that right there is hallmark behavior of the ulster scot. if you know someone who simply cannot be wrong, cannot be corrected, and cannot learn from mistakes, then you may well know a person of ulster scot heritage.
agree there. we were only there a couple summer camps. there's always an excitement at the big-time posts. benning just buzzes, and even with the 101st elsewhere campbell had a distinct aura. but bragg had a crazy streak that i didn't resonate to.
one of my fave camps was the one year during the energy crunch where we stayed in austin. got to sleep at home in our beds. was like having a bad job you couldn't quit. then after transferring to a reserve school got to camp one time in san antonio (we stayed at the historic gunter hotel) and then once at bliss where we helped the texas 49th introduce a bunch of recruits to tank gunnery. anybody up for some azimuth and range talk?
that reminds me a little of an event late one night in fayetteville, nc.
my guard unit was attached to the 82nd, and we were having summer camp that year at fayettenam. the saturday night we were there a bunch of us went to town, and way late i saw a disturbance and went over to watch. the nicest guy you ever saw was being hassled by 3 or 4 mps, and i was really pissed at mps. that is, until they got him into the back seat of a cruiser, whereupon he morphed into godzilla. swore he was going to kick out one of those windows.
you just can't tell by appearances.
very pleased that your son and his cohorts -- with the exception of the man who was lost -- are back on home soil to resume their lives. special thanks to all of them and to the families who allow their sons and daughters to go into harm's way in service of our nation.
condolences to the family of young missildine. he was just beginning his adult life. we have to make sure his loss means something.
i know what you mean, but that raises the obvious to platform status: shit isn't looking for answers; he's just asking questions. there's a hell of a difference there, and it paints those who respond to him an unbecoming hue.
i understand that what you are hoping for is an outcome from this mess that is good for us and for the country. my great suspicion is that that hope is what buoys almost all of us posting here who live here.
whole time i've seen this usurpation in reflection of henry vii stealing england. here's an interesting (i think, therefore i yam happy with it) bbc documentary where there is an attempt to right the story a bit. henry executing richard in a fake battle resulted in his orchestrating the recitation of brit history of that era.
having some trouble here. what would be an example of barely unscathed? or is it better to think it equivalent to in large part scathed?
whatever, i agree with your take otherwise. i think we sometimes like to roar right up to the dropoff to the bottomless abyss with our toenails our only hope.
i'm presently stuck in a staunchly reactionary area, and i'm seeing quite a number of beto signs in yards and on pickup trucks. can't remember when i last saw one for cruz. i mean, this area you can usually throw a rock and hit a nutjob, but the public show, at least, is all beto.