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Damn Lucky
By John Waters
May 07, 2022
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What is the final lesson you can share?
That we will continue to sort of stumble through questions about war, but never learn anything. For 50 years, I never spoke about war, much
less myself or what I did. I had nightmares. I had my inner struggles and inner demons and I had to overcome them in time, but by the same
token war was not something I wanted to remember or document. It was not until I got invited to speak to others about my combat experience, to
speak to groups of young people, that I realized I had a duty and obligation to reflect my true feelings and beliefs about war. The people
were so young. I recognized a duty to remind young people about the sacrifices made by other Americans, up to and including death, to make
life possible for them and others not yet born. When called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice, some of us did, and they should be remembered.
Those of us who survived owe it to them, and to each other, to remember what they sacrificed.
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“A veteran is someone who at one point in his life wrote a blank check made payable to the ‘United States of America’ for an amount of ‘up to and including my life.'” -Anonymous
Remember Heinlein’s Starship Troopers’ universe? One does not merely have the right to be a citizen and vote by virtue of what Heinlein called the mere accident of birth; rather, one has to earn this right through Federal Service that tested one’s ability and willingness to sacrifice for the greater good of the polity. Bet not a lot of vets would vote for all the undeclared wars the USA has been in since WW2?
That’s the book that made me an anti-war little L libertarian. And, I can empathize with Lucky’s realizations.
In my era, you had only two options — serve or Canada. There were no CO status being give out; akin to the “religious objector” status to Covid vaccination. My best friend from high school went underground and I never saw him again. My other friend went into the Army and I didn’t see him for decades. It was a terrible time.
And for what.
Just like all the “wars” since then, based on lies or egos. And, no one is held to account.
Argh!
All the politicians and bureaucrats, who advocate for going to war in the Ukraine, should be given a gun and plane ticket.
Argh!
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INSPIRATIONAL: Some of what is screamed out in public is truly “ABSURD”
Tuesday, May 10, 2022https://www.dailysignal.com/2022/05/03/the-age-of-the-absurd/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningBell&mkt_tok=ODI0LU1IVC0zMDQAAAGEN6lkVYy7Qeh_Yxo1_IRnzTZh9sNXe5H5seFIcbQsvr7Z8zogCtsbhx1d46UtUYZHC-dVZwkTtAGTcWtkcbm8GlmtJe0Y2Rk5gQ5FDRojrJBTbwp5
The Age of the Absurd
Dennis Prager / @DennisPrager / May 03, 2022
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No. 11: America is systemically racist.
The manifest absurdity of this claim is easily demonstrated. In the past decades, more than 3 million black people have immigrated to America from Africa and the Caribbean. And probably tens of millions more would like to. Are all these people fools—choosing to move to a systemically racist country? Are they ignorant—unaware that America is systemically racist?
The non-absurd know the answers: All these blacks are neither fools nor ignorant. They know how lucky they are to move to America—because this country is so tolerant and so overwhelmingly nonracist. People don’t move to countries that hate them. No Jews moved to Germany in the 1930s.
We live in the Age of the Absurd. The only question is, why? I think I know the answer and will discuss it in a future column. In the meantime, share these 11 absurdities with friends and relatives, especially with those who actually think they make sense.
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I remember a news clip from the corporate media doing a story about how the “evil Republicans” were slowing immigration and that there were long lines at out embassies seeking permission. One fellow in the line, who had been waiting for days, when asked why, replied: “America has fat poor people.” To me, that was the best answer I’d ever heard.
I see immigrants from India opening all sorts of businesses because it’s easy compared to the corruption in India. I see Oriental immigrants whose children seem to succeed in Gooferment Skrules against the odds. I see Mexican immigrants working their butts off at hard labor jobs and proudly showing off their new work truck for their efforts.
“Systematically racist” is something I don’t see. Pockets of idiots who either can’t or won’t try — of all races — seem to seek to blame “society”.
I will stipulate that the Gooferment “welfare” is designed to keep people poor and it is hard to break the cycle. But many do.
Let’s get the Gooferment out of the way.
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