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re: Gaetz calls out POS Lloyd Austin to his face
Posted on 3/1/24 at 8:47 am to GumboPot
Posted on 3/1/24 at 8:47 am to GumboPot
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Gaetz is the best congressman we have.
Last I saw, the list of earmark requests for 2024 has him ranked 17th out of 435. That hurts him.
If he is your "top Congressman" he should not be on that list.
He is good, but not the best.
This post was edited on 3/1/24 at 9:53 am
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Posted on 3/1/24 at 8:52 am to ChineseBandit58
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They are grooming a military that WILL point their arms at the citizenry when their 'orders' come down to quell the resistance.
The shortcomings of recruiting will be supplemented by newly minted soldiers who entered the US illegally and are serving in exchange for citizenship.
Between them and those who still remain after the Corrvid cleansing combined with new training, programming and indoctrination, there will be very few left who actually feel that they own any allegiance whatsoever to America.
The Chinese won't be joining the armed forces. They're here for the drug money, period. If they get busted, they know they'll eventually be released and they'll just go right back to doing it again. However, those from African nations, Guatemala, Mexico, Venezuela, Cuba, etc. will happily be conscripted and will not hesitate to point weapons at American citizens.
Posted on 3/1/24 at 8:52 am to Bass Tiger
Look up who led the troops…
Posted on 3/1/24 at 8:59 am to Meauxjeaux
What disgrace to this country, our military, and all who have killed, been killed, and wounded in the name of America. If you ever wondered if Dems have any sense of shame......
The question is answered.
The question is answered.
Posted on 3/1/24 at 9:02 am to Meauxjeaux
Smoked him. He couldn’t answer.
“That’s not why I’m here “.
Good for Gaetz.
“That’s not why I’m here “.
Good for Gaetz.
Posted on 3/1/24 at 9:11 am to Meauxjeaux
Loyd Austin is a pos.
Posted on 3/1/24 at 9:27 am to Meauxjeaux
Mj, maybe your best post and Gaetz finest moment!
Posted on 3/1/24 at 9:29 am to AU86
Wanted to leave another note here:
Austin - West Point
Pat Ryan - West Point
John James - West Point
Ryan and James are the two that submitted the bill to put invaders into our military.
It's time for people to re-frame their views on West Point.
Austin - West Point
Pat Ryan - West Point
John James - West Point
Ryan and James are the two that submitted the bill to put invaders into our military.
It's time for people to re-frame their views on West Point.
Posted on 3/1/24 at 9:31 am to Luke
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The ultimate “promoted due to race, not merit”
Oh he has merit- he toes the nutcase ideology to a tea. That is why he is hired. Being black makes him able to be void of criticism
Posted on 3/1/24 at 9:41 am to Meauxjeaux
Both of them grew up a few miles from each other. Ironic. (Don't ya think?)
This post was edited on 3/1/24 at 9:52 am
Posted on 3/1/24 at 9:48 am to Bass Tiger
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I watched a history show last night on Paramount where all of the old BW film has been colorized. One of the clips was of WWI vets who had banded together during the Great Depression and they wanted better working conditions, wages, etc. could have been the seeds of Unionization, anyway the government brought in the military and broke that shite up, the active soldiers had no issues pointing their guns at their WWI brethren.
The Bonus Army.
Posted on 3/1/24 at 9:48 am to Meauxjeaux
Thank you so much for posting this. NW Fl is heavy military and very happy to have Gaetz as our rep!!!
Posted on 3/1/24 at 9:52 am to Meauxjeaux
Nothing like having a defense contractor as secretary of defense. Setting himself up nicely to return to Raytheon next year.
Posted on 3/1/24 at 10:08 am to JackieTreehorn
GAETZ is you idol? We are playing setting our sights low
Why did he run from the 1/6 patriots?
Why did he run from the 1/6 patriots?
Posted on 3/1/24 at 10:15 am to Tmcgin
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GAETZ is you idol? We are playing setting our sights low
Why did he run from the 1/6 patriots?
Gaetz is one of if not the best congressman in DC. He was running from the FBI/Antifa that were dressed in MAGA.
Posted on 3/1/24 at 11:01 am to Bass Tiger
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I watched a history show last night on Paramount where all of the old BW film has been colorized. One of the clips was of WWI vets who had banded together during the Great Depression and they wanted better working conditions, wages, etc. could have been the seeds of Unionization, anyway the government brought in the military and broke that shite up, the active soldiers had no issues pointing their guns at their WWI brethren.
This was a disaster for Hoover, the President at the time. He lost the electoral count 472-59.
From wiki on the 1932 election:
Making matters worse for Hoover was the fact that many Americans blamed him for the Great Depression. The outrage caused by the deaths of veterans in the Bonus Army incident in the summer of 1932, combined with the catastrophic economic effects of Hoover's domestic policies, reduced his chances of a second term from slim to none. His attempts to campaign in public were a disaster, as he often had objects thrown at him or his vehicle as he rode through city streets.[17][18]
From wiki on the Bonus Army:
At 1:40 pm, General Douglas MacArthur ordered General Perry Miles to assemble troops on the Ellipse immediately south of the White House. Within the hour the 3rd Cavalry led by George S. Patton, then a Major, crossed the Memorial Bridge, with the 12th Infantry arriving by steamer about an hour later...
At 4:45 pm, commanded by MacArthur, the 12th Infantry Regiment, Fort Howard, Maryland, and the 3rd Cavalry Regiment, supported by five M1917 light tanks commanded by Patton, formed in Pennsylvania Avenue while thousands of civil service employees left work to line the street and watch. The Bonus Marchers, believing the troops were marching in their honor, cheered the troops until Patton ordered[citation needed] the cavalry to charge them, which prompted the spectators to yell, "Shame! Shame!"[citation needed]...
After the cavalry charged, the infantry, with fixed bayonets and tear gas (adamsite, an arsenical vomiting agent) entered the camps, evicting veterans, families, and camp followers. The veterans fled across the Anacostia River to their largest camp, and Hoover ordered the assault stopped. MacArthur chose to ignore the president and ordered a new attack, claiming that the Bonus March was an attempt to overthrow the US government. 55 veterans were injured and 135 arrested.[1] A veteran's wife miscarried. When 12-week-old Bernard Meyer died in the hospital after being caught in the tear gas attack, a government investigation reported he died of enteritis, and a hospital spokesman said the tear gas "didn't do it any good."[35]
During the military operation, Major Dwight D. Eisenhower, later the 34th president of the United States, served as one of MacArthur's junior aides.[36] Believing it wrong for the Army's highest-ranking officer to lead an action against fellow American war veterans, he strongly advised MacArthur against taking any public role: "I told that dumb son-of-a-bitch not to go down there," he said later. "I told him it was no place for the Chief of Staff."[37] Despite his misgivings, Eisenhower wrote the Army's official incident report that endorsed MacArthur's conduct.[38]
Although the troops were ready, Hoover twice sent instructions to MacArthur not to cross the Anacostia bridge that night, both of which were received. Shortly after 9 pm, MacArthur ordered Miles to cross the bridge and evict the Bonus Army from its encampment in Anacostia.[39] This refusal to follow orders was claimed by MacArthur's assistant chief of staff George Van Horn Moseley. However, MacArthur's aide Dwight Eisenhower, Assistant Secretary of War for Air F. Trubee Davison, and Brigadier General Perry Miles, who commanded the ground forces, all disputed Moseley's claim. They said the two orders were never delivered to MacArthur and they blamed Moseley for refusing to deliver the orders to MacArthur for unknown reasons.[40][41]...
Aftermath
Joe Angelo, a decorated hero from the war who had saved Patton's life during the Meuse-Argonne offensive on September 26, 1918, approached him the day after to sway him. Patton, however, dismissed him quickly. This episode was said to represent the proverbial essence of the Bonus Army, each man the face of each side: Angelo the dejected loyal soldier; Patton the unmoved government official unconcerned with past loyalties.[42]
Though the Bonus Army incident did not derail the careers of the military officers involved, it proved politically disastrous for Hoover, and it is considered a contributing factor to his losing the 1932 election in a landslide to Franklin D. Roosevelt.[43]
There was a second Bonus Army in 1933 after the election and Roosevelt took office, from wiki again:
Administration officials, led by presidential confidant Louis Howe, tried to negotiate an end to the protest. Roosevelt arranged for his wife, Eleanor, to visit the site unaccompanied. She lunched with the veterans and listened to them perform songs. She reminisced about her memories of seeing troops off to World War I and welcoming them home. The most that she could offer was a promise of positions in the newly created Civilian Conservation Corps.[45] One veteran commented, "Hoover sent the army, Roosevelt sent his wife."[49] In a press conference following her visit, the First Lady described her reception as courteous and praised the marchers, highlighting how comfortable she felt despite critics of the marchers who described them as communists and criminals.[45]
On May 11, 1933,[50] Roosevelt issued an executive order allowing the enrollment of 25,000 veterans in the CCC, exempting them from the normal requirement that applicants be unmarried and under the age of 25.[51] Congress, with Democrats holding majorities in both houses, passed the Adjusted Compensation Payment Act in 1936, authorizing the immediate payment of the $2 billion in World War I bonuses, and then overrode Roosevelt's veto of the measure.[52] The House vote was 324 to 61,[53] and the Senate vote was 76 to 19.[54]
There is a lesson here about the top tier of our military command. People that have served, particularly on the enlisted side, are not surprised by any of this, IMO. Also, the legend of Patton is overdone, I think.
Posted on 3/1/24 at 11:06 am to Meauxjeaux
Would love to know why the three down votes of a guy calling for 8,000 US citizens to get their jobs back after refusing to take a experimental drug.
Posted on 3/1/24 at 11:23 am to ChineseBandit58
When you join you take an oath to defend from forgein and domestic enemies. Every one of us that served took it.
Everyone of us knew or should have known that it could come down to firing on another american. If you can't get your head around that terrible responsibility, you have no business being in the armed forces.
Everyone of us knew or should have known that it could come down to firing on another american. If you can't get your head around that terrible responsibility, you have no business being in the armed forces.
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