1. The Colonel is a terrorist.
Of all the "ists" he has been called, this one comes as quite a surprise. Still the Colonel would like to extend his thanks to an unnamed member of the Democratic Caucus of the House of Representatives for making him aware of this fact. It must be a fact, because the Vice President of the United States was the person to whom the comment was directed and he not only did not chide the congressman (as he surely would have done, were the Colonel not a terrorist) but he is reported (by another Democrat congressman in the room) to have agreed with the assessment. The Colonel is a terrorist.
2. The Colonel has Democratic Congresswoman Maxine Waters' permission to take a noncircuitous trip to Hell.
The Colonel was heretofore not aware that Congressional permission was required for such a trip, and thanks the gentlelady's gracious grant of such. Heck, Hell can't be much worse than Mississippi in August..., or California anytime, for that matter.
3. The Colonel is a hostage-taker.
There was a time when he was part of an elite organization whose missions included in-extremis hostage rescue, and the Colonel is chagrined to learn that he must now retrain.
4. Jesse Jackson says the Colonel is actually a neo-klansman.
This, too is quite disconcerting. Heretofore in posts hereon, the Colonel has vociferously denounced the Ku Klux Klan and it's mouthbreathing, sister-chasin' members.
(Good thing the Colonel doesn't have a sister.)
5. The Colonel is really an enemy of the state.
Democratic Representative Frederica Wilson, she of snappy red cowboy hat wearin' fame, says that the real enemy is the Colonel. The Colonel assumes she means that he is no longer bound by the oath he took nearly four decades ago to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic." If this is true, it actually comes as quite a relief -- there are so many churlish characters currently undermining our Constitution that the Colonel has been in quite a quandary over where to start to "defend the Constitution against all enemies" and was beginning to feel a bit guilty about his inability to prosecute an adequate defense.
There has been one recent description of the Colonel that he already knew about himself. President Obama described the Colonel a while back as clinging to his faith and his guns.
He got that right.
6 comments:
Wouldn't even dream of calling you out on any of those terms, myself, Colonel. But I would mention an anomaly I've noticed over the past year or two--I've found that if I check the JBS website I can predict what will show up on the wall posts I find on FB. Funny, that. I've asked folk to check, now and again, as to the sources of their feelings/outrage, but that hasn't worked. So I just keep checking the JBS website. Funny how their words and ideas get translated, often as gospel truth, around the web. So? Again, I think you're taking this far too personally, I find you an honorable man and better yet, officer, but God, man, sometimes these little notions require a more thorough checking. There are indeed, upon reflection, ideas not worth sharing, simply because they defy any reality that one can describe (here, I'm thinking of the Dan Brown books, i.e., "The Da Vinci Code") that many Americans consider "factual." Can't help that, myself. Anyway, I respect your opinion and ideas, but Jaysus, Colonel, you ain't any of those things. Why self-identify, then?...
JBS?
Dan, never heard of nor been to any "JBS website." Are you saying that the things I wrote in this post are not factual? I read portions of upwards of 20 mainstream newspapers a day from the WashPost to LA Times. Everything in this post came from more than two of those sources. I "identify" with the Tea Party, even more so now that the some on the left are villifying a group a great deal of whose membership are personal friends and fellow veterans. So, yeah, I take it very personal.
I, too, take it personal, colonel. Personal indeed!
One billion in China are living in poverty. Three hundred million (govt workers all) live the good life. What the one billion need is a community organizer to rally them in confrontation of the 300M. And I am doing my damndest to ensure a self-declared community organizer is available come Jan 2013.
Colonel, by now you may know "JBS" means the John Birch Society. According to Mr. Lennon, what shows up on their website is echoed by predictable posts on his friend's FB posts. What he may not but should know is that a huge number of people derive their information from many sources, including televised Congressional hearings on excellent channels such as C-Span, where you can hear everything straight from the horses mouths and if you didn't think you heard it right the first time (because the sound of your jaw hitting the floor was so loud), there are always reruns. C-Span--it's what's for breakfast, lunch and dinner at my house. When I was young, I threatened to disown my dad when he was considering joining that organization(I was Kidding!) as I thought they were so rabidly anti-Communist to be a laughing stock. Turns out they were right to have been so very vigilant.
The problem with the JBS is they are just too liberal to suit me... Great post Colonel. Dan, it's bad logic to assume JBS is the Colonel's source - that's just conjecture.
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