(09-07-2022, 07:39 PM)EndtheMadnessNow Wrote: I think pResident Biden has said "MAGA" more times than Trump.
What I have noticed most about Premier Biden's MAGA mentions is this - it always just goes "MAGA, MAGA, MAGA, ULTRAMAGA, MAGA MAGA." He mentions MAGA'S alleged "attempts to destroy democracy" (BTW, "democracy" was something Thomas Jefferson was rabidly against, noting that mob rule would cause the downfall of America), but never, EVER, offering any concrete examples of just what they have done to accomplish that alleged goal. Instead of mentioning any examples, he just says "MAGA!" again, leading me to believe that he HAS no examples to offer.
When one cries "WOLF!" one time too many, there had damned well better be a wolf somewhere in the vicinity, or the sleepy farmers who have had enough of being roused in the middle of the night for no good reason might just string the failed watchman up.
It makes me want to shout at the White House "links, or it never happened!"
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Regarding the movie "Red Dawn", I love the original incarnation, but the remake not so much. It was realistic in some particulars, such as the fact that if you plan on living on the run in the woods and striking from the shadows, you'd best also plan on going hungry a lot and watching most of your friends die. The invasion part was not so realistic, given the fact that the US is insulated from invasion by some pretty big oceans that would overextend the enemy's supply chains and make an invasion impractical.
At that time, there was a phobia of Russians in the US, and several TV shows and movies were made to take advantage of that phobia. There was one that involved a Russian invasion through Alaska, where the AK National Guard had to defend and stop it's advance through mountains of snow. There was a miniseries called "Amerika" where the Soviets took over the US government, which was eerily similar to the government we actually have now. More realistic (but still not very realistic) TV movies involved a nuclear exchange that so many were paranoid about, like "The Day After".
Be afraid, be VERY afraid. Errybody gunna DIE! It's the American Way!
When "Red Dawn" was made, I was already very familiar with the AK-74 and Russian camo, and noticed that the "AK-74's" that the Spetnaz troops were using were really just Egyptian Maadi AKM's with red-painted magazines and fake muzzle brakes. You can tell because the mags are too curved and the muzzle brakes aren't shaped or mounted right. The KLMK camo that the Spetnaz were wearing and that some of the Wolverines adopted was faked up from black and white photos that had been surreptitiously taken of East German troops on maneuver with some Russian troops. and the color scheme was way off because they had been working from black and white photos to try to reproduce it. I actually have a Russian KLMK oversuit that was taken out of the rucksack of a dead Russian sniper in Afghanistan in 1987. When you compare it to the movie version, the color differences are obvious.
His tunic here is an example of the faked KLMK -
In reality, it is only two colors - light green and a darker green, or the darker green and a yellowish color. The suit I have is made out of some cotton burlap-like fabric, and poorly sewn. looks like it was not made to last, and the only reason this suit still exists is probably because I have it packed away in a rucksack together with some other foreign cammies I've gathered up over the years.
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’