A powerful conversation between Stuart Stevens and Commander Bobby R. Jones, president of VFRL, on honor, patriotism, and what it means for America that Trump and Hegseth clearly possess neither.
Putin is ramping up his war machine. I can only guess what his game is. But he is building some serious weaponry. Do I feel comfortable that drunk Pete is going to roll out the US military against Ukraine? Or against Europe? Not really. But Putin is doing that for some reason. Whether it’s economic, or he means to head to Europe. And we have no one in the military leadership to stop that.
Commander Brown, you are an impressive human. I may have to re-watch this and write down your discussion about what makes America America. Both my parents served in WWII - My Dad was a Captain in the military and fought in New Guinea; my Mom was an Army nurse, stationed in Australia. So I definitely understand. (BTW, have you considered running for office?)
If only tRump and Kegsbreath had even one one-hundredth of the integrity and knowledge of Bobby Jones! Think how much better off this country would be with even a fraction of Commander Jones’ abilities in our leadership.
Nooooo! If we have faith that the Deep State elements in the Pentagon can mitigate the real damage long enough, then we should let the Pete Show run as long as possible. His presence is doing damage daily to the entire Trump enterprise. He's the poster boy for the rank stupidity and incompetence of the whole maladministration. He has single-handedly dumped more sand in the gears than any individual, except Musk.
Thank you for this! I’m a retired federal civil servant who took the oath and has seen the dedication to mission that so many of my fellow civil servants have demonstrated daily.
The destruction of our federal agencies and the damage it has done (and continues to do) is horrifying to see. Like the military, the nonpartisan career civil service, bound by strong rules of ethics and overseen by independent inspectors general and Congress, is an institution that makes America great. Loss of this critical infrastructure will cause great harm to our country.
I’m in Atlanta, have already heard about the Veteran’s Town Hall in Fayetteville, GA this Friday evening. I am sorry that I can’t attend. It was great to hear from Bobby Jones! I will spread the word about the town hall.
Thank you for this straight talk. Great to hear the perspective of a military officer. To be clear, Congressman and women, and their families, are being threatened with violence if they don't toe the party line, so their conspicuous lack of courage is not the only problem. The Capitol police keep track of threats against Congress; in 2024 the Congress received about 8000 credible threats which amounts to about 20 per member.
YES! This truly was a powerful discussion with Bobby R Jones, Commander. Now we know why he is called a Commander because he spoke with knowledge, experience, and Truth. Thank you!
Good and the Bad of the Government Community Scene
On the one hand we are confronted with the political subjectivity of the Orange Cheeto and his Nazi gang raiding the federal bureaucracy and abusing human rights Included within this group of oft craziness of Cheeto proclaiming he thinks that a third term would be great and Der Fuhrer now entangled with the rule of law and attack on the Constitution
On the other we see the business community ie Wall Street which actually is a small part of the broader context of a business and investment community And due to the supply chains that essentially provide a network that tethers the US business community to the global economy This community lends itself to objectivity most often because the decision making is based on asset gain or loss
But we see these subjective and objective aspects of the government community scene interacting with each other often which makes it difficult to keep them separate For example interest rates will effect in the Orange Cheeto’s policy with respect to tariffs and the economic functioning of the federal government Nonetheless as one can see these two communities become inextricably tied together
So what? It is in the sphere of the objective business community where we can be less distracted by what the Nazis are up to and protect ourselves from their crank policies It is in the objectivity of the business community we can find some grounding and understanding of what can happen to our economic well being hand The US economy and its relevance in the world as its reserve currency is coming to an end with an ensuing debt crisis Failure to heed the flashing warning lights will lead to devastating consequences to investor’s portfolios globally
This was great! I have watched it twice, re-stacked it and forwarded it to a bunch of friends. Hope the rest of you do the same
Bobby please join substack!!!!
Putin is ramping up his war machine. I can only guess what his game is. But he is building some serious weaponry. Do I feel comfortable that drunk Pete is going to roll out the US military against Ukraine? Or against Europe? Not really. But Putin is doing that for some reason. Whether it’s economic, or he means to head to Europe. And we have no one in the military leadership to stop that.
Commander Brown, you are an impressive human. I may have to re-watch this and write down your discussion about what makes America America. Both my parents served in WWII - My Dad was a Captain in the military and fought in New Guinea; my Mom was an Army nurse, stationed in Australia. So I definitely understand. (BTW, have you considered running for office?)
If only tRump and Kegsbreath had even one one-hundredth of the integrity and knowledge of Bobby Jones! Think how much better off this country would be with even a fraction of Commander Jones’ abilities in our leadership.
Nooooo! If we have faith that the Deep State elements in the Pentagon can mitigate the real damage long enough, then we should let the Pete Show run as long as possible. His presence is doing damage daily to the entire Trump enterprise. He's the poster boy for the rank stupidity and incompetence of the whole maladministration. He has single-handedly dumped more sand in the gears than any individual, except Musk.
This man is awesome … great info & perspective. Thx
Thank you for this! I’m a retired federal civil servant who took the oath and has seen the dedication to mission that so many of my fellow civil servants have demonstrated daily.
The destruction of our federal agencies and the damage it has done (and continues to do) is horrifying to see. Like the military, the nonpartisan career civil service, bound by strong rules of ethics and overseen by independent inspectors general and Congress, is an institution that makes America great. Loss of this critical infrastructure will cause great harm to our country.
I’m in Atlanta, have already heard about the Veteran’s Town Hall in Fayetteville, GA this Friday evening. I am sorry that I can’t attend. It was great to hear from Bobby Jones! I will spread the word about the town hall.
Bobby Jones for president.
Thank you for this straight talk. Great to hear the perspective of a military officer. To be clear, Congressman and women, and their families, are being threatened with violence if they don't toe the party line, so their conspicuous lack of courage is not the only problem. The Capitol police keep track of threats against Congress; in 2024 the Congress received about 8000 credible threats which amounts to about 20 per member.
As Bobby R Jones shows—when straight white guys stack the deck in their favor to allow themselves to be mediocre—the rest of us must excell
Bobby Jones, you are awesome! Thank you!
YES! This truly was a powerful discussion with Bobby R Jones, Commander. Now we know why he is called a Commander because he spoke with knowledge, experience, and Truth. Thank you!
Good and the Bad of the Government Community Scene
On the one hand we are confronted with the political subjectivity of the Orange Cheeto and his Nazi gang raiding the federal bureaucracy and abusing human rights Included within this group of oft craziness of Cheeto proclaiming he thinks that a third term would be great and Der Fuhrer now entangled with the rule of law and attack on the Constitution
On the other we see the business community ie Wall Street which actually is a small part of the broader context of a business and investment community And due to the supply chains that essentially provide a network that tethers the US business community to the global economy This community lends itself to objectivity most often because the decision making is based on asset gain or loss
But we see these subjective and objective aspects of the government community scene interacting with each other often which makes it difficult to keep them separate For example interest rates will effect in the Orange Cheeto’s policy with respect to tariffs and the economic functioning of the federal government Nonetheless as one can see these two communities become inextricably tied together
So what? It is in the sphere of the objective business community where we can be less distracted by what the Nazis are up to and protect ourselves from their crank policies It is in the objectivity of the business community we can find some grounding and understanding of what can happen to our economic well being hand The US economy and its relevance in the world as its reserve currency is coming to an end with an ensuing debt crisis Failure to heed the flashing warning lights will lead to devastating consequences to investor’s portfolios globally
To see the reasoning behind such ominous warning lights see https://bit.ly/3Gk6Uhq So don’t be distracted Also see for video bit.ly/4cJACIT
For a graphic of fiat currency vs gold see this video at the 1hour mark https://bit.ly/4jFOdmF