Reaction Mode
Preventive measures working just as well as Sept. 11th, 2001
Related:
Post 911 Fusion Center Vote of Confidence
Archives for category: Voting
Preventive measures working just as well as Sept. 11th, 2001
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
Fusion Centers
“…to prevent and respond to all threats and hazards.“
“The National Network of Fusion Centers (National Network) brings critical context and value to Homeland Security and Law Enforcement that no other federal or local organization can replicate. Fusion Centers accomplish this through sharing information, providing partners with a unique perspective on threats to their state or locality and being the primary contact between frontline personnel, state and local leadership and the rest of the Homeland Security Enterprise.”
“The National Network of Fusion Centers is the hub of much of the two-way intelligence and information flow between the federal government and our State, Local, Tribal and Territorial (SLTT) and private sector partners. The fusion centers represent a shared commitment between the federal government and the state and local governments who own and operate them. Individually, each is a vital resource for integrating information from national and local sources to prevent and respond to all threats and hazards. The enhanced collaboration between the federal government, SLTT and private sector partners represents the new standard through which we view homeland security.”
No Credible Threat
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:
WMUR Jul 14, 2024
Questions for newspeople:
What was the threat level prior to the Trump rally shooting?
New Hampshire is several hundred miles away from the site of the Trump rally shooting. How are New Hampshire threat levels relevant here?
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.
Related:
Big Brother Has It All Under Control
Reaction Mode
Related:
The Oak Bay Starfish take:
VP Harris does not seem comfortable with herself.
Running for POTUS, she is heading further into a world where things will be awkward over and again. She does not seem confident and well adjusted to her role.
At the start of her campaign, people would criticize her for not doing interviews and public appearances where unscripted questions would come up.
She has gone out now, and done the interviews and events in recent weeks. Each time, it seems like things don’t go as well as the campaign might like.
Lately, it seems like the campaign’s strategy is about stacking up an unlimited number of celebrity endorsements.
Always wonder how the big celebrities feel Re:
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, the Pentagon seems to specialize in undeclared/unwon wars.
If people are feeling campaign rally-good about their country, wouldn’t this cross over to supporting new enlistments in the US Armed Forces?
Ask any supporters of any political party if they are sending young family members down to the US Armed Forces recruiting office to sign up.
Things are slow over at the recruiter’s office. The press will not touch this story.
Ongoing Breakdown of Society – A Draft?
From Jeffrey A Tucker:
I’ve paid far more attention to Kamala than I ever imagined I would with a presidential candidate, listening to her interviews, speeches, and so on.
I suspect that many people, even people who are her partisans, are realizing something quite shocking. It’s this: she knows less…
— Jeffrey A Tucker (@jeffreyatucker) October 26, 2024
Many interesting comments are included with the post above.
Full text:
“I’ve paid far more attention to Kamala than I ever imagined I would with a presidential candidate, listening to her interviews, speeches, and so on.
I suspect that many people, even people who are her partisans, are realizing something quite shocking. It’s this: she knows less about policy, news, existing public controversies, and even recent history, than most people who read X or NYT or even just listen to the news on radio or TV. For that matter, I suspect that just about any person on the street knows more.
It’s like she hasn’t really paid much attention to anything for years. Interviewers are trying their best to be kind to her, but even the slightest bit of push on what she knows turns up a big nothing. It’s not that she is being cagey or clever. The trouble is that she truly does not know.
It’s hard to understand why. It could be that she has, for most of her career, been able to outsource knowledge and understanding to others. She has always just been a smiling face, the socializer, the spouter of bromides, and gotten by with faking it. After a while, it probably doesn’t feel like faking; it feels like this is the way the job is supposed to be. She has not known any other way.
Now she is expected to play the part of someone who knows some minimum something about a range of issues, and she simply cannot deal with it. What’s remarkable is that her champions are as mortified by this as anyone.”
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No Hurry To Change – Port Hadlock
Vice President Harris,
As an undecided voter, my question is:
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, it feels like the people who run the Pentagon specialize in undeclared/unwon wars.
What would be your role in all this?
I imagine a house of worship somewhere in the USA where they welcome visitors and newcomers at any time.
They tell us that what they have is a sanctuary and it will not be used for political campaigns or photo-op events staged by any member of any political party.
Going to church in Georgia with a presidential birthday entrance? No one does it like Kamala!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY @KamalaHarris ! pic.twitter.com/aSXz2WnNuI
— Don Lemon (@donlemon) October 21, 2024
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Oregon Coast – Indian Beach
Big political parties and the made for TV press do not welcome men or women who ask too many questions, point out uncomfortable realities, push back on interviewers, recommend a different way of doing things, etc.
Tulsi Gabbard – Former member of Congress. War Veteran.
“On January 22, 2013, Gabbard was unanimously elected to a four-year term as a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee.”
Ready to speak. Ready to push back.
The Draft
Tulsi Gabbard speaks about a military draft:
Would the Uniparty press ever ask:
Candidate ____________,
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, it feels like the people who run the Pentagon specialize in undeclared/unwon wars.
What would be your role in all this?
Made For TV Debates
3:48
Regime Change Wars – This is the sort of talk that will end a candidate’s big party support:
Left The Democratic Party
Both major parties play the glass ceiling game. Men and women will see big party support shut down if they are critical of the system.
Notice how former presidents Clinton and Obama are on the campaign trail supporting VP Harris. Former president George W. Bush is not out campaigning for Trump.
Here are a few others who have seen the glass ceiling. Was the glass ceiling put in place by voters, or the big party machine?
Ron Paul
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Bernie Sanders
Jim Webb, Marine Vietnam veteran:
Awarded the Navy Cross for heroism, also awarded the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, and two Purple Hearts.
Former United States Senator from Virginia, Secretary of the Navy.
Presidenttial candidate:
“On October 20, 2015, after failing to gain substantial support for his campaign ahead of the primaries, Webb announced that he would be dropping out of the Democratic presidential race in favor of a possible independent presidential run citing his “frustration with party leadership“. On February 11, 2016, he ruled out making an independent presidential bid.”
Related:
Veterans Support All Candidates 2024!
I would have loved to see the moderators ask questions on how both major parties have taken turns in power/had their hands on the wheel as things went downhill after putting a Man on the Moon in 1969.
Possibly of interest:
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/
I have been watching SNL since the beginning. They always had a tradition of mocking presidents of both major parties.
That tradition was paused when Biden first became POTUS.
Good to see the tradition roll on.
You know it’s bad when SNL is openly mocking Kamala Harris and Joe Biden 😂 pic.twitter.com/HsPEkd0CWr
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) October 13, 2024
Jimmy Dore and alternative media-
Still OK with asking questions:
The Draft
Tulsi Gabbard speaks about a military draft:
They tried a draft during the Vietnam War. They found out they had to stop.
Last time there was a draft, children were raised by the WWII generation, in families where Mom and Dad were married to each other.
Positive on the campaign trail:
Big money donations, polling numbers and crowd estimates. High energy political rallies, big celebrity enthusiasm, big TV news and social media coverage. Support from people who made it to the very highest levels of government and politics.
Negative in Hometown, USA:
Camping on the sidewalk, frequent gunfire, illegal street racing, public consumption of fentanyl, organized shoplifting, etc.
Maybe a DOD draft sometime in the future?
What makes elected officials believe we have some sort of 1950s crop of citizens who would comply with a draft?
For sure, the ongoing breakdown of society does not encourage new enlistments.
The drug addicts camping on the sidewalk aren’t going to sign up. The people who are able are not wanting to serve a country that spends $51.6 billion (every 12 months) on US Dept. of Homeland Security that fails to create any shortage of opioids in the Puget Sound area, then yields the right of way to the sidewalk campers and those who want to protest on an interstate highway.
Some will say obese teens and young adults are to blame for the big recruiting crisis.
Thousands of young, intelligent and athletic Americans participate in college athletics each year. Certainly, they would qualify to enlist.
Zero questions from newspeople.
US Armed Forces Recruiting Crisis
Four-star officers and high level DOD civilians built careers made of undeclared/unwon wars. Now they must mastermind ways to recruit a new generation.
Decades of undeclared/unwon DOD wars is now the norm. Look and see if the new military aid packages create any wave of enthusiasm to sign up.
The breaking point will come at the US Armed Forces recruiting office.
Breaking Point Will Come At The US Armed Forces Recruiting Office
There is no WWII generation to encourage new enlistments like there was back in the Cold War era of the 1980s.
Would any newsperson ever ask:
Candidate ____________,
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, it feels like the people who run the Pentagon specialize in undeclared/unwon wars.
What would be your role in all this?
Would any newsperson ever ask any POTUS/VP candidate:
What happens when American families no longer send the young ones to enlist and will not support a draft?
Unfortunately, DOD spent the past 30 years or so, squandering credibility in distant lands and here at home.
During the last century, there was a tradition among American families where one generation after another would do time in uniform. This chain appears to be broken now.
Newspeople avoid asking: Why?
A few ideas:
Never Forget-
The US Armed Forces were irrelevant in defending American rights and freedoms, our physical security, & The Constitution on 911.
Ditto for all other federal agencies and departments.
The aftermath of the catastrophic military failure of 911.
Lies About Freedom
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:
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.
Recruiting Crisis/Reality Check
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.
If we can just get the veterans, parents and grandparents of the USA to recommend an enlistment to the young family members in their life, things will be looking up.
Some Americans may be asking:
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?
Has dressing women to look like men had any positive or negative impact on recruiting?
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.
Any college or pro football coach would have been fired a dozen times over for what DOD has done with the US Armed Forces during the fake GWOT era.
There has been a big stir over a blocked senior military promotion system. TV newspeople will avoid interviewing people who offer up a voice of dissent. Stalling the administrative steps to promote top level officers might lead to what? Decades of undeclared/unwon wars? A giant Dept. of Defense that was nowhere to be found on 911?
Why would high level promotions be awarded to people who are part of the system that allowed The Troops to live in the barracks described below?
Sept 25, 2023 MOAA
Military Barracks Blasted Over Horrid Living Conditions, Lack of Accountability
2024
Ask any supporters of any political party if they are sending young family members down to the US Armed Forces recruiting office to sign up. If people are feeling campaign rally-good about their country, wouldn’t this cross over to supporting new enlistments in the US Armed Forces?
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, the Pentagon seems to specialize in undeclared/unwon wars. Understandable why young people & their parents & grandparents would take a dim view on all this.
Newspeople play along by not asking questions.
More from Tulsi Gabbard:
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Happy Halloween from the Kingston days
Towards the end of the debate, I realized that most of the issues discussed are not new to Americans. The difficulties people are having with these routine parts of life are what’s new.
In past decades American families were not haunted by healthcare concerns. People got started with minimum wage jobs and worked their way up. In the 80s, renting an apartment was a routine thing and did not break the bank. Light bulbs, appliances and auto parts were once made in places like Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. Buying a tank of gas was not a big deal. People were not haunted by student loan debt.
The Cold War ended in 1991. There was a time in the 1980s when the US Armed Forces (no recruiting crisis) were strong and ready and also on the back burner.
At one time, the National Guard was thought of as one weekend a month and two weeks in the summer, plus a way to support your home state by being ready to get called out for floods, fires, natural disasters, civil unrest, etc. Maybe a way to help the next state over if they needed it. At one time, the National Guard was not doing 12 month tours in Iraq, Afghanistan or Africa.
National Guard
These are the people who need to maintain a place to live and a regular job in their hometown area when they are not doing time in foreign lands helping DOD with undeclared/unwon wars and missions completely unrelated to their home state.
The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East
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.”
Immigration and the US Border Patrol are not new to Americans and have been in place for decades. Enhanced/REAL ID, and a giant US Dept. of Homeland Security (created after the catastrophic failure of 911) are new, along with no shortage of cartel product anywhere in the US and fentanyl addicts camping on the sidewalk in major cities.
Welcome Home Troops
Guns were common in the 60s and 70s, mass casualty school shootings were not.
Both major parties have taken turns in power over the past 45 years or so. For sure, there is a chunk of public policy that has become worse, not better.
I would have loved to see the moderators ask questions on how both major parties have taken turns in power/had their hands on the wheel as things went downhill after putting a Man on the Moon in 1969.
Both major parties will tell us The Troops are in distant lands fighting for our freedoms. Back home, governments at various levels are now in the habit of setting deadlines for new restrictions, bans and mandates for various formerly routine consumer products.
Alternative media provides an update on the banning of gas powered outdoor equipment:
Possibly of interest:
At one time, cars were more simple inside and out. Trucks were more like utility vehicles:
The Old Days – People Would Exchange A Wave
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/
Welcome Home Troops
Attempted poker face update: https://t.co/YEie8kZanZ
— Just be honest (@yeomalt) September 30, 2024
JFK speaks about the role of the press in a free society:
At 0:26 in the video below, a staffer can be seen in the far right of the frame- motioning for Prime Minister Modi to come forward.
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Working Waterfront – Westport
VP Harris speaks as if it’s story time for a 2nd grade elementary school class. Oprah maintains her composure.
Oprah has connected various celebrities with the event. Some speak of their children becoming old enough to vote.
Always wonder how the big celebrities feel Re:
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, the Pentagon seems to specialize in undeclared/unwon wars.
Kamala thought she’d hang w/ Oprah & other celebs, shoot the breeze & giggle her way through softballs.
But she panicked & we got this trainwreck.
Even Oprah was like WTF.
She’s a total mess.pic.twitter.com/ti0dKMErMK
— Monica Crowley (@MonicaCrowley) September 20, 2024
Related:
Made For TV Enthusiasm And The US Armed Forces Recruiting Office
Mark Dice and alternative media are still OK with asking questions:
Many comments are posted with both videos above.
Always wonder how the big celebrities feel Re:
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, the Pentagon seems to specialize in undeclared/unwon wars.
Looking for real newspeople to let us know when the made for TV enthusiasm makes its way over to the US Armed Forces recruiting office.
Serious news story waiting to happen.
Uniparty newspeople probably stay away from asking questions because the story reflects poorly on both major parties.
DNC has had the White House during the current US Armed Forces recruiting crisis.
Another way to measure solid support for the USA
During the last century, there was a tradition among American families where one generation after another would do time in uniform.
2024
Ask any supporters of any political party if they are sending young family members down to the US Armed Forces recruiting office to sign up. If people are feeling good about their country, wouldn’t this cross over to supporting new enlistments in the US Armed Forces?
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, the Pentagon seems to specialize in undeclared/unwon wars. Understandable why young people & their parents & grandparents would take a dim view on all this.
Newspeople play along by not asking questions.
Related:
Will big campaign rally enthusiasm find its way over to the US Armed Forces recruiting office?
Never Forget The Aftermath of Sept 11th, 2001
Most And Least Meaningful Federal Holidays
Hostile Forces in Distant Lands
The country struggles with:
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.
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Something from the last century.
Seems as if newspeople refuse to ask:
Will this level of enthusiasm find its way over to the US Armed Forces recruiting office?
DNC has had the White House during the current US Armed Forces recruiting crisis.
Another way to measure solid support for the USA
During the last century, there was a tradition among American families where one generation after another would do time in uniform.
2024
Ask any supporters of any political party if they are sending young family members down to the US Armed Forces recruiting office to sign up. If people are feeling good about their country, wouldn’t this cross over to supporting new enlistments in the US Armed Forces?
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, the Pentagon seems to specialize in undeclared/unwon wars. Understandable why young people & their parents & grandparents would take a dim view on all this.
Newspeople play along by not asking questions.
Related:
Never Forget The Aftermath of Sept 11th, 2001
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Something from the last century.
RFK Jr. tells the story of his campaign and what he believes in:
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 in a free society:
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We see big money, big polling numbers, big crowd estimates, big celebrity enthusiasm, big news and social media coverage, big patriotism, and big support from people who made it to the very highest levels of government and politics.
Aug 23, 2024 The New York Times
Democrats Show That Republicans Aren’t the Only Ones Who Can Wrap Themselves in the Flag
“For nearly 15 minutes, the United Center in Chicago was a blur of American flags fluttering in the air. Thousands of Democratic delegates, on hand to hear Kamala Harris accept her party’s nomination, chanted “USA! USA!” as they sang along to “Texas Hold ’Em” by Beyoncé and “Born in the USA” by Bruce Springsteen.”
Nearly 15 minutes guys.
Another way to measure solid support for the USA
During the last century, there was a tradition among American families where one generation after another would do time in uniform.
2024
Ask any supporters of any political party if they are sending young family members down to the US Armed Forces recruiting office to sign up. If people are feeling good about their country, wouldn’t this cross over to supporting new enlistments in the US Armed Forces?
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, the Pentagon seems to specialize in undeclared/unwon wars. Understandable why young people & their parents & grandparents would take a dim view on all this. Very hard to find news articles that will entertain this point.
Aug 22, 2024 The Hill
Opinion: Military recruiting shortfall is a crisis we must solve together
“By tapping into veteran employee resource groups and service organizations, as well as the nearly 2.5 million veteran-owned small businesses in America, we can connect young people in a positive way with leaders who have served.”
“The military remains one of the most trusted public institutions in America.”
The US Dept. of Defense was established after WWII, in the late 1940s. DOD has a truly poor track record with undeclared 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.
Currently serving four-star officers and high level DOD civilians have been associated with what wars won by the US?
Has dressing women to look like men had any positive or negative impact on recruiting?
Any college or pro football coach would have been fired a dozen times over for what DOD has done with the US Armed Forces during the fake GWOT era.
Newspeople refuse to ask:
What happens when American families no longer send the young ones to enlist and will not support a draft?
Bad timing for a draft, because The US Dept. of Defense has been squandering prestige and credibility at home and in distant lands over the past 40 years or so.
Thousands of US families have now had a loved one who did one or more tours in Iraq or Afghanistan.
The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East
Will they encourage new enlistments?
We were told we needed to send troops to Vietnam.
Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. Some may have become skeptical along the way.
DOD needs to clean up their act.
At 9:22 below- United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations, and Environment is asked about accountability.
The way she answers the question is not a good look during a time when DOD is hurting for new recruits.
Many comments are posted with the video above.
DOD also fouled up the water at Camp Lejeune, MCAS El Toro and NAS Whidbey.
News links/sources here:
United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy – Red Hill Accountability
Four-star officers and high level DOD civilians built careers made of undeclared/unwon wars. Now they must mastermind ways to recruit a new generation.
Last Century
During the last century, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina would be no place for a Marine to have long hair. Looks like USMC standards have slipped.
Aug 21, 2024 Task & Purpose
Marine arrested for allegedly threatening sheriff’s deputies with his car
“Although Taveras-Furcal’s mugshot shows that his hair is longer than Marine regulations allow, Reagan confirmed that he does not have a waiver for grooming standards.”
A Draft?
Decades of undeclared/unwon DOD wars is now the norm. Look and see if the new military aid packages create any wave of enthusiasm to sign up.
Some may say it is time to bring back a draft.
They tried that during the Vietnam War. They found out they had to stop.
Last time there was a draft, children were raised by the WWII generation, in families where Mom and Dad were married to each other.
Both major US political parties may be forced to downsize their ambitions for various overseas military operations. Things are slow over at the recruiting office.
Prediction:
The breaking point will come at the US Armed Forces recruiting office.
Breaking Point Will Come At The US Armed Forces Recruiting Office
There is no WWII generation to encourage new enlistments like there was back in the Cold War era of the 1980s.
The Dept. of Defense has made use of a draft in what wars won by the US?
Related:
NATO – Newspeople refuse to ask:
Most And Least Meaningful Federal Holidays
Hostile Forces in Distant Lands
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.
In the news:
Aug 20, 2024 Newsweek
Kamala Harris Raises $500 Million in One Month as Enthusiasm Grows: Report
Many comments posted with the article above.
Big money, big polling numbers, big crowd estimates, big celebrity enthusiasm, big news coverage.
Ask any supporters of any political party if they are sending young family members down to the US Armed Forces recruiting office to sign up.
Newspeople refuse to ask:
What happens when American families no longer send the young ones to enlist and will not support a draft?
Related:
Validate Big Polling Numbers And Crowd Estimates
“declining trust in news media”
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Local paper displays junk mail instead of news headlines.
From a 2023 blog:
I’d be more interested in paying (again) for a local paper subscription if there was more in the way of newspeople asking questions.
Sound Publishing And Black Press Media
Another giant election season for the press to again avoid asking what the major parties believe in or stand for.
Politico’s @EugeneDaniels2: “Michelle Obama is often seen as the most influential, most admired woman on the planet” pic.twitter.com/5BUWob7Lcj
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) August 20, 2024
Real newspeople may ask about policy positions on decades of undeclared/unwon DOD wars.
Newspeople refuse to ask:
What happens when American families no longer send the young ones to enlist and will not support a draft?
Much about group identities and big personalities.
Little about what the major parties believe in or stand for.
Real newspeople may ask:
Whatever happened to the formal congressional declaration of war?
The crowd at the United Center got on their feet when former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took the stage where she supported Vice President Kamala Harris and applauded President Joe Biden. https://t.co/myMUs8PUdk pic.twitter.com/kbmZdkhEWd
— ABC 7 Chicago (@ABC7Chicago) August 20, 2024
Not since the Obama years has celebrity enthusiasm been so high, merging the world of pop culture and politics as the race to kicks into high gear with this week’s Democratic convention in Chicago. https://t.co/W4xd8wGbFa
— ABC 7 Chicago (@ABC7Chicago) August 20, 2024
Celebrity Enthusiasm
Love to see newspeople ask celebrities about their views Re:
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, the Pentagon seems to specialize in undeclared/unwon wars.
Related:
Missing In The Big Election Season
Validate Big Polling Numbers And Crowd Estimates
WA Politics and Election Outcomes
Manipulating The Primary Process
Polls Show: It will be a great pizza
Vice President Harris – Promotional & Advertising Phase
Like skipping the playoffs and heading into the Super Bowl
Big Election Season – Newspeople refuse to ask?
Would any newsperson ever ask:
Draw a line between Bellingham and Olympia. Election outcomes for the State of Washington are controlled by the people who live roughly within this area.
On the national scene:
Washington is not one of the key battleground/swing states. National elections are not decided by late night counting of votes on election day here in WA.
Correct me if I am wrong on any of this.
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New day at Kingston
Validate big polling numbers and crowd estimates by taking a look at traffic over at the US Armed Forces recruiting office.
Newspeople refuse to ask:
What happens when American families no longer send the young ones to enlist and will not support a draft?
Bad timing for a draft, because The US Dept. of Defense has been squandering prestige credibility at home and in distant lands over the past 40 years or so.
Thousands of US families have now had a loved one who did one or more tours in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Will they encourage new enlistments?
We were told we needed to send troops to Vietnam.
Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. Some may have become skeptical along the way.
Prediction:
Americans will not support a draft.
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, the Pentagon seems to specialize in undeclared/unwon wars. Understandable why young people & their parents & grandparents would take a dim view on all this.
The DOD brand has been wrecked.
A Draft?
Decades of undeclared/unwon DOD wars is now the norm. Look and see if the new military aid packages create any wave of enthusiasm to sign up.
Some may say it is time to bring back a draft.
They tried that during the Vietnam War. They found out they had to stop.
Last time there was a draft, children were raised by the WWII generation, in families where Mom and Dad were married to each other.
Both major US political parties may be forced to downsize their ambitions for various overseas military operations. Things are slow over at the recruiting office.
Prediction:
The breaking point will come at the US Armed Forces recruiting office.
Breaking Point Will Come At The US Armed Forces Recruiting Office
There is no WWII generation to encourage new enlistments like there was back in the Cold War era of the 1980s.
Related:
NATO – Newspeople refuse to ask:
The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East
Most And Least Meaningful Federal Holidays
Hostile Forces in Distant Lands
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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Something from the last century.
Used to be: Must be postmarked by Election Day?
July 24, 2024 KONP
CLALLAM VOTERS SHOULD HAVE PRIMARY BALLOTS NOW
“If you’re mailing, USPS recommends mailing at least a week before Election Day.”
Washington Secretary of State:
“Your ballot must be deposited or postmarked by Election Day.”
“If mailed, the USPS recommends that you mail a week before Election Day.”
Insert mailed with my ballot:
Using the county drop box in my area.
Do all counties in WA mail out a voters’ pamphlet?
Pierce County
KOMO July 23, 2024
Voters’ pamphlets delayed in parts of Pierce County
July, 2024 News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.
Some folks in Pierce County haven’t received their voters’ pamphlets yet. Here’s why
Clallam County
Sequim Gazette July 29, 2024
Delayed voter pamphlets are on their way
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Political parties and personalities are not as interesting as what stays the same no matter who is elected to office.
Another giant election season for the press to again avoid asking what the major parties believe in or stand for.
Look for news coverage to be more about personalities than what the major parties are all about.
Not missing:
The big election season features much talk of political personalities, labels, group identities, fear & scare tactics, predictions of worst case future scenarios, frequent updates on domestic and foreign chaos, lies about freedom and news reporting accomplished by forwarding press releases.
I don’t have regular TV anymore, so I don’t know much about negative TV ads. A few years ago, here in WA, I saw them so often that I made one of my own. A :07 clip here:
Missing:
News reporting on what the major political parties stand for or believe in. News reporting on what stays the same no matter who is in office.
News reporting Re: public policy that features experts speaking on two or more sides of any issue.
The open comment sections in local newspapers that were routine 20 years ago.
Questions from newspeople
NATO
Newspeople refuse to ask:
What happens when American families no longer send the young ones to enlist and will not support a draft?
Would any newsperson ever ask:
Candidate ____________,
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, it feels like the people who run the Pentagon specialize in undeclared/unwon wars.
What would be your role in all this?
A giant US Dept. of Homeland Security
Newspeople avoid these questions:
Would the DEA be out of work if a $51.6 billion (every 12 months) US Dept. of Homeland Security was able to keep cartel product from showing up in all 50 states?
Have opioid lawsuits played any role in improving the situation?
How do cartels react to opioid lawsuits?
Has local CBP created any shortage of cartel product in the Puget Sound area?
Candidate ____________,
Has a $51.6 billion (every 12 months) US Dept. of Homeland Security created any shortage of opioids/cartel product anywhere in the US?
Super Bowl
Tune in to any Super Bowl in the post 911 era to see the press promote a big US Dept. of Homeland Security show of force to keep the big game safe. TV newspeople skip asking questions and play the role of federal public affairs staff instead:
The folks who can’t keep fentanyl trafficking cartels from moving product into various US communities are keeping the Super Bowl safe. Way To Go Team.
Love to see newspeople ask:
If special games require special security-what keeps regular games safe? Crowd size/capacity is similar at several stadiums.
Are fans less safe at regular games?
What prevents terror strikes at hundreds of events & locations unsupervised by federal authorities?
What stops terrorists from going 2 states over and driving a truck across the playground at a daycare center?
Freedom propaganda and lies
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.
Elected officials and high level DOD civilians will speak of the US Armed Forces as if they function as some sort of giant civil rights organization.
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.
As time goes on, American freedoms and 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.
If The Troops defend American rights and freedoms, what becomes of those freedoms when the US leaves Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Vietnam, Afghanistan, etc., without a victory?
President Biden,
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 day I graduated from high school, all 50 states could set their own minimum drinking age.
In 2024, after decades of military operations for your freedoms:
18-20 year old adults may not stop off at the mini-mart and legally purchase a six pack of beer.
National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984
Both major parties are OK with a glorification of military service and this 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.”
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?
A big election season is very much about political personalities and group identities. Watch for political experts to reach out to latino, black, Asian American, and women voters. Surely, members of a specific group would think, act & vote as one?
The big election season is not very much about discussing and asking questions about things that do not change no matter what political party or personality is in power.
Seems Like A Democrat Thing
Several times over the years, I have heard something similar to:
Mental healthcare in the USA was damaged because President Reagan cut off vital funding.
President Reagan left office in 1989. Both major parties have taken turns in power and had the chance to maintain or change whatever good or bad things President Reagan left in place.
To me, this feels like taking your favorite NFL team today and saying the defense is still screwed up because coach so-and-so set it up that way before he left in 1989.
JFK speaks about the role of the press in a free society:
Related:
Manipulating The Primary Process
NATO – Newspeople refuse to ask:
Political Parties and Personalities – Just Be Honest
Freedom Comes And Goes – Joint Chiefs of Staff Play No Part
The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East
Most And Least Meaningful Federal Holidays
Hostile Forces in Distant Lands
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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Working waterfront – Port Townsend
Our buyers inspect and select only the leanest cuts of meat for the grill-
But, we didn’t order pizza?
Don’t worry, it will be there soon.
TV networks, Democratic politicians at the highest levels, Hollywood celebrities, entertainers, sports figures, Big Tech and youth-led groups agree, it’s the best pizza.
But, we live out in the middle of nowhere, there is no pizza delivery here?
But we already have our favorite pizza place?
Can we afford it?
Don’t worry, arrangements are being made. You will like it.
Related:
Vice President Harris – Promotional & Advertising Phase
Like skipping the playoffs and heading into the Super Bowl
Big Election Season – Newspeople refuse to ask?
A society where honest and meaningful ideas stand up to questioning and discussion, but the questioning and discussion rarely takes place.
Much positive energy Re: campaign donations and youth-led groups. Promotional publicity from TV networks. Endorsements from: Democratic politicians at the highest levels, Hollywood celebrities, entertainers, and sports figures.
Bracing Views – July 26, 2024
W.J. Astore
They’re Everywhere in America
“Another lie being told about Kamala Harris is that her candidacy is the result of democracy in action. She’s the people’s choice! Except almost nobody voted for her as a presidential candidate. She’s been elevated and selected by the DNC and the donor class. She is a packaged product of the so-called elites within the party, the very opposite of a candidate chosen by the people. And yet I’m told this packaged product is going to “save democracy” from Trump, who was actually selected as a candidate in a more democratic process.”
“U.S. troops’ deadliest enemies, I’d argue, are most often the lies told by the U.S. government, abetted and amplified by senior officers in the military. Think here of Iraq and Afghanistan, or go back further to Vietnam.”
A Year From Now
If all the positive energy holds together in the months ahead, and VP Harris becomes POTUS, how will issues be handled a year from now?
Will hard questions be asked before the election? I’d love to play a fantasy newsperson, I would ask:
US Armed Forces Recruiting Crisis
Decades of undeclared/unwon DOD wars is now the norm. Have new military aid packages for foreign governments created any wave of enthusiasm to sign up?
Thousands of US families have now had a loved one who did one or more tours in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Will those families encourage new enlistments?
What happens when American families no longer send the young ones to enlist and will not support a draft?
Would any newsperson ever ask:
Candidate ____________,
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, it feels like the people who run the Pentagon specialize in undeclared/unwon wars.
What would be your role in all this?
Freedom?
In the news:
Biden honors Americans who ‘stood on the front lines of freedom’ in Veterans Day remarks
CNN Nov 11, 2023
Would any newsperson ever ask:
Candidate ____________,
Going back to the 1990 Operation Desert Shield,
How would American freedoms today be any different if US troops were never sent to Iraq?
Democracy?
Will newspeople ask:
If we have a democracy (we do not) when do we vote on decades on undeclared/unwon wars?
The Dept. of Defense has a truly poor track record with undeclared wars. This record goes back to 1949, the year DOD was established.
Huge Spending on Homeland Security
Candidate ____________,
Has a $51.6 billion (every 12 months) US Dept. of Homeland Security created any shortage of opioids/cartel product anywhere in the US?
Homeless Drug Addicts Camping on the Sidewalk
Oak Bay Starfish April 6, 2023:
Sequim – Ongoing Breakdown of Society Update – Try This At A State Park & See What Happens
Where are the success stories?
Whatever issues there are in WA, 49 other states have experience with what works and what doesn’t. Pick a few jurisdictions that have had success and go with it. The WWII Generation had success. What were they doing? Seattle has had problems for years, what did they learn from it? How much public money was spent to make improvements in Seattle?
What I see now from various city and county governments is about collecting tax money to pay for affordable housing, converted motels and hotels for housing. Housing Housing Housing. A spaced out and incoherent drug addict is going to get along in what version of housing? Who is the landlord?
Not against public assistance here. When the experts have had several years to work a problem with public funds and that problem does not seem to improve, newspeople should be asking tough questions.
Lessons Learned?
Whatever may have gone wrong at the federal level during the current White House administration is fair game for the newspeople who may ask questions.
Will newspeople ask how youth-led progressive organizations feel about decades of undeclared/unwon DOD wars? Are young people headed over to the recruiter’s office to sign up?
Second-Class Citizens
Will newspeople ask how youth-led progressive organizations feel about 18-20 year old adults who are prohibited from stoping off at the mini-mart to legally purchase a six pack of beer?
National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984
Related:
NATO – Newspeople refuse to ask:
Would any newsperson ever ask:
The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East
Hostile Forces in Distant Lands
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.
Both major US political parties may be forced to downsize their ambitions for various overseas military operations. Things are slow over at the recruiting office.
Newspeople refuse to ask:
What happens when American families no longer send the young ones to enlist and will not support a draft?
NATO – Newspeople refuse to ask:
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Our buyers inspect and select only the leanest cuts of meat for the grill-
Cameras are rolling:
Joining Forces Initiative – Thanksgiving, 2011
Here is a hand selected lady who was surprised (1:12) to get a phone call of support from The First Lady-even though cameras were rolling in her home when the phone rang. At 2:33 Dr. Jill Biden is thanked.
“Comments are turned off.”
NORAD Santa Tracker
A giant agency created to prevent Soviet attacks, with almost unlimited resources to defend N. America in 2021, is unable to keep crank call from going out live during big public relations event.
My audio commentary – duration 3:30
Podcast 10 NORAD Santa Tracker Allows Insult To President Biden Live On Air
Possibly of interest:
First Lady Dr. Jill Biden Visits Whidbey
Would any newsperson ever ask:
Candidate ____________,
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, it feels like the people who run the Pentagon specialize in undeclared/unwon wars.
What would be your role in all this?
Candidate ____________,
Has a $51.6 billion (every 12 months) US Dept. of Homeland Security created any shortage of opioids/cartel product anywhere in the US?
In the news:
Biden honors Americans who ‘stood on the front lines of freedom’ in Veterans Day remarks
CNN Nov 11, 2023
Would any newsperson ever ask:
Candidate ____________,
Going back to the 1990 Operation Desert Shield,
How would American freedoms today be any different if US troops were never sent to Iraq?
Related:
Would any newsperson ever ask:
The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East
Hostile Forces in Distant Lands
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.
Both major US political parties may be forced to downsize their ambitions for various overseas military operations. Things are slow over at the recruiting office.
Newspeople refuse to ask:
What happens when American families no longer send the young ones to enlist and will not support a draft?
NATO – Newspeople refuse to ask:
Three blog posts below from:
Bracing Views
W.J. Astore
Democracy, but not Biden, is on the ballot?
The bizarre opening weeks of the Democratic primary season
“The fix is in for Biden in 2024, to state the obvious. Iowa and New Hampshire are both being sidelined because the DNC knows Biden is vulnerable in these states. But South Carolina, the DNC believes, can be controlled, can be counted on for a decent showing for Old Joe. Thus South Carolina was moved up in the 2024 primary calendar precisely to demonstrate allegedly strong support for Joe.”
Posted on January 10, 2024 by wjastore
Rigging the Primaries for Biden/Harris Has a Serious Drawback
Iowa and New Hampshire get sidelined in the cause of propping up Joe Biden
“This past week’s Iowa Caucuses ended with a clear winner, Donald Trump, over the undynamic duo of Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis. Meanwhile, nothing happened on the Democratic side. The same is likely to be true next week, when New Hampshire goes to the polls. The DNC is refusing to recognize the NH primary; Joe Biden isn’t even on the ballot, though there is a campaign to write-in his name.”
Posted on January 20, 2024 by wjastore
Did Biden Drop Out or Was He Dropkicked Out?
“Remember how Democrats kept repeating “democracy is on the ballot” this fall? The hasty coronation of Kamala Harris as the Democratic candidate for POTUS, after the rigged primary anointment of Joe Biden as that candidate, is decidedly undemocratic.”
“Say what you will of the Republicans and Trump, but they managed to hold a contested primary where Trump beat a serious challenger, Nikki Haley, followed by a national convention that was “normal” for what passes as our democratic political process.”
Posted on July 23, 2024 by wjastore
Mark Dice:
Kamala Harris is not the sharpest tool in the shedhttps://t.co/sYWj7AQZoX
— Eddie (@Eddies_X) July 23, 2024
Possibly of interest:
Welcome Home Troops – Unelected Power Elite/ Giant Propaganda Media
Decades of Mysterious Failures
No conspiracy theories – sports culture shows the way
Would any newsperson ever ask:
NATO – Newspeople refuse to ask:
The same people running the country with Biden as their figurehead will continue to run the country with Kamala Harris as their figurehead — or whichever democrat may end up as their nominee. The people who have actually been running the country are the unelected power elite… pic.twitter.com/YJzPuZLSDQ
— Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 (@TulsiGabbard) July 22, 2024
I don’t endorse Biden conspiracies, but still:
It’s strange and wrong that Biden hasn’t spoken given the historic magnitude of his announcement.
Having a President drop out by tweet and then disappear is bizarre.
If he’s well enough to decide, then he’s well enough to speak. pic.twitter.com/L0TKMpXHrg
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) July 22, 2024
In a free and honest society-
We would be informed.
I’m curious what happened in the last 48 hours from Friday when President Biden said he was eager to get back on the campaign trail to now ending his reelection campaign. Who or what changed his thinking?
— Maria Shriver (@mariashriver) July 21, 2024
USA needs more of this.
This has been the case for decades.
“You are Full of Sh*t Today!” – Watch Rep. Nancy Mace Explode on the Secret Service Director
This had to be Cheatle’s worst five minutes of the day.
“How many Secret Service personnel have been required to take a refresher course on how not to let people shoot Donald Trump?”… pic.twitter.com/3NDNGe6zpj
— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) July 22, 2024
Possibly of interest:
Decades of Mysterious Failures
No conspiracy theories – sports culture shows the way
Would any newsperson ever ask:
NATO – Newspeople refuse to ask:
Here is a recent article providing an update:
Reason June 25, 2024
How the Libertarian Party Lost Its Way
Here is the Oak Bay Starfish take:
TV newspeople will cover both major parties and whoever those parties nominate as a candidate. The press will be present on the campaign trail for both major parties. Made for TV debates will be hosted by TV newspeople and candidates from both major parties will be invited to these debates.
The press and the Uniparty prefer standard/more of the same politicians. These are the candidates the press is happy to see on the TV debate stage. We are talking Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Mike Pence, Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush, etc. The Uniparty and the press are not OK with candidates who may question the system or push back at interviewers and newspeople. Tulsi Gabbard, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Ron Paul, these are the candidates that will not be approved by the TV. Trump is most hated but he is in the very unusual position of being the protest vote who may also go on to take office. Really hot to handle, so the TV goes into months of coverage to do anything possible to trip him up.
The TV debates will feature questions that tend to be friendly to both major parties. Both major parties and TV networks will set up or change rules for the TV debates. Notice how football rules will not be changed months ahead of the next Super Bowl.
No Libertarian candidate on the TV debate stage
No Libertarian candidate will be seen on the TV debate stage. The debates are meant to be linked to voting, but when do we vote on decades on undeclared/unwon DOD wars? RNC/DNC candidates on the TV debate stage will not interrupt to ask: When do we vote on undeclared wars? The press will not bring it up. No libertarian is there to ask about it. The big party machines and TV news networks have already edged out any candidate who would ask.
Politics is controlled by majority rule.
The majority of people who vote will pick one of two major political parties to support each time a major election takes place. These two political parties will take turns in power.
Both of these major political parties are good with funding:
Decades of undeclared/unwon DOD wars.
The US Dept. of Defense was established after WWII, in the late 1940s. DOD has a truly poor track record with undeclared wars.
Currently serving four-star officers and high level DOD civilians have been associated with what wars won by the US?
Military aid packages for foreign governments.
Decades of undeclared/unwon DOD wars is now the norm. Look and see if the new military aid packages create any wave of enthusiasm to sign up.
What happens when American families no longer send the young ones to enlist and will not support a draft?
Some may say it is time to bring back a draft.
A Draft? – DOD Brand Has Been Wrecked
They tried that during the Vietnam War. They found out they had to stop.
Last time there was a draft, children were raised by the WWII generation, in families where Mom and Dad were married to each other.
Both major US political parties may be forced to downsize their ambitions for various overseas military operations. Things are slow over at the recruiting office.
Prediction:
The breaking point will come at the US Armed Forces recruiting office.
Breaking Point Will Come At The US Armed Forces Recruiting Office
There is no WWII generation to encourage new enlistments like there was back in the Cold War era of the 1980s.
A $51.6 billion (every 12 months) US Dept. of Homeland Security.
Twenty years of big US Dept. of Homeland Security spending and more cartel product in Hometown, USA than ever before?
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:
Newspeople avoid these questions:
Would the DEA be out of work if a $51.6 billion (every 12 months) US Dept. of Homeland Security was able to keep cartel product from showing up in all 50 states?
Have opioid lawsuits played any role in improving the situation?
How do cartels react to opioid lawsuits?
Has local CBP created any shortage of cartel product in the Puget Sound area?
Both major parties are good with:
Staged/scripted/made for TV debates crafted and agreed upon every time by the uniparty. Imagine reviewing and resetting football rules weeks before the next Super Bowl.
Telling us that undeclared/unwon wars are for your freedoms.
Has any member of the press ever challenged any elected official on the idea that undeclared/unwon DOD wars are for your freedoms?
In the news:
May 27, 2024 The New York Times
Biden Marks Memorial Day With Message About Freedom as Trump Lashes Out
“Gratitude to our fallen heroes,” he said. “Gratitude to the families left behind. And gratitude to the brave souls who continue to uphold the flame of liberty all across our country and around the world.”
Flame of Liberty?
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?
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.
As time goes on, American freedoms and 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.
If The Troops defend American rights and freedoms, what becomes of those freedoms when the US leaves Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Vietnam, Afghanistan, etc., without a victory?
President Biden,
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 day I graduated from high school, all 50 states could set their own minimum drinking age.
In 2024, after decades of military operations for your freedoms:
18-20 year old adults may not stop off at the mini-mart and legally purchase a six pack of beer.
National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984
What I like about Libertarian thinking:
The USA is home to a society where honest and meaningful ideas stand up to questioning and discussion, but the questioning and discussion rarely takes place. Libertarians are good about having honest discussions.
Libertarians are good about maintaining a free enterprise system.
Both major parties will send The Troops to Iraq for your freedoms then require you to install only shower heads and toilets in your home that meet US federal government specifications. All this while preparing to celebrate freedom and independence from a powerful central government on July 4th.
New Federal Summer Food Programs
Free breakfast and lunch for any child through summer:
June 5th, 2024 KETV
Omaha Public Schools serves free breakfast, lunch through summer meals program
“Any child under 18 can take advantage of both programs.”
Libertarians might say:
Tax money- which some people intend to be used to help others via public assistance programs– also goes for bombing Iraq.
Helping others by donating to churches or private charities, food banks, etc. can avoid these conflicts.
Donors are free to opt out if a charity misbehaves.
People could keep more of their own money to donate to causes of their choosing if the federal government was not taking it to pay for wasteful programs.
Are Public Assistance Programs Working?
Mainstream Social Media – 2024
Seen on what used to be Twitter:
Show probable spam
This is code for:
Warning: These people are asking the questions that could be handled by real newspeople if they were on the job.
Newspeople Not Asking Questions
The press stopped asking questions a while back. People go to social media to share ideas. People are OK with basic rules such as:
No hate speech, insults, threats, foul language, attacking other commenters, etc. These are rules that make sense.
Today, social media posts are suppressed, filtered, censored and shadow banned. Will social media die out? What will become of the press?
Today, TV newspeople function like paid actors reading a script.
Mainstream TV News
Private citizens are stepping in and going out with a camera to see and document what is going on.
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.
Also not waiting on the overthrow of Saddam Hussein or the take down of the next bad guy in distant lands, as DOD defends the constitution, etc.
Videos recorded at or outside of sites that are funded by the public seem to be best for documenting these issues.
Any TV newsperson could go out and educate the public on their rights/public official’s obligation to provide info, etc. That does not happen.
JFK speaks about the role of the press in a free society:
Related:
Men Died For the Right to Vote?
How Long Before The USA Caves In On Itself?
What Happens After The Trump Years?
Trump came on the scene because…
The people of Alaska need services in the Middle East
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.
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.
Recent court action does not eliminate Trump as a protest vote. For some it may make the protest vote more attractive.
Voting is a top priority in the USA, until voters pick the candidate not approved by the uniparty and the press.
Voters are then seen as flawed/candidate is flawed/panel of TV experts will explain, etc.
Trump came on the scene because people grew tired of standard politicians and giant political parties. People grew tired of TV newspeople who play along by not asking questions.
Trump is the protest vote that has a chance of winning. Will this option ever present itself again?
What’s to protest?
Standard/more of the same politicians who do not rock the boat and the giant political parties that work against those who do.
Both major parties are good with funding:
Decades of undeclared/unwon DOD wars.
The US Dept. of Defense was established after WWII, in the late 1940s. DOD has a truly poor track record with undeclared wars.
Currently serving four-star officers and high level DOD civilians have been associated with what wars won by the US?
Military aid packages for foreign governments.
Decades of undeclared/unwon DOD wars is now the norm. Look and see if the new military aid packages create any wave of enthusiasm to sign up.
What happens when American families no longer send the young ones to enlist and will not support a draft?
Some may say it is time to bring back a draft.
A Draft? – DOD Brand Has Been Wrecked
They tried that during the Vietnam War. They found out they had to stop.
Last time there was a draft, children were raised by the WWII generation, in families where Mom and Dad were married to each other.
Both major US political parties may be forced to downsize their ambitions for various overseas military operations. Things are slow over at the recruiting office.
Prediction:
The breaking point will come at the US Armed Forces recruiting office.
Breaking Point Will Come At The US Armed Forces Recruiting Office
There is no WWII generation to encourage new enlistments like there was back in the Cold War era of the 1980s.
A $51.6 billion (every 12 months) US Dept. of Homeland Security.
Twenty years of big US Dept. of Homeland Security spending and more cartel product in Hometown, USA than ever before?
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:
Newspeople avoid these questions:
Would the DEA be out of work if a $51.6 billion (every 12 months) US Dept. of Homeland Security was able to keep cartel product from showing up in all 50 states?
Have opioid lawsuits played any role in improving the situation?
How do cartels react to opioid lawsuits?
Has local CBP created any shortage of cartel product in the Puget Sound area?
Both major parties are good with:
Staged/scripted/made for TV debates crafted and agreed upon every time by the uniparty. Imagine reviewing and resetting football rules months before the next Super Bowl.
Telling us that undeclared/unwon wars are for your freedoms.
In the news:
May 27, 2024 The New York Times
Biden Marks Memorial Day With Message About Freedom as Trump Lashes Out
“Gratitude to our fallen heroes,” he said. “Gratitude to the families left behind. And gratitude to the brave souls who continue to uphold the flame of liberty all across our country and around the world.”
Flame of Liberty?
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?
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.
As time goes on, American freedoms and 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.
If The Troops defend American rights and freedoms, what becomes of those freedoms when the US leaves Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Vietnam, Afghanistan, etc., without a victory?
President Biden,
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 day I graduated from high school, all 50 states could set their own minimum drinking age.
In 2024, after decades of military operations for your freedoms:
18-20 year old adults may not stop off at the mini-mart and legally purchase a six pack of beer.
National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984
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Trump came on the scene because…
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The country struggles with:
I lost interest in politics a while back.
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. I think I touched bottom with news and politics a while back.
Both major parties have had a hand in:
20 years of big US Dept. of Homeland Security spending. Now, more cartel product in Hometown, USA than ever before?
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Welcome Home Troops
Both major parties have had a hand in:
Decades of undeclared/unwon DOD wars. The US Dept. of Defense was established after WWII, in the late 1940s.
Currently serving four-star officers and high level DOD civilians have been associated with what wars won by the US?
The US Dept. of Defense spent the last 30 years squandering prestige and credibility overseas and at home.
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.
Both major parties have had a hand in:
The big US Armed Forces recruiting crisis.
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, the Pentagon seems to specialize in undeclared/unwon wars. Understandable why young people & their parents & grandparents would take a dim view on all this.
The DOD brand has been wrecked.
Any college or pro football coach would have been fired a dozen times over for what DOD has done with the US Armed Forces during the fake GWOT era.
Will America support another draft?
Last time there was a draft, children were raised by the WWII generation, in families where Mom and Dad were married to each other.
Both major US political parties may be forced to downsize their ambitions for various overseas military operations. Things are slow over at the recruiting office.
Some may say it is time to bring back a draft.
They tried that during the Vietnam War. They found out they had to stop.
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Breaking Point Will Come At The US Armed Forces Recruiting Office
Prediction:
The breaking point will come at the US Armed Forces recruiting office.
There is no WWII generation to encourage new enlistments like there was back in the Cold War era of the 1980s.
Decades of undeclared/unwon DOD wars is now the norm. Look and see if the new military aid package creates any wave of enthusiasm to sign up.
Freedom?
Both major parties have had a hand in:
Telling us that sending US troops to distant lands is for the purpose of defending American rights and freedoms.
The All Volunteer Force era has been a time to tell the American people that US troops are sent to distant lands to defend American freedoms. This urban legend has run its course. People have seen enough now to know this is no more than a marketing strategy. Uniparty newspeople play along by not asking questions:
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.
Honest and meaningful ideas stand up to questioning and discussion. Has any newsperson ever challenged any elected official when they say US troops are sent to distant lands to defend American rights and freedoms?
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The country struggles with:
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.
Trump Years
Trump came on the scene because people grew tired of standard politicians and giant political parties. People also grew tired of the staged/scripted/made for TV debates crafted and agreed upon by the uniparty. People grew tired of being told that undeclared/unwon wars are for your freedoms.
Big Debate
I had also lost interest in these predictable, staged/scripted/made for TV debates crafted and agreed upon by the uniparty.
That was before Trump came on the scene.
Trump makes for good TV when almost anything can happen.
“President Joe Biden and Donald Trump will officially face off in their first debate of 2024 on June 27 following their public discourse Wednesday morning, leading to both candidates agreeing to a CNN invitation.”
MSNBC,
Between now and the first debate, please update us on decades of undeclared/unwon DOD wars and the position both major parties take on this.
Where will things go in the future, after the Trump years?
Both major parties will favor standard/more of the same politicians. People who show up to rock the boat (Ron Paul, Donald Trump, RFK Jr.) will be rejected by TV newspeople and the big political parties. Standard politicians will continue to provide messaging for Memorial Day.
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Voting is highly emphasized in American culture. Newspeople asking questions related to public policy takes a lower priority. The uniparty is good with this.
JFK speaks about the role of the press in a free society:
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Would any newsperson ever ask:
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Trump came on the scene because…
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Below, are some random thoughts and questions newspeople will not ask. Our questions appear in bold type.
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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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