I remember once when I was gov contracting for the agency I was working in a remote part of the Middle East. We had a boss who I couldn't stand, he had almost gotten us killed on multiple occasions, he couldn’t make a decision for the life of him, and overall was just a terrible leader. Everyone I worked with agreed and despised him.
One day after some detected surveillance which later became an engagement directly due to his leadership I looked at my counter part and said this:
“Honestly, if it wasn’t your job, would you save that piece of shit?”
He looked at me dead in the eyes and said:
“F*ck yes I would, that is a f*cking American.”
Then he got closer knowing where I was going with this and said in a stern voice:
“Wouldn’t you?”
It was at that point in time that I realized I was the piece of shit, not the person I was pointing my finger at. I knew that instant that I was a horrible representation of the flag that I wore on my chest and that I didn’t even deserve to be there. I immediately adjusted my attitude, but I felt ashamed for even having thought of not rendering aid or conducting combat to save another American simply because I did not agree with his decision making.
It is that exact sentiment that I see in this country today. Wishing the worst, death and beyond on another American because they think differently than you. A whole lot of finger pointing and not a lot of self reflection.
We all have blood on our hands at this point.
Every race
Every gender
Every religion, political party, sexual preference, nationality, and so on…
I don’t know what it’s going to take for the country to learn this lesson, but it is not going to get any better and continue getting worse until we all realize that we are all “f*cking Americans”.
Give yourself the room to say “You know what, I never thought of it like that, maybe I’m wrong about this one.”
Be like my counterpart was, not like I was. We’re all in this together and we’re all American whether you like it or not.
My counterpart’s name was Anthony Del Vecchio callsign “Devo”. He was a great American.
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World's first autonomous delivery of a car!
This Tesla drove itself from Gigafactory Texas to its new owner's home ~30min away — crossing parking lots, highways & the city to reach its new owner
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“I was willing to go to jail”
00:00 Introduction
02:00 Reaction - Criminal Case Dismissed
04:20 All I Wanted Was To Hold My Baby
04:40 What Accountability Looks Like
06:40 Whistleblower Story Goes Viral
09:30 Retaliation
10:40 Biden DOJ/Alleged Threats
12:00 HHS Memo
13:50 Target Letter
15:15 Three Indictments
16:10 DOJ Errors
18:10 Darkest Moment
19:50 Gag Order
21:40 X Lifeline
22:20 Calls on Trump Administration/DOJ to Investigate his case
23:20 Responses
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As Robert F. Kennedy becomes Secretary of HHS, we must remember that “Just asking questions” about vaccines, and casting doubt on well-established science could have fatal consequences. Just ask the people of South Africa.
Researchers estimate over 300,000 South Africans died because their leaders denied scientific truths.
🚨🇺🇸FDA DROPS $517K ON POLITICO SUBSCRIPTIONS?!
Government waste at its finest—37 FDA employees got Politico Pro subscriptions costing taxpayers over half a million dollars!
Why is the Food & Drug Administration spending big pharma money on political news? Someone at HHS is living large on your dime.
Source: USA Spending
🚨#BREAKING: In a SHOCKING admission, the NC State Treasurer's office has confirmed that out of the $100 MILLION set aside to support local Western North Carolina governments impacted by Hurricane Helene...
... a grand total of $0 has been given out to date
Read that again.
@elonmusk You aught to see the amount of over regulation that we have in the US nuclear industry. It’s staggering and no wonder new nuclear plants can’t get built. Hopefully you will be able to straighten that out…
Elon Musk is all in.
(0:00) Elon Musk Is All in on Donald Trump
(6:35) Providing Starlink to Victims of Hurricane Helene
(9:22) If Trump Loses, This Is the Last Election
(21:49) The Epstein and Diddy Client List
(33:38) Vaccines
(35:49) The Movement to Decriminalize Crime
(50:22) Gavin Newsom
(53:11) Europe’s Declining Birthrate
(57:02) We Need Religion
(1:08:04) Why Is There So Much Anti-Human Messaging?
(1:19:33) AI and the Woke Mind Virus
(1:43:01) Musk’s Role in a Trump Administration
Includes paid partnerships.