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Casualties of American Soldiers reduced dramatically during my lifetime. War is simply not fashionable anymore.

When the US Government tells you to go fight pointless wars, Decline. Be Disobedient, It Might Save Your Life.
US War Casualties
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Revolution=25,000
Civil War=750,000,
WW1=116,000,
WW2=405,000,
Korea=36,000,
Vietnam 58,000

about 7,000 total in all the recent wars:
Panama, Nicaragua, Gulf War, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Not Shown is the Unknown Quantity of Soldier Suicides.

Since 1975 war has changed... many wars, few Americans Die...
Now with DRONES... we can commit genocide from an office in the USA.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_casualties_of_war

Here is a Revelation told to me by a Vietnam Veteran friend. It was not his fault that his men died in combat. It was JFK and LBJ that put them in harm's way. If we had not gone halfway around the world to fight someone else's civil war, those men would be alive. This understanding helped with my friend's PTSD.

One thing I learned from the book "Will" by Gordon Liddy. He states that we could have won the Vietnam War if we had simply ATTEMPTED to win. Gordon was shy about stating exactly what it would mean to Attempted to win but... I believe what he was hinting at was... an Atomic Bomb on Hanoi... we had the technology and we knew exactly what worked... Hiroshima and Nagasaki... but we did not actually try to win. Many believe that the Vietnam War was really the USA vs China... and the Vietnamese may not have surrendered after Nuking Hanoi... so If we REALLY wanted to win we would have also had to Nuke Beijing. However, the Mission was to sell a lot of weapons to the pentagon. Corporate Profit. Monsanto and Dow Chemical sold a lot of Agent Orange... and Hughes Aircraft sold Helicopters... as he sang... "There's plenty good money to be made, supplying the Army with the Tools of the Trade" - Country Joe McDonald.

I'm Reading a sequel to 'Ender's Game' by Orson Scott Card. This book is Great! 'Ender in Exile' ... Two (2) predictions of his that came true already.
1. We would Fight War by Remote Control... like a Video Game... like DRONES... 2. Ender's brother and sister publish thoughtful essays on the 'net' as 'Locke' and 'Demosthenes' and influence public opinion and therefore political policy... kinda like Huffington Post, anonymous, online Cannabis Activists or Cop Block... self appointed sages online... Me too...


"Never has so much Military, Economic and Diplomatic Power been Used so ineffectively as in Vietnam. If after all of this time and all of this sacrifice and all of this support there is still no end in sight, then I say the time has come for the American People to turn to new leadership, not tied to the policies and mistakes of the past. I pledge to you we will have an honorable end to the War in Vietnam." - Richard Nixon Television Advertisement

We have to thank President Nixon for ending the Vietnam War. He Campaigned on Ending the war and KEPT HIS PROMISE!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL9D950B20FD5725CC&v=W3KoYveOmiQ

Nixon's Idea was Vietnamization of the War. Simply put, Let those people over there fight their own civil war... It's really none of our business.

Our DNA is evolving every generation... Not Just Physically but also Spiritually... By studying the mistakes my parents and grandparents made, I can recognise them and not repeat them... And this is not just me... 
Everyone Worldwide is Moving Forward to a Bright Future... 

Think Back to The Dark Days of the Past...
My Uncle, A Korean War Veteran Said: "In My Day, When the Government Told You to Go to War, You Just Went." Well, those Days are Gone. Since Vietnam, No One is Told to Go Fight Wars Anywhere... It's All Volunteers... 

Once Upon a time, "The Numbers Games" were Illegal Gambling... 
And The Mafia ran it...
Now we have the Lottery, Run by the State 
and the Crime of Illegal Gambling Magically Vanished.
Zero Tax Dollars are Spent on Enforcing 
The Laws Prohibiting The Illegal "Numbers Games".

Once Upon a Time, Homosexuality Was Illegal.
And there was a Lot of Tax Dollars Spent
Enforcing The Laws... Police would
send undercover agents to hang around
men's bathrooms to catch Gay Men...  
Really! They were called the Vice Squad. 

***** (~);-} *****

A Hobby of Mine... Distributing Truth on Facebook...

Fact: JFK and LBJ have the blood of Vietnam on their hands... It was Nixon that ended the war. His policy of "Vietnamization" makes so much sense... Those people over there ought to fight their own civil war... It's none of our Business.

VK: OK, who hacked into Greg's FB and is writing like a revisionist Republican? Are you saying my first teenage vote to re-elect Nixon was the historically correct action? NROTC boy done good?

Greg Vanderlaan: I read a lot of history books, VK and while Richard Nixon campaigned against the war in Vietnam in 1968 he didn't actually end it until 1973... so he had 5 years of blood on his hands too... When we got to vote in 1972, both candidates were against the war... An insightful book is 'Will' by G. Gordon Liddy... and ALL of Bob Woodward's Books.

end war
The Wall that Heals. A traveling Vietnam Veterans Memorial

When Camping, If you see someone from Law Enforcement... Call Out "SEVEN UP!" as a warning to other campers that a Blue Meanie is Approaching.

A Handy Warn-A-Brother System for any Public Gathering.

"When Camping, If you see someone from Law Enforcement... Call Out "SEVEN UP!" as a warning to other campers that a Blue Meanie is Approaching. If the Evil Ones are Armed with Weapons, Call Out "SIX UP!" (a reference to the Six Shooter of the Wild West, a Famous Pistol). Remember, The Ringwraiths ride in Green Sometimes.

Al acampar, Si ves a alguien de Aplicación de la Ley ... Call Out "Seven Up!" como una advertencia a otros campistas que un Meanie azul se acerca. Si los malvados están provistos de armas, Call Out "SEIS UP!" (Una referencia a la Six Shooter del lejano oeste, una pistola famoso). Recuerde, los Espectros del Anillo Verde viajar en ocasiones.
Be^rnie^4^POT^US
POTUS is tHE pRESIDENT OF THE uNITED sTATES OF aMERICA 
Let's Work Together. 
Al acampar, Si ves a alguien de Aplicación de la Ley ... Call Out "Seven Up!" como una advertencia a otros campistas que un Meanie azul se acerca. Si los malvados están provistos de armas, Call Out "SEIS UP!" (Una referencia a la Six Shooter del lejano oeste, una pistola famoso). Recuerde, los Espectros del Anillo Verde viajar en ocasiones.
Who will remove this Sign? Bolt Cutters ought to do the Job.






Man sitting with a giant Cannabis rug in front of the Humboldt County Courthouse and Jail 420 photograph by gregory vanderlaan 420
Math is Fun


Great Books:
"The Monkeywrench Gang" by Edward Abbey.
"The Search for the Manchurian Candidate" by John Marks.
"Remember, Be Here Now" by Ram Dass.
"The Four Agreements" by don Miguel Ruiz.
"The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" by Tom Wolfe.
"1984" by George Orwell.
"Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds" by Charles MacKay
"Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert Pirsig

All the American History Books by Bob Woodward... "Bush at War" and "All the President's Men" are my favorites.

"Caves of Steel" by Isaac Asimov. The start of a very long series of books That includes Foundation and I, Robot. AND! It's a Murder Mystery and Science Fiction both. 

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