Cold War Era – 1980s
Dad had his own TV repair shop. Consumer goods could be fixed or repaired, not thrown out.
Longer version shows son coming home from high school. He turns out for sports:
Several interesting comments posted with the video above.
Back in those days, the US Armed Forces were sort of on the back burner. It was more a time of peace and stability. Moms and Dads of the time tended to be supportive of those who wanted to sign up. The young man here, may have had an after school paper route at one time or may have worked part time at the sort of gas station that used to be able to help to keep your car running. The bicycle paper routes and gas stations are gone now. Mini-marts with 24 hour corndogs, nachos and giant cans of beer have taken their place. Some of these locations may honor EBT:
Today
Image above:
Two recruiters shown here speaking with a top prospect for 2023.
Photo credit/source for image above:
Spc. Kevin Church/Army and ArmyTimes
What American families have seen since the 1980s
The catastrophic military failure of 911.
Success, failure, victory and defeat. It’s all sort of blended together for a special made for TV marketing tribute to a catastrophic military failure:
Big War on Terror/Homeland Security spending
The US Dept of Homeland Security was established on November 25, 2002. Plenty of time for lessons learned since then and more cartel drugs entering Hometown, USA than ever before?
The US Dept. of Homeland Security was invented after the catastrophic military failure of 911. (Anybody fired over this?) The idea was to keep bad people from coming to the US to do bad things/attempt another 911, etc.
Wouldn’t the giant War on Terror be a cartel drug trafficker’s worst nightmare?
Has a $51.6 billion (every 12 months) US Dept. of Homeland Security created any shortage of opioids in the Puget Sound area?
If Americans lived in a free and honest society, newspeople would be asking public policy related questions all of the time. This is not the case.
Way To Go Team.
Decades of undeclared/unwon wars.
If DOD was an NFL team, sports talk radio would feature comments like:
The Dept. of Defense was nowhere to be found on 911. We haven’t won a war since.
Thousands of American families have had a loved one in the regular or reserve US Armed Forces who did one or more tours in Iraq or Afghanistan. National Guard too.
President Biden announces student loan forgiveness
Looks like there is no longer any need to do time in uniform to earn college money.
Keep an eye on walk in traffic over at the US Armed Forces recruiting office.
Related:
Respect for The National Guard
American Families and the US Armed Forces Recruiting Crisis
America Deserves A Military Recruiting Crisis
Would any newsperson ever ask:
The country struggles with:
Below, are some random thoughts and questions newspeople will not ask. Our questions appear in bold type.