
The Department of Defense was established in 1949. What part of DOD history involved US troops sent to locations where the constitution was threatened?
Currently serving four-star officers and high level DOD civilians have been associated with what wars won by the US?
If the CIA (est 1947) serves as an advantage to the US, why does the Department of Defense have such a poor record of winning undeclared wars going back to 1949, the year DOD was established?
How would American freedoms be any different if US troops were never sent to Iraq?
US Troops were sent into life and death situations in the aftermath of 911.
For this reason it is important to ask questions and develop a feel for what is real and what is honest.
It feels like a society where honest and meaningful ideas stand up to questioning and discussion, but the questioning and discussion rarely takes place.
Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in these areas.
These questions do not need to be asked on Veterans Day, Memorial Day, Blue Angels day or Armed Forces Day. Sometime during the year, please ask these questions.
Macho Swagger
Watch Secretary of War Pete Hegseth takes thrilling fighter jet ride with ‘Top-Gun’ pilots:
Since 1986 Top Gun:
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.
Related:
Which DOD Military Operations Were For Defense Of The Constitution?
The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East
The country struggles with:
The US should maintain strong and ready military forces.
The Fantasy Newsperson Asks
The Department of Defense was established in 1949. What part of DOD history involved US troops sent to locations where the constitution was threatened?
Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in these areas.
“The Oath” is a very big deal to people who did time in uniform. Decades after doing time in uniform some veterans will say their oath never expires.
How would The Constitution be any different if US troops were never sent to Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, etc.
Americans are raised on a pledge of allegiance to the flag. Small school children grow up with this. Are we raised to avoid the idea of asking questions?
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.
From 2021
A 2:54 audio file:
Podcast 9 Defending The Constitution?
Freedom?
Elected officials have often thanked The Troops for defending American rights and freedoms.
Former Secretary of Defense:
“…we also remember our Service Members fiercely defending the freedoms we value every day.”
How would American freedoms be any different if US troops were never sent to Iraq?
US Troops were sent into life and death situations in the aftermath of 911.
For this reason it is important to ask questions and develop a feel for what is real and what is honest.
It feels like a society where honest and meaningful ideas stand up to questioning and discussion, but the questioning and discussion rarely takes place.
Stan Goff went to 8 conflict areas and found no enemies to The Constitution.
Please see 2:30 below.
Related:
The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East
“…to support and defend our Constitution.”
Take An Oath To The Constitution
Like many others, I graduated from high school in the greater Seattle area in the late 1970s.
Back in those days, Seattle was a place to visit for day or night activities such as shopping, movies, concerts, sightseeing, Seattle Center, dining, sports events, etc.
None of these activities were seen as unsafe or controversial for teens at the time.
Seattle was a world-class city in the last century. The WWII Generation had a modern society up and running in the 70s, 80s and 90s.
What Has Changed
Today we have homelessness, drug addiction and overdoses, frequent gunfire and concerns related to gang activity.
To be fair, The USA has taken a dive in the post 911 era.
KOMO News
FOX 13 Seattle
Zero Mention Of Needing Cash To Pay For Drugs
KIRO 7 News
The weak-minded culture expects very little from its newspeople.
Seattle street scenes:
The post 911 surveillance state (fusion centers, license scanners, Homeland Security grant money, monitoring of e-mails, text messages, & social media sites, no fly/terror watch lists, tracking of cell phones, best advances in REAL ID and AI technologies, etc.) seems to be irrelevant in shutting down Seattle area gang activity:
KIRO 7 News
This video seems to show a roll into action after the shootings take place protocol:
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Drug War Show Business & The Puget Sound Area
Investigation Took Nearly 3 Years – Drug War Scam Update
Seattle Drug Scene – Welcome Home Troops
Seattle Open-Air Drug Use Rolls On
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Several years back, I started the Old Man Blog category. It involves thoughts on changes in American culture relating to those born roughly in the late 50s & early 60s.
Original Old Man Blog here: https://oldmanblogdotcom.wordpress.com
New updates here: https://oakbaystarfish.com/category/old-man-blog/
Also:
David Pakman Show
What we are thinking:
The failings of one extreme political party bring on the next extreme political party.
KOMO News
From comments:
“Doesn’t matter. It’s obvious you aren’t fixing Washington by voting.”
“You know what I did to my ballot tore it up put it in the trash. I refuse to vote for professional criminals anymore! Im done!”
Possibly of interest:
“…to support and defend our Constitution.”
We blogged about it back on July 23rd:
It hasn’t improved since then.
Seattle was a world-class city in the last century. The WWII Generation had a modern society up and running in the 80s and 90s.
The USA has taken a dive in the post 911 era.
Welcome Home Troops.
KOMO News
More than 100 comments are posted with the video above.
The Fantasy Newsperson Asks
Has any WA gun control measure or public policy effort of the past 20 years slowed down the gunfire between say, Everett and Tacoma?
What works? What fails?
The weak-minded culture expects very little from its newspeople.
Newspeople remain silent.
Possibly of interest:
Public Records Request
It is very common that public offices in various states will say something like: Go to our website to submit your public records request online.
They would prefer the person with the camera leave the office as soon as possible.
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.
Tyrant Terminator Audits!!!
Multiple LE officers dispatch for public records request.
Man with a camera first explains himself to LE at 13:02
Earlier in the video below, we see that people will lie to LE dispatch and describe things that are not taking place. LE may respond as if the lies are true.
KULT NEWS
Public records request at 103:17
Operating A Camera In A Public Place
The era of newspeople not asking questions brings on private citizens who go out and ask questions.
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.
These guys were also never waiting on the overthrow of Saddam Hussein or the take down of any other bad guy in distant lands, as DOD defends the constitution, etc.
Maybe they are tired of being lied to.
Amagansett Press
More here:
Operating A Camera In A Public Place
Photo – top of page: One I took a few years back.
A symbol of operating a camera in a public place and newspeople not asking questions over the past 35 years or so.
Salmon Season – Whidbey Island – Driftwood Park
Above: A meetup with newspeople who ask questions.
Sponsored by a local Invisible Veteran chapter.
In The News
“Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Tuesday criticized the departure of senior military officials when Hegseth testified before her panel Tuesday.”
“I find this deeply troubling,” Collins said at the hearing, which was held to discuss the administration’s request for emergency Defense funding. “These are men and women who volunteered to serve our country and swore an oath to support and defend our Constitution.”
Source:
GOP senators warn confidence in Hegseth eroding as Iran war drags on
By Alexander Bolton – The Hill
July 27, 2026
The Fantasy Newsperson Asks
The Department of Defense was established in 1949. What part of DOD history involved US troops sent to locations where the constitution was threatened?
Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in these areas.
Former Secretary of Defense:
“…we also remember our Service Members fiercely defending the freedoms we value every day.”
The Fantasy Newsperson Asks
How would American freedoms be any different if US troops were never sent to Iraq?
US Troops were sent into life and death situations in the aftermath of 911.
For this reason it is important to ask questions and develop a feel for what is real and what is honest.
It feels like a society where honest and meaningful ideas stand up to questioning and discussion, but the questioning and discussion rarely takes place.
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.”
Source:
By Casey Khan
February 14, 2004
Related:
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Above: Unaltered photo taken at a greater Puget Sound area farmers market several years back.
In The News
KIRO 7 News
ABC7
“Terrifying Moments”
FOX 13 Seattle
KING 5 Seattle
Onlookers are terrified:
Part of the thrill would be the jump, and part would be defying the post 911 surveillance state (fusion centers, license scanners, Homeland Security grant money, monitoring of e-mails, text messages, & social media sites, no fly/terror watch lists, tracking of cell phones, best advances in REAL ID and AI technologies, etc.)
We live in a world where special ID is required to go have lunch in Canada and return home.
Surveillance infrastructure is constantly in the news.
You’ll be auto enrolled for the draft in coming months.
Some version of REAL ID has been required at border crossings and ports of entry since 2009.
More cartel drug overdose deaths now, or before REAL ID?
If lower OD numbers are claimed, is this because DHS is able to keep cartel product from arriving in US communities, or because drug addicts are now fogged down with Narcan, buprenorphine, Naloxone, ect. to combat overdoses?
Any questions from newspeople?
Above: Backyard harvest of the past.
Still makes sense in 2026:
ghostryder8567
Possibly of interest:
Above: Sun Gold at Port Hadlock
The USA has taken a dive in the post 911 era.
Seattle was a world-class city in the last century. The WWII Generation had a modern society up and running in the 80s and 90s.
Even if we celebrate the best of American culture during the last century, that time is gone now.
What are we celebrating that still exists today?
Worth Seeing – Click On Through
The Dirty Fucking Hippies Were Right (original version)
joeyess
What we are thinking:
The failings of one extreme political party bring on the next extreme political party.
Related:
Ongoing Wartime Progress Reports
Taking a trip down BBQ memory lane and remembering the times we have done a whole turkey on the Weber Kettle.
This method works for camping or at home.
We set up a new blog category here: Whole Turkey On The Weber
How we set up the grill here: Thanksgiving – One Week Later
We rotate about one quarter turn and add a few briquets every hour.
Many suggestions are posted on the web.
The beer photo fetish page features a true grab bag of different beer styles and brands. We’ve been at it since 2012.
Also:
Possibly of interest:
Green/Clear Beer Bottle Myths?
Part Two – Green/Clear Beer Bottle Myths?
Life and Death situations are in play.
Secretary of War struggles to justify past claims.
What other wars have featured ongoing progress reports?
WatchlistTYT
US Troops have been sent into life and death situations in the aftermath of 911.
For this reason it is important to ask questions and develop a feel for what is real and what is honest.
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, it feels like the people who run the Pentagon specialize in undeclared/unwon wars.
RETRO REPORT
“…temporary data disruption.”
Source:
‘Shameful’: Pentagon accused of cover-up over US military casualties in Iran war
David Smith – The Guardian
July 25, 2026
Macho Swagger
Watch Secretary of War Pete Hegseth takes thrilling fighter jet ride with ‘Top-Gun’ pilots:
Since 1986 Top Gun:
The US Dept. of Defense was nowhere to be found on 911.
We haven’t won a war since.
Related:
The era of newspeople not asking questions brings on private citizens who go out and ask questions.
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.
These guys were also never waiting on the overthrow of Saddam Hussein or the take down of any other bad guy in distant lands, as DOD defends the constitution, etc.
Maybe they are tired of being lied to.
I.A.M. Free – Inland Auditing Media
Please request permission to do news story at 23:55
Public records request described at 46:09
Public Records Request
It is very common that public offices in various states will say something like: Go to our website to submit your public records request online.
They would prefer the person with the camera leave the office as soon as possible.
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.
More here:
Operating A Camera In A Public Place
Photo – top of page:
Symbol of the American mainstream press over the past 30 years.
Welcome Visitors
Rent yourself a State Parks buoy at Fort Worden
Voted best consumer value in weekend recreation.
WatchlistTYT
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, it feels like the people who run the Pentagon specialize in undeclared/unwon wars.
Macho Swagger
Watch Secretary of War Pete Hegseth takes thrilling fighter jet ride with ‘Top-Gun’ pilots:
Since 1986 Top Gun:
The US Dept. of Defense was nowhere to be found on 911.
We haven’t won a war since.
Related:
Seattle was a world-class city in the last century. The WWII Generation had a modern society up and running in the 80s and 90s.
The USA has taken a dive in the post 911 era.
Welcome Home Troops.
July 27 update:
FOX 13 Seattle
Another shooting:
KIRO 7 News
In The News
Suspects open fire on car in north Seattle, hurting 3 women
KOMO News
July 23, 2026
Possible road rage shooting closes roadway between Interstate 5 and Homeacres
KOMO News
July 22, 2026
KIRO 7 News
KING 5 News
The Fantasy Newsperson Asks
Has any WA gun control measure or public policy effort of the past 20 years slowed down the gunfire between say, Everett and Tacoma?
What works? What fails?
The weak-minded culture expects very little from its newspeople.
Newspeople remain silent.
Possibly of interest:
Above: July 6th, 2024. Looking over the jetty that connects to Damon Point on the far end. We are near the end of the jetty adjacent to the Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Click image once or twice to show detail.
In The News
Ocean Shores to hold jetty repair town hall on July 27
Aberdeen Daily World
July 22, 2026
It looks like the upcoming project may not include repair of the jetty section shown in the photo above.
ARMY DROPS $30 MILLION TO SHORE UP STORM-BATTERED NORTH JETTY NEAR OCEAN SHORES
By Brian Cook – Hoodline
March 12, 2026
The Fantasy Newsperson Asks
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?
What would Westport look like if efforts to maintain the coast were suspended decades ago?
Walking The Beach
Westport Jetty in the distance. Ready for business:
Near the old marina site at Damon Point- this is what you get to protect from winter storms:
Two jetties in the distance:
Near the old marina end of the failed jetty:
Local Oddities
In the news:
$6.3 million in federal cash for a used Ocean Shores hotel.
Any questions from newspeople?
December 8, 2022 The Daily World
Dept. of Ag invests $6.3M to purchase Ocean Shores hotel
$6.3 million “to fund the acquisition of an existing hotel. Marathon Enterprises Inc. is located in Ocean Shores, Grays Harbor County, Washington. The project is expected to result in saving eight jobs and creating one full time job.”
Zero questions from small or large newspapers. Zero questions from TV newspeople.
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.
More here:
Federal Failure At Damon Point
Zero Questions From Newspeople – Damon Point
1916 Jetty At Damon Point – Newspeople Avoid Questions
Feb, 2024 – 98569 Coastal Erosion Attitudes
Damon Point – A Race Against Nature?
Two Jetties – Westport and Damon Point
What would Westport look like?
Less Than Two Miles As The Crow Flies – Ocean Shores Marina History
Ocean Shores Marina History – A Time Gone By
Westport, WA Foot Ferry – A Race Against Nature?
Possibly of interest:
Sound Publishing And Black Press Media
WatchlistTYT
Need more cash:
Valhalla VFT
Comedian interpretation:
Honest use of taxpayer cash:
Macho Swagger
Watch Secretary of War Pete Hegseth takes thrilling fighter jet ride with ‘Top-Gun’ pilots:
Since 1986 Top Gun:
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.
HonorYourOath Civil Rights Investigations
Related:
Above: Approved Flag Images
Symbols of the propaganda that makes it all work.
DEA
“Mexican drug trafficking organizations have become
the primary manufacturers and distributors of
methamphetamine throughout the United States,
including in Hawaii.”
Source:
2026 – Cartels Move Product Into All 50 States
DEA High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas:
“…HIDTA-designated counties are located in 50 states…”
In The News
All federal efforts fail to keep approximately 2,200 pounds of methamphetamine from arriving in Anaheim:
2,200 pounds of methamphetamine seized during Anaheim bust, police say
KABC
July 21, 2026
Welcome Home Troops
Thanks for doing time/risking your ass in Iraq, Afghanistan and other distant locations while working to keep a post 911 USA safe & secure.
Don’t worry-The Super Bowl and public affairs will be safe:
Homeland Security Is A Scam
The US Dept. of Homeland Security was established in 2002.
More overdose deaths now, or before DHS?
If anyone claims lower OD numbers, is this because DHS is able to keep cartel product from arriving in US communities, or because drug addicts are now fogged down with Narcan, buprenorphine, Naloxone, ect. to combat overdoses?
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 suspected narcoterrorist drug boats, ICE crackdowns and designating cartels as terrorist organizations?
Any questions from newspeople?
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.
The Fantasy Newsperson Asks
Did the advantage of designating cartels as terrorist organizations back on Feb 20, 2025 reduce the availability of fentanyl in the Puget Sound area?
If Kristi Noem tells us on Feb 4, 2026 that the border is secure, how are drugs still coming in?
Standard newspeople remain silent.
Blowing up suspected drug boat crews, bold PR statements from Kristi Noem, sealed borders, designating cartels as terrorist organizations, DHS guarding Super Bowls, US troops at the border, massing US Border Patrol agents at the southern edge of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the post 911 surveillance state (fusion centers, license scanners, Homeland Security grant money, monitoring of e-mails, text messages, & social media sites, no fly/terror watch lists, tracking of cell phones, best advances in REAL ID and AI technologies, etc.) fail to keep fentanyl from arriving in Seattle?
The Seattle drug situation appears to be no different in June of 2026 than it was under Biden. WTF?
Above: U Street Pub – Seaside, OR
AwakenWithJP
Not Poking Fun
Trump imposes 50% tariffs on Canadian goods
The Associated Press
July 21, 2026
The Young Turks
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Cold War & Cuba
Macho Swagger
Watch Secretary of War Pete Hegseth takes thrilling fighter jet ride with ‘Top-Gun’ pilots:
Since 1986 Top Gun:
The US Dept. of Defense was nowhere to be found on 911.
We haven’t won a war since.
Liberty Vault
The Draft
Let’s Be Clear with Ana Kasparian
We were told we needed to send troops to Vietnam.
Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. Some may have become skeptical along the way.
Don’t lie to people and maybe they would be more patriotic.
What makes elected officials believe we have some sort of 1950s crop of citizens now who would comply with a draft?
Has the US ever won an undeclared war using a draft?
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, it feels like the people who run the Pentagon specialize in undeclared/unwon wars.