The Crusty Canuck Podcast - Ep# 156 ”Remembrance 2021 Never in Vain”

00:00:00.000 Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. It's a beautiful 9th November 2021. Coming up on the Krusty Connect podcast, a very special episode, episode 156, Remembrance 2021. Never in vain. I will always remember. I'm going to reflect on some of my experiences overseas, talk about what Remembrance Day means to me, and hopefully shed some light on the chaos that we're experiencing in this country right now as we speak.

00:00:28.720 All that and more come at the podcast. Please stick around.

00:00:58.720 That's right, ladies and gentlemen, episode 156, a very, very special episode of Krusty Connect podcast. Listener and viewer discretion is advised.

00:01:15.100 I tend to use some swear words, and there'll be some audio coming up later with a lot of profanity in it. Needless to say, if you like and hear what you see, please click like and subscribe and share this all around your social media platforms.

00:01:27.240 There won't be so much visual today. There'll just be pictures for you. So I'll do some video a bit later in the show.

00:01:32.500 But needless to say, this is what you're going to see right now, ladies and gentlemen. I know I said last episode there was going to be some scheduling differences with my employment.

00:01:41.800 They changed the schedule around, so I had the ability to make an episode today. And I figured, why not? Let's do a Remembrance Day special, because I'll be working Remembrance Day, oddly enough.

00:01:50.760 But still, here we are, episode 156 of the Krusty Connect podcast. Remembrance. Now, when I look at Remembrance Day, all my natural life, Remembrance Day has been an important day for me.

00:02:04.360 From my grandfathers that served in World War II, to a distant relative that served in the Boer War, to a distant uncle that apparently served in Korea, and not to mention the people I've met over the years that served in certain peacekeeping operations, as well as having the honor of meeting some Vietnam veterans who happened to be Canadian, who volunteered with the American services back in the late 60s and did their part for what they thought was right.

00:02:29.420 And when I look at Remembrance Day, ladies and gentlemen, it doesn't faze me what color or creed anybody is. It doesn't faze me what gender or what identity or who they sleep with. I look at every Canadian, whether it be First Nation, whether it be Asian, whether it be East Indian, Sikh, Pakistani, English, Scottish, Irish, Portuguese, Spanish, Polish, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Russian.

00:02:56.460 Everybody that took up an arm for this country and served in World War I and II and Korea and other operations and other peacekeeping operations and operations that felt dear to their heart.

00:03:10.640 I pay homage to those individuals, every man, woman, and child that took up an arm or forced to take up arms or thought that's what they had to do for a greater good.

00:03:27.780 So we were told, so we were thought, pardon me, what we were taught to think.

00:03:33.500 When I look at our history, yes, we have a history of bloody chaos.

00:03:36.460 We also have a history of bloody progress, too.

00:03:39.880 When I look at Canada, I think of not just my home and native land, I think of my home, where my heart is.

00:03:46.460 You've heard me ramble on more than enough times, ladies and gentlemen, in regards to how much I love this nation.

00:03:52.080 And the past year and a half with the COVID issue and the vaccine issues and the constant promoted racial divides that are constantly being thrown down our throats every day.

00:04:03.300 I can see why it gets hard for people to focus on the important things.

00:04:08.800 To me, the important things is your health, your friends, your family, and your well-being.

00:04:13.160 And that's for everybody, too, regardless of what your background is, regardless of where heritage lies or where it doesn't lie, where it once was or where it is now.

00:04:21.920 The welfare of yourself and your family is of the utmost importance.

00:04:28.400 Longevity, prosperity, right?

00:04:30.760 You want to see your loved ones excel.

00:04:32.420 You want to see your loved ones get ahead.

00:04:33.900 You want to see your kids graduate high school and college and get that perfect job and get that perfect car, that perfect home, and have that perfect spouse and have that perfect life that we all dream of one way or the other.

00:04:46.180 Like, we've all been told to dream of from the time we were born to the time we start counting on our fingers and the time we start reading our first novel to the time we start thinking about what colleges and universities we have to go to those last years of high school to where we are now.

00:05:01.380 I'm not making fun of anybody who has pursued academic excellence or financial excellence.

00:05:07.220 I'm not making fun of anybody here.

00:05:08.400 This is not one of those episodes where I'm going to criticize individuals who take it upon themselves to enjoy their freedom and to embrace it and to encourage it.

00:05:17.300 But this Remembrance Day, let's reflect and let's remember those individuals that gave their lives all colors and creeds, from the Cree to the Ojibwe to the Mohawks, the Urquois, Mi'kmaq, to the Blackfoot, to the Crow, to the Blood.

00:05:31.380 To the Irish Canadians, to the English Canadians, to the Scottish Canadians, to the French Canadians, to the Polish Canadians, Ukrainian Canadians, Russian Canadians, Sikh Canadians, East Indian Canadians, Pakistani Canadians, Chinese Canadians, Japanese Canadians, you name it.

00:05:48.680 All Canadians, all Canadians, all Canadians, all Canadians, all Canadians, all Canadians, all Canadians, all Canadians, all Canadians, all Canadians.

00:06:07.700 Yours truly knows a few people that are out here with us today because of the war in Afghanistan

00:06:12.920 and because of what happened to themselves, from the experiences they encountered

00:06:20.400 to the demons they carried with them.

00:06:23.920 Yours truly also carries a few demons still to this day.

00:06:28.060 Some of those demons almost slayed me back in 2014. 0.96

00:06:30.340 However, with the love of my wife and people that actually stood up and gave a shit about 0.96

00:06:37.020 what they were doing, gave me some insight, gave me some hope.

00:06:42.020 And that's why I'm here today, ladies and gentlemen, presenting this video submitted for your approval.

00:06:48.880 Remember to say to me it's not just a day where we can put on our old uniforms and gab and

00:06:54.860 chew the fat over this experience and that experience.

00:06:57.840 And it's not a celebration by any means.

00:07:00.340 It's a gathering of like-minded people to honor and respect those people who fell before us.

00:07:07.120 Now, I've dealt with people since debuting this podcast.

00:07:11.340 Some really nasty comments I've had.

00:07:13.360 I should have saved some of those emails, but needless to say, here's an example of one.

00:07:18.560 You didn't fight for my freedom.

00:07:21.280 Who are you to tell me what I should honor and not honor?

00:07:24.940 Firstly, I don't tell you to honor anything other than what you want to honor.

00:07:28.320 And secondly, you have the freedom to honor what you desire because of people like, well, myself, who wanted to fight, who stood up to the plate.

00:07:39.080 To my grandfathers that stood up to the plate, too, especially at a time when it was really, really needed to fight a necessary evil like fascism and communism.

00:07:50.580 My American friends did the exact same thing, regardless if it was for Korea or for Vietnam or the Gulf War.

00:07:58.920 We all know about the lies and the tricks of the trade and everything, but there were still men and women in both of our countries that were willing to lay down their lives, whether it be for the idea of freedom or the actual gesture of freedom.

00:08:12.520 And I thank you all deeply and I honor you deeply for the commitments and the sacrifices and the demons you have slayed in said process.

00:08:24.200 When I look back at Remembrance Day and look on Remembrance Day, I do remember.

00:08:28.680 I remember the jokes and the laughs I had with my section commanders, the jokes and the laughs we had with our medic, with my captain, with my warrant officer, with other radio operators that were with me during that year.

00:08:41.100 I remember one individual where he lost his life and I saw the explosion that killed him.

00:08:53.420 And it wasn't gory, it wasn't dramatic, it was just like that.

00:08:59.740 How else do I explain it?

00:09:01.880 I remember him mentoring me on my radio and how the finer points of keeping the antenna in place and the fine points of programming it.

00:09:11.100 And you are forever missed, my friend.

00:09:14.000 And you are forever remembered.

00:09:16.800 And that's the thing about Remembrance Day, ladies and gentlemen.

00:09:19.580 We have to keep remembering and keeping that honor alive.

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00:09:39.100 Thank you.

00:09:41.100 Also, I have a special thank you out there for those individuals the past week that have actually donated.

00:09:47.140 Thank you very much from the bottom of my heart.

00:09:49.140 Thank you very much.

00:09:50.080 You didn't give me a name, so I can't really mention your name without a name on it.

00:09:53.660 But thank you.

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00:09:57.960 They helped out a lot, actually, believe it or not, getting things sorted out.

00:10:01.520 So, once again, to those people that donated, give yourself a pat on the back.

00:10:06.940 And please keep donating if you like, too.

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00:10:18.280 But back to Remembrance, not in vain. 0.97

00:10:22.360 And now we all know in the news how the Americans, Canadians, the Brits alike pulled out of Afghanistan and left one hell of a fucking mess there. 0.99

00:10:34.640 Pardon my swearing. 0.97

00:10:36.140 But we all know what that story was and how it affected a lot of us, too.

00:10:41.880 And I remember sitting and having some conversations with some of my fellow Afghan vets discussing the whole procedure and the politics of it all.

00:10:51.920 And to summarize it, ladies and gentlemen, just one effing, effing nightmare, just one bloody nightmare with red tape, with other bureaucracies and bureaucrats, people hobgobbling here and hobgobbling there.

00:11:07.240 And you would almost think that what we did in that country was in vain.

00:11:11.880 One would think that the average Joe, the average Josephine would just go, hmm, was it really worth all that money and effort?

00:11:21.440 There's a few people that are not with us today who would beg to differ.

00:11:28.180 What I remember of being in that country was the heat, not just the weather, not just the temperature, but the heat.

00:11:39.140 You could feel the heat.

00:11:40.520 You could feel more than the average person could from getting off the plane in Kandahar to smelling the infamous sulfur lake or the poo cloud we used to call it.

00:11:51.740 Almost like a proverbial shovel, giving you a smack right in the jaw as soon as you hit the tarmac.

00:11:58.380 Nothing but that overwhelming stench of sulfur and human fecal matter polluting our nostrils as we took one step forward into Kandahar Airport to get our gear and get ready to go to our dwellings, per se.

00:12:13.380 Anyway, it's funny when I think back from 2007, the adventures that I had and the friends that I made and the contacts I'm still in touch with today, how we can still sit and laugh and joke about some of the hideous things we saw and still feel pain over them too.

00:12:33.980 So, I look at our history as one of great, great things.

00:12:43.260 And regardless of what has come to surface the past year or two years, ladies and gentlemen, especially here in Canada with the issues with the First Nations schools, the residential school and all that, the truth will be out there.

00:12:55.120 We just got to find it.

00:12:57.840 To my First Nation brothers and sisters that stood alongside every member of the Armed Forces, a special hats off to you too.

00:13:08.040 But when I look at a member of the Cain Forces, I don't look at the color.

00:13:12.520 I don't look at their gender.

00:13:14.000 I look at the uniform and what it represented and what it still represents to me today.

00:13:19.540 Honor, respect, courage, dignity, pride, unity, and a love of nation.

00:13:26.980 So, contrary to the myth that's being taught in a lot of schools today, especially in the post-secondary areas too, it's not a crime to love your nation.

00:13:36.740 We're constantly being bombarded with identities and who identifies as this and what identifies as what and who is she and who is he.

00:13:44.200 What are they?

00:13:45.980 Can we not say that we are Canadians?

00:13:48.160 Can our friends to the South, can they not say they're Americans?

00:13:52.220 Can our friends over in Europe say they're not British or French or German or Polish or Russian or Hungarian or Ukrainian or Belarusian or Latvian or Estonian or Finnish or Swedish or Norwegian or Danish or Icelandic?

00:14:10.880 Can we not say welcome anymore?

00:14:17.160 With all this hype about who's speaking what language and who isn't, Prime Minister Krista Freeland, correction, not Prime Minister, I'm thinking too far ahead.

00:14:24.660 Maybe she is, I don't know.

00:14:26.080 Deputy Prime Minister Krista Freeland, the pint-sized, you know what?

00:14:28.940 Having the audacity of giving a CEO of a multinational corporation a hard time because not speaking French properly.

00:14:34.800 Or not speaking enough French.

00:14:38.460 Who is she to criticize anyone's efforts when she is almost single-handling herself, taking a lot of Canadian money and giving it away to everyone but Canadians?

00:14:49.320 Same as our Prime Minister sitting around discussing the whole fact about let's abolish fossil fuels, let's get rid of Canadian fossil fuels so the only people that can buy it are the well-to-do and naysayers of Canadian progress.

00:15:03.860 Meanwhile, Canadians are stuck with $10, $12 barrels of inhumane oil that's brought to you by countries such as Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Venezuela, and other third-world conglomerates that treat women and children like cattle. 0.85

00:15:16.560 Is that what us Canadians fought for, ladies and gentlemen?

00:15:22.940 Is that the freedom we fought for?

00:15:26.580 To my American friends, is that the freedom you fought for?

00:15:29.240 To my British friends, is that the freedom you fought for?

00:15:32.480 Every major conflict, World War I and II in Korea, Canadians, Brits, and Americans stood side-by-side along with Australians and New Zealanders and other members of the United Nations at that time.

00:15:43.740 During the Vietnam War, roughly about 25,000 to 30,000 Canadians signed up with American services to fight that war against communism, so they were told.

00:15:57.200 The gentleman that I've spoken to personally, signed up because they thought it was the thing to do.

00:16:08.320 And they did it, and they came back, luckily.

00:16:11.200 Some didn't.

00:16:14.160 But some learned the hard lesson about sacrifice.

00:16:17.560 Well, some did, and some didn't.

00:16:22.560 But needless to say, there were men and women in both of our countries, in all the countries that I mentioned, that stood up and did what they thought was right.

00:16:29.600 And all the more reasons to represent and to respect this sacred day.

00:16:35.400 Regardless of color, or creed, or identity, or political belief, or what party you have fucking homage to.

00:16:42.180 How about the maple leaf there in the background? 0.98

00:16:46.940 Is that worth still having homage to?

00:16:49.680 I believe so.

00:16:52.340 I believe so.

00:16:53.400 I believe it's still worth fighting for, regardless of how you feel about it.

00:17:00.000 There is a history of this country where we were inhumane and unfair and unkind.

00:17:04.640 But I can tell you stories about my personal life, where I dealt with authority figures that were just as humane and bloody unkind, too.

00:17:13.760 All based on the simple fact that I could not skate as fast as one individual, or run as fast as a few other individuals.

00:17:23.000 Right?

00:17:23.200 But that's a different story, ladies and gentlemen. 1.00

00:17:28.180 Needless to say, I stood up at the fucking plate and did my goddamn job to the best of my fucking ability. 0.99

00:17:33.560 And so did the other men and women that did the deed. 0.99

00:17:37.080 Whether they took up a rifle, or a radio, or took up a map and compass, or watched a radar screen, or listened.

00:17:44.380 Or set up a gun, or set up a truck, or set up an aircraft.

00:17:56.080 All shapes and sizes, ladies and gentlemen.

00:17:57.760 A lot of men and women committed the ultimate sacrifice November the 11th.

00:18:05.340 That's a day where we have to reflect.

00:18:07.620 This Remembrance Week is a matter of reflection and remembering those individuals that committed the ultimate sacrifice.

00:18:14.400 It didn't matter if they were straight.

00:18:15.740 It didn't matter if they were gay. 0.82

00:18:17.100 It didn't matter if they were First Nations. 0.97

00:18:18.720 It didn't matter if they were Chinese, Japanese.

00:18:21.240 It didn't matter if they were Catholic, or Protestant, or Jehovah, or Jewish, or Muslim. 0.56

00:18:26.140 What mattered is they put on the cloth and carried the colors of the nation proudly to the best of their ability.

00:18:33.100 And we have to remember that and respect that.

00:18:35.740 Regardless of who's calling the shots in Ottawa, or Montreal, or Toronto.

00:18:40.060 Regardless.

00:18:40.420 Can you honestly sit there and ask yourself, do these individuals that are telling me what to believe in,

00:18:49.280 have they prepared themselves for any kind of sacrifice other than a brief inconvenience because of fossil fuels?

00:18:57.100 Or because of inflation taxes they keep promoting?

00:18:59.900 Or the racial divide they keep promoting in the name of pulling a race card or a gender card 0.99

00:19:05.300 just to get ahead because they think they deserve something without any fucking merit. 0.98

00:19:12.000 It needs to say, ladies and gentlemen, look at that picture. 0.98

00:19:16.440 That represents every soldier.

00:19:18.960 And that flag represents this country.

00:19:22.400 This country.

00:19:23.900 Our home and native land.

00:19:26.680 Period.

00:19:27.020 Those individuals that are still hurting and suffering from the yester years.

00:19:34.440 My heart goes to you.

00:19:36.000 It does.

00:19:37.560 Those individuals that have witnessed and incurred the heinous crimes of the residential schools. 0.92

00:19:44.500 My sincerest apologies.

00:19:48.120 But we have to move on and we have to move forward.

00:19:50.420 I'm not telling you to forget anything because I don't forget my past.

00:19:55.400 And neither should you.

00:19:58.260 But we shouldn't sit in our pity puddles and worry all the time.

00:20:04.000 Because some government official refuses to acknowledge.

00:20:07.380 If we're going to find the truth in reconciliation, let us start getting to the truth.

00:20:12.400 I'm with you.

00:20:13.340 I want the truth too.

00:20:14.700 But needless to say, we always have to remember and stand firmly for what is right.

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00:20:38.200 Carrying on with more Standing Friendly 2 on this Remembrance Week of 2021.

00:20:42.360 I don't look back at that tour or those tours as ones in vain.

00:20:48.080 I don't.

00:20:48.480 Personally, I do not.

00:20:50.380 The way the mainstream media twists it around.

00:20:52.280 The way the politicians twist it around.

00:20:54.020 Oh, it's no big deal.

00:20:56.220 Oh, it's no issue.

00:20:58.220 You guys did your part.

00:20:59.500 You did well.

00:21:00.560 Thank you for your service.

00:21:04.520 I've heard that numerous times.

00:21:05.840 And a few times, especially during my election campaign, when I was trying to win a seat in Parliament for this writing, I had a few sincere people come up and say, thank you very much for your service.

00:21:18.780 We had no idea.

00:21:20.340 Even some of my opponent's spouses come around and give me a pat on the back and said, thank you very much for your time served.

00:21:29.540 We're happy to see you here. 0.93

00:21:31.700 And to me, that was genuinely, ladies and gentlemen, that was fucking fantastic. 0.94

00:21:36.760 But I've also heard numerous times, too, this past year, a lot of condescending terms and condescending tone and fashion. 0.91

00:21:44.120 Oh, thank you for your service.

00:21:46.660 Yeah.

00:21:46.940 You can almost just hear it click, just like that.

00:21:51.680 You can almost hear it, how condescending that twat waffle and or twat waffles are when it comes to dealing with people that have actually served, that have seen action, who have done things, who have overcome insurmountable odds to reach their goal.

00:22:07.760 And then you hear some bureaucrat.

00:22:09.720 Oh, thank you for your service.

00:22:12.780 Yeah.

00:22:14.680 I don't believe you.

00:22:15.820 And a lot of my brothers and sisters are starting to see that light, too.

00:22:22.120 I need to say, when I look at this picture here of that soldier kneeling in front of fallen comrades, boots, rifle, and helmet.

00:22:32.180 That speaks volumes, ladies and gentlemen.

00:22:35.180 It always has and it always will.

00:22:40.080 I think for the rest of my years, it will speak volumes.

00:22:42.840 I'll never forget.

00:22:43.520 I'll never forget the sounds, the cracks and thumps, some of the screams, the orders, the smell.

00:22:50.340 I'll never forget those days.

00:22:53.940 I'll never forget those hours or those minutes. 0.99

00:22:57.840 Where I'm thinking, fuck, am I going to buy it today? 0.98

00:23:00.680 Are my friends going to buy it today? 0.99

00:23:03.100 What's the contingency plan if my captain goes down?

00:23:06.500 What's the plan if I go down?

00:23:07.880 What's the plan if the sergeant major goes down?

00:23:09.420 What's the plan?

00:23:10.120 Constantly going through my head, little routines and SOPs.

00:23:14.160 But I'm here now to say, yeah, I did that. 0.99

00:23:22.380 And regardless of what people think about warfare, it is fucking ugly. 0.96

00:23:26.020 But sometimes it's a necessary evil, ladies and gentlemen. 0.98

00:23:32.840 And all the more the reasons to honor and respect those who are willing to commit that sacrifice.

00:23:38.520 Who are willing to commit their lives to make sure that ugliness doesn't come here.

00:23:44.880 When I look at Canada, my home, and like I've said, my home in native land, I look at the opportunities that have been bestowed on us prior to our births, prior to our parents' births, prior to our grandparents' births, and in some cases our great-grandparents' births.

00:24:07.620 The odds that individuals overcame.

00:24:10.620 I cannot fix the past.

00:24:14.560 So for anybody of a certain group or a certain conglomerate or a certain identity points fingers at me and says, you must recognize your privilege.

00:24:24.080 Maybe you should recognize your prejudice before you ever, ever condemn my so-called optical privilege.

00:24:34.540 I've had to work for everything in my life.

00:24:37.600 I had to work to get a house.

00:24:39.060 I had to work to get someone of a decent education. 0.98

00:24:41.260 I had to work to get my ass into the military.

00:24:43.580 And I had to work in the military to get where I was going to go. 0.93

00:24:49.240 I had a plan to become an NCO, and I did.

00:24:52.460 I had a plan to become a senior NCO, so I did.

00:24:56.180 How else do I say it?

00:24:57.740 I had no plans to become an officer.

00:24:59.980 I had no plans to become sergeant major.

00:25:03.380 But goals were achievable.

00:25:05.840 But it took work, sweat, and dedication. 0.98

00:25:08.880 And not just the administrative dedication, i.e., write the papers, make the grade, drive the body, shoot the foot, but put up a lot of bullshit from people, too. 0.81

00:25:18.980 And you get that in any job, ladies and gentlemen, regardless.

00:25:24.460 But when someone says to me, you better recognize your privilege, well, okay, let's recognize the privileges this country has given to a lot of people.

00:25:31.100 A lot of people, all colors and creeds, all shapes and sizes, all identities, all spectrums, all educational levels, and all social levels.

00:25:43.660 So the moment someone says, recognize your privilege, maybe they should recognize their prejudice.

00:25:50.940 And then watch them chew their words as you laugh at them hysterically.

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00:26:11.380 And like I said, ladies and gentlemen, I have some audio here I'm going to play for you as all.

00:26:15.660 Well, as an act of remembrance, not a cheesy bagpipe solo or nothing like that, not condemning what beautiful pipers do.

00:26:24.340 But I just want to give you, my civilian listeners out there, too, an insight on how it sounds.

00:26:33.540 Okay?

00:26:34.140 Now, I'm not going to promote the actual, I'm not going to put the actual video up and put the audio up.

00:26:38.540 But I want you to listen to every crack and thump and every bang and crash and especially some of the dialogue at the end, please, if you can.

00:26:49.000 And close your eyes while you're listening, too, please, because it has a little more effect that way, ladies and gentlemen, a little more effect.

00:26:57.700 And it's going to start with you to understand and to spread this beautiful podcast around, if you can, too.

00:27:06.620 I'll just give you some insight on how things work and what a day or a moment or an hour of battle can do to one.

00:27:16.980 Just a little bit of insight.

00:27:19.700 So please pay attention.

00:27:27.700 So please pay attention.

00:27:57.700 Bravo!

00:28:01.080 Bravo with me!

00:28:02.200 Let's go!

00:28:02.660 We're going to find a way over!

00:28:05.080 Let's go, Bravo! 1.00

00:28:15.700 Oh, for fuck! 1.00

00:28:17.700 Oh, for fuck! 1.00

00:28:19.160 Oh, for fuck! 1.00

00:28:27.700 Oh, for fuck! 1.00

00:28:45.880 Oh, for fuck! 1.00

00:28:56.680 Right to the right, what are they doing on the right, what are they doing on the right, what do you got Ben? 1.00

00:29:13.680 All compiles on fire in front of us.

00:29:15.680 Take that first crew across, get across.

00:29:41.680 Right on boys, you're definitely going to wonder who the Canadians are from here on out, that's for sure.

00:29:57.680 That gives you some insight, ladies and gentlemen, on some of the experiences that I encountered and some of my fellow brethren, brothers and sisters alike, that was taken from a battle in 2006.

00:30:10.680 Now, I'm not going to mention any names or display their faces out of the sake of security and privacy.

00:30:17.680 But needless to say, pardon the audio, but I'm not going to mention their names or the privacy and respect for the privacy.

00:30:28.680 But that is a taste of it.

00:30:31.680 OK.

00:30:32.680 To my civilian friends who have never encountered anything like that other than watching the odd video game or the odd war movie.

00:30:39.680 That gives you an insight.

00:30:46.680 I didn't have a lot of pictures to back it up because I didn't want to show any gore.

00:30:50.680 I didn't want to show any revelance in regards to the chaos that one can feel and see in battle.

00:30:57.680 But when you look at the picture there in my video here, Canada with poppies, that's what we did.

00:31:05.680 OK. 0.67

00:31:06.680 And regardless of what the political agenda is today, whether you believe in the big reset or the great reset or the build back better bullshit that's constantly being rammed down our throats in the name of protecting the environment. 0.93

00:31:19.680 There are people who laid their asses on the line in every major conflict, all colors and creeds, ladies and gentlemen. 0.85

00:31:29.680 I've said numerous times here in the podcast. 0.97

00:31:32.680 I was not raised in a household where I judge people based on the color of their skin.

00:31:36.680 I judge people based on their character and how they treat others.

00:31:40.680 And it doesn't matter if they're First Nations.

00:31:43.680 It doesn't matter if they're white. 0.94

00:31:44.680 It doesn't matter if they're black. 1.00

00:31:45.680 It doesn't matter if they're Asian. 1.00

00:31:46.680 It doesn't matter if they're from the Philippines or East India or India in general or Bangladesh or Pakistan.

00:31:53.680 It doesn't matter if they're from Africa. 0.83

00:31:54.680 It doesn't matter if they're from Europe. 0.99

00:31:57.680 Treating people with kindness and courtesy goes a long fucking way. 0.91

00:32:03.680 And let's just hope to God that courtesy will still be allowed in this country in the years to come. 0.97

00:32:08.680 Because based on the performances that I have seen from our leadership in the past three, six, ten years.

00:32:15.680 I'm not seeing a lot of them leading that example.

00:32:18.680 But in that audio I played for you just recently.

00:32:23.680 There were plenty of examples in there of good, solid individuals.

00:32:30.680 That were willing to stand up for what's right in this country.

00:32:34.680 And the bitter reality is that some of them might have to commit it again.

00:32:40.680 Including yours truly.

00:32:44.680 And I don't want to.

00:32:50.680 I don't want to go back to that place again.

00:32:52.680 I don't want to go back to that place where I'm constantly going through plans.

00:32:59.680 What's going to happen if I go down?

00:33:00.680 What's going to happen if this man goes down?

00:33:02.680 What's going to happen if this girl goes down? 0.99

00:33:03.680 What happened here?

00:33:04.680 What happened there?

00:33:05.680 I don't want to do that again.

00:33:08.680 So let's enjoy this Remembrance Week.

00:33:10.680 And take it for what it really is.

00:33:11.680 Like it always should be.

00:33:12.680 A reflection.

00:33:13.680 A remembrance.

00:33:14.680 Of those men and women that committed the ultimate sacrifice.

00:33:18.680 In the name of these freedoms.

00:33:21.680 In the name of what we call Canada.

00:33:25.680 I'm proud to be a Canadian.

00:33:27.680 Or at least I know I'm free.

00:33:29.680 And I won't forget the men who died and gave that right to me.

00:33:34.680 Men and women of all colors and creeds of all nationalities.

00:33:38.680 Flew under the Red Ensign.

00:33:40.680 And flew under the Red Maple Leaf.

00:33:43.680 For what we have today, ladies and gentlemen.

00:33:47.680 I ask you.

00:33:49.680 What are you willing to sacrifice if the time comes?

00:33:54.680 I'm not saying a war is coming.

00:33:56.680 I'm not saying there's going to be an onslaught.

00:33:59.680 Of enemy troops on our shores.

00:34:01.680 Or in our skies.

00:34:02.680 But when you look at the way politicians and leaders alike.

00:34:07.680 Especially the past six years.

00:34:09.680 Have colluded.

00:34:10.680 And coerced.

00:34:11.680 And treated.

00:34:13.680 Their own citizens.

00:34:14.680 From our American friends.

00:34:15.680 To our British friends.

00:34:16.680 To our German friends.

00:34:17.680 French friends.

00:34:18.680 Australian and New Zealander friends.

00:34:20.680 How many of our leaders have stood up.

00:34:23.680 To represent the little guys.

00:34:25.680 And the little gals out there. 1.00

00:34:26.680 Who just want to go to work.

00:34:28.680 Who just want to.

00:34:29.680 Do their own thing.

00:34:30.680 Raise their families.

00:34:31.680 Take little Billy to soccer.

00:34:32.680 And little Judy to dance lessons.

00:34:35.680 How many of these politicians have looked out for that simple interest.

00:34:38.680 Of letting people live their lives.

00:34:39.680 And go about their business. 0.96

00:34:41.680 Not too fucking many. 0.93

00:34:43.680 But I'm still forever grateful. 0.95

00:34:45.680 That I serve with men and women in this country.

00:34:48.680 And we're willing to fight for that.

00:34:49.680 And keep that spirit alive.

00:34:52.680 Ooh.

00:34:53.680 I can say ladies and gentlemen.

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00:34:56.680 Please click like.

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00:35:03.680 A bit of a somber.

00:35:04.680 Krusty Canuck podcast today.

00:35:05.680 But needless to say.

00:35:06.680 I had to get the point across.

00:35:08.680 It's Remembrance Week ladies and gentlemen.

00:35:10.680 And I'll be gainfully employed.

00:35:11.680 On Remembrance Day.

00:35:15.680 Just the situation where I'm working.

00:35:17.680 And everything.

00:35:18.680 It's hard to get the time off.

00:35:20.680 But I'm allowed to reflect.

00:35:22.680 And to remember and respect.

00:35:24.680 Those before me.

00:35:26.680 During and after me.

00:35:29.680 Right.

00:35:30.680 I want to give a special shout out there too.

00:35:32.680 To the fellow serving members.

00:35:35.680 Who have. 1.00

00:35:37.680 Put their asses on the line. 0.99

00:35:39.680 These past. 1.00

00:35:41.680 The past five years.

00:35:43.680 With all the political strife and everything.

00:35:45.680 And all the BS.

00:35:47.680 It has come from our governments.

00:35:49.680 Stand true ladies and gentlemen.

00:35:52.680 Stand high.

00:35:53.680 Stand proud.

00:35:56.680 There is light.

00:35:57.680 At the end of this.

00:35:58.680 Manufactured darkness.

00:35:59.680 And I am very very grateful.

00:36:00.680 That I live in a country.

00:36:01.680 Where I can try to fight.

00:36:02.680 And find.

00:36:03.680 Zed light.

00:36:04.680 And I'll help you find the same too.

00:36:07.680 Right.

00:36:08.680 People look at some veterans.

00:36:10.680 To this day.

00:36:11.680 And they.

00:36:12.680 Just give us a different kind of look.

00:36:14.680 For some reason.

00:36:15.680 Right.

00:36:16.680 There are still people out there.

00:36:17.680 That look down.

00:36:18.680 And people that serve in our military.

00:36:20.680 And call us warmongers.

00:36:21.680 Or apes.

00:36:22.680 Or machines.

00:36:23.680 Or sheep.

00:36:24.680 Hardly.

00:36:25.680 In Canada.

00:36:26.680 You volunteer for the services.

00:36:27.680 You're not drafted.

00:36:28.680 Or conscripted.

00:36:29.680 You volunteer.

00:36:32.680 And regardless of how tiny.

00:36:33.680 Our military.

00:36:34.680 Is.

00:36:35.680 Or how tinier.

00:36:36.680 It has become.

00:36:37.680 Over the past 20.

00:36:39.680 30 years.

00:36:42.680 It's still full of good people.

00:36:43.680 That care. 1.00

00:36:44.680 And give a royal shit. 1.00

00:36:45.680 About this country. 1.00

00:36:46.680 Which is nice.

00:36:48.680 Anyway.

00:36:50.680 This has been.

00:36:52.680 Episode 156.

00:36:53.680 Ladies and gentlemen.

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00:37:01.680 Due to.

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00:38:22.680 But I need to say.

00:38:23.680 Ladies and gentlemen.

00:38:24.680 Thank you very much.

00:38:25.680 For your time and effort.

00:38:26.680 This past little while.

00:38:27.680 And.

00:38:28.680 If you do find yourself.

00:38:29.680 Standing someplace.

00:38:31.680 Around 11 o'clock.

00:38:32.680 By yourself.

00:38:33.680 Remember this day.

00:38:34.680 Tilt your hat.

00:38:36.680 Or take off your hat.

00:38:37.680 Just bow your head.

00:38:38.680 And remember for a minute.

00:38:39.680 And think about those.

00:38:40.680 Ladies and gentlemen.

00:38:41.680 That have given.

00:38:44.680 The ultimate sacrifice.

00:38:45.680 In the name of.

00:38:46.680 Canadian freedom.

00:38:47.680 We still have a country.

00:38:49.680 Worth fighting for.

00:38:50.680 Ladies and gentlemen.

00:38:51.680 Let's do it together.

00:38:52.680 Let's unify.

00:38:53.680 All colors.

00:38:54.680 All creeds.

00:38:55.680 Doesn't matter.

00:38:56.680 That's what made this country great.

00:38:58.680 Was everybody coming together.

00:39:01.680 And celebrating what we have.

00:39:03.680 In this beloved Canada.

00:39:05.680 I can say thank you once again.

00:39:08.680 For the fine feedback I've been receiving.

00:39:13.680 And don't forget to hug your loved ones.

00:39:15.680 And do what you can.

00:39:16.680 To help each other out.

00:39:17.680 In these trying times.

00:39:18.680 To the best of your ability.

00:39:19.680 Ladies and gentlemen.

00:39:20.680 Right.

00:39:21.680 There is light.

00:39:22.680 At the end of this.

00:39:23.680 Manufactured darkness.

00:39:24.680 And we will win.

00:39:25.680 Period.

00:39:26.680 Like I always say.

00:39:27.680 Do what you can.

00:39:28.680 For your friends.

00:39:29.680 And loved ones.

00:39:33.680 And remember.

00:39:34.680 Humanity and merit.

00:39:36.680 Wins the day.

00:39:38.680 Take care.

00:39:39.680 And I'll see you next time.

00:39:40.680 Bye for now.

00:39:42.680 Hit it sweetheart. 1.00

00:39:43.680 Because I am hard.

00:39:44.680 You will not like me.

00:39:45.680 Yeah sir.

00:39:50.680 There is no.

00:39:52.680 Rachel bigotry here.

00:39:54.680 There you are.

00:39:55.680 All equals.

00:39:57.680 He won't.

00:39:58.680 This has been another episode of.

00:40:01.680 the crusty panuck podcast.

00:40:02.680 This has been another episode of the Krusty Canuck podcast.

00:40:07.100 Stay sane and thank you for listening.

00:40:09.580 From Western Canada, this is the Krusty Canuck podcast.

The Crusty Canuck Podcast - November 09, 2021

Ep# 156 ”Remembrance 2021 Never in Vain”

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