Tag: boot camp
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If You Touch the Burner, It’ll Hurt (RR)
by Roving Reporter, ©2022 (Oct. 11, 2022) — “Something” (3:02) “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to ‘The Pulse of the Nation,’ the place to hear it here first. Today’s guest runs some sort of summer camp up in the Adirondacks, a location we are all familiar with since that’s where the ‘Little People’ come…
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Viable Weapons Against the USA (RR)
by Roving Reporter, ©2022 (Apr. 8, 2022) — “China Nights” (2:56) “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to ‘The Pulse of the Nation,’ the place to hear it here first. Today we’re going to be interviewing one of the insiders at the Secretary of Defense’s office to see what makes Lloyd Austin tick.” “Don’t…
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On Deck in the Gulf of Oman
“BUT WILL THEY LISTEN?” by OPOVV, ©2020 (Jan. 9, 2020) — “So what’s the skinny*?” “Which version do you want?” “What you got?” “The Navy version; the pretend version; the ‘sounds-good’ version; the believable version; or my version.” “What’s your version based on?” “All the above plus a few comments; a little editorializing; what I…
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Why Senator McConnell is My Hero (RR)
“DOING THE PARTY’S BIDDING” by OPOVV, ©2017 (Aug. 31, 2017) — Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to ‘Pulse of the Nation,’ the ever-popular information show that (hopefully) entertains as well as educates. Hello, my name is Roving and I’ll be your host for this episode. What we do is waylay unsuspecting people, just…
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Roving on the Fourth (RR)
“HISTORY IS WRITTEN BY THE VICTORIOUS” by OPOVV, ©2017 (Jul. 4, 2017) — “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to another round of ‘Pulse of the Nation.’ As you can see, we’re back on our corner about to interview your neighbors to maybe glean some insight on what’s bugging them. Hello, I’m Roving and will…
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Roving, Eleanor, Little Turtle & New Leaf (RR)
“PUSHING A NARRATIVE” by OPOVV, ©2017 (Apr. 20, 2017) — “He asked me if I’d take a bet on a week free from the ‘Aloha Akbar’ insanity and I told him no way.” “You spelt ‘Allahu’ incorrectly.” “No, I didn’t, and there’s no way this side of common sense anyone would take that bet. You…
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Cynical Pragmatist Philosophy 101
“IT’S CALLED ‘BOOT CAMP’” by OPOVV, ©2017 (Jan. 13, 2017) — “Attention on deck! “As you were. Welcome to Uncle Sam’s Country Club. You all volunteered, so allow me to offer my congratulations. You have joined what is known as the United States military. For the next couple of weeks you will be made into…
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Against Overwhelming Odds
“TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS” by OPOVV, ©2016 (Oct. 14, 2016) — ACT I As the curtain rises we hear “Waltz #2 by Dmitri Shostakovich.” The stage is set at the end of a small wooden dock somewhere in Southeast Asia. It’s bright sunlight. There are ten Navy men and a few Marines just sitting around waiting.…
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Congressman Duncan D. Hunter: The Navy Secretary is “A Greater Threat to Marine Corps Than ISIS”
CONGRESS REPORTEDLY “AVOIDING THE ISSUE” by Capt. Joseph R. John (Ret), Chairman, CombatVeteransForCongress (Jan. 19, 2016) — [Edits taken from Special Operations Speaks Op Ed of January 15] On December 3, 2015, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter relayed orders from Obama to the US Armed Forces to integrate women into tip-of-the-spear combat units (SEALs, Green…
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The Melting Pot (RR) pb
“GOING ALONG TO GET ALONG” by OPOVV, ©2015 (Sep. 2, 2015) — “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to another installment of ‘Interesting People Among Us.’ As you can see, we’re back at the university, this time to interview the Dean of Anthropology, the world-renowned Professor Jeremy H. Clark, author of the best- seller,…
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The Squad Leader pb
“OUR COUNTRY IS BEING DISMANTLED FROM WITHIN” by OPOVV, ©2015 (Jun. 10, 2015) — ACT I House lights dim to their dimmest as the curtain rises on a mountain slope increasing from left to right. It is night with a new moon. The sky is clear and you can see every star in the sky. The…
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Lowest Common Denominator
“DUMBING-DOWN THE POPULATION” by OPOVV, ©2014 (Aug. 26, 2014) — The song is sung, the drinks drunk, the laughter subsides: time to pay the bill, charges, the damages, for, in the end, the Piper must be paid; there’s just no way around it. Call it a deferred tax, if you like. Nobody cheats the Grim Reaper;…
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Military Coup: Insert OPOVV
WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR? by OPOVV, ©2014 (Apr. 12, 2014) — Think of every campaign promise that OPOVV made as #1 TOP PRIORITY. Bring the troops home and let them clean out our nest of illegal immigrant squatters and Muslims. And once we clear our country of those undesirables, send our troops over to the…
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The Republican Party: BORING
AND AFRAID by OPOVV, ©2014 (Jan. 24, 2014) — The Republican Party is going down in flames and, even though it’s entertaining as all get-out, it’s a crying shame just the same. The RNC: ‘fraidy cats. Can’t say “Birth Certificate.” Fails to support the Tea Party. Not a squeak about abolishing the IRS, Dept. of Homeland…
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Calling ALL Vietnam Veterans
AND ALL PATRIOTS by OPOVV, ©2013 (Mar. 8, 2013) — Front and center. Listen up. Face it, our government cheated each and every one of us from coming home to a hero’s welcome. No parade for me, no neighbors saying “Glad you’re back. Glad you made it.” No, it wasn’t like that at all. As a…