On 9/24/2014 12:39 PM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 9/24/14 12:11 PM, amdx wrote:

I agree that these are bad times for the economy, hopefully the next
election will change things.
Mikek



If there's a Republican in the White House, we'll have another deep
recession and probably a few more wars. Your kind of country, eh?

We have a dumbocrat in the White House and And we have recessions and
wars. I guess you're saying there's little difference between democrat
and republican politicians.

On 9/24/14 1:52 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:


It's best that you didn't serve in the military.

Given the air of self perceived superiority that you exhibit, the
philosophies you promote and the lack of respect for those who did serve
for whatever reason, I doubt you'd even make it through boot camp ...
especially those back in the 60's.

I know for damn well sure you would never make it through the first 4
weeks of OCS. It's kinda fun to imagine you trying to argue or impose
your views on any of the instructors though.



Yes, indeedy...my heart has been broken since, in the words of Arlo
Guthrie, I wouldn't have been the type who would have been good "enough
join the army, burn women, kids, houses and villages" of people who
never intended to harm our country or anyone in it.

I see no reason to "respect" the likes of mustered out old fools like
Herring or your jackass buddy in Florida, whether they served or not.

On Tuesday, September 23, 2014 11:35:03 AM UTC-4, F*O*A*D wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH7BUzAI9dI



Nailed.

There ain't no rich Democrats, are there? What a dumb****.

On 9/24/2014 6:00 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 24 Sep 2014 16:40:02 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 9/24/2014 4:29 PM, wrote:

The Coast Guard was on the river too. I volunteered to go and even
tried to change my rate to GM so I would be qualified but they said no
... twice.
For some reason the Navy wanted me right where I was in case they
needed FTs to fight the Soviets.
(that was the only reason Coasties got into FT school)



The Navy used ratings other than Gunner's Mate to make up PBR crews.
Volunteers usually got their wish.


They would take RMs (how I heard about it in the first place since the
RM school was at Bainbridge with FT school) They would not take FTs.
The GM rate was a natural for me since an FT in the Coast Guard is a
GM anyway. I took the GM 3&2 course but they still said no. (to a rate
change and the VN deal).
It turns out an FT in the Coast Guard is actually indentured to the
Navy. It was DoDs way of hiding people on the Treasury budget that
they would use if we had a sea war. That is why I got trained on
equipment we did not even have.
When I got on board ship, the chief said I was a gunners mate or I was
useless to him. I decided GM was OK. There were 2 other FTs who
decided to be useless. They did a lot of painting, me not so much. I
ended up learning all about the small arms and the 5"/38. Then I got
ASW torpedo trained. It wasn't until I got on the Chincoteague with a
"56" system that I saw an actual FT1.
I was still ****ed that I could not get a GM crow, even after passing
the 3&2 courses. The only thing that accomplished was screwing up my
FT crow.
I did manage to bluff my way into an ORTAUG (deck crew and snipes)
unit when I went to the reserves and I stayed there for years. They
were the ones who had a 40 footer. We actually did stuff at the
meetings. When they finally caught me and put me in the ORTEL
(electronics) unit where the FTs were supposed to go, I did not re-up.

It was just a bunch of "white collar" guys bitching about their jobs
and why they had to go to these meetings for 2 days a month.
That was just a total waste of everyone's time.



I went through RM "A" school at Bainbridge but it was probably 3 or 4
years after you attended FT school. All I remember is I was too young
to drink at the club so I had to settle for 3.2 beer. Musta drank a
couple of hundred pitchers of the crap.

On 9/24/14 4:24 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 24 Sep 2014 13:04:46 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

Nothing you've just posted responded to your incorrect rave that I
called for cutting funding for the Coast Guard or that I thought
volunteering for it was stupid.

You constantly complain about military budgets and you have implied
many times that anyone who joined the military was stupid.




I do constantly complain about military budgets but, to the best of my
recollection, wasn't the Coast Guard part of the Department of the
Treasury for many years? Does it or did it get authorizations separate
from the other branches of military service?

I've never implied that "anyone" who joined the military was stupid.

You're again caught up in your "black or white" mindedness.

On 9/24/14 6:00 PM, Califbill wrote:
And slime balls like you
were the ones spitting at the returning draftees and other soldiers.


I didn't spit at any soldiers, and I don't personally know anyone who did.

On Wednesday, September 24, 2014 7:04:08 PM UTC-4, F*O*A*D wrote:

I've never implied that "anyone" who joined the military was stupid.


Yes you have, asswipe.

F*O*A*D wrote:
On 9/24/14 6:00 PM, Califbill wrote:
And slime balls like you
were the ones spitting at the returning draftees and other soldiers.


I didn't spit at any soldiers, and I don't personally know anyone who did.

Same attitude.

F*O*A*D wrote:
On 9/24/14 4:24 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 24 Sep 2014 13:04:46 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

Nothing you've just posted responded to your incorrect rave that I
called for cutting funding for the Coast Guard or that I thought
volunteering for it was stupid.

You constantly complain about military budgets and you have implied
many times that anyone who joined the military was stupid.




I do constantly complain about military budgets but, to the best of my
recollection, wasn't the Coast Guard part of the Department of the
Treasury for many years? Does it or did it get authorizations separate
from the other branches of military service?

I've never implied that "anyone" who joined the military was stupid.

You're again caught up in your "black or white" mindedness.

Actually the defense budget is also used as a catch all for lots of pork
barrel stuff. Just like the highway budget. Lots of non related
amendments. Probably one of the worse things to happen to congress, was
when Nixon resigned, they allowed rule changes to legislative rules, to
allow non related amendments to a bill.

On 9/24/14 8:07 PM, Califbill wrote:
F*O*A*D wrote:
On 9/24/14 6:00 PM, Califbill wrote:
And slime balls like you
were the ones spitting at the returning draftees and other soldiers.


I didn't spit at any soldiers, and I don't personally know anyone who did.

Same attitude.



As if a fan of crazy Zell Miller, like you, would have the perceptive
abilities...