The parade - from one who was there

[Rawley]

Good. That "parade" wasn't for the military, and Americans knew it. It was an insult.

But I still won't be surprised if he claims 5 million were there. For him.

You're insulted by the military? Why does that not surprise us.

 

[Edgetho]

I'd expand on that and say putting a politician in charge no matter their affiliation and things are going to turn to shit.

I don't trust any of them. Why would someone actively seek out a job that pays nowhere near what the civilian equivalent would make.

Ask yourself..... If you were worth 5 Thousand Million Dollars, 5 Billion Dollars, had a steady income that more than made up for any amount of money you could possibly spend, were married to a world-class beauty, owned your own flying Mansion, had mansions in Florida, New Yawk and Europe --

Why would you get shot at, almost killed, to run for Office and have radical idiots still trying to kill you?

Why? For the money? You've already got more money than you can spend. Why? At almost 80. Why?

Maybe it's because you love your Country and don't want to allow the Scum Of The Earth -- dimocrap FILTH, to run it into the ground.

Not every Republican politician is a Hero. We have our scumbags, too. But most of them are in Office because they actually care about the Country,

dimocraps, OTOH, are the scum of the Earth. They run for Office only so they can rob The People blind when they get in. Few dimocrap scum have ever even had a job outside of Politics. The DNC is a crime family. It just is

WHY? Why is that? Why do dimocrap scum, get a ******* Law Degree and go directly into politics?

The better question is -- Why do stupid motherfuckers vote for them? Why would anybody vote for a Lawyer? Ever?

 

[JimH52]

Good. That "parade" wasn't for the military, and Americans knew it. It was an insult.

But I still won't be surprised if he claims 5 million were there. For him.

So next year

I'm 70 now and I remember when parades used to be fun—bands, bunting, some big Army boom-booms for the kids to cheer over, every high school bandmaster doing their best Robert Preston cosplay. I remember when they were ceremonies of communal joy. You could mark your calendar by them. Homecoming parades. Veterans Day, which was Armistice Day when I was very young.

And then there was this leaden spectacle on Saturday, June 14.

I have never experienced such a joyless, lifeless, and sterile mass event in my entire life. Grim-faced soldiers, marching past half-empty grandstands, many of them obviously wanting to be somewhere else. No bands. Little bunting. Just piped-in rock music and MAGA hats. If this truly was meant to honor the 250 years of the United States Army, all we got was an endless procession of uniformed troops looking like they’d prefer to have been at Valley Forge. The president, sitting on the reviewing stand in that weird, forward-leaning attitude that he has, rarely smiling, a skunk at his own garden party. Scores of people being funneled through cattle-runs of metal grates just for a chance to sit on the lawn of the Washington Monument and listen to bad music and speeches so dull and listless that they’d have made Demosthenes get out of the business and open an olive oil stand.

I think there probably was more good feeling and genuine emotion when they took Jack Kennedy out to Arlington for the last time.

Thanks for the report. Sorry you had to endure the pain of trump's parade. But how about next year when the country will celebrate 250 years from the Declaration of Independence? What will trump do then...perhaps Ordain himself King?

I fully expect trump junior to announce his candidacy for 2028 after the midterms. The trump royal family is on the horizon.

 

[Edgetho]

So next year

Thanks for the report. Sorry you had to endure the pain of trump's parade. But how about next year when the country will celebrate 250 years from the Declaration of Independence? What will trump do then...perhaps Ordain himself King?

I fully expect trump junior to announce his candidacy for 2028 after the midterms. The trump royal family is on the horizon.

Go

Away

 

[Edgetho]

Just FYI, one boat broke down and the other was assisting. They drifted into Iranian waters according to reports. All things considered, we were lucky. The Iranians were actually pretty cool about it.

2016 United States–Iran naval incident - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

U.S. Radically Changes its Story of the Boats in Iranian Waters: to an Even More Suspicious Version

The original government/media script — the boats suffered engine failure and were "in distress" — has now been replaced with a brand new story.

theintercept.com

the U.S. military claimed the sailors inadvertently entered Iranian waters owing to mechanical failure, but it was later reported that they entered Iranian waters because of navigational errors.<a href="2016 U.S.–Iran naval incident - Wikipedia"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a>

 

[Man With A Plan]

So next year

Thanks for the report. Sorry you had to endure the pain of trump's parade. But how about next year when the country will celebrate 250 years from the Declaration of Independence? What will trump do then...perhaps Ordain himself King?

I fully expect trump junior to announce his candidacy for 2028 after the midterms. The trump royal family is on the horizon.

Why do you think he had to "endure" anything? This is the dumbest string I've seen in quite some time. The OP doesn't like Trump or the Military but chose to go to a military parade at which Trump was attending? Either he's the dumbest person on the planet...or he's making it up so he can stand on his soap box and rant about Trump.

 

[Concerned American]

Then there are the no kings crowd proud of the numbers they drew, never mind that number was spread across 2,200 protests in 600 cities! And never mind the fact that most of those there were paid to be there.

The disparity in the number of people arrested--parade vs protests, is very telling as well.

 

[toobfreak]

You're a MAGA Christian™. That means nothing. Zero.

You have become so myopic you judge people's hearts and souls through a political lens.

Well, maybe Mac can't help it. What is this ™ he keeps touting? Is he saying he is trans-male or totally-mental?

Or just testicularly manacled?

 

[Edgetho]

Why do you think he had to "endure" anything? This is the dumbest string I've seen in quite some time. The OP doesn't like Trump or the Military but chose to go to a military parade at which Trump was attending? Either he's the dumbest person on the planet...or he's making it up so he can stand on his soap box and rant about Trump.

CORRECTION:

dimocrap scum don't like Trump, the Military and they especially don't like America. Ever notice, According to dimocrap scum, America does nothing right. Ever.

People don't realize this because, well -- They don't care and I don't blame them -- But most leftist political parties in other Countries are as, or more, Patriotic than their Conservative counterparts.

Not here. dimocrap scum HATE America. They Hate their Home Country. Any time we have a dust-up with any other Country, dimocrap scum will side with them. Every time. EVERY ******* TIME.

It's reason #1 why they are despicable. There are, however, another 363 reasons to hate dimocraps

 

[Missouri_Mike]

I'm 70 now and I remember when parades used to be fun—bands, bunting, some big Army boom-booms for the kids to cheer over, every high school bandmaster doing their best Robert Preston cosplay. I remember when they were ceremonies of communal joy. You could mark your calendar by them. Homecoming parades. Veterans Day, which was Armistice Day when I was very young.

And then there was this leaden spectacle on Saturday, June 14.

I have never experienced such a joyless, lifeless, and sterile mass event in my entire life. Grim-faced soldiers, marching past half-empty grandstands, many of them obviously wanting to be somewhere else. No bands. Little bunting. Just piped-in rock music and MAGA hats. If this truly was meant to honor the 250 years of the United States Army, all we got was an endless procession of uniformed troops looking like they’d prefer to have been at Valley Forge. The president, sitting on the reviewing stand in that weird, forward-leaning attitude that he has, rarely smiling, a skunk at his own garden party. Scores of people being funneled through cattle-runs of metal grates just for a chance to sit on the lawn of the Washington Monument and listen to bad music and speeches so dull and listless that they’d have made Demosthenes get out of the business and open an olive oil stand.

I think there probably was more good feeling and genuine emotion when they took Jack Kennedy out to Arlington for the last time.

Grumpy old man attends an event he knew he wasn’t going to like and shockingly didn’t like it. Promptly complains about everything.

 

[Edgetho]

Grumpy old man attends an event he knew he wasn’t going to like and shockingly didn’t like it. Promptly complains about everything.

It's probably more like, his Institution took him and his fellow patients there on a Short Bus

 

[MarathonMike]

The American public has always been inconsistent concerning our military.

When I completed my 2 years of being drafted for the Vietnam war.
There were No parades for us or even a thank you.
We were told do not wear our army uniform for safety concerns when traveling back home.

Fast forward 20 years later after Desert Storm.
There were huge Welcome Home parades everywhere across the country.
Patriotism and displaying the American flag was in vogue.

Now today, it has reversed once again.
Contempt for our military and burning the American flag seems to be quite popular.

Thank you for your service. The way Viet Nam vets were treated when they returned from that God Forsaken war was beyond disgusting.

 

[The Duke]

There is a lot more Native American Blood in Americans than people realize. A lot more.

That's true. And learned ways over the centuries.

Why do you think he had to "endure" anything? This is the dumbest string I've seen in quite some time. The OP doesn't like Trump or the Military but chose to go to a military parade at which Trump was attending? Either he's the dumbest person on the planet...or he's making it up so he can stand on his soap box and rant about Trump.

I say it's the latter.

 

[The Duke]

Thank you for your service. The way Viet Nam vets were treated when they returned from that God Forsaken war was beyond disgusting.

Is that why I loathe dirty hippies? It might be. I had older friends that came back from Vietnam. I know a lot of bad stories.

 

[d0gbreath]

Leftists don't realize it but their "protests" are just the other side of the parade. Mostly stupid, all for show, signifying nothing. At the end everyone goes home and most say (if even secretly) "hey, what was all that about anyway?"

It was about showing you that you are outnumbered a million to one.

 

[Concerned American]

I had older friends that came back from Vietnam.

I'm very glad that your friends made it back. I had many friends who didn't.

 

[jc456]

Funny that the OP Bill says how "terrible" the parade was (it just was no fun and the soldiers, well, they looked serious!), yet he apparently stayed for the whole thing.

Then there are the no kings crowd proud of the numbers they drew, never mind that number was spread across 2,200 protests in 600 cities! And never mind the fact that most of those there were paid to be there.

No Kings--- no account protests that no one cared about except the people paid to attend and the leftwing media paid to cover it.

Meanwhile, Trump's actual popularity climbs as he cleans up more and more criminal element off the streets.

most all paid to be there. quite the bill

 

[jc456]

I'm very glad that your friends made it back. I had many friends who didn't.

Me too.

 

[The Duke]

most all paid to be there. quite the bill

Seattle and Portland are being like Idiocracy inbred retards.
ICE has to operate there, too, so they'll be getting some law and order soon.

 

[Edgetho]

Seattle and Portland are being like Idiocracy inbred retards.
ICE has to operate there, too, so they'll be getting some law and order soon.

I am surprised that OMB hasn't invoked The Insurrection Act yet.

That would fix dimocrap scum wagons for them. Bigly -- AND THERE WOULDN'T BE A GODDAMNED THING ANYBODY COULD DO ABOUT IT --

Insurrection Act of 1807 - Wikipedia

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