I thought I would share what I wrote over on Facebook since some of you might have abandoned that platform. It felt even more important, given that it is the anniversary of a life altering day. And the sentiment matches some of what Chaos Actual has said several times along the last few days.
I wasn't sure if I was going to say anything about this momentous day. Yee all those years ago, Islamic terrorists drove planes into buildings and killed my countrymen. They kicked up a hornets nest of suck for the whole globe. We lost a lot of Americans on that day and many more in the two decades long war that followed. I buried too many of those brave men and lost a part of my soul along the way. War is hell, and living with what we did ain't peachy either.
But my dead friends are alive because somewhere deep in my addled brain their memories still exist. When the dreams come and I can't sleep, they sit with me. I've never said this before, but the real reason I didn't cash in my chips was because of them. I'm the last one left... if I go, who will tell their stories? Who will visit their kids and sit at their graves and remember?
Why am I blathering on? Maybe it's the whiskey, but I keep thinking about the country as it used to be. Of America when times were simpler and all things seemed possible. That day killed my sense of American invulnerability. Coming home and studying politics killed that RAH RAH sense of pride in my country. No, not the idea of my country. I still love the IDEA of America, but the people in government have screwed the pooch.
We have bipartisan overreach as they take powers they were never meant to have. So, yeah, I hate both parties. Two wings of the same corrupt bird. And now we have those swamp rat pukes who aren't on the extreme are acting like do-nothing grifters. What are the middle of the road types to do? Those who just want to be left alone, who have those live-and-let-live ideals of rugged individualism that our forefathers so valued? I wish I had easy answers, because applying my history brain or putting on my author hat leave me seeing dark things ahead.
By the gods, I hope I am wrong. I hope I can laugh about my paranoia in a few years. I don't know that it will be what happens, but I want to be wrong.
I am sure this post shocks some of my followers. I have avoided most political topics, because nobody was ever convinced on the internet. I've always said if people wanted to preached at, they'd go to church... but it feels like its different now. Nationally speaking, America has become that iconic snake eating itself.
So instead of adding to the chaos and the noise... let me ask this of you instead. Yes, my commie friends (Bless their hearts 😉 ) and my gun totin militia types. Remember what once united us, before the political swamp rats ruined everything. Remember what it meant to be American. Become that ideal, be the kind of person we soldiers bled to defend. I broke my body on that alter. I buried friends beside it and a generation of orphans sacrificed the love of their fathers and mothers for it. So if you want to thank me for my service... be the kind of person I did dark deeds to protect. More importantly, be the American that my friends died for because they were better men than me, every one of them and the light of the world is dimmed for their loss.
Thank you, JR. We need to remember that to be American is to be free . . . even to disagree. I may not agree with someone, but I will stand with them to defend their right to speak and think how they want.
I do thank you for your service, along with all the other veterans here on this channel. I'm a civilian: I never served. I am very thankful to be part of this community and the larger Galaxy's Edge community, and to get a glimpse of that military mentality.
My cousin served in Iraq about 18 years ago. He was a reservist. Came back in one piece, but he does still struggle with physical trauma.
Thank you all . . . men and women . . . for the sacrifice (sometimes ultimate) that you made for our country. We are not ungrateful.
“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”
― George Orwell
“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
― S.G. Tallentyre, The Friends of Voltaire
Our ideological forefathers knew these truths as well.
And stop apologizing for not serving. Every time you exercise your rights, you serve. When you advocate ways to keep America free, you serve. The uniform is not the only way we honor our Founding Fathers.
You're right. Every time I exercise my Constitutional rights as an American citizen, I serve the ideals set up by the Founders. If those men could see what had been done to this country they'd sacrificed so much for . . .
Random philosophical thought of the day brought to you by evil dead people that the Left says you should hate based solely on the color of their skin.
"A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." ~John Stuart Mill
And Teddy knew the truth... it is our duty to criticize bad presidents.
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
Y'all should check out this guy and dive into the big brain chess stuff he is doing... it's way above me. I could pull a trigger and dodge a bomb or ten but this was echelons above my pay grade.
I know Nick did a Facebook post earlier today with the link & I don’t think he’s taken it down yet. If you can’t find it, message Nick & he’ll send you an invite.
The dividing line is surfacing more at my other job. I recently made a social media post on the 11th, honoring our fallen first responders who sacrificed their lives for the smallest chance to save others. Acquaintances and work “friends” were quick to give me sideways looks and refrain from conversation since then. Funny because they are aware of my medical field history and also being a believer, having faith. I suppose they are connecting dots for themselves without actually having a real conversation with me. I wonder what will happen if I express that I'm a Harry Potter fan still.
I think he is referring to the Marine Staff Sergeant that went viral a week ago for outing the inept leadership debacle that was the Afghanistan pullout.
Sorry, was definitely referring to the Lt Col, did not realize I got his rank wrong. My B! So not sure if OP was referring to him also or if there indeed is another.
He needs prayers. I have been following him on FB. I get the feeling he has a host of issues at home and legal that will impact him for the rest of his life. Sounds like his wife left him.
She bailed, angry that he gave up his pension for principals. Now there was another LtCol, an Army guy, who did the same thing at 19 years but HIS wife is behind him.
I thought I would share what I wrote over on Facebook since some of you might have abandoned that platform. It felt even more important, given that it is the anniversary of a life altering day. And the sentiment matches some of what Chaos Actual has said several times along the last few days.
I wasn't sure if I was going to say anything about this momentous day. Yee all those years ago, Islamic terrorists drove planes into buildings and killed my countrymen. They kicked up a hornets nest of suck for the whole globe. We lost a lot of Americans on that day and many more in the two decades long war that followed. I buried too many of those brave men and lost a part of my soul along the way. War is hell, and living with what we did ain't peachy either.
But my dead friends are alive because somewhere deep in my addled brain their memories still exist. When the dreams come and I can't sleep, they sit with me. I've never said this before, but the real reason I didn't cash in my chips was because of them. I'm the last one left... if I go, who will tell their stories? Who will visit their kids and sit at their graves and remember?
Why am I blathering on? Maybe it's the whiskey, but I keep thinking about the country as it used to be. Of America when times were simpler and all things seemed possible. That day killed my sense of American invulnerability. Coming home and studying politics killed that RAH RAH sense of pride in my country. No, not the idea of my country. I still love the IDEA of America, but the people in government have screwed the pooch.
We have bipartisan overreach as they take powers they were never meant to have. So, yeah, I hate both parties. Two wings of the same corrupt bird. And now we have those swamp rat pukes who aren't on the extreme are acting like do-nothing grifters. What are the middle of the road types to do? Those who just want to be left alone, who have those live-and-let-live ideals of rugged individualism that our forefathers so valued? I wish I had easy answers, because applying my history brain or putting on my author hat leave me seeing dark things ahead.
By the gods, I hope I am wrong. I hope I can laugh about my paranoia in a few years. I don't know that it will be what happens, but I want to be wrong.
I am sure this post shocks some of my followers. I have avoided most political topics, because nobody was ever convinced on the internet. I've always said if people wanted to preached at, they'd go to church... but it feels like its different now. Nationally speaking, America has become that iconic snake eating itself.
So instead of adding to the chaos and the noise... let me ask this of you instead. Yes, my commie friends (Bless their hearts 😉 ) and my gun totin militia types. Remember what once united us, before the political swamp rats ruined everything. Remember what it meant to be American. Become that ideal, be the kind of person we soldiers bled to defend. I broke my body on that alter. I buried friends beside it and a generation of orphans sacrificed the love of their fathers and mothers for it. So if you want to thank me for my service... be the kind of person I did dark deeds to protect. More importantly, be the American that my friends died for because they were better men than me, every one of them and the light of the world is dimmed for their loss.
Beautiful post and I completely agree. Thank you for sharing and for serving.
Thank you, JR. We need to remember that to be American is to be free . . . even to disagree. I may not agree with someone, but I will stand with them to defend their right to speak and think how they want.
I do thank you for your service, along with all the other veterans here on this channel. I'm a civilian: I never served. I am very thankful to be part of this community and the larger Galaxy's Edge community, and to get a glimpse of that military mentality.
My cousin served in Iraq about 18 years ago. He was a reservist. Came back in one piece, but he does still struggle with physical trauma.
Thank you all . . . men and women . . . for the sacrifice (sometimes ultimate) that you made for our country. We are not ungrateful.
“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”
― George Orwell
“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
― S.G. Tallentyre, The Friends of Voltaire
Our ideological forefathers knew these truths as well.
And stop apologizing for not serving. Every time you exercise your rights, you serve. When you advocate ways to keep America free, you serve. The uniform is not the only way we honor our Founding Fathers.
You're right. Every time I exercise my Constitutional rights as an American citizen, I serve the ideals set up by the Founders. If those men could see what had been done to this country they'd sacrificed so much for . . .
Random philosophical thought of the day brought to you by evil dead people that the Left says you should hate based solely on the color of their skin.
"A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." ~John Stuart Mill
Because he was a white colonizer... insert eye roll here.
well, he was also a proto-sjw but hey take the good with the bad.
And Teddy knew the truth... it is our duty to criticize bad presidents.
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
More officers resigning over Biden's treason. Sinoken showed this to me, was a good find.
https://twitter.com/Mrgunsngear/status/1437188307197255681?s=09
Y'all should check out this guy and dive into the big brain chess stuff he is doing... it's way above me. I could pull a trigger and dodge a bomb or ten but this was echelons above my pay grade.
https://youtu.be/UNuOnsgchMo
Liking the Singal group. Good to see folks can share things and talk without crazy drama.
alphabet f****ery lol
How to get to the signal group? Have the app
I know Nick did a Facebook post earlier today with the link & I don’t think he’s taken it down yet. If you can’t find it, message Nick & he’ll send you an invite.
Not on FB. How do I DM on Substack?
https://signal.group/#CjQKIIuMT2Rh4ccTsJI1xLLCDcCwcrCiRprP2hqXPADmqC7MEhDzEk1X-LC8xKIXazNZwODx
Thanks!
Nick will post the link here on Substack shortly.
Thank you!
I was thinking the same thing, i also have the app.
See reply to J Bohling
Thrombocytopenia is the condition you're looking for.
Pod cast ended?
Thanks for letting us know. Luckily we only had 4 minutes that got cut off. We’ll try to recap that in the next episode.
The dividing line is surfacing more at my other job. I recently made a social media post on the 11th, honoring our fallen first responders who sacrificed their lives for the smallest chance to save others. Acquaintances and work “friends” were quick to give me sideways looks and refrain from conversation since then. Funny because they are aware of my medical field history and also being a believer, having faith. I suppose they are connecting dots for themselves without actually having a real conversation with me. I wonder what will happen if I express that I'm a Harry Potter fan still.
Can’t stop the signal
What did happen to the SSG, did we ever hear?
What does SSG stand for?
I think he is referring to the Marine Staff Sergeant that went viral a week ago for outing the inept leadership debacle that was the Afghanistan pullout.
There was a staff sergeant too? I knew about the LtCol, but has there been more?
Sorry, was definitely referring to the Lt Col, did not realize I got his rank wrong. My B! So not sure if OP was referring to him also or if there indeed is another.
He needs prayers. I have been following him on FB. I get the feeling he has a host of issues at home and legal that will impact him for the rest of his life. Sounds like his wife left him.
She bailed, angry that he gave up his pension for principals. Now there was another LtCol, an Army guy, who did the same thing at 19 years but HIS wife is behind him.
Look up LtCol Doug Hague, US Army