William R. Mann

Poison Fruits of the “Progressive Democrat” Party

"Die Tat ist alles, nicht der Ruhm." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe "The deed is everything, not the reputation." I believe we are now seeing the ripe fruits of the Obama Administration's Foreign Policy. Think like an American, and not like the Marxist Internationalist media wants you to think. Consider the following:

“One death is a tragedy, but one miliion deaths is a statistic”

"One death is a tragedy, but one million deaths is a statistic." - Joseph Stalin Remember: This all occurred on our eleventh commemoration of 9-11-2001. Consider: What if Iran has a bomb? What if Iran can only produce dirty bombs ... but can do it right now? What if Syria's [known] Chemical Weapons and [notional] Biological Agents fall into the hands of the Revolutionary Combatants and Islamists? What if Mohammed Morsi and his Arab friends are planning an attack on Israel on Yom Kippur?

Afghanistan’s Kill Radius: The Forgotten Soldier.

"Once war is forced upon us, there is no other alternative than to apply every available means to bring it to a swift end. War's very object is victory, not prolonged indecision. In war there is no substitute for victory." - General Douglas MacArthur, 1951 Farewell Speech to Congress This article is a polemic. An Associated Press Article about the Afghan War caught my attention and here is my two cents.

The Civil War + 150 years

Vanity, vanity, all is vanity, says the Teacher. ... The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing. What has been will happen again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun." So warns the Teacher at the beginning of the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Old Testament Bible.

General Schofield’s Definition of Discipline

"The discipline which makes the soldiers of a free country reliable in battle is not to be gained by harsh or tyrannical treatment. On the contrary, such treatment is far more likely to destroy than to make an army. It is possible to impart instruction and to give commands in such manner and such a tone of voice to inspire in the soldier no feeling but an intense desire to obey, while the opposite manner and tone of voice cannot fail to excite strong resentment and a desire to disobey. The one mode or the other of dealing with subordinates springs from a corresponding spirit in the breast of the commander. He who feels the respect which is due to others cannot fail to inspire in them regard for himself, while he who feels, and hence manifests, disrespect toward others, especially his inferiors, cannot fail to inspire hatred against himself." (Major General John M. Schofield in an address to the Corps of Cadets, August 11, 1879.)

Ammunition? What Ammunition?

"War is much too serious a thing to be left to military men." So said French Prime Minister Aristide Briand to English Prime Minister Lloyd George during the First World War. Is a possible corollary to this "maxim" that: "Ammunition Purchases by a Federal Agency are too serious a thing to be left to Federal Government Cabinet Civilians?"

Is Freedom Just Another Word?

"Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose, And nothin' ain't worth nothin' but it's free..." - Me and Bobby McGee, Kris Kristofferson So it was depicted as Janis Joplin wailed out these bluesy words to this despondent tune back in 1969 at the height of the Vietnam War. I recall it well. But is it true? Is freedom really "nothing left to lose, and nothin' ain't worth nothin' but it's free?"

“These Hands”

I must Create a System, or be enslav'd by another Man's; I will not Reason and Compare: My business is to Create. - William Blake, "Jerusalem" The latest Romney commercial, "These Hands" says all that needs to be said about Obama. In the larger sense, it lays bare, the Marxist and Collectivist beliefs of Barack Hussein Obama.

Raising dogs instead of kids?

“You can say any fool thing to a dog and the dog will just give you this look that says, 'My GOSH, you're RIGHT! I NEVER would've thought of that!” ― Dave Barry

Castro & the Communist Conspiracy that Killed JFK

"Still it cried, 'Sleep no more!' to all the house: 'Glamis hath murder'd sleep, and therefore Cawdor Shall sleep no more, Macbeth shall sleep no more.'" - Wm Shakespeare, Macbeth II. ii. 53-55 Cliff Kincaid's recent article about the JFK assassination is well worth a thoughtful reading. If nothing else it will certainly arouse the naysayer’s and deniers. Let us have it out once and for all on this subject and pursue where evidence takes us.

Fooled us twice ... gettin’ ready for Obamacare

The ObamaCare SCOTUS decision is an alarm bell for all Citizens. For proof, look at what is happening to the US Military. It is coming soon to your Neighborhood.

“Bad Big Daddy”

"The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct." - Marcus Tullius Cicero God Bless Joan Swirsky for her recent Canada Free Press article, "Bad Mommy." It is wonderful compendium about how America missed or ignored the signals of a growing Marxist menace in America.

An ‘Alarmist’ Global Warmer Comes Clean

Being an alarmist about Global Warming is far less desirable these days than being a Teenage Werewolf or a Teenage Vampire.

Obama’s “Catholic Plan”

"What the sage poets taught by th' heavenly muse, Storied of old in high immortal verse Of dire chimeras and enchanted isles, And rifted rocks whose entrance leads to Hell, --- For such there be, but unbelief is blind." - John Milton, Comus, ll 515-519

Oil Independence, America: One Last Chance

Americans need to now now, before the election, what is at stake with energy prices.

Voting for Faith, Reason, and Heart

I have a favorite film about sports. It is entitled "Miracle." It is about the miraculous 1980 US Olympic Hockey Team. This young team of college lads clawed its way to the Gold Medal round, defeating the Swedes, the East Germans, the Czechs, the Finns, and most dramatically, the Soviet Union. Even knowing the outcome of the movie, I sit on the edge of my seat and cheer out loud [maybe you wouldn't, but I do] for the unabashedly patriotic themes about competition, faith, and family. Kurt Russell is fantastic in the Role of Coach Herb Brooks [who sadly passed away just before the movie screened].

Rule Number One

I thought to share with readers a humorous saying, backed up by a story in fact. A friend sent me this picture of a fox amid a group of hounds acting like it belongs there. The caption reads:

"RULE # ONE When you are in deep sh*t, Look straight ahead, Keep your mouth shut & say nothing."

“Freedom!”

"I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty, as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest." - William Pitt the Elder, Speech to the House of Commons, 1741 I was going through some "old stuff" [aka memories] in some old boxes and discovered a document that I want to share with you, my reader. It was technically known as a "Movement Order," but it was commonly called a "Flag Order" by all of us serving in West Berlin because of the prominent American Flag. (Posted at the bottom of the page)

Allen West on the Marines Incident: ‘Shut Your Mouth, War Is Hell’

A voice of sanity. Thank you, Congressman Allen West [LTC, USA, Retired]. May I suggest that Her Royal Highness HR Clinton and Professor Panetta take all of their liberal civilian buddies out to fight against the Taliban (once they have rid this country of these "monstrous" Marines])? Come, teach all of us Active, Retired and Veteran military how to lead soldiers in combat, and what their punishments should be for what amounts to malicious mischief.

Operation Market-Guarding: A Buck too Far

“It costs a lot of money to die comfortably.” - A Luxurious Death, Samuel Butler　 Who is Bain Capital? Visit the site and see for yourself. I have excerpted two quotes from the site to get things going: