and then once you reached retirement you became insanely jealous of those who were able to spend their lives living by their own wits in the civilian world.maineman » 06 Oct 2023, 6:42 pm » wrote: ↑ I hardly ever did paperwork. I had yeomen to do that for me. I was a ship driver, an engineer, and a weaponeer.
Cannonpointer » 06 Oct 2023, 6:48 pm » wrote: ↑ As do I.
I always tip my pizza delivery agent. I even leave five bucks for the hotel maid.
We can agree on that.
Yeah, my dog is the same way. Whatever I say, that is what he'll do.
So long as I'm a good guy, he's a good guy.
Do you see how many panhandlers there are, for america's "beloved" troops, that all the fake patriots "support"?
If they REALLY supported the troops, the troops would not NEED panhandlers. The U.S. government CLEARLY considers the troops suckers. They break it, they don't pay for it.
War is a racket. The people who declare the wars are skunks, and the people who fight the wars are suckers.
And if you want to know WHY people "serve," just watch how they get recruited. Madison Avenue recruits people by promising them one of more of the following:
Career advancement;
Dad will finally respect you;
Adventure;
Personal achievement.
Nothing in there ^ about "service."
The pretense of greater patriotism than civilians is stockholm-syndromed into the suckers at boot camp.
You have mistaken me for a sucker.
GHETTOBLASTER » 06 Oct 2023, 6:55 pm » wrote: ↑ and then once you reached retirement you became insanely jealous of those who were able to spend their lives living by their own wits in the civilian world.
WHERE'S THE PROOF. PRODUCE A VIDEO, MOP BOY.maineman » 06 Oct 2023, 10:36 am » wrote: ↑ https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-rips-k ... 49407.html
It's been out there as an allegation for a long time, and many on here have staunchly pushed back against it saying it was totally unsubstantiated.
Whaddaya say now, Southie waitress?![]()
NO VIDEO PRODUCED, NO PROOF.Z09 » 06 Oct 2023, 10:40 am » wrote: ↑ Where ya been Maineman?
The Atlantic's editor wrote an article based on "anonymous sources"..
Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic and the journalist responsible for the “bombshell” report that President Trump disparaged America’s war dead, conceded that anonymous sources were “not good enough” in reporting such as his.
“I share that view that it’s not good enough. But, you know, like other reporters, I’m always balancing out the moral ambiguities and complications after anonymous sourcing with the public’s right to know,” Goldberg said during a Monday evening interview on MSNBC’s “All In with Chris Hayes.”
Hayes raised the issue of using unnamed sources with Goldberg while discussing his most recent article, in which he relied on four anonymous accounts.
Goldberg then conceded that questions about anonymous sources were “reasonable” to raise, adding that he thought it was fine to “ask why people who have had direct exposure to Donald Trump, who know what Donald Trump has said, who know what Donald Trump has done, but won’t simply come out and say it.”
"Anonymous sources do have credibility"..
Yeah..
That's funny Maineman
Cannonpointer » 06 Oct 2023, 7:09 pm » wrote: ↑ You have mistaken me for a sucker.
But I DID de-transition my "uber-patriotic" brother from a sucker to a realist. He came out of the military convinced that he was EVER so much more "patriotic" than I was. So I asked him to agree with me on a definition of patriotism. He claimed to "love the country" more than I did. So I axed him what it was, precisely, that he loved ABOUT it - seeing he hated half the people.
In the end, we agreed that a nation which safeguards our liberties is worthy of SUPPORT. And we agreed that it's hard enough to love your family and your neighbors, much less a whole **** COUNTRY. We agreed that "I love my country" is a **** narrative into which people are programmed through mind control.
In the end, he admitted that he had ORIGINALLY felt like a fraud in boot camp, when they talked about how much more patriotic he and his fellows were than regular people. How they were willing to lay it on the line cuz murka-stiffy. But in the end, he succumbed. He played along. And he began to buy in - and why NOT buy in? It was a lie that served him well. It was a lie, the denial of which would serve him ill. He is human. He bought in. So did all the other fellows, every one of whom, no doubt, felt like a fraud at first, too. Because, like my brother, they were there for self-advancement - not for a murka-stiffy.
Look, you can lie to yourself 'til the cows come home. But ya can't lie to me - I've lived a life. And I am not a sucker. I DO pay for the panties and pastries of suckers, though.
ANYTHING TO TAKE AWAY THE BIDEN CRIME FAMILY CORRUPTION HEADLINES.Z09 » 06 Oct 2023, 7:22 pm » wrote: ↑ Have you noticed?
Trump is leading in the polls so CNN drags out some guy talking trash ....
Fills up some air time
Yup.righteous » 06 Oct 2023, 7:17 pm » wrote: ↑ NO VIDEO PRODUCED, NO PROOF.
DRAMA FROM QUEEN KELLY OF THE WOKE MILITARY.
*** POSTING MORE LEFTIST PROPAGANDA
WELL SAID!Cannonpointer » 06 Oct 2023, 7:29 pm » wrote: ↑ Yup.
They have all he video proof in the world to know their pervert in chief is a pervert and a thief. They have seen tape of him BRAGGING that he got a prosecutor who was gunning for burisma fired.
Evidence does not phase them.
On the other hand, with no evidence other than some guy running his neck, they ARE willing to believe something against trump.
Evidence is not necessary when the narrative is against an enemy and is not relevant when the narrative is against an ally.
And therein ^, they are undone as men.
maineman » 06 Oct 2023, 7:13 pm » wrote: ↑ Not at all... I am not jealous of anybody still grinding, either for themselves or for a boss.
maineman » 06 Oct 2023, 10:36 am » wrote: ↑ https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-rips-k ... 49407.html
It's been out there as an allegation for a long time, and many on here have staunchly pushed back against it saying it was totally unsubstantiated.
Whaddaya say now, Southie waitress?![]()
So childish...but keep on cementing your legacy here as Bloviator First Class Maineman.....maineman » 06 Oct 2023, 7:40 pm » wrote: ↑ why would I? My money makes more money than you do.
All I do is spend it and give it away and I never run out.
You aren't fooling anybody **** turd.maineman » 06 Oct 2023, 7:13 pm » wrote: ↑ Not at all... I am not jealous of anybody still grinding, either for themselves or for a boss. My wife and I have embraced the roles of bon vivants and thorougly enjoy traveling, playing golf and pickleball, buying art, cooking gourmet meals, entertaining our family, friends, and neighbors, and babysitting our granddaughter. For the last twelve years, I have been living one never-ending long weekend.
Speaking of the weekend, you've got one coming up here tomorrow, don't you. Enjoy it, and enjoy punching back in on Monday morning! I'll pour a dollop of Bailey's in my second cup on Monday in your honor!
childish? I worked long and hard and smart to get where I am. Now, I party.... and I tithe.GHETTOBLASTER » 06 Oct 2023, 7:46 pm » wrote: ↑ So childish...but keep on cementing your legacy here as Bloviator First Class Maineman.....
No like a Shriner, I hope.maineman » 06 Oct 2023, 7:55 pm » wrote: ↑ childish? I worked long and hard and smart to get where I am. Now, I party.
Bloviator First Class Maineman ...."living large" where he spends all day every day at the NHB and who knows how many other forums...?maineman » 06 Oct 2023, 7:55 pm » wrote: ↑ childish? I worked long and hard and smart to get where I am. Now, I party.
Elegance IS opulence, in the world of gentlepeople.