To begin with, this is your president. This ought to be one of the most shameful things ever said by a sitting president.
"Do you have any words to the victims of the hurricane?"
BIDEN: "We've given everything that we have."
"Are there any more resources the federal government could be giving them?"
BIDEN: "No." pic.twitter.com/jDMNGhpjOz
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) September 30, 2024
We must have spent too much money on Ukraine to help Americans in distress. I don't…… [read more]
In his new article, however, Mattis says the opposite, calling for the “end of America First”:
The United States today is undermining the foundations of an international order manifestly advantageous to U.S. interests, reflecting a basic ignorance of the extent to which both robust alliances and international institutions provide vital strategic depth. In practice, “America first” has meant “America alone.” That has damaged the country’s ability to address problems before they reach U.S. territory and has thus compounded the danger emergent threats pose.
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In January, when President Joe Biden and his national security team begin to reevaluate U.S. foreign policy, we hope they will quickly revise the national security strategy to eliminate “America first” from its contents, restoring in its place the commitment to cooperative security that has served the United States so well for decades. The best strategy for ensuring safety and prosperity is to buttress American military strength with enhanced civilian tools and a restored network of solid alliances—both necessary to achieving defense in depth. The pandemic should serve as a reminder of what grief ensues when we wait for problems to come to us.
As coauthor with three other writers in a Nov. 23 Foreign Affairs column, Mattis did not mention that he works for the The Cohen Group consulting firm. Nor did he challenge China’s tough talk against U.S. policies regarding Taiwan, nor the strict economic retaliation Beijing levied against Australia.
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The Cohen Group is run by another former Defense Secretary. William Cohen, who has been involved with China since 1978, when he went there to meet with Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, according to the organization.
So he’s deep state then, like most of the other generals. Fire all the generals and start over completely.
But doesn’t the notion of a “buyback” sort of imply it was purchased from the government to begin with? And if it’s mandatory, is it really a “buyback?”
Boy the fraudster has some ringers lined up for his staff, including, by the way, Michele Flournoy for secretary of defense. I know I still have some military readers. If I were you, I’d get out of the military as soon as possible.
You know they’ll have you involved in foreign misadventures servicing the interests of the globalists. Do you really want to die for their interests?
What a goober. Every second grader knows how to pronounce the word Psalm (second grade at the latest).
The man is a colossal embarrassment. If it weren’t for the awful things he and his administration will do over the next four years, I’d almost wish he was elected for the sake of having something to lampoon.
IUKA, Miss. — Authorities in Mississippi said a North Carolina teen died when his hunting stand turned and he fell onto his rifle barrel.
A local media outlet reported that Tishomingo County coroner Mack Wilemon identified the teen as 17-year-old Justin Lee Smith of Brunswick County, North Carolina.
He said Smith was in a ladder stand Saturday afternoon in the northwest part of the county near the Alcorn County line.
According to Wilemon, the stand apparently turned to one side and Smith fell 10 feet onto the rifle barrel and was impaled.
He said Smith was able to call 911 on his cellphone but died shortly afterward.
This is what happens when you don’t use a lanyard / safety rope with a prusik knot.
I am thankful for too many things to catalog, but I’ll mention a few big things.
I am thankful first and foremost for salvation through the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
I am thankful for my family, God’s blessing to me, both children and grandchildren.
I am thankful for fruitful work.
I am thankful for the measure of liberty I and my family enjoy.
I am thankful for God’s gracious blessings to us, from sustenance to a home.
I am thankful for my eyesight and hearing.
I am thankful for Thanksgiving 2020 and that God has granted me life for this long.
I am thankful for my readers and friends He has given me.
God is greater than any political machinations that could ever occur, and He reigns supreme and sovereign over all. Whatever He has planned for me is better than whatever I would have planned for myself, even if it tests me.
CINCINNATI (FOX19) – An Ohio appeals court dealt another blow Tuesday to Cincinnati’s bump-stock ban.
The appellate judges upheld a Hamilton County trial court’s 2019 ruling against the ban, reasoning the bump-stocks — i.e. trigger activators — are essential to the function of at least some guns and therefore cannot be regulated without violating the U.S. and Ohio constitutions.
