Posted On: Tuesday - January 16th 2024 9:10PM MST
In Topics:   Music  US Feral Government  Race/Genetics  World Political Stupidity
... Dad said "Son, you're fucking high." Sorry about that language right from the get go, but that's the song lyric that fits this post to a T.
As anti-male, anti-white, and anti-normal as the Potomac Regime is, why would any normal white male want to have anything to do with it, barring planned subterfuge*? Additionally, seeing as how the Regime armed forces do nothing resembling* defending this nation but rather spend money and lives as the offenders around the world, one sure wouldn't be signing up for the military in order to defend his country.
What a quaint notion that is anymore ... yet,White men have been the ones doing a disproportionate amount of the fighting, killing, and dying since the American armed forces have been integrated, and before too, of course. However, since the end of the Vietnam War, in all the wars America has been involved with all over the world, we've greatly outgunned the enemy. The Cold War was scary for the general population along with the military, but it stayed mostly cold. For many decades, joining the military was a fairly risk-free way of getting lots of free training, education, and world travel (for some) on Uncle Sam. (Plus, one can get on airliners first, before often even 1st class passengers and be thanked for "your service".)
My point is that joining the military has been a pretty good deal for many decades.** Over the last couple though, and especially the last 5 to 10 years, the hatred, ridicule, and marginalization of normal White men coming from the "leadership" of the armed forces has gotten blatant. I've read so many comments telling young White men to stay out, even from those whose families have sent generation after generation of young men to war and/or military careers. I have agreed. I see now that this advice seems to have taken hold.
From Mike LaChance of The Gateway Pundit, I read REPORT: U.S. Army Sees Massive Decline in White Recruits. Here are a few numbers:
The total number of white recruits is down by nearly half in the past 5 years, from 44,042 white recruits in 2018 to 25,070 in 2023 under Joe Biden and his abusive woke policies and frightening foreign policy.Mr. LaChance mentioned the vaccine mandates too, but I figure that my have effected possible recruits of all races/ethnicities. In general, the military is having a hard time recruiting. It's not just White men. However:
In 2018, 56.4% of new recruits were categorized as white. In 2023, that number had fallen to 44%. During that same five-year period, Black recruits have gone from 20% to 24% of the pool, and Hispanic recruits have risen from 17% to 24%, with both groups seeing largely flat recruiting totals but increasing as a percentage of incoming soldiers as white recruiting has fallen.This quick article didn't have numbers broken out by sex. For a man who would join to really be a soldier, the women-in-combat thing in general ruins the whole concept.
Well, this is good news. People are learning. Let the Potomac Regime try to rule the world with their expensive social experiment. Some worry that the type of recruits joining up now bode ill in that they will not be the ones to rebel against being turned against Americans when it comes to that. Point taken, but then I don't see this diverse crowd as one who would win against Americans in arms either.
Peak Stupidity will repeat a song we embedded 7 years ago - Ben Folds - 3 semesters of college for only 15 grand. This is the song that starts with the lyrics up top. The Ben Folds Five was a 3-member band out of Chapel Hill, N. Carolina. Ben Folds was a great entertainer in the vein of the Piano Man Billy Joel. He wrote some great lyrics for many of his songs, and Army, from the album The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner, is no exception.
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* Such as, say, joining the Border Patrol and defying orders in order to patrol the border or something devious and crazy like that.
** Some posts from 4 years back along these lines are: Death from Above, Assasinations, and Declaration of War, Arrogance from the American Military, and Outside it's America.
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Moderator
Wednesday - January 17th 2024 7:45PM MST
PS: For those who missed it, Adam Smith's youtube link goes to: US Army - Emma, The Calling #GOARMY (2021) No, you may not want to ....
Adam, I think what worked for the Regime for many years was to make American men who did have the fighting spirit to THINK they were somehow defending America, the American way, whatever ... It's quit working, finally.
Thanks for the reply in answer to my question, Alarmist.
Adam, I think what worked for the Regime for many years was to make American men who did have the fighting spirit to THINK they were somehow defending America, the American way, whatever ... It's quit working, finally.
Thanks for the reply in answer to my question, Alarmist.
Dieter Kief
Wednesday - January 17th 2024 2:09PM MST
PS
Trump on politicians as killers.
Is Putin a killer? - 20 sec. that are dense and
clear - -
https://x.com/simpatico771/status/1747597790375518630?s=20
Trump on politicians as killers.
Is Putin a killer? - 20 sec. that are dense and
clear - -
https://x.com/simpatico771/status/1747597790375518630?s=20
Old Soldier
Wednesday - January 17th 2024 12:53PM MST
PS I've got kinfolk in the military. They've told me repeatedly that all military training, nowadays, is simulated training including sporadic weapons qualifying. No live fire, no bad weather or night fire training, no 'hands-on' weapons training or maintenance, etc. And, according to kinfolk, nobody fails simulated training including scarce weapons qualification training. I can only wonder how US simulated trained troops will stack up against Putin's combat hardened troops in actual combat if it should ever come to that? Our hollowed out and severely weakened military is being set up for a bloodbath and quick battlefield failure, or so it seems to me. My kinfolk say those in the military - mostly the white ones - see the bloodbath coming and are working hard to get out ASAP.
The Alarmist
Wednesday - January 17th 2024 12:45PM MST
PS
LOL, Bill H... The nice thing about being an aviator is that you have no doubts you will come back to the surface. I got to visit the borders of the USSR a few times, and was given a warm “Go Away” on one occasion.
LOL, Bill H... The nice thing about being an aviator is that you have no doubts you will come back to the surface. I got to visit the borders of the USSR a few times, and was given a warm “Go Away” on one occasion.
Bill H
Wednesday - January 17th 2024 12:07PM MST
PS "Risk free?" "World travel?" Tell me about it.
We were training some Marines and one of them asked me about the rukus that was going on if we were diving. I told him that we were either diving or we were sinking. Sort of freaked him out and he asked what the difference was. I told him that if we come back up we're diving, if we don't come back up we're sinking. He wanted to know if there was really any doubt about us coming back up and I told him, "This boat is 21 years old. There is always doubt about us coming back up."
The only world travel I got was to the north coast of Russia, which was neither scenic or much fun. If you didn't freeze to death or get sunk by storms, you stood a fair chance of getting sunk by the Soviet Navy. In summer the weather was a little better, but there was 24 hours of daylight, so you ran a higher risk of being seen when you were on the surface charging batteries.
That bbeing said, the idea of being cooped up on that boat with gays and transvestites for four months at a time makes freezing and dodging Soviet destroyers seem pretty small potatoes.
We were training some Marines and one of them asked me about the rukus that was going on if we were diving. I told him that we were either diving or we were sinking. Sort of freaked him out and he asked what the difference was. I told him that if we come back up we're diving, if we don't come back up we're sinking. He wanted to know if there was really any doubt about us coming back up and I told him, "This boat is 21 years old. There is always doubt about us coming back up."
The only world travel I got was to the north coast of Russia, which was neither scenic or much fun. If you didn't freeze to death or get sunk by storms, you stood a fair chance of getting sunk by the Soviet Navy. In summer the weather was a little better, but there was 24 hours of daylight, so you ran a higher risk of being seen when you were on the surface charging batteries.
That bbeing said, the idea of being cooped up on that boat with gays and transvestites for four months at a time makes freezing and dodging Soviet destroyers seem pretty small potatoes.
Old Soldier
Wednesday - January 17th 2024 12:03PM MST
PS: "Plus, one can get on airliners first, before often even 1st class passengers and be thanked for "your service"." That never ONCE happened to me. ANYWHERE I traveled IN UNIFORM. I long ago learned to accept the "you're a baby killer" looks in airports and to only eat packaged food anywhere I went.
The Alarmist
Wednesday - January 17th 2024 10:18AM MST
PS
If you told, you got booted out.
Before DADT, we had a guy who was flying pretty close to flaming, but he kept quiet about his private life, so he was pretty much left in peace. The Army might have been a bit more inquisitive than the AF as to his love life.
If you told, you got booted out.
Before DADT, we had a guy who was flying pretty close to flaming, but he kept quiet about his private life, so he was pretty much left in peace. The Army might have been a bit more inquisitive than the AF as to his love life.
Adam Smith
Wednesday - January 17th 2024 9:28AM MST
PS: Good morning, gentlemen,
I guess White boys don't want to die for Greater Isreal. Weird.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8-Yslv4PME
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I guess White boys don't want to die for Greater Isreal. Weird.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8-Yslv4PME
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J1234
Wednesday - January 17th 2024 9:19AM MST
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"I should have noted that another reason to still join up is to get training for what's coming."
I hadn't thought of that. Very good point, Mr. Moderator, and not a bad strategy for traditionally oriented young men. BTW, I meant to mention what a good article this is in my comment, but didn't. Great work!
"I should have noted that another reason to still join up is to get training for what's coming."
I hadn't thought of that. Very good point, Mr. Moderator, and not a bad strategy for traditionally oriented young men. BTW, I meant to mention what a good article this is in my comment, but didn't. Great work!
Moderator
Wednesday - January 17th 2024 6:55AM MST
PS: I was writing while you posted that, Alarmist. "I was out before “Don’t Ask - Don’t Tell,” so I don’t know how quickly things have slid downhill." I always thought that policy was pretty common-sensical at least. It seems like the flamers would not be let in or stay in. What was to be the deal if someone "told" on himself?
Moderator
Wednesday - January 17th 2024 6:50AM MST
PS: True, J1234, the guys that join due to long-term family and cultural reasons would be Conservative, though there have probably been plenty (along with other race/sex/etc) who joined for the training, education benefits etc. Yes, it's been disproportionally Southerners too.
I was just adding that exception of subterfuge to cover my bases, but really, I should have noted that another reason to still join up is to get training for what's coming. That's not a "polite" thing to write, but I've read the before and think it's not a bad idea. One would have to put up with all the crap though, for, what, the basic 2 or 4 years? (I don't know.) Additionally, just the act of signing up would give the recruiters the wrong idea, that one is OK with all the D.I.E. crap and "invade the world".
I think you did the right thing, even if it was not so intentional, re your son. I also agree with the last paragraph. I guess they wouldn't respect another Robert E. Lee, as they don't anymore the original.
I was just adding that exception of subterfuge to cover my bases, but really, I should have noted that another reason to still join up is to get training for what's coming. That's not a "polite" thing to write, but I've read the before and think it's not a bad idea. One would have to put up with all the crap though, for, what, the basic 2 or 4 years? (I don't know.) Additionally, just the act of signing up would give the recruiters the wrong idea, that one is OK with all the D.I.E. crap and "invade the world".
I think you did the right thing, even if it was not so intentional, re your son. I also agree with the last paragraph. I guess they wouldn't respect another Robert E. Lee, as they don't anymore the original.
The Alarmist
Wednesday - January 17th 2024 6:46AM MST
PS
The diversity crap was already annoying in the early ‘80s. I was out before “Don’t Ask - Don’t Tell,” so I don’t know how quickly things have slid downhill. As the old joke goes, how long before being gay is mandatory, not to mention being forced to recite the crime of being a White male?
Hearing what I hear today, there is no way I would volunteer, and if drafted I would not report.
The diversity crap was already annoying in the early ‘80s. I was out before “Don’t Ask - Don’t Tell,” so I don’t know how quickly things have slid downhill. As the old joke goes, how long before being gay is mandatory, not to mention being forced to recite the crime of being a White male?
Hearing what I hear today, there is no way I would volunteer, and if drafted I would not report.
J1234
Tuesday - January 16th 2024 11:30PM MST
PS -
"....why would any normal white male want to have anything to do with it [the US military] barring planned subterfuge*?"
I've thought about this. Given the cultural/historical tendency of the military over the last century or so, the "normal white males" who've enlisted in years past might be more accurately described as CONSERVATIVE normal white males, often disproportionately from the southeastern US. I used to feel slightly awkward or even embarrassed about not having served in the military, but not any more, given its current corrupt nature.
The subterfuge you mention may not be realistic, but I sometimes wonder if there's been any kind of unspoken 1850's style "Kansas rush" into the military by conservatives in an effort to stem the tide of political correctness, feminism, wokeness and even non-whiteness. It would be nice to think so, but I doubt it. Patriotic culture, while a genuine motivator for working class and rural American men, has probably always been a distant second to opportunity as a reason for signing up.
My son, who's less conservative than I am, isn't interested in that stuff either, and that's partly my influence. I dislike the military industrial complex, but a bigger reason for dissuading him from the army is to keep him away from a life of petty pecking orders among petty and belligerent people. (Especially belligerent non-whites who hate whites.)
A bigger question I have is whether the US military will ever become the strong arm enforcer (banana republic style) of the deep state left in a post-constitutional America? For me, this is the biggest concern I have about anti-Constitution rhetoric from the left.
"....why would any normal white male want to have anything to do with it [the US military] barring planned subterfuge*?"
I've thought about this. Given the cultural/historical tendency of the military over the last century or so, the "normal white males" who've enlisted in years past might be more accurately described as CONSERVATIVE normal white males, often disproportionately from the southeastern US. I used to feel slightly awkward or even embarrassed about not having served in the military, but not any more, given its current corrupt nature.
The subterfuge you mention may not be realistic, but I sometimes wonder if there's been any kind of unspoken 1850's style "Kansas rush" into the military by conservatives in an effort to stem the tide of political correctness, feminism, wokeness and even non-whiteness. It would be nice to think so, but I doubt it. Patriotic culture, while a genuine motivator for working class and rural American men, has probably always been a distant second to opportunity as a reason for signing up.
My son, who's less conservative than I am, isn't interested in that stuff either, and that's partly my influence. I dislike the military industrial complex, but a bigger reason for dissuading him from the army is to keep him away from a life of petty pecking orders among petty and belligerent people. (Especially belligerent non-whites who hate whites.)
A bigger question I have is whether the US military will ever become the strong arm enforcer (banana republic style) of the deep state left in a post-constitutional America? For me, this is the biggest concern I have about anti-Constitution rhetoric from the left.
Yeah, well, that was then, and this is now, Old Soldier. I've seen this get ramped up from a while after 9/11 up to the level it is now. One time, a flight attendant asked all of us onboard to applaud the soldiers. Sorry, they are not defending anything of mine, so I didn't feel an urge to clap and didn't.
"My kinfolk say those in the military - mostly the white ones - see the bloodbath coming and are working hard to get out ASAP." Yeah, why get dragged down by the very people who deride, hate, and work against you?
What you wrote reminds me of a book I'm reading - it got into some stories of transport of American soldiers to/from Vietnam. The author writes about Pan Am flight attendants back in that time who worked those flights. The author, though, in 2 instances, felt the need to bring up racism wrt to the military, and I could see she didn't know the half of it.
Part of the reason the White soldiers had a beef with working with black soldiers had to do with the lower discipline and abilities dragging them down, and in wartime that can mean death, not just frustration as in the regular workplace. The author did not want to understand this aspect of the "racism".
I got a review coming, of course.