tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post2980355551896032509..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: About Those VideosGeorge Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-19879953200329823662011-01-07T18:35:57.314-05:002011-01-07T18:35:57.314-05:00I lost all respect when my daughter visited Canoe ...I lost all respect when my daughter visited Canoe U and was told that "they deserve their own officers." The they were, of course, minorities.<br /><br />I was under the impression it was the United States Navy. Then again, I was a Marine, so that's probably too sophisticated for me. Or the brass are a bunch of pussies.MarkDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05386529130897728870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-7401494909867180882011-01-07T09:54:09.790-05:002011-01-07T09:54:09.790-05:00If I were a betting man, I'd be laying my mone...If I were a betting man, I'd be laying my money on a colleague that is also up for promotion to flag rank torpedoing his career, not to someone with a poor performance review.Rorschachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11848860674369931761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-55788006157335626522011-01-06T18:24:10.649-05:002011-01-06T18:24:10.649-05:00Why is it that we can have people like Al Franken,...Why is it that we can have people like Al Franken, of whom we can see pictures of as an adult rolling around in diapers sucking his thumb with a toy, and Barney Frank with his gay lover leading our country, but OP gets nailed for this? I flew with him; he is a decent guy. Was it because he made a satire about gays, or are we purging the military of anyone who can lead their way out of a paper bag?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-13054936456555966332011-01-06T11:20:45.139-05:002011-01-06T11:20:45.139-05:00In an age of political correctness, when Top Secre...In an age of political correctness, when Top Secret/CODEWORD NSA and CIA operations are published with impunity, and diplomatic and military communications are floated across the electronic ether with sanctimonious disregard for consequences or sanctions, we are clearly losing the war… and losing it from within!<br /><br />The faux indignation of witless liberals has replaced effective accomplishment and respect as the premier measure of leadership. Cpt. Owen Honors, meet Col. Alan West.<br /><br />Admiral Wooster should be ashamed of himself.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05707974400525362949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-6258849019148424842011-01-06T10:55:26.174-05:002011-01-06T10:55:26.174-05:00Interesting perspective on this case. I've alw...Interesting perspective on this case. I've always been under the impression that the navy was a different world with very different sensibilities and that their sensibilities do not belong in my world, but mine do not belong in theirs. <br /><br />I'm female, not personally involved with the armed forces at all but actually not at all offended by the skits. And despite not really understanding the intricate and complex nature of deployments, I also can't see how removing him just before one is the best solution for this ship. <br /><br />... Pendulums, you give them a little nudge and you don't know where they can fly off to.Ishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15990839673219800549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-30198350854797055082011-01-05T23:52:10.729-05:002011-01-05T23:52:10.729-05:00As a civilian, but one who has spent time at sea s...As a civilian, but one who has spent time at sea so am at least familiar with the concept of the monotony of days and weeks with only your crewmates.<br /><br />#1: Sure, raunchy is fine.<br /><br />#2: His videos would have been fine if kept forever onboard the Enterprise, shown whenever the crew needed a laugh.<br /><br />#3: Letting them be shared was the beginning of the end... that's where it crossed the wider "moral" standard.<br /><br />#4: Civilians, including myself, will never understand why it would be OK for someone in such a huge position of authority, militarily, socially, personally, to make anything like that and think it's OK. There is being funny, then there is being a bigoted a-hole. Conduct not becoming an officer would be the opinion of the civilian population.... the population served by the military.<br /><br />#5: The reason the other (woman) commander didn't make the 10 o'clock news in Nunavut is because she wasn't commanding one of the most powerful and largest military vessels in the world. Period. 1000s of sailors. It's a "do you want this type of person protecting you" type of story, in the most sensational way. That's what makes the story juicy.chrisalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733469914802703736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-22810093124480380182011-01-05T17:02:18.679-05:002011-01-05T17:02:18.679-05:00Well I hope to high heaven some Beta tapes made in...Well I hope to high heaven some Beta tapes made in Korea during the 1980s never see the light of day.<br /><br />Then again, those in the tapes are also long retired too.<br /><br />"Morale" does not always equal "Moral."<br /><br />It is a shame, and I'd put money on "covering bases" towards a promotion, although, if it comes to light, while never in the MSM, it will end that person's career too. If you "sell-out" a "brother" who else will you sell out?<br /><br />I saw some of the tapes, and really, there is more explicit stuff on comedy sitcoms today, or on SNL.BuckeyeSandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11887248816391317117noreply@blogger.com