"You Voted......"

 

Yes I shamelessly clipped this from farcebook".....I thought the message was pretty good

While walking down the street one day a corrupt Senator from New York (that may be redundant) was tragically hit by a car and died.

His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance.

"Welcome to heaven," says St. Peter. "Before you settle in, it seems there is a problem. We seldom see a high official around these parts, you see, so we're not sure what to do with you."

"No problem, just let me in," says the Senator.

"Well, I'd like to, but I have orders from the higher ups. What we'll do is have you spend one day in hell and one in heaven. Then you can choose where to spend eternity."

"Really? Well, I've made up my mind. I want to be in heaven," says the Senator.

"I'm sorry, but we have our rules."

And with that, St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell.

The doors open and he finds himself in the middle of a green golf course.

In the distance is a clubhouse and standing in front of it are all his friends and other politicians who had worked with him.

Everyone is very happy and in evening dress. They run to greet him, shake his hand, and reminisce about the good times they had while getting rich at the expense of the people.

They played a friendly game of golf and then dine on lobster, caviar and the finest champagne.

Also present is the devil, who really is a very friendly guy who is having a good time dancing and telling jokes.

They are all having such a good time that before the Senator realizes it, it is time to go.

Everyone gives him a hearty farewell and waves while the elevator rises.

The elevator goes up, up, up and the door reopens in heaven where St. Peter is waiting for him, "Now it's time to visit heaven . . .”

So, 24 hours passed with the Senator joining a group of contented souls moving from cloud to cloud, playing the harp and singing. They have a good time and, before he realizes it, the 24 hours have gone by and St. Peter returns.

"Well, then, you've spent a day in hell and another in heaven. Now choose your eternity."

The Senator reflects for a minute, then he answers: "Well, I would never have said it before, I mean heaven has been delightful, but I think I would be better off in hell."

So St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell . . .

Now the doors of the elevator open and he's in the middle of a barren land covered with waste and garbage.

He sees all his friends, dressed in rags, picking up the trash and putting it in black bags as more trash falls to the ground.

The devil comes over to him and puts his arm around his shoulders.

"I don't understand," stammers the Senator. "Yesterday I was here and there was a golf course and clubhouse, and we ate lobster and caviar, drank champagne, and danced and had a great time. Now there's just a wasteland full of garbage and my friends look miserable. What happened?"

The devil smiles at him and says, "Yesterday we were campaigning,

Today, you voted . . . “

Gun Control groups look to dry up legal talents for gun Industry and Citizens trying to defend themselves in court.

 

  It has been a while since I used material from "JPFO", This is a big deal to me, especially since the donks and other lefties are using Lawfare to achieve their goals, and even if you are doing a constitutionally protected activity, but if you can't find a lawyer, then you have a problem when you go against the system because a good lawyer is worth their weight in gold especially in keeping your a$$ out of prison because the local corrupt Soros supported DA wants to use you as an example to appease the mob.  I have considered joining "USCCA" but I don't really know if the juice is worth the squeeze.

By Larry Keane. May 23, 2023
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'Gun control' groups are foisting 'gun control' on the American public by taking to university campuses to convince law students to pledge to never represent the firearm industry, or its interests, in court.

'Gun control' groups are big Shakespeare fans, apparently. They’re taking a page from the famed Elizabethan-era bard’s Henry VI as the next play on foisting 'gun control' on the American public.

“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers,” Shakespeare wrote in the play.

Two 'gun control' groups are putting a 21st Century twist on the line and taking to university campuses to convince law students to pledge to never represent the firearm industry, or its interests, in court.

Call it the long game. 'gun control' isn’t satisfied with attacking Second Amendment rights, or even First Amendment rights. Now, they’re targeting Sixth Amendment rights too. That’s the amendment that guarantees the right to be represented by legal counsel.

Giffords Courage to Fight Gun Violence and March for Our Lives, 'gun control' groups headed by former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords and antigun billionaire Michael Bloomberg, respectively, are canvassing campuses to convince law students to sign a pledge they won’t represent the firearm industry or firearm owners when it comes to protecting and preserving Second Amendment rights. The 'gun control' groups’ pledge peddles verifiably false claims to convince the aspiring lawyers that the firearm industry is responsible for violent crime in America.

Not criminals. Not gang violence. Not the illicit drug trade. They’re blaming the industry for crimes committed by violent offenders and ignoring basic legal foundations to sway law students to deny legal services to companies and individuals that follow the law.

Do You Swear?

David Pucino, Giffords’ deputy chief counsel, makes some dubious claims to convince law students that after they earn their juris doctorate, they should sign the 'gun control' group’s nonbinding pledge to never represent the legal interests of a Constitutionally-protected industry. First among these misleading claims is that firearms are the leading cause of death for American children.

This is a favorite false talking point among 'gun control' groups and antigun politicians, including President Joe Biden. The problem is that it is demonstrably false. The University of Michigan manipulated data sets to include 18 and 19-year-old adults as “children” to boost the figure of childhood deaths to surpass those caused by motor vehicle accidents. When 18 and 19-year-olds are backed out because they’re not children, but in fact adults, that claim falls apart. NSSF demonstrated that here.

Giffords’ pledge website also claims the firearm industry actively opposes “any effort to pass gun safety laws.” Again, this is demonstrably false. NSSF backed the FIX NICS Act, named for the firearm industry’s FixNICS® initiative to get all states to submit disqualifying records into the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). NSSF changed the laws in 16 states and in Congress to get the background check system to work as intended. In fact, NSSF helped create the instant point-of-sale background check system that would instantly inform a firearm retailer if a customer is prohibited from purchasing a firearm.

Pucino urges law student to never work for firms that represent the firearm industry because, in his estimation, the firearm industry “represent some really reprehensible companies that have done some horrible things.”

Never mind that the firearm industry administers the Real Solutions. Safer Communities® campaign that includes FixNICS and Project ChildSafe®, which partners with over 15,000 law enforcement agencies in all 50 states and five U.S. territories to distribute over 40 million free firearm safety kits including locking devices. Real Solutions also includes the partner programs with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to prevent illegal “straw” purchases of firearms through Don’t Lie for the Other Guy™ and Operation Secure Store® to help firearm retailers voluntarily increase security to deter and prevent firearm burglaries and robberies. The firearm industry also partnered with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) to provide firearm retailers and ranges kits to encourage a “brave conversation” to prevent suicide tragedies.

Persona Non Grata

Giffords and March for Our Lives think these programs are “reprehensible” enough to demand the ATF not work with the firearm industry on these campaigns that have been proven to save lives. Giffords was among 43 other 'gun control' groups that demanded the ATF stop working with the industry it regulates.

“Stop funding, partnering, or co-branding programs with the National Sports Shooting Foundation via the Department of Justice and other Federal Agencies,” the letter said, according to The Reload. “No longer should the ATF hold private briefing and training sessions at NSSF’s annual SHOT SHOW without making their remarks available to the public online.”

NSSF pointed out how “unserious” 'gun control' groups are with their demands then. They continue to prove that unseriousness now. These 'gun control' groups put special-interest political agendas ahead of real answers to keep the public safe. Their answer isn’t to “do something” as they demand. It is to “do something” to ban guns. And now, apparently, it is also to ban legal representation.

Giffords and March for Our Lives rolled out their “pledge” drive at the University of California – Berkeley School of Law, Cardozo School of Law, City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law, Vanderbilt Law School and Yale Law School. Pucino said the drive isn’t limited to those schools. Plans are to make it “broad and national.”

The goal is to encourage the aspiring lawyers to flex their legal muscle, putting pressure on law firms that they’ll miss out on talent because these law school graduates will refuse to assist in any cases defending the firearm industry or Second Amendment rights. It’s a tall order.

“There’s certainly the case that the legal system allows for and encourages for everyone to have representation, of course,” Pucino conceded in an interview with The American Independent.

These 'gun control' groups might want to read Shakespeare’s Hamlet and flip forward to the line that reads, “The lady doth protest too much, methinks.”

"The Way We Were"

 

I saw this article from Michael Smith and it made me think, it was something that I read that a soldier commented during the Korean war and it was really driven home during the Vietnam war and every war since.  There has been a disconnect between the G.I's fighting and the American people, as one commented "Its like they don't even know that there is a war on except for the evening news and the caskets coming home, there is no sense of urgency, no sense of sacrifice, 24 hours after you catch the freedom bird you are home. and you feel lost.  The people at home have no clue what you went through, they have no frame of reference. nothing."  This sentiment has gone on through every war since Korea, now the WWII vets had an idea so that helped with Korea, but after that, there was no frame of reference.   This disconnect has caused a chasm between the actions of the U.S. Military and the society.  The WWII generation would have understood what President Trump was trying to do to keep the Mad Mullahs' from getting nuclear weapons.  But this generation is soo coddled so inured, they have no sense of sacrifice, they can't endure any discomfort, what was to happen if we were to get into a war with a peer or a near peer adversary, our soft society couldn't handle the strain, they would fold rather than fight to save the country, rather than endure, not realizing what would happen in the future is much worse.  I fear for this country. for the country that my son will inherit.

I just paid $3.79 per gallon for regular gas to fill up my truck. Two months ago, that was $2.49 per gallon.

As I was thinking about that change, I also thought about going through my mom’s stuff after she died and finding ration coupons from the WWII era and it trigged a consideration about just how soft and coddled America is as compared to the war effort against the Axis powers and how some are not willing to pay even a small price or experience a tiny amount of discomfort as America seeks to end a global threat.

My dad was a Seargent First Class in the Army Corps of Engineers and was on the beach at Normandy as a combat engineer. I remember him talking about the start of the war and how the people of rural Mississippi pulled together as husbands, fathers, brothers and sons enlisted, left the farms and went to war. I remember my mom and my extended family of grandparents, aunts and uncles, talking about what it was like during the war and the sacrifices they willingly made.

How different it seems today.

During World War II, the American home front became an extension of the battlefield, not through combat, but through discipline, restraint, and a shared understanding that victory required sacrifice from everyone. The government did not simply ask for support, it organized daily life around it, and ordinary citizens adjusted accordingly.

Rationing was the most visible expression of that shift. Basic staples such as sugar, meat, butter, and coffee were no longer items of casual purchase but controlled commodities, distributed through coupon books that limited how much any household could buy. The system was not merely about scarcity; it was about fairness and prioritization. Soldiers needed food first, and industry needed raw materials, so civilians learned to stretch meals, substitute ingredients, and accept that abundance was temporarily off the table. In backyards across the country, “Victory Gardens” appeared, turning private property into small-scale food production and reinforcing the idea that self-reliance was part of national service.

Fuel and transportation were similarly constrained. Gasoline was rationed, and tires became precious due to rubber shortages, forcing Americans to rethink mobility. Carpooling was encouraged, unnecessary travel discouraged, and even speed limits were lowered to conserve fuel and extend tire life. The automobile, long a symbol of American freedom, became subject to collective necessity. Convenience gave way to coordination.

Clothing and consumer goods followed the same pattern. Fabric, leather, and rubber were diverted to military use, leaving civilians with fewer options and a clear message: use what you have. The phrase “make do and mend” was not a slogan but a practical instruction. Clothes were repaired instead of replaced, wardrobes simplified, and even small luxuries, like nylon stockings, disappeared almost overnight because those materials were needed for parachutes and other military equipment.

Perhaps the most participatory aspect of the home front effort was the nationwide push for scrap collection and recycling. Americans were asked to gather metal, rubber, paper, and even used cooking grease, all of which could be repurposed for war production. These drives turned neighborhoods, schools, and civic groups into active contributors to the industrial war machine. It was not enough to conserve, one was expected to contribute.

Even energy use became a matter of national concern. Households were encouraged to limit electricity and heating consumption, and in coastal areas, blackout measures were enforced to reduce visibility to potential enemy attacks. Daily routines were adjusted in small but meaningful ways, reinforcing the sense that the war touched every aspect of life.

Rationing wasn’t just about scarcity, it was about true shared sacrifice and discipline, not the made up virtue signaling crap of today. The government framed it as a civic duty: every pound of sugar saved, every mile not driven, every scrap collected contributed, at least symbolically, to victory.

It created a culture where restraint and conservation were patriotic, and waste and excess were quietly frowned upon.

Taken together, these measures reshaped American habits and expectations. Comfort was reduced, convenience curtailed, and consumption disciplined, and in exchange, there was a widely shared belief that these sacrifices mattered. The home front operated on a simple premise: that millions of small acts of restraint and contribution could add up to something decisive.

There is no doubt that presidents, politicians, and planners played a large role in crushing the spirit of unity. From Jack Kennedy to the Biden administration, America cocked up pretty much every military operation, and our military paid the price. Soldiers and sailors returning from Vietnam were spit on and called “baby killers.”

I get the feeling that tide has turned, at least for most of America. I hope so, given we are engaged in what I and many others believe is the alteration of the global power structure in a positive direction for everybody but America’s stated enemies.

Something we should remember as we head into our 250th year.

Nancy Sinatra "These Boots are Made for Walking.

 

I figured after doing a song last week from the 80's(YAY My Musical Decade :) ) I would do an older song.  I remembered this song for my Dad would play it a lot and it was very popular with the GI's from Vietnam.  It became part of the lexicon of the time and indelibly linked to the War in Vietnam by popular culture.  Nancy Sinatra would do many USO shows for the troops , and even now she is still involved with rolling thunder and many veteran causes.  She did some anti-war stuff also, but that was part of the culture of the times.  Nancy still supported the troops unlike a lot of her contemporaries and the troops have never forgotten that.  Even now she is a very popular figure and many veterans remember her with great fondness and respect.  What brought this one on, one of my friends at work was playing a few lyrics of this song and I first thought it was early  "Doobie brothers" then it hit us, and he looked it up, she is still around, about 86 now.

"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" is a pop song written by Lee Hazlewood and recorded by Nancy Sinatra. It was released on February 22, 1966, and hit No. 1 in the United States Billboard Hot 100 and in the UK Singles Chart.

Subsequently, many cover versions of the song have been released in a range of styles: metal, pop, rock, punk rock, country, dance, and industrial. Jessica Simpson, Geri Halliwell, Jewel, Operation Ivy and KMFDM also released covers of the song.

The second single taken from her debut album Boots, and follow-up to the minor hit "So Long, Babe," the song became an instant success. In late February 1966, the song topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart, a move it replicated in similar charts across the world.

When the single was first released, some thought it had to do with the subway strike in New York.That same year, Sinatra recorded an early music video for the song. It was produced by Color-Sonics, and played on Scopitone video jukeboxes. In 1986, for the song's twentieth anniversary, cable station VH1 played this music video.

     Nancy Sinatra was encouraged by Lee Hazlewood to sing the song as if she were "a sixteen-year-old girl who fucks truck drivers." Sinatra's recording of the song was made with the help of Los Angeles session musicians known as the Wrecking Crew. This session included Hal Blaine on drums, Al Casey, Tommy Tedesco, and Billy Strange on guitars, Ollie Mitchell, Roy Caton and Lew McCreary on horns, Carol Kaye on electric bass, and Chuck Berghofer on double bass, providing the notable bass line.

According to Carol Kaye, "Arranger Billy Strange believed in using the two basses together. Producer Lee Hazlewood asked Chuck to put a sliding run on the front of the tune. Chuck complied by playing notes about three tones apart (4-6 frets apart), but Lee stopped the take. 'No Chuck, make your sliding notes closer together', and that is what you hear."

According to Al Casey, "Well, Lee and I had been friends forever, and he said, 'I've got this song I'm working on, and I want the guitar to play this.' And he showed me, because there's a little bit more than banging on an 'E-chord', which is what most people do. There's more to it than that. He said, 'I want you to do this on the song,' and he sang the song and played the rhythm guitar lick, and I went 'Oh, that's cute!', little suspecting it was gonna be huge."

Nancy Sinatra would later record one of Don Lanier's songs on her 1969 album Nancy. Nick Bonney was the guitarist for the Nelson Riddle Orchestra.

In 2006, Pitchfork Media selected it as the 114th best song of the 1960s. Critic Tom Breihan described the song as "maybe the finest bitchy kiss-off in pop history".

The song was used in a number of ways related to the Vietnam War:

• During television news coverage in 1966/67, the song was aired as a soundtrack as the cameras focused on US Infantrymen on patrol during the Vietnam War.
• In 1966 and 1967 Sinatra traveled to Vietnam to perform for the troops. Many US soldiers adopted the song as their anthem, as shown in Pierre Schoendoerffer's academy award winning documentary The Anderson Platoon (1967).
• The song's popularity with US Infantrymen in Vietnam was reprised in a scene in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket (1987).
• Sinatra played herself, re-enacting her 1960s performance of the song in Vietnam, in episode 6 (June 1988) of the television show China Beach.
• In 2005, Paul Revere & the Raiders recorded a revamped version of the song using Sinatra's original vocal track. It appeared on the CD Ride to the Wall, Vol. 2, with proceeds going to help Vietnam veterans.

• Variation of title used in dialog for Four for Texas, Frank Sinatra's character says "They tell me those boots ain't built for walking" when Dean Martin's character is walking back towards him after trying to get away. At the end of the scene when Dean's character gets the drop on Frank's, he says "And you're right about those boots. They sure ain't made for walking."

Goodyear Tire and Rubber used portions of the song for its 1960s' ad campaign promoting its "wide boots" tires. Nancy Sinatra unsuccessfully sued Goodyear for using the song, claiming that it had violated her publicity rights. In the 1997 film Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, the Fembots were introduced to the strains of the opening and closing notes of the song.

"Warsaw New Shield: Inside Poland's High Low Abrams and K2 Tank Mix

 

I have talked before about "Poland" and her security concerns, she has been rearming unlike the western European who has forgotten what defense appropriations are.  Poland has purchased "K2" and M1 tanks to bolster her defenses.  I also know that she has purchased Korean supersonic trainers for her airforce.  She know that her neighbor Ukraine is fighting Russia and if Ukraine falls, then Poland may have a hostile power on her border and Poland has a long institutional memory.  They never forgot the betrayal of 1939 then living under the boot of the Soviets for 44 years until the dissolution of the "Warsaw Pact" which was signed in Warsaw, but was controlled by the Soviets in Moscow who used it to control their client states.

        I got this from "Military Channel" on farcebook

READ : In the high-stakes landscape of 2026, Poland has emerged as the undisputed heavy-armor capital of Europe. Facing a volatile "Zero Line" to the east, Warsaw has executed a "Full-Stack" procurement strategy that many Western observers initially doubted: the simultaneous deployment of two world-class Main Battle Tanks (MBTs), the American M1A2 Abrams and the South Korean K2 Black Panther.

By mastering the transition to this "High-Low" hybrid fleet, the Polish Land Forces (Wojska Lądowe) are building an "Iron Ceiling" designed to achieve total overmatch against any potential armor threat in the Suwalki Gap.

Poland’s acquisition of 366 Abrams (a mix of M1A2 SEPv3 and M1A1 variants) serves as the "Sledgehammer" of the military.

Strategic Positioning: The Abrams fleet is primarily assigned to the 18th Mechanized Division (the "Iron Division") stationed in eastern Poland. Their mission is clear: act as a "Digital Trench" that stops an invading force in its tracks.

Survivability and Punch: With its depleted uranium armor packages and the legendary 120mm smoothbore gun, the Abrams is the "High" component capable of absorbing massive punishment while delivering "Industrial Warp Speed" destruction to enemy MBTs.

The Logistics Hub: In 2026, the Abrams Regional Sustainment Center in Poznań has reached full operational capacity. This ensures "Industrial Resilience," allowing Poland to maintain and repair the fleet locally without relying on the "Silicon Ceiling" of overseas shipping.

While "low" usually implies inferior, in the Polish context, the K2 Black Panther represents a lighter, more agile "High-Tech" maneuver element. Poland’s order of 1,000 K2s (including the K2PL variant) is the "Industrial Endurance" play.

Agility in the Mud: Weighing roughly 55 tons compared to the Abrams’ 70+ tons, the K2 is perfectly suited for the soft, marshy terrain of northern Poland and the Masurian Lake District. Its hydropneumatic suspension allows it to "kneel," providing a superior "Digital Ghost" profile in defensive hull-down positions.

Autoloaded Lethality: The K2’s autoloader reduces the crew to three, allowing for a higher rate of fire and a smaller turret profile. This makes it an ideal "Software-Defined" predator for rapid-reaction maneuvers where speed is the primary defense.

Sovereign Industrial Capacity: The "K2PL" program represents Poland’s path to "Digital Sovereignty." By 2026, domestic production lines in Poznań have begun rolling out Polish-made hulls, ensuring that Warsaw owns its "Full-Stack" armored supply chain.

Critics once argued that a dual-tank fleet would be a "logistical nightmare." However, Warsaw has turned this into a "Digital Resilience" advantage.

Operational Redundancy: By operating two distinct platforms, Poland avoids a "single point of failure." If a specific supply chain for American parts is throttled, the South Korean pipeline remains open, and vice versa.

Terrain Optimization: The high-low mix allows Polish commanders to match the tool to the task. Use the Abrams for "Iron Ceiling" static defense and urban breakthroughs; use the K2 for "Zero Line" flanking maneuvers and rapid reconnaissance in difficult terrain.

Training and Interoperability: Through "Minilateral" cooperation, Polish crews are training at the "Abrams Academy" in Biedrusko and South Korean facilities, creating a "Full-Stack" tank corps that is fluent in both Western and Pacific armored doctrines.

The Abrams and K2 hybrid fleet is the definitive signal that Poland has mastered the transition to a modern, multi-domain defense. By balancing American "brute-force" protection with South Korean "high-tech" agility, Warsaw has proved that "Industrial Resilience" is found in diversity. In the high-stakes landscape of 2026, Poland is no longer just a member of NATO; it is the Alliance's armored "Zero Line," standing ready with a shield made of both American steel and Korean silicon.

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