I am a simple NCO, I was good at making military operations happen, give me an objective and tell me what you wanted to have hapen to it, take it and hld it, take prisoners, kill everyone on the hill, plant a flag, call in every piece of ordanance that we had in the military arsenal, from a rifle squad to an A10 warthog, and any and all artillery and mortars I could lay my hands on and I could make it happen. Just give the the date and time.
As a REMF I was excellent at that also, I could read a military manual and interpret it to say whatever it was I needed it to say, for every regulation a person could show me, give me a few hours and I could find a different regulation or manual that gave me persmission to do it my way.
I also learned the difference between manuals that gave Commanders guidance and that Commanders did what their title suggested they "commanded" the books were not written in stone, they gave guidance but it was the commanders mission to get the job done and god help the person that told me the manual says you can't do that.
The manual never said I couldn't do it, they gave the Army's prefered method, if I had to deviate from that method, it was my azz on the line with the powers to be over me, but if I accomplished my mission the questions of how were seldom asked. There are always forms to be signed to explain destruction of equipment, expended in combat, lost to enemy action. Reports of Surveys to explain the amount of money expended in vehicles and equipment. But don't ever tell me that I can't do something because a manual said so.
I was once told by a 4 star general nothing is written in stone, do what is necessary and then become a jesuit the ends justifies the means.
I want to find a way to make the idiot republicans and even the idiot democrats like Bart Stupak to pay for their misbehavior during the past year of the health care debate. Some of these people have spent a year lying thru their teeth, ala Fox news, as Jim Demint stated this will be Obama's waterloo, fluck them I want Nov 2010 to be the day they regretted spending the past 18 months out right lying to the American public about death panels, doing the Sean Hannitys "kill the bill" nightly tirades.
I loved the spectacle of the instant classic hit and Emmy deserving Jon Stewart imitation and snark of Glenn Beckistan man that was priceless, I was left speechless and that is hard to do.
.Jon Stewart snarks Glenn Beck emmy worthy performance
We have to find a way to do this to every republican and democrat that has attacked the HCR and those that vote against us the American public. Forget the fact that this is the single most important legislation since 1900, Teddy Roosevelt wanted it, Richard Nixon wanted it, Ted Kennedy wanted it and President Barack Obama more than even President Bill Clinton and Sec of State Hillary Clinton.
We as a group need to find a way to make the objectives realistic and how do we take them OUT on election day, legally, thru the ballot box and in their face just as Jon did to Glenn the other night, smack down with a sledge hammer so there is no mistake why their idiot azz has been dumped
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