Bye bye my political friends!

I'd be right of center on economic issues, which matter most to me, and left of center on social issues.

On foreign policy, not sure I know. I'm left of Hillary Clinton and the mainstream Republican Party. Actually when he was electioneering, I thought Trump's foreign policy might turn out well. He said he wanted to get us out of foreign entanglements and he was going to stop wasting the U.S. taxpayers money on NATO, etc. The problem is that he's erratic, has no idea what he's doing, and thinks he's smarter than the State Department experts who've spent their lives dealing with single countries.

As to taxes to support future generations, as far as that's under the control of the politicians in power in the State of Texas and my locality, I'm in there with you. The bozos in Washington (politicians) take our money and make things worth. I've got no confidence in them whatsoever and would like to see federal taxes and the power of the federal government reduced. Originally Posted by Tiny

I'm pretty sure you meant worse. What chaps my hide are all the rider bills that those same bozos pin to the legislation just to get the main piece to pass. The nine-eleven funding is a gross example.

I'm in favor of an international, global and cosmopolitan society. Not so much thinking locally. I'd like to travel easily around the world engaging with working women. Talking politics and philosophy. Before they retire.
















See what I did there?

I'd be right of center on economic issues, which matter most to me, and left of center on social issues.

On foreign policy, not sure I know. I'm left of Hillary Clinton and the mainstream Republican Party. Actually when he was electioneering, I thought Trump's foreign policy might turn out well. He said he wanted to get us out of foreign entanglements and he was going to stop wasting the U.S. taxpayers money on NATO, etc. The problem is that he's erratic, has no idea what he's doing, and thinks he's smarter than the State Department experts who've spent their lives dealing with single countries.

As to taxes to support future generations, as far as that's under the control of the politicians in power in the State of Texas and my locality, I'm in there with you. The bozos in Washington (politicians) take our money and make things worth. I've got no confidence in them whatsoever and would like to see federal taxes and the power of the federal government reduced. Originally Posted by Tiny

Are you a Globalist or not???

I'd be right of center on economic issues, which matter most to me, and left of center on social issues.

On foreign policy, not sure I know. I'm left of Hillary Clinton and the mainstream Republican Party. Actually when he was electioneering, I thought Trump's foreign policy might turn out well. He said he wanted to get us out of foreign entanglements and he was going to stop wasting the U.S. taxpayers money on NATO, etc. The problem is that he's erratic, has no idea what he's doing, and thinks he's smarter than the State Department experts who've spent their lives dealing with single countries.

As to taxes to support future generations, as far as that's under the control of the politicians in power in the State of Texas and my locality, I'm in there with you. The bozos in Washington (politicians) take our money and make things worth. I've got no confidence in them whatsoever and would like to see federal taxes and the power of the federal government reduced. Originally Posted by Tiny

After eight years under Odumbo, hildebeest and Kerry the State Department currently reflects the Affirmative Action hiring practices of that regime, and Mattis has recently laid it out for all to see: Odumbo's foreign policy sucked hind tit on a boar hog ... and hildebeest and Odumbo minions are still in the State Department waiting to be rooted out.

Are you a Globalist or not???


Originally Posted by Redhot1960

Yes. I oppose ANTIFA.

After eight years under Odumbo, hildebeest and Kerry the State Department currently reflects the Affirmative Action hiring practices of that regime, and Mattis has recently laid it out for all to see: Odumbo's foreign policy sucked hind tit on a boar hog ... and hildebeest and Odumbo minions are still in the State Department waiting to be rooted out. Originally Posted by I B Hankering

I've read some very favorable things about Mattis. Have you gotten his book and if so is it worth reading?

Yes. I oppose ANTIFA. Originally Posted by Tiny

so does Mitt Romney, now answer the question. you can do it bernie bro...

so does Mitt Romney, now answer the question. you can do it bernie bro...


Originally Posted by Redhot1960

I already answered the question. I'll answer it again. Yes. And I like Mitt Romney. I wish he were president.

I've read some very favorable things about Mattis. Have you gotten his book and if so is it worth reading? Originally Posted by Tiny

I too respect Mattis, but I haven't bought his book. I don't know if I will.

I still have Schwarzkof's book sitting on my shelf unread.

Just finished Carlos D'Este's book on Montgomery at Normandy, and currently I'm well into David Glantz's book on Kursk. It's been twenty to forty years since I read anything significant about these two battles. Both these authors had new material released to them that wasn't available when Cornelius Ryan and Martin Caidin wrote about those battles.

I'm also reading Stephen P. Halbrook's Gun Control in the Third Reich: Disarming the Jews and "Enemies of the State” and taking note of the similarities between what Hitler and his Nazis did in the 1930s to what dim-retards are propagating on the campaign trail today.

And I have it from a good source who lives and works in D.C. The State Department under the Odumbo regime wasn't hiring the "best and the brightest".
It was filling quotas according to the artificial dictates of Affirmative Action.

I too respect Mattis, but I haven't bought his book. I don't know if I will.

I still have Schwarzkof's book sitting on my shelf unread.

Just finished Carlos D'Este's book on Montgomery at Normandy, and currently I'm well into David Glantz's book on Kursk. It's been twenty to forty years since I read anything significant about these two battles. Both these authors had new material released to them that wasn't available when Cornelius Ryan and Martin Caidin wrote about those battles.

I'm also reading Stephen P. Halbrook's Gun Control in the Third Reich: Disarming the Jews and "Enemies of the State” and taking note of the similarities between what Hitler and his Nazis did in the 1930s to what dim-retards are propagating on the campaign trail today.

And I have it from a good source who lives and works in D.C. The State Department under the Odumbo regime wasn't hiring the "best and the brightest".
It was filling quotas according to the artificial dictates of Affirmative Action. Originally Posted by I B Hankering

keep up the good ib. maybe next year you will win bitter old man of the year award. Moscow Ellen won but he just retired. You are off to a good start

keep up the good ib. maybe next year you will win bitter old man of the year award. Moscow Ellen won but he just retired. You are off to a good start Originally Posted by themystic

Maybe next year you’ll get off your diapers.

I too respect Mattis, but I haven't bought his book. I don't know if I will.

I still have Schwarzkof's book sitting on my shelf unread.

Just finished Carlos D'Este's book on Montgomery at Normandy, and currently I'm well into David Glantz's book on Kursk. It's been twenty to forty years since I read anything significant about these two battles. Both these authors had new material released to them that wasn't available when Cornelius Ryan and Martin Caidin wrote about those battles.

I'm also reading Stephen P. Halbrook's Gun Control in the Third Reich: Disarming the Jews and "Enemies of the State” and taking note of the similarities between what Hitler and his Nazis did in the 1930s to what dim-retards are propagating on the campaign trail today.

And I have it from a good source who lives and works in D.C. The State Department under the Odumbo regime wasn't hiring the "best and the brightest".
It was filling quotas according to the artificial dictates of Affirmative Action. Originally Posted by I B Hankering

That sounds like interesting reading material. The documentaries I've seen and the few books I've read about WWII don't have a lot to say about the eastern front. I suspect we way underestimate the importance of what happened there. The Russians did the heavy lifting in Europe. I know the Battle of Kursk was huge, a turning point against the Germans.

About Normandy, I got to have a look at German fortifications in the Channel Islands a few years ago. Maybe about 50% of the population at the time of WWII were French speakers of Norman origin, although the islands have more or less been a part of Britain since about the 1200's. The British basically just walked away from the islands, viewing them as strategically unimportant. The Krauts on the other hand made a huge investment in construction and men, but it was wasted effort -- Britain never tried to take the islands back and Hitler never used them as a staging ground to invade Britain proper. The locals lived an uneasy existence with the German military, but there was no resistance like in France. If you had to live in someplace occupied by Germans in World War II, this was probably as good as it gets, although the local populace was eating cats by the end of the war.

Best wishes and may SA turn out to be a prosperous and fun way of life! Originally Posted by themystic

now you have something nice to say?

imagine that!

thank you Moscow Mystic! Originally Posted by The_Waco_Kid

Hold the applause. Moscow Mystic's "conversion" was short-lived. Haters gonna hate!

Right on the money EW. She is just like Trump. A vile and disgusting human being Originally Posted by themystic

Hold the applause. Moscow Mystic's "conversion" was short-lived. Haters gonna hate! Originally Posted by lustylad

That wasn't hate Lusty. Just calling a spade a spade

Maybe next year you’ll get off your diapers. Originally Posted by bambino

Maybe next year you will be off your Preparation H. You have to stop getting pegged in the ass first

That sounds like interesting reading material. The documentaries I've seen and the few books I've read about WWII don't have a lot to say about the eastern front. I suspect we way underestimate the importance of what happened there. The Russians did the heavy lifting in Europe. I know the Battle of Kursk was huge, a turning point against the Germans. Originally Posted by Tiny

The great Kursk tank battle was mostly in Russia - but the Russians were soon pushing the retreating German armies back across the vast Ukrainian steppes. What I find fascinating in terms of how Ukrainians and Russians hate and mistrust each other today is how much of it appears rooted in WW2. Ukraine is a huge country, and I gather part of the population (especially in the western regions) was more sympathetic and prone to collaborate with the Nazi invaders than Ukrainians in the eastern part. That's partly why Putin condemned the 2014 Maidan revolution in Kiev as led by "fascists".

Some of the animosity goes back even further. Who can forget Stalin's liquidation of millions of Kulaks in the 1930s? And Ukrainian nationalism can be traced back centuries. I believe at one time Ukraine was part of Poland and/or Lithuania.

Of course, Putin knows all of this history much better than anyone in our State Department.

I don't mean to suggest the Nazis treated the Ukrainians well during their brief 2-3 year occupation. They viewed them as racially inferior and pursued a lot of scorched-earth policies during and after Operation Barbarossa. However, the Russians have always been suspicious of Ukrainian loyalties and have long regarded them as vassals. Even today Putin has never accepted Ukraine as a real country.

IB - what have you (as our resident historian) read about this?