breakfast where the news is read

 television children fed

unborn living, living, dead (morrison)

and so today they will tell us the longest war is over.....is it.....the flags that were at half staff can now be raised.....the focus of the nation can swing to Louisiana and Hurricane ida....or the great mask debate.....or vaccine mandates......business as usual......take no questions....turn your back on the nation and walk swiftly away from the podium as instructed.

they say integrity is doing the "right" thing when nobody is watching.......but what about doing the "right" thing even when the media and an ignorant public are too busy with college football and other distractions to call you our, or hold you accountable ?

the PINO ( President In Name Only) yesterday was caught on camera on 2 maybe 3 occasions looking at his watch during the transfer ceremony returning the 13 dead Americans onto US soil at a Deleware air base.......couldn't help but think of Michelle obama at Ground Fucking Zero muttering to her dirtbag husband "all this for a flag' as the marines at the World Trade Center were presenting colors..... but again....if you take no questions, you don't have to answer for your actions.....if the media hides your actions and covers for you, well you don't need integrity after all........13 dead service members.....a lot of white and latino kids as far as i could see.......didn't see George Floyds son....didn't see Eric Garners son........imagine if all 13 were BLACK and Latino and no white soldiers.?

Bullet strikes the helmet's head

And it's all over

For the unknown soldier

It's all over

For the unknown soldier, hut

turn on channel 6

the president comes on the news,

says i get no satisfaction lord

that's why i sing the Blues  ( Weir)

at this point i think the United States of America would accept even that admission from POTUS.

but all we got are readings from the teleprompter......some suspect he wears an earpice with coaches guiding him........he makes statement like "i' have been instructed to take a question from sally jones/nbc news......or "theyll kill me if i take any questions" or perhaps the worst was yesterday......after a haertwarming update on hurricane Ida he reluctantly said....okay....i'll take a few questions........the very first question was about afghanistan.....and the leader of the free world......facing his first and greatest international crisis; responded that he wasn't talking about afghanistan and abruptly walked away.

and unfortunately that is what the majority of this country wants ( if you accept the premise that he won the election that is ) the people that voted for Biden or Jojo Johansen were scared to their core by President Trump....they were too weak or frightened to face the harsh Truths President Trump addressed daily.....they prefer scripted reality shows to reality.....they know the world has cruel, vile and ugly spots that grow by the hour and threaten our existince but they don't want that spoiling their good time vacations.........don't monday my sunday......they prefer to hide under the bed, place head in sand and whistle a happy tune.........and when reality shows it's ugly face....well they act shocked and horrified but ultimately hope and pray it only lasts one news cycle.....then we can go back to patting ourselves on the back for wearing a mask to defeat covid....or  driving a hybrid to the airport to board a plane to defeat global warming......if we don't answer the doorbell, maybe it will go away.....

Don't worry bout tomorrow lord, you'll know it when it comes

when the rock n roll music meets the rising , shining sun.

no safety or surprise, the end

 i'll never look into your eyes again (James Douglas Morrison)

amidst the anger, frustration and fury directed at our incompetent government, is the reminder that 13 service members lost their lives for nothing......i say nothing because although what they were doing was a brave and critical mission....it was a mission brought on by our own incompetence  ....so unnecessary.

13 families changed forever.....all those extended family members....brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews....childhood friends....classmates...neighbors......somber holidays await....and for what ? again i say nothing.

 on another day we will ponder motive on this site....why is the supposed leader of the free world cowering to a gang of murderous thugs......asking for their help...and so eager to tell the world it's not the Talibans' fault.....and dismissing the fact that the suicide bomber advanced through the talibans screening.

today i will try to put my anger and curiosity in check and try to focus on the 13 dead Americans. I was lucky enough to serve under Ronald Reagan and to a far lesser extent George Bush the Father ( Truth is i do not volunteer my services if Reagan wasn't the President)...i can't fathom how demoralizing it must be to serve under a feeble, senile, demented cocksucker that would risk my life so he can smile on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 and receive pats on the back from his fellow cowards.

I hope the families and friends of the deceased can come to some sort of acceptance and be able to live the life that the deceased volunteered to ensure and protect for them....it won't be easy.....loosing someone is difficult enough......loosing someone under these circumstances, in a shithole country, at the hands of these lowlife scumbags, is unbearable

desperately in need of some strangers hand,

in a desperate land.

ain't it just like the night

 to play tricks when you’re tryin' to be so quiet?

We sit here stranded, though we’re all doin’ our best to deny it (dylan)

for 20 years we held the hammer down on the taliban in afghanistan....many of our troops were killed or injured but we forged on and continued to engage/destroy our enemy and allow the afghan people to live a semi-normal life with freedoms that we enjoy.........so why overnight have we become an impotent , scared and frightened little child ? asking the taliban to extend "our" deadline to remain in the country....giving them lists of names of the people we want to get out of the country ? ( kind of like giving putin a blueprint on what to hack)  why is the POTUS saying that everyday we remain in the country the likelihood of an attack from al queda and isis increases ? what have we become ? i am moving from angry to embarrassed at warp speed.......to watch these empty suit losers stand in front of the camera and say that they are doing everything they can to get Americans out of Kabul is mind numbing.......like setting fire to a house and then patting yourself on the back for being the first one to call 911 .

I had the Honor and privilege  to visit Gettysburg PA this week........i walked Evergreen cemetery at Dawn , the spot where Lincoln gave his address just 4 months after the battle.....there is something in the air , besides the multitude of restless spirits......i toured the vast battlefield and listened to the courageous stories from both sides...the bravery.....the willingness to lay down ones life for a perceived greater good......to know that you will be killed but continue to fight on, to hold on, with a glimmer of hope for the man behind you .......moving....inspirational........and i felt an emptiness and sorrow to think about how far my country has fallen .

now, i don't claim to be an "A" student baby

 but i'm trying to be . (Sam Cooke)

you would need to smarter than an A student to make sense of what's happening around the world today , and navigate the mountains of hypocrisy.

*The State department wants to charge $2,000 per person for the flights out of Afghanistan for people that are literally fleeing for their lives with nothing but the close on their backs......BUT.....if you illegally sneak over our southern border , you can get a free flight to practically anywhere in the country. just tell the govt where you supposedly have family or friends and they will fly you there.

**   Covid is a priority of this Administration , but the borders are open and illegal immigrants are being accepted and moved around the country without ever being tested for Covid.

*** Joe Biden july 8

 "The Taliban is not the south—the North Vietnamese army. They're not—they're not remotely comparable in terms of capability. There's going to be no circumstance where you see people being lifted off the roof of a embassy in the—of the United States from Afghanistan. It is not at all comparable

During that press conference, Biden also insisted that a Taliban takeover of Afghanistan was not "inevitable." He pushed back against journalists questions that noted intelligence indicated that the U.S.-backed Afghan government would fall within a relatively short period of time.

"I trust the capacity of the Afghan military, who is better trained, better equipped, and more—more competent in terms of conducting war," Biden said at the time.

and just 2 days ago when being interviewed by old pal george stephanopolous.

he insisted there was NO WAY to pull out that wouldn't result in CHAOS......George pressed him and said so you priced that into the decision....and the POTUS replied "YES"

next question should have been, then why did you plan a vacation at Camp David and ignore calls from our allies for 72 hours when you KNEW this was going to happen ?

but for me the most frightening comments were the ones below......everyone forgets a word sometimes....a lot of people stutter or pause when they lose their train of thought....but this is beyond all that. when told most veterans wished we could have left with dignity, he replied with this jumble salad where he gets his own sons branch of service and location of deployment wrong and basically says NOTHING

BIDEN: Look, that’s like askin’ my deceased son Beau, who spent six months in Kosovo and a year in Iraq as a Navy captain and then major– I mean, as an Army major. And, you know, I’m sure h– he had regrets comin’ out of Afganista– I mean, out of Iraq.

He had regrets to what’s– how– how it’s going. But the idea– what’s the alternative? The alternative is why are we staying in Afghanistan?

im sure someday soon the NSA will erase this blog ......but as President Kennedy told Vince Riccardo about the cuban Missile crisis in the Inlaws

"at least we tried"

do i understand your question, man

 is it hopeless and forlorn ?

come in she said i'll give ya

shelter from the storm ( dylan)

so clueless joe asked the question yesterday ....why should American service him fight and die in Afghanistan's' civil war, when the Afghanistan army isn't willing to fight ? fair question

the democrats are well accomplished of taking control of the conversation.....moving goal posts , and creating diversions.........and if the US had only two options, to stay and fight in a civil war OR run home and abandon the country and leave our military equipment behind....the dementia joe would make a good point.

But look no further than Japan and Germany....our two greatest world war enemies.....and how 75 plus years later we still maintain bases and troops on our enemies soil to ensure they don't ever even think about fighting us again....and then add up how many times since the end of WWII we had to fight the Germans and the Japs ........count how many casualties our troops have suffered at the hands of Japanes or German insurgents ?  add South Korea to the mix....and ask yourself what would have become of that Nation at the hands of Kim Jong Ill and his family if the United States went home to hide....

no joe.....your speech writers tried in vain to steer a stupid American public onto your side.....and some blind sheep and low iq imbeciles probably agreed with you.....but the casualties will be higher , and the price we pay steeper, when we inevitably have to go back.......just because our military is stationed in a foreign country does not mean we have to be actively involved in daily firefights......and if and when we are attacked, if Washington responds with overwhelming force, those attacks will diminish and stop.... 

spoiler alert....it is a blue print that has worked for hundreds of years.......just take a look at our Base in Guantanamo on the Cuban mainland......i was stationed there for a month.....never had so much as a concern for my safety.

market alert......i see the Dow dropping significantly between now and next weeks Fed meeting...QE is going to be tapered.....and the slide will begin.

Well, I’m livin’ in a foreign country but I’m bound to cross the line
Beauty walks a razor’s edge, someday I’ll make it mine
If I could only turn back the clock to when God and her were born
“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”

somethings' burning baby

 here's what i say 

Even the bloodhounds of London couldn’t find you today

I see the shadow of a man, baby, makin’ you blue

Who is he, baby, and what’s he to you?

there is a question...maybe more than a few ...that is burning in the air today about disgraced gov cuomo...

first and of utmost concern is why this creep is allowed to tell the State when his last day as Gov will be .....what's he doing with these last 2 weeks ...besides hiding, destroying or tampering with evidence....and why are the demonrats allowing him to do so....obviously to protect the "party" first and foremost....but that's not my question..........my question regarding the Nursing home scandal, is why did he send those infected patients "BACK" to the nursing homes ? there had to be an underlying motive.

i refuse to believe he is truly sadistic and wanted to kill as many old people as possible., but if someone wants to convince me , i will listen.

no....i suspect there was something else at play.....i have no proof, only suspicion...but keep in mind that at the height of this scandal there was a President Election upcoming....and the Democrats were trying to stop the TRUMP TRAIN at any expense....we already know that they felt the only way Trump could lose was if the economy crashed, hence the shutdown.....so is it possible that cuomo and his henchman made a decision NOT to utilize the USNS Comfort Ship that the President had sent to NY to help with overcrowded hospitals and Covid patients, because they did not want the President to get credit for helping , and secondly because they thought if the death toll was rising that Trump would get some of the blame ?

sadly, the fact that this douchebag was allowed two weeks to cover his tracks, we will probably never get the evidence to prove anything....also the NYS assembly has dropped impeachment proceedings, so cuomo gets to keep his 50K a year pension ...AND....he can even run for office again.....in a filthy disgusting, heartless, soulless state like NY , would you be surprised if he ran again in 15 months....AND WON ? 

Something is burning, baby, something’s in flames

There’s a man going ’round calling names

Ring down when you’re ready, baby, I’m waiting for you

I believe in the impossible, you know that I do

you see men sailing on their ego trips

 Blast off on their spaceships

Million miles from reality

No care for you, no care for me

So much trouble in the world  ( Bob Marley)

some things i'd like to see

i would like to see one reporter ask disgraced governor cuomo how he would feel if a 63 year old man, perhaps one also cursed with the italian heritage problem of being touchy feely....if that man were to ask one of cuomo's daughters questions about their sex life and whether they would ever become romantically involved with an older man ?

i would like to see one reporter ask alzheimer joe biden if it's fair to say that Hitler did a helluva job except for that jew thing ? or if it's ok to praise mussolini for getting the trains to run on time ? ( i wonder if mussolini has any grand kids, the MTA has openings at the top) as biden did when asked about cuomo......." the sad thing about his resignation is that he was doing a helluva job".......NO Joe....the sad thing is that he harassed and groped at least 11 women.....probably dozens more that are too embarrassed to come forward.

i would like to see one school curriculum or one proponent of Critical Race theory , examine the possibility that White Privilige is the result of supportive parents and the stable family environment. How many white parents stayed together in troubled marriages until the kids were grown and out of school ?  and when they inevitably separated, both parents still stayed involved in the kids lives. the biggest obstacle for black kids growing up in urban environments is the lack of a stable family life and/or an authoritative male voice, model and presence.......and now you want to take police out of these neighborhoods ....and there is literally nobody to fear, nobody to tell them NO, nobody to encourage them to go a different path.

i have talked about this a million times, but lets rehash.....America is still the land of opportunity, with hundreds of paths to success for everyone......sports, music, theatre for those who do not embrace the classroom, and literally any profession for those willing to take advantage of education opportunities. the never ending line of legal immigration should he held up as a blueprint for success....but you have to want it......other races, religions and political backgrounds have come to America.....they get jobs, sometimes 2 or 3 ....and they scrape their way up the ladder.....some never learn to speak english....but their children do......and these immigrants ensure that their next generation will be at least one step higher on the ladder,,,,,and it works........Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Polish, Irish and italian....you name it, they did it.......and the one exception for the most part is the eternal victim, the one doomed to live generation to generation on government subsidies, and around and around we go.

So you think you've found the solution
But it's just another illusion
So before you check out this tide
Don't leave another cornerstone standing there behind
We've got to face the day

The Angels play on their horns all day

 The whole earth in progression seems to pass by

But does anyone hear the music they play

Does anyone even try?  (Dylan)

what do you say when a baby of 3 months dies ? how can you make sense of the nonsensical ? Rest in peace little man, your struggles are over.

someone showed me a photograph, i just laughed

 Dignity never been photographed

I went into the red, went into the black

Into the valley of dry bone dreams (Dylan)

dignity, or the lack thereof ; part 2

so last night saw the return of Broadway shows, and much was made of the fact that you needed your vaccine card as proof to enter......what was left out of the conversation though was overheard on the cbs clip of happy liberals , all masked up, entering the theatre.....the security at the door was shouting to everyone in line...loud and clear...."Get your vaccine card, AND PHOTO ID out for inspection"

Jim Crowe on Steroids ?

Hypocrisy on full display? 

how is it voter suppression and racism  to ask for a photo ID at the polls, but common sense to ask for it at a play, movie or restaurant ? not only won't we get an answer to that question....i doubt anyone will even ask it.

 So many roads, so much at stake

So many dead ends, I’m at the edge of the lake

Sometimes I wonder what it’s gonna take

To find dignity

sick man lookin for the doctors cure

 Lookin’ at his hands for the lines that were

And into every masterpiece of literature

For dignity  (Dylan)

some would say dignity is at stake in NYC...or worse ....Freedom.

in a page torn out of an old movie or TV sitcom about Nazi Germany...NYC will now require proof of vaccination to enter a restaurant or Bar, or movie theatre or play......"where are your papers?" Commandant Clink will demand.....it will be interesting from afar to see how this plays out.....so many questions to be answered, so many details left unsaid or unwritten.

If it is not a legal mandate that every citizen become vaccinated...and obviously it is NOT.....how can you restrict someone that is not vaccinated from entering a public place or private business ?

Are the unvaccinated not a protected class ?

During the Aids epidemic it would have been illegal to BAR homosexuals from eating in the same restaurants as heterosexuals ...or forcing them to wear an indicator that they were or were not infected....to present papers while entering the ballet to show that they had a negative AIDS test....and while on the surface it appears that the china flu is highly contagious and AIDS is most frequently transmitted through sexual contact.....the truth is ....THAT SURFACE...is never anything more than public opinion..or media induced public opinion.....because in the medical world ...for every opinion there is a conflicting opinion.....and 30 or 40 years after the height of the AIDS 'crisis" , the science is still evolving.........blood transfusions...mosquito bites and thousands of other elements can lead to one of the gazillion strains of autoimmune........so to think after 18 months of studying a virus......and 8 months after administering a vaccine....that we know ANYTHING is purely absurd......this year its a covid vaccine......in 2 or 3 years it can be chips implanted below the skin (like a dog) to monitor movement in the name of homeland security...and in 20 years the thought police may be monitoring brain waves to detect subversive thought.....subversive meaning any opinion that the current powers do not share......sound silly ? 25 years ago the Gays wanted equality and same sex marriage.......2 years ago the State of North Carolina was stripped of the final 4 because they would not bend the knee to transgender bathrooms.......it happens in the blink of an eye

but again.....any attempt to flex power.....and to further divide the population...is a great attempt in the anarchist-socialist-communist playbook. starting in 2008 president Spoonjiah ( brought that nickname back as a special request from the eggman) went around the world apologizing for the Atrocities of the United States ....you remember.......while we were fighting dictators like Hitler and dying to save the Jews from Concentration camps.....and spoony and his Dads family were eating dogs in  indonesia and worshiping a child moloster as their prophet.......he went out of his way to shine a light on anything he perceived as OUR country's shortcomings.......and now a mere 15 years later we have a generation that hates the country.....disrespects our national anthem and wishes to change our Flag........it happens in the blink of an eye.

i try to expose the truth.....granted....it's my heavily opinionated truth .....i don't think i try to tell anyone what do to....i am more optimistic that after reading some of my posts ( not all) that my friends will tend to agree with my sentiment......that being said...i stand with the unvaccinated....their rights are our rights........just as i stood with the smokers ( even though i personally despised being in a bar or an event where people were smoking) and smokers rights to exist.....sadly we have watched as they have been ostracized right out of the picture......reduced to enjoying a delicious marlboro in the darkest corners of the world ( full disclosure...i own a shitload of Phiilip Morris and Altria stock)..

i see the day where deblasio and the hordes of vaccinated liberals will march with torches through the boroughs ( think Young Frankenstein) and villages looking for the unvaccinated , so they can bury them at the stake.

side note......shh....yesterday there was a shooting at the Pentagon.....one cop and one assailant dead....shhh.......why so quiet MSM ? ? ......i wondered myself....i may have found the answer...if my research is true...the assailant ...Austin William Lanz ...27 year old from Georgia.....was arrested and charged with assault on a Police officer in Cobb County as recently as April of this year....and was out on bail.....i wonder if the POS judge that granted him bail will send flowers to the family of the Dead Pentagon cop ?

Drinkin’ man listens to the voice he hears

In a crowded room full of covered-up mirrors

Lookin’ into the lost forgotten years

For dignity