New Weapon of Mass Destruction

Tragedy struck nearby recently.

Death from Fentanyl

The daughter of a friend overdosed [OD] on marijuana - laced with Fentanyl; her small daughter found her, comatose.

She was an attractive young lady whose boyfriend introduced her to marijuana, then to heroin, and on to other drugs.  She had "gone straight" after her last overdose, and it's possible, she was given Fentanyl in another substance; the end result was death.

She was in the health business and lost her job when she was found using her access to pharmaceuticals for her increasing habit. In the meantime, her boyfriend died of an overdose, leaving her with a small child to raise on her own.

The young woman had moved away from her hometown and extended family, probably to be with her boyfriend two states away, to avoid family pressure to give up drugs. Her mom begged her to come home where she and extended family could help care for the child, but, the young woman was adamant that she was "clean".

A Fentanyl Dose the size of a Sesame Seed
Can be inserted into a Marijuana Joint
and not be noticed

Given her heroin OD, it was obvious she was not clean.

Sadly, she had visited with us only a few weeks before her OD death.

Fentanyl did the trick, as it takes only a smidgen to kill - and it killed her in a flash; and even with immediate response by the EMT, no measure of could revive her, and she died in her mother's arms in the ICU, with her child in the next room.

The mom and her family remain  devastated, and heartbroken, but will come together to raise the child in a loving environment.







But the grandmom, who co-signed for her daughter's student loans, is now on the hook for those loans; although she's unemployed/retired with a minimal income, she can't file for bankruptcy due to the exclusion of student loan liability protected by the Dodd-Frank Consumer Financial Protection Act -- which protects banks and destroys consumers.  The Financial Protection clause of that act ensures that students - or their parents who declare bankruptcy are still liable for student loans.

What's our motive for publishing this?
The issue here ties to Trump's goal of building that Wall.
It won't block all the Illegals, and it will only partially block the flow of drugs into the US.
But, it will enable our Law Enforcement Community to deal it some crippling blows.

In the interim, it will likely block the massive amounts of drugs crossing our southern border in tractor trailers, cars, horseback, and backpack.  Among those drugs are Fentanyl, which can be blocked from entering overland; the Wall could possibly stifle the drug trade, or severely limit it.

Don't look to Congress to act anytime soon since it's fairly obvious that most of Congress are in the pockets of the drug lords. Worse, several of our recent Presidents and their families were controlled by the Cartels which bolstered their multi-million dollar bank accounts - not to speak of the spin-off criminal activities of Human Trafficking and Child Sex exploitation.

But, this drug problem is nothing new; it began in earnest in Vietnam with opium and heroin being transported regionally in those ubiquitous "Black Helicopters" with the drugs subsequently being transported to the US aboard USAF cargo aircraft and commercial ships, and even  having been inserted into the corpses of our dead GIs.

Hollywood introduced Marijuana as a "cultural issue" in a variety of very popular movies such as MASH and movies about cool kids in California high schools.


In fact, one of the most popular TV series was Weed, which popularized the use and sale of Marijuana and linkages to Mexican cartels as just a lot of fun - with a touch of danger.  And then, there was the wildly popular series, Breaking Bad, which rationalized the use of a broad scope of narcotics as a part of the US drug culture -- and a very profitable one.  Drug usage for our younger generations is not only "cool", it is Mandatory to fit in as one of the "In-Crowd".

A large percentage of our young and naive troops in Vietnam were introduced to Marijuana to relieve their boredom in remote outposts and to reduce their tension while waiting for the inevitable Viet Cong attack.  As the War progressed, more of our GIs partook, and the dealers began lacing the Marijuana with Heroin to ensure continued addiction by our troops when they returned to the US.  Back home, the former GIs were hooked and were ready customers for drug dealers selling boosted Marijuana, and leading to Heroin and Cocaine addiction.

Nearly 20 years later, no one can define
why our troops are in Afghanistan!

This narcotics consumption process continued to the present with hundreds of thousands of US troops  shipped to the Middle East to fight in the Bush/Clinton/Obama Middle East wars, the most recent of which continues in Afghanistan -- a key source of international heroin production and distribution.
[Otherwise, we remain bewildered at why our troops are deployed there]




Fast forward to today, after decades of Hollywood movies and Television programs extolling the virtues of Marijuana and Opiates as "Recreational Drugs",  the pressure was on to legalize "Medical Marijuana"; and, many states took that initiative.  The hook there was that Big Pharma lobbied state legislatures to create tight restrictions and massive amounts of paperwork to sell this Medical Marijuana, squeezing out the small medical Mom&Pop outlets who could neither staff their enterprises or manage all the paperwork involved to meet state requirements.

Today's marijuana, produced by the Pharmas is magnitudes greater in intensity than that which was popular in the 1960s, and now, it's laced with both heroin and Fentanyl -- the point is to eradicate our younger population as a functional element of our work force and overall population.

We'll get off our soap-box now.
If you know of any users, or families of users, feel free to pass our comments along; your kids, and our kids are not safe.

And our country is under assault with narcotics as the new Weapon of Mass Destruction.
Drugs like laced/boosted Marijuana reduce our workforce through elimination via drug testing; while more potent drugs [e.g., heroin] reduce the effectiveness and judgment of the mid-range executives managing financial institutions.

Ultimately, Fentanyl is poised to create massive damage to our water supply infrastructure, as only a small amount can contaminate millions of gallons of water.  This deadly substance is being carried across our southern border in amounts sufficient to cripple our major cities well ahead of any detection process -- and Congress is allowing this to happen by blocking the efforts of President Trump to close the border access to Illegals transporting this WMD.

Presidents I've Known

Trump has to clean up this mess

We are reposting an excellent commentary by an eye-witness to history. 

Roof, an astute observer with skills honed by a career in the Military, 

shares with us his observations.  We repost for your edification.

Presidents I've Known George Roof Chief Master Sergeant (Retired) US Air Force Because I am a "lifer" in the military, I've seen the impact of a President more than many of you can imagine. I enlisted with LBJ and saw just what a Democrat cluster flock was all about. I went to Vietnam and saw how we were constantly and incessantly  bombarded with micro-management from Washington that got thousands of military  people killed. I sometimes wonder if I'll get to heaven, but if I go to hell, I'm sure I'll  still be a few hundred floors above those bastards Robert McNamara, LBJ, John Kerry,  Jane Fonda, and yes, even the "hero" John McCain. After Johnson "abdicated" rather than having his ass waxed, I lived through  Nixon who was hawkish but allowed the generals (and there WERE a few real generals back then versus now) run the show. He was so out of touch  that he never knew North Vietnam was about to surrender when the Paris  Accord was presented. Only God could help us after Gerald Ford was beaten by Jimmy Peanuts  who'd been funded by Saudi money. The military was turned into  Section 8 and even the Whitehouse suffered the austerity. Then the light began to shine and Ronald Reagan swept into the fray.  He not only loved the country and the military, they loved him back.  Esprit d'corps was off the scale during his presidency. The Liberals  were slowly turning into socialists, however, and about this time all  the draft dodgers of the 1960's who'd been given amnesty by Jimmy  Peanuts were turning out college graduates with degrees in socialism. Bush 1 was an enigma from the CIA and though he never did much  either way, he NEVER DID MUCH EITHER WAY. Welcome to Bill Clinton. Clinton spent most of his two terms wagging the dog and creating the Oral Office, sending a bomber to blow up  Quaddafi's tent and killing a goat or two, while allowing the UN to  set up the infamous Black Hawk Down situation. He made history  by becoming only the second president to be impeached. I actually felt sorry for Bush 2. He was doomed to infamy from the start.  He thought most of America was still the rah rah patriots of WWII when  they were simply socialists waiting to feed him to the sharks. Then there came the Manchurian Candidate with a faked  (OK Democrats, let's say "of questionable origin" to assuage your PC  brains) birth certificate, who'd gotten a free ride through college under  a foreign student exemption, and whose college records and complete  life history had been sealed. (We know more about Thomas Jefferson's  bastard children than we do about Obama, Michelle, OR their two kids.) From his inaugural address, he slandered America and within days had  begun to encourage dissention of the races as well as slandering police who "acted stupidly." That was mild to the crap that would come in  doubling the national debt from what had been built by  ALL THE PREVIOUS PRESIDENTS COMBINED,  feeding us bullspit about how Muslims built this country, and nationalizing  American industries. Fueled by George Soros' money and using the  Air Force fleet as his personal charters, he appointed malcontents and  traitors into positions of authority. He trashed the Constitution by installing  "czars" (interesting he chose a title like that) to bypass Congressional authority.  By that time, Congress was completely corrupt on both sides of the aisle.  No one had balls to impeach this charlatan. Mysteriously, the lone outspoken conservative Supreme Court Justice  suddenly dies in his sleep at an Obama pal's hunting lodge and the  Supreme Court is evenly split. Finally, Congress shows some balls  and rejects Obama's nomination. The Libtards aren't worried because  the fix is in. Soros has paid demonstrators to cause turmoil at all the  Republican gatherings, Obama concedes that illegal aliens should  vote as they won't be prosecuted, and Soros-manufactured voting  machines are caught switching votes in certain precincts.  Hillary has cheated her way to the nomination and her lies are  completely ignored by the brainwashed minions of sycophants who  follow her. But a shocking thing happened on the way to the forum. Middle America had had enough and although the pollsters and the pipers tried to convince them not even to bother to vote, they were  fed up with the denizens of the swamp. It was time. Florida was  designated a "swing" state ignoring that all those old retirees living  in St. Petersburg, and the fed up Cuban Americans of Miami weren't  interested in their platform. Ohio and Pennsylvania, where coal  production was blacklisted and where Obama had ridiculed them  for "clinging to their Bibles and their guns," lay awaiting this supposed  "landslide" Hillary vote and creamed it. The Socialist world of the Democratic Party disintegrated.  An American who expressed unbridled love of country and respect  for police, firemen, and military steamrolled across the heartland and  the liberals realized their scheme was trashed. A CONSTITUTIONALIST  would be nominated to the Supreme Court and if the hag who'd claimed to retire if Trump were elected would actually leave, the Supreme Court  would have a massive majority of CONSTITUTIONALISTS for the next  40 - 50 years. Now, the same party who'd ridiculed Trump on his comments about  the election being rigged, started screaming that the election was  rigged. They even advocated having the election repeated. They  created mobs that burned and pillaged, stopped traffic, threatened murder, batter and rape of Trump supporters, and became the  anarchists that the socialist dream thrives upon. They run like  castrated pigs for safe zones and use diaper pins as their national  symbol. This is exactly what happens when political correctness takes  over and participation trophies are awarded to everyone. They  can't conceive how disgusting and subservient they have become.  Donald Trump may NOT be the best person for the job, but he's  such a welcome respite from the candy-assed whimps who've been running the swamp that it's refreshing to see. At the very  least, Donald Trump derailed the Socialist train and bought us  precious time. If he only does half of what he's promised, we'll  still be legions ahead of where Obama has dragged us.  Already, countries who held us in contempt are lining up to be  found in the favor of America. So for you liberal lurkers and you half-assed fence-sitters, kiss off.  You had your big hurrah and now your party is over. For you staunch  Republicans in office, don't gloat so much yourselves. You've been  put on notice by the American people that we're fed up with  ALL YOU BASTARDS and if you don't start putting America first,  you do so at your own peril. You might want to buy a copy of  George McGovern's autobiography and see how shocking and  humbling it can be for a professional politician to have to try  to find legitimate work once he falls from grace.  This election was pure, unadulterated AMERICAN.  Hillary got beaten and AMERICA WON THE ELECTION.  You can claim he's not "your president" all you want, but unless  you forfeit your American citizenship,  YES HE IS!!!! Go cry a river some place they need water.

Remembering the WW2 Doolittle Raid

Doolittle's Raiders; Only Four Survive

[As we regain our national dignity following the Presidential election, we can remember, with honor, a select few of the heroes who protected our country from those who attacked us on December 7, 1941.  These men honored our flag, and put their lives at risk to allow their grandchildren, and great grandchildren, the freedom to express themselves, with some seeking out"safe spaces" offended by those intent on reforming the corrupt government which now is in place.   We also note that this was a period in which the Press reported accurately, and Hollywood was not a Communist colony. 

We salute these heroes!]

 THE FINAL TOAST!

They bombed Tokyo 74 years ago.

 

They once were among the most universally admired and revered men in the United States .. There were 80 of the Raiders in April 1942, when they carried out one of the most courageous and heart-stirring military operations in this nation's history. The mere mention of their unit's name, in those years, would bring tears to the eyes of grateful Americans.
 
  
After Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor [December 7, 1941], with the United States reeling and wounded, our Pacific Fleet devastated,something dramatic was needed to turn the war effort around.
 
 
Although there were no friendly airfields close enough to Japan for the United States to launch a retaliation, a daring plan was devised. Sixteen B-25s
were modified so that they could take off from the deck of an aircraft carrier. This had never before been tried -- sending such big, heavy bombers from a carrier.
 
 

 
 

The 16 five-man crews, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle, who himself flew the lead plane off the USS Hornet, knew that they would not be able to return to the carrier.
They would have to hit Japan and then hope to make it to China for a safe landing.
 
 

But on the day of the raid, the Japanese military learned of the plan. The Raiders were told that they would have to take off from much farther out in the Pacific Ocean than they had counted on, so, they would not have enough fuel to make it to safety.

Undaunted, these crews went anyway.
 
They bombed Tokyo and then flew as far as they could. Four planes crash-landed;11 more crews bailed out, and three of the Raiders died. Eight more were captured; three were executed. 

 
 

Another died of starvation in a Japanese prison camp. One crew made it to Russia

The Doolittle Raiders sent a message from the United States to its enemies, and to the rest of the world: We will fight. And, no matter what it takes, we will win!
 
 
Of the 80 Raiders, 62 survived the war. They were celebrated as national heroes, models of bravery. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer produced a motion picture based on the raid; "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo," starring Spencer Tracy and Van Johnson, was a patriotic and emotional box-office hit, and the phrase became part of the national lexicon. In the movie-theater previews for the film, MGM proclaimed that it was presenting
the story "with supreme pride."

Beginning in 1946, the surviving Raiders have held a reunion each April, to commemorate the mission. The reunion is in a different city each year. In 1959, the city of Tucson, Arizona, as a gesture of respect and gratitude, presented the Doolittle Raiders with a set of 80 silver goblets. Each goblet was engraved with the name of a Raider.  Every year, a wooden display case bearing all 80 goblets is transported to the reunion city. Each time a Raider passes away, his goblet is turned upside down in the case at the next reunion, as his old friends bear solemn witness.
 
 

Also, in the wooden case is a bottle of 1896 Hennessy Very Special cognac. The year is not happenstance: 1896 was when Jimmy Doolittle was born.
 
 

There has always been a plan: When there are only two surviving Raiders, they would open the bottle at last, drink from it and toast their comrades who preceded them in death.
 
As 2013 began, there were five living Raiders; then, in February, Tom Griffin passed away at age 96.
 
 

He defined the term "War Hero". After bailing out of his plane over a mountainous Chinese forest after the Tokyo raid, he became ill with malaria, and almost died. When he recovered, he was sent to Europe to fly more combat missions. He was shot down, captured, and spent 22 months in a German prisoner of war camp.
 
 

The selflessness of these men, the sheer guts ... there was a passage in the Cincinnati Enquirer obituary for Mr. Griffin that, on the surface, had nothing to do with the war,but that was emblematic of the depth of his sense of duty and devotion:
 
 
"When his wife became ill and needed to go into a nursing home, he visited her every day. He walked from his house to the nursing home, fed his wife and at the end of the day brought home her clothes. At night, he washed and ironed her clothes. Then he walked them up to her room the next morning. He did that for three years until her death in 2005."
 
 

So now, out of the original 80, only four Raiders remain: Dick Cole (Doolittle's co-pilot on the Tokyo raid), Robert Hite, Edward Saylor and David Thatcher. All are in their 90s.  They have decided that there are too few of them for the public reunions to continue.
 
 
The events in Fort Walton Beach marked the end. It has come full circle; Florida's nearby Eglin Field was where the Raiders trained in secrecy for the Tokyo mission. The town planned to do all it can to honor the men: a six-day celebration of their valor, including luncheons, a dinner and a parade.

Do the Dollittle Raiders ever wonder if those of us whom they helped to save the country have tended to it in a way that is worthy of their sacrifice? They don't talk about that, at least not around other people. But if you find yourself near Fort Walton Beach this week, and if you should encounter any of the Raiders, you might want to offer them a word of thanks. I can tell you from first hand observation that they appreciate hearing that
they are remembered.
 
 
The men have decided that after this final public reunion they will wait until a later date -- sometime this year -- to get together once more, informally
and in absolute privacy. That is when they will open the bottle of brandy. The years are flowing by too swiftly now; they are not going to wait until there are only two of them.
 
 
They will fill the four remaining upturned goblets. And raise them in a toast to those who are gone. 
 
 

Their 70th Anniversary Photo 

Only one member of the Doolittle Raid remains as fellow airman ... David Thatcher, a staff sergeant during the Doolittle Raid, smiles with pride as he listens to a speaker talk about the Doolittle Raiders, April 20, 2013 in Fort ...