August 2016 – Page 28 – The Burning Platform

These vegans are really starting to piss me off | Knuckledraggin My Life Away

Who is the Bacon Aficionado here at TBP? How many chemicals would you have to add to eggplant to make it even resemble bacon?

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Can a vegetable taste as good as crispy, freshly fried bacon? The answer for most people would be a resounding ‘no’. But many vegetarians and vegans have been searching for a meat-free …

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A Soldier’s Farewell to Uncle on Ann’s Page

A Chilling Letter From an NCO Calling It Quits

(As a veteran of the Air Force myself, with my husband retired, I am particularly moved by the sincerity I perceive in the letter posted on Ann’s page. I know the feeling in the pit of this NCO’s stomach because I experienced it myself when I stared into the soulless eyes of a former commander who’d sold us all out for a post-military career with a Big Gubment weapons manufacturer. Those in power do not care about what is legal or what is right. And if you are in their “employ”, they expect you to comply with their directives, lawful or not. Emphases Ann’s).

Ann,

I leave the Army for good in September of this year. My chain of command has been shell shocked that I am going through with it. Two years ago when I first came to grips with what was happening and resolved to no longer be a part of it, there was derision and even an officer telling me that voicing my opinions about the state of the US economy and its moral failings could be considered a violation of the UCMJ for conduct “prejudicial to good order and discipline.”

When I gave my Operations NCO a copy of the book “A Distant Mirror” by Barbara Tuchman he came to me a month later stating that if there is a civil war, he and his fellow Hispanics will “have to choose sides.”

When I told my first sergeant why I would not be re-enlisting, she said “Don’t you want to re-enlist to get your 20?”

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Is Trump the Peace Candidate?

Guest Post by Patrick J. Buchanan

With Democrats howling that Vladimir Putin hacked into and leaked those 19,000 DNC emails to help Trump, the Donald had a brainstorm: Maybe the Russians can retrieve Hillary Clinton’s lost emails.

Not funny, and close to “treasonous,” came the shocked cry.

Trump then told the New York Times that a Russian incursion into Estonia need not trigger a U.S. military response.

Even more shocking. By suggesting the U.S. might not honor its NATO commitment, under Article 5, to fight Russia for Estonia, our foreign-policy elites declaimed, Trump has undermined the security architecture that has kept the peace for 65 years.

More interesting, however, was the reaction of Middle America. Or, to be more exact, the nonreaction. Americans seem neither shocked nor horrified. What does this suggest?

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Welfare is the new work

Guest Post by Stephen Moore

Two recent news stories highlight how pernicious the welfare state has become in America today.

The first was an announcement by the feds that food stamps can be used to have groceries delivered right to a recipient’s door. Service with a smile. The Obama administration says it is too much of a hardship for those on welfare to actually travel to the grocery store. What’s next? Cooking the meal for them? If only the DMV would do home deliveries for drivers The second story was about the hullabaloo over a proposal by Maine governor Paul LePage to prohibit food stamp recipients from using their food aid to purchase junk foods like sugary soft drinks and candy bars.

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