TDS Bigly!

AMEN!!!!!

Thanks again.
You've given me extra insight for why the occupied Japanese people came to think that MacArthur was great.
(Something I recall reading too. Where? Can't remember that).

Thanks for the story fascinating history.

I wish I had met him much earlier than I did, but I met him only a four or five years before he passed. He wasn't very talkative about the war and never about the actual combat except broad statements like "it was brutal". I didn't press him because I quickly realized most of the memories weren't good ones so I let him open up on his own terms.

Our meeting was by chance even though he lived in my neighborhood because both of us are the sort to keep to ourselves. I built a 2 car garage/workshop detached from my house in case it caught fire. Big band music is before my time, but I enjoyed putting it on sometimes when I was working and when the weather is good I leave the door up. I started to notice this older fellow, who when out walking, would stop once in a while by a big maple at the end of my lot and just stand there facing the street with his back to the workshop. One day I took a break from my work and simply called out "hello" and struck a conversation. He said he had to go out for a walk for his heart and always went by my place in hopes of hearing the music. From then on he was always invited to come in and listen and chat while I worked. He knew a lot about the bands and told me about playing the piano and horn and background vocals with Sinatra and a few others. Later he mentioned being a WWII veteran in the Pacific.

We were listening to the radio one day and a news snippet about the Enola Gay came on and the mention of people declaring the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were some racist action that was purely unnecessary. I never heard him cuss before that, but he really let go! This is when he started talking about Okinawa preparations and then a bit about after the surrender and disarming the Japanese. Interesting that he and many other American soldiers were placed in Japanese homes and the residents were ordered to take care of their "guests" while the disarmament took place. He said it was more like he took care of them because they were driven into such poverty by the war and his army pay and connections put food on their table.

Hey, I've rambled on enough. He was a good friend and I wish I knew more. I told him he should write this down, but he never did. He's missed by me, his family, and many more.

Hi Mitch,
They are lucky kids.

This is the first I've become aware of anything about Japan's coastal defenses or the dismantling thereof. Thanks.

LOL! "Never mind." That's funny.
I used to love listening to Gilda's comic character get all worked up over some point she totally missed and then saying that when reality strikes.

I highly recommend this similar video that's shorter and slightly faster-paced: https://youtu.be/asery3UeBj4
It's my favorite video for anyone of any age who wants a quick overview.

I was being somewhat facetious in my remark that Bill only “retired, it had little to do with the scandal”, and I only got one real bite. Of course he was at least “asked to leave”. At least FOX gets tired of the negative press and actually does something to fix it. MSNBC and the others still hang on to their scandalous people, they even broadcast it directly to the public. It’s like having an affair, the democrats get caught and make excuses, republicans get caught and resign or get fired. Then again, as it stands, there is no proof of anything (yet). We’ll never really see the real picture, it will be covered up even if it really was not that big a deal. Hell, under today’s standards (PC) I too could be accused of sexual harassment from a long time ago. In truth several times in my younger life when I was told, “No.” I immediately stopped expressing interest in an individual(s). It was nothing but today it could be front page especially for a conservative republican white male. That just the way it is.

A very good friend of mine (now deceased and I miss him - RIP) made 5 beach landings in the Pacific during WWII and was stationed on Okinawa making ready for an assault on one of the main islands when the bombs were dropped causing Japan's surrender. He said it was the best decision made because "they would have murdered us" in his words. After the surrender he was assigned the duty to assist in cataloging and dismantling their coastal defenses and he said they were very good and were ready for us. He was quite adamant the bombs saved a tremendous amount of death and destruction on both sides.

Edit add: He also said the PC narrative that the bombs were a "racial thing" is pure horse sh_t. After the war he did a little backup singing for Frank Sinatra and then became a teacher.

Excerllent point, and true of most shows. Look at Star Trek Discovery and all the hype of the "characters". Rather than focus on just the characters, CBS has to make noise about if they are gay, racial, women, etc. Gene Roddenberry managed to break all the rules, and never once had to announce "This week we have a black woman kissing a white guy". Symptomatic of when the educated "elite" get programmed in college, and become "managers" who morph into "executives" and can't wipe their arses without getting dirty, but will force crap on you, then blame the audience for "not supporting them". Bah...

That is also true, down to History Channel, AHC, Science, some Discovery, all of it only available through premium package. I would switch to digital but I do not have HS, and DSL just can't hack it for video like that. So, DVD's make it up...

I think you are close to the truth there...yuck.

Thanks ,I always am looking for a good laugh.

I'll take a gander. Thanks.By the way, if you like a funny horror story with a caste-against-type caste, the Santa Clarita Diet I thought was a scream.on NETFLIX.

The video that you posted is what Obama's destroyers have tried to do to US. So hypocritical of the left to claim support for women and Islamic rights.

That was the news thanks for the link. Had never heard of it before .The end was a little surprising.

"(who prints & assembles this stuff so fast?)
G.Soros, Sign and Riotous Agitators Inc.
Company Goal: organize the destruction of USA
From within.
Motto: lie deceive and destroy for the greater good

Hi Herb7734,
My wife and I found a very well done sitcom on Netflix. It is called The Detectorists . Humorous not canned or forced , beautiful bucolic scenery Very pleasant to watch. They will be filming the fourth season this summer anxious for more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgN7z...

I'm amazed that there are still people who watch that thing. It's like "rap" or post-mortem MTV (MTV 1981-1984 RIP) - it's been propped up like a lurching zombie for mostly collectivist political reasons, decades after it should've been allowed a peaceful death and given a decent burial.

I wish I had that kinda time to burn.

Hey Abaco,
ObjectiveAnalyst refereed this short video to me . TV's content can go from spectacular to trash (90% trash) with the flip of a remote .Rated G this is something that is very suitable for kids but will never be on tv. I would comfortably say the future would be very bright if all kids were exposed to this philosophy as it would help counter the collectivism.
It is Ayn Rand's introduction to objectivism and the morality of ethical self interest. Very simply explained.
https://youtu.be/8VSBGu7-1rU

Look above and check out what I wrote about cancelling Smithsonian Magazine.

Now I'm reminded of cancelling the Smithsonian Magazine during the 90s.
They ran a negative article about the USA twice nuking Japan when I had read elsewhere that it was done to save a predicted million American lives if we took Japan with an old-fashioned invasion.
The editor actually wrote back with "I know those guys up the hall" with some kinda I got good friends drivel that didn't make a lick of sense.
Me dino supposes that if if I knew some "guys up the hall" I as a magazine editor should publish a negative piece about dropping the MOAB because it was mean and that Islam is King Barry's "religion of peace."