You can't HANDLE the truth.

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kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 1211892 - Posted: 30 Mar 2012, 13:08:10 UTC You cannot......handle it, but it is true. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster ID: 1211892 ·

Lint trap Send message Joined: 30 May 03 Posts: 871 Credit: 28,092,319 RAC: 0	Message 1211921 - Posted: 30 Mar 2012, 14:56:28 UTC He wasn't acting there, HE WAS the Colonel. Damn fine job. But the Law prevailed and He paid a price for his actions. BTW: I once worked graveyard shift in a civilian job with a Marine (there is NO such thing as an Ex-Marine. Don't ever address one as such! :) ) and I asked him once, if your Gunny pointed to a random individual and said "shoot that man", what would you do? I think you can guess what his immediate response was... Lt ID: 1211921 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 1211925 - Posted: 30 Mar 2012, 15:13:52 UTC - in response to Message 1211921. He wasn't acting there, HE WAS the Colonel. Damn fine job. But the Law prevailed and He paid a price for his actions. BTW: I once worked graveyard shift in a civilian job with a Marine (there is NO such thing as an Ex-Marine. Don't ever address one as such! :) ) and I asked him once, if your Gunny pointed to a random individual and said "shoot that man", what would you do? I think you can guess what his immediate response was... Lt My gunny would not issue such an order, Sir. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster ID: 1211925 ·

Lint trap Send message Joined: 30 May 03 Posts: 871 Credit: 28,092,319 RAC: 0	Message 1211942 - Posted: 30 Mar 2012, 15:42:29 UTC - in response to Message 1211925. My gunny would not issue such an order, Sir. I hope no one would do that, but that wasn't the point, of course... It's a mentality I don't understand fully, even though I served in the US Army for nearly 11 years working with people from most of the Services. Lt ps, I thought "Jarhead" and "In the Valley of Elah" were also well worth seeing. ID: 1211942 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 1211944 - Posted: 30 Mar 2012, 15:50:19 UTC - in response to Message 1211942. My gunny would not issue such an order, Sir. I hope no one would do that, but that wasn't the point, of course... It's a mentality I don't understand fully, even though I served in the US Army for nearly 11 years working with people from most of the Services. Lt ps, I thought "Jarhead" and "In the Valley of Elah" were also well worth seeing. If you understood fully, you would not question my post. You do not question direct orders. Sir. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster ID: 1211944 ·

Lint trap Send message Joined: 30 May 03 Posts: 871 Credit: 28,092,319 RAC: 0	Message 1211967 - Posted: 30 Mar 2012, 16:28:14 UTC I don't question your post, the Truth is Tough! Tougher than most of us want to ever hear about... Lt ID: 1211967 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 1212004 - Posted: 30 Mar 2012, 17:22:15 UTC Unfortunately, our elected officials now have taken this to another level, and now consider themselves above us......witness their taking their leave from 'our' health plan. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster ID: 1212004 ·

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