...We have become a Nazi monster in the eyes of the whole world, a nation of bullies and bastards who would rather kill than live peacefully. We are not just Whores for power and oil, but killer whores with hate and fear in our hearts. We are human scum, and that is how history will judge us. No redeeming social value. Just whores. Get out of our way, or we'll kill you. Who does vote for these dishonest shitheads? Who among us can be happy and proud of having all this innocent blood on our hands? Who are these swine? These flag-sucking half-wits who get fleeced and fooled by stupid little rich kids like George Bush? They are the same ones who wanted to have Muhammad Ali locked up for refusing to kill gooks. They speak for all that is cruel and stupid and vicious in the American character. They are the racists and hate mongers among us; they are the Ku Klux Klan. I piss down the throats of these Nazis. And I am too old to worry about whether they like it or not. Fuck them. ~Hunter S. Thompson, Kingdom Of Fear (2004)
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[Luthen receives Dedra at his antiquities store, where she presents him with something familiar - the N-S9 Starpath he was looking for in Ferrix]
Video from that slave plantation in Louisiana that burned down, where some racist bitch was talking about how the slaves were treated "fairly well" and had a hospital and shit.
You know something? If you went to a damn hospital in the 1850's that was its own level of pain and suffering, on top of being a goddamned slave.
And then she mentioned that descendants of the slaves still worked there. In typical Caucasity "Isn't that neat?"
Fuck you, bitch.
You know what I think??
Burn, baby, Burn.
And as I understand it, the main thing the Nottaway Plantation was known for was being a wedding venue.
I mean, what the fuck?? If that's the case why spend so much time talking about slavery and trying to put a positive spin on it?? Is imagining oneself as a member of the Master Race, a Slaver...really that essential to White Southern marital bliss??
I guess I was just never that kind of White person, since I've been hearing that Slavery was straight up EVIL and WRONG for my whole life, and I've basically been studying the Civil War since I could read. I've also studied it in both an academic and military context.
But it's more than that: My Dad was a Civil War reenactor, he wore Blue. I still have some of his uniforms and all of his weapons. Shooting a .57 Caliber Enfield rifled musket is like shooting a cannon off your shoulder and I've also shot an M60 machine gun that way...but the Enfield was the M1 Garand or the M16A2 of its day, soldiers were expected to fire three aimed shots per minute with a goddamned Muzzle-loader. I've never been able to manage more than one shot per minute with my Dad's musket and I'm a veteran who earned a freaking Marksmanship Ribbon with an M16A2 rifle. And I've shot weapons like the M1 Garand or the Colt M1911A1, also.
It's good to know where you came from.
Yeah, I get it, life was harder then, there are people and things about some of those people that genuinely do deserve to be respected, revered, even venerated as honored ancestors in some cases.
But Goddamn It, owning people is not one of those fucking things.
The Confederate slavers were the goddamned Bad Guys. Why is this hard?? Goddamn It, White People...is it really so hard to consider that other people have passed-down memories of things where that stuff wasn't nearly as pleasant as you imagine it to have been??
I also well understand (because I've also studied that) that the Southern "Lost Cause" types, early Hollywood and the wealthy in the 1920's and 1930's (up into about the late 1950's) made a concerted effort to sell this bullshit to people because the South was regarded as a violent shitty backwater and rich northerners really wanted it to be "Cool" for them to hang out with their southern buddies again.
Among other things.
Or in the case of Donald Trump's stupid Gaza bullshit...straight up Antichrist-grade Evil.
Like they think the rest of the world is going to tolerate that shit?
I'm not embarrassed to be a White Person or a former Republican because of something "Liberals" taught me...like seriously, you should have seen some of the college professors I had. Those things embarrass me and make me ashamed because I see what that crap is coming to right now in the public behavior of folks like Donald Trump and Kristie Noem.
And again, this crap is how you go to Hell. The Bible is pretty damn clear on the matter:
I've read the Lord's Word more than I care to at this point, and I'm not even joking. Don't abuse the immigrant or the stranger.
But it doesn't exactly help that so many of the alleged "Christians" these days make a mockery of the Lord Jesus Christ for no better reason than it gets them clicks and likes on the fucking Internet.
I'm serious, Nobody acts more like they know it's all bullshit and there Is No God than a lot of religious people.
And yeah, I think in the end, it might come down to America being a victim of its own success. We got fat and happy and wealthy and we lost the goddamned plot. Too many of us have become a nation of petty narcissists.
I can't tell you...being that I've been in the field in some pretty damned dark and dangerous and remote places in this world with not much more than I could carry or fit in my ruck and pockets (and didn't get a choice what that was, either) just...how many times since 2020 I've heard or seen some idiot popping off about this or that stupid thing that has nothing to do with anything like it's somehow needed for survival. I wrote about it during COVID-19.
And when the Wrath of God falls hard on this country because of this fucking bullshit and these people's hubris, we shouldn't be surprised.
I mean, among other things, during the Pandemic I saw a hell of a lot of American Evangelicalism throw Jesus Christ out of His own End Times story and replace him with nothing but conspiracy theories...and I wrote extensively about that at the time, as well.
COVID-19 was a lot of people's first crisis, and they'd never had to know anything or give a shit about other people before, and it showed. When something bad happened, and it became not-a-choice, they still didn't want to.
And a hell of a lot of Christians failed that test.
Because to a lot of people, feeling "Special" right now was way more important than shit like basic survival skills or critical thinking or what they may have learned at church or in school..
This is going to bite us in the ass real hard if anything happens.
Remember that, when we start to hit situations where you have to be Brave, because it will be on the test.
This is why I was against learned helplessness and moral relativism 30 years ago, people.
And I think I can pinpoint where Fascism really started to seep into the Church, too. Like so many bad things, the allowance of this was done with a profit motive.
Or, to put it another way, serious Believers who don't need Stuff to show their "Faith" aren't nearly as profitable as crowd-following Chuckle-Fucks who need a new Rick Warren "Purpose-driven" book every month or a new Snake Flag widget every time they see one, or a new MAGA hat every couple of weeks to show their Partisan loyalty.
And a lot of people who should have been leaders and known better turned out to be mercenaries who sold out to this crap.
I think some people think they're gonna be saying "Lord, Lord" when the Judgment comes but when they open their mouths, what will come out is "Trump! Trump!"
Freedom, as it turns out, is not defined as "The Capability to act like a braying jackass."
If Slavery was, as Abraham Lincoln thought, America's "Original Sin" then (to use one of the more indelicate metaphors in the Word) this whole Trump thing is where the dog returns to his vomit.
And there's people out there who, when at the End they are told they failed to Repent, will reply "What does that mean??"
And that's what's come of the ethic in American Protestant churches that Repenting is something Other people have to do, or that they can "Save" this or that or the other thing by forcing their idea of "Salvation" on somebody else.
Take it from this former Baptist, none of this works that way.
You have to want to be Saved, and too many don't.
In fact, they don't even think they're committing Sin or doing any Wrongs that they need to be Saved from.
Because just like staying home during COVID-19 was too much to ask for these motherfuckers, leaving shit we already have that our Ancestors in their wisdom thought we needed well enough alone is just too damn much to ask. They have to fuck with shit, simply for the sake of being evil morons.
Do I need to repeat myself?
This will not suffice.
And no, none of These Fucking People are conservatives in any sense of what that word means.
Like so many things, you either believe in the Lord's Word or you don't.
You either accept the ideal of "Love Thy Neighbor" or you don't.
You either believe in freedom or you don't.
These things should not need instruction.
(Which is exactly why fascists hate them cuz then they don't get to run ya life.)
And you're either willing to fight against this evil shit, or you ain't.
Yes, it needs to be called Evil.
Remember that.
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So, what does this mean to me as an NCO? What this means is, I as an NCO will continually seek to better myself by going to my career schooling and absorbing what I learn from my senior NCO's, it means that I will lead to the best of my abilities and treat all soldiers with respect, courteousness and fairness.
Competence is my watchword. I will strive to remain tactically and technically proficient. I will always be aware of my role as a Noncommissioned Officer. I will fulfill my responsibilities and display professionalism at all times. I will strive to know my people and use their skills to the maximum degree possible. I will always place their needs above my own and will communicate with my supervisor and my people and never leave them uninformed
So, what does this mean to me as an NCO? It means that I will do my best to be proficient in my assigned jobs and learn from past tasks, it means that I will stay cognizant of my role as an NCO and fulfill my duties to the best of my abilities and take pride in what I do, no matter how others portray my accomplishments. It means that I know my soldiers and know how to use them in a manner that promotes the units needs. It means that I will take care of my soldiers fairly and mentor them to become better soldiers and would not ask them to do something I wouldn't do or have not done before. It means to me that I will keep my soldiers and senior NCO'S informed and they will keep me informed of changes and any information that pertains to me.
I will exert every effort and risk any ridicule to successfully accomplish my assigned duties. I will not look at a person and see any race, creed, color, religion, sex, age, or national origin, for I will only see the person; nor will I ever show prejudice or bias. I will lead by example and will resort to disciplinary action only when necessary.
SO, what does this mean to me as an NCO? It means I will take pride in my assigned duties and accomplish them to the best of my abilities. It means to me that I see that person not by race, creed, color, religion, sex, age, or origin but as an individual. It means I will treat all soldiers fairly, equally without malice or without bias. It means to me that I will lead by example and only resort to disciplinary action when appropriate It means to me that I will also give positive counseling when soldiers go above their responsibilities.
I will carry out the orders of my superiors to the best of ability and will always obey the decisions of my superiors. I will give all officers my maximum support to ensure mission accomplishments. I will earn their respect, obey their orders, and establish a high degree of integrity with them. I will exercise initiative in the absence of orders and will make decisive and accurate decisions. I will never compromise my integrity, nor my moral courage. I will not forget that I am a Professional, a Leader, but above all a Noncommissioned Officer. ~Non-Commissioned Officer's Creed (United States Air Force version.)
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