Generals going fishing
 

I hear being a general under Obama is a short term career job.

Guess he might as well polish up the fishing rods and go fishing.

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The bigger government gets, the more it tends to rule out common sense.

Generals going fishing
 

"Canuck57" wrote in message
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I hear being a general under Obama is a short term career job.

Guess he might as well polish up the fishing rods and go fishing.

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The bigger government gets, the more it tends to rule out common sense.

If he's going to run his mouth, then yes, I'd say it's time to leave. I know
your head hurts by it, but the fact is that the general works for the
Commander-in-Chief.

Generals going fishing
 

On 22/06/2010 6:57 PM, nom=de=plume wrote:

"Canuck57" wrote in message
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I hear being a general under Obama is a short term career job.

Guess he might as well polish up the fishing rods and go fishing.

--
The bigger government gets, the more it tends to rule out common sense.

If he's going to run his mouth, then yes, I'd say it's time to leave. I
know your head hurts by it, but the fact is that the general works for
the Commander-in-Chief.

Yep, there is only room for one big mouth in Obama's government.

Some 20 years ago I had a boss like Obama. Always shooting his mouth
off from day one. Clearly showing pretty quickly he didn't know much.
About 2-3 weeks in he called me, the senior person of the crew and told
me to "Do as I tell you, not as you think.". I just got up, on the way
out I said I would be gone in a month.

I picked up the phone and I transfered out in 14 days. On the second
week he tried to talk me into staying, saying who is going to keep this
going. I just said, not my problem any more.

He ws fired in 4 months. He tried the same BS on the only other one
that knew jack crap about how things really worked and he too said
enough was enough.

The plant closed 8 months later.

The moral, if you **** off someone below you, make sure you can afford
to loose them or have them as enemies.
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The bigger government gets, the more it tends to rule out common sense.

Generals going fishing
 

On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:04:45 -0600, Canuck57
wrote:


I hear being a general under Obama is a short term career job.

so was being a general under truman

and remember general shinseki, under bush?


Guess he might as well polish up the fishing rods and go fishing.

notice he never complains about the rich white frat boy who screwed
this whole thing up?

Generals going fishing
 

On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:30:37 -0700, JR North
wrote:

He would have done well to review McArthur's fall from grace with
Harry Truman before running his mouth off.
JR

If the quotes we are hearing are correct, he was way out of line,
almost unbelievably so for someone in his position. Perhaps in his
subconcious mind he really wanted out of the job. Things like that
happen.

Generals going fishing
 

wrote in message
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On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:40:57 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:30:37 -0700, JR North
wrote:

He would have done well to review McArthur's fall from grace with
Harry Truman before running his mouth off.
JR

If the quotes we are hearing are correct, he was way out of line,
almost unbelievably so for someone in his position. Perhaps in his
subconcious mind he really wanted out of the job. Things like that
happen.

He was stuck with a reporter for a month because of the Iceland no fly
thing and I imagine some of the things he said were not really
intended for publication. I agree, a military guy does not really have
the freedom to speak candidly about the CnC.


I think there should be more speaking up. MacArthur was opening the pie
hole even against the Joint Chiefs of Staff on how to run the war. If more
generals had spoken up in 1965 era when I was drafted, maybe we would have a
hell of a lot names on the wall, and we would have been victorious if at all
possible. This guy was saying that Obama came to meetings unprepared and
his aids were total doofuses. Not on how we should be dropping nukes, etc.
per MacArthur. When he retires, I would like him to speak up about the
rules of engagement, and how they are killing our soldiers.

Generals going fishing
 

On 22/06/2010 8:40 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:30:37 -0700, JR North
wrote:

He would have done well to review McArthur's fall from grace with
Harry Truman before running his mouth off.
JR

If the quotes we are hearing are correct, he was way out of line,
almost unbelievably so for someone in his position. Perhaps in his
subconcious mind he really wanted out of the job. Things like that
happen.

Or perhaps he has had it with Obama's BS and wants out.

--
The bigger government gets, the more it tends to rule out common sense.

Generals going fishing
 

On Jun 22, 9:32*pm, bpuharic wrote:
On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:04:45 -0600, Canuck57
wrote:



I hear being a general under Obama is a short term career job.

so was being a general under truman

and remember general shinseki, under bush?



Guess he might as well polish up the fishing rods and go fishing.

notice he never complains about the rich white frat boy who screwed
this whole thing up?

Polly want a cracker?

Generals going fishing
 

On 22/06/2010 9:05 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:40:57 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:30:37 -0700, JR North
wrote:

He would have done well to review McArthur's fall from grace with
Harry Truman before running his mouth off.
JR

If the quotes we are hearing are correct, he was way out of line,
almost unbelievably so for someone in his position. Perhaps in his
subconcious mind he really wanted out of the job. Things like that
happen.

He was stuck with a reporter for a month because of the Iceland no fly
thing and I imagine some of the things he said were not really
intended for publication. I agree, a military guy does not really have
the freedom to speak candidly about the CnC.

How did he get setup like that?

I know of no one that isn't dead that could go a whole month and not say
something they didn't want everyone to hear.

Maybe Obama did? Wants to run him off?
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The bigger government gets, the more it tends to rule out common sense.

Generals going fishing
 

On 22/06/2010 9:28 PM, Califbill wrote:


wrote in message
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On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:40:57 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:30:37 -0700, JR North
wrote:

He would have done well to review McArthur's fall from grace with
Harry Truman before running his mouth off.
JR

If the quotes we are hearing are correct, he was way out of line,
almost unbelievably so for someone in his position. Perhaps in his
subconcious mind he really wanted out of the job. Things like that
happen.

He was stuck with a reporter for a month because of the Iceland no fly
thing and I imagine some of the things he said were not really
intended for publication. I agree, a military guy does not really have
the freedom to speak candidly about the CnC.


I think there should be more speaking up. MacArthur was opening the pie
hole even against the Joint Chiefs of Staff on how to run the war. If
more generals had spoken up in 1965 era when I was drafted, maybe we
would have a hell of a lot names on the wall, and we would have been
victorious if at all possible. This guy was saying that Obama came to
meetings unprepared and his aids were total doofuses. Not on how we
should be dropping nukes, etc. per MacArthur. When he retires, I would
like him to speak up about the rules of engagement, and how they are
killing our soldiers.

And was Vietnam worth it?

I doubt it. Total waste of blood and resources and didn't change the
outcome. If the enemy can't be broken quicly, they must be annialated
as in dead. Otheerwise you are just a target for some sexually
frustrated jack ass wanting Jihad.

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The bigger government gets, the more it tends to rule out common sense.