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Random Musings on Current Events 11.4.2023

Once again it is time for some Random Musings On Current Events from the mind of a quiet, unassuming (at least in my own opinion) person observing the ramblings, rumblings, rants and revelations in the media from behind the front lines of a purple state. I present these ramblings, rumblings, rants and revelations in a sort of stream of conscious journal format.

I have committed to posting something to this blog at least one time per week and lately I have been slacking a bit doing this. So, therefore, I am typing despite not really having paid much attention to anything in the news this week. Regardless, here I go.

The United States has a new Speaker of the House and it appears that he is on the side of the Neocons in his support for Israel and going to war in the Middle East. God help humanity because the puppet masters pulling strings seem to want this war so that they can maintain their power in the world and in the process kill a whole bunch of people. These people do not support life but rather are purveyors of death.

Speaking of the new Speaker, I read that he is going to allow a border and immigration bill of sorts to pass through the House. Of course, it is already being written that the Republicans in the Senate, the ringleader being Sen. McConnell, will not allow it to pass as written. This because he and others are beholden to those who are making money off the out of control border immigration issue. Is there any wonder why even the RINO Republicans are against the border wall and controlling the border. They and those who they represent are making too much money and maintaining their power with an open border. All I can do is yawn when I read these stories. The media will make a big deal out of it and nothing substantive will change except that the politicians will tout their positions this upcoming election cycle. OK before I fall asleep, I need to move onto another topic.

Out west in the United States the mainstream media is touting an El Nino year and because of its blah blah blah. Personally, I think the winter will be a little warmer than last winter because the effects of the Hua Tonga Volcano eruption will not be as pronounced in the earth’s upper atmosphere as we are now deeper into the second year after the eruption. I believe much of the light reflecting particulate has settled back into the lower atmosphere, however, there is still some residual to reflect light. This will still impact weather patterns but not as severely. It will be interesting to see how this effects the weather patterns and only time will tell, not a media report quoting the so called experts.

I read today that JP Morgan, Citibank and others are taking huge losses to the tune of 10’s of billions of dollars due to their exposures to US Treasuries. Personally, I can hardly even comprehend the quantities being bandied about and want to use scientific notation to write these figures out to aid in the ease and simplicity of writing them. Nine zeroes after the figures and the banks get to just write them off as if nothing happened as people behind closed doors in the city of Washington, New York, and San Francisco argue among themselves trying to figure out how to maintain confidence in the system.

I must ask myself why do I even worry about paying my credit cards and debt? They certainly do not because it is not the money, they are concerned about but rather it is how to maintain their lifestyles at the expense of the vast majority of the people in the country. I still wonder what would happen if the country as a whole decided not to support their lavish lifestyles in New York City, The Hamptons, San Francisco, Marin County, Washington D.C. etc.? Would there be chaos? Sure, there would be but would it be worse for the men and women who have never had to do hard work in their lives or those who already know how to wash dishes, swing a hammer, turn a wrench, farm and or hunt for the food they eat?

Speaking of the food that we eat I went to the grocery store the other day and yet another item that had not had its price raised much in the last year suddenly had nearly a 25% increase in its price. The pundits, government officials and so called experts can talk all they want but inflation is real, it is here and it is much higher than the official CPI. All this so the elites can maintain and illusion of stability so they can maintain their lifestyles on the backs of most Americans.

Sure, it makes it less expensive to pay the debt but at what cost? The inflation eats away at savings in dollars and one must devote more of his time laboring to maintain their same lifestyle. What irritates me to no end is the beneficiaries of this inflation have no clue or care one wit what it does to those who labor to maintain the elite’s lifestyles. This can only go on for so long before the system can no longer maintain itself because the dollar is no longer tied to the real economy, the economy of labor for bread, shelter, and transportation. Of course, I would imagine the socially inept geeks who made their fortunes on computers will try and make robots to do this work because we all know they do not like nor want to be with or compete with real human beings. Human beings are too unpredictable, dirty, and free thinking to their tastes unlike computers that are cold, logical and controllable.

God bless America and all her citizens and residents, no matter whether they are enemies, not enemies or somewhere in between. Additionally, forgive me my trespasses as I forgive those who trespass against me.

Politician’s Dotage

I must wonder why it is that in Congress and the Presidency we, in the united states of America have a propensity for selecting and reelecting folks so obviously in their dotage? Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Diane Feinstein, Mitch McConnell, Strom Thurmond and from what I understand even Ronald Reagan was in pretty rough shape at the end of his second term. I am sure there are more examples but these are the first few that have come to my mind. The next thought that comes to mind is how can we prove or could we have proven these folks were truly in their dotage and unable to rationally hold their offices?

First off, these folks are quite good at what they do or else they would have never risen to the level of power that they have rose or risen to. I may not like them personally, their politics or their business practices but they have to have been shrewd, calculating and ruthless at a very minimum. I cannot imagine it is easy to rise to the leads of their parties in either house of Congress, Governor of one’s state or the titular head of a criminal influence peddling family without these qualities. Furthermore, they must have or had teams surrounding them that are willing to serve, guide and loyal to them through thick and thin.

Coming back to dotage and having to prove they are in their dotage; I have to wonder how one can prove they are incapable of carrying out their duties of office? The folks surrounding them must be benefiting immensely from their proximity to these folks and so therefor will protect them, no matter what from any real scrutiny. These intimate supporters on the inside appear, at least in the case of Joe Biden, willing to do whatever and I mean whatever it takes to prop up a tottering individual who has no business or capacity to be holding the office of the Presidency of the united states on America.

If one were to argue there should be an age limit, I would have to disagree because I was particularly struck listening to Tucker Carlson’s interview of Donald Trump a few months ago and President Trump did not miss a beat. His eyes were lucid, he could quickly and articulately phrase his answers and unlike the reporters who question Joe Biden, Tucker Carlson asked Donald Trump some hard questions. President Trump still did not miss a beat and he looked healthy despite his advancing age. In fact, he looked better and statelier now than he did four years ago if solely because he is allowing his hair to go gray. Contrast him with Joe Biden or Nancy Pelosi and the differences are striking. One who made his fortune creating wealth and the others who have made their fortunes off the backs of those who create wealth. One who has had to be sharp, quick, and nimble versus those who have spent their lives mired in the morass of Washington D.C. and one must wonder what it will take to change the way Washington City operates?

Israel Palestine Thoughts 10/21/2023

The tension in the Middle East is palpable, or is it? Quite honestly it has impacted me by creating yet another noisy media event and some of my Israeli colleagues being called back to Israel which, in a sense, is very real, especially for them. Peacetime business is drying up and the war dogs are howling beyond the background noise of the information war that always is being fought and that will no doubt always be waged.

I cannot help but wonder what elements within the Israeli Government allowed the atrocity to be committed by the Gazan vermin who happen to follow Islam? Watching videos of the vermin breaching the border I noticed at least one surveillance balloon; empty guard towers and fence lines being breached unopposed and I am supposed to believe the vaunted Israeli Defense Forces did not notice this happening in real time and they did not have the means to stop this before it spiraled in the way it did?

What I can believe is that an oppressive government who shut an entire country down for a bad and in many cases lethal strain of manmade flu, forced its population to become a giant pharmaceutical experiment for an untried and untested genetic modification, enacted strict gun control laws, and was facing a political threat to their government engineered and allowed this attack to happen to maintain its power. This to me, is the most plausible explanation for why this happened. Furthermore, this abject failure which appears to be an engineered failure is a discussion that needs to happen now and not after it drags the whole world into a maelstrom beyond that which has already occurred and it is a discussion devoid of emotion as much as possible.

Was what the Hamas vermin did wrong? Yes! Absolutely and they should be held accountable. There is no place in my world for these vermin. However, I must ask myself, “what about the vermin who allowed this attack to happen?” which supports my assertion that the discussion needs to happen now. As an American all I must do is look at what elements within my own country are trying to do. They constantly push gun control, states followed the lead of the Federal Government’s non-elected bureaucrats in shutting down most of the country over a bad case of manmade flu, States and businesses coerced millions into taking an untried and little tested genetic modification, an open southern border that is allowing who knows through with who knows what intent, and this powerful political element is facing an existential threat to its power due to a restive populist movement. This is the same vermin that forced the Patriot Act down our throats in the highly emotional times after the attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon and hyped the coronavirus to impose even more unconstitutional “emergency” powers over the united states of America.

War and fabricated emergencies have been the answer of autocrats, despots, and dictators for hundreds if not thousands of years when its populace becomes restive. This is nothing new and they do not fool me nor, quite frankly, do they fool many others. The purveyors of war and death become empowered from the blood of the innocent and do not give a second thought about it. I can only pray that it is not too late because a genie has been let out of its bottle and I can only wonder if the genie will go back into its bottle sooner with minimal chaos being dealt rather than later with much much more chaos being wrought in ways that I do not want to even think of.

Random Musings on Current Events 10/21/2023

As if I need another reason not to support the Republican Party in the United States was needed over twenty Republican members of Congress held out on the nomination of Jim Jordan to be the Speaker of the House. It is obvious that the Republican Party is a house divided which really is in the united states of America’s favor, quite honestly, in my opinion. What is frightening is how unified the Democrat Communist Party of America is and how they have been able to co-opt elements of the Republican Party. If their aim is chaos and turmoil they are succeeding and they would make Leon Trotsky a happy man if, indeed, he was ever capable of being happy.

Like the Nazi regime in the Ukraine needs any more money it will be getting around 60% of the money in the Israel/Ukraine aid bill proposed by the neocons. Once again, all I can think is that there is a pending election and the international socialists need more money to fund their election rigging in the United States and elsewhere. It really must be important to allow many hundreds to be killed in Israel and to take the lid off Joe Biden’s basement to allow him or his avatar to go to Israel and Jordan.

I am breathing smoke, yet again, from fires in California only this time it is from “managed” burns to ostensibly remove undergrowth from forest floors. Once again, I am having to breath polluted air from one of the most corrupted and mismanaged states in the union. Once again, I must ask myself why were these forests not managed properly in the last twenty to thirty to fifty years so these “managed” burns would not be necessary in the aftermath of some of the worst fires in recorded history? Would it not make more sense to log and manage these forests and therefore provide productive jobs to thousands of men and women instead of polluting the air I breath yet again? Not only that, the wood logged could then be put to more productive use instead of importing lumber from foreign sources.

Speaking of lumber and the trees from which lumber comes from, the deciduous trees are well into their change of color and it is quite beautiful in my part of the world despite the smell and light haze from the smoke. The mornings are very cool, the afternoons mild and I can only imagine the first storm of the year will be here soon. I can only pray that the only storms looming on the horizon are only the storms of winter and not of man and the demons that possess men.

Random Musings on Current Events 10.13.2023

I have been quite busy the last several weeks and have missed my personal deadlines not once but twice with regards to posting my ramblings, rumbles, rants and revelations. During the course of these two weeks, I had a bit of a personal revelation or perhaps made an interesting observation.

My thoughts and prayers go out to Israel and the victims of last week’s terror attacks perpetrated by the evil followers of Mohammad. Additionally, my thoughts and prayers go out to the peaceful followers of Islam in the Gaza strip. As it seems to always happen the innocent get caught in the crossfire of the evil one’s actions.

Does anyone else find it ironic that the terror attacks on Israel happened the Friday before the Monday that RFK Jr. announced his bid to run for President as a third party candidate? His announcement barely made the news as all the news was about the terror attack.

Kevin McCarthy is no longer speaker of the house and Nancy Pelosi held the Democrat caucus firm in its resolve to not support him. I have always questioned how a Republican from California could be leader of the Republican caucus in the House which is at the national level. I question this because the Republican Party in California is but a shell of a party and is essentially controlled opposition at the best. Perhaps Mr. McCarthy and any other Republican from California should focus on their own backyard before trying to assume the mantle of any national position because from where I sit there are mountains of work to be done in California to reverse the state’s slide into a third world, narco, corrupt, Marxist one party rule petty dictatorship.

I learned recently that the animal doctor CEO of Pfizer is the highest paid executive in the pharmaceutical industry. All I can say is God bless him because the other thoughts that I have regarding this demonic possession probably would not serve me well in the after life.

Please pardon any implied vitriol that may have been apparent in my previous rambling about the horse doctor. Perhaps it is vitriolic because I am approaching the second anniversary of the death of a child 30 days after taking the second dose of the Pfizer Covid vaccine. Thirty days that saw my child experience increasing headaches, dark thoughts, and what I call a disconnect from spirit. A batch that according to VAERS was one of the worst, in the months after my child’s death. However, over time, somehow, this batch’s adverse reporting changed to a batch that was not so bad. Call me cynical, which I am, and lacking trust over anything “official” now a days.

Speaking of which, all these events happening around the world and it is late morning in my part of the world. I think I am going to call a lid on my public activities and take a nap. Oh no! Wait a minute! I just stole a line from the Biden administration. I hope I do not get raided by a DOJ swat team for my feeble attempt at satire.

Speaking of satire and Joe Biden, where is Joe Biden? Where is the denouncement of today being a global day of Jihad by Hamas? Of course, why should I expect anything different from his puppets who kept their puppet Joe asleep and under lid after the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment and the Lahaina, Hawaii fire?

Random Musings on Current Events 9-22-2023

Texas Attorney General Paxton was acquitted by the Texas Senate in his impeachment trial. I do not know nor do I pretend to know the specifics other than AG Paxton supported Trump in the last Presidential Election to include questioning the validity of vote counting etc. With all the, pardon the pun, trumped up charges against President Trump and many of his supporters I cannot help but wonder if the same trumping up of charges was brought against AG Paxton.

An armed man posing as a US Marshall was arrested at a rally that featured RFK Jr. as a guest speaker mere miles from where his father was murdered. In the process of reading this story I learned that the Department of Justice has refused Secret Service protection for RFK Jr. despite his requesting this protection. I find this interesting but perhaps it is best for RFK that he does not have Secret Service protection like his dad and uncle had.

So, Hunter Biden has filed suit against the IRS. I wonder how much longer his handlers in the FBI, DOJ, CIA, DIA, and the Campbell Soup Factory are going to keep covering for him?

It seems there is yet another threat of a government shutdown. Yawn, another rerun from the 1980’s? Do I expect any different outcome than any of the other looming, threatened or otherwise potentially catastrophic government shutdowns? No, just a bunch of pontificating and jockeying for my brain space by the mainstream media and government mandarins. As I say, yawn.

President Biden’s handlers have put Kamala Harris in charge of an executive Office of Gun Violence Protection!?!? Let me scratch my head for a minute. I was in Oakland California earlier this summer and it looks like a third world dump, is crime infested, and is in California one of the states with the most restrictive gun control laws in the united States of America. Does anyone else think their homes are going to be safer? Oh yeah, I forgot, VP Harris has done such a great job at the border that I am sure she will do a good job in this new position as well.

Random Musings on Current Events 8-25-2023

Once again it is time for some Random Musings On Current Events from the mind of a quiet, unassuming (at least in my own opinion) person observing the ramblings, rumblings, rants and revelations in the media from behind the lines in an increasingly blue state. I present these ramblings, rumblings, rants and revelations in a sort of stream of conscious journal format.

The Pretender in Chief decided to grace Maui with his presence this past Monday. I guess his handlers finally got enough heat that they decided to let him out of his cage or wake him up enough to make the trip to the Aloha State. Meanwhile, the curtain of opacity has descended on the island and the islands governments. Governments rife with nepotism and corruption.

I finally listened to “Rich Men North of Richmond” by Oliver Anthony. Finally! A good protest song being sung by someone who truly believes what he is singing. I can only pray that he does not lose his way in the sudden fame that he is garnering. I pray because if there is more of this in him that I am sure I and others want to hear.

The county that I live in just approved an increase of nearly $300/year for those who operate short term rentals (Airbnb, VRBO, etc.). At its core the purpose of the fee increase will include hiring two additional staff members to administer the counties permitting of the short term rentals within its boundaries. This all came about because of neighbor complaints in an exclusive neighborhood in the county where 94% of these short term rentals exist and it is a neighborhood with far higher values than the rest of the county and where many of the owners of these homes are absent most of the year. So, those who live outside of this neighborhood are now being asked to subsidize the poor management of those who live in this neighborhood and, in addition, the taxpayer now must pay for additional salaries in an already bloated bureaucratic institution. Sounds like the county government is emulating the rich men north of Richmond playbook.

Donald Trump has been arrested by the Fulton County Georgia Sheriff and even got a mug shot taken of him. You have got to be kidding me with the banana republic charade that most likely holds no legal water. Interesting that the Republican debate’s ratings are half of the first Republican debate in 2015. Maybe because Rupert Murdoch is benefiting from the immigration flow across the border like many other crony capitalists and elitists in both parties, ahem, excuse me the uni-party.

It pumps me up to see Senator Tuberville not rubber stamping the promotions of flag and general officers! Thank goodness someone in Congress, along with those who support the Senator, are doing their jobs.

Well now I have another reason to like Carlos Santana besides just his music. In this instance it is because I happen to agree with him regarding a man being a man and a woman being a woman. As I have said before, A male has an XY chromosome pair and woman has an XX chromosome pair. I do not care how one mutilates or drugs themselves in the vain, egotistical, sick manner in order to pretend to be the opposite sex, they are not. End of story, enough said, close the books on this one.

More aid is being promised to Ukraine. I guess the Biden’s and the rest of the ilk in Washington need more money to ensure the next election does not go Donald Trump’s way. Let’s see they have paid of the Manhattan DA’s office, the Washington D.C. DA’s office, the Fulton County DA’s office, the mainstream media and who knows who else and Donald Trump is gaining more ground in the polls. Holy cow how many more people are they going to have to pay off because I am sure the coffers are running low which would explain why more dollars need to get laundered through Ukraine!!! On the flip side this shows the depravity, ruthlessness and quite honestly idiocy of the group running this country that they are willing to kill the goose that lays the golden egg and not even realize that they are killing it.

Random Musings on Current Events 8-11-2023

Once again it is time for some Random Musings On Current Events from the mind of a quiet, unassuming (at least in my own opinion) person observing the ramblings, rumblings, rants and revelations in the media from behind the lines in an increasingly blue state. I present these ramblings, rumblings, rants and revelations in a sort of stream of conscious journal format.

My thoughts and prayers go out to all those on Maui and especially to those who lost their lives and to their loved ones.

Geez, I feel so much better knowing David Weiss was appointed special counsel to investigate Hunter and the rest of the Biden’s. Just another bunch of smoke and mirrors that will spend millions of taxpayer dollars to accomplish nothing of substance, I would imagine.

I sure am glad that I do not live in Illinois and specifically Chicago. Imagine living in the murder capital of the United States and it being difficult if not illegal to own or possess sufficient or proper firearms to defend oneself? Then again, maybe it is because of the draconian gun laws that Chicago is the murder capital.

I am supposed to believe that President Trump is guilty of all these charges being brought against him? Sure, it really does not affect me, now, however, if these people will trump up charges to go after a former President what would they do to someone like me? Well, I think we already have a glimmer considering they unleashed a global pandemic that has killed unknown millions either directly or as the aftermath of shutting down a whole world’s economy and will continue to do so for who knows how long. I am but a flea but President Trump is not and it explains, to me, why they go after him so viciously.

It is my understanding that there are people out there who are still getting “COVID”. I would imagine these cases have been verified by the tests that some have made millions, if not billions of dollars from. Tests that some have shown to be inaccurate and unreliable but hard to say for certain because these tests and their results have been censored.

Random Musings on Current Events 8-4-2023

Once again it is time for some Random Musings On Current Events from the mind of a quiet, unassuming (at least in my own opinion) person observing the ramblings, rumblings, rants and revelations in the media from behind the lines in an increasingly blue state. I present these ramblings, rumblings, rants and revelations in a sort of stream of conscious journal format.

The socialist, neocon uni-party really cannot stand Donald Trump. Anytime anything new against the Biden’s is released another indictment or such is pushed out against President Trump. Now the neocons are essentially saying on the Sunday morning circuit about how a vote for President Trump is a vote for Biden. I thank President Trump for stepping into the fray because just that act of him doing so has exposed the grafters and fraudsters in the Republican Party as well as the Democrat Party for what they truly are.

Speaking of President Trump, another set of charges around January 6 and his purported involvement and actions around that day in Washington D.C. Like I am supposed to believe that he was fairly elected. Let me see if I remember correctly, COVID, a man made disease was unleashed in the year leading up to the election, the nation was summarily shut down and we were asked to cower in fear in our homes, Legislatures across the nation voted for and allowed mail in ballots over lengthy periods of time in which, a man who never left his basement and has the charisma of a turnip, beat an incumbent populist president with the largest number of votes cast ever. In fact, President Trump even had more votes than ever received by any Presidential candidate in the history of our nation. One thing that I have noticed lately is the establishment is usually guilty of what they accuse their opponents of. It seems like there is a lot of projection coming out of the establishment elites.

I sure would like to see the Tucker Carlson interview with Steven Sund that was going to air the day Tucker Carlson was fired from Fox News. According to former U.S. Capitol Police Chief Sund the January 6 crowd was “filled with federal agents”. Hmm, could these agents have been agent provocateurs?

Now it seems Senator McConnell is joining the ranks of Senator Feinstein in his inability to complete sentences.

I am sorry but I do not plan to go see either Barbie or Oppenheimer at the theaters. First, I do not want to see Barbie because I have never liked Barbie or Ken and would have rather played with trucks and cars. Secondly, I really do not need to know Hollywood’s version of Robert Oppenheimer, a complex and enigmatic genius at best.

Illinois has legalized non US citizens to be police officers? Is that not the equivalent of allowing a foreign power to raise a foreign army located inside our nation’s borders? Something stinks about this.

Random Musings on Current Events 7-28-2023

Once again it is time for some Random Musings On Current Events from the mind of a quiet, unassuming (at least in my own opinion) person observing the ramblings, rumblings, rants and revelations in the media from behind the lines in an increasingly blue state. I present these ramblings, rumblings, rants and revelations in a sort of stream of conscious journal format.

I am reading the California governor wants to spend $4.5 million for undocumented aliens in the tarnished state. This is ostensibly to aid the workers in labor investigations. In all actuality it is for the attorneys that represent them and knowing the corruption and cost of attorneys this money will not last long. Better to spend the money repaving a section of pot holed road in the Sierra Nevada’s or elsewhere destroyed by this last winter’s storms. Will that happen? No, Gavin Newsom has a campaign to finance after all.

ESPN is asking for the sports leagues to invest in the company that is failing. Maybe ESPN, you should report on sports and not politics and you might see your ratings rise. Not only that but eliminate some of the commercial breaks and get rid of the self-aggrandizing, racist Stephen Smith. He is nothing but poison and is one of the reasons I no longer watch your network.

Hmm, New York state has a $36 billion shortfall due to “taxpayers fleeing”. Geez, I wonder why they are fleeing.

I read a report in which Utah Representative Jason Chaffetz called on House Speaker McCarthy and Senator McConnell to press for action on the Biden family’s business dealings. Congressman Chaffetz I do not believe either one of them will push the matter because Senator McConnell and his family are just a guilty and do not want to shine light on the practices of the uni-party. I am not sure about Speaker McCarthy but his actions or lack thereof certainly indicate that he is hamstrung for some reason.

Europe seems to be on fire this week and summer as Rhodes is being evacuated and Palermo’s airport on Sicily has been closed. My cynicism is on high alert as mysterious fires have developed, like those is Canada and the US West in previous years and this year.

Yellow Freight purportedly maybe filing for bankruptcy next week. Hmm, interesting I wonder what is behind their business failure?

I think Senators Durbin and Whitehouse should be brought up for impeachment or expulsion from the Senate under High Crimes and Misdemeanors. What gives them the right to target private citizens and conservative Supreme Court Justices’ communications? This smacks of a willful infringement of Constitutional Rights.

I am watching the fallout of Britain’s Nigel Farage’s debanking as the second CEO of a bank that he was debanked from has been fired-cum-resigned. What I find interesting, as well, is that the UK Government is the majority shareholder of NatWest one of the banks that delisted Nigel Farage.

The Hunter Biden saga continues and the courts are now revealing what the alternate media has said all along. Information that has been and is still suppressed by the old media and the big tech platforms going back to the last Presidential election. What I must wonder is why now?

Fox is forcing Jason Aldean to remove BLM riot footage from his video. Yet more proof, in a long list, of why I no longer trust or watch Fox News going back to 2020.

Speaking of Senators, Sen. Tuberville is pushing the Senate to seriously review the promotion of each General and Flag officer above the rank of O-7. This means he is tasking the Senate to review the second star and above for each officer selected by the DOD which is one of the jobs of the Senate. A serious review instead of rubber stamping the nominations. After the debacle of Afghanistan, the forced COVID bio warfare injections on our service members, and the military’s focus on transgenderism etc. I think it is high time more attention be paid to these promotions. The flag and general officer corps has failed this nation and the service members who serve under them and they need to be held accountable.