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@GMcGuireVA Criminals will break whatever laws are written.

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@nascarcasm Sooooo is she keeping the possibility of a Next Gen open?

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The Media Only Loves Us When We’re Dead: Part II

I’m not done with this "reporter" yet. And I won’t stay silent while the media drags warfighters who bled for this nation and are now trying to make it better.

I’ll be honest, I’m ashamed I didn’t look deeper into the story of @SeanParnellUSA sooner. The GWOT cuts too close to my own scars, so I looked away from the broader history. But not anymore.

Media scrutiny isn’t new. Even George Washington was mocked in print. But the latest attacks on Sean Parnell say far more about the press than they do about him.

So pause and remember where you were on June 10, 2006.

1. The most popular song was Hips Don’t Lie.
2. The top movie was Cars.
3. And Sean Parnell was leading 39 men through a mountain ambush by over 250 enemy fighters. He was wounded three times, and stayed in the fight. By the end of that deployment, 85% of his platoon had been wounded.

Funny how you only get one Purple Heart for taking three hits in one battle, but a thousand paper cuts from the press for doing nothing wrong.

So let me get this straight: guys like him are good enough to fight your wars, bury their friends, and carry the silence of it all for the rest of their lives, but not good enough to help fix the institutions that failed them?

Who better than them?

You think you're criticizing one man. But behind every name you recognize is a platoon’s worth of warriors you never will. Quiet. Steady. Carrying the same resolve that got them all home. And whether you realize it or not, the hopes of a generation of warfighters rest quietly on his and @PeteHegseth's shoulders.

You forget: the fire that forged these men didn’t burn them up, it tempered them. And here’s the part you never seem to learn:

If you keep mocking the warriors who came home and tried to lead, don’t act surprised when fewer of them show up next time. Why would they?

Or maybe that’s the media's goal? But it won't work.

Because in this country, it seems the only time the media honors them... is when they’re coming home in a box draped in the American Flag.

***Please share this widely to counter the harmful "media" narratives that exist to malign warfighters who bled in battle and are trying to make a difference.***

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@ArrowheadLive I mean him and Rice can go for drives together.

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@avrilbradley23 @PollTracker2024 @ramsberry1 And the vast fortunes a good amount of them have amassed while in office is problematic to say the least.Insider trading is a crime unless you’re in office.

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@avrilbradley23 @PollTracker2024 @ramsberry1 I somewhat agree. But politician was never supposed to be your vocation. You were supposed to serve then go back to your community. We now have these lifelong politicians that have never had a job in the private sector or worked for themselves. And staying well into old age.

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@Daily_Chiefs_ @AdamSchefter Much like Clark,Sneed has some swagger,if he can teach that to the new kids it will be worthwhile.

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@mouvement33 @AgSpaniel86685 You do not have to present an ID in fact I handed over my ID and was told to put it away they are not allowed to check ID.I generally vote in person I have never had to turn in the ballot mailed to me. Ca voter rolls are bloated with residents who are deceased or left the state.

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@Goodable @DonutOperator did it first

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@nNutSak @OC_Scanner They’ve been doing these exercises for decades in major cities.Normally it’s helicopter training along with special ops.

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@KellyIsRightTX @gypsytears75 What’s kind of funny to me is as a kid in the 80’s I always carried a pocket knife to school.Never was an issue back then.

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@KnoxvilleMoths He keeps it up they are going to have to start him in the back.

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@SprintCarcast 🐐

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@LarryTaunton So if you identify as a Sikh you can carry a knife.🤷

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@KnockoNolan I’m convinced there would be no traffic in LA if they did a maximum enforcement on DL,reg and insurance.There would definitely be cleaner air with all those hoopties off the road.Something they should consider before the Olympics.

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@KnockoNolan The lesson is go the DMV in bad neighborhoods,shorter lines!

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@KnockoNolan Did a ride along with a buddy in the Dena back in the 90’s pulled over 10 people that day.1 had a license 6 had warrants.Warrants had to exceed 10k for them to arrest as long as they were cool.
They all had a Nix ID.

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@KnockoNolan @MatrixMysteries @gypsytears75 And if you live in an area with shitty parking the city will yank those cars if the tags are over 90 days old.

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@Theoldp OPA!