Rac-nophobia —

— six boats, thirteen Marines, and an attitude

Returned last night from the only Marine reunion I attend — the RACPAC. If you know not of whom I speak, shame on you as you’ve not read “The Book.” If you have but don’t remember, go to chapter 46 and refresh. This one was special as Lt Tim Armstrong USMC was there for the first time, but he is now Col, USMC (Ret). What a joy it was to see Tim again. Anyway, it was, as always, a grand time to see these Marines again; it’s always great joy to see how every one of them turned out, not a dammed liberal among them!!! All very successful in their afterlife, especially the young enlisted  Marines who were not careerists, but chose to take their hard learned knowledge to the civilian world and succeed!

I’ve often asked myself over the years since retirement, especially every September as I fly to Virginia Beach, what did I do to deserve to serve alongside such giants of our Corps. As my coxswain and I were cruising down the Appomattox  River one sunny afternoon, he asked, “Popeye, can you believe the Marine Corps is actually paying us to do this ?” Of course, my reply was, “No Crazy I can’t, but they sure are!”  Having said that, do not dismay as this was a grueling and very demanding eighteen months with no guidance from MCDEC or HQMC, often working under arduous weather conditions and usually six and sometimes seven days a week. And here they are in all their glory.                     Lord, what memories!!

 

 

 

 

 

Now to the sad state of affairs of our once great nation. Another good one from my friend Greg; thanks Greg, I love your missives, and so do my followers.

By: G. Maresca

Hooking off the jab

In the sweet science, a skilled pugilist will be able to hook off their jab. The same holds for COVID era politicians and their obsession with vaccine mandates and boosters.

President Biden leads the mandate vaccine charge yet allows tens of thousands to pass through the southern border daily who have not been tested let alone vaccinated.

Initially, “if vaccinated, you are not going to get COVID,” has devolved to “people who got vaccinated remain at risk.” Infections are increasing among the vaccinated as a plethora of evidence highlights how the vaccine’s efficacy is waning.

For those who were vaccinated but plan to refuse the booster shot will find themselves back at square one because COVID is here to stay, just like any other influenza virus.

Quite the bioweapon China unleashed.

Democrats politicized COVID by refusing to acknowledge that China covered up and lied about the virus. They then used the pandemic as an excuse to lockdown the country and change election rules.

A study from the University of California San Diego highlighted how the vaccine’s effectiveness dropped from 94% in June to 65% in July with a 19-fold increase of those already vaccinated. Israeli data said Pfizer’s vaccine went from a 95% effectiveness to 39% by July. Apparently, Delta is more contagious but less lethal, according to English data and runs at 0.2% ⸻ the same as the seasonal flu. The CDC said those vaccinated who contract COVID have as high a viral load in their nasal passages as those who are unvaccinated.

It is not the unvaccinated that are driving COVID’s mutations.

In February even NPR reported, “vaccines can contribute to virus mutations.”

National Institutes of Health chief Francis Collins’s blog ridiculed a study his agency financed that said by December 2020, at least 100 million Americans were infected – five times the official count.

The pro-vaccine army that permeates government, the pharmaceutical industry and the mainstream media have cross-pollinated into a universal censorship android that prevents any information that conflicts with their narrative and balance sheets. They conveniently ignore the adverse health conditions and deaths resulting from the jab.

Texas is being sued by the Biden administration to protect a woman’s right of choice to an abortion. Yet, when it comes to a woman’s right to choose to vaccinate – forget it. It is only a choice when it can stop a baby’s beating heart.

Cells from an aborted fetus were used to test and produce the vaccine. Biden’s support of abortion only manifests itself in his vaccine mandate.

If this is about saving lives, access to every resource should be a given. The leftist media ignores or simply denies that Hydroxychloroquine has any efficacy in treating COVID when it has. Moreover, natural antibodies are a nonfactor even though studies say they provide greater immunity, both in breadth and duration. For those with immunity, vaccination is unnecessary and potentially grievous. However, there is no money or control in natural immunity underscoring how this is not about health care.

COVID conveniently removes the spotlight from the Afghanistan debacle, while Democrats would love to extend COVID through an unverifiable 2022 midterm mail-in ballot election. Initially, boosters were needed after eight months, then five, and arguably now for just susceptible groups like the elderly. With so many different versions and timelines, it is no wonder what the government and politicians say has no meaning.

Just months ago, Biden said he “would not demand that it be mandatory.” However, in Biden’s recent COVID vaccine mandate address, he flipped-flopped declaring: “We’ve been patient, but our patience is wearing thin.”

Since Biden is so impatient, perhaps he should resign.

Patience with Biden’s poor decisions from Afghanistan to the southern border is what is truly “wearing thin.” Apparently, unable to help himself or the nation, Biden compounded the issue by rejecting the Constitution he swore to uphold saying, “This is not about freedom or personal choice.”

Mandates are not only unconstitutional but polarizing and inherently un-American.

Mandates underscore how the left’s default position is always force.

What happened to unifying the country? Biden would rather lay blame while mandating vaccine compliance or lose your livelihood.

If it is your prerogative to jab your way into oblivion, knock yourself out.

Originally posted 2021-10-05 16:02:26.

12 thoughts on “Rac-nophobia —”

    1. Well, I have mixed emotions about it. While I supported him after the first You Tube, I do believe he went too far while still on active duty; should have waited until his resignation was approved. He is still on active and is responsible for what he says and does. So, I’m on the fence. BUT Berger is a woke CMC.

      1. Thank you, Colonel. i see your point. He should have waited. But, I still don’t like what the CMC is doing to our Corps!

  1. Colonel, I have not been in your ‘loop’ for a few months, and would like to be back on your incoming emails, so I’ll fill in the below.

  2. Make no mistake about it, the RACPAC owed all of its success to the drive, spirit, and professionalism of Col Bathurst!

    It was great to see the RACPAC last weekend and I had a great time sitting around and sharing stories about our days and nights on the water. We were, and remain, a tight knit group who went thru some tough training and came out better because of it. We trained hard and had some great leaders who kept us in line. What a great team!

    “Everything stops for Riverine Ops”

    1. Timmy (aka Sea Hog), what a great team we had, my best group of Marines I ever served with in 36 years, bare none!! LOL, I forgot all about that saying. Yes, “Everything stopped for Riverine Ops.” The rest of LFTCLant learned that rather quickly, some the hard way. LOL Yes, never served with a group of Marines from LCpls to Majors and ALL were leaders in their right!

  3. Popeye, I truly enjoyed the recent RAC reunion as well! It was great to see those that could attend and exchange the stories and experiences that we all shared at such a young age. There have only been a few times in my 27 year career where I felt that I was part of something truly special, and where my actions could make a substantial contribution to the Marine Corps. The RAC team that you put together was such a time within my career! As your logistics officer, you afforded me the opportunity to drive and employ that magnificent RAC boat and train countless coxswains to do the same. Your mission type orders enabled me to coordinate the external HST pick-up and delivery of the RAC boat from within the Cheaspeke Bay, recover and launch the RAC from the well deck of an LPD, and pack it and 5 other RAC boats into the fusilage of 5 other tactical C-130s. All coordinated and executed from within the capability of your very small staff of professional Marines that refused to take no…or it can’t be done for an answer. We worked hard…we played hard, but we all had fun completing a monumental task within an extremely compressed time schedule!

    t truly was a privilage to serve with such great Marines!

    Semper Fi!

    Gary Lambertsen, LtCol U.S.M.C. (Ret)

    Lambo, RAC#51

    1. LOL, Bess you Lambo, yes it was hard and FUN. I know that I ran you guys hard and put you away wet many times, only to get you out again the next day and the next day, and………
      Love all you guys like the brothers I never had.
      Popeye
      RAC #82

  4. The chloroquine that I took for 13 months in Vietnam may have triggered my immune system to be able to resist this bug. At almost 78, with COPD, I’ve sailed through this engineered .hoopla.

    Further, based on principle, I refuse.

    I will not take the shots.
    I will not surrender my guns.
    I will not show my papers.
    I will not wear a yellow star.
    I will not get in the boxcar.

    Sic semper tyrannis

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