Objective Jerk
Army Veteran Asshole that is learning to love Jesus. I use my MIC / Platform as a form of "Therapy", no schedule, no script, just whatever is floating my boat at the moment.
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RIDING THROUGH THE HEAT: Stories from Iraq to Mountain Biking Adventures
Heat-related illness can strike even experienced outdoor enthusiasts, especially those with previous heat casualties in their history. Mountain biking in the Philippines presents unique challenges with high temperatures and limited shade on trails originally created by local farmers for moving livestock.
• Multiple heat-related incidents from military service to recent mountain biking expeditions
• Heat exhaustion symptoms including muscle cramps, excessive sweating, and prolonged fatigue
• Experiencing claustrophobia in military vehicles after being "blown up" in Iraq
• Stories of wearing protective gear in 130° Iraqi heat
• The importance of proper hydration before and during outdoor activities
• Political observations about mainstream media coverage and public perception
• Commentary on the decline of Hollywood productions driven by identity politics
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Speaker 1:This is the Objective, jerk. And I'm said jerk, how's everybody doing? Those glasses reflect too much. I gotta switch them out. Gotta switch them out. Do I have? Does anybody else have multiple reading glasses? I, these are my like kind of bifocal glasses, but they the lady kind of messed up in my distance. It makes it blurry. So I can't really use them when driving, but I use them, I don't know, for everyday kind of stuff. I don't know for everyday kind of stuff. But then I have glasses that I use for when I'm just like watching the phone, chilling or whatever, getting to be like my dad, all right.
Speaker 1:So I've been messing with the audio. So bad, so bad, so much. But I think the last podcast sounded good and so I'm gonna try and stick. I can't, I can't. It's crooked like. It doesn't sound good as I'm speaking right now. But then I'll go back and listen. I'm like, okay, that's good. So hopefully I'm done messing with it. That's yummy, right, what a great podcast, all right.
Speaker 1:So what's up? How's everybody doing? Everybody good. Let's see, trump just keeps killing it, killing it.
Speaker 1:The Epstein-File things with What's-Her-Face I don't know what's going on with that, but it kind of seems like it's kind of stalled a little bit. But I mean, you know you can't jump the gun, you can't promise some stuff, and then she shouldn't have said nothing at all until the files were there and she had seen them with her own eyes, the evidence. You know what I mean. But I think she learned a lesson. We'll see, we'll see. I don't know.
Speaker 1:To be honest with you, would I like to know exactly who? I mean, we all know who killed JFK, right, martin Luther King and everything. But like, would we like to see the actual proof? Yes, but honestly, I just want the country to be corrected, I just want things to be fixed and you know, for the Democrats to just shut the hell up and let a real leader do his thing, you know. So if it's one or the other, we've lived this long Without knowing the truth behind the assassination. Who cares really? I want prosperity over the assassination, truth, I was about to say truth, but that doesn't sound good. Prosperity over truth, that's the democratic way, right? Getting money with lies, all right anyway. But yeah, I have noticed that I don't have the same. I see less posts and there's less interaction from my left side of friends about anything, because I think they just realized that, even though they hate trump, the democrats just look like complete douchebags right now.
Speaker 1:And and trump's actually getting things done. You know, like like they had congress trying to be like oh, the price of eggs? Well, the price of eggs already went down half for what it was when trump started. So and that's the thing that's annoying. It's like they're like, oh, he said day one he would fix it. It's like, yeah, he did, he signed all the shit, got things in motion on day one, but it doesn't fix it on day one. It takes time to. They're so stupid. But then see, people see that and they believe it and they're like, yeah, yeah, it's like it's not. I don't know, it's so annoying, that kind of shit just bugs me. But I was thinking about, I was thinking about getting on Sky Blue and just kind of just checking it out. But no, I'm not gonna, because, as funny as it would be, it's still like, like I feel bad. And then I get like frustrated, like how do people still think that way? Or I don't know, it's insane.
Speaker 1:But now you got like a bunch of people that are leaving America. What's her face? Rosie O'donnell keeps talking about her cold sores and shit. So she moved to scotland or ireland or something. And then you know what's her face, who's the, the lesbian short-haired girl. So both of these women are both lesbians. I just realized, um, ellen degeneres. She moved to somewhere and then hunter biden is spending three months in south america running from his problems everybody's you know. And then when you look at the people that are kind of leaving, kind of look at who they knew, you know it's just kind of leaving, kind of look at who they knew, you know, it's just kind of it's kind of interesting, we'll see. The thing is is like most of those people are never going to be held accountable for what they did. But oh well, I guess I don't know, it's kind of lame.
Speaker 1:Anyway, let's see, I, um, I noticed that I got Singapore, so I got listeners like from all over. Um, not that I'm sure a lot of people do, but so, which is kind of surprising, like I was just thinking, you know America and the Philippines basically, which there are, but actually Philippines is not as much. I get more from. You know Germany and now Singapore. So I'm seeing Singapore a lot.
Speaker 1:I don't know if it's probably like an expat that probably having similar, a similar life to mine, you know, being an expat living in an Asian country and stuff, but yeah, but even other countries, for the most part, like they, like Trump. They can see what Trump is trying to do. You know what I mean and this is like the normal people to do. You know what I mean and this is like the normal people, but it's like um, you just, and I think that's what most of my left friends they didn't have. Maybe they had a little bit of tds, but I think they realized that it was just like what is going on and they just quit and now they're, you know, focusing on life and whatever this and that. So they didn't let the TDS completely consume them, but a lot of people have. It's going to be nice. So, once Trump's done, jd Vance takes over, it'll be kind of nice to see where we're at as America. I'm going to be old man. That's going to be crazy. I'm already old.
Speaker 1:So I went mountain biking with my he's my godfather and he's in his 60s, I want to say mid to late 60s I don't know how old he is actually, um, but so we went mountain biking on this trail that we like and had a good time. The thing is is like so when I go mountain biking here, I go early, as early as I can, like I like to be on the trail just as it's getting light enough to see really well. You know what I mean, because it gets so hot, especially now, and but he, he had things he had to do, so we didn't get out there till like 8 30 and that's usually that's what I'm getting done. But so we went and I had a good time. It was fun.
Speaker 1:Uh, we did some some clearing of the trails, like some brush and stuff, to make it a little easier for us mountain bikers, because these trails that we ride are put in place by the farmers that you know go back and forth with whatever farmers need right, and they have their I've ran into like water buffalo farmers bringing their water buffalo back and forth, or cows, you know. So they use these trails to herd like their own personal cattle, do certain things, maybe take them to market, like this is like the legit farmers that they. That's how they live, you know, like they probably travel these paths and these dirt roads more than pavement and whatever you know, and some people use their mopeds to go to their home and do whatever you know, and so that's basically what these trails, so these trails will never go anywhere, but it might end up being paved someday. That's what sucks, but anyway. So the trail that we, um, we're on is not, I think, a big popular one, not like other ones that we ride, but, um, you know, you can walk through and bring your your, your cow or your water buffalo or whatever, no problem, problem. But riding your mountain bike, it's like you got to clear some rocks, some sticks, whatever this and that.
Speaker 1:And so we were just kind of doing that, ride a little bit clear some some, some hairy areas, you know, and but it was getting hot and I, before I knew it, man, I was just like I was feeling it and I was sweating like crazy. And it's like I had it, man, I was just like I was feeling it and I was sweating like crazy, and it's like I had to slow down, get in the shade, you know, I mean I was drinking water, but and it took us forever. So it's like the longer it took, the hotter it got, and when we were done, I felt pretty good, but then, like I almost slept most of the day after that and then yesterday, still again just not feeling. I'm feeling pretty good today, but just felt worn out, almost like you know sick, but I wasn't I think it was I was dehydrated, is what it was, you know and I was out of shape. I was in pretty good shape for a while and then I stopped riding and then now here I am trying to get back into shape, but you know, I got to take it, take it easier, take it do it smartly, you know, because I've been, uh, I've had, I've been a heat casualty before, meaning I've had like heat exhaustion or heat cramp or something in the past. So when I was in basic training, like right towards the end too, I remember I didn't eat breakfast Like I ate, you know, you got three square meals a day and I ate every one of them every time. And then like I didn't feel good. I think I had like I don't know there was something like I just didn't want to eat, like it just did not. I had like an upset stomach from something or I don't know what it was. So I remember I didn't eat breakfast that day and then we were doing nothing like in particular crazy or nothing, but I just remember standing there and just being like, oh man, feeling like I'm about to pass out, you know, I'm like what's going on. And luckily I had a drill sergeant that he noticed it, pulled me aside and I got in the shade you know, loosened the boots a little bit and just kind of sipped some water and I was good, you know. And then ate lunch and you know was fine, right. But so I had a little bit of heat exhaustion brought on by I don't know, not eating, like maybe it was like a low blood sugar, I don't know.
Speaker 1:And then fast forward a couple of years. I'm in Iraq and so generally, when I was in Iraq, I was a driver. Let's see. So when I first got to my unit and the first time we went to Iraq and the first time we went to Iraq, so for when you're a combat MP, you're on a team, you have a team leader, a driver and a gunner. Usually the lowest ranking individual is the gunner, and then you have, you know, the next level individual is the driver, and then you have the team leader, right, well, they were kind of worried because we were actually going to war, we were invading Iraq, and so our head shed was worried about having new soldiers being thrust into the responsibility of shoot or don't shoot, engaging whatever this and that, shoot or don't shoot, you know, engaging whatever this and that. So they made the decision to have the newest individual be the driver and the mid be the gunner, right, and I remember being kind of like bummed about that, but I mean, I didn't really care, I was just, I went with the flow a lot when I first joined. You know I know the individuals who were who just got the driver spot and were kind of pissed, you know. But, um, but that's how it was. And then it got switched back. So by the time I went back again, I was still a driver.
Speaker 1:I was a good driver though too. Um, I was a little older, though, you know, I wasn't like a 19 year old, 20 year old, you know, whatever. I, you know I was a little older, though I wasn't like a 19-year-old, 20-year-old, whatever. By the time I was in Iraq I was 24 or whatever. So I was a good driver, never had any problems Lead the convoys in the middle of the night, wearing night visions, going as fast as those Humvees could go. It was stressful, man, sometimes, but yeah, I was a good driver and then I was supposed to be a team leader. I think I talk about it as a whole story. I'm not going to get into it right now, but anyway.
Speaker 1:So I was both times I was in Iraq, my my position was a driver. Second time was a driver for my squad leader, um, and that's just. You know how it was so anyway. So the second time I was there, though, when I got blowed up, I had afterward I had a hard time being inside the Humvee. I don't know why, but like I felt like extremely claustrophobic being in the Humvee, so I wanted to be in the turret so I could be outside, which doesn't make sense because there's more of a danger because you're exposed. So it didn't make sense. But that's just how my brain was functioning. So I just was like, hey, can I be in the turret? Sense, but that's just how my brain was functioning. So I just was like, hey, can I be in the turret.
Speaker 1:You know, so for a while I would go on missions in the turret and then eventually I went back and became a driver and everything, but so one of the missions it was pretty hot, like it's hot in iraq, I mean the hottest is like 130 something I want to say. It could get pretty hot and it was summertime and so the gunners had like kevlar suits, you know, like the bomb, you know. You see, like on brooklyn 99 or whatever, or what's that movie with the bomb suits? Um, dang, what is that movie called, where he's like a bomb EOD it's. It takes place in Iraq and pretty good movie anyway. Um, so you basically had all that, right, you would wear that, um, but it was, it was so damn hot and then, plus, you had like a big shield in front of you.
Speaker 1:So what a lot of gunners did was they didn't wear the top part, they would just wear the helmet and the pants. Um, because either, like a lot of, you know, statistically, stuff was coming through the, the inside the truck, so they have their pants to protect them. That's where they were aiming most of the stuff. You know they weren't hitting the. That's where they were aiming most of the stuff. You know they weren't hitting the gunners directly, they were trying to take out the team leader and the driver and everything right. So a lot of gunners were just wearing their lower half protective gear and they had cooling vests, which were these vests. It would go through a pump and it would circulate like watered down rubbing alcohol essentially, and it would go through the machine to cool it and it'd run up through your vest and man, it worked really good. It kept you nice and cold, but it was.
Speaker 1:It was kind of a hassle to to get it prepped and primed and and everything, and so for short missions, for short missions, we generally didn't put them on, you know. So for like a quick whatever, we would just suffer the heat and get to where we got to go. Um, which is stupid. That's almost kind of like, you know, blackhawk down like, oh, we're not going to need the night vision, don't take it. You know that kind of crap it's, that's poor. But you get kind of complacent over time or whatever, but anyway.
Speaker 1:So yeah, I jumped in the turret seat, I put on all the gear because I had never worn it. I was like you know what? I'm going to wear it. For some stupid reason, I don't know why, but I wore, probably because I was still a little apprehensive after getting blown up. So I wore the whole thing but I didn't have the cooling and it wasn't like the middle of the summer it wasn't real hot. It was hot, but it wasn't like super hot, you know. And we're going through.
Speaker 1:I remember it was taking forever to leave too Like we got. We got. Um, if we could have just went and left the compound immediately and went and did our thing, I probably would have been okay. But we got stuck in some traffic or something, so we were sitting there waiting and that's when it really was like, man, this is freaking hot. And so as we get finally we get going I can start to feel it kind of hit me, just kind of like how it was the other day mountain biking, just that really hot, little lightheaded, kind of sick feeling.
Speaker 1:And then all of a sudden I got heat cramps. I don kind of sick feeling. And then all of a sudden I got heat cramps. I don't know if you've ever had heat cramps, but it felt like. It felt like my, my abs were doing crunches by themselves. They were just like just twitching and and and you know, and it hurt, like I was.
Speaker 1:I was like, oh, I was like, uh, this ain't good. And so I remember I took off my outer thing and then I even took off my, because underneath that we would still wear our Kevlar. And I took off my Kevlar and I was just like, oh, and I was pouring water on me and just trying to drink water and I remember there was a lieutenant I can't remember who it was and he was screaming at me put on your Kevlar. And I'm like, fuck you. I was like I didn't care at that moment because I was like dude, I'm, you know. And then we got to the fob and and I cooled off and everything was good. But, yeah, it was. I mean, you know, I, I was.
Speaker 1:It was stupidity on my part, you know, and but because of that, though, because of the thing from basic, and then because of that, though, because of the thing from basic, and because of that, um, I'm more susceptible to being a heat casualty than someone who isn't you know. So, um, and this is the second time actually, I've been mountain biking and we've been out clearing and it's just like it was so hot, by the you know, and it was just like I had to get in the shade because I sweat like crazy. So it's just, I got to really try and hydrate a lot more the night before. I mean, I drink a lot of water, but still, I need to really push it a little more and drink one whole bottle of my you know hydro flask or whatever before I go, even if we're going in the morning, because what if I don't know what, if something crazy happens and I'm stuck out there, all you know, when it's really hot, I can't just like expect that it's going to go. We're going to go from six to eight, two hours on the trail and by the time we get off it's just starting to get hot and everything's hunky ddory most of the time. That's how it happens, but things can happen and you know you got the plan for that. So it's kind of getting careless and stuff like that.
Speaker 1:So so anyway, so I was feeling it that day, but then it's just like later on that day it was just like man and I. I took a nap and I slept forever, and then I'm like I remember waking up and thinking like man, I, I slept too long. Now I'm going to end up being up all night, but I went to bed normal, slept all night, and then yesterday still just like no energy, just beat, just beat, sucks, because you know, with my depression and all my crap that goes on, I'm like in a good mood right now or I'm in a motivated mood to get things done. I have this little task I got to do, or a little honeydew, a little project for the house that I've been planning in my head and thinking about, and I got to get it started. I think I'm going to start it after I'm done recording this, actually, but so I was going to actually do that the day I went riding that afternoon, but just everything got messed up.
Speaker 1:I was going to go riding this morning, but I woke up and I just was like, still did not feel that great. So I messaged my riding buddies and I'm like, hey, I'm not going to be able to ride today. And then I slept for a few more hours and then here I am and I feel a little better. So hopefully tomorrow I'm going to go riding with my son. I need to. I need to adjust my brakes, though. Man, I got to bleed my brakes. But I don't have the little Brake bleeding Drum bucket thing they call Whatever. I should see if they have it At the local bike shop. Man that bike shop, though brake bleeding drum bucket thing they call whatever I should see if they have it at the local bike shop. Man, that bike shop, though they have such overpriced like it's weird, because it's like their actual gear or I don't know parts, like if I was to buy, you know, like the hubs. I bought new hubs from this place and they were okay that's how much they are, you know. But then I I bought like a tool case which was overpriced. I bought some water bottles which were overpriced and then I think my son's water bottle is okay, but mine like kind of pisses me off, so I'm pissed that I bought it. So it seems like the little accessories that you get, they just it's not good to get from there, but other than that it's a pretty good shop.
Speaker 1:What else? No more Cobras, thank goodness, keeping an eye out, though. That's kind of it. That's going on with me. That's my story. That's what's going on.
Speaker 1:I. I kind of I wasn't planning on recording anything, just because, uh, just haven't been feeling well and then, when I do feel good or whatever, I want to try and get some stuff done and and um. But then I was kind of I looked at my, you know, I had some more downloads on my podcast and then realized, man, it's been almost a week since I posted the last one so I was like I should post something for my rabid fans. No, but I do like seeing the podcast get downloads. That's the one I like most. Yeah, it's cool that the video ones get some clicks or watches or whatever, but I don't know, for some reason, for me it's the one I like most. Yeah, it's cool that the video ones get some clicks or watches or whatever, but I don't know, for some reason, for me it's the podcast, like that's the one that I prefer.
Speaker 1:But I think some people like having something visual, or maybe it's just, you know people they like having the platform, I mean because it's pretty handy, it's pretty nice having YouTube. Or some people don't like YouTube, the platform I mean, cause it's pretty handy, it's pretty nice having YouTube. Or some people don't like YouTube and they use bit shoot or or rumble um, which I get, but I don't really watch rumble videos, I just post mine. I'll watch some stuff or not rumble, bit shoot, I'll watch some news, things on on rumble. But you know, still YouTube right now has I don't just watch new stuff, or I don't just watch car repair or somebody building a little one man stick hut in the middle of the woods or something. You know what I mean. Like I watch all kinds of stuff. It's just whatever I'm in the mood for and YouTube is just the best for that.
Speaker 1:It's like I feel like you know, I don't watch. The only thing I watch every day is news stuff, like just quick little make sure what's going on. But as far as like different niches, like outdoor people or or mountain biking or whatever, I'll go through periods where I'll watch it a lot and then I don't watch anything for a while and then I'll watch it a month later or something like that. I don't watch the niche things every day except for, like I said, news. The people that kind of watch the news and then they report. Isn't that kind of crazy. Think where we're at in the world.
Speaker 1:Mainstream media is basically dog shit, toilet bowl, drinking water. So now it's like you have individuals who watch all of it, which I think is important. I can't do it, there's no way I can watch all of it. And then they kind I can't do it, there's no way I could watch all of it. And then they kind of like, based on all that stuff, they kind of bring you what's going on. You know, those are the guys that I watch. Um, plus you have other people that are a little more, you know. Then you got tucker carlson, so they're all doing it too. But I kind of like watching the lower level guys that I watch, and you know, I've fact-checked them a couple times and made sure, but they're not saying I mean, yeah, maybe they have an opinion on something, they don't like Biden and they like Trump or whatever, but but they try and give you the most unbiased news that they can. You know, and that's the whole point and that's why it's winning, and that's why it's beating mainstream media.
Speaker 1:You know, that's why it's all failing mainstream media and movies. I mean, look, uh, what is it? Snow White or something is going to go down in flames. The last Captain America movie went down in flames. All of it. All of it is just complete garbage.
Speaker 1:And they're starting to kind of get rid of all the woke idiots that they hired. And it's not because they're woke necessarily you could be woke and still be a good writer, and there's proof of that. For years in history you've had movies or shows that would kind of almost subliminally put in some sort of woke whatever into a film, but they do it in a way that it's not on the nose and not, you know, annoying, overtly annoying. You know, now they just like they throw it in there and everything's this and that, all the jokes, and it's just like it's so much. It's like they're horrible, horrible writers. That's why it's, you know, yes, are they woke? Yeah, and horrible writers. That's why it's, you know, yes, are they woke? Yeah, but the thing is that's why they were hired. They were hired because they're woke, they're gay or they're a woman of color or this and that trans, whatever, this and that kind of crap, because they're. It wasn't at all that they were good writers or good producers or anything. You know what I mean and that's and it's. You can totally see it. You can see it and everything, all the, all the films and shows are just complete trash and uh. But they're slowly, you know, getting rid of those people and they're getting people that actually know how to write a good story and produce a good story or film or something. So it's all, it's all for the best.
Speaker 1:Trump's winning, liberals are losing. It's a good day, all right. Anyway, that's it. Uh, I think I'm done talking. I appreciate you hanging out with me. Uh, hope everybody's doing a great um. Leave a comment. Email me at theobjectivejerk at gmailcom. God bless, and I'll see you guys next time. All right, bye.
