Comments on: POLITICS: House Democrats say NO to Assisting Military Voters Serving Overseas http://www.gettingpaidtowatch.com/2008/07/24/politics-house-democrats-say-no-to-assisting-military-voters-serving-overseas/ Politics, War, Culture, and oh....the Mets. The writer was the asssitant trainer for the NY Mets from 1985 until 1991. He now teaches Biology and helps out with the football team at a high school near the Florida home he grew up in. Email: CoachSikes@aol.com Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:09:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: mike.musculus http://www.gettingpaidtowatch.com/2008/07/24/politics-house-democrats-say-no-to-assisting-military-voters-serving-overseas/comment-page-1/#comment-4978 mike.musculus Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:27:46 +0000 http://www.gettingpaidtowatch.com/?p=397#comment-4978 Actually, the upper echelons are <b>Liber</b>ally sprinkled with "political" officers -- real garret troopers -- who's major facility is measured by the depth of the mahogany tone on the end of their nose. Like Clark, these "officers", (just calling thm that leaves a terrible taste in my mouth...,) main allegence is to themselves. They also have the same fellow-traveller feeling about the military as the Clintons. They see their continued existance in uniform as "God's Work" to act as drags and morale assassins. Sadly, I know many of these. While on the whole the military is perforce Conservative, as any reality-based group must be, these barnicles on the body-politic are those behind the "tip of the spear". You know, where they are safe from the consequences of their actions and policies. In the normal course of events, these types were weeded out while still Company Grade, (i.e. prior to Field Grade, or pinning on Major...,) but the '90s changed that. They hate a meritocrasy, prefering to advance on guile & apple-polish. These are the leakers & foot-draggers. They no doubt believe that "those good-old days of the 90s" will return with a Leftward Lurch. They're already laying in a huge supply of apple-polish and nosewipes. The are an Obamanation, so I guess they'll be right at home...<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4978','mike.musculus'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('4978','mike.musculus','Actually, the upper echelons are <b>Liber<\/b>ally sprinkled with \"political\" officers -- real garret troopers -- who\'s major facility is measured by the depth of the mahogany tone on the end of their nose. Like Clark, these \"officers\", (just calling thm that leaves a terrible taste in my mouth...,) main allegence is to themselves. They also have the same fellow-traveller feeling about the military as the Clintons. They see their continued existance in uniform as \"God\'s Work\" to act as drags and morale assassins. Sadly, I know many of these. While on the whole the military is perforce Conservative, as any reality-based group must be, these barnicles on the body-politic are those behind the \"tip of the spear\". You know, where they are safe from the consequences of their actions and policies.\r\n\r\nIn the normal course of events, these types were weeded out while still Company Grade, (i.e. prior to Field Grade, or pinning on Major...,) but the \'90s changed that. They hate a meritocrasy, prefering to advance on guile & apple-polish.\r\n\r\nThese are the leakers & foot-draggers. They no doubt believe that \"those good-old days of the 90s\" will return with a Leftward Lurch. They\'re already laying in a huge supply of apple-polish and nosewipes.\r\n\r\nThe are an Obamanation, so I guess they\'ll be right at home...'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Actually, the upper echelons are Liberally sprinkled with “political” officers — real garret troopers — who’s major facility is measured by the depth of the mahogany tone on the end of their nose. Like Clark, these “officers”, (just calling thm that leaves a terrible taste in my mouth…,) main allegence is to themselves. They also have the same fellow-traveller feeling about the military as the Clintons. They see their continued existance in uniform as “God’s Work” to act as drags and morale assassins. Sadly, I know many of these. While on the whole the military is perforce Conservative, as any reality-based group must be, these barnicles on the body-politic are those behind the “tip of the spear”. You know, where they are safe from the consequences of their actions and policies.

In the normal course of events, these types were weeded out while still Company Grade, (i.e. prior to Field Grade, or pinning on Major…,) but the ’90s changed that. They hate a meritocrasy, prefering to advance on guile & apple-polish.

These are the leakers & foot-draggers. They no doubt believe that “those good-old days of the 90s” will return with a Leftward Lurch. They’re already laying in a huge supply of apple-polish and nosewipes.

The are an Obamanation, so I guess they’ll be right at home…

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