Group Photos Kearsarge Luncheon 2018, 2017
Monday 04 December 2017 at 6:21 pm
Joseph Brophy's Auto-Obituary [Self Written Obituary]
Saturday 29 June 2019 at 01:38 am
Rest In Peace. You will be greatly missed, and forever remembered! <3 http://www.brophy.net/Downloads/Family_Obituaries/BROPHYOBIT.pdf
WHERE COLIN KAEPERNICK GOT HIS IDEA TO KNEEL & DISRESPECT THE FLAG?
Friday 29 June 2018 at 4:27 pm
Code, Title 36, Chapter 10, Sec. 171...
During rendition of the national anthem, when the flag is displayed, all present (except those in uniform) are expected to stand at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart. Or, at the very least, "Stand and Face It".
Senator Obama replied:
"As I've said about the flag pin, I don't want to be perceived as taking sides." "There are a lot of people in the world to whom the American flag is a symbol of oppression..." "The anthem itself conveys a war-like message. You know, the bombs bursting in air and all that sort of thing."
Obama continued: "The National Anthem should be 'swapped' for something less parochial and less bellicose. I like the song 'I'd Like To Teach the World To Sing'. If that were our anthem, then, I might salute it. In my opinion, we should consider reinventing our National Anthem as well as 'redesign' our Flag to better offer our enemies hope and love. It’s my intention, if elected, to disarm America to the level of acceptance to our Middle East Brethren. If we,as a Nation of warring people, conduct ourselves like the nations of Islam, where peace prevails, perhaps a state or period of mutual accord could exist between our governments". When I Become President, I will seek a pact of agreement to end hostilities between those who have been at war or in a state of enmity, and a freedom from disquieting oppressive thoughts. We as a Nation, have placed upon the nations of Islam, an unfair injustice which is WHY my wife disrespects the Flag and she and I have attended several flag burning ceremonies in the past".
"Of course now, I have found myself about to become The President of the United States and I have put my hatred aside. I will use my power to bring CHANGE to this Nation, and offer the people a new path. My wife and I look forward to becoming our Country's First black Family. Indeed, CHANGE is about to overwhelm the United States of America."
NOTES ON GENERAL COLIN POWELL
Monday 11 December 2017 at 4:59 pm
Notes on Colin Powell:
David Rubenstein, founder of the Carlyle Group ($174b in assets), hosts the Sunday morning TV show: Peer to Peer Interview on Bloomberg News. He interviewed Colin Powell on 12/3/2017.
It was a clarifying interview, since Powell is usually misquoted, taken out of context. and certainly mischaracterized by the fake news media. My take-aways:
- Powell is a New Yorker, right out of Harlem [not too far from Ascension Parish]
- Powell is glib, with a good sense of humor; and likes to dabble in Yiddish.
- Graduates CCNY, Geology, “c” student; ROTC
- He speaks in very simple terms, and very clearly
- He is humble
- As per WMD: everyone, both democrats and republicans, bought into the CIA assessment that Saddam had WMD
- As per the Invasion: it was the correct decision
- As per the execution: disastrous. Two major mistakes: 1. Not to include the Baathists in planning the new government; 2. Failure to use adequate US Army ground forces.
- In hindsight, was the invasion a mistake? Iraq is a democracy and it is working. If it continues in this direction, then the long-term view will favor the invasion.
- He did not run for President because he is a moderate Republican, and the conservatives were against him.
- He agreed to serve as Secretary of State because he liked GHBush who was a moderate.
- He did not invent the Powell Doctrine, and he does not ascribe to Overwhelming-Force, but rather Decisive-Force.
AN EMPTY BARREL
Wednesday 25 October 2017 at 12:12 am
Hat, cattle, barrels. What's it all mean?
A BIG HAT, NO CATTLE - TEXAS
Many credit Plato for bringing "empty barrel" into the vernacular: "An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers." Some believe the proverb truly has Jamaican origins, while others credit it as Spanish. A book of world proverbs gives 21 variations of the expression.
Shakespeare channeled Plato in Henry V, writing, "I never heard so loud a voice issue from such an empty heart. It's true what they say, the empty vessel makes the greatest sound."
Like many old phrases, there are few clear answers but many variations and sources. On Friday, Wilson suggested that the phrase was racist, and many critics of Kelly have noted a pattern within the Trump administration to demean minority lawmakers.
It does appear Kelly was suggesting the Platonic usage—that Wilson is a loudmouth—given he used the term in an inaccurate reference to Wilson bragging about securing funding for an FBI memorial building. Kelly said Wilson "stood up, and in a long tradition of empty barrels making the most noise, stood up there in all of that and talked about how she was instrumental in getting the funding for that building."
Kelly repeated at the end of his comments that "even for someone that is that empty a barrel, we were stunned."
It's not the first time Kelly has used the phrase. In September, he attributed the quote "empty barrels make the most noise" to his "blessed mother" after Illinois Democrat Representative Luis Gutiérrez called him a "disgrace to the uniform" for supporting the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
Kelly told Fox News he used the phrase to eloquently "call people liars."
Read moreGeneral Mattis, USMC, The Warrior Monk
Friday 02 December 2016 at 5:49 pm
I am a fan of Maddog Mattis; remember i joined the marines when i was 15 years old. semper fi.
9 unforgettable quotes by James Mattis
James Mattis, the retired Marine Corps general who has been tapped to be Donald Trump’s secretary of defense, is known for his earthy aphorisms -- eminently quotable, often controversial observations on everything from the romanticism of war to the secret of personal success (“I don’t lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word,” he once said.)
Reporters who have followed the arc of the four-star general’s 44-year military career from the sands of Iraq to the halls of the Pentagon have dubbed his many pithy statements “Mattisisms”; his legion of admirers call him either “the Warrior Monk” or “Mad Dog.” One Mattisism -- “be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet" -- even made it into a popular video game.
It turns out that Mattis, whose gruff exterior masks a finely honed intellect, may have influenced the president-elect’s view on waterboarding with something of a Mattisism. Trump told The New York Times that he was “surprised” when Mattis told him he does not favor the practice.
“He said, ‘I’ve never found it to be useful,’” Trump relayed. “He said, ‘I’ve always found, give me a pack of cigarettes and a couple of beers and I do better with that than I do with torture.’ And I was very impressed by that answer.”
Here’s a sampling of Mattis’ most memorable quotes:
1. ‘It’s quite fun to shoot them, you know. It’s a hell of a hoot. It’s fun to shoot some people.’
In 2005, he offered this commentary on war: “You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil. You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them.”
He continued: “Actually it's quite fun to fight them, you know. It's a hell of a hoot. It's fun to shoot some people. I'll be right up there with you. I like brawling.”
At the time, after the remarks made some waves, Marine commandant Gen. Michael Hagee noted that Mattis “often speaks with a great deal of candor.”
2. ‘There are some assholes in the world that just need to be shot.’
Speaking to some 200 Marines, Mattis had this advice, according to longtime reporter Thomas Ricks: “The first time you blow someone away is not an insignificant event. That said, there are some assholes in the world that just need to be shot.”
Mattis elaborated, “There are hunters and there are victims. By your discipline, cunning, obedience and alertness, you will decide if you are a hunter or a victim. It’s really a hell of a lot of fun. You’re gonna have a blast out here!”
And: “I feel sorry for every son of a bitch that doesn’t get to serve with you.”
3. ‘I come in peace. I didn’t bring artillery. But I’m pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: If you fuck with me, I’ll kill you all.’
Mattis remembered offering this message to Iraqi leaders following the invasion, Ricks reported.
4. ‘Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet.’
According to the same report, Mattis advised his Marines in Iraq to stay vigilant. In that vein, he also once said, “There is only one ‘retirement plan’ for terrorists.”
5. ‘There are some people who think you have to hate them in order to shoot them. I don’t think you do.’
“It’s just business,” Mattis said.
6. ‘In a country with millions of people and cars going everywhere, the enemy is going to get a car bomb out there once in awhile.’
Matt was characteristically blunt in a 2007 interview with the San Diego Union-Tribune. “There are going to be good days and bad days. Bottom line,” he concluded.
7. ‘PowerPoint makes us stupid.’
Mattis gets a third of his briefings on the presentation platform, though, The New York Times has reported.
8. ‘I get a lot of credit these days for things I never did.’
For all his proverbial outspokenness, in a 2004 speech at the Naval Academy, Mattis was reportedly modest about his accomplishments.
9. “Engage your brain before you engage your weapon.”
Mattis, a student of counterinsurgency tactics and strategy, sent this advice to his Marine unit only a few hours before they helped kick off the 2003 invasion of Iraq. “While we will move swiftly and aggressively against those who resist, we will treat all others with decency, demonstrating chivalry and soldierly compassion for people who have endured a lifetime under Saddam’s oppression,” he wrote.
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WAR PICTURES; CLICK ON PIC AND DRAG MOUSE
Tuesday 24 May 2016 at 03:39 am
click on war picture and drag mouse pictures were taken during WWII; swipe the mouse and see how the geography has changed.
WORLD'S LARGEST MILITARY AIRCRAFT
Sunday 22 May 2016 at 5:34 pm
XLS SPACE PLANE NEARING COMPLETION
Friday 15 April 2016 at 02:49 am
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