Last time I checked, we all bleed red. Maybe we focus on inspiring out service members to excel and be "more than they can be" rather than finding ways to cleave us into this or that group or category. Beyond tedious and tiresome at this point.
So long as we fight each other, we'll have neither time nor energy to defend ourselves against the tyranny of our betters in DC and the various State capitols
And if the incumbency rate remains above 85%, should we expect a different outcome? Any hints that our political "betters" know anything about accountability; let alone the ability to even spell the word? I'm going with nah.
In his state, there is a group protesting outside the Biloxi VA because they flew the effing pride flag with the US flag to the entrance including the cemetery. Not sure why they don't just rip it up and burn it. Totally cool w/ the US flag. Should be totally cool w/ the pride idiocy.
The designer of the “pride” flag chose a rainbow because it included all the colors, something that included everyone. The fact that gays were closeted does not mean that queer people did not serve. There are dead gays in veteran’s cemetery, why can’t we be proud of them. Isn’t it time we grow up and stop freaking out about the gays?
Why would we be more proud of them, more than any other group that served? Does the US flag not work well enough? E Pluribus Unum not good enough? Or do we need to bring different flags for individual sections of society and cubby hole all of us into identity politics and ruin the idea of America? Freaking out about gays? That is just gay. LOL I have grown up around and with gays my entire life. I never cared until I was told I should ACTUALLY care and treat them differently than I would any other person. Oh, BTW, don't tell me, "we just want to be anormal part of society," then go marching down the boulevard in drag, sex toys, leather chaps, or with a feather duster shoved up the fecal depositor. THAT is a fundamental middle finger (probably poo-coated) raised to normal American society.
Of course we should fly flags for anybody who wants a flag flown. The tricolor on St. Pat’s? Fine. An Italian tricolor on Columbus day? Great. There is nothing wrong with flying a flag below the national ensign, particularly one that spreads the message that every human being is worthy of respect.
If you know as many gays as you say you do, then you know they exist on a continuum. Not every gay is marching down Christopher Street in a leather thong. Some gays are modest, careful, prudent people; some are libertines. Just as straight people run the gamut from gold-chained swingers, to chaste monogamists, so do gays. It is just ignorant to assume that because our creator wired some folks to be attracted the people of the same gender, that those folks cannot be productive members of society, or to ignore that some of them gave everything they had to defend this nation.
There is nothing wrong about honoring different folks, on different days, by flying different flags, underneath the Ensign we all revere.
I would like someone to comment on the stink that some (if not almost all) of the "loss of confidence" firings of officers with long and pretty distinguished careers is related to all of this.
It would seem there is room for a lawsuit on the basis that the laws and statutes of the US, based in the very language of the Constitution, guarantee equality in treatment. Therefore using EQUITY to make such decisions would be unlawful and discriminatory. I guess we'll have to see what the SC does re race in college admissions this summer to see if the atmosphere is ripe to challenge all of this.
Below is a link to contact your Senators and Congressman and send a missive of encouragement and ask for their support of Senator Wicker's bill. Easy, just click the map in the link. Took me 15 minutes. Asked my friends to do the same.
Free membership for a period of five days. Unless you cancel within five days, the membership will automatically continue for $49.95 per month until cancelled. All your billing and contact information will be available in the member’s area and in your welcome email.
Make the toady lickspittle Congressional aides earn their pay. And there's always the chance they'll listen to numbers if not reason. Silent Majority no more.
havent seen or read the testimony, but given the current administration identity politics focus more DEI does not surprise me.. again, is the CCP focused on DEI and inclusivity? Or are they focused on winning in the long run??
I say it often. I say it at work, I say it here, I said it with a policy guy with whom I broke bread... We are not a serious fighting force. Ship numbers are down, spending money uselessly on shitty LCS ships, driving away alpha males, cause, ya know, YUCKY!
DoD COVID policy, Afghanistan withdraw, no desire to win in a war when engaged. SHIT ROEs, and leadership that does not follow the Core Values have made it super hard to retain and recruit. The sheer dishonesty of it. Congress had the manning chiefs for the services and asked them if any of them thought the DEI policies are having a negative effect on recruitment/retainment. Not one raised their hand. Stupid or liars. Which is it? Or is it both? The hubris as China marches on is amazing to me.
Equality and Merit. That's it. When you go beyond (mess with) that, nothing good will be the end-state. DEI is nothing more than a thumb on the scale. 'Equity' is a floating, ever changing 'It means whatever I think it means' non-measurement meme, void of both equality and merit. There are no racial/ethnic 'systemic' gatekeepers to prevent 'Diversity' or 'Inclusion'. The population of our military mirrors that of our Nation... who want to serve. The only gatekeepers are ASVAB Scores and Criminal Record checks. And even with then, there are 'waivers'.
It doesn't take a genius:
(1) The mainstay of your first term enlistees are male, white, and christian... predominately from the South and Midwest. The same population the Left vilifies. The same population that the 'new' DEI DoD will send to the 'back of the bus'.
(2) DoD hasn't learned yet: They've burnt a lot of bridges with the prior service and retired communities. Many are no longer part of the 'recruiting' force. Even to the point of discouraging enlistment. I'm in that camp. The extended family (last year) hit a milestone. Not one in the family is Active Duty, Reserve, or National Guard. Nephew in-law was the last (Army Tanker), with 10 years. Unbroken since WW-II.
Some observations:
- Full length photos: I'm so old, I remember that was to cull the fat peeps out.
- Early/mid-nineties: The slow creep got faster. Rather than professional acumen and development of junior personnel, a soft 'well rounded' meme started in Evals/Fitreps. The collateral duties, continuing college education, and community service gained more prominence.
- Same time frame... JO writing ability went to the sewer. I swear. Run on forever sentences, comma kings, or adjective filled nothing burger sentences.
- Sea Daddy and prior wardroom selections... Went to the dark side.
- Military Services: No more day, week, month crap. National holidays and your service birthdays. That's it.
"JO writing ability went to the sewer. I swear. Run on forever sentences, comma kings, or adjective filled nothing burger sentences"
I was a "flowery" writer; always enjoyed my prose. I worked for an LDO LCDR who broke me of the habit, thank heaven. His red pen made me a much better technical writer, by orders of magnitude
If diversity is our strength and we need to represent the population of the country, I have a question? Where are all of the short, fat, non-athletic people in the military riding scooters. I rarely see any of them and they now represent the majority of the population. :-)
"..Don’t expect the solution to come from those in uniform with stars.."
Hear, hear!
Yep, you're not going to get anything out of guys that have spent the last 30 years kowtowing to leftists.
Important things for the US Navy. War fighting and winning. Training and pride. Skill.
United not divided crews by race, creed and color sexual preference or gender.
Maintaining ship worthiness, and every one should shine in Bristol Fashion.
You said "Bristol Fashion", Bear. Oh my. See in the link below that nothing is off-limits to the Woke now.
https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/ship-shape-and-Bristol-fashion.html
One more reason to use it - often and unabashedly
Thanks for the good read!
I think I heard the term long ago from a float on a ship.
I know I heard Picard say it on an episode of Star Trek LOL.
Nothing is off limits to the Woke culture changers.
Text of the bill. It would have been nice if Senator Wicker had added gender identity in addition to sex but that was probably a bridge too far. https://www.wicker.senate.gov/services/files/985A4F03-4A9D-442C-9AD2-5B7E55C8EDF1
Last time I checked, we all bleed red. Maybe we focus on inspiring out service members to excel and be "more than they can be" rather than finding ways to cleave us into this or that group or category. Beyond tedious and tiresome at this point.
Defining protected classes of people is designed to divide America. Divide and conquer. It’s that simple.
So long as we fight each other, we'll have neither time nor energy to defend ourselves against the tyranny of our betters in DC and the various State capitols
And if the incumbency rate remains above 85%, should we expect a different outcome? Any hints that our political "betters" know anything about accountability; let alone the ability to even spell the word? I'm going with nah.
and they've gotten very good at it.
In his state, there is a group protesting outside the Biloxi VA because they flew the effing pride flag with the US flag to the entrance including the cemetery. Not sure why they don't just rip it up and burn it. Totally cool w/ the US flag. Should be totally cool w/ the pride idiocy.
That would be a hate crime. We need to remember, it's OK to hate Americans, but not to disagree with those who seek to destroy us
The designer of the “pride” flag chose a rainbow because it included all the colors, something that included everyone. The fact that gays were closeted does not mean that queer people did not serve. There are dead gays in veteran’s cemetery, why can’t we be proud of them. Isn’t it time we grow up and stop freaking out about the gays?
Why would we be more proud of them, more than any other group that served? Does the US flag not work well enough? E Pluribus Unum not good enough? Or do we need to bring different flags for individual sections of society and cubby hole all of us into identity politics and ruin the idea of America? Freaking out about gays? That is just gay. LOL I have grown up around and with gays my entire life. I never cared until I was told I should ACTUALLY care and treat them differently than I would any other person. Oh, BTW, don't tell me, "we just want to be anormal part of society," then go marching down the boulevard in drag, sex toys, leather chaps, or with a feather duster shoved up the fecal depositor. THAT is a fundamental middle finger (probably poo-coated) raised to normal American society.
Of course we should fly flags for anybody who wants a flag flown. The tricolor on St. Pat’s? Fine. An Italian tricolor on Columbus day? Great. There is nothing wrong with flying a flag below the national ensign, particularly one that spreads the message that every human being is worthy of respect.
If you know as many gays as you say you do, then you know they exist on a continuum. Not every gay is marching down Christopher Street in a leather thong. Some gays are modest, careful, prudent people; some are libertines. Just as straight people run the gamut from gold-chained swingers, to chaste monogamists, so do gays. It is just ignorant to assume that because our creator wired some folks to be attracted the people of the same gender, that those folks cannot be productive members of society, or to ignore that some of them gave everything they had to defend this nation.
There is nothing wrong about honoring different folks, on different days, by flying different flags, underneath the Ensign we all revere.
Negative. Multi-culti shit is exactly that. Shit. There is a problem with flags for one and flags for all.
Got me a brand new pride flag from amazon!
I would like someone to comment on the stink that some (if not almost all) of the "loss of confidence" firings of officers with long and pretty distinguished careers is related to all of this.
It would seem there is room for a lawsuit on the basis that the laws and statutes of the US, based in the very language of the Constitution, guarantee equality in treatment. Therefore using EQUITY to make such decisions would be unlawful and discriminatory. I guess we'll have to see what the SC does re race in college admissions this summer to see if the atmosphere is ripe to challenge all of this.
Short synopsis posted via Twitter:
Seeking to recruit & elect right of center U.S. Congress candidates who champion merit/based equality over woke equity practices!
Below is a link to contact your Senators and Congressman and send a missive of encouragement and ask for their support of Senator Wicker's bill. Easy, just click the map in the link. Took me 15 minutes. Asked my friends to do the same.
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members
Catch-22
Free membership for a period of five days. Unless you cancel within five days, the membership will automatically continue for $49.95 per month until cancelled. All your billing and contact information will be available in the member’s area and in your welcome email.
Oops. So eager that I may have shot myself in the foot. Not the first time. Anyway, easy enough to google your Reps contact data.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/catch-22
Sadly my three congress critters are further left than Mao and have no desire to read anything from me. I just get the form letters back
Make the toady lickspittle Congressional aides earn their pay. And there's always the chance they'll listen to numbers if not reason. Silent Majority no more.
Agreed. At least most of the staffers I've spoken with have been polite, exceeding my expectation in that regard.
Exactly so!!! Thank you.
Meritocracy scenario spun during 1958 for futures studies cohort:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rise_of_the_Meritocracy
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/meritocracy
Did you catch the testimony of the new incoming Chairman Of The Joint Chiefs Of Staff? It is only going to get worse.
havent seen or read the testimony, but given the current administration identity politics focus more DEI does not surprise me.. again, is the CCP focused on DEI and inclusivity? Or are they focused on winning in the long run??
Equity does not mean equality. It means payback.
Content of character? Let's prioritize ability.
Amen.
I say it often. I say it at work, I say it here, I said it with a policy guy with whom I broke bread... We are not a serious fighting force. Ship numbers are down, spending money uselessly on shitty LCS ships, driving away alpha males, cause, ya know, YUCKY!
DoD COVID policy, Afghanistan withdraw, no desire to win in a war when engaged. SHIT ROEs, and leadership that does not follow the Core Values have made it super hard to retain and recruit. The sheer dishonesty of it. Congress had the manning chiefs for the services and asked them if any of them thought the DEI policies are having a negative effect on recruitment/retainment. Not one raised their hand. Stupid or liars. Which is it? Or is it both? The hubris as China marches on is amazing to me.
But hey, at least the Air Force is celebrating the 3% Divide by saluting a rainbow!
At least.
"...steady pressure and education are the way..."
Well, they're the peaceful way; the way I hope can still work.
Equality and Merit. That's it. When you go beyond (mess with) that, nothing good will be the end-state. DEI is nothing more than a thumb on the scale. 'Equity' is a floating, ever changing 'It means whatever I think it means' non-measurement meme, void of both equality and merit. There are no racial/ethnic 'systemic' gatekeepers to prevent 'Diversity' or 'Inclusion'. The population of our military mirrors that of our Nation... who want to serve. The only gatekeepers are ASVAB Scores and Criminal Record checks. And even with then, there are 'waivers'.
It doesn't take a genius:
(1) The mainstay of your first term enlistees are male, white, and christian... predominately from the South and Midwest. The same population the Left vilifies. The same population that the 'new' DEI DoD will send to the 'back of the bus'.
(2) DoD hasn't learned yet: They've burnt a lot of bridges with the prior service and retired communities. Many are no longer part of the 'recruiting' force. Even to the point of discouraging enlistment. I'm in that camp. The extended family (last year) hit a milestone. Not one in the family is Active Duty, Reserve, or National Guard. Nephew in-law was the last (Army Tanker), with 10 years. Unbroken since WW-II.
Some observations:
- Full length photos: I'm so old, I remember that was to cull the fat peeps out.
- Early/mid-nineties: The slow creep got faster. Rather than professional acumen and development of junior personnel, a soft 'well rounded' meme started in Evals/Fitreps. The collateral duties, continuing college education, and community service gained more prominence.
- Same time frame... JO writing ability went to the sewer. I swear. Run on forever sentences, comma kings, or adjective filled nothing burger sentences.
- Sea Daddy and prior wardroom selections... Went to the dark side.
- Military Services: No more day, week, month crap. National holidays and your service birthdays. That's it.
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"JO writing ability went to the sewer. I swear. Run on forever sentences, comma kings, or adjective filled nothing burger sentences"
I was a "flowery" writer; always enjoyed my prose. I worked for an LDO LCDR who broke me of the habit, thank heaven. His red pen made me a much better technical writer, by orders of magnitude
If diversity is our strength and we need to represent the population of the country, I have a question? Where are all of the short, fat, non-athletic people in the military riding scooters. I rarely see any of them and they now represent the majority of the population. :-)
Where are all the white corner-backs?