winstonsmith 1984
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winstonsmith 1984
@WMFS1984
God Bless America 🇺🇸. DSDS Combat Army veteran 13 Fox, Modern Day Crusader. No DM’s unless invited.
CC TX 参加日 Mayıs 2024
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His political career is over.
Mike Engleman🇺🇲@RealHickory
Swalwell missed the March 6th filing deadline to run to retain his seat in Congress, so he's officially TOAST!✌️😂
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@BandOfBrothersQ @GuntherEagleman If Nancy looked this good irl I might be tempted 🤷🏻♂️NAH 🤮
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@GuntherEagleman @elizabehsotner Ole Fungus Face will be a political hack/pundit on MSNBC, because they don’t care what he’s done as long as he hates Trump.
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@RaminNasibov This one will wreck you and if it doesn’t you don’t have a heart. Marley and Me.
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Last week, I was at a friend's birthday gathering at a crowded bar in D.C. and I somehow wound up in conversation with a small group of people about the war in Iran.
One of them fully supported the war and fully supported Trump. I politely sipped my drink and waited for the convo to move on. I didn't really want to talk about this during what was meant to be a laidback evening.
But then he said this: "The death toll has been surprisingly low for our military."
I asked him: "How do you mean?"
"Well, we've had a small number of troops killed, less than ten."
"Thirteen," I said. "Thirteen troops have been killed in combat."
"Right," he said. "That's a surprisingly low number. We've had a low fatality rate."
And, you know, I just couldn't let that go. I couldn't.
"Surprisingly low?"
He said: "Yeah, it could be much worse. We could have lost a lot more soldiers at this point."
I asked him: "Can you name any of the service members who were killed?"
"What?"
"Thirteen service members have been killed. Do you know any of their names?"
There was this long, awkward pause. And then he said: "I know some of their names have been published."
I said: "All of their names have been published. The last KIA was a few weeks ago. Do you know any of their names?"
Another long pause and then finally: "No, I don't."
Let me offer some friendly advice for anyone like this gentleman who is tempted to say this was a "surprisingly low" number of service members killed.
Don't make this observation if it's just a number to you.
Every one of these service members had loved ones, friends, a life back home.
Some of them had kids. Some of them had mortgages and front lawns to mow. Some of them had grills in their backyard they would have been using for parties with people they loved this summer.
Now they're gone, and their families and friends are always going to feel that loss.
You shouldn't be saying something like "surprisingly low" in the first place but especially when you don't know any of their names.
If U.S. military fatalities are "surprisingly low," it shouldn't take you any time at all to learn their names.
Friendly advice.
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@MarindaVannoy1 It’s where rich people dress all weird and dance to ghay music and take all kinds of chemicals and buy way overpriced food.
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@AmiriKing I believe Ocala might disagree with your statement.
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@genesimmons @HartshornFrank Kiss was my first concert in 1975 in July Tampa and again in Corpus Christi February of 2019. Thanks for the memories Gene! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
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Thanks for the kind words. It would be nicer if you didn’t hide behind a fake name. And hopefully you’ll be in New York to watch Paul and myself. Enter the Songwriters Hall Of Fame… and remember, don’t be jealous. It makes you look small.
🌵AmericasWiseGuy🌵@AmericasWiseGuy
@genesimmons How fun would this be if KISS made good music too?
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@LaciMarieKnight Anything by Our Lady Peace.
Worst "Canadian Content" airtime filler of all time.
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