Veterans' Thread

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:59 am

HAPPY 65th BIRTHDAY SEABEES!

THEY BUILD - THEY FIGHT.

CAN DO!

GO NAVY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64LbgaLi3Eg

ElfDude · Post by **ElfDude** » Tue May 06, 2008 10:02 am

Recent comment made in a speech by Stephen King...

I don't want to sound like an ad, a public service ad on TV, but the fact is if you can read, you can walk into a job later on. If you don't, then you've got, the Army, Iraq, I don't know, something like that. It's, it's not as bright. So, that's my little commercial for that.

John Kerry said it, and now Stephen King has said it. The only reason for anyone to be in the military (now that we're not drafting, anyway) is because they're stupid and illiterate.

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Tue May 06, 2008 10:19 am

ElfDude wrote:Recent comment made in a speech by Stephen King...

I don't want to sound like an ad, a public service ad on TV, but the fact is if you can read, you can walk into a job later on. If you don't, then you've got, the Army, Iraq, I don't know, something like that. It's, it's not as bright. So, that's my little commercial for that.
John Kerry said it, and now Stephen King has said it. The only reason for anyone to be in the military (now that we're not drafting, anyway) is because they're stupid and illiterate.

O pleez, thay doe'nt noe wat ther talkeeng abowt....

Stephen King?

Yeah, they'd take HIM alright. He probably STILL eats shit and barks at
the moon too.

(I mean, how do ya think he got those bizarre ideas for his books?)

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Tue May 06, 2008 10:26 am

heh

My dad, member of Mensa, multiple tours of duty in Vietnam.

My mom, don't know what her IQ is, but she used to enjoy playing 3D chess with people who worked at JPL, so it can't be too low.

Bear is seriously considering going into the Seabees (kinda funny you posted about their anniversary just as Bear is looking into this, Siggs) and his standardized test scores always come back putting him in the top of the nation (top 4% last test).

All three of the above people are not only quite literate, but avid readers.

And I haven't even begun talking about my cousins or other relatives.

Hmmm...guess my family is either not the norm for the military or we show that people with a brain do enter the military.

Know what? It ticks me off that people like Kerry and King say things like this. Implying that our military is full of idiots! Oh yeah, sure! That's a great way to stand with our troops, show them we care and that we love them! Bah!

Soup4Rush · Post by **Soup4Rush** » Tue May 06, 2008 10:35 am

they have a right to their opinions...

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awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Tue May 06, 2008 10:38 am

They may have a right to their (uneducated) opinions, but I have a right to be angry about it, too.

Thanks to my US Armed Services!

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Tue May 06, 2008 10:41 am

awip2062 wrote: heh

My dad, member of Mensa, multiple tours of duty in Vietnam.

***renders hand salute for your dad!***

awip2062 wrote:My mom, don't know what her IQ is, but she used to enjoy playing 3D chess with people who worked at JPL, so it can't be too low.

***Roger that one. That makes it Awip - 2, Kerry/King - 0 ***

awip2062 wrote: Bear is seriously considering going into the Seabees (kinda funny you posted about their anniversary just as Bear is looking into this, Siggs) and his standardized test scores always come back putting him in the top of the nation (top 4% last test).

***My pleasure t, and it's a fine unit to work for. I still support
them to this day.***

Well folks, that completes the hat trick, and (once again) proves what
can spew forth from the southbound-end-of-a-northbound-mule.

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Tue May 06, 2008 10:55 am

Oh, and although my mom and dad were both in during the time of the draft, both went in on their own. So no one can say my parents went in because they had to. And yes, my mom and dad could both read BEFORE they went in.

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Tue May 06, 2008 11:07 am

awip2062 wrote:Oh, and although my mom and dad were both in during the time of the draft, both went in on their own. So no one can say my parents went in because they had to. And yes, my mom and dad could both read BEFORE they went in.

Uncle Sugar had BETTER be taking care of them!

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Tue May 06, 2008 1:09 pm

Mom's getting 100% medical, dunno about my dad (or if he's still alive to get any). Other than that, she has a small social security check. Enough to live on.

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Wed May 07, 2008 4:42 am

awip2062 wrote:Mom's getting 100% medical, dunno about my dad (or if he's still alive to get any). Other than that, she has a small social security check. Enough to live on.

Cool. Your dad's prolly in the system too. 100% medical is HUGE
these days.

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Wed May 07, 2008 8:03 am

Tribute to Courage
by James Elston

Courage is doing what is right
without having to be told;

Courage is manning up when you
know you've done something wrong;

Courage is looking the enemy in the eye
and telling them to JUST BRING IT;

Courage is having fear
but still staying strong;

Courage is facing adversary
but being able to overcome it;

Courage is leaving your family behind
to defend the country you love;

Courage is being a soldier in the greatest
Armed Forces in the world;

Thank you for this courage that lets us live free;
May God bless you and come home safely to your families.

ElfDude · Post by **ElfDude** » Wed May 07, 2008 8:54 am

You mean... courage isn't writing a string of successful books?

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Wed May 07, 2008 9:23 am

ElfDude wrote:You mean... courage isn't writing a string of successful books?

No, nor is it sabre-rattling about the sins of materialism, then deciding
on finally gettin' that FAT Mercedes and "movin' on up to the east side."

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Wed May 07, 2008 11:09 am

CygnusX1 wrote:Tribute to Courage
by James Elston

Courage is doing what is right
without having to be told;

Courage is manning up when you
know you've done something wrong;

Courage is looking the enemy in the eye
and telling them to JUST BRING IT;

Courage is having fear
but still staying strong;

Courage is facing adversary
but being able to overcome it;

Courage is leaving your family behind
to defend the country you love;

Courage is being a soldier in the greatest
Armed Forces in the world;

Thank you for this courage that lets us live free;
May God bless you and come home safely to your families.

Amen!