Posted on 06/19/2025 9:09:27 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Bonus Army - 1932
General MacArthur sent mounted cavalry to burn out an encampment of
WW1 vets.
X is a septic tank of leftist screeching. All lies, spewed non-stop as their native language.
They should tell that to Governor Orval Faubus.
Sheesh. Did the left protest when FDR federalized several National Guard divisions to fight alongside regular army units in WWII.
BTW, wasn’t the 29th Division—made famous in “Saving Private Ryan”—a Virginia National Guard division?
Sheesh. Did the left protest when FDR federalized several National Guard divisions to fight alongside regular army units in WWII.
BTW, wasn’t the 29th Division—made famous in “Saving Private Ryan”—a Virginia National Guard division?
“Declaring that an ally of the USA should be utterly destroyed ...”
Who said anything about destroying? I said the individual(s) need to be forced to stay within the law of the land. And that is to be tried as a criminal of the US in accordance with the Constitution. It wasn’t my choice for them to act in a criminal way and is their responsibility to refrain from criminal behavior. If you aid someone in the harming or overthrow of our country or its laws, people or property, you have violated our laws written long ago for the protection of this country. I didn’t write it, but I believe in it. If you don’t, you can get a whole lot of people, hopefully citizens, and get a vote from them to change or get rid of it. Meantime, it is to be followed because not doing so should be prosecuted and if deemed punishment levied.
wy69
Virginia and Maryland National Guard.
116th Infantry Regiment (Virginia)
115th Infantry (Maryland)
175th Infantry (Maryland).
The division patch is a Yin/Yang symbol in blue and gray signifying the joining of northern and southern states
(unelected) Appeals court letsTrumpthe (elected) President Of the United States ...
What's wrong with this picture?
A: (unelected) John Roberts.
Thanks, Sarge!
“Julie Kelly Brutally Breaks Down Court Ruling That’s a ‘Big and EMBARRASSING’ Defeat for Gavin Newsom”
“””That’s mighty white of them.”””
I was typing that exact phrase. Isn’t it nice that a court lets the President do his job that the people elected him to do ?
We’re never given a glimpse of life under the regime, whether its citizens are beaten, tortured, starved, herded like cattle. We only see the rigidity of the law: harsh, oppressive, unforgiving, absolute. For all we know, intimidation and fear alone are sufficient to maintain such total control over the populace. After all, those kinds of tactics don’t leave any marks. Outwardly.
But when you think about it, it’s not really necessary for the state to resort to such brutality in order to maintain societal order; as a matter of fact, it’s really much easier than “The Obsolete Man” makes it appear. Take religion, for instance. There’s no need to actually ban it; all it takes is a few well-chosen words: talk about how judgmental, how exclusionary, how hateful it is, how it can create divided loyalties, breed an attitude of defiance, distract from the goals of the state—an institution, mind you, dedicated to preserving the rights of every citizen, not just a select few who refuse to go along with what is best for the whole. You don’t have to abolish it: just use shame to make sure it no longer has a place in the public square.
All it takes is the right word whispered in the right ear, the right accusation shouted by the mob in the streets. There’s no need to resort to firemen to burn books. After all, everyone knows that there are some things just too dangerous, too inflammatory, to appear in print, or online. People can’t be allowed to fall victim to falsehoods, disinformation, fake news; it might contradict the advice of the state’s experts, and after all, it’s the state that knows what is best for the masses. No, it’s best to protect the public from such ignorant ideas. And so, just a little pressure applied in the right places. and voila! Publishers will refuse to print such degenerate information, and bookstores will refuse to carry it. You might be able to find it somewhere, wrapped in a brown paper bag.
And the best part of it is, if you play your cards right, the people will do all the dirty work for you. I mean, think about it. Why bother with the messy threat of jail to keep people in line—I mean, to preserve a peaceful society. No, you just make sure to understand the inherent vulnerabilities of people. Nobody wants to lose their job or have their business closed, just because of something they said or did when they were young; no one wants to risk having their credit lowered or find themselves unable to buy or rent a home, based on a candidate they supported for public office.
Most important, nobody wants to face social ostracism, to have the people you thought were your friends turn their back on you to be airbrushed right out of the scene. All it takes is a little cooperation from the public, and that’s no problem when you’ve built a network of informers out of your true believers, the ones with the right pedigree and education, the ones who understand what the threat is, whether it’s spreading false information—that is, something contrary to the official line—or an act of manifest disobedience, such as going out in public without a mask. It doesn’t matter if it’s the unnamed state of “The Obsolete Man” or an organization such as the Chinese Communist Party, or one that goes under a made-up name—oh, I don’t know, let’s just say something like Antifa.
Pretty soon, after a little of this, people will learn to censor themselves. You might call it being cowed into submission; others might see it as people learning to act in their own self-interest. Isn’t that what we all do anyway?
And who’s to say that the people aren’t fine with that?
Iirc, that was in Washington, DC, a Federal city under authority of Congress and the President, so not a case study in Federal authority over state & local officials.
In 1973 the Home Rule Act created an elected mayor for Washington, DC, so that issue could, in theory, arise except that the US Constitution is very clear in giving Congress full authority over the US capital city.
yup
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It’s older than that movie. “”
I’m sure it is. But that is the only time I remember seeing it in a movie.
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