Tag: war
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“Deport!”, the New “Geronimo!”
“SAY IT LOUD AND CLEAR” by OPOVV, ©2015 (Sep. 23, 2015) — I figured we were outnumbered 20:1, maybe not, but in war it’s better to err on the side of extreme exaggeration than to be short one. So maybe it was 18:1; so what? The order of the day was we’d survive until the next,…
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Logical Astigmatism or Political Blindness?
“AN ALL-OUT FRONTAL ASSAULT” by Michael Gaddy, ©2015 (Jul. 31, 2015) — “None so deaf as those who will not hear. None so blind as those who will not see.” ~Matthew Henry It has been downright funny at times to sit and watch as the Republicans react to the political antics of Donald Trump. Here,…
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Me, Jeb Bush and a Fox Hole
HOW WOULD THEY DO IN A “STRESSFUL SITUATION?” by OPOVV, ©2015 (Apr. 7, 2015) — They say never volunteer, so I didn’t. The Gunny did it for me. It wasn’t until after it was all over and done with that I learned that the man who volunteered me was some sort of spook, because I saw…
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The Age of Reason
RESTORING “PEACE AND ORDER” by OPOVV, ©2015 (Mar. 25, 2015) — When you dissect it to the core, when all that’s left is what’s on the table, and when you walk away and there’s nothing left, that’s when you know you have the answer. Sure, we could’ve been wiped out with the dinosaurs, but we weren’t…
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Freedom Is a Fading Mirage on a Darkening Horizon
“IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, President, NARLO, ©2014 (Jun. 22, 2014) — We have a little experiment we would like you to try outside. First, wet your finger and put it up in the air. Then turn your body around until you feel the wind evaporate the moisture on your finger. Now,…
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A Theory of War
“HONOR THE DOCUMENT” by OPOVV, ©2014 (Apr. 6, 2014) — They say that behind every successful man there is a successful woman. Alright, let’s go with that; then behind every unsuccessful man there is a wife who married a man who just doesn’t listen to her. It was my belief that the reason the USSR never attacked…
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Half Measures “Unacceptable” pb
“LIVE IT” by OPOVV, ©2014 (Mar. 23, 2014) — Let’s say you’re driving down a country road, or maybe landing on an airstrip 100 clicks from Nowhereville, when all of a sudden you’re ambushed: plane all shot-up, pilot killed. You grab whatever is available and start shooting at everything that looks like it can shoot back:…
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Lone Survivor
THE REASONS FOR WAR by TPATH Contributor John McClain, US Marine Veteran, ©2014 (Jan. 25, 2014) — We’ve been at war now continuously since I was born, fifty six years ago, and having served two decades active in the Corps, I still don’t have a clue how our “political leadership” ever allowed us into any…
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The Road to Weimar
OBAMA REGIME ON KAMIKAZE COURSE OF DESTRUCTION by Joseph DeMaio, ©2013 (Oct. 23, 2013) — Now that the “shutdown” is over (for the moment), and never allowing a crisis to go to waste, the Democrats and the media regime sycophants trumpet that Republican conservatives’ efforts to hold the line on spending and do anything that…
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Reality Check: One-Act Play with Narration
“WAY TOO FAR” by OPOVV, ©2013 (Sep. 4, 2013) — The curtain slowly rises as the house lights dim. The sound of splashing is intermittent. The backdrop is a black curtain. Nine men in Navy dungarees are either lying on their stomachs, on their sides or sitting Indian-style around a blanket at the end of a dock,…
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America: A 236-Year Fairy Tale?
THE PLACE CALLED “FREEDOM” by Lonnie B. Collett, ©2012 (Jul. 28, 2012) — Did you ever wonder how much longer “we the people” are going to allow Congress and Obama to continue pushing America into total submission to the United Nations? Forming an association of countries to make the effort for continual world peace among all…
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A Letter from One Who Made it Back
IS AMERICAN NOW A TWILIGHT ZONE? by OPOVV, ©2012, Presidential Candidate (May 29, 2012) — My Fellow Americans, For purposes of this discussion, we’ll lay down a few grounds rules. First off, I’m sorry, but as it says, “My Fellow Americans,” only legal citizens of the US are allowed to read this. Here’s another: I’m sorry,…
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S. 1867 + H.R. 1540 = 1984
WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS “TREACHEROUS LEGISLATION?” by Doretta Wildes, ©2011, blogging at Doretta Wildes (Dec. 7, 2011) — Sorry about my dithering over the possible removal of Sec. 1031 from the NDAA (Senate Bill 1867) this weekend. The despot-enabling 1031 is still in there. In response to my query, journalist Madison Ruppert removed any…
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You Be The Judge & Jury
ARE WE OPPOSED AROUND THE WORLD BY A MONOLITHIC AND RUTHLESS CONSPIRACY? PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY BELIEVED WE ARE! by Steven Pattison, ©2011, blogging at Citizens for a Constitutional Republic (Oct. 25, 2011) — Excerpts from President John F. Kennedy address before ‘The American Newspaper Publishers Association’ at Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on April 27, 1961: “Even today,…
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A Lament for the Brave
WHY? by One Pissed-off Vietnam Vet Shadows lengthening with the setting sun; A bugle is heard as another cross is planted. A soldier has come home, adulthood barely begun, Two and twenty, a young life abated. Parents and friends mourn, and each asks “Why?” Who ordered this young man whisked away? America is burning yet…