Wow. Donald, you encapsulated every sentiment, every atavistic anger I feel towards our cowardly nation and its inhabitants. July 4th, 2023 is a day of infamy for me as well, as we have abrogated every tenet of what I was taught to do, to be an American Man.
I recall in the earlier days of this "free Internet," circa 1998 or so, searching for "greatest Presidents." No matter where I searched, the list kept coming up with the traitorous FDR, Wilson and Lincoln in the top 5. Those I admired most, were bottom of the stack. Call me naive, I had not yet calculated the vast amount of control search engines and digital agitprop would have on tap.
Hail Victory! The only good note is, America 1.0, denatured and bereft of its best, is humming along on borrowed time.
I'm with you, Timmy. I will have more on Polk and the disastrous war with Mexico in the next edition of Hidden History. Even before Lincoln's psychopathic generals like Sherman and Sheridan invented the horrific "Total War" strategy, hints of this were apparent under Polk. Rape and mistreatment of civilians was common. Coolidge was a top president simply by holding his cards. Doing nothing meant he did nothing wrong. The top rated presidents all waged war. Thanks.
Yeah, Polk, and most of the rest of them for that matter, make the case for not having a president at all. That's not to suggest things be left up to a bunch of bottom feeders/lawyers who have slimed their way up the Ladder of Criminal Endeavor to the courts and legislatures. Government has proven it is evil. No debate, even. And Fedgov is well beyond the control of the people. It is coming down to the Individual States, which the founders knew were the final safeguard against total tyranny. DJ reckons the tyrants won't let us leave, but I would submit that the price of staying is far higher than that of leaving. Great thanks to DJ for another great historical message ... and for making the case for State Independence, again! ~~ J. Lee
Well said. Andrew Jackson too, was far down the stack. Ulysses Grant, who actually expelled crooked jews from the South during reconstruction as they were robbing everyone, is also vilified.
Andrew Jackson almost singlehandedly trumped the banksters. He called it his greatest achievement. In 1985 I bought a donkey that came with the handle Andrew Jackson. It actually took me years to put together the concept: donkey/Democrat/Andrew Jackson.
love the snark, Donald...i feel the same way...99.9% of the people who live in america 2.0 have nary a clue...not only about their history, but about the fact that we are about to repeat it...only a million fold...so yea, party on amerkan apathetic sheeples, as if there were no tomorrow...grab that burger and that beer and manipulate your pathetic lives for all you are worth...this too, shall pass...i think the only ones left after the coming big blowout will be the really out of the way farmers... with well practiced defense tools, of course...why?...because the ultra corrupt powers that be don't care about you at all...at all...AT ALL...only the critically thinking practical folks will have a snowball's chance in hell to carry on their seed...the apathetic sheeple will go the way of the dodo bird, and all in a hurry to do so.
The Founding Fathers declared they ordained the Constitution to themselves and their posterity. The masses of denizens in this totalitarian police/surveillance state called America, myself included, are definitely not of their posterity. They were oligarchs, albeit of a higher caliber, but in essence the same as the oligarchs who lord it over us today. One of them, it might have been John Adams, said, "It is only logical that the people who own the country (himself and the other founders) should run it." And run it they did, as time evolved (or devolved) setting the precedents for running us all into the ground today. Anyone who has ever litigated in their Freemasonic courts can't help but observe that the judges frequently refer to the Bill of Rights as "privileges". Saying, "He (or she) seeks to invoke his (or her) 1st (or 2nd or whatever) Amendment privilege." I don't have to go into the marked difference between a right and a privilege. No piece of paper can ever secure one's inherent rights anyway. It must be done at the point of a weapon, that is the only thing tyrants understand. Where was the Bill of Wipes during the monstrous, criminal Covid hoax? As anomalous as it sounds, I've read in a DOJ document that the civil and constitutional rights of Americans cannot be abrogated, even in a state of emergency. (A real one, not a fake one). Why? Because the Constitution was drafted during a state of emergency, the Revolutionary War. However in practical terms, that is all eyewash and fantasy. Basic civics: In a true constitutional republic, the only power an elected official at the executive level has (state: mayors & governors. federal: the president) is to execute the laws properly passed and promulgated by the respective legislatures. These assholes can no more tell citizens they have to wear masks, stand 6 feet apart from each other, remain in their homes etc. than they can tell them what clothes to wear and what to eat for dinner. Executive orders by them can only apply to government employees under their sphere of jurisdiction, not to private citizens. What they have been doing is acting, Ultra Vires (how is that second word for irony?) meaning beyond their lawful authority. Simply put, they are committing treason and should be indicted, tried, convicted and executed for it. Has that ever happened? Where the fuck are all the DAs who took an oath to uphold the Constitution and bring forth charges, as well as the alleged constitutional and civil rights lawyers who should have filed massive civil actions against these swine? Nowhere, their silence was and is deafening. That is why I laugh when con-artist-servatives bray like jackasses in a pepper patch about, "saving our Republic". A little late for that, moron. In point of fact, we never really had one, just the cosmetic trappings of it to entertain the herd. Happy 4th to you & yours, Don.
Incredible, Don, I was going to use that very example. That is probably the only truthful and correct thing that imbecilic pervert ever uttered. Thanks again.
all them DA's are busy tending their own portfolios...the one with the most toys wins, according to the zeitgeist...i agree with you and i wish there were more like you...alas...the apathetic sheeples graze contentedly...the only advice i ever give out these dayze is prep prep prep...you CAN at least partially control your own personal well being after the SHTF.
With all respect, Timmy, that means you don't truly own those things. Even if your home is paid off, if you stop paying property taxes the government will seize it. You must possess Allodial title to it, meaning you own it completely independent of any superior landlord. How many people have that? You can probably count them on one hand and have fingers left over.
I'm not sure about that, Timmy, but it seems strange. As property taxes are paid quarterly, year by year, how would the local government that assesses them know how many years the home "owner" is going to be there and therefore what to charge him? With cars, there is a document called the MSO (Manufacturer's Statement of Origin) that comes from where the car is made. That is true title. These are sent to the motor vehicle offices in the states where the cars are shipped to. The motor vehicle offices then send "Certificates of Title" to the dealerships that sell the cars. A certificate of title is just evidence that real title, the MSO, exists, which the state possesses. That is why if you don't renew your registration yearly, which is just another fucking tax, the state will repossess your car. This System fucks you 6 ways to Sunday.
is it not ironic?...the very oaths and pledges the ruling elites take to uphold the this or the that?those rulers really never had any intention, other than getting fabulously wealthy... the apathetic sheeple are standing in line for more of the same while they are being fleeced for all that they are worth...and yet, they are still too dumb to understand what is happening to them and their offspring.
To be "fleeced" is a "voluntary" act of "compliance." Like to drugs, the sheeple just have to say "no." (If only they knew, right? Peter Eric Hendrickson could help them on this matter.)
Thank you for the history lesson. As An Australian, I enjoy learning any and everything in history outside my own country.
I was quite horrified reading that most the men who signed the Declaration of Independence died so horribly. You make a valid point in regards to mush or zuckerberg. They wouldn't even get out of bed to help the People of your country, let alone die for them. The elitist of today are a greedy, lazy, self-entitled, shockingly unintelligent breed of people. Unlike your original men who signed your declaration of independence.
Thank you for a history lesson which was deeply disturbing, but we need to learn correctly otherwise, you only learn garbage. Shame such lessons could not be included in your history lessons at school. The children may grow to be more educated, rather than more self-entitled.
It's just not the same country. We're strangers in a strange land now. Any celebrations are forms emptied of content. Like processions around the church at holy days, people don't really know why they are doing it, or care. NPCs are everywhere.
So sad...so true. Thanks for all the info on the fate of the signers. After the first gulf war, it took me eight years before I would fly the flag again on the 4th...and then I only flew it four more years until 9/11...when I knew it was all over...and that I would never fly the stars and stripes again.
When I heard about the proposed Musk/Zuckerberg cage fight I thought: so it has finally come to actual bread and circuses...after years of our conspiracy culture using that term to describe America 2.0.
I haven't flown the government's flag since the FBI flew it at Waco on the radio aerials of the tanks they used to burn down the building that held 24 children and their parents. That flag was stained to the point that I won't handle one today.
I totally agree with your thesis here. There are numerous movies though about the sanctimonious Abraham Lincoln.
A few years ago by chance I came across and article on Lincoln that was anything but favorable and it gave a link to a book a I did buy to read, it was called: The Deification of Lincoln by Ira Cardiff. This book shows Lincoln in a totally different light, it came out in 1943 and was pretty much buried. It can be found on Amazon. It is not a very long book , about 90 pages, but it makes its point about Lincoln. Basically everything about Lincoln in the multitude of books written about is and was based on the Myth Created about him. Much like the myths in recent history of FDR, JFK, Martin Luthor King and even Ronald Reagan. The real truth is forgotten and the Myths take over.
I think one of the greatest myths of recent time is about Dr, Martin Luthor King, Jr. and all the things ascribed to him and many never happened.
The closest thing to good story on George Washington was the miniseries of many years ago starring Barry Bostwick and it was pretty good from what I remember.
Read my work on Lincoln, in "Crimes and Cover-Ups in American Politics: 1776-1963." He said things that would curl the hair of a KKK Grand Wizard. He said he'd free the union without freeing a slave. He was exclusively responsible for the war- the south merely wanted to secede. Which was the purpose of the Revolution- the consent of the governed. They no longer consented.
Secretary of War Jefferson Davis started the civil war in Kansas in 1856. Lincoln was a private citizen at the time.
Of course Lincoln said "he'd free the Union without freeing a slave" as presidential powers do not include dictating law... only enforcing existing law which he did.
I will read your book, but I, like Abraham Lincoln, am strongly anti-slavery and anti-war. Did you read his anti-war for empire speech in Congress?
Read my writings- you're not going to find anyone who is more anti-war than I am. I don't know how anyone today could not oppose slavery, but somehow 40 million are enslaved at the present moment, and no one seems to care. Lincoln's speech opposing the Mexican War was great- but he didn't take his own advice a few decades later. Thanks.
My flag's flying. Not sure what people who see it think I'm flying it for, but my family and I know it's to honor the people you mention who sacrificed everything for what turned out to be a temporary bit of freedom.
The problem has become that for most people the meaning of the revolutionary war has become a
distant kind of abstract idea, believing that the statist government will love and care for us, and that we just need to
be more vocal complainers and then the PTB will deliver the goods.
But, in some cases we still see self-sacrifice. last night a fisherman fell into the Mississippi while fishing by a dam near Red Wing, Mn. His two friends saw that he was in trouble and both dove in to rescue him, but tragically all three lost their lives. I'm sure they didn't think twice before diving in, despite the
obvious hazard. Now there are three grieving families. They couldn't just let their friend drown, so they did their utmost to save him.
we just don't see self sacrifice in our so called 'leaders' anymore...we see greed, avarice, and gluttony...what a way to rule, aye?...i suppose any ol' hero when put in a position of power and wealth might well do the same...human nature, ya know.
Would any of them dive into the churning water to save their friend?
It's one reason why Donald and others considered JFK a Mensch; he risked his life for his
stranded sailors. It's kind of a big deal. Talk is cheap. My own nephew gave his life in the line of duty saving a young woman held hostage by a demented boyfriend. He escorted her out of the house when the guy was threatening to kill her. The guy shot him right in the back of the head as they went to the squad car.
2 or 3 thousand locals paid their respects. They got it. They respected that.
The odd thing was that my nephew told his mom that he had had a dream that he was going to die from someone shooting him with a pistol. That was two weeks prior to the event.
He was wearing body armor. While he was getting the girl out his partner was supposed to be distracting or disabling the guy. Anyway the perp died,,, some say he turned the gun on himself. In this case I'll go with the official story .
yea, body armor is great unless they aim for the head...there are lots of other fatal places besides what is covered by the body armor....any good soldier knows where...good that the perp is no longer in business...maybe that's why your nephew had to die....to get that perp taken care of...so he really is a hero and went down doing the right thing....nothing to be ashamed of there.
I celebrated this "Fourth of July", Independence Day, with a fireworks memorial to my wife I lost almost three years ago. It's her birthday and fireworks were one of her loves for this day. I had about thirty five or so friends, neighbors, and "friends of neighbors" gathered over food, beer, and a crowd of children from one to 18, all well remembering the reason for this day. Last year, several hundred folks gathered on the my six or so acres of lawn, lined the whole rural road and enjoyed the festivity, and brought their whole families to watch, all the way to midnight. This year was good, but a shadow to the last couple decades we celebrated. I say this all "in defiance", not denial, I hope it's not the last, but there's still gunpowder and arms remaining and perhaps we will rise to the occasion one more time, I certainly hope for that possibility. Semper Fidelis, John McClain, GySgt, USMC, ret.
You see you are buying in to the total myth of Lincoln. You should do some research on what Lincoln thought about Africans and slavery. Well, I don’t know what he thought about war he certainly waged the worst war this country has ever seen, and the issues of the Civil War were certainly much more than just slavery.
Wow. Donald, you encapsulated every sentiment, every atavistic anger I feel towards our cowardly nation and its inhabitants. July 4th, 2023 is a day of infamy for me as well, as we have abrogated every tenet of what I was taught to do, to be an American Man.
I recall in the earlier days of this "free Internet," circa 1998 or so, searching for "greatest Presidents." No matter where I searched, the list kept coming up with the traitorous FDR, Wilson and Lincoln in the top 5. Those I admired most, were bottom of the stack. Call me naive, I had not yet calculated the vast amount of control search engines and digital agitprop would have on tap.
Hail Victory! The only good note is, America 1.0, denatured and bereft of its best, is humming along on borrowed time.
Thanks, Anti Communist!
I'm with you, Timmy. I will have more on Polk and the disastrous war with Mexico in the next edition of Hidden History. Even before Lincoln's psychopathic generals like Sherman and Sheridan invented the horrific "Total War" strategy, hints of this were apparent under Polk. Rape and mistreatment of civilians was common. Coolidge was a top president simply by holding his cards. Doing nothing meant he did nothing wrong. The top rated presidents all waged war. Thanks.
Yeah, Polk, and most of the rest of them for that matter, make the case for not having a president at all. That's not to suggest things be left up to a bunch of bottom feeders/lawyers who have slimed their way up the Ladder of Criminal Endeavor to the courts and legislatures. Government has proven it is evil. No debate, even. And Fedgov is well beyond the control of the people. It is coming down to the Individual States, which the founders knew were the final safeguard against total tyranny. DJ reckons the tyrants won't let us leave, but I would submit that the price of staying is far higher than that of leaving. Great thanks to DJ for another great historical message ... and for making the case for State Independence, again! ~~ J. Lee
Thanks, J. Lee!
Well said. Andrew Jackson too, was far down the stack. Ulysses Grant, who actually expelled crooked jews from the South during reconstruction as they were robbing everyone, is also vilified.
Andrew Jackson almost singlehandedly trumped the banksters. He called it his greatest achievement. In 1985 I bought a donkey that came with the handle Andrew Jackson. It actually took me years to put together the concept: donkey/Democrat/Andrew Jackson.
Thank you Timmy, I did not know that about him! What a noble race and nation, we used to be!
love the snark, Donald...i feel the same way...99.9% of the people who live in america 2.0 have nary a clue...not only about their history, but about the fact that we are about to repeat it...only a million fold...so yea, party on amerkan apathetic sheeples, as if there were no tomorrow...grab that burger and that beer and manipulate your pathetic lives for all you are worth...this too, shall pass...i think the only ones left after the coming big blowout will be the really out of the way farmers... with well practiced defense tools, of course...why?...because the ultra corrupt powers that be don't care about you at all...at all...AT ALL...only the critically thinking practical folks will have a snowball's chance in hell to carry on their seed...the apathetic sheeple will go the way of the dodo bird, and all in a hurry to do so.
Thanks, Marty!
The Founding Fathers declared they ordained the Constitution to themselves and their posterity. The masses of denizens in this totalitarian police/surveillance state called America, myself included, are definitely not of their posterity. They were oligarchs, albeit of a higher caliber, but in essence the same as the oligarchs who lord it over us today. One of them, it might have been John Adams, said, "It is only logical that the people who own the country (himself and the other founders) should run it." And run it they did, as time evolved (or devolved) setting the precedents for running us all into the ground today. Anyone who has ever litigated in their Freemasonic courts can't help but observe that the judges frequently refer to the Bill of Rights as "privileges". Saying, "He (or she) seeks to invoke his (or her) 1st (or 2nd or whatever) Amendment privilege." I don't have to go into the marked difference between a right and a privilege. No piece of paper can ever secure one's inherent rights anyway. It must be done at the point of a weapon, that is the only thing tyrants understand. Where was the Bill of Wipes during the monstrous, criminal Covid hoax? As anomalous as it sounds, I've read in a DOJ document that the civil and constitutional rights of Americans cannot be abrogated, even in a state of emergency. (A real one, not a fake one). Why? Because the Constitution was drafted during a state of emergency, the Revolutionary War. However in practical terms, that is all eyewash and fantasy. Basic civics: In a true constitutional republic, the only power an elected official at the executive level has (state: mayors & governors. federal: the president) is to execute the laws properly passed and promulgated by the respective legislatures. These assholes can no more tell citizens they have to wear masks, stand 6 feet apart from each other, remain in their homes etc. than they can tell them what clothes to wear and what to eat for dinner. Executive orders by them can only apply to government employees under their sphere of jurisdiction, not to private citizens. What they have been doing is acting, Ultra Vires (how is that second word for irony?) meaning beyond their lawful authority. Simply put, they are committing treason and should be indicted, tried, convicted and executed for it. Has that ever happened? Where the fuck are all the DAs who took an oath to uphold the Constitution and bring forth charges, as well as the alleged constitutional and civil rights lawyers who should have filed massive civil actions against these swine? Nowhere, their silence was and is deafening. That is why I laugh when con-artist-servatives bray like jackasses in a pepper patch about, "saving our Republic". A little late for that, moron. In point of fact, we never really had one, just the cosmetic trappings of it to entertain the herd. Happy 4th to you & yours, Don.
Eloquent points as always, Hereticdrummer. The Constitution in reality is, as Dubya said, just a piece of paper. Thanks.
Incredible, Don, I was going to use that very example. That is probably the only truthful and correct thing that imbecilic pervert ever uttered. Thanks again.
all them DA's are busy tending their own portfolios...the one with the most toys wins, according to the zeitgeist...i agree with you and i wish there were more like you...alas...the apathetic sheeples graze contentedly...the only advice i ever give out these dayze is prep prep prep...you CAN at least partially control your own personal well being after the SHTF.
Thanks Bro. I wish the best for you and yours. It is painful to see reality as it really is but I wouldn't have it any other way.
Timmy; The Cryptocracy owns every fucking thing.
With all respect, Timmy, that means you don't truly own those things. Even if your home is paid off, if you stop paying property taxes the government will seize it. You must possess Allodial title to it, meaning you own it completely independent of any superior landlord. How many people have that? You can probably count them on one hand and have fingers left over.
I'm not sure about that, Timmy, but it seems strange. As property taxes are paid quarterly, year by year, how would the local government that assesses them know how many years the home "owner" is going to be there and therefore what to charge him? With cars, there is a document called the MSO (Manufacturer's Statement of Origin) that comes from where the car is made. That is true title. These are sent to the motor vehicle offices in the states where the cars are shipped to. The motor vehicle offices then send "Certificates of Title" to the dealerships that sell the cars. A certificate of title is just evidence that real title, the MSO, exists, which the state possesses. That is why if you don't renew your registration yearly, which is just another fucking tax, the state will repossess your car. This System fucks you 6 ways to Sunday.
Government is nothing more than a criminal entity devoted to destroying all freedoms. One must endeavor to be free of all government
is it not ironic?...the very oaths and pledges the ruling elites take to uphold the this or the that?those rulers really never had any intention, other than getting fabulously wealthy... the apathetic sheeple are standing in line for more of the same while they are being fleeced for all that they are worth...and yet, they are still too dumb to understand what is happening to them and their offspring.
To be "fleeced" is a "voluntary" act of "compliance." Like to drugs, the sheeple just have to say "no." (If only they knew, right? Peter Eric Hendrickson could help them on this matter.)
Good Morning Donald.
Thank you for the history lesson. As An Australian, I enjoy learning any and everything in history outside my own country.
I was quite horrified reading that most the men who signed the Declaration of Independence died so horribly. You make a valid point in regards to mush or zuckerberg. They wouldn't even get out of bed to help the People of your country, let alone die for them. The elitist of today are a greedy, lazy, self-entitled, shockingly unintelligent breed of people. Unlike your original men who signed your declaration of independence.
Thank you for a history lesson which was deeply disturbing, but we need to learn correctly otherwise, you only learn garbage. Shame such lessons could not be included in your history lessons at school. The children may grow to be more educated, rather than more self-entitled.
Thank you.
Trish.
I appreciate the kind words, Trish. Thanks!
It's just not the same country. We're strangers in a strange land now. Any celebrations are forms emptied of content. Like processions around the church at holy days, people don't really know why they are doing it, or care. NPCs are everywhere.
any celebration in this country seems to me to be an exercise in ignorance.
why settle for less?
yes, an exercise in ignorance.
A Month of Ignorance! Any "good" celebration deserves a month, and lots of festive trannies!!
The USA is a company, not a nation, anymore. Good grief
Very well written and factual. I’m the only veteran in an extremely woke family. We’ll be spending the holiday at home.
Thanks, Bookoodinkydow!
July 4th, we just got the Missouri v Biden ruling. Cheers!
So sad...so true. Thanks for all the info on the fate of the signers. After the first gulf war, it took me eight years before I would fly the flag again on the 4th...and then I only flew it four more years until 9/11...when I knew it was all over...and that I would never fly the stars and stripes again.
When I heard about the proposed Musk/Zuckerberg cage fight I thought: so it has finally come to actual bread and circuses...after years of our conspiracy culture using that term to describe America 2.0.
I haven't flown the government's flag since the FBI flew it at Waco on the radio aerials of the tanks they used to burn down the building that held 24 children and their parents. That flag was stained to the point that I won't handle one today.
Yes, that was one of those crucial moral lines in the sand that we crossed. And very, very few Americans protested. Thanks.
Thanks, Kris!
I totally agree with your thesis here. There are numerous movies though about the sanctimonious Abraham Lincoln.
A few years ago by chance I came across and article on Lincoln that was anything but favorable and it gave a link to a book a I did buy to read, it was called: The Deification of Lincoln by Ira Cardiff. This book shows Lincoln in a totally different light, it came out in 1943 and was pretty much buried. It can be found on Amazon. It is not a very long book , about 90 pages, but it makes its point about Lincoln. Basically everything about Lincoln in the multitude of books written about is and was based on the Myth Created about him. Much like the myths in recent history of FDR, JFK, Martin Luthor King and even Ronald Reagan. The real truth is forgotten and the Myths take over.
I think one of the greatest myths of recent time is about Dr, Martin Luthor King, Jr. and all the things ascribed to him and many never happened.
The closest thing to good story on George Washington was the miniseries of many years ago starring Barry Bostwick and it was pretty good from what I remember.
Great points, Stephen.
Abraham Lincoln was anti-slavery and anti-war. He stood against the Confederate slave empire. AbrahamLincoln.life
Read my work on Lincoln, in "Crimes and Cover-Ups in American Politics: 1776-1963." He said things that would curl the hair of a KKK Grand Wizard. He said he'd free the union without freeing a slave. He was exclusively responsible for the war- the south merely wanted to secede. Which was the purpose of the Revolution- the consent of the governed. They no longer consented.
Secretary of War Jefferson Davis started the civil war in Kansas in 1856. Lincoln was a private citizen at the time.
Of course Lincoln said "he'd free the Union without freeing a slave" as presidential powers do not include dictating law... only enforcing existing law which he did.
I will read your book, but I, like Abraham Lincoln, am strongly anti-slavery and anti-war. Did you read his anti-war for empire speech in Congress?
AmericanCivilWar.club
Read my writings- you're not going to find anyone who is more anti-war than I am. I don't know how anyone today could not oppose slavery, but somehow 40 million are enslaved at the present moment, and no one seems to care. Lincoln's speech opposing the Mexican War was great- but he didn't take his own advice a few decades later. Thanks.
My flag's flying. Not sure what people who see it think I'm flying it for, but my family and I know it's to honor the people you mention who sacrificed everything for what turned out to be a temporary bit of freedom.
yes, they were heroes, and yes, it was only temporary.
Yes, Dan, let us still fly the flag to honor those brave folks, but shouldn't we fly it inverted ... as a signal of distress?
There is still good in the American heart.
The problem has become that for most people the meaning of the revolutionary war has become a
distant kind of abstract idea, believing that the statist government will love and care for us, and that we just need to
be more vocal complainers and then the PTB will deliver the goods.
But, in some cases we still see self-sacrifice. last night a fisherman fell into the Mississippi while fishing by a dam near Red Wing, Mn. His two friends saw that he was in trouble and both dove in to rescue him, but tragically all three lost their lives. I'm sure they didn't think twice before diving in, despite the
obvious hazard. Now there are three grieving families. They couldn't just let their friend drown, so they did their utmost to save him.
we just don't see self sacrifice in our so called 'leaders' anymore...we see greed, avarice, and gluttony...what a way to rule, aye?...i suppose any ol' hero when put in a position of power and wealth might well do the same...human nature, ya know.
I agree.
Would any of them dive into the churning water to save their friend?
It's one reason why Donald and others considered JFK a Mensch; he risked his life for his
stranded sailors. It's kind of a big deal. Talk is cheap. My own nephew gave his life in the line of duty saving a young woman held hostage by a demented boyfriend. He escorted her out of the house when the guy was threatening to kill her. The guy shot him right in the back of the head as they went to the squad car.
2 or 3 thousand locals paid their respects. They got it. They respected that.
The odd thing was that my nephew told his mom that he had had a dream that he was going to die from someone shooting him with a pistol. That was two weeks prior to the event.
talk IS cheap, and there's a mighty lot of talk going around these dayze.
interesting that your nephew had a premonition.
your nephew was certainly a hero.
maybe he wasn't practicing enough safety measures.
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it is too bad your nephew did not shoot the bad guy first, before getting shot himself...when in doubt, shoot 'em out.
sad story.
i bet the bad guy got a slap on the wrist on his way out of jail time.
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don't give them the benefit of the doubt...keep facing forward with the gun aimed.
properly.
if they pull, you shoot to defend.
if nobody is watching, dump 'em in the dumpster.
He was wearing body armor. While he was getting the girl out his partner was supposed to be distracting or disabling the guy. Anyway the perp died,,, some say he turned the gun on himself. In this case I'll go with the official story .
yea, body armor is great unless they aim for the head...there are lots of other fatal places besides what is covered by the body armor....any good soldier knows where...good that the perp is no longer in business...maybe that's why your nephew had to die....to get that perp taken care of...so he really is a hero and went down doing the right thing....nothing to be ashamed of there.
You got it, Marty.
He was an Iraq vet with PTSD issues.
Probably on a fistful of meds for a long time and no longer rational.
We didn't any meaningful details.
Excellent
Thanks, Norman!
I celebrated this "Fourth of July", Independence Day, with a fireworks memorial to my wife I lost almost three years ago. It's her birthday and fireworks were one of her loves for this day. I had about thirty five or so friends, neighbors, and "friends of neighbors" gathered over food, beer, and a crowd of children from one to 18, all well remembering the reason for this day. Last year, several hundred folks gathered on the my six or so acres of lawn, lined the whole rural road and enjoyed the festivity, and brought their whole families to watch, all the way to midnight. This year was good, but a shadow to the last couple decades we celebrated. I say this all "in defiance", not denial, I hope it's not the last, but there's still gunpowder and arms remaining and perhaps we will rise to the occasion one more time, I certainly hope for that possibility. Semper Fidelis, John McClain, GySgt, USMC, ret.
I'm sorry for your loss, John. Sounds like you doing all you can to keep some form of sanity alive. Thanks!
You see you are buying in to the total myth of Lincoln. You should do some research on what Lincoln thought about Africans and slavery. Well, I don’t know what he thought about war he certainly waged the worst war this country has ever seen, and the issues of the Civil War were certainly much more than just slavery.