Jim’s Daily Rant. The Post.

“I made enough money to buy Miami but pissed it away so fast;

Never meant to last, never meant to last.”

Song and words to Jimmy Buffet’s “A Pirate Hits 40”:

Listen to the song: Youtube song

[Verse 1]

Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call

Wanted to sail upon your waters since I was three feet tall

You've seen it all, you've seen it all

[Verse 2]

Watched the men who rode you switch from sails to steam

And in your belly, you hold the treasures few have ever seen

Most of 'em dream, most of 'em dream

[Verse 3]

Yes I am a pirate, two hundred years too late

The cannons don't thunder, there's nothin' to plunder

I'm an over-forty victim of fate

Arriving too late, arriving too late

[Verse 4]

I've done a bit of smugglin', I've run my share of grass

I made enough money to buy Miami, but I pissed it away so fast

Never meant to last, never meant to last

[Verse 5]

And I have been drunk now for over two weeks

I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks

But I got to stop wishin', got to go fishin'

Down to rock bottom again

Just a few friends, just a few friends

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“I made enough money to buy Miami but pissed it away so fast;

Never meant to last, never meant to last.”

Now let’s get down to business. It is estimated that around 3.5 Million people died due to the Vietnam War. This includes civillion as well as all combatant deaths. Source

If you watch the movie The Post in which we are shown the truth, that after leaving office, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamaraw had to admit they knew that war could never be won. As a result of the war all those people died. Why?

This was an AI Generated answer the this question?

"Robert McNamara continued to publicly support the Vietnam War after privately concluding it could not be won primarily because he did not share his growing doubts with the American public or fully communicate them to President Lyndon B. Johnson in a way that changed policy. By early 1966, McNamara had become deeply skeptical of U.S. military strategy, warning Johnson that the war was turning into a bloody stalemate and that military force could not bring order to a country unable to govern itself. He later admitted, “I could see no good way to win—or end—an increasingly costly and destructive war”.

Despite these private reservations, McNamara continued to defend U.S. military actions publicly and supported troop increases, including recommending an additional 200,000 soldiers in 1966. This contradiction stemmed from a combination of loyalty to the administration, bureaucratic inertia, and a reluctance to admit failure in a conflict he had helped shape. He later acknowledged that he should have forced a deeper debate about the war’s viability much earlier, stating, “I deeply regret that I did not force a probing debate about whether it would ever be possible to forge a winning military effort on a foundation of political quicksand”.

McNamara remained in office until early 1968, by which time his differences with Johnson over Vietnam policy had become irreconcilable. He claimed he left because he believed the U.S. should seek a negotiated settlement with a lesser political objective, while Johnson was not ready to accept that course. His delayed public acknowledgment of the war’s futility—most notably in his 1995 memoir In Retrospect—drew sharp criticism for being too little, too late, with many viewing his expressions of regret as insufficient given the lives lost during the years he continued to support the war." Source

That took AI 296 words to express. I can do it in 8 words. They did it for money, ego and power

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When watching the above mentioned movie realize that is how the Press used to be in generally exposing the truth.

I will be happy when we return to those days again.

My question is how long are we going to allow Pirates like us continue to press us into wars profiting a few?

See: Part II - School Boards Too.