You wanna know something? I’ll give you a quote. We’re a third world country now. You wanna know why? I am an expert - I’ve been to em. I spent 17 months in southeast Asia while the draft dodger was playing golf. Right? You know how I know we’re a third world country? Because in third world countries they have the military doing their police work.

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That what happens in a dictatorship - in comes the military. That’s whats happening here. And people better wake up to it. You wanna read something? Then read your history on Germany and start comparing the tactics of what happened in 1930s Germany to what’s happening here.

Read history. You learn from history.

I didn’t agree with Jesse Ventura on everything when he was governor. And sure, some of his comments made you shake your head. But one thing was never in doubt: his love for this country and his respect for its people.

That kind of authenticity is in short supply these days.

So yeah—time to resurrect Old Painless. 💪