Veterans Day in the U.S.A. is officially observed on 11.11, but many retailers and others are promoting the event already. It is the day we honor all those millions of veterans who have served our nation. There are some 18 million living veterans, per a military video. Other videos with additional facts are provided below. Those soldiers, sailors, aviators, Marines, special forces, medical, logistics, communications, and others that saw combat “have served their time in hell.” While the ability to draft people into the military still exists, post-Vietnam, the government made the decision to establish an all-volunteer military. This means that the various branches of the armed forces – Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, the various spy or military intelligence, and most recently the Space Force – have to be motivated into joining and staying in service. After the attacks on Pearl Harbor and 9.11.2001, various efforts were engaged in that on the surface we’re supposed to keep the American homeland as safe as possible from direct attack. When “The first casualty of war is truth” (paraphrase of Senator Hiram Johnson (1866-1945) quote) – growing numbers of Americans realize that there are enemies within. The enemies within lurk in many quarters, and while they may favor some, they are not limited to any one group or political party. The Clayton and Berkshire Hathaway connection to these issues and related will be explored further into this report.
This video above closes on the image above,
it is mostly patriotic and respectful of U.S. Veterans.
20-30 years ago, those who said that claimed that when the facts are carefully examined, subtle to sinister policies have been in place that practically invite the next or ongoing war were deemed fringe conspiracy theorists. That’s no longer the case.
Before pondering such issues, it should be noted that the ongoing state of war that exists in the 21st century stands in stark contrast to the vision of the founders.
As the First President, George Washington said in his farewell address on 9.19.1796: “It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliance with any portion of the foreign world.”
Per Digital History, that same farewell address said the former general and President Washington urged: “Observe good faith and justice towards all Nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.” In other words, Washington wanted neutrality as much as possible. That was preceded by the encouragement to “Promote…as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.” Because “government gives force to public opinion, it is essentially that public opinion should be enlightened.” The people need information apart from what the government and what those behind the government want known.
Continuing, Washington advised: “The Nation, which indulges towards another an habitual hatred or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest…
Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence…the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republic[an] Government…
The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign Nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little Political connection as possible…”
Our federal government was originally funded in good measure for well over a century by tariffs. Tariffs -taxes on imported goods – protected American business interests and paid for a far more limited federal government.
Washington’s full farewell address is linked here as a free download. Let’s briefly note that by avoiding foreign political entanglements there was no need in those days and for decades afterwards for a large, permanent military. Much has obviously changed. That will be briefly explored following some more veteran facts.
Some American Veteran Facts
- Per the U.S. Census Bureau: “More than 41 million Americans have served over the course of the nation’s history. More than 16 million did so in World War II alone.”
- According to the National World War II Museum:
US MILITARY CASUALTIES IN WORLD WAR II
| Branch | Killed | Wounded |
| Army and Air Force | 318,274 | 565,861 |
| Navy | 62,614 | 37,778 |
| Marines | 24,511 | 68,207 |
| Coast Guard | 1,917 | Unknown |
| TOTAL | 407,316 | 671,278 |
The closing quotation in this video of visuals and thoughtful quotes is “Freedom is never free.” Quite so. That should not be limited to the notion of freedom from foreign domination. Abraham Lincoln warned Americans that the loss of freedom was more likely to come in connection with powers from within the U.S. than from foreign invaders acting alone.
- According to Pew Research on May 8, 2020: About 300,000 US World War II veterans are alive.
- Per Britannica: “with Japan’s surrender in August1945, public pressure caused an immediate and hasty demobilization of the army despite its occupation responsibilities in Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea. From a strength of over 8,000,000 in August 1945, the army declined to less than 3,000,000 by January 1946 and to 554,000 troops by March 1948. The drop in combat capability was even more rapid, as most veterans, except for the relatively few career soldiers, were discharged and replaced by inexperienced recruits.”
- Also from Britannica: “The advent of the Cold War, however, soon stimulated efforts to restore military effectiveness, and the peacetime conscription established in 1940 was reinstituted in 1948 and periodically renewed thereafter. Army strength stabilized at about 600,000 troops in 1949–50. Meanwhile, the technological and military developments which had begun during World War II had increased the country’s vulnerability by reducing the protective significance of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Partially in recognition of this fact and partially to correct organizational faults revealed during the war, the defense structure was fundamentally altered by the National Security Act of 1947. One major change was the establishment of an independent U S. Air Force, created from the Army Air Forces. In subsequent years—as the three service branches struggled to stretch their budgets to meet widespread military commitments and also tried to adjust to their new relationships and to the tremendous changes in the nature of war—there arose considerable dissension among them regarding their respective roles and missions. Among the more important interservice issues were: how air powerwas to be adapted to war on land and sea as well as in the air; how long-range missiles were to be incorporated into the fighting forces; and what was to be done about the application of nuclear power to combat. On July 26, 1948, Pres. Harry S. Truman signed Executive Order 9981 abolishing racial segregation in the U.S. military. Although the army’s top leadership initially resisted this change, the situation in Korea would soon force their hand.”
With the completion of the U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam in 1973, the peacetime draft was ended, and the army was returned to volunteer status.
From the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, on May 2021, the following data.
Since 9.11.2001, per the Census Bureau on October, 08, 2021 “The 3.3 million veterans who have served since September 11, 2001, now are roughly half the size of the largest living veteran population…”
Flashbacks to History to Better Understand the Present
According to B-29 Superfortress:
“Boeing B-29 Superfortress Development, Design and Specifications
Boeing began work on a pressurized long-range bomber in 1938. In December 1939, the Army Air Corps issued a formal specification for a so called “superbomber”, capable of delivering 20,000 lbs of bombs to a target 2,667 miles distant, at a speed of 400 mph.” It was the B-29 that delivered the atom bomb on Japan that brought the war in the Pacific and World War II to an end. But stop and ponder this: that Boeing was investing in a military aircraft design the year before World War II official began. How did they know that such an aircraft might be needed? Was it good luck? Or was the development of the B29 an example of the military-industrial complex that President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned Americans again years later?
There have been 31+ million views of this 4 minute, 36 second video of the dropping of the first atom bomb on Hiroshima, Japan by a B29, dubbed the Enola Gay.
While a horrific event, the rationale used to justify the atomic attack was that an invasion of Japan by the military could result in a million combat casualties, not counting the additional civilian losses, destruction and harm.
Right or wrong, that decision rapidly ended the war in the Pacific theater of operations with Japan’s unconditional surrender. There have been over 5 million views of the video posted above.
The Enola Gay and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki also ushered in the current atomic and nuclear weapon age. As Wikipedia put it: “The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August 1945, respectively. The two bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in armed conflict.”
DW has this short documentary that says that the video footage used to depict the first atom bomb blast is not authentic, but they provide footage of the event that is.
Along with atomic and nuclear warfare, the advances in chemical and biological weapons first deployed in an extensive way during World War I has also developed since. Despite formal international bans on such bio-weapons, the later may well be part of the explanation for the COVID19 outbreak, which is said to be from a bio-weapons lab at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Communist China. The ‘weaponized’ bat-coronavirus was, per reports, funded in part by U.S. tax dollars that flowed to the WIV.
That report above was posted on May 24, 2021. Since then, even more revelations have occurred. But what should be noted is that the core facts were publicly available a year earlier, for those who sought the data. MHProNews and MHLivingNews published factual and sources-referenced reports a year or sometimes longer in advance of others in mainstream media that have stood the test of time.
Those reports included the ties between some of the dominating brands in our profession, that also happen to have a big influence on other aspects of our economy and national politics. Recall that last July, when Buffett and his longtime partner Charlie Munger, praised aspects of Chinese Communism and their ‘regulatory’ controls.
The founders did not want entangling alliances or endless war. But when U.S. policy for decades is examined, there have been moronic decisions that have fueled obvious enemies, such as Communist China, but others too. Don’t forget that American businesses were investing and working with the Nazis as they came to power.
Some have long known that the Saul Alinsky, Rahm Emanuel tactic of “Never let a serious crisis go to waste” have been at work in elements of the financial or business elites, sizable elements of our nation’s political class. But when the first ten months of the Biden/Brandon regime are pondered, decades of troubling truths are coming into clearer focus.
Some in our industry – including those who are or were working for Clayton Homes, a Berkshire Hathaway sister brand, or a black hat Manufactured Housing Institute affiliate or brand – recognize or begin to realize that there are enemies in and beyond the members of our manufactured home profession.
Clayton, Veterans, Charity and the Berkshire-Gates Insights
Periodically, over a period of years, Clayton Homes has had financial support for various veteran causes, as well as pitches to vets. Two examples are as follows.
“Recognizing this sacrifice, Clayton Homes is introducing the “Salute Our Troops” promotion, offering military personnel an option upgrade.” 5.28.2010.
“Clayton Home Building Group Announces Founding Sponsorship for Veteran Transition Program Hope For The Warriors Launches New 2019 Warrior’s Compass Program” – 12.26.2018, 13:43 ET.
Clayton periodically gives away a house, which of course gets them free publicity that may be worth many times the sums involved. Plus such giveaways can provide the donor a tax write-off.
What is now increasingly obvious to millions is that both business and political leaders often palter when they speak. They say something that may be laced with facts. People nod their heads, because what they are saying is ‘true.’ But then, with heads nodding, they may do something entirely different than they claimed.
From the left and right, there have been voices of warning that what DINOs and RINOs are doing is undermining the American way and the American Dream. Near the heart of what has gone wrong in our Republic is the problem of monopolization.
In the article above is the request for comment from leaders at Clayton Homes and the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI). Some 70 hours after Kevin Clayton, Tom Hodges, Ron Olson for Berkshire Hathaway, other attorneys for them and MHI were asked to respond to the allegations against them, they have remained silent.
Yes, veterans are one of the reasons for American ‘freedom.’
But the state of American ‘freedom’ is not what it could or should be. Many vets know this to be true.
OSHA’s mandate has been paused by a federal court order. But the battle for saving the vision of the American Republic that Washington, Lincoln, and others fought for is ongoing. It will not be won by those who are sitting on the sidelines. Even with concerns over voting problems has yielded big upsets in normally blue states, where people like Buffett, Gates, Jeff Bezos and others have significant clout.
The many can beat the money. It has happened time and again in American and world history. But such a victory will not occur without understanding the opposition and then rallying to beat them. While socialists, Marxists, and fascists are part of the problem, this is not a ‘capitalist vs. communist’ type of struggle. Closely examined, capitalists dollars have funded many leftist causes.
On issue after issue, ‘mistakes’ are made that when examined are designed to create a crisis. This isn’t just never let a good crisis go to waste. This is create a crisis so that the powers that be can claim that they are going to work to ‘solve it.
The way to beat the Buffett-Clayton moat is ongoing understanding couple with law enforcement. As simple that sounds, it is true.
Think about what Lincoln and Washington said, cited above. Understanding the issues – the truth – followed by appropriate action is how victories are won. Some of those victories are needed at the ballot box. Some may end up being accomplished in a jury vote. Others will be accomplished by pressing public officials to enforce existing laws, so that the apparently guilty will be held to account. Manufactured housing is underperforming. That underperformance won’t change until people of insight and good will force law enforcement and good policies to become an reality.
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By L.A. “Tony” Kovach – for MHProNews.com.
Tony earned a journalism scholarship and earned numerous awards in history and in manufactured housing.
For example, he earned the prestigious Lottinville Award in history from the University of Oklahoma, where he studied history and business management. He’s a managing member and co-founder of LifeStyle Factory Homes, LLC, the parent company to MHProNews, and MHLivingNews.com.
This article reflects the LLC’s and/or the writer’s position, and may or may not reflect the views of sponsors or supporters.
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