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Complacency is too dangerous. Rants can be a good thing when they come from someone who's at least willing to listen to an opposing view. Agreeing to disagree is very cool, in my book.

The military isn't inherently evil. It is my personal experience that those in command of the armed forces are good people who are sometimes forced to make a lot of unpopular decisions in support of the greater good.

If someone can supply evidence that Iraq is not going to be better off in the long term, I'd like to see it. I cite post WW2 Germany and Japan as points of reference. In both cases, it took extreme military action - magnitudes greater than what we've done in Iraq - to end the murder and tyranny, and the long term result is that Germany and Japan are significant economic powers

I do think people were lied to to gather support for the invasion of Iraq. I believe Bush is one of those victims. Bush had his own agenda in that Saddam should have been ousted during his father's presidency, and he needed a reason to finish the job.

I think the biggest culprits behind the deception are the ones who are now making the big profits from government reconstruction contracts. Bush was convinced by those guys (yeah, I'll come out and say it - Dick Cheney and Halliburton) to go forward with the attack.



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Nothing new there I'm afraid. It's just with the progession of time makes the "I told you so" more tragic.

I'm going to try to make it out if I can get D's sister to watch the kids. So we'll see.

One of the problems is that the military is often forced to hire bodies over brains.

It doesn't matter if I score over 150 on my IQ tests...not being able to finish a 1.5 mile run in 12 minutes excluded me from the Air Force Academy. A pair of broken ankles that didn't heal quite right as a kid did me in.

I talked to an officer recruiter in 2003 and was well on my way to joining...then cancer struck.

My father served 20 years in the Navy. I have an uncle currently serving in the Air Force. Another uncle served in the Navy around Vietnam. A third uncle spent 20+ years in the Air Force. My paternal grandparents both served in the Air Force - my grandfather joined when they were just splitting off from the Army Air Corps and became one of the first recruits to work his way up to the highest enlisted rank of Chief Master Sargeant. My maternal grandmother just retired as a court reporter for the Air Force. My father-in-law is a high ranking officer at the Pentagon.

Military life is in my blood. I've never been pressured to join any branch of service, but I've always wanted to serve. In fact, I was in talks with the Navy to get me into one of my dream jobs working at the NSA when the whole fucking cancer issue came up. That officially killed the last hope I had of military service.

I can bust my ass and eventually work through the pain in my ankles long enough to get my physical scores high enough. There's shit I can do about lymphatic cancer.

I've known many people who would give up their current jobs for military support roles, but even stateside military personnel must pass the physical requirements.

Yeah, I know that dilemma. I think you have to approach people on the net in the same way you do in real life; there are some people with whom you have a solid relationship and can be engaging with, and there are others for whom you're just more of an open ear.

Like Destro, for example: We bicker and brawl and say what we mean and mean what we say with regards to one another. Major Bludd, on the other hand Nice guy; he came to my birthday party But its really not my place to put his life back in order. I can sympathize, but no one put a gun to his head and made him buy that chitlin ranch...

thanks even tho i know it does nothing for you

Seems all the girls in my life suck for one reason or another currently.

This is just a random "You're the Aweso!" note.


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i'm with ya on that

Hey, I just wanted to warn you to be careful of what you say. It might make people wonder, and I dont want you to lose any "cool" points. Hee hee. Loser!!

I think you have a couple "cool" points. I've heard rumors.

i hope the weirdness passes. i cant stop eating chocolate myself.
you still up for decemberists next monday? i need to find takers for the other 2 tix

Whatcha playin'?

Who wouldn't want to be like Eric Estrada on Chips. However no one wants to be the anonymous good old boy who's chasseing a half naked crank junkie through the trailer park after his lab got busted. Well, some people might.

did you take my ass down now that its being shared with the entire liberal group? did it make you feel less special? you're the only one to faux lick it!

how was your weekend? quiet?

you should take emergen-C at every possible opportunity.
i hope you feel better soon.

what? sleeping in seattle? hell no! i'm gonna be jumping on my 300-thread count, egyptian cotton queen sized bed and flipping the channels on thetv until 4am! c'mon old man! join the frigging party!

admittedly, i have trouble falling asleep and my schedule has allowed me to stay up until 3 and sleep until noon. but if i have interviews and stuff, i'll have to change that.

no nitpicking is good.
word up.