I will have to put in my 2 cents though it is not worth much. I get to assist the local medical with care of the USCG servicemen and women. I can honestly say that they seem to get some pretty bright recruits. I have yet to think one of them was retarded. I have seen some who I can say were of average intelligence and maybe a little lower but, certainly not retarded. My overall impression of them is that they are pretty clean cut good kids and a cut above of the general public. I may be wrong but it seems that the other branches of the services may not get as good recruits as does the USCG (ie army). My vote-good servicemen and women, not welfare. No offense to anyone intended.
-----Original Message----- From: Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Sun, Jan 10, 2010 10:21 pm Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Military as welfare. Well said! but it is not just the USCG. It is all branches. >Gary: > >Don't Immanentize the eschaton! > >In the not-quite-perfect world in which I reside, Our military is an >important protection against the dangers of the real world. Our volunteer >military will not accept those who do not have normal or better >intelligence. No doubt our country's leaders do not always wield the power >of our military in an intelligent and productive manner; but we are a lot >better off with them than we would be without them. > >One of my sons just completed USCG basic training. Even after winnowing the >applicants with testing, background checks and physical exams; nearly 10% of >the class couldn't cut it. I have worked closely with our local USCG unit >in Portland OR, and was seconded to that unit for 90 days a few years ago. >I had the privilege of working with some of the most dedicated and competent >individuals I have ever met. > >Browse the net and take a look at the work of some of the USCG SAR and >rescue swimmer units (to take two examples out of thousands) and tell me >again that you think these guardian-heroes are "retarded kids" in "the >welfare line". > >Greg > >-----Original Message----- >From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] >On Behalf Of Gary Hurst >Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 6:36 PM >To: Mercedes Discussion List >Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Military as welfare. > >our modern volunteer standing army is just another welfare line. it is jsut >another place to house those retarded kids we are systematically producing >in droves. > >on this list the american imperialism and war profiteering is what makes me >free. i disagree not only that this could possibly make us free but also >with the notion that this is any longer a particularly free country. as >long as the american people continue to capitulate to tyranny, we will >become less and less free. no number of innocent iraqis tortured or >murdered for fun and profit is going to change that. only active mass >resistance to the civil authorities can change that, not mass murder. > >now i will be encouraged to move to albania for dissent. only thing is that >this is my country too even if pitiful fools try to make it into a >totalitarian plutocracy and think they are doing god's work in the process. > >On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 8:15 PM, Mountain Man <maontin....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> LarryT wrote: >> > Ditto - >> >> I'm not moderator here, but c'mon guys. >> You can't just read the party line. >> Can the party line ever be wrong or bad? >> If so, shouldn't we hear about it or reason further? >> I have no real opinion about the issue, but I think that there could >> be some rationale that could be elucidating to discuss, if it were not >> so inflammatory. While we may not like to hear the dialog, these >> types of thoughts are not expressed from a mind with a vacuum inside, >> but from a mind with a reason - I mean, it is known that there are >> plenty of veterans here, hence, that type of rhetoric does not come >> without forethought, really. If that type of rhetoric does come >> without forethought, then we agree, there is a mind with a vacuum >> inside. Perhaps we could listen prior to our flame throwers? We all >> have our reasons, don't we? Let's shoot the redcoats, not the army of >> the republic. >> mao >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > >-- >save 5% on our already low, low prices. use coupon code DAVE at checkout. > www. 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