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.
Celebrate USA 250 and reflect on how Seattle has taken a dive in the post 911 era.
In The News
Highest gas prices in Seattle over $6/gallon, average price $1 more than national average
KOMO News
Aug31, 2026
Possibly of interest:
Seattle Blue Tarp City – Drug War Scam Rolls On
The failings of one extreme US political party bring on the next extreme US political party.
In The News
Trump admin.’s new 50% tariff on Canadian goods hits local hockey gear stores
by Claire Weber – KOMO News
Aug 22, 2026
Forbes Breaking News
Biden
Old age impacts his abilities.
Biden leaves the borders open.
Biden collects big cash to maintain a giant US Dept. of Homeland Security.
Cartel drugs are present in Seattle.
Trump
Old age impacts his abilities.
Trump collects big cash to maintain the US Dept. of Homeland Security. 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?
ICE agents gun down people at traffic stops and on the street inside the US. This takes place away from border crossings and ports of entry.
Trump seals the borders except for cartel drugs.
Trump blows up suspected drug boats in distant waters.
Cartel drugs still arrive in Seattle and US troops are in Iraq.
2026 Seattle street scenes:
New National Parks Fees
Step over here and show us your papers before entering the park.
How many passengers are in the vehicle? All US citizens? Please pull over into the inspection lane for a brief interview and REAL ID check.
National Parks Hospitality & Goodwill Program
FlyingDawnMarie
Seems like Americans will take what could be an issues-oriented discussion and make it about their most loved or hated political parties and personalities.
It turns out that both major parties are OK with a giant and expensive US Dept. of Homeland Security that fails to keep cartel product out of Seattle:
KOMO News
This 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?
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, the Pentagon seems to specialize in undeclared/unwon wars.
Both major parties seem to be good with it.
Does any major political party have a party platform that advocates for less in the way of undeclared/unwon wars?
WatchlistTYT
Liberty Vault
The failings of one extreme political party bring on the next extreme political party.
Biden
Old age impacts his abilities.
Biden leaves the borders open.
Biden collects big cash to maintain a giant US Dept. of Homeland Security.
Cartel drugs are present in Seattle.
Trump
Old age impacts his abilities.
Trump collects big cash to maintain the US Dept. of Homeland Security. 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?
ICE agents gun down people at traffic stops and on the street inside the US. This takes place away from border crossings and ports of entry.
Trump seals the borders except for cartel drugs.
Trump blows up suspected drug boats in distant waters.
Cartel drugs still arrive in Seattle and US troops are in Iraq.
2026 Seattle street scenes:
Homeland Security Is A Scam
Americans were told 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.
It feels like a society where honest and meaningful ideas stand up to questioning and discussion, but the questioning and discussion rarely takes place.
Related:
Working to stabilize the region since 1990 Operation Desert Shield
Which DOD Military Operations Were For Defense Of The Constitution?
The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East
Port Angeles Homeland Security Spending Spree
Above: Approved Flag Images
Symbols of the propaganda that makes it all work.
The failings of one extreme political party bring on the next extreme political party.
KOMO News
Questioning Socialism
Liberty Vault
Small Town Oddity
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.
Related:
Working to stabilize the region since 1990 Operation Desert Shield
The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East
Which DOD Military Operations Were For Defense Of The Constitution?
The failings of one extreme political party bring on the next extreme political party.
Biden
Old age impacts his abilities.
Biden leaves the borders open.
Biden collects big cash to maintain a giant US Dept. of Homeland Security.
Cartel drugs are present in Seattle.
Trump
Old age impacts his abilities.
Trump collects big cash to maintain the US Dept. of Homeland Security. 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?
ICE agents gun down people at traffic stops and on the street inside the US. This takes place away from border crossings and ports of entry.
Trump seals the borders except for cartel drugs.
Trump blows up suspected drug boats in distant waters.
Cartel drugs still arrive in Seattle:
choeshow
Judge Napolitano – Judging Freedom
WatchlistTYT
Vote for whoever you want and you get:
A Pentagon that seems to specialize in undeclared/unwon wars decades after the lessons of Vietnam.
You get cartel drugs in Home Town, USA.
2026 – Cartels Move Product Into All 50 States
DEA High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas:
“…HIDTA-designated counties are located in 50 states…”
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?
Related:
Working to stabilize the region since 1990 Operation Desert Shield
The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East
Seattle Has Taken A Dive In The Post 911 Era
Seattle Fentanyl – Any Different Today Than Under Biden?
Seattle Open-Air Drug Use Rolls On
The country struggles with:
Above: Approved Flag Images
Symbols of the propaganda that makes it all work.
The failings of one extreme political party bring on the next extreme political party.
What Others Are Saying
Valhalla VFT
More than 2000 comments are posted with the video above.
Fox News screaming desperately into wind as Trump loses grip
Nolan Denaro – Responsible Statecraft
Iran War Is Unfortunately Helping Democratic Socialists and Hurting Republicans
By John J. Duncan Jr.
The Duncan Dispatch
August 6, 2026
“Consider the Pentagon’s recent assassinations of more than 200 people in boats on the high seas near Venezuela Those assassinations are ostensibly based on supposed violations of U.S. drug laws, even though any evidence of incrimination is kept top secret.”
Source:
Will the CIA Assassinate Democratic Socialists?
by Jacob G. Hornberger
August 6, 2026
The Hill
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.
Related:
Working to stabilize the region since 1990 Operation Desert Shield
Which DOD Military Operations Were For Defense Of The Constitution?
The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East
Seattle Has Taken A Dive In The Post 911 Era
Seattle Fentanyl – Any Different Today Than Under Biden?
The country struggles with:
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.”
Above: Approved Flag Images
Symbols of the propaganda that makes it all work.
Blog title source:
Why Are Political Independents Less Patriotic Than Ever?
For the same reason their ranks have grown to record highs: They dislike the federal government.
Nick Gillespie – Reason
July 10, 2026
Big talk from the federal government and what do you get back home?
Decades of undeclared/unwon wars. No shortage of cartel drugs in Seattle.
Newspeople who avoid asking questions.
The situation remains in place no matter who is elected to office.
2026 – A Giant Federal Program Celebrates Independence From A Powerful, Central Government
Dozens of jets, bombers and helicopters will fly over DC today
The nine-hour 4th of July airshow includes demonstration teams, parachute jumps and a nighttime afterburner flyover.
Nicholas Slayton – Task & Purpose
July 4, 2026
The Fantasy Newsperson Asks
Above: A meetup with newspeople who ask questions.
Sponsored by a local Invisible Veteran chapter.
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?
What did the founders think of a powerful, centralized federal government and militarized pageantry for public events?
What did the founders think of troops in camo patrolling the streets?
Whatever happened to the formal congressional declaration of war?
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?
Don’t lie to people and maybe they would be more patriotic.
Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in these areas.
Government – 2026
“It promises protection while steadily expanding surveillance, policing, executive discretion and bureaucratic control. It wraps itself in flags. It quotes Scripture. It invokes patriotism. It salutes the troops.”
When Rights Become Privileges
by John W. Whitehead
July 10, 2026
Big surveillance and a giant and expensive US Dept. of Homeland Security never were able to keep cartel drugs out of Seattle.
Ditto for blowing up suspected drug boat crews in distant waters and designating cartels as terrorist organizations.
2026 Seattle street scenes:
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.
2026 – 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, 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:
The Fantasy Newsperson Asks
Is the Seattle drug situation any different in 2026 than it was under Biden. WTF?
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. Is it understandable that young people and their parents and grandparents would take a dim view on all this?
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.
In the 60s & 70s I never attended a Veterans Day assembly at school.
There were none.
Probably enough veterans around to remove most of the mystique, or maybe those veterans thought it was all just an average thing and did not want to be seen as a separate part of American society, or get head of the line parking spots over at the grocery store. Maybe the concept of Armistice Day had not gone completely extinct.
Growing up in the 60s & 70s- veterans were all around- church, school, Boy Scout leaders, family, the neighborhood, etc. It was all just an average thing. These folks weren’t seen as a separate part of American society.
People weren’t stepping over to say “Thanks for your service” to my Dad- who did time in the Navy in the 50s- but looked just like anyone else out in public.
These guys weren’t lining up for free dinner promotions marketed by major restaurant chains.
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, the Pentagon seems to specialize in undeclared/unwon wars.
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.
Of interest:
Declaring America’s Independence From the Tyranny of Militarism and War
Beware the Termites of War
Bill Astore
July 3, 2026
Related:
“…hundreds of planes will participate in a “Fourth of July Airshow,” the president said.”
A Land Of Make Believe – USA 250
The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East
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:
Operating A Camera In A Public Place
Most And Least Meaningful Federal Holidays
Above: Approved Flag Images
A symbol of the propaganda that makes it all work.
Both major parties push things to the extreme.
People get burnt the fuck out on politics after a while.
Look the other way and get ready to celebrate USA 250.
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.
Possibly of interest:
Above: A view from Westport, WA – March, 2025
What’s Going on With Shipping?
Completely Unrelated
All is well:
WatchlistTYT
Above: Beachcombing – Pacific Coast
Sealed borders still unable to keep drugs out of local communities:
In The News
Much federal work over the past 12 months to keep drugs out.
Mountlake Terrace overdose death leads to two arrests
By Ian Davis-Leonard – The Everett Herald
May 7, 2026
More here:
Sealed Borders Fail to Keep Drugs Out
Something Needs To Be Done
Maybe YouTube needs to be shut down in order to stop discussion of various ideas related to politics.
Breaking Points and Good Politic Guy
Post 911 Airport Security Update:
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.) appears to have played no role in preventing the incident reported below:
The Hill
Above created and originally posted by another person, years ago.
By now, some Americans may feel that both major political parties are manipulative and dishonest.
American freedoms may come and go:
Celebrating Opposite Freedoms on the Fourth of July
by Jacob G. Hornberger
May 8, 2026
The Future of Freedom Foundation
Possibly of interest:
National Parks Hospitality & Goodwill Program
Take An Oath To The Constitution
Most And Least Meaningful Federal Holidays
Above: Approved Flag Images
A symbol of the propaganda that makes it all work.
Don’t lie to people and maybe they would be more patriotic.
Valhalla VFT
What’s Going on With Shipping?
David Pakman Show
Related:
Above:
A symbol of US politics in recent years.
Wreck of the Peter Iredale – Oregon Coast
Turn the clock back two years. Was I happy with the US Presidential Administration at the time? No.
Happy today? No.
In recent years, both parties serve up their own dose of cringe.
Get ready for a big cheerleading speech Tuesday evening.
Whatever Happened To Democrats & Republicans Of The Past?
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.
An old blog I posted:
Looking back towards the Cold War Era there were several memorable people who were elected to office as members of the Democratic Party.
Today
Liberty Vault
Old Man Blog category:
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/
Possibly of interest:
A giant flag ritual at the next ball game will make it all good.
Take An Oath To The Constitution
Most And Least Meaningful Federal Holidays
News Content
USA- Home of The Fantasy Newsperson
Newspeople Not Asking Questions
Sound Publishing And Black Press Media
Port Angeles Homeland Security Spending Spree
Grays Harbor Fentanyl & Meth Not Stopped By Kristi Noem
Air Travel – TV Newspeople Will Never Question The War On Terror
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?
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.
Above: Salt Creek
The Jimmy Dore Show
Glenn Greenwald
The Damage Report
US Advantage – 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.
Would any TV 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?
Above: A meetup with newspeople who ask questions.
Related:
Government Operative Speaks – Campaign Season Is Over Now
Take An Oath To The Constitution
Most And Least Meaningful Federal Holidays
Above: Local scene – Whidbey Island
The Jimmy Dore Show
Times Of India
America 250 – Feeling The Energy:
“Shock and Awe”
Regime Change and Nation-Building Are Back!
By Ron Paul, MD
The Ron Paul Institute
Jan 6, 2026
“As was the case the morning after “Shock and Awe” signaled the start of the Iraq war, many are cheering the US military raid on Venezuela and capture of its president, Nicolas Maduro. Overwhelming US military power – and likely some bribed Venezuelan officials – ensured that the operation was swift and dramatic.”
“Warmongering US Senator Lindsey Graham has taken to the television news programs to urge President Trump to continue on to Cuba and then Iran.”
Trade, Travel and Friendship
Some might say trade, travel and friendship (as much as possible) are good for the economy. This approach may help to avoid misunderstandings and wars.
Welcoming Visitors – USA Style – 2026
Friends and family or an exchange student visiting from Canada, Japan or Europe?
You’d like to have a good visit when you travel to see them. Plan to roll out the welcome mat when they visit here next summer.
National parks announce ‘America-first’ fee surges for international tourists
By Yahya Salem – CNN
Nov 26, 2025
A trip to a national park might be a chance to leave the pressures of the world behind for a few hours. Now, it will be a stop and ID event? Sort of like trying to enter a military facility.
Step over here and show us your papers before entering the park.
How many passengers are in the vehicle? All US citizens? Please pull over into the inspection lane for a brief interview and REAL ID check.
A giant flag ritual at the next ball game will make it all good.
More here:
National Parks Hospitality & Goodwill Program
Should FCC License Be Threatened For Irreverent Commentary?
The Daily Show
Related:
Take An Oath To The Constitution
Operation Macho Swagger – “CIA Squad Smashed Venezuela…”
Most And Least Meaningful Federal Holidays
Candidate Trump Is Gone – He Didn’t Stay Long
Plan To Try And Celebrate – USA 250
For the Marines, the War on Terror began before 911
The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East
My message to Georgia’s 14th district and America.
Thank you. pic.twitter.com/tSoHCeAjn1— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) November 22, 2025
Anyone heard from Tulsi Gabbard lately?
To me, the most interesting people in politics are the people who are willing to question their chosen political party.
JFK speaks about the role of the press and voices of dissent in a free society:
Related:
Both Major Parties – Monday Rant
TSA – Newspeople Refuse To Ask
Decades of events where records were sealed or redacted and files were kept secret
Possibly of interest:
I am sort of a wait and see kind of a person. I think there is potential for good things to happen.
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.
Briefly listened to some talk radio this morning. The hosts are in the unfortunate position of having to do several hours of content each week. No mater what is going on, they are obligated to deliver their shtick. This is what is expected from the audience, bosses and sponsors.
Today, I’d give President Trump a 5 out of 10.
From the web:
“CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS?” NO, JUST TIME TO STOP PRETENDING THE CONSTITUTION MATTERS.
APRIL 15, 2025 THOMAS L. KNAPP
Trade, travel and friendship as much as possible.
by Jacob G. Hornberger
April 18, 2025
Some of the issues where things could be better:
Drug War Show Business & The Puget Sound Area
All the drugs off the streets?
Seems like government should be neutral on political speech.
Non-violent/peaceful speech that does not involve property damage.
Sort of like what church do you want to attend?
Foreign Student Persecution Imperils any American Who Advocates for Freedom
April 16, 2025
Mises Wire – James Bovard
“…assuming that anyone who advocates a position is culpable for any crimes committed by any other advocate with the same view.”
“This was the tacit doctrine that the Biden administration used to legally scourge peaceful January 6 protestors who merely “paraded without a permit” through or near the US Capitol that day. Because a minority of January 6 protestors became violent, the FBI presumed that “trespassing plus thought crimes equal terrorism,” justifying harsh sentences for anyone at the scene (except for the undercover federal agents and informants).”
JFK speaks about the role of the press and voices of dissent in a free society:
More here:
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Something from the last century
At 1:30 below:
Whistleblowers at WA DOL came forward to say they had registered people to vote who are not US citizens.
Possibly of interest:
Glorification of military service / total nonsense/ zero questions from the press:
WA Secretary of State
Our right to vote has always been protected by the brave men and women who serve in our Armed Forces.
Do you have a veteran in your life you would like to thank?
You can honor them by sharing their story and reading the stories of other veterans: https://t.co/ZbQSXTP2xd pic.twitter.com/9BlBECvCji
— Washington Office of the Secretary of State (@secstatewa) May 25, 2020
“Our right to vote has always been protected by the brave men and women who serve in our Armed Forces.”
Page 7 of the Washington State Elections Voters Pamphlet for the November 5th, 2019 General Election:
“Our right to vote is protected by the members of the U.S. Armed Forces.”
If a right to vote has always been protected by the brave men and women who serve in our Armed Forces, how come women were not allowed full voting rights at the end of WWI?
Why the need for a 1965 Voting Rights Act if overseas military operations somehow secured voting rights?
If a right to vote is protected by the US Armed Forces, what becomes of that right when the US leaves Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Vietnam, Afghanistan, etc., without a victory?
Men Died For the Right to Vote?
Right To Vote Linked To Military Operations/US Troops in Distant Lands?
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Welcome Visitors
Rent yourself a State Parks buoy at Fort Worden
Voted best consumer value in weekend recreation.
In the news:
Lawmakers look to lower voter approval threshold for school bond measures as many fail to pass
By Brandon Thompson, KIRO 7 News
Feb 15, 2025
“State lawmakers are debating a bill that would amend the constitution to lower the threshold of votes school districts need to receive to pass bond measures to large construction projects.”
“For 80 years, Washington law has required districts to reach 60% voter approval to receive the authorization to get the loan that typically funds new buildings or large improvements and expansions to schools. Joint Resolution 8200 would lower the threshold to a simple majority of 50% plus one to pass, as it currently stands in 38 other states.”
KIRO appears to allow comments. “No one seems to have shared their thoughts on this topic yet” is what I see over and again.
College-educated people in WA are not able to keep the ferry system running. They are not able to keep drug addicts from camping on the sidewalk. Not too impressive. People want to Say No to more funding? No Means No?
Time to change the rules to keep the cash coming in.
More here: Measurable Results Not Required In Exchange For Public Funding
Many comments are posted with the video above.
Glorification of military service / total nonsense:
WA Secretary of State
Our right to vote has always been protected by the brave men and women who serve in our Armed Forces.
Do you have a veteran in your life you would like to thank?
You can honor them by sharing their story and reading the stories of other veterans: https://t.co/ZbQSXTP2xd pic.twitter.com/9BlBECvCji
— Washington Office of the Secretary of State (@secstatewa) May 25, 2020
“Our right to vote has always been protected by the brave men and women who serve in our Armed Forces.”
Page 7 of the Washington State Elections Voters Pamphlet for the November 5th, 2019 General Election:
“Our right to vote is protected by the members of the U.S. Armed Forces.”
If a right to vote has always been protected by the brave men and women who serve in our Armed Forces, how come women were not allowed full voting rights at the end of WWI?
Why the need for a 1965 Voting Rights Act if overseas military operations somehow secured voting rights?
If a right to vote is protected by the US Armed Forces, what becomes of that right when the US leaves Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Vietnam, Afghanistan, etc., without a victory?
Men Died For the Right to Vote?
Right To Vote Linked To Military Operations/US Troops in Distant Lands?
Also From WA
From comments:
“Washington has turned into an HOA. I didn’t sign up for this.”
Governments at various levels are now in the habit of setting deadlines for new restrictions, bans and mandates.
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.
Related:
Most And Least Meaningful Federal Holidays
Hostile Forces in Distant Lands
Goodbye Free Enterprise System – Banning Gas Powered Equipment
Consumer Demand Or Government Demand?
The country struggles with:
Possibly of interest:
Podcast 9 Defending The Constitution?
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.
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Symbol of 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.
Welcome Visitors
Rent yourself a State Parks buoy at Fort Worden
Voted best consumer value in weekend recreation.
Imagine stepping away from a career in government service, trying to grasp a feeling of satisfaction and pride in what you did. Before moving on, you are branded as a person who is sort of guilty enough to require top-level forgiveness for whatever your actions may have been.
Many comments are posted with the video above.
More From Alternative Media
Unlike many local newspapers, alternative media is good with maintaining active comment sections.
Possibly of interest:
Sound Publishing And Black Press Media
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Out to Westport
Image above: I used to very much enjoy walking at Fort Ebey. This photo is from a few years back.
Local walking ideas:
Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock’s SNL bit when Donald Trump won in 2016 holds up still.
I’m shocked this many people are shocked. pic.twitter.com/1PEcPQzdJi
— Joe Randazzo 📚📕📖 (@LibrarianJoe_) November 6, 2024
Will the US Armed Forces recruiting crisis begin to ease?
What happens when American families no longer send the young ones to enlist and will not support a draft?
NATO – Newspeople refuse to ask:
Dear NATO…
Guess who’s back?
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) November 6, 2024
Much talk of freedom and democracy in this one.
Freedom?
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.
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?
Much talk of group identities in this one. Less of that when I was a young adult in the last century.
Photo above:
Platoon 3049, MCRD San Diego
Jun-Sep 1979
How did celebrity endorsements play here?
A few questions asked prior to election day:
November 4, 2024
Possibly of interest:
Most And Least Meaningful Federal Holidays
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Love to see history on what presidential election season/candidate has had the most well known people/celebrity endorsements.
Do endorsements normally come closer to election day?
What party gets the most endorsements?
What party goes on to win?
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Port Hadlock Transit Center
If we live in a democracy, when do we vote on decades of undeclared/unwon DOD wars?
The Department of Defense track record goes back to 1949.
Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in these areas.
During the Vietnam War, US troops were sent to Vietnam.
Today, the Ohio National Guard is sent to “support Operation Spartan Shield and Operation Inherent Resolve.”
The US press has a long history of not asking questions Re: undeclared/unwon DOD wars and military operations for your freedoms.
Freedom?
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.
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?
More Discussion Please
Both major parties tell us The Troops are in distant lands to defend American rights and freedoms.
CNN Nov 11, 2023
Biden honors Americans who ‘stood on the front lines of freedom’ in Veterans Day remarks
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?
Uncle Sam is having a hell of a time finding people to sign up for the US Armed Forces. Pretending that decades of undeclared/unwon wars are linked in any way with American freedoms is the kind of dishonesty that will snuff out the energy American families once had for encouraging young people to enlist.
Good luck with your US Armed Forces recruiting crisis.
The country struggles with:
Each November, school teachers across America host Veterans Day assemblies– and promote the idea to children that The Troops are in distant lands-fighting for American rights and freedoms-as if the US Armed Forces function as some sort of giant civil rights organization.
In Washington State, these assemblies are mandatory.
The VA tells teachers that The Troops are Defending Liberty and Freedom.
In the 60s & 70s I never attended a Veterans Day assembly at school.
There were none.
Probably enough veterans around to remove most of the mystique, or maybe those veterans thought it was all just an average thing and did not want to be seen as a separate part of American society, or get head of the line parking spots over at the grocery store. Maybe the concept of Armistice Day had not gone completely extinct.
Growing up in the 60s & 70s- veterans were all around- church, school, Boy Scout leaders, family, the neighborhood, etc. It was all just an average thing. These folks weren’t seen as a separate part of American society.
People weren’t stepping over to say “Thanks for your service” to my Dad- who did time in the Navy in the 50s- but looked just like anyone else out in public.
These guys weren’t lining up for free dinner promotions marketed by major restaurant chains.
Love to see a student ask: If The Troops fight for your right to sit, stand, kneel, etc.-why were black people still riding at the back of the bus after the big WWII victory?
Love to see a student ask: If the wars aren’t won-how can they protect our freedom?
Love to see a student ask: Whatever happened to lessons about Armistice Day?
May 28, 2020 WMAR
Salisbury Mayor deploying to Africa with Maryland National Guard
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?
December 21st 2019 KOMO News
Legal age to buy cigarettes, vapes raised to 21 nationwide
“Signed into law by President Donald Trump Friday as part of the new $1.4 trillion spending bill, a new measure prohibits the sale of tobacco products to anyone under the age of 21.”
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.
Why do we speak of the US Armed Forces as if they function as some sort of giant civil rights organization?
School children are taught about a free enterprise system. They grow up to find out that the federal government will tell them what kind of shower head they must install in the bathroom, and what type of gas can they must buy for their lawn mower.
Did hostile forces in distant lands attempt to replace US consumer demand with government demand and end the free enterprise system?
Related:
Never Forget The Aftermath of Sept 11th, 2001
Most And Least Meaningful Federal Holidays
Hostile Forces in Distant Lands
Men Died For the Right to Vote?
Below, are some random thoughts and questions newspeople will not ask. Our questions appear in bold type.
Possibly of interest:
Podcast 9 Defending The Constitution?
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.
Honest and meaningful ideas stand up to questioning and discussion.
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.
In the news:
Nov 1, 2024 FOX43 News
Stores near White House board up ahead of election
“DC Police Chief Pamela Smith says so far there is no credible threat to the nation’s capital ahead of the election.”
No Credible Threat?
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, etc.
What was the threat level prior to the Trump rally shooting?
Where was the threat forecast prior to ballots being destroyed inside the drop box recently in both OR and WA?
Where was the threat forecast prior to the April 12, 2022 NYC subway shooting?
A $51.6 billion (every 12 months) US Dept. of Homeland Security
News tip/story idea: Fusion Centers
“…to prevent and respond to all threats and hazards.“
Related:
U.S. intelligence community, fusion centers & ballot drop boxes
Post 911 Fusion Center Vote of Confidence
Homeland Security Vote of Confidence
More Homeland Security – More Puget Sound Drugs?
Measurable Results Not Required In Exchange For Public Funding
Decades Past 911 – Homeland Security Is A Scam
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Symbol of an American press that plays along by not asking questions.
Symbol of politicians who send US troops to get torn up in Iraq and Afghanistan while collecting big bucks to operate a giant US Dept. of Homeland Security that appears to be a waste of time.
Possibly of interest:
The US Dept. of Homeland Security
A $51.6 billion (every 12 months) US Dept. of Homeland Security that creates no shortage of cartel product anywhere in the US. With more than two decades of lessons learned since 911. What got better?
Press releases Re: Airport Security Screening
Would any newsperson ever ask:
What keeps the terrorists of the GWOT from creating a disruption at the back end of the screening line?
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.
“If You See Something, Say Something®” – Just a slogan?
As Election Day approaches, the U.S. intelligence community is warning that Russia, Iran and China will intensify their efforts to divide Americans and undermine confidence in the election. https://t.co/UaddAXW5Ik
— PBS News (@NewsHour) October 30, 2024
Some newspeople may ask:
Was the U.S. intelligence community able to get out in front of ballots being destroyed inside the drop box recently in both OR and WA?
Oct 30, 2024 CNN
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:
Breaking — Ballot Drop Boxes set on fire in Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington
Police said explosive devices were placed inside the boxes early Monday morning.
Hundreds of ballots have been burned 🧵 pic.twitter.com/ZObySwogox
— Katie Daviscourt 📸 (@KatieDaviscourt) October 28, 2024
Preventive measures working just as well as Sept. 11th, 2001
Reaction Mode:
News tip/story idea: Fusion Centers
“…to prevent and respond to all threats and hazards.“
Related:
Post 911 Fusion Center Vote of Confidence
Homeland Security Vote of Confidence
More Homeland Security – More Puget Sound Drugs?
Measurable Results Not Required In Exchange For Public Funding
Image at top of page:
We have been setting up trail cams outside for years now. The image above appears to capture some sort of visitor or intruder out back.
Related:
Operating A Camera In A Public Place – Open Government
Post 911 Fusion Center Vote of Confidence
Photo: One I took a few years back.
A symbol of operating a camera in a public place.
Salmon Season – Whidbey Island – Driftwood Park
