Cynical Publius

I get tired of Democrats claiming to be on the “right side of history” when both their past and their present are so utterly sordid and destructive. So, if you are a Democrat, let me tell you about MY side of history and YOUR side of history. My side of history is Cato the Elder, John Locke, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Irving Babbitt and William F. Buckley.  Your side of history is Thomas Hobbes, Karl Marx, Josef Stalin, Mao’s Little Red Book and Noam Chomsky. My side of history is George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Martin Luther King, Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump.  Your side of history is Tories who fled to Canada, Jefferson Davis, Woodrow Wilson, Bull Connor, George Wallace and Nancy Pelosi. My side of history is freedom of thought, freedom of speech, freedom of religion and spirited debate.  Your side of history is ThoughtCrime, Speech Codes, religious persecution and Cancel Culture. My side of history is Brown v. Board of Ed., Loving v. VA, Gitlow v. NY, and Heller v. DC.  Your side of history is Dred Scott, Korematsu and Roe v. Wade. My side of history is Jackie Robinson.  Your side of history is Colin Kaepernick. My side of history is head held high, standing straight, hand over heart.  Your side of history is sullen glances at the ground, kneeling. My side of history is the family as the foundation of society. Your side of history is mutilating confused children. My side of history is the rockets’ red glare.  Your side of history is imagine no religion. My side of history is firefighters going up the stairs into the Twin Towers.  Your side of history is 28-year-old men playing Call of Duty in their mothers’ basements. My side of history is smoked brisket.  Your side of history is a no-foam, no-sugar, soy latte. My side of history is Lincoln freeing the slaves and General Patton liberating Buchenwald.  Your side of history is Fort Sumter, the Gulag and Pol Pot’s killing fields. My side of history is Mel Brooks.  Your side of history is Amy Schumer. My side of history is all men and women are created equal and endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights.  Your side of history is critical theory and only some lives matter. My side of history is 20-year-olds storming Omaha Beach. Your side of history is 20-year-olds in their safe spaces with adult coloring books. My side of history is American men and women disabled by an IED.  Your side of history is American men and women disabled by anxiety. My side of history is the Kentucky Rifle, the Springfield 1861, the M1911, the M1 Garand, the M14 and the AR15.  Your side of history is whimpering submission. My side of history is Thomas Edison, the Wright Brothers, Apollo 11 and Jonas Salk.  Your side of history is “global warming,” 100+ genders and porous cloth masks stopping viruses. My side is of history is laughing babies.  Your side of history is selling aborted baby parts on the open market. My side of history is the Sistine Chapel and Monet’s water lilies.  Your side of history is an inverted crucifix in a bottle of urine. My side of history is construction.  Your side of history is deconstruction. My side of history is civilization.  Your side of history is nihilism. And, MOST OF ALL: My side of history is liberty.  Your side of history is tyranny. *finis*

@Tim_Walz The White House is cutting off $250 million for Minnesotans health care fraud. Fixed it for ya, Elmer.

The White House is cutting off $250 million for Minnesotans health care.

@pipermcq @rangeredge1621 I'm leaving him unblocked so I can correct him when needed.

@CynicalPublius @rangeredge1621 I blocked him long ago.

This is untrue. As much as we all want it to be true, it's untrue. Go ask Grok if you don't believe me. Fabricating stuff like this is what gives conservatives a bad name.

@LisaLenderink So the Prime Minister of Japan is delusional? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 OK Cupcake. Scram. Get back to the ward before the night nurse notices you are missing.

I firmly believe that it is only you, Donald, who can achieve peace across the world. I did not say that. The Prime Minister of Japan did. Amazing.

UPDATE: This Task Force has been established & is well underway, @SecWar. Our Senior Service Colleges are some of the most valuable @DeptofWar institutions, preparing our officers to think strategically & creatively, pursue peace through strength, and - when necessary - fight & win our nation's wars. This Task Force is going to ensure that these colleges & the graduates they produce remain the best in the world.

The Secretary of Defense tells the American public to pray for our troops on bended knee and invoke Jesus' name....

I totally got the Smurf analogy, Data Smurfette (small s).

@livinlov @MrsDrPublius Tell him to make sure he has a pillow in his office so he can sleep under his desk.

@CynicalPublius @MrsDrPublius He’s attracted to big law for sure. I think he just believes it’s exciting. We’ll see. He’s lucky, no loans he got a great scholarship.

I just said to @MrsDrPublius: "I'm a recovering lawyer." She replied: "And I'm a recovering wife of a lawyer." 🤣 IYKYK

@CELScudder @wretchardthecat Took me a sec. 🤣

@CynicalPublius @wretchardthecat Hey we can stil use Operation Iranian Liberation.

My own sense is that we are reaching the point of maximum danger in OEF as the US/Israel campaign relentlessly grinds its foe down. The Islamic Republic represents a 49 year investment, not only by Shia radicals but also by Russia and China. The loss of that giant edifice means personal death for many and political oblivion for countless more. It represents geopolitical defeat for powerful nations. People and fanatic states do not expire without a fight, especially if they are comprised of brave men. As they lose their grip they will become desperate in a way that people who have not been in that situation cannot grasp. My hope is that the Iranians themselves can take a hand and lessen the trauma.

@DocMartinez2013 @wretchardthecat Excellent point.

@CynicalPublius @wretchardthecat OEF 2: electric boogaloo, sir. It's kinda obvious if you think about it

@NickelmanJ I always felt bad for 3/325. "Blue Falcons." 🤣

@CynicalPublius The red ones are the best ones 😉

I was an Army colonel. I would have traded it all to be a First Sergeant of a Company in the 82nd. People may view being an officer as being more prestigious, but it is my belief that being a senior NCO is far more satisfying given how closely you lead soldiers.

@EricDaMAJ *commander

@EricDaMAJ When I was a battalion commender I had an E-4 medic who was an Ivy League Medieval Literature professor. When 9/11 happened, he enlisted.

@OutbackLawyer @MrsDrPublius I already made my licenses inactive. I'm getting too old for the BigLaw grind. Besides, I've not seen the inside of a courtroom since law school. Corporate law for me.

@CynicalPublius @MrsDrPublius Step 1) Move to a Red State. Step 2) Become a Prosecutor. Step 3) Help us (GOP Prosecutors and LEOs) fix this Country.

Law school is awesome. The practice of law? Not so much, but it depends. I pray student loans don't force him into taking a job he hates. Being able to practice law in an area you are passionate about is key, I think, but too many times six figure student loans force young lawyers into the grind of BigLaw.

@CynicalPublius @MrsDrPublius My son is 1L, I often feel conflicted.

@johnkonrad Can we fit cannons in the pontoons?

It is time to build the GOAT

@KhaliBalmung I'm not sure "communist" is an exact fit for Chavez. He was also a fanatic about an extreme, self-penitential form of mystical Catholicism. But I get your point.

@CynicalPublius Yep. And his name should've never been put on anything in the first place. We shouldn't name government buildings, parks, military vessels after communists.

Thank you Sir. Pedophile rapists celebrated by Barack Obama for their community organizing should not have the honor of having their name on a proud American ship. While you are at it, could you please ask the Director of the National Park Service to tell the truth about Chavez at the Cesar Chavez National Monument? I'm sick and tired of our Founders and our nation being subject to anti-American revisionist history while the Left can never tell the truth about its depraved heroes.

@infantrydort Too many people are hung up on the (false) legend of Polish cavalry charging German tanks. Not every example of a revolution in military affairs negates older tech.

A battleship is "obsolete" against a plane. A tank is "obsolete" against an EFP. A bayonet is "obsolete" against a loaded gun. A bomber is "obsolete" against a fighter. A fighter is "obsolete" against a SAM. A submarine is "obsolete" against a depth charge. Stop.

Anyone who claims the A10 needs to be retired obviously hasn't been in a ground firefight and needed them. There are few things more depressing than a gun run from any other platform. Don't @ me about obsolescence. Everything is "obsolete" if conditions aren't set.

@4SharkFour @Tex_not_dead_ Blousing rubbers. Brings me back.

@CynicalPublius @Tex_not_dead_ I was an Army CW3 helicopter pilot. Best rank and job in the military.🇺🇸🚁