tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236818078482978377.post3589886258463313486..comments2024-03-10T23:40:49.768-05:00Comments on Bells A Ringing: Tidbits from the mind of the BelleSouthern Bellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04847654788277662652noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236818078482978377.post-61952223331153379032011-09-20T22:21:26.272-05:002011-09-20T22:21:26.272-05:00The lovely Belle and I disagree on this issue.
I t...The lovely Belle and I disagree on this issue.<br />I think this is a factor that has no place in a war zone whatsoever.kx59https://www.blogger.com/profile/04145047517803465867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236818078482978377.post-2233935368752382312011-09-20T21:12:21.732-05:002011-09-20T21:12:21.732-05:00AS far as the "gays in the military being suc...AS far as the "gays in the military being such a non-issue," I could not in any shape, any form, whatsoever, adamantly disagree with you more.<br /><br />Comparisons to the civilian job market? Don't think so. I've yet to apply for the job in the civilian world where I'd be dangled off the end of a Jolly onto the floor of a jungle or desert or forest or city or whatever, be given orders who to extract with additional orders to "terminate with extreme prejudice" anyone who gets in the way.<br /><br />My life in the civilian world was--and is--a freaking cakewalk compared to what we were tasked to do in the military, ie, boots on the ground in Cambodia in '79.<br /><br />No civilian job exposed me to mass murder such as I witnessed with that SOB Pol Pot. Likewise, what I saw firsthand that the Sandanistas did to their own people in Central America is the stuff that almost thirty years later, I still wake up in a cold sweat and a heart rate near stroke level.<br /><br />Uh-uh. The civilian world isn't jackshit compared to what we ask these young men and women to do.<br /><br />I wasn't even fine with "don't ask, don't tell" but lived with it during my recall to active duty during the Gulf War (Desert Storm).<br /><br />What civilians and those who've never served will never understand is that the military is NOT a democracy. Our job was to PROTECT AND DEFEND our democracy.<br /><br />As such, we lived and operated under a vastly different set of rules and circumstances.<br /><br />No way to compare it to a civilian job. Sorry, but f'ing "Boss Day" doesn't compare with Memorial Day. Nor does "Secretary's Day" compare with Veterans Day.<br /><br />I've yet to hold a civilian job that I couldn't tell my employer to stick it up their ass and walk out. During my enlistment, if I'd tried that I would've been summarily court-martialed, dishonorably discharged, then served the remainder of my enlistment in a military jail or prison and doing f'ing HARD time and HARD labor.<br /><br />This whole "gays in the military" bullshit is nothing more than the goddamn liberals and social-do-gooders advancing a POLITICAL AGENDA and putting it on the backs of every last one of us who served, got shot, bled and or died for this country.<br /><br />It's a f'ing crock is what it is.<br /><br />--AOAAn Ordinary Americanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17848364015817985349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236818078482978377.post-23342798067474064032011-09-20T10:15:08.394-05:002011-09-20T10:15:08.394-05:00Even the simple rule of "if you don't pay...Even the simple rule of "if you don't pay taxes, you don't get a vote" works for me.Northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12778737553770514684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236818078482978377.post-45989582067883062962011-09-20T10:11:18.601-05:002011-09-20T10:11:18.601-05:00I'd love to witness the outcry against any cur...I'd love to witness the outcry against any current nominee that says that gays should pay more in taxes. There would be protests, and no one protesting would be smart enough to get the point.<br /><br />I say this: Voting allowed based on intelligence and ability to demonstrate self-sufficiency. Smart people would be able to vote, dumb people would not. If dumb people want their say, then they can after they raise their IQ and abilities. Smart people would pay all of the taxes, but make the entitlement decisions. <br /><br />If you can't show that you can take care of yourself you have no business taking care of this country.Northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12778737553770514684noreply@blogger.com