I’m a Marine, always will be. That part of me doesn’t change. But I’ll be honest, sometimes I stop and wonder if I could’ve endured what the troops of the Continental Army did in 1776.
Those men marched for miles without shoes, leaving blood in the snow. They wrapped rags around their feet and kept moving. No Gore-Tex, no medevac, no hot chow waiting at the end of the march.
They were hungry, constantly. Rations were scarce or nonexistent. Pay was late, sometimes never. Disease killed more men than British bullets. Smallpox, dysentery, typhus, sweeping through camps with no real medical care to stop it.
They slept in the open, in threadbare coats, through freezing rain and brutal winters. At places like Valley Forge, men froze at night and drilled by day. Muskets misfired in the cold. Powder went damp. Still, they trained.
They were farmers, blacksmiths, clerks, teenagers, fathers. No promise of victory. No guarantee the country they were fighting for would even exist. Just an idea, liberty, self-rule, something worth suffering for.
That was their secret weapon. Not superior arms. Not numbers. Resolve.
The willingness to endure misery without quitting.
As a Marine, I respect that on a deep level. We train hard. We suffer by design. But those men suffered because there was no other choice, and they stood anyway.
It humbles you.
It reminds you that the freedoms we inherit were paid for in blood, frostbite, hunger, and faith.
Different uniforms. Same spirit.
1776 didn’t just create a nation, it set the standard.
The only reason I wouldn’t vote for Ben Johnson as the president of the United States in the 2028 election is because I hope he is still coaching the Chicago bears
CBS is warning us that the "government shutdown" is enabling Americans to do what they want to do peacefully in national parks - some even with the audacity to do so *without* permits.
Oh no, not without permits!!!! 😂🦅
#rural#nationalpark#liberty#responsibility #basejumping #drones #hiking
My only disappointment is that they publicly announced this tonight. Would've been much better if 29 heavily armed FBI agents swarmed his home at 6 AM to arrest him. The charges are identical to those against me. So why not the same manner of arrest
Before tonight's game we held a moment of silence in memoriam of Charlie Kirk.
Kirk founded the youth activist group “Turning Point USA” and had become a fixture on college campuses. Charlie Kirk, a husband and father of two children, was 31 years old.
I cannot tell you how much it infuriates me to see this unelected billionaire knowingly smear arguably our most important social program -- Social Security keeps two-thirds of our elderly out of poverty, able to eat, pay their bills, etc -- to an audience of millions. Unchecked.
We have our answer to the question: “what would Patrick Mahomes look like if he got drafted by the Chicago Bears.”
Jail break every. Single. Snap. Mahomes has looked SHOOK since the 1st drive.