US General Curtis LeMay on the Death of Children in Military Combat

In today's political climate, there's a growing effort to denounce all military engagement with enemy combatants because of the inevitable death of children.

Should that be a pretext for not fighting back against a terrorist or an enemy nation that has violated your sovereignty and killed your civilians?

Consider General Curtis LeMay's controversial remarks on the subject:

General Curtis LeMay's most prominent and widely documented comment regarding civilian casualties—including women and children—was: "There are no innocent civilians. It is their government and you are fighting a people, you are not trying to fight an armed force anymore. So it doesn't bother me so much to be killing the so-called innocent bystanders." [1, 2]

This quote, along with several of his other historically significant (and highly controversial) remarks, outlines his approach to total war:

• Innocent Civilians: LeMay repeatedly argued during World War II and the Korean War that entire populations were deeply intertwined with their nations' military and war efforts. He made these points about populations in both Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. [1, 2, 3]
• The Korean War Toll: In an interview regarding the massive destruction in Korea, LeMay notoriously defended his scorched-earth strategies. He recalled how his early proposals to use incendiaries were rejected for having "too many civilian casualties," but ultimately stated: "...we killed off – what – twenty percent of the population of Korea as direct casualties of war, or from starvation and exposure." [1]
• Prior to Tokyo: Before the devastating firebombing of Tokyo, which caused more than 100,000 casualties, he reportedly told his officers: “If we lose, we'll be tried as war criminals.” [1]

Mistakes on Ted Tanouye Memorial at Torrance High School

 

I have known about this memorial for many years. I've had a chance to visit from time to time, and finally, I had a chance to address a more pertinent issue. 3 years ago, I asked one of the Torrance city council members to fix a spelling error on the memorial. 3 years later, nothing has happened. Instead, there was a lot of drama and discussion about renaming a park or expanding the current memorial in front of Torrance High School. Before expanding on the memory of our hometown hero, Medal of Honor winner, we need to ensure that the current memorial properly represents him. I think it's pretty embarrassing that there's a spelling error, "seperate", on the bottom line of the first plaque. Also, I researched the statistic on the first panel, which states that 110,000 Japanese Americans were interned. The more accurate number is 125,000. If the Ted Tanouye Memorial Foundation, which helped create the plaque and the memorial, was holding off on repair because of the extensive time and cost, over one mistake, then also correcting the proper numbers of interned Americans should all the more justify redoing the plaque in its entirety.

For the record, I have submitted the following statement and request to the Torrance City Council:

Torrance City Council and Go For Broke Foundation:

I am grateful for the ongoing discussion in the city of Torrance regarding proper commemoration for our Hometown Medal of Honor recipient Ted "Tak" Tanouye.

However, I am displeased with the drama regarding whether we should rename a park or refurbish and expand the current memorial in front of Torrance High School.

Instead of expanding, how about improving the current memorial?

There are two errors on the Ted Tanouye Memorial in front of Torrance High School, which should be addressed as soon as possible.

1. The word "separate" is spelled wrong (seperate) in the last line of the first plaque (see attached photo)
2. The plaque reads that 110,000 Japanese Americans were interned during WWII. More accurate estimates have concluded that 125,000 Japanese Americans were interned.

Here's data regarding more accurate figures:

https://densho.org/catalyst/how-many-japanese-americans-were-incarcerated-during-wwii/

https://www.archives.gov/research/aapi/ww2/incarceration

https://dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories/names-of-japanese-americans-forcibly-imprisoned/

Because of the fixed nature of memorials, I understand that the memorialists may have hoped to delay repair. It would be inartful to chisel out one word and correct it.

However, with the more accurate information about the number of victims of Executive Order 9066, a full restoration of the plaques could be justified, since TWO mistakes would be corrected.

I do stress that the spelling error should be fixed, above all. It's embarrassing, considering that the site is right across from a high school!

What steps will the city take to repair the spelling error, at the very least?

I must add another disappointment, because I shared my concern about the spelling error with Councilman Kaji three years ago, and nothing has been done. All the discussion about renaming sites should have been delayed until the errors had been fixed on the current memorial outside of Torrance High School.

Please respond.

CORRECTION:

Gail Morgan, a Torrance resident and very committed community leader, has provided me with the following information when I asked for the key party responsible for the Ted Tanouye Memorial:

TED TANOUYE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION Do not bother Go For Broke.

Here's further reporting to affirm the proper authorities on the memorial.

I have still asked the city to offer assistance. If the Foundation rejects that offer, that is their choice to make.

MassResistance Exposes the Los Angeles "Pride" Parades

 

LA Pride Parade reveals rot in government, unions, politicians, and corporations

Showing how they are enemies of a normal, healthy society

Government should enforce obscenity laws and refuse special exemptions for the LGBT agenda

How MassResistance is fighting to turn this around

July 1, 2026

 At left, "Mr. LA Pride" waves to onlookers. The Los Angeles Electricians Union supports this and participates. [All photos by MassResistance.]

“Gay pride” month is finally over.

It’s disturbing and a bit frightening that so many “legitimate” entities still publicly participate in “gay pride” parades. MassResistance went to Los Angeles to see this firsthand. Numerous government agencies, politicians, unions, and American corporations took part in the event.

“Gay pride” month – and particularly its gross and offensive parades in cities across the country – is clearly losing acceptance (if it ever really had it) among average Americans. This year, numerous gay pride events have been cancelled for lack of financial support, though they still manage to thrive in big cities where there is more support available.

The Los Angeles Gay Pride event on June 14 was like those in Boston, New York, Chicago, and other big cities. It included a parade through the city and a “festival” with booths.

Here’s some of what we saw that day:

Public displays of people’s perversion and dysfunction

“Gay” has always been a front for a range of weird sexual behaviors and dysfunction. The propaganda machine in the media and elsewhere hides this very well. But at “gay pride” parades, the true nature of “LGBT” comes out from the shadows.

 What would a "gay pride" parade be without a contingent of BDSM (bondage, dominance, sadism, and masochism) marchers along with their BDSM flag?

 There were lots of "transgender" marchers, even men with beards dressed as women.

 This contingent included a giant penis. These seem to show up a lot at "gay pride" parades.

 An advertisement for naked gay massage on one of the floats.

 Promoting the "rights" of children to be given puberty blockers.

 This float advertised "LA's Best Transgender Events."

 Virtually every "gay pride" event has several booths like this to help attendees avoid sexually transmitted diseases.

Here’s who supported this

In a healthy society, one would expect these groups and individuals to be promoting wholesome community values and opposing unhealthy, destructive, and morally loathsome behaviors.

 The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power had a float with this banner. Who would have thought even they would be in this?

 The Police Department painted its cars for "gay pride."

 The Los Angeles Fire Department supported the parade.

 The Teamsters Union float.

 The Los Angeles Teachers Union float. Note the "trans rights - labor rights" and "protect LGBT workers" messages. These messages are obviously being taught in the Los Angeles public schools..

 The SEIU (Service Employees International Union) float.

 The L.A. Public Defenders have a "gay pride" parade float. This obvious bias should disqualify them in any normal setting. Imagine if an outspoken conservative needed a public defender in Los Angeles!

 Children's Hospital of Los Angeles.

 Though they're closing hundreds of their stores, Starbucks seems to always have extra money to support "gay pride."

 The Delta Air Lines booth.

 The CocaCola booth was more extravagant than most.

 The local ABC-TV affiliate doesn't bother to hide its bias.

 Mayor Karen Bass running for re-election. Note the "F*ck Trump" person accompanying her car.

 Hilda Solis is running for re-election to the L.A. County Board of Supervisors.

 David Vela is running for re-election to the L.A. County School Board (known as the"Board of Trustees").

 Two candidates for the State Assembly - different districts - advertising in the L.A. "gay pride" parade.

Final thoughts: How MassResistance is fighting back

The massive private foundation funding for the radical LGBT agenda gives it a huge advantage. Support by big corporations helps push it into the workplace and the public sphere. The mainstream media and entertainment industry collude, forcing it into everyone’s faces.

But the truth is that without the force of government, the LGBT presence would be a fraction of what it is. Vicious and oppressive non-discrimination laws covering homosexual and transgender behavior have forced acceptance into everybody’s lives. Following that have come laws mandating teaching LGBT “rights” and sexuality in the schools, inclusion in teachers’ certification, and state regulations for adoption and children’s services departments.

MassResistance has been working with state legislators and city councils across the country to repeal these venomous non-discrimination laws. And we are making progress. (We’ve already reported on our success getting gay flags effectively banned from government buildings, which is related to this.)

We’ve also been helping individuals do great things to fight back in their communities. One person can complain to the police about participating in “gay pride.” One person can make the local library stop its “pride” displays. One person can derail a “pride proclamation” in his town.

Action taken by individuals can make a big difference. And the trickle-down effect will mean fewer governments supporting any part of the LGBT agenda. Let’s all help make this happen!

   

Please help us continue to do our uncompromising work!

Our successes depend on people like you.

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Four Things Our Founders Believed That Still Need Defenders Today

 

While most Floridians are firing up the grill this weekend, our team is already deep in preparation for this fall's elections. We’re marking 250 years of freedom because a group of men signed their names to a document that changed the world. Self-government is one of the rarest privileges in human history. Our founders and a whole lot of men and women since have bled for it. The least we can do is vote... boldly and faithfully, and equipping believers to vote according to their faith and convictions is a large part of our work.  We thought you might enjoy knowing what we have been doing at Florida Family Voice in preparation for the primary and general elections this fall:

We have sent non-partisan biblical worldview questionnaires to 189 U.S. House candidates and 290 state legislative candidates running for office and have already received a record number of responses.  We are vetting 37 judicial races involving 96 candidates because the courts matter just as much as the legislature.   We are conducting in-depth interviews in dozens of target state and federal races so that when a Florida believer walks into the booth this fall, they are holding an FFV voter guide built on a biblical worldview rather than a party label.

All of this is being done so that we can create Florida’s only statewide, non-partisan, faith-based voter guide that shows where candidates stand on the biblical worldview issues that we defend. If you would like to be among the first to receive a digital copy of our voter guide for the upcoming primary election, click here.

Our founders saw America as a beacon of freedom, one nation under God. Certain truths are self-evident, they said. Rights endowed by God himself. The walls of life, marriage, family, and religious liberty weren't accompaniments to that vision. They were the foundation of it. Those truths still need defenders today.

As we celebrate 250 years together, we pray we can defend and rebuild the walls of virtue so that, Lord willing, this land would flourish for another 250. That is the work. And it only happens because people like you decide it is worth doing and stand with us.

Happy Independence Day. May we be worthy of what was entrusted to us.

Serving together,

Erik Dellenback President & CEO Florida Family Voice

Whatcott Exposes the Failures of Conservative Canadian Media

Dear Brian, Arthur, and Amy,

I think this video will be quite helpful for you to better understand Canada's conservative media and Canadian conservative activist groups and their incongruence when it comes to LGBT issues. Note how the hosts are unambiguous in supporting homosexual rights in general, but are disgusted with the more grotesque displays at Toronto's Sodom Parade. Unfortunately, when you confront these spokespeople with the reality that the grotesque is really inseparable from the acceptance of homosexuality itself, these folks will  tend to cancel you.

              

God Bless,

Bill

Future Armed Forces Day Parade Suggestions, by Scott Carter, President of TLPVRA

 

Armed Forces Day Parade Suggestions:

1) Make ingress and exit easier for visitors:

    a) Publish a handheld & media "Helpful Map of Parking Areas" and "Viewing Areas," both for VIP viewing and open public side of the road places to set up chairs and mats.

2) Allow route access after the 5k Run at 10:30am to 12:30pm for drop-off and setup on Torrance Blvd. Annouce defined entrance and exits (intersections) for families/groups

3) Explore additional participants from all South Bay/PV Schools (Bands, Cheer Teams) to participate in more attractions to increase attendance.

4) Allow Areospace Corporations to provide or sponsor floats and military/space hardware

5) Encourage LA-OC military bases to participate and be honored in the parade

6) Award attractive framed participation certificates to each group. They can put up the certificate in a public area, and people will see it and compliment them all year. The participants will come back every year.

7) Have more announcers at various locations of the parade

RNC: The Supreme Court Just Gave the GOP a New Midterm Edge

 

Contact: rncpress@gop.com ICYMI: The Supreme Court Just Gave the GOP a New Midterm Edge In case you missed it, the Republican National Committee (RNC) and President Trump are fully prepared to use Republicans’ war chest ahead of the midterms after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of no limitations on how much political parties can spend on their candidates’ campaigns. You can read the full story here or see highlights below. The Supreme Court Just Gave the G.O.P. a New Midterm Edge New York Times June 30, 2026   For years, Republican candidates had faced a persistent disadvantage. Their Democratic counterparts had raised far more money, primarily from small-dollar donors online. And candidates qualify for cheaper advertising rates than political parties do. Republicans wanted to close that gap by letting parties — which can be funded by six-figure checks from wealthy donors — spend as much as they wanted in coordination with candidates.   […]   The ruling in National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission is widely expected to usher in the biggest shift in how campaigns are funded since the aftermath of the Citizens United decision in 2010, which lifted limits on corporate expenditures and laid the groundwork for the current era of big-spending super PACs.   […]   In the short term, the case is likely to benefit Republicans. The Republican National Committee entered June with $125.5 million in the bank, while the Democratic National Committee carried more debts than cash on hand.   “The R.N.C. is playing with nuclear weapons and the D.N.C. has one of those Wile E. Coyote guns with a flag that says ‘Bang!’” said Sean Cooksey, a former commissioner on the Federal Election Commission and a former general counsel to the vice president, in a social media post.   […]   Inside the R.N.C., Mr. Ambrosini said, the planning for the ruling began early last year. His internal mandate was to conserve as much cash as possible, so the party could be ready to spend heavily on ads in tandem with congressional candidates if a favorable ruling landed and granted the parties those lower TV rates.   […]   “It’s one of the main reasons that anyone that is a Republican should not write our obituary in June,” Mr. Ambrosini said. […]

Regarding the Ted Tanouye Memorial Proposals

There has been a great deal of discussion in the city of Torrance about renaming Columbia Park after Torrance's hometown hero, Ted Tanouye.

Initially, I was all for it. He showed great bravery and honor for our country, even though the federal government had interned his family along with 120,000 Japanese-Americans during World War II.

That selfless service deserves great honor.

The city has released a survey for residents to share their thoughts and vote for possible preferences to honor Tanouye. (Click here)

Some arguments and opposition have emerged in the city regarding whether the proper protocols have been followed to name--or rename--public spaces in Torrance.

This discussion matters because the city council attempted to move the Armed Forces Day parade to the Torrance Airport, near Skypark Drive, and they attempted this move without first getting input from the city.

Transparency matters, and it must be consistently applied and respected, even for commemoration efforts.

Besides that, what is the history behind the naming of Columbia Park? Should that be removed so quickly? We need to take all these questions into consideration.

I reached out to another resident to get more feedback about the Columbia-Tanouye proposal.

I submitted the following question to her:

Would you mind explaining to me why the Ted Tanouye Foundation opposes renaming Columbia Park after the veteran?

I would like to understand. Thanks!

Here are the extended remarks that she shared with me:

There is already a wonderful and beautiful memorial to Ted at 2200 Carson Street, directly across the street from Ted's Alma Mater, Torrance High School, dedicated in 2004. 

The site was the favorite of Ted's only surviving brother. That area was once a part of Torrance High School when Ted attended. Students at the time Ted attended assembled there every school morning to say the Pledge of Allegiance and sing the National Anthem. Ted, as Captain of the Varsity Football team and also as President of the Japanese Club, would lead those two traditions. 

Columbia Park had no meaning to Ted's life when he was alive. That area was first farmed by the first native California tribe, and before WWII it was farmed by a Japanese American family that is not related to the Tanouye family.

It should to be renamed after one of those two groups. The person who proposed it was looking for glory to save his council seat. He is originally from Gardena and graduated from Gardena High. One of our board members was informed of his interest and why. We investigated the plan and knew it was not needed, as we had already honored Ted in the area of Torrance where he lived and attended school. until his enlistment in the Army.

Again, his only living brother worked with us and the Torrance High School Alumni Association to honor our fellow TARTAR. Also, there is another place named after Ted. The California National Guard Army on Cabrillo and Lincoln is the only CSNG [California State National Guard] building to be named after a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient and hometown hero.

Again, neither Ted nor his family had anything to do with North Torrance or that area. Ted has been honored properly at the memorial at Torrance Blvd and Maple in front of City Hall. His name is above all others, and in gold we made sure of that. Hope that answers your question. We will protect Ted and his name from all political ploys.

This argument makes a lot of sense to me.

I wasn't aware until I received this message that the National Guard Armory in Torrance was named after him, as well! I could see how further efforts to name other locations after Tanouye would politicize or diminish his namesake. A person's name and legacy should not be turned into a commercialized effort, nor a narrow political end.

Councilman Jon Kaji shared these remarks with me when I asked more questions about the Columbia proposal:

Arthur:

Since first introducing the recommendation to rename Columbia Park after Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, Ted T. Tanouye, the proposal was submitted with the full support of the Tanouye family.

The family’s position remains unchanged, in spite of opponents who have proposed an “expanded” park on the opposite side of Carson Street.

For your information, I asked City staff for an estimate for each option.

A new sign at Columbia Park would cost from $10-$15,000.

An expanded park would run from $850k - $1.5 million.

Additionally, CM Gerson failed to disclose that the City hired a consultant and staff time totaling more than $15,000 in preparation of his Torrance High School proposal.

The survey that appears on the City website is open to anyone who chooses to respond, whether Torrance residents or outside individuals.

The cost is considerable, and I don't think a consultant should have been hired to look into this matter so extensively, either. 

On another note, the person who informed me about Ted's brother told me that Kaji was proposing the Columbia Park renaming effort out of political gain. Based on his inappropriate remarks about his opponent David Kartsonis earlier this month, I have sadly seen this pattern of exploitation of the Internment of Japanese-Americans. It's very unforunate that Kaji would do this.

Also, based on what I have received from one of the contacts I spoke with, I finally submitted my decision, and I am asking the Torrance City Council to do nothing (Implement Option Three) at this time regarding any proposed changes to city locations or memorials in the city.

I would invite everyone in the city to also consider Option Three, and reject the Columbia proposal as well as an updated memorial in front of Torrance High School.