zbdent
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Mon Aug-03-09 07:30 PM
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I should get a gold star for biting my tongue ... |
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My brother sent me an e-mail about a non-military person's guide ...
essentially, how to show "respect" for the military, especially veterans ...
In one of the "rules", it mentions about showing respect for a military person, no matter what the rank ...
and I thought ... gee, where was this e-mail in 2004?
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HysteryDiagnosis
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Mon Aug-03-09 07:33 PM
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1. That or a first aid kit.... one would think. n/t |
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Mon Aug-03-09 07:40 PM
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2. id'th hard do dalk wif a dandaid od dy dondue ... |
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Mon Aug-03-09 07:41 PM
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3. I'm a veteran, and I could stand to have my car washed |
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Believe it or not, some of us went in for college money, and because we weren't yet sure what else to do with our lives. I don't think this buys me anything special, nor should it. Granted, I wasn't a career military guy, and I was never close to war, so maybe things were different back then. But when I was in, we mostly had regular people doing regular jobs, just with uniforms on. I have nothing against the military as a whole, but this fake reverence started by Fox News et al in the lead-up to the war we never should have had is just a lot of garbage.
If you like your freedom, don't thank me because I didn't do it. I was, however, attached to a branch of the service that would have been tasked with it if it came down to that. It never came down to that, and I don't think it has since World War 2 or so. At most, I was a part of a deterrent force that kept Tonga from attacking us. I'd like to think most of your safety from Tongans is because of me.
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Mon Aug-03-09 07:57 PM
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4. I should get a gold star for biting your tongue. nt |
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Mon Aug-03-09 08:04 PM
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5. promises, promises ... |
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and bring cash ... especially if you want to bite anything else ...
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