R. LEE EARMY (Gsgt USMC RET. 1944-2018); RIP AND MAY FLIGHTS OF ANGELS SING YOU TO YOUR REST

This past Sunday an American icon passed away to claim his heavenly reward for his honest and faithful service to his God and country.

Much of his service was spent as a Drill Instructor with the United States Marine Corps. He portrayed such a DI in the Stanley Kubrick movie "Full Metal Jacket".  He seemed in that role to be a compleat asshole. But - as he later explained - the reason that DIs and other basic training instructors in the various branches of our military behave as they do is to instill new enlistees with the skills and coping mechanisms they may well need to live through what may well be the worst experiences of their lives. 

In his private life R. Lee Earmy was as tender and loving a man as any ever was. His tough-as-nails exterior was not fake, however. The same hands that could tousle the hair of an innocent little boy were very capable of killing an enemy who would threaten that kid in any way. 

We have no doubt that elements of America's enemies are celebrating the death of R. Lee. Unfortunately for them his career was spent instilling generations of other men with his values. R. Lee Earmy did not die. He is with us in the persons of the young men he trained and those who were trained by his protoge's.  And some of these will perform the same office as did he. Do not expect the American soldier and patriot to die off anytime soon. 

Thank you, Gunny; and enjoy your rest. SEMPER FIDELIS.

PRESIDENT TRUMP KNOCKS ANOTHER SPEECH OUT OF THE PARK IN MICHIGAN!

This evening President Donald J. Trump spoke at a Republican rally in the State of Michigan. He not only knocked the ball out of the park, "the ball" is headed for Mars as we write this. 

He listed his kept promises. He noted that even rapper Kanye West, who famously said that President George W Bush's response to Hurricane Katrina showed that at a minimum President Bush did not care about black folks, has come over to Trump's side. There's no ignoring the FACT that African-Americans and Hispanics have the lowest unemployment rate in history. Who would have thought that Kanye West would go so far as to don a MAGA hat in public. (West was even highly critical of Obama and the Democrat Party in his assessments). 

He proclaimed that the world's bad actors now respect and fear us again. He is rebuilding the military, already the world's best, into a near-invincible force ("Near" because at some point God might have other ideas). He asserted the point that the immigrants we welcome ought to be admitted based on merit, not a "lottery" that even gangsters might win. 

Trump's appearance at this rally was in lieu of his appearing at the annual White House Press Correspondent's dinner where he would have been ranked to the dogs and back. And instead of attending and being expected to smile like an idiot and laugh while he was being insulted he chose to speak to We the People. It was a wise decision, and we here at the Alexandria Daily Poop appreciate it. 

Praise God we FINALLY have a President worthy of the title!

SOMEBODY TELL ME WHAT "REGISTERED BEER" IS

Back when I was a teenager, a favorite illicit (for teens) quaff was a brand of beer known as "Weidemann's". (Because of the name we liked to drink it with a little weed). The company declined since but has recently made for a surge with a new brewery. 

Weidemann's advertised itself as "America's only registered beer". One jingle went: "Weidemann's got it.. go get it! Weidemann's registered beer". 

For decades I have wondered: Registered with whom, exactly; and for what reason and to what effect? I even e-mailed them with these questions and as a result have only been pestered with their new ads on Facebook. 

Does anybody know where this "registered" business comes from? Personally I don't register either my firearms nor my beverages. My guess is this has something to do with Prohibition.  Tell me if you know.