From the web:
Trump’s $11 Billion Farm Bailout Is Further Proof That Tariffs Aren’t Working
Eric Boehm – Reason
Dec 8, 2025
The Jimmy Dore Show
Archives for category: A Free And Honest Society
Above:
North of Perego’s Lagoon, looking towards Fort Ebey.
Local info:
To me, the most interesting people in politics are the people who are willing to question their chosen political party.
She didn’t mention decades of undeclared/unwon wars in distant lands.
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, the Pentagon seems to specialize in undeclared/unwon wars.
This appears to be the case no matter what political party or personality is elected to office.
Here at Oak Bay Starfish, we are OK with questioning both major parties.
Both major parties are good with telling us The Troops are sent to distant lands to defend American rights and freedoms.
As time goes on, the consumer choices we have are becoming more restricted by a combination of government and big business policies, not Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden or the next bad guy DOD will be going after in distant lands.
Governments at various levels are now in the habit of setting deadlines for new restrictions, bans and mandates.
Smoking bans, plastic bag bans, gun bans, federal toilet regulations, bottled water bans, mandates on what sort of vehicle you may drive.
All this, while we are told that US military operations in distant lands are somehow linked to American rights and freedoms.
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.
Both major political parties are now OK with treating 18-20 year old adults as second-class citizens.
Lies About Freedom
It’s all about the freedom folks.
Biden honors Americans who ‘stood on the front lines of freedom’ in Veterans Day remarks
CNN Nov 11, 2023
Sorry, no newspeople available to ask:
Mr President,
How would American freedoms and the Constitution be any different today if US troops were never sent to Iraq way back in 1991?
Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in this area.
Don’t lie to people and maybe they would be more patriotic.
How Do The Troops Defend The Constitution?
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.
Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in these areas.
No Purple Hearts This Time?
The Combat Cowardice Ribbon
by Jacob G. Hornberger
Dec 8, 2025
Possibly of interest:
Fentanyl Arrives In Grays Harbor County
Take An Oath To The Constitution
The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East
Sound Publishing And Black Press Media
Most And Least Meaningful Federal Holidays
Personnel Issues
From White House adviser to Trump’s handpicked prosecutor: 63 days with Lindsey Halligan
CNN
Nov 30, 2025
WatchlistTYT
The Indian Express
The Economic Times
Granted Asylum – Blame Game
Aaron Parnas
Possibly of interest:
Take An Oath To The Constitution
JFK speaks of presidential leadership and the role of the press in a free society.
Americans do not live in a free and honest society.
Photo-
Late January
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.
“President Donald Trump denounced ABC News’ Mary Bruce as a “terrible reporter” Tuesday and threatened the network’s license to broadcast after she asked him three sharp questions at the White House.”
Source:
Trump attacks ABC reporter after question about killing of Saudi journalist Khashoggi
By Dave Bauder – Associated Press
Nov 18, 2025
A Reporter’s Unwelcome Questions Provoke Yet Another Trump Threat To Yank Broadcast Licenses
Jacob Sullum – Reason nov 19, 2025
“The president thinks TV networks have a legal obligation to cover him the way he prefers. The FCC’s chairman seems to agree.”
“That position reflects Trump’s general antipathy toward freedom of the press, which he seems to view as a privilege subject to government approval rather than a right guaranteed by the Constitution.”
JFK speaks of presidential leadership and the role of the press in a free society.
Above: An old photo I took on the trails of Fort Ebey.
The Eagle just got done being proud of freedom for Veterans Day. Here comes elected officials to restrict freedoms that had already been legal.
Welcome Home Troops
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.
Same society where governments at various levels set deadlines for new restrictions, bans and mandates.
Veterans Day has come and gone. Enough of the freedom talk. Let’s get back to business and place restrictions on hemp products that have been legal in the past.
The Freedom Talk Is Just For Federal Holidays & Overseas Military Operations
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.
Both major political parties are now OK with treating 18-20 year old adults as second-class citizens.
Good luck with your US Armed Forces recruiting crisis.
Lies About Freedom
It’s all about the freedom folks.
Biden honors Americans who ‘stood on the front lines of freedom’ in Veterans Day remarks
CNN Nov 11, 2023
Sorry, no newspeople available to ask:
Mr President,
How would American freedoms and the Constitution be any different today if US troops were never sent to Iraq way back in 1991?
Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in this area.
Don’t lie to people and maybe they would be more patriotic.
Whatever might place children at risk- that should be off limits to the rest of society.
Meanwhile-
Fruit & candy flavored booze remains legal.
More here:
Hemp – The Freedom Talk Is Just For Federal Holidays & Overseas Military Operations?
Above: No hurry to change – Nordland
The Hill
From comments:
“The prohibition has nothing to do w/ public health; all about protecting big pharma”
“Republicans will lose midterm over this! Mark my words if this isn’t fixed they are doomed”
Big Pharma – Chronic Side Effects
May cause thoughts of death or suicide which may be permanent and can be fatal.
Hey, good news-
Grandpa is feeling better now that he has quit smoking.
He is feeling well enough to participate in a TV ad for the meds he took.
When you go to stay with Grandpa this summer, just know that he may be experiencing:
“Hostility, agitation, depressed mood, and suicidal thoughts or actions”
More here:
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.
Both major political parties are now OK with treating 18-20 year old adults as second-class citizens.
Good luck with your US Armed Forces recruiting crisis.
Lies About Freedom
It’s all about freedom folks.
Biden honors Americans who ‘stood on the front lines of freedom’ in Veterans Day remarks
CNN Nov 11, 2023
Sorry, no newspeople available to ask:
Mr President,
How would American freedoms and the Constitution be any different today if US troops were never sent to Iraq way back in 1991?
Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in this area.
Don’t lie to people and maybe they would be more patriotic.
Related:
Quality Recruiting – US Armed Forces
Take An Oath To The Constitution
The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East
Most And Least Meaningful Federal Holidays
Alternative Media and Comedians – Asking the Questions and Highlighting the Issues:
The Jimmy Dore Show
Possibly of interest:
Asking Boebert To Help Suppress Epstein Files Is White House Transparency In Action
Take An Oath To The Constitution
Most And Least Meaningful Federal Holidays
TSA – Newspeople Refuse To Ask
Mary Bruce of ABC News Asks At 2:44 Below:
White House says recent questions related to the Epstein files are part of a manufactured hoax, fake news, an attempt to score political points, a distraction campaign coming from the democrat/liberal media, etc.
A White House meeting with Representative Boebert to ask her to vote to keep the Epstein files suppressed/sealed/ covered up, etc. shows transparency.
At 10:35 below, Cenk Uygur explains why we are now in a 1984 Orwellian state:
The Hill takes a look at the issue:
Swagger Is Gone – Tough Talk Before The Epstein Files Flip Flop
Below:
Pam Bondi and Kash Patel speak with confidence back before the flip flop on the Epstein files release.
All is well.
High levels of confidence in this businesslike event. Unfortunately, questions from the press were not picked up in the audio below.
April 9, 2025
The claim:
At 5:00 in the video above, the FBI director clams that various federal agencies will “…get all the drugs off the streets…”
“Almost 45,00 pounds of pure, uncut cocaine were seized and 3,800 pounds of marijuana, Bondi said.”
Homeland Security Is Ineffective In The Drug War
More than six months back, Kristi Noem deployed her ass kicking drug war road show.
March 20, 2025
Public Affairs efforts commence – the word goes out.
Cartels have been placed on notice.
Secretary of Homeland Security delivers no nonsense statements in the March 20, 2025 video posted below.
Kristi Noem’s giant and expensive US Dept. of Homeland Security appears to be completely irrelevant here:
Ford Carrier Strike Group arrives in Latin America
Nicholas Slayton – Task & Purpose
Nov 11, 2025
“The Trump administration says that it is in an “armed conflict” with drug trafficking cartels it has designated foreign terrorist organizations.”
The Hill
From comments:
“First time a carrier has been used to deflect news about
the Epstein Files.”
CBC News
Drug Boat Body Count Now At 76
In the news:
KOMO News
Nov 10, 2025
Body count now at 76:
“These vessels were known by our intelligence to be associated with illicit narcotics smuggling, were carrying narcotics, and were transiting along a known narco-trafficking transit route in the Eastern Pacific.”
Still Waiting On Any Newsperson Anywhere
We are still waiting on any newsperson anywhere to ask:
Has any US community announced that local drug addicts are having any problem finding their cartel product of choice due to the Dept. of War Vietnam-style body count of 2025?
What US community will be first to announce that first responders are finding less need for Narcan, buprenorphine, Naloxone, fentanyl test strips, or any similar product used in overdose response situations?
More questions:
Is Kristi Noem’s giant and expensive US Dept. of Homeland Security completely irrelevant here?
Has the US Dept. of Homeland Security ever created any shortage of cartel product anywhere in the US?
Are the efforts of any federal agency or department causing local drug addicts to have any problem finding their cartel product of choice?
Is the Seattle fentanyl supply any different today than under Biden?
Have opioid lawsuits played any role in improving the situation?
How do cartels react to opioid lawsuits?
Any questions from newspeople?
Under Kristi Noem
Cartels move product into all 50 states.
DEA High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas:
“…HIDTA-designated counties are located in 50 states…”
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:
The Northwest High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area chases after cartel product not stopped at the border by Kristi Noem.
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?
Welcome Home Troops
Walmart Thanksgiving basket modified to claim lower prices:
Possibly of interest:
The US federal government has been involved in decades of various events where records were sealed or redacted and files were kept secret.
As the years went by, the public found out they were lied to.
Decades of events where records were sealed or redacted and files were kept secret
Photo: One I took a few years back.
Credibility squandered, enthusiasm dried up.
Salmon Season – Whidbey Island – Driftwood Park
Two articles for Friday:
Trump’s Everywhere War: An Insurrection Against the Constitution
by John W. Whitehead
Oct 24, 2025
“For decades, presidents of both parties have waged a steady assault on the Constitution. Each crisis—Cold War, 9/11, pandemic—became an excuse to concentrate more power in the executive branch.”
“Oversight by Congress and the courts is reduced to a fig leaf.”
“It is the embodiment of James Madison’s nightmare: the accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judicial, in the same hands.”
“A government that answers only to itself is not a constitutional republic—it is a rogue state. And NSPM-7, far from securing our freedoms, threatens to extinguish them.”
“That anyone would support a politician whose every move has become antithetical to freedom is mind-boggling, but that is the power of politics as a drug for the masses.”
Another Regime-Change War Will Accelerate America’s Slide into Authoritarianism
by Jacob G. Hornberger
Oct 31, 2025
It’s all about freedom folks.
Biden honors Americans who ‘stood on the front lines of freedom’ in Veterans Day remarks
CNN Nov 11, 2023
Sorry, no newspeople available to ask:
Mr President,
How would American freedoms today be any different if US troops were never sent to Iraq way back in 1991?
Love To See Newspeople Ask:
Has any US community announced that local drug addicts are having any problem finding their cartel product of choice due to the Dept. of War Vietnam-style body count of 2025:
4 killed in latest US strike on alleged drug boat in Eastern Pacific: Hegseth
This marks the 14th such strike carried out by the U.S. since Sept. 2.
ByLuis Martinez and Meredith Deliso
ABC News – Oct 29, 2025,
“Overall, this marks the 14th such strike carried out by the U.S. since the attacks began on Sept. 2, targeting alleged drug boats in the Pacific and Caribbean and killing more than 60 people total.”
What US community will be first to announce that first responders are finding less need for Narcan, buprenorphine, Naloxone, fentanyl test strips, or any similar product used in overdose response situations?
Did the big US Dept. of Homeland Security crackdown of 2025 create any shortage of cartel product anywhere in the US. It’s had more than six months now to deliver results.
Homeland Security Is Ineffective In The Drug War
More than six months back, Kristi Noem deployed her ass kicking drug war road show.
March 20, 2025
Public Affairs efforts commence – the word goes out.
Cartels have been placed on notice.
Secretary of Homeland Security delivers no nonsense statements in the March 20, 2025 video posted below.
Tough Talk Before The Epstein Files Flip Flop
Below:
Pam Bondi and Kash Patel speak with confidence back before the flip flop on the Epstein files release.
All is well.
High levels of confidence in this businesslike event. Unfortunately, questions from the press were not picked up in the audio below.
April 9, 2025
The claim:
At 5:00 in the video above, the FBI director clams that various federal agencies will “…get all the drugs off the streets…”
“Almost 45,00 pounds of pure, uncut cocaine were seized and 3,800 pounds of marijuana, Bondi said.”
Under Kristi Noem
Cartels move product into all 50 states.
DEA High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas:
“…HIDTA-designated counties are located in 50 states…”
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:
The Northwest High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area chases after cartel product not stopped at the border by Kristi Noem.
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?
Possibly of interest:
JFK speaks of presidential leadership, the role of the press and voices of dissent in a free society.
Americans do not live in a free and honest society.
Related:
Take An Oath To The Constitution
Where at least I know I’m free
Most And Least Meaningful Federal Holidays
The era of newspeople not asking questions brings on private citizens who go out and ask questions.
Operating A Camera In A Public Place
Photo-
Credibility squandered, enthusiasm dried up.
Hand raised to ask if tossing the DOD brand means bringing back Armistice Day too.
Above: A symbol of the free and honest society.
Alternative Media – Still Asking Questions
From the web:
How the Federal Government Acquired the Power of Assassination
by Jacob G. Hornberger
Oct 29, 2025
“…they demanded a Bill of Rights, which actually should have been called a Bill of Prohibitions because it doesn’t grant rights at all. Instead, it expressly prohibited the federal government from infringing or destroying rights.”
“The Fifth Amendment prohibited the federal government from depriving any person of life without due process of law. Stretching all the way back to the Magna Carta in 1215, the term due process had come to mean, at a minimum, the dual requirement of formal notice and the right to be heard before being assassinated or executed.”
“Notice something important about the Fifth Amendment: Its protection applies to “persons,” not just American citizens. Our American ancestors ensured that the president would be precluded from killing anyone without due process of law — that is, without formal notice (e.g., an indictment) and the right to be heard (e.g., a hearing or trial).”
Who Will Be First?
What US community will be first to announce that local drug addicts are having any problem finding their cartel product of choice due to the Dept. of War Vietnam-style body count of 2025:
4 killed in latest US strike on alleged drug boat in Eastern Pacific: Hegseth
This marks the 14th such strike carried out by the U.S. since Sept. 2.
ByLuis Martinez and Meredith Deliso
ABC News – Oct 29, 2025,
“Overall, this marks the 14th such strike carried out by the U.S. since the attacks began on Sept. 2, targeting alleged drug boats in the Pacific and Caribbean and killing more than 60 people total.”
What US community will be first to announce that first responders are finding less need for Narcan, buprenorphine, Naloxone, fentanyl test strips, or any similar product used in overdose response situations?
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:
“…massive naval reinforcement to the Caribbean.”
Take An Oath To The Constitution
Blog title taken from:
Lee Greenwood
Armed Forces Recruiting – 1980s
Part of what made it work:
In past decades, people could do time in uniform, then return to the US with a feeling that they were living in the best country on the planet.
They believed it and their parents and grandparents believed it.
Those who did may have wished to hand down a better version of the modern American society to their kids and grandkids.
Today-
Standards have deteriorated. The troops return to an ongoing breakdown of society.
Both major parties have taken turns in power over the past 40 years or so. For sure, there is a chunk of public policy that has become worse, not better.
Emergency/crisis/chaos mode is what we get now.
It’s all about freedom folks.
Biden honors Americans who ‘stood on the front lines of freedom’ in Veterans Day remarks
CNN Nov 11, 2023
Sorry, no newspeople available to ask:
Mr President,
How would American freedoms today be any different if US troops were never sent to Iraq?
Related:
Alternative Media – Government Shutdown
Take An Oath To The Constitution
The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East
Most And Least Meaningful Federal Holidays
Photo-
A symbol of US lies related to sending The Troops to distant lands.
Oregon Coast
The Wreck of the Peter Iredale
The era of newspeople not asking questions brings on private citizens who go out and ask questions.
Don’t lie to people and maybe they would be more patriotic.
Valhalla VFT
Related:
Decades of events where records were sealed or redacted and files were kept secret
Photo-
A symbol of newspeople not asking questions over the past 35 years or so.
Oregon Coast
The Wreck of the Peter Iredale
Not planning to attend, but if I did, I would create my own sign to give a look at what I am concerned about:
Undeclared/unwon wars.
War On Venezuela Will End MAGA Epstein Files Revolt
The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East
Real newspeople may ask:
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?
Stop With The Lies About Freedom
Simple question:
Going back to the 1991 Operation Desert Storm
How would American rights and freedoms and the Constitution be any different today if US troops were never sent to Iraq?
Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in this area.
Don’t lie to people and maybe they would be more patriotic.
Big cash/aid to foreign governments for war related projects.
Big Homeland Security swagger about a drug war that appears to create no shortage of fentanyl in Seattle or anywhere else in the USA.
Seattle Fentanyl Supply – Any Different Today Than Under Biden?
Port Angeles Homeland Security Spending Spree
Various forms of federal censorship and information suppression.
Decades of events where records were sealed or redacted and files were kept secret
Like Something Out Of A Totalitarian Regime
Voices of Dissent Will Not Be Tolerated
Federal scolding of the entertainment industry.
Group identities, brand names, labels and personalities are things I don’t feel connected with. To me, it’s more about what you believe in.
It feels like a society where honest and meaningful ideas stand up to questioning and discussion, but the questioning and discussion rarely takes place.
“But it was the senior protesters who really got to me. I can’t imagine what it must be like to be of a generation whose parents endured or fought in World War II, to see where we’re headed right now, and to be all too aware that you may not be around before we know if we’re going to get out of this. I can’t imagine facing the end of life with the worry that your grandkids won’t inherit the birthright for which your parents fought and sacrificed.”
Source:
Scenes from a protest
RADLEY BALKO
OCT 20, 2025
Free Enterprise System?
Sow a Trade War, Harvest a Farm Crisis
John Phelan
Oct 16, 2025
If The Troops defend our freedoms, should we ask the Joint Chiefs of Staff to bring back the Free Enterprise System?
Possibly of interest:
Federal Failure At Damon Point
Both Major Parties – Monday Rant
Operating A Camera In A Public Place
Take An Oath To The Constitution
Don’t lie to people and maybe they would be more patriotic.
Is the United States a Democracy? Why the Founders Built a Republic on Purpose
Commonplace Fun Facts
September 28, 2025
JFK speaks of presidential leadership and the role of the press in a free society:
During the Vietnam War, US troops were sent to Vietnam.
Feb 26, 2024:
The Ohio National Guard is sent to “support Operation Spartan Shield and Operation Inherent Resolve.”
Armed Forces Recruiting Crisis
In past decades, people could do time in uniform, then return to the US with a feeling that they were living in the best country on the planet.
Standards have deteriorated. Today, the troops return to an ongoing breakdown of society.
Making America “Great” Again and “Free” Again
by Jacob G. Hornberger
Oct 16, 2025
How America’s Paper-Money System and the Federal Reserve Plunder American Taxpayers
by Jacob G. Hornberger
Oct 14, 2025
Just Be Honest
This could be a slogan for government to live by, no matter what political party or personality is in power.
The US federal government has been involved in decades of various events where records were sealed or redacted and files were kept secret.
As the years went by, the public found out they were lied to.
Federal credibility is squandered over a period of decades. Now, people are scolded for wanting to be honestly informed on government activities. Well done. Something to get proud about.
Don’t lie to people and maybe they would be more patriotic.
Related:
The Most Interesting People In Politics – Epstein Files & Healthcare
Quality Recruiting – US Armed Forces
Both Major Parties – Monday Rant
TSA – Newspeople Refuse To Ask
Decades of events where records were sealed or redacted and files were kept secret
Get back to class.
Indiana university fires student newspaper director who refused to censor upcoming edition
WKRC News
Oct 15, 2025
“An Indiana university fired its student newspaper director who refused an alleged censorship directive.”
More In State Run Media
Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules
Associated Press
Oct 15, 2025
The Jimmy Dore Show
JFK speaks of presidential leadership and the role of the press in a free society:
During the Vietnam War, US troops were sent to Vietnam.
Feb 26, 2024:
The Ohio National Guard is sent to “support Operation Spartan Shield and Operation Inherent Resolve.”
Related:
Federal Failure At Damon Point
Quality Recruiting – US Armed Forces
TSA – Newspeople Refuse To Ask
Like Something Out Of North Korea
Both parties serve up their own dose of cringe.
Both major parties have taken turns in power over the past 40 years or so. For sure, there is a chunk of public policy that has become worse, not better.
It’s all run by college educated people with the advantage of the latest in AI technologies.
Newspeople play along by not asking questions.
Lately, ongoing chaos is what we get.
Related:
Federal Failure At Damon Point
Quality Recruiting – US Armed Forces
TSA – Newspeople Refuse To Ask
Both parties serve up their own dose of cringe.
Photo-
Credibility squandered, enthusiasm dried up.
Hand raised to ask if tossing the DOD brand means bringing back Armistice Day too.
In The News
WA’s wildfire future: More volatile forests amid slashed budgets
Oct. 12, 2025
By Conrad Swanson
Seattle Times climate reporter
From comments:
Cliff Mass
“Much of this article is simply incorrect or highly exaggerated….and I say this as someone who just published a paper on western Washington wildfires (and have published 5 others on western US wildfires). I know the literature.”
“Western Washington wildfires are NOT increasing in size or frequency. All major western WA and Oregon fires are associated with strong easterly (from the east) winds, which will DECREASE under global warming.”
“We are now in a wildfire DROUGHT compared to 1920 and earlier. Global warming is not a significant driver of wildfires in our region, but poor forecast practices, a huge increase of human ignitions, increasing flammable grasses, and huge increases in human population in vulnerable areas are all important.”
“Why can’t the Seattle Times publish a fact-based story on this topic rather than this Trump and global warming is the cause yellow journalism?”
Cliff Mass Weather Blog
September 27, 2025
Slashed Budgets?
Always plenty of cash to send to foreign governments for war related projects.
The post 911 era has been a time to tell the American people that US troops are sent to distant lands to defend American freedoms, as if the US Armed Forces function as some sort of giant civil rights organization.
USMC Commandant’s Independence Day message:
“We carry the torch of freedom forward, and to do so, we must remain
capable, vigilant, and worthy of the legacy we uphold.”
In a free and honest society, real newspeople may ask this simple question:
Going back to the 1991 Operation Desert Storm,
How would American rights and freedoms and the Constitution be any different today if US troops were never sent to Iraq?
Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in this area.
Don’t lie to people and maybe they would be more patriotic.
Related:
Federal Failure At Damon Point
Quality Recruiting – US Armed Forces
Music artists have recently created content that does not meet with the approval of federal authorities.
Below:
Kristi Noem speaks at 1:25
Below:
Kristi Noem speaks at 2:24
Related:
Seattle Fentanyl Supply – Any Different Today Than Under Biden?
Out at the airport, real newspeople may ask:
What keeps the terrorists of the GWOT from creating a disruption at the back end of the airport security screening line?
TSA – Newspeople Refuse To Ask
Like something out of a totalitarian regime:
SEA airport refuses to air Noem TSA video blaming Democrats for government shutdown
KOMO News
Oct 12, 2025
Alternative Media and Comedians – Asking the Questions and Highlighting the Issues:
Jimmy Dore
During the Vietnam War, US troops were sent to Vietnam.
Feb 26, 2024:
The Ohio National Guard is sent to “support Operation Spartan Shield and Operation Inherent Resolve.”
Alternative Media Rolls On
The US federal government has been involved in decades of various events where records were sealed or redacted and files were kept secret.
As the years went by, the public found out they were lied to.
Don’t lie to people and maybe they would be more patriotic.
Related:
Seattle Fentanyl Supply – Any Different Today Than Under Biden?
TSA – Newspeople Refuse To Ask
Photo-
Both major parties have taken turns in power over the past 40 years or so. Credibility squandered, enthusiasm dried up.
Welcome Home Troops
Leader Is Not Pleased – In The News:
After 40 years in broadcasting, I’ve never seen free speech under attack like this
BY URSULA REUTIN
KIRO Newsradio host
Sept 18, 2025
Small Town USA – Big On Patriotism
“For the past couple of years, the Whidbey News-Times paid the insurance for the Veterans Day Parade, about $200, because it was a small way of saying thank you to the men and women who sacrificed so that we may have our liberties, including our Freedom of Speech.”
Were US troops sent to Vietnam so that Americans could be free to send letters to the editor?
Is there any case in which the US Armed Forces have been sent to distant lands on a mission to protect freedom of speech?
Is protecting freedom of speech even part of training scenarios?
More here:
Military Town – Hometown Pride
The US should maintain strong and ready military forces.
Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in this area:
How Do The Troops Defend The Constitution?
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.
Podcast 9 Defending The Constitution?
Trump floats stripping networks critical of him of their broadcast licenses
By IRIE SENTNER and BEN JOHANSEN
Politico – Sept 18,2025
Alternative Media Will Get Stronger As TV Networks Become Less Relevant?
Trump pressures broadcasters over critical coverage, escalating attack on speech
Sep. 18, 2025
By Zolan Kanno-Youngs
The New York Times
“President Donald Trump said Thursday that regulators should consider revoking the licenses of broadcasters who air negative coverage or commentary of him…”
“Carr told CNBC that holding a broadcast license is a privilege. “It comes with an obligation to serve the public interest,” he said.”
Unlike many local newspapers, alternative media is still good about asking questions and maintaining open and active comment sections. Several comments are posted with the video below.
Possibly of interest:
JFK speaks of presidential leadership and the role of the press in a free society.
Americans do not live in a free and honest society.
Related:
Photo-
Symbol of a country that staged a big celebration of freedom and independence from a powerful central government in early July.
In a free and honest society, newspeople would ask questions.
War on Terror, Drug War, US troops to Iraq and Afghanistan, etc.
In recent years, the press tends to support government agencies, departments and policies rather than question them.
Alternative media is OK with asking questions.
I enjoyed the article below, especially the parts that refer to newspeople not asking questions.
Charlie Kirk: What Really Happened?
By Donald Jeffries
“I Protest”
September 18, 2025
“Unlike any member of our “free press,” I’ve actually attempted to look into the logistics of the shooting. You know, the evidence. That’s what they should be doing, of course, but we know they aren’t allowed to investigate anything of substance, and someone has to do it.”
“The arrest of Tyler Robinson, a twenty two year old apparent incel, was breathlessly announced by our state controlled media.”
“As always, because these events are never properly investigated, internet sleuths, and Thought Criminals like me, will ask uncomfortable questions.”
“It’s bad enough that we have to work around a state controlled press that won’t ask any pertinent questions, and law enforcement that can’t or won’t actually investigate honestly, we now have to deal with the AI craziness, where a picture or even a video that looks entirely realistic can be created to portray whatever you desire.”
“…I say if you don’t want speculation- responsible or reckless- then come up with better narratives. Your stories are absolutely ridiculous. We have been lied to about everything. We have no good reason to believe anything you say.”
Just Be Honest
This could be a slogan for government to live by, no matter what political party or personality is in power.
The US federal government has been involved in decades of various events where records were sealed or redacted and files were kept secret.
As the years went by, the public found out they were lied to.
Federal credibility is squandered over a period of decades. Now, people are scolded for wanting to be honestly informed on government activities. Well done. Something to get proud about.
Don’t lie to people and maybe they would be more patriotic.
Conspiracy Theory?
Best case scenario- elected officials, public agencies, & a free and independent press work together to keep people informed.
Asking for clarification/better info is not the same as offering up any sort of conspiracy theory.
More information is better- this is how science and medicine works.
Over the years, some people have been freed from prison based on new DNA evidence becoming available.
Are the people who took steps to discover that new evidence conspiracy theorists?
Apply this same curiosity and desire for knowledge to some controversial topics and you’ll be labeled a conspiracy theorist.
Why the effort to suppress questions?
JFK speaks about the role of the press and voices of dissent in a free society:
Possibly of interest:
TSA – Newspeople Refuse To Ask
Sound Publishing And Black Press Media
Photo-
Blog title above taken from the posting here:
by Jacob G. Hornberger
Sept 11, 2025
Possibly of interest:
Seattle Fentanyl Supply – Any Different Today Than Under Biden?
The uniparty is not OK with people who are at ease while questioning both major parties.
Thomas Massie taking a stand:
More alternative media:
Unlike many local newspapers, alternative media is good about maintaining open and active comment sections. Several comments are posted with the video above.
In recent years, the press tends to support government agencies, departments and policies rather than question them.
GWOT – Dropped Out Of The News
Ammar Abdulmajid-Mohamed Said was the subject of a major War on Terror bust earlier this year.
Any questions from newspeople?
He did time in the National Guard and had moved on with that part of his life by age 19. How did he manage to do that?
Where did he go to high school?
Where was he living and working in recent years?
What National Guard unit was he in?
Did he have any previous criminal record?
Did he complete any overseas deployments?
What was his job training?
Zero questions from newspeople?
Seems like someone involved in a major crime like a mass casualty shooting, etc. will have some details of their life reported on by the press.
Here is an example:
What we know about Jack Teixeira, the suspected leaker of Pentagon documents
APRIL 14, 2023 – NPR
By Juliana Kim & Jenna McLaughlin
Elimination Of Local News Reader Comments
Elimination of reader comments works against the idea of paying for an online subscription.
Years ago, I lived in several different small town areas. Places like Kingston, Port Hadlock and north of Penn Cove.
These areas had small, local newspapers and those papers featured active, online comment sections. Paying for a newspaper subscription was OK with me. There were basic rules for commenting, but it did not seem to matter what name people went by. I never cared.
I used to love the comment sections.
Local papers have stripped away all comments from past articles, and removed the opportunity to post comments to new articles.
Various newspapers in the Puget Sound area have gone with this trend.
Suppressing comments, getting away from asking questions related to public policy and telling us they need more support in the form of grant money, subscription and advertising sales, etc.
Got it.
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.
May 16, 2024
Operating A Camera In A Public Place
Love to see newspeople out asking questions.
What we get now is sort of a press release style of news reporting where a statement is prepared by whatever agency was involved in the latest policy update, drug bust/federal grant money award, etc.
Newspeople post this statement as is. A 5th grade book report would require more in the way of asking questions.
JFK speaks about the role of the press and voices of dissent in a free society:
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.
Long Island Audit
Related-
Various posts here:
Operating A Camera In A Public Place
Possibly of interest:
Seattle Fentanyl Supply – Any Different Today Than Under Biden?
Random Thoughts – Department of War
In The News
Newspeople interview each other for this schmoozy segment:
In recent years, the press tends to support government agencies, departments and policies rather than question them.
Grant money involves other people’s money.
Grant money goes to programs run by people who are paid the same no matter if customers are happy or not.
Are FedEx, UPS and other private carriers moving towards an electric fleet of vehicles?
Any questions from newspeople?
Photo: One I took a few years back.
A symbol of operating a camera in a public place.
Salmon Season – Whidbey Island – Driftwood Park
In The News
Firefighters question leaders’ role in Bear Gulch Fire immigration raid
Wildfire veterans believe top officials on the fire sent their crews into an ambush
By Alex Brown Washington State Standard – Sept 2, 2025
“After about five minutes discussing the time card issue, according to the firefighter who was present at the raid, federal agents spent the next three hours checking each firefighter’s immigration status.”
The Oak Bay Starfish take:
This was a heavy-handed move by the federal government. We had been told that DHS would be rounding up the worst of the worst.
Human Resources Questions
Did whatever government or private organizations involved in hiring for this job check and verify immigration documents prior to putting people to work? Did these public or private organizations send people into the field with some way to verify their status?
Trump has been up front on his priorities in this area.
“We are not able to comment during an ongoing investigation” may be the best info we get here.
The above phrase does not appear in sports- possibly the most honest segment of American society.
No conspiracy theories – sports culture shows the way
They swore an oath to the constitution:
Don’t lie to people and maybe they would be more patriotic.
What Others Are Saying
Some new info here:
Legal team demands release of fire crew member detained at ICE processing center
By Ryan Simms, KOMO News
September 4, 2025
We are guessing the federal government would approve of the image above and maybe the image below. We have not made application for approval.
I grew up in the Cold War era. Pledge of allegiance in elementary school. Man on the Moon in ’69.
The WWII generation set up a modern society that seemed to be working pretty well during the last century. Still room for improvement, but mostly, things seemed to be up and running. Flag images above are symbols of the best of American culture during that time.
Snot Rag is approved:
Image above – source/credit:
Images not approved for display/sharing/posting, etc.
We are guessing the federal government would not approve of the images below.
These images are more appropriate to symbolize the ongoing breakdown of society taking place in the current century.
For me, the flag in the mud is a symbol of newspeople not asking questions.
The summer picnic/party flag is a symbol of both major political parties telling us The Troops are sent to distant lands to defend American rights and freedoms.
The USA is OK with lies about freedom
Biden honors Americans who ‘stood on the front lines of freedom’ in Veterans Day remarks
CNN Nov 11, 2023
Sorry, no newspeople available to ask:
Mr President,
Going back to the 1990 Operation Desert Shield,
How would American freedoms today be any different if US troops were never sent to Iraq?
The tattered flag that still flies is a symbol of The Troops risking their ass in Iraq and Afghanistan and what awaits when they return home.
In past decades, people could do time in uniform, then return to the US with a feeling they were living in the best country on the planet.
Standards have deteriorated. Today, the troops return to an ongoing breakdown of society.
Cartels move product into all 50 states:
DEA High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas:
“…HIDTA-designated counties are located in 50 states…”
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:
The Northwest High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area chases after cartel product not stopped at the border by Kristi Noem.
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?
Seattle – Aug 27, 2025
Possibly of interest:
Seattle – Still Waiting On Kristi Noem
Voices of Dissent
Burning the Flag or Torching the Constitution: Only One Destroys Freedom
By John & Nisha Whitehead
The Rutherford Institute
August 27, 2025
JFK speaks about the role of the press and voices of dissent in a free society:
Related:
In The News
Who is Jay Carey? Veteran Who Burned US Flag After Trump’s Executive Order
Newsweek
Aug 26, 2025
New US policy: Want a green card? Watch what you say
By Heather Bosch, MyNorthwest.com
Aug 23, 2025
Alternative Media and Comedians – Asking the Questions and Highlighting the Issues.
Jimmy Dore explains how free speech works:
Also:
What Freedom of Speech?
By Jacob G. Hornberger
The Future of Freedom Foundation
July 7, 2025
Freedom of speech and the federal government role at the university:
Violent protest, threats of violence and property damage are not to be tolerated.
Ditto for blocking access to facilities or businesses.
It seems like government should be neutral on people who are questioning/protesting US government or foreign government policies.
To me, it’s sort of like speaking out against US COVID policies.
JFK speaks about the role of the press and voices of dissent in a free society:
Alternative media provides an update on the banning of gas powered outdoor equipment:
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.
Governments at various levels are now in the habit of setting deadlines for new restrictions, bans and mandates.
Unlike many local newspapers, alternative media is good with maintaining an active comment section. More than 3,000 comments are posted with the video above.
Possibly of interest: