Morons
Posted by Wickedpinto on June 7, 2007
(following inspired by this )
My mother HATED that my brother and I joined the services (she was a bit overprotective in some ways, but she still let us grow into men, as evidenced by our service and her pride in our service, though “her boys” were better than that and all that) we served, and invited mom, sometimes payed for mom to come visit us at appropriate times.
We spent most of our christmas’ and summers in FLA with my brother who was AF, during Shuttle Launches (my brother was a volunteer for . . . I forget the title, 443rd rescue squadron? who flew the rescue missions if the shuttle exploded) I was in the Marine Corps, my mother was present for my graduation (as was a friends aunt, and a number of other friends and parents of friends) and she changed her attitude. 2 years later my mother was my “date” at the MC ball.
I can understand why SF doesn’t want anyone to see this, because then their derision wouldn’t be as meaningful.
You can’t not, not be proud of someone who is part of something so brilliantly disciplined, beautiful and noble, when you see something like the blue angels, the thunderbirds, or the golden knights. SF is affraid that “the children” will see something worthwile executed in a way that shows absolute perfection, discipline and faith. All of which are counter to the SF concept of supremacy.
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Stout Republicans said
I remember the first time I saw an air show at the local Air Force base. It was incredible. I think what Code Pink wants to take away is that “awe” that inspires children. The same feeling that they get when they see fireman or astronauts that makes them say, “That’s what I want to be when I grow up.”
They would prefer no one make the decision to join the military, granted, but they don’t want the services to cast a positive perspecitve, period. It about controlling the environment of peopel around them, and it’s as simple as that. If people aren’t exposed to the “goods” of the military (honor, skill, tradition, service) then there’s nothing to counteract the Code Pink propaganda. It’s about supressing any other point of view.
Wickedpinto said
When I was in MCT (Marine Combat Training) I was on the phone with my mother, I was FEELING very dispondant, I had a SHITTY training cycle, and I needed some assistance, to build me up, so I called my mother, and I buried my fear and, In truth, sometimes, what would have been tears (I’m not a crier for selfish reasons, but if I were, I would have been a whiny bitch who didn’t make the cheer squad)and I needed some sort of positive support while In MCT and being punished.
Anyways, I’m on the phone with my mother, and when my mom asked how everything was going for me, (the question I was trying to avoid) a small group of 3 tanks were running down the road of los flores (spelling?) while I was in MCT, and I was on the edge of thinking about giving up.
(I admit, I was a WEAK Marine for almost 2 years, but this experience is important)
While talking to my mother I said “hold” (I was on the edge of tearing up but not crying, and was wondering why the FUCK my weak ass joined the marine corps when)
“what was that?” my mother asked,
“oh it’s just a couple of tanks.”
I say at that that moment realized that I WAS a Marine, I was just being a whiny bitch, and all I had to do was live up to it.
If you can treat low fly’s, or tank convoys and common inconveniences during a phone call? Then you better wake the fuck up and LIVE UP TO THE THINGS YOU ALREADY KNOW!!!
That happened at about 9 months, it took another 12 or so for me to actually be the Marine I could be. And I SUCKED for that whole time.
But if it wasn’t for looking at people who ARE the things I wanted to be, I never would have been who I was. I got a NAM as an LCpl, that is rare.
Absent individuals who demonstrate the things that you WISH you were, or could be, noone will ever be what they wish they were, nor could they be what they could have been.
SF is destroying America, not the Blue Angels.
Complete boycot, withdraw the coast guard while you are at it.
“mayday mayday mayday”
“home port”
“San Francisco”
“Home Port Denies assistance, you are on your own!”
eddiebear said
One of the things that has always annoyed my brother is the shit he receives from total douchebag protest clowns when he comes back to St. Louis. But, he has learned that they are total fucktards who just need to be ignored; otherwise, a confrontation will give them the publicity they crave. At this point, he has developed the self confidence to ignore the asshats.
Sadly, he had to endure a few lashes from idiots in the process.
Me, when I was in the military (1990s, when good wars were fought to deliver food to Albanians), all I had to worry about was a tick bite or frostbite whil on patrol in Kosovo. That is why I am in awe and feel ashamed next to him.
And how do I compensate? By giving mesa shit about the Cubs.
Wickedpinto said
You had to be a particular type of Marine to do a flag unfurling.
I was, (if you can dig up the video this is kinda funny) one of the few Marines that were allowed to volunteer for the 1998 flag unfurling of the whatever bowl at, I think, qualcom field in San Diego during the 1998 new years game. The only person in the field shorter than I, was one of my best friends, and we did the “flag run” during the flag unfurling in 1998.
My friend, makes fun of me, cuz my dumb ass acutally wore my shiny leathers, rather than the corphrams (I don’t know the spelling, I never owned them.) and if you have the video, you will see one guy, all the way at the far end of the stripes, at the bottom strips fall on his ass, thats me.
I slid about 20 feet, cuz well, you RUN! to unfurl the flag, and I stopped with flats, how stupid is that!
But no, I am proud that I did that, even though I fucked up.
It rocks.
Wickedpinto said
Sorry, not shorter than I, but Not as tall as I.
mesablue said
One of my first missions as a butter bar was to help with the withdrawal from Lebanon after the bombing of the MC barracks.
Not a good feeling. The old battleships were still sitting offshore lighting up with the 16 inchers from time to time while we took morter rounds at the airport.
Fuck these idiots. They are only building up derision against themselves. They pulled the same stuff during the last fleet week. To major blowback.
mesablue said
And WP, thanks for carrying the weight while I’ve been “distracted”.
Wickedpinto said
Mesa? do you know who “Dalachie” who Was the captain who was assigned the “CoG” position?
I’m just curious.
Wickedpinto said
He is now Colonel Dalachie, but at my time he was LcL Dalachie, and he was the one who denied me my first meritorious promo.
Wickedpinto said
Or was Dalachie a first lietenant?
I was denied my first merit, because I said to him “sir, I messed up, I messed up bad, but you should understand that, and I didn’t mess up as bad as you” and I didn’t use the word “mess”
Wickedpinto said
If you were at beirut, do you know that dalachie is NOW the base commander of QUANTICO! as a full colonel slated for brig?
Wickedpinto said
Aww, I liked it to tell the truth mesa, thanks for offering it up. but without lisa, or jenny, or forged, or orthers kissing your ass, the blogcount dropped by about 150, a day, in that time.
Wickedpinto said
I wouldn’t do it without your permission, but you think we should link the hostage original graphic?
Wickedpinto said
thanks for the “thanks for carrying the weight” thing.
It wasn’t that, it just so happeened that you took a time out, just when I was needy.
Thank YOU! for giving me an outlet!
Wickedpinto said
except for the commercial, I would have fought for that no matter what
mesablue said
Yeah, get that graphic over here if you can get it to work. When I save it, it doesn’t animate. I just whored it at AoS, but with a link to The Hostages — as it should be.
Wickedpinto said
He should e-mail it in full.
pattyann said
My grandson’s visiting right now. He’s 8. We went to a wedding over the weekend. One of the guests was in uniform. GS has never met a stranger or been a bit shy. He walked right up to the guy and put out his hand and said ‘Hi Army guy. I want to be like you when I grow up.’ Army guy almost tears up and says ‘Great! Do you want to be Army, too?’ GS says ‘No, sir (we live in the South) I want to be President. Then I can be everything, not just Army.”
Wickedpinto said
I should mention,
Truth is I forgot about my whining, and forgot that I didn’t back off of it, cuz I know it was whining.
I piss on my former commander, he, by far wasn’t the worst, and in general, really he was pretty good, though Aiken had a better feel to him, but he’s a reasonable target for me whenever I get into my bad moods. I usually back off, at the same time, trying to make it clear that I’m just being a whiny bitch, and that is what I was doing.
Sorry about that Colonel, should have made sure that I came back and apologized, everyonce in a while (too often) I let the crazy get the best of me.