New member, SgtMarine reporting to duty

[Bonezstorm]

 

[Rey C.]

I guess I have not had the pleasure of Mr. WillE yet.

I do have a Type A personality, I just tell it like it is, I do need to work on that, well my wife and therapist think so but:thefinger.

hey Toby Keith says he is a Ford man, then gawd damnit I am to.
:thefingerDodge trucks

I got my screen name on another board from an old girlfriend who told me about 10 or 12 years ago that I had a "defective personality". :wtf: Something about mood swings and aggressive tendencies. :dunno: So I cussed her ass out and told her to get the fuck out of my house!

There's not a damn thing wrong with me. It's everybody else that's fucked up! That's what the voices in my head say, and I agree with them. :helpme:

 

[~~whimsy~~]

I got my screen name on another board from an old girlfriend who told me about 10 or 12 years ago that I had a "defective personality". :wtf: Something about mood swings and aggressive tendencies. :dunno: So I cussed her ass out and told her to get the fuck out of my house!

There's not a damn thing wrong with me. It's everybody else that's fucked up! That's what the voices in my head say, and I agree with them. :helpme:

Good, good....

 

[Mrs Jolly]

((Where is Blue Countach anyway....he will get a kick out of this))

"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel."
~Samuel Johnson

"All boys love liberty, till experience convinces them they are not so fit to govern themselves as they imagined."
~ Samuel Johnson

Here you go. That quote doesn't quite represent what the good doctor intended.

Courtesy of Christopher Hitchens.

The world of political jibberjabberers cleaves neatly into those who go around saying, “Patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings,” and those who do not. You don’t hear patriots using this line because we aren’t particularly alarmed by patriotism (at least in the context of fidelity to the ideals of the UK or USA. I might question Myanmar patriotism). And was the line that clever to begin with? It says nothing except that those who claim patriotism are scoundrels. That’s a feeble ad hominem attack. Were it an utterance of Jimmy Carter instead of Samuel Johnson, it seems safe to say, no one would find it particularly astute. But if Carter used it, it would reveal something about the speaker, wouldn’t it? Using this line is simply hiding one’s lack of pride in country under the tattered shelter of a copy of Bartlett’s.

Now Christopher Hitchens speaks elegantly on the matter, and as it turns out the line doesn’t even mean what it seemingly says–but something close to the opposite. I didn’t know that the capital-P Patriots were an extremist group, subversive radicals whom the proud Tory Johnson strongly disliked. It was those who claimed allegiance to this particular party whom he denounced. I think liberals should shut the door on this quotation, tiptoe silently out of the room, and let it sleep forever. Dr. Johnson was one of us: a patriot.

I quote Hitchens’ opening graf from his latest Atlantic review:

How often our usage manages to accomplish, for a name or an expression, the precise negation of its originally intended meaning. To satirize the sycophants among his courtiers, King Canute sarcastically commanded the waves to keep their distance and allowed his own majesty to be wetted by the tides: now we give the name Canute to anyone in authority who foolishly attempts to ward off the inevitable. For the young scion of the Veronese house of Montague, only one girl in the whole world could possibly possess meaning, or be worth possessing: accordingly, we use the word Romeo to designate a tireless philanderer. In 18th-century England, John Wilkes was the leader of a radical political faction known as the Patriots. In Dr. Samuel Johnson’s Tory view, affiliation with that subversive party was “the last refuge of a scoundrel”: this now is construed as an attack on all those—most often Tories themselves—who take shelter in a too-effusive love of country.

 

[Facetious]

There's not a damn thing wrong with me. It's everybody else that's fucked up! That's what the voices in my head say, and I agree with them. :helpme:

'nuff of the redundancies already ! :helpme:

Below : You just can't beat those 'ol K5s man ! :banger:
I always wanted to build one w/ 3/4 ton axles.

 

[Jagger69]

Like I said before I might not agree with what you say, but I will defend your right to say it.

Army=Soldiers
USMC = Marines,

I am not a soldier I am a Marine, they might be the same in your book but in the Military world they are night and day.

So....you are saying that anyone who served in the US Army (or Navy or Air Force) is somehow less of a man, stud, hero or whatever other macho catchword that you care to use than you are just because you served in the Marines? Like they are sort of a pussy compared to you? That's sure how it sounds. Not trying to start trouble here....I just want to understand exactly what you are trying to say with these chest-thumping statements, Sarge.

By the way, thanks for so selflessly serving our great nation. We owe you and all of the brave men and women who so willingly put themselves in harm's way to protect America. And welcome to Freeones....enjoy the ride.

Now....if you wanna talk trucks, I'll take a Chevy over a Ford or Dodge anyday.

 

[jasonk282]

I got my screen name on another board from an old girlfriend who told me about 10 or 12 years ago that I had a "defective personality". :wtf: Something about mood swings and aggressive tendencies. :dunno: So I cussed her ass out and told her to get the fuck out of my house!

There's not a damn thing wrong with me. It's everybody else that's fucked up! That's what the voices in my head say, and I agree with them. :helpme:

Huh and I though it was because you like Racing.

 

[Rey C.]

'nuff of the redundancies already ! :helpme:

/Will E Worm on/

No. :hatsoff:

/Will E Worm off/

 

[jasonk282]

So....you are saying that anyone who served in the US Army (or Navy or Air Force) is somehow less of a man, stud, hero or whatever other macho catchword that you care to use than you are just because you served in the Marines? Like they are sort of a pussy compared to you? That's sure how it sounds. Not trying to start trouble here....I just want to understand exactly what you are trying to say with these chest-thumping statements, Sarge.

By the way, thanks for so selflessly serving our great nation. We owe you and all of the brave men and women who so willingly put themselves in harm's way to protect America. And welcome to Freeones....enjoy the ride.

Now....if you wanna talk trucks, I'll take a Chevy over a Ford or Dodge anyday.

Jagger what he is saying is that Marines are VERY VERY Pround of being Marines and do not want to be lumped in regualt soldiers in the US Army. It would be like calling someone in the Airforce a soldier, the proper word for them is Airmen.

Army are Soldiers
Navy are Seamen
Airforce are Airmen
Marines are Marines

I doubt he is questioning any branches, and as for the chest thumping you speek of I guess you have not met a lot of marines, they can be a bit in your face at times.

 

[Facetious]

Huh and I though it was because you like Racing.

Me too, but why "e" as opposed to "a" ?

He HAS an answer ! I guaran .... tee ya he has an answer

.... but willE share it is the ?

 

[~~whimsy~~]

I thought it was a cross between racing and racy.

He likes racing and this board being majority porn board is racy. Thus Rey C. :dunno:

Guess not! Ah well :hatsoff:

 

[titsrock]

Here you go. That quote doesn't quite represent what the good doctor intended.

In Dr. Samuel Johnson’s Tory view, affiliation with that subversive party was “the last refuge of a scoundrel”: this now is construed as an attack on all those—most often Tories themselves—who take shelter in a too-effusive love of country.

It seems to me that Hitchens merely points out the double-reading of that line. Whose to say that Johnson didn't criticize Wilkes for basically doing the same thing (taking shelter)? :dunno:

It is the last desperate act of a scoundrel to finally claim Patriotism (or religion)?

I certainly don't believe all patriotic people are scoundrels. Literally.

 

[PlasmaTwa2]

PlasmaTwa joined the army to serve their country.

PlasmaTwa thinks joining the army for vengance is kind of stupid.

But PlasmaTwa isn't American and therefore doesn't understand Americans.

Therefore, PlasmaTwa will now leave.

 

[Rey C.]

Huh and I though it was because you like Racing.

Yeah, that's for here and some other porn sites/boards. You're one of the very few who has actually caught onto that. :hatsoff: I'm a hound for Latinas, and with that name, most assume I'm Hispanic. :dunno:

You can call me Rey. Or you can call me Jey. But if you call me Gey... I'll shoot your dog and burn down your house.

 

[jasonk282]

PlasmaTwa joined the army to serve their country.

PlasmaTwa thinks joining the army for vengance is kind of stupid.

But PlasmaTwa isn't American and therefore doesn't understand Americans.

Therefore, PlasmaTwa will now leave.

That is true, you join the Army cause you are smart. People who can hack it in the Army become :eek:Marines

 

[Rey C.]

I thought it was a cross between racing and racy.

He likes racing and this board being majority porn board is racy. Thus Rey C. :dunno:

Guess not! Ah well :hatsoff:

That would have worked! But sadly, I'm not that witty.

 

[jasonk282]

Yeah, that's for here and some other porn sites/boards. You're one of the very few who has actually caught onto that. :hatsoff: I'm a hound for Latinas, and with that name, most assume I'm Hispanic. :dunno:

You can call me Rey. Or you can call me Jey. But if you call me Gey... I'll shoot your dog and burn down your house.

Or a Rey Mysterio fan, guess I picked the right one.

 

[Facetious]

what's happened to Rey Jey ?


..too few are old 'nuff here to understand, never mind. :o

 

[SgtMarine]

So....you are saying that anyone who served in the US Army (or Navy or Air Force) is somehow less of a man, stud, hero or whatever other macho catchword that you care to use than you are just because you served in the Marines? Like they are sort of a pussy compared to you? That's sure how it sounds. Not trying to start trouble here....I just want to understand exactly what you are trying to say with these chest-thumping statements, Sarge.

By the way, thanks for so selflessly serving our great nation. We owe you and all of the brave men and women who so willingly put themselves in harm's way to protect America. And welcome to Freeones....enjoy the ride.

Now....if you wanna talk trucks, I'll take a Chevy over a Ford or Dodge anyday.

Short answer is YES!!!!!!!!!

In all seriousness we are all on the same side and we can do infighting all we want. USMC, Navy, Army, Airforce all are respected from the other branches. And in today's day and age we have joint operations with numerous branches and everyone that I have interacted with are nothig but professionals at their jobs.

Thank you, but it is our fallen brothers and sisters that paid the most, they are the true Heros.

Loyality is following your orders no matter what
Brotherhood is giving your life so others may live.

 

[Rey C.]

what's happened to Rey Jey ?


..too few are old 'nuff here to understand, never mind. :o

Isn't that the guy who got a blowjob from Kim Kardashian and taped it?