1-23-25
Monologue:
No Woke Outside the Wire
Triple Dipper:
1. Military Minded
2. Pardon Power
3. Border is Back!
Guests
3:30pm: Butters and Lee
Resources
1. Military Minded
2. Pardon Power
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/21/cnn-panel-trumps-j6-pardons-scott-jennings/
https://www.thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5096041-biden-pardons-family-corruption/amp/
3. Border is Back
https://www.fairus.org/press-release/fair-applauds-passage-laken-riley-act
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/01/22/homan-kicking-butt-n3799057
https://www.theblaze.com/news/deportation-illegal-aliens-harry-enten
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/22/active-duty-military-deploy-to-border-report/
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/refugees-trump-immigration/2025/01/22/id/1196048/
Rightside Way Monologue
I spent some time yesterday unpacking the amazing amount of actual change and
action that we have seen in our government in just 2 days…..2 days!.....leadership
leads…..leadership establishes parameters and creates an environment in which
things occur or don’t occur…..leadership, real leadership, sets examples and
establishes left and right limits, but real leadership also means that people know
where they stand…..and right now, there are things happening that weren’t
allowed, weren’t empowered, weren’t discussed, for over four years…..I realize
that every organization has its honeymoon phase and that there will be some things
that don’t happen overnight…..but to be honest, the first few days have moved
with such lightning speed that it feels like we are flying nap of the earth with the
doors open!.....we are already seeing a restorative change in tone, and even a
change in personnel, in all branches of government…..and in that same vein, the
restoration is already occurring in our US military…..
As I prepared for the show this morning I thought that I would look back and see
what I was speaking on back in the beginning of the Biden administration
…..Rightside Radio hit the airwaves in mid-2021, just 45 days before the debacle
pullout in Afghanistan……even then I was doing monologues decrying the advent
of wokeness in the military…..the Biden administration pursued the role of
Commander in Chief as an experimenter in chief, turning our vaunted US military
into a social experimentation platform for every woke ideology they could
find…..massive amounts of time, money, and resources were spent making sure
that the greatest military in the world capitulated to the climate agenda, the
lgbtq2ia+ agenda, diversity, equity, inclusion, critical race theory, you name it…..it
was nauseating…..Democrats spent four years sacrificing readiness and lowering
morale while forging a force that looked pretty in their skewed worldview, but was
not prepared to win our nations wars……Hear me when I say this…..I love our
nation’s military…..my family being multi-generational Army, I grew up watching
my father and grandfather serve capably and wanted to be a part of it myself, my
own service consumed 30 years of my life, I commanded troops, walked the rough
side of two war zones, served in the Pentagon…..I have 3 fused vertebrae from too
much time as a Paratrooper…..I wouldn’t change it for the world……but I also
believe that my own background and resume give me the absolute right to
speak to the issues in our military when I see them…..
Wokeness in the military was real……it was, and it doesn’t matter what General
Milley or Secretary Austin said about it….we could see it….wokeness was
pervasive in every branch of service and it came from the top down……well, we
had a term in Baghdad – it wasn’t unique to our own war but it was used more
often there because we worked out of small FOBs, or forward operating
bases…..we would say that anything outside the gate, anything outside the
protective walls of our perimeter was a place that was “outside the wire” – you go
on patrol, you conduct a cordon and search, you do a movement to contact, or just
roll out on a supply run, you were “outside the wire” – Hear me on this: There’s
no room for “woke” outside the wire!
Let me remind you of some of the things that occurred in the last four
years….these are reports…. Real reports:
- A report in mid-2021 that soldiers at Fort Bliss were forced to wear IDs
during diversity and inclusion training that listed their race, ethnicity, social
class and other identifying characteristics that have nothing to do with
military readiness or performance.
- Or how about when Navy Admiral Mike Gilday suggested in June that
Sailors read How To Be Antiracist by extremist author Abram X Kendi.
Although the title sounds appealing (the vast majority of Americans don't
want to be racist), the contents of the book insist that America is racist in
history and continues to be today throughout our society's structures.
- Then there was the “Privilege Walk” required for all ranks in one Air Force
squadron. The members were told to “take a step forward” if they were
members of a certain class. For example: first all men had to step forward,
then all white members had to step forward and this continued through every
point of privilege one may have had according to their “intersectional
hierarchy.” The idea was to physically separate people and more or less
demean and diminish those with “privilege,” implying they did not get to
where they are because of merit.
- In one Department of Defense school, students were required to share with
the class a “significant emotional event” in which they admit their privilege
and repent racism and sexism. The whistleblower report stated it was
targeted towards white students, particularly white males. If one chose not to
say what was expected or the instructor didn’t believe it was sincere, a
student could be failed, and risk damage to his or her career.
These and many other stories became an everyday part of the “woke culture”
which was forced into the ranks of our military. When you stand next to each other
in the face of a common enemy you cannot win wars if you do not trust the
members of your fighting force to the left and right of you!
Military proficiency and readiness does not come in the form of people being told
they are different and that one person has it better or worse than the other…..when
troops are in harms way outside the wire everything goes by the wayside and
everyone is one color: Green!......– THAT is who we are, and don’t let anyone tell
you different. But those of you listening now who wear the uniform of this
nation, or have family members who do, well, the restoration of the force is
already underway…..no one, and I mean no one is going to make soldiers,
sailors, airmen or Marines take a “privilege walk” or “embrace Marxism” or
“to view yourself more by the color of your skin than the color of your
uniform”……..if anyone tries, you tell them to pound sand!....because the
restoration of sanity and common sense is underway and the new leadership
knows that there is no room for woke outside the wire…..
We’ve already talked about Pete Hegseth, and I believe that his views are well
known…..I believe that he will bring much needed change…..but there are others
who are joining those ranks who feel likewise…..for instance, there is an
organization that I am proud to be affiliated with called STARRS….STARRS,
(Stand Together Against Racism and Radicalism in the Services) is a national
organization for which I serve on the Board of Advisors made up of former senior
Officers and NCO’s who’s mission is to root out wokeness in the military….the
executive Vice President of STARRS is Matthew Lohmeier, a former fighter pilot
who became a squadron commander in the Space Force and was relieved of his
command for daring to speak out against diversity initatives, critical race theory,
and Marxism in the policies from the Pentagon….he was just tapped by President
Trump to serve as the Undersecretary of the Air Force with Trump saying that
chose Lohmeier to change the military’s woke policies…..incidentally, the General
who relieved Lohmeier in the past is the commander of Space Command now and
is the same General who has fought bringing Space Command to Huntsville,
Alabama…..karma man….that’s gonna be some karma…..
Or how about Marine Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Scheller….you may recall him
famously demanding accountability from senior leaders for the failure that killed
13 servicemembers in the pullout of Afghanistan….he was actually jailed, and then
forced out of the Corps despite 17 years of stellar decorated service….he was just
announced as a new senior advisor for personnel and readiness at the
Pentagon….I’m pretty sure he has some thoughts….and I hope that he will get his
retirement back…..
We are told that Generals, Admirals, and senior defense executives are on pins and
needles as they wait to hear whether they will now be asked to turn in their papers
and go to the house….and they should….its a new day and the feckless, go along
to get along style of sycophantic kowtowing we’ve seen from senior leaders these
past four years has no place in a Pentagon that is being restored to a warrior
making machine….it’s a new day….and America wants is military back…..
Woke doesn’t win wars…..and there is no room for woke outside the wire.
That’s a wrap for the Rightside Way……