by Henry, ©2025
(Aug. 11, 2025) — “Let Me In” (3:05)
“Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to ‘The Pulse of the Nation,’ the place to hear it here first. The United States of America, Trump or no Trump, is on its way out, meaning that the great experiment of self-rule will have failed miserably due to just plain planned ignorance in the belief that Socialism is a viable alternative to common sense.
“The USA has many enemies, not the least of which are its closest neighbors: Canada bent on becoming a ‘Third World Islamic Cesspool’ and Mexico striving to maintain the leadership in drug and human trafficking in the North and South American continents.
“And then we have the in-house enemies of ‘We the People,’ the Department of State and the Department of Homeland Security operating under the Patriot Act, something that should’ve never been implemented in the first place. That’s right; we have murder laws that somehow morph into a ‘hate crime.’ Get real; all they’re doing is sugarcoating the obvious, which I, for one, am not buying. That’s right; our government, Trump or no Trump, lies to us daily, and don’t get me started on the wokeness-women-on-ships bandwagon.
And through the magic of Television land, we find Henry standing on the ‘NO WOMEN ON NAVY SHIPS!’ bandwagon.
“Well, imagine that. We’re now changing the subject from ‘look who’s cheating us’ to WOKENESS IN THE NAVY. And with us here to explain it is a retired General of the Army. Welcome to ‘Pulse,’ the most- watched information show in its time slot.”
“And glad to be here. It’s not every day when the Army can tell the Navy what to do, so I’m taking great pleasure in being on the side of apple pie, baseball, and the American way. You’re a frog, so you must’ve served in the Navy. You’re out of uniform but I won’t say another word about it.
“Thank you. The Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth*, doesn’t seem to give a hoot about women aboard Navy ships.”
“I must say, the difference between a cruise ship and a Navy ship is that cruise ships don’t fight wars, whereas Navy ships are designed to fight, as in ‘fight-to-the-death scenarios.’ Running to the announcement of ‘Bar Call’ is not quite the same as ‘BONG! BONG! BONG! GENERAL QUARTERS, GENERAL QUARTERS; THIS IS NOT A DRILL.’”
“Not quite the same.”
“I admit there are some similarities but fighting fires is not one of them. Another difference is one of strength, as in picking up a 180-pound sailor and getting him out of the compartment before it floods or burns. But that’s not the point.”
“It’s not?”
“No, the point is one of common sense. I’m talking about the social aspect of it all.”
“You mean sex.”
“Okay, let’s talk turkey. For the most part, the Navy is made up of healthy men between the ages of 19 and 40. Some of the men are married; most are not. On the other hand, the women aboard Navy ships are between the ages of 19 and 40. Some of the women are married; most are not.
“I’m not going to mention raging hormones and opportunity, nor will I mention those left ashore worrying about their loved ones dodging bullets, bombs, torpedoes, and the opposite sex in the workplace, captives, if you will, for months. A ship at sea is a confined space; think of it as a singles bar at sea, if you want, without the booze. What I will mention is the combat-readiness of a ship, not graded by drills, from collision to fire in the mess decks and by measuring General Quarters readiness drills by a stopwatch but graded by common sense.
“The combat-readiness of a ship can’t be measured by enthusiasm; it can be measured only by that immeasurable thing we call ‘heart.’ Not all have ‘heart.’ It’s immeasurable, and when you add the distraction of women you destroy the one thing that makes a cohesive fighting force. Distractions will get you killed. Speaking from hands-on experience, in a firefight there’s more than enough going on without taking time out to be distracted.
“This subject, women on Navy ships, must be argued in the most basic sense: that of men protecting women. I don’t care how many orders or laws that are put forth; in a firefight the most minimal distraction may sink the ship, and then all hands are lost. Is it worth the risk? Is a Navy ship that expendable just to allow women aboard? Because that’s what we’re talking about when it’s all said and done. I don’t think any Navy ship is expendable just to have a quota of women aboard, just to please a ‘woke’ ideology. But then I’m not in charge; Secretary of Defense Hegseth is. Has he ever served on a Navy ship when General Quarters are announced, for real? I rest my case.”
“I think you made a valid argument, General. I see you brought the chalkboard-on-wheels.”
“Oh, you noticed? I was going to sketch a picture of a ship sinking and how far you must be away from being sucked under. I was going to draw a diagram of the strength of men swimmers versus women swimmers and the likelihood of shipmates saving others based on gender and other factors, but I don’t need to go into that now since I believe I made my case. I was going to draw a life raft and a sailor just saving women, murdering the men who are desperately trying to board — sharks in the water — but I think someone already made a movie about that very subject.”
“And I’m afraid that’s all the time we have, so this is Henry, along with the General, wishing all of you out there a goodnight: goodnight.
“Good show, but is it worth it? I mean, “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?” (2:48). Is it for real, Navy ships made expendable deliberately? Would our government really be that despicable just to please some sick agenda? Really? Sliders in the freezer while I’m having snails covered in pond scum sauce. Meet you out back on the picnic table.”
[*Hegseth: In the days of whaling ships – and way before – a woman aboard a ship was considered ‘bad luck.’ Call it what you will, but in a contest between two ships, everything being equal except one has a mixed-gender crew, the all-male ship will out-perform the other ‘in times of conflict.’
The Dept. of Defense used to be called what it was: the Department of War.
For over the past thousand years, Muslims have been Jew-bashing, and they will continue to do so unless they are forced to join humanity, and that’ll never happen. At the LEAST, any person convicted of Jew-‘bashing’ shall be deported out of here or to a penitentiary for life. Holding up a ‘Free Palestine’ flag is Jew-bashing and not a First Amendment issue. At some point, reality must rise above ignorance or we’ll have October 7’s until the end of time. Enough is enough; this antisemitism must stop.
Starting today, everyone employed by the government must be armed with a handgun irrespective of gun laws of woke cities.]
My younger brother was a Junior (a “Cow”) at West Point when the first females were accepted (1976) into the Corps of Cadets. He was not a happy camper.