Do any of the sane service members really want to serve in combat with a person that's trying to solve problems between their ears with surgery between their legs?
Carlin had it right:
"When you're born into this world, you're given a ticket to a freak show. And when you're born in America, you're given a front-row seat"
disagree. He was, in fact, ahead of his time with the anti-white vitriol. Talked crap on white people all the time. If he were alive today he would have tds. He may not go along with some of the crazier leftist ideas, but he would counter signal every chance he got to keep in the good graces of the left.
The entire sleight of hand of transgenderism is that it refuses to be subjected to any external definition, so that it can slip through any means of measurement. You will have those who say "transitioning" is not a criterion for being transgender, and others who say the opposite. Its power over society is that it will morph into whatever allows its cult enforcers to cry-bully someone they want to dominate. 15,000 or 1 million, it doesn't matter because the cultural power to evade facts is part of the plan. Cults can be extremely harmful to the health of a society, and this particular cult is among the worst.
The military was one of the last symbols of a “real” man, therefore it had to be degraded and humiliated and made into a mockery of its original purpose.
Instead of a tool to be used in emergency for the protection of the nation it now looks like a school yard where we can learn that we can all be winners even if we are confused about what sex we are.
A big part of the paraphilia for men who identify as trans is to place themselves in a traditional surrounding, and then in the most sexist way, humiliate themselves by trying to express exaggerated femininity to the traditional gendered world. Self hatred expressed as fetish. They call it a human rights issue for the sole reason that they demand we pay attention to them. The paraphilia is insatiable that way. Too bad so many well meaning people have not understood how they've been tricked.
…the gap between 45-ish a year and 15,000 seems to be…a little questionable…”
Chris: as usual, you don’t grasp the modern reality. 😂
While 62 is the mandatory retirement age for all enlisted, warrant, and commissioned members below flag rank (64 for flag officers), there are discretionary exceptions. Trans members are the most prominent example due to their exceptional lethality as war fighters and their extraordinary longevity:
15K members @ 45 a year means the oldest joined the military 333 yrs ago. I’m somewhat dubious that the British Army or Navy was conducting sex-based amputations in 1691. I AM impressed that a 333 year old soldier or sailor can pass the annual physical training test.
I think the longevity derives from wearing camo (or the British redcoat) while sticking one’s external protuberances into a Cuisinart. (This was problematic for the first 282 yrs, as the Cuisinart only became available in 1973.)
First of all, today’s journalist aren’t journalists. They are paid propagandists. Secondly, it doesn’t matter how many transgender people quit the armed forces in the future due to the end of DEI. That number will pale by comparison to the number of people that will sign up for the military once the DEI nonsense is gone.
There was an episode where the Army psychiatrist—Sydney, if memory serves—offers Klinger a discharge if he says he’s a homosexual. Klinger proudly refuses. Whatever—it was a very funny show for the first several years. The point of Klinger is that a man dressed as a woman is a guaranteed laugh. Always will be.
Agreed. Dave Foley, in particular when he was young, could *really* pull off drag well. I remember seeing him in drag in sketches in the earlier seasons and thinking, damn....:
Not for the cast of the show. Maclean Stevenson was a first-rate diva and pain in the ass. They killed the character off so he couldn't even come whining back to the show for a cameo, since he never had another significant role.
I saw that episode, with the rest of the 11 year series. I remreminded many people of that episode this past decade when the guys and trans narcissists were constantly in the news. And remember it is a comic sight, as it should be, to see men in women's clothing.
In 2004 my MI company had to send one platoon to Iraq. I get an email from one of the Soldiers, "...my VA doc says I'm non-deployable."
I answer, "We have our own docs in the Army. Come to drill or I will send the Sheriff."
A couple of weeks later, my 1SG sends me another email with an attachment...basically, "Sir, I think we're going to need to find a replacement for _____."
The Soldier's attached email was truly insane. It read, "...something I've struggled with my entire life...so, uh, um, er...uh, so, I'm a girl."
My initial thought (seriously) was, "How the Fbomb did you make it through MEPS?" (Military Entrance Processing Command...where we duckwalk, bend over and spread them, and many other humiliating physical atrocities to become a member of the Armed Forces.)
This kid was tossed for Gender Dysphoria within 2 weeks. Seriously, have never seen a personnel action acted upon so quickly.
I was pissed because I wanted to make him pay back his GI Bill.
Here is something no one talks about--the moment he made this admission, I had to suspend his access to classified data. He was immediately non-deployable--you cannot deploy in an intelligence role without a clearance.
The number of policies and procedures that must have been changed (and while many were probably bureaucratic BS--many were also soberly designed to protect our lethality, our combat effectiveness, our readiness) to accommodate this tiny group of people.
In 2005 I was called up in a group of 200 11-B soldiers from the IRR, for 545 days of active duty for OIF, with orders to report to Fort Benning for inprocessing and assignment. Of the 200 called, maybe 100 were standing in front of the Columbus airport on the required arrival date. Of that group, a REMARKABLE number turned out to have newly acquired debilitating injuries. If only they had known that "I'm a girl" was a thing.
That is sad and I find it surprising. In 2005, I was still a full on 'drank the Kool-Aid' warmonger. To think less than half of the true 'warrior class, 11B, the essence of boots on ground--those who had actually worn the uniform, been indoctrinated, saluted the flag--that less than half of them would show up amazes me.
I guess this is more of reflection of my naiveté. It wouldn't have occurred to me to not show up. It wouldn't have crossed my mind, I have so bought into our pre-woke, patriotic/traditional view of our county. As much as I might have been a 'rule breaker'/unconventional thinker inside the military--at the core I'm a rule follower. I think that is why COVID/Afghanistan hurts--present tense--so much.
When I was upset with not getting promoted, I eventually had to write a gratitude list to stop pouting. "Opportunity to go to war" was on my list. While I was never a hunter nor a gun owner, I watched "Red Dawn" numerous times in high school. And like possibly 70% of the GenX men who watched that screamed "Wolverines!!!" at some point afterward and fantasized about fighting for our country.
Long tangental rant, but that just blows me away. Thank GOD Trump won and we can begin to try to move back towards the country we all love.
That, maybe, and many people these days have this oversized sense of entitlement.
My dad who did 2 tours in Vietnam and lost half his "brothers" was disgusted by the feminization in the military. He actually ranted about it up until the day he died.
Hadn't thought about the low-T, but maybe. The feminization is ubiquitous in our culture by now, not just in the military. Your dad likely witnessed some of the beginnings of it before it swept through our entire country/culture.
I use to teach classes that had many recently duscharged service members. The navy veterans told stories that when a long deployment became in the wind, that - magically - a number of the lady sailors would get pregnant. Thus avoiding the ship's deployment. Many of my students were bitter.
I initially misread your post. I understood that 'after long deployments, the female sailors got pregnant...'
I can see both happening. There was an officer I worked with who had 5 or 6 children--and was obviously not deployable for long stretches with those children.
I heard about her before I met her from similar scuttlebutt about 'she's always pregnant before AT (annual training--this is all before the wars). I don't think she ever did deploy for combat, was pretty senior by the time we got into the fray and she was never assigned to a deployable unit. Stayed at HQ.
I don't really have an opinion, her actions never impacted me, but I remember how some people talked about her.
I retired in 2015, cannot believe it has been a decade! I don't know when it began. Must have started under Obama--remember the turd Bradley Manning? This is exactly why we suspend access to classified information when someone admits to gender dysphoric beliefs/thoughts.
The IC no longer trusts you. Why/how is this controversial? I think Obama pardoned this turd. Insane.
This started in earnest under Clinton. That was when senior staff ncos would gather upball the non ncos and have a little pow wow where the non rates were told that they did not have to use the chain of command ifbthey had issues they felt us ncos could handle properly. I was even told once when I did have to run one up the flag pole for insubordination that he was having issues at homedue to his girlfriend. At that same time my ex wife had documented post partum depression where I had to leave work at any given time to rake care of our children due to her notbbeing able to get out of bed. Which caused me to receive two formal reprimand by my first sausage for conduct unbecoming. That really pissed me off and realized there was no way I would reenlist if this was happening which it was Corps wide. When the directive came down and first and major sausages started back dooring staff and regular ncos of the chain of command while holding Feet against it in 1996/1997 there were 10000 billets of 0311 sergeants open alone. Meaning 10000 Marine rifleman sergeants told the corps to piss off. Essentially the entire USMC cadre of sergeants left just those two years alone when prior you would have under 1000 separate.
If you are a civilian and you have a mental health diagnosis of any kind, from PTSD to Phobias, you are not allowed to purchase a firearm. Yet, a diagnosis of gender dysphoria and applying for a sex change doesn't get you kicked out of the military? What gives?
Why should a mentally ill soldier get to stay in and get handed a million-dollar weapons system?
This is not quite true--the question on the 4473 is "Have you ever been adjudicated as a mental defective OR have you ever been committed to a mental institution?" I have been diagnosed with depression in the past and own many firearms. Not even sure if "mental defective" is PC term anymore, lol.
So . . . of all the *medical* reasons you can be ineligible for service, the need to constantly be on hormones that sabotage your health while needing to seek regular medical help for a fake vagina or a fake penis . . . is not a reason you can't serve in the military.
I'd say that Joe nee Janet with their fake phallic appendage that doesn't actually allow them to urinate so they're getting constant infections from the catheterizing probably isn't bringing a lot to the table and could, if I were being really uncharitable, be considered worse than dead weight, especially in a combat situation.
I know this seems off topic, but the whole thing is ridiculous. The fact that they can't count the "transgender" soldiers. The fact that we think that someone who is made sicker by using opposite sex hormones or having surgeries that alter their bodies in ways that cause infections and need constant care because they want to cosmetically resemble the opposite sex should be allowed to remain in the military drawing a salary from taxpayers for a job they can't possibly do, unless it's to be a walking "Hate Has No Home Here" sign for the US Armed Forces.
The defending Transexual rights was never meant to be altruistic. It was always to invent and promote a nonexistent social issue with the intent to sow division, ruin moral, and foster resentment among the ranks.
Damn you sound like an authentic journalist. The kind who used to write for the WSJ back in the day. Or even my hometown paper the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin. Journalism used to be a noble profession.
If someone in the military is trying to actively change their gender via hormones and/or surgeries, then they're not in top physical condition and the military is not for them.
However, common sense has gone out the window and few are asking what the function of a military is and the kind of soldiers needed.
The actual number of trans service members is not really the issue. That it’s even allowed is a more serious issue. That the Services spend so much energy, effort, money, and brain power is even more serious. That they engage in institutionalized and approved lying about it is the most serious. However Serious, it’s not surprising given their level of dishonesty, cowardice, and outright lies during the COVID DeathVaxx Mandate debacle. These are the signs of a dying regime.
The actual number is important as a sign of political manipulation. If there are a few hundred trans servicemembers, and they're mostly non-deployable and non-warriors, then the operational disruption caused by their removal would be minimal. But if the armed forces knowingly allow the constant misstatement in the public sphere, the recitation of the "at least 15,000" claim, allowing the false representation of operational danger to stand, then government officials are participating in manipulative fakery. The military is participating in a fraudulent discourse by allowing the fake number to be repeated when they know it's fake.
Chris, I agree it’s important. It’s just not the most important part of the problem. Allowing the fake number to be repeated when they know it’s fake is more important. (See my reply above about my own Naval service.)
As a Naval Academy grad (‘77)and former Naval Officer (until 1990) I clearly remember the ONE THING continuously stressed was NOT LYING. On the first day at USNA they taught us about the Honor Code. Repetitively and endlessly we were taught “If you lie, people die.” As a fighter pilot you could survive breaking the flight regulations… you’d be punished but would live to fly another day… unless you lied about breaking the rules. Lie about it and you were gone. It’s gut wrenching and powerfully sad to know that ethos has died and to see the blatant non-stop lying. What have we become?
The military as an institution problem stemming directly from the flag officers apparent personal lack of accountability and lack of integrity period. Those two topics are grounds for immediate dismissal period. I remember that those two topics are the foundations of our code of ethics and everything g is built upon them period. That the flag corps has abandoned all accountability and integrity is sickening. Even Col. North held up his end during the contra hearings. Righteous wrong he took accountability for what he was involved with. Now none of the perfumed princes would dare to fall on their dildos since swords would be using toxic masculinity words.
If a fully transitioned person is fit to serve- physically and mentally- fine, but this quasi- bullshit is wrong. As is enlisting solely to receive surgery.
Israel and Australia have allowed transgenders to serve for years, but they must meet the same requirements as every other soldier. They do not receive any special treatment. Nor is there “ DEI” training. Either you’re a soldier or not. Israelis receive the most rigorous training globally, including Krav Maga. They cannot even the slightest flaw. They have enough to contend with. Thing is, there are very few people who qualify as transgender.
What’s been done to our military is despicable.Deliberate. It’s a ploy to institute a permanent draft, male and female. A global one world police state under martial law
When we consider the societies of Israel and Switzerland and compare them to America, it is clear that all physically fit young people should serve their country in some manner. I was not a happy draftee during the Vietnam War, but I learned discipline and gun control. These are two things that every American should have.
Charles, Israel is the size of New Jersey, every household in Switzerland is required to have a rifle in possession and trained in its use as a prophylactic in the event of invasion. Most unfortunately for Israel, every day comes with the threat of annihilation.
I too, believe every American should have skin in the game, but Americans should also have a say in who we’re going to war with, why and how it will impact us. Unfortunately, we provoke and invade nations that are not in our best interest, but in the self interests of those profiting from them and not only do we not win, but lose our national treasure- our children and spouses. We kill countless thousands of civilians in nations whose culture is antithetical to ours and force ours on them where it was never wanted . And then the entire region explodes and turns its attention on us.
I the past several decades post ‘Nam, we’ve invaded Irag, Afghanistan, Somalia, Syria, Libya, Ukraine, Niger, Egypt,etc- continuously provoked Russia, funded the most virulent nations and for what? Somebody is benefitting and it isn’t “ We The People”.
Every time we embark on another “ adventure” in the Middle East and Africa, Israel bears the brunt of the retaliation and Islamist terrorism metastasizes globally. And of course, Israel is blamed. Yet the single nation that is the epicenter of terror, the nation whose leadership is hated by its people- Iran- is the only one we leave intact. And it is the nation whose people we screwed over that was modern , secular and an ally. Pre-Ayatollah Iran. The decision made by Dhimmi Carter and “ Zig” Brezinski to back the Marxist/Islamist pal of Osama Bin-Laden, Khomeini. Who had been expelled from every country he set foot in and was hiding out in Pakistan ( sound familiar?) before leading his savage revolution in Iran. Imagine, he wasn’t even Iranian. But Bin-Laden was Saudi Arabian. He was Turkish.
Traditionally, America invaded foreign nations to steal their resources. More recently, we have established a puppet regime in Ukraine to benefit the Biden Crime Syndicate. It seems that our main product in the USA is the creation of weapons, ammunition, and spies. And the people have no say in what the rapacious military/industrial complex has decided to do. We live under the thumb of a power-hungry gang of perverts and, without a functioning leader in the White House, I would not be surprised if Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and even Cuba choose to pounce before January 20, 2025.
I wish I didn't live so close to Oak Ridge: that is a natural target.
Somalia where i was during America's tucking theirbtail and running away from savage Africans while whimp bring was all about the yellow cake uranium the Clinton's were selling to the highest bidders. Apparently the uranium deposits unther thebgroundninnsomalia are number three in the world as far as amount are concerned after the ones in Russia and the US. Our involvement there was to try and fully Somalian into giving us sole access to them instead of selling them toothed highest bidder
this is complete and utter bullshit! there aren't that many "transgender" people in the entire world and any who exist certainly wouldn't gravitate towards the military, which, let's face it, is really the provence of high testosterone straight males. gay men and trannies want to be hair dressers, dancers and interior designers. any transgender "soldiers" in the military are activists in disguise and are just there to stir up trouble. the military will be just fine without them; recruitment will probably go up once the rainbows and pronouns are gone.
This makes me think of that great old Monty Python sketch in which Eric Idle’s character asks the military recruiter played by Graham Chapman if he can join an army unit that allows him to work with fabrics and create new concepts in interior design.
You're not wrong, but may I add another factor which explains it?
People with the type of personality (disorders) most common among those who call themselves queer, gay, trans, et cetera want to project power and dominate others, to make themselves feel better, their underlying anxiety and feeling of not fitting in being sublimated into domineering others.
And since they lack any ability to actually dominate through normal means: competence, being a good example to others, deeds, or really anything tangible and objectively measurable, they instead try to dominate via "soft" methods:
Moralism, scolding, playing the victim, and using emotional blackmail.
And that is why they gravitate to whichever arena they haven't yet come to dominate and destroy. They cannot help but doing it, and since actors used to rank lower than night-soil collectors and knackermen, acting is where they tended to gravitate towards until the 1950s, when they started to try and change all of society under the guise of demanding equal rights.
Personal observation:
I have yet to see one single cause for equal rights, that actually demand equality before the law, the only true measure of equal rights.
"I have yet to see one single cause for equal rights, that actually demand equality before the law, the only true measure of equal rights."
Strongly agree, R. In many jurisdictions members of the numerous designated victim groups have long since achieved full "equality before the law".
But that equality does not seem to be enough. They appear to want society to not only support their sad pathology, in every sense of "support"; but to actually adopt every twisted kink. "Drag Queen story hour" for kindergarteners for example.
Much of the screaming for "rights" is purely performative - "Look at me. Me. ME!".
Exactly - my old go-to example when debating with colleagues and students was piloting:
"I am, for several reasons, unsuitable as a pilot. But if I claim being able to become a pilot is a right, or else I'm being discriminated against, then what follows logically is that how airplanes and helicopters are designed as well as air traffic safety et cetera must all be changed to accommodate my right. Does that sound reasonable, justifiable or anything suchlike to you?"
Obviously, the answer was always "No". From there it was quite easy to demonstrate that you can't call something a "right" willy-nilly. Some things are earned privileges, some things are rights, and some things are based on ability and competition. "Everyone gets to step up to bat, but everything beyond that is down to the individual" - in Swedish I'd use something else than baseball, of course.
It became very clear with the younger crop of "diagnosis-children" (rather: lax and incompetent parents). They demanded their "rights" be catered to. I responded:
"If you are to be equal to all others when it comes to rights and such, then you must also be equal to all others in duty and in adhering to societal norms and laws; if you instead demand those duties be waived due to your diagnosis making it impossible for you to conform to those, then you cannot be granted equal rights since you lack the ability to respect those same rights when it pertains to others"
Many a heated argument was had over that. But that's the funny thing with working with HFAs: speak logically coherent, and speak truth, and they will understand and acquiesce unless they can construct a superior logically coherent and consistent argument for their own position.
Very different from normal students/people, who will most often resort to what amounts to "Because I wanna!", logic-wise.
Your post reminds me of Heinlein's idea of adjusting society in Starship Troopers which everyone misinterpreted as a human vs alien adventure storybwhen it was Heinlein's argument for a society built on being a citizen via the privilege through serving one's nation.
Will re-read Starship Troopers, for about the 62nd time, in the New Year.
I have used that book, among other Heinlein titles, for decades, to remind myself that the person I was then still believed in duty, patriotism, and civic pride.
i spent this weekend with my very first real estate agent who brokered the NYC apartment i bought in 1994. he stayed a couple of nights in 2022 on his way to florida and, while he was flamboyant and eccentric and drank too much alcohol, he was within the the bounds of normalcy.
this time, i would say he was full blown psychotic! the paranoid delusions of grandeur were flying fast and furious. shouting and crying and overly explicit sex talk! no impulse control. definitely some substance abuse and not taking his meds while traveling. going to bed really early and waking up every two hours for a smoke on the front porch. it was harrowing. our cats hid under the bed for 2 days. he left early in the morning before we were awake. i watched him packing and leaving on our security camera videos. thank god!
i had many deja vu moments where his completely inappropriate behavior harkened back to others i have known who have crossed the line from eccentric but sane to certifiable insanity, one with a suicidal ending. 3 were homosexual men and one was a female employee of mine. i can think of 2 or 3 others (gay men) who have the potential under the right circumstances.
it occurs to me that what you said about "dominate by 'soft' methods" applies in equal measure to women and i do believe that the psychosis we see in our politics today is the result of too many women in inappropriate positions of power. why the hell was the head of the secret service a woman anyway? sloped roofs indeed!
i wonder if people who marry and raise children in "conventional" relationships are more tethered to reality. as gay men lose their looks, it's over for them unless they are rich enough to buy sex. i'm generalizing here and i know gay men who identify first and foremost as successful composers, artists, and performers. i don't feel that they are in danger of losing their grip on reality. but for men who trade only superficialities, the guys who march in pride parades wearing chaps and codpieces, as they age they tend to lose their minds. as do ageing women who were formerly able to rely on their youth and beauty.
when you work in professional theater, as i did for 3+ decades, you interact with a higher than average percentage of gay men. i always said that i used my psychology degree every day in my dealings with kooks, delicate personalities and fragile egos, even as a costume maker.
and yes, what you said about equal rights- we already have equal rights but the progressive movement needs to constantly move towards progress. there is no end point. these people want superior rights, they want in your face rights, they want revenge rights, they want corrupt your children rights. i once heard andrew tate say "they're not going to have any children, so they want to fuck yours." that seemed as good a summation as any.
Your real estate agent certainly displayed all the signs of chemical-induced (Cocaine) psychosis. I've seen it many times, in my youth. I'd recommend never being alone with him from here on out, since he may well become dangerous to himself and others, seeing as he seems unable to handle his medication and stay off the blow.
"move towards progress" - exactly, so well summed up! Which logically impossible, which sets of depressive/manic-behaviours seeking to compensate for dissatisfaction with self and reality. As the man sang:
"I want it all, and I want it now" - the mental maturity of the 0-2 year old.
that's so funny. he just texted me this morning, suggesting coming here to stay for 2 nights on his way back to ohio. i made some excuse. so your warning is perfectly timed.
he did talk about his old cocaine addiction while he was here.
at one point, he wanted a drink and needed fruit juice. all i had was freshly squeezed lemon juice which i keep to pour a splash into my kombucha. he asked if he could use it and i warned him it was very sour. i thought he would just take a small amount but he poured almost a cup into a large glass (i was pretty pissed off) and then proceeded to dump vodka over it, rendering the lemon juice unusable by me (i have never had any alcohol, cigarettes or coffee in my 71 year old life!) when it proved undrinkable.
he poured it down the sink drain!
he proceeded to try again, this time using my homemade cranberry sauce, the rest of the vodka and a ton of ice. he kept muttering "beggars can't be choosers" and "what can i do? i have to work with what i've got."
meanwhile, i was heating up thanksgiving leftovers for dinner (with only the bit of cranberry sauce that remained). there's no way we could take him to any of our fine local restaurants- not if we ever wanted to eat there again!
he drank a bit of his potion and left the glass, with ice melting, on the kitchen table. by morning it was gone so he either drank it during the night or tossed it down the drain.
he had gone out earlier in search of cigarettes and was too impatient to wait while we wrote directions for him. john offered to drive him to the store but that wasn't good enough apparently. he kept saying "no one is helping me" and john kept saying "i would have driven him there."
he got hopelessly lost and ended up at a hotel where he paid a maintenance guy $20.00 for a cheap cigar. on the security videos, we can see him outside at 2:00am and then at 3:00am to have a few puffs.
earlier that afternoon, he had tossed a few hundred dollars in john's lap, asking us to find him a driver for an hour so that he could take some pictures around town. we gave him the number of a limo company and they hung up on him (wonder why?) so he drove himself.
he comes from a large prominent family. the patriarch died a year ago and the will has been settled, with each of his 5 siblings getting $1.5 million and him being put on an allowance of $7000 a month. he's very bitter about it but they are obviously trying to protect him from himself! i can imagine it wouldn't take him but a few months to blow through the entire $1.5 million.
he is very obviously filled with self loathing that swings over wildly to self-aggrandizement, ashamed and boastful of his substance abuse and his homosexuality, resentful of his upstanding family.
it was not a weekend i'd want to repeat anytime soon!
Do any of the sane service members really want to serve in combat with a person that's trying to solve problems between their ears with surgery between their legs?
Carlin had it right:
"When you're born into this world, you're given a ticket to a freak show. And when you're born in America, you're given a front-row seat"
True. It seems Carlin was (almost) always right.
Carlin was a raging leftist
For his day.
His politics would put him center today
disagree. He was, in fact, ahead of his time with the anti-white vitriol. Talked crap on white people all the time. If he were alive today he would have tds. He may not go along with some of the crazier leftist ideas, but he would counter signal every chance he got to keep in the good graces of the left.
The entire sleight of hand of transgenderism is that it refuses to be subjected to any external definition, so that it can slip through any means of measurement. You will have those who say "transitioning" is not a criterion for being transgender, and others who say the opposite. Its power over society is that it will morph into whatever allows its cult enforcers to cry-bully someone they want to dominate. 15,000 or 1 million, it doesn't matter because the cultural power to evade facts is part of the plan. Cults can be extremely harmful to the health of a society, and this particular cult is among the worst.
Advanced Calvinball
The military was one of the last symbols of a “real” man, therefore it had to be degraded and humiliated and made into a mockery of its original purpose.
Instead of a tool to be used in emergency for the protection of the nation it now looks like a school yard where we can learn that we can all be winners even if we are confused about what sex we are.
A big part of the paraphilia for men who identify as trans is to place themselves in a traditional surrounding, and then in the most sexist way, humiliate themselves by trying to express exaggerated femininity to the traditional gendered world. Self hatred expressed as fetish. They call it a human rights issue for the sole reason that they demand we pay attention to them. The paraphilia is insatiable that way. Too bad so many well meaning people have not understood how they've been tricked.
This is the solution--trumpet to everyone that this is about the male orgasm--watch support dry up as people realize how sordid it all is.
See "The Last Detail", with Jack Nicholson. It´s all about degradation, humiliation and mockery. Also loyalty, friendship and honor.
…the gap between 45-ish a year and 15,000 seems to be…a little questionable…”
Chris: as usual, you don’t grasp the modern reality. 😂
While 62 is the mandatory retirement age for all enlisted, warrant, and commissioned members below flag rank (64 for flag officers), there are discretionary exceptions. Trans members are the most prominent example due to their exceptional lethality as war fighters and their extraordinary longevity:
15K members @ 45 a year means the oldest joined the military 333 yrs ago. I’m somewhat dubious that the British Army or Navy was conducting sex-based amputations in 1691. I AM impressed that a 333 year old soldier or sailor can pass the annual physical training test.
A perfectly logical explanation!
So, I can live to 333 , at least, as long as I wear a dress? Can I keep all my parts, and call it a kilt?
I think the longevity derives from wearing camo (or the British redcoat) while sticking one’s external protuberances into a Cuisinart. (This was problematic for the first 282 yrs, as the Cuisinart only became available in 1973.)
😂🤣
First of all, today’s journalist aren’t journalists. They are paid propagandists. Secondly, it doesn’t matter how many transgender people quit the armed forces in the future due to the end of DEI. That number will pale by comparison to the number of people that will sign up for the military once the DEI nonsense is gone.
Poor Klinger just wanted out of the war. Today he'd get a promotion.
There was an episode where the Army psychiatrist—Sydney, if memory serves—offers Klinger a discharge if he says he’s a homosexual. Klinger proudly refuses. Whatever—it was a very funny show for the first several years. The point of Klinger is that a man dressed as a woman is a guaranteed laugh. Always will be.
Monty Python understood this!
I sent a clip of “The Lumberjack Song” to my trans (autogynephiliac) brother and he told me it was a hate crime.
Yup. Using the ‘hate’ trope. Sure has gotten stale.
And Kids in the Hall.
Kids in the Hall were masters of drag—even better than (dare I say it?) Python!
Agreed. Dave Foley, in particular when he was young, could *really* pull off drag well. I remember seeing him in drag in sketches in the earlier seasons and thinking, damn....:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/dave-foley-in-drag--532269249726018504/
Yeah—and his voice was great too!
His character really became deracinated when Radar left and it became the Alan Alda Sermon Show.
Everything went downhilll when Colonel Blake died in the plane crash.
Not for the cast of the show. Maclean Stevenson was a first-rate diva and pain in the ass. They killed the character off so he couldn't even come whining back to the show for a cameo, since he never had another significant role.
Interesting!
I saw that episode, with the rest of the 11 year series. I remreminded many people of that episode this past decade when the guys and trans narcissists were constantly in the news. And remember it is a comic sight, as it should be, to see men in women's clothing.
For me, the question to ask of SPARTA Pride is:
"Neither the services nor the DoD will give out the number. So where are you getting yours from?"
Who will build the next Gaza pier if all the trannies are kicked out? This is a serious national security matter!
They might work as good flotation devices with those implants.
I mean wasn't it supposed to be a floating pier?
Maybe an actual engineer? Just saying.
Ableist!
I prefer the term Realist, as in I live in the real world, not on X.
What's to stop a mentally ill soldier from fragging his CO when the CO confiscates his panty hose?
"inflict the maximum amount of wounds, death, and destruction on the enemy in the minimum time" George S Patton
Forget the CO CONFISCATING a sailor’s panty hose. How about WEARING another sailor’s panty hose???
Maybe we should keep Admiral Levine around to answer such questions.
In 2004 my MI company had to send one platoon to Iraq. I get an email from one of the Soldiers, "...my VA doc says I'm non-deployable."
I answer, "We have our own docs in the Army. Come to drill or I will send the Sheriff."
A couple of weeks later, my 1SG sends me another email with an attachment...basically, "Sir, I think we're going to need to find a replacement for _____."
The Soldier's attached email was truly insane. It read, "...something I've struggled with my entire life...so, uh, um, er...uh, so, I'm a girl."
My initial thought (seriously) was, "How the Fbomb did you make it through MEPS?" (Military Entrance Processing Command...where we duckwalk, bend over and spread them, and many other humiliating physical atrocities to become a member of the Armed Forces.)
This kid was tossed for Gender Dysphoria within 2 weeks. Seriously, have never seen a personnel action acted upon so quickly.
I was pissed because I wanted to make him pay back his GI Bill.
Here is something no one talks about--the moment he made this admission, I had to suspend his access to classified data. He was immediately non-deployable--you cannot deploy in an intelligence role without a clearance.
The number of policies and procedures that must have been changed (and while many were probably bureaucratic BS--many were also soberly designed to protect our lethality, our combat effectiveness, our readiness) to accommodate this tiny group of people.
RUN PETE RUN!!!! We need a warrior as SECDEF.
bsn
In 2005 I was called up in a group of 200 11-B soldiers from the IRR, for 545 days of active duty for OIF, with orders to report to Fort Benning for inprocessing and assignment. Of the 200 called, maybe 100 were standing in front of the Columbus airport on the required arrival date. Of that group, a REMARKABLE number turned out to have newly acquired debilitating injuries. If only they had known that "I'm a girl" was a thing.
That is sad and I find it surprising. In 2005, I was still a full on 'drank the Kool-Aid' warmonger. To think less than half of the true 'warrior class, 11B, the essence of boots on ground--those who had actually worn the uniform, been indoctrinated, saluted the flag--that less than half of them would show up amazes me.
I guess this is more of reflection of my naiveté. It wouldn't have occurred to me to not show up. It wouldn't have crossed my mind, I have so bought into our pre-woke, patriotic/traditional view of our county. As much as I might have been a 'rule breaker'/unconventional thinker inside the military--at the core I'm a rule follower. I think that is why COVID/Afghanistan hurts--present tense--so much.
When I was upset with not getting promoted, I eventually had to write a gratitude list to stop pouting. "Opportunity to go to war" was on my list. While I was never a hunter nor a gun owner, I watched "Red Dawn" numerous times in high school. And like possibly 70% of the GenX men who watched that screamed "Wolverines!!!" at some point afterward and fantasized about fighting for our country.
Long tangental rant, but that just blows me away. Thank GOD Trump won and we can begin to try to move back towards the country we all love.
bsn
Could be the 70 year decline in testosterone?
That, maybe, and many people these days have this oversized sense of entitlement.
My dad who did 2 tours in Vietnam and lost half his "brothers" was disgusted by the feminization in the military. He actually ranted about it up until the day he died.
Ryan,
Hadn't thought about the low-T, but maybe. The feminization is ubiquitous in our culture by now, not just in the military. Your dad likely witnessed some of the beginnings of it before it swept through our entire country/culture.
bsn
I use to teach classes that had many recently duscharged service members. The navy veterans told stories that when a long deployment became in the wind, that - magically - a number of the lady sailors would get pregnant. Thus avoiding the ship's deployment. Many of my students were bitter.
Richard,
I initially misread your post. I understood that 'after long deployments, the female sailors got pregnant...'
I can see both happening. There was an officer I worked with who had 5 or 6 children--and was obviously not deployable for long stretches with those children.
I heard about her before I met her from similar scuttlebutt about 'she's always pregnant before AT (annual training--this is all before the wars). I don't think she ever did deploy for combat, was pretty senior by the time we got into the fray and she was never assigned to a deployable unit. Stayed at HQ.
I don't really have an opinion, her actions never impacted me, but I remember how some people talked about her.
bsn
*discharged*
This is fascinating Brian. I'm not sure when you retired, but when did this nonsense start creeping into the military?
Was it during Obamas reign and accelerated during Biden’s?
I retired in 2015, cannot believe it has been a decade! I don't know when it began. Must have started under Obama--remember the turd Bradley Manning? This is exactly why we suspend access to classified information when someone admits to gender dysphoric beliefs/thoughts.
The IC no longer trusts you. Why/how is this controversial? I think Obama pardoned this turd. Insane.
bsn
This started in earnest under Clinton. That was when senior staff ncos would gather upball the non ncos and have a little pow wow where the non rates were told that they did not have to use the chain of command ifbthey had issues they felt us ncos could handle properly. I was even told once when I did have to run one up the flag pole for insubordination that he was having issues at homedue to his girlfriend. At that same time my ex wife had documented post partum depression where I had to leave work at any given time to rake care of our children due to her notbbeing able to get out of bed. Which caused me to receive two formal reprimand by my first sausage for conduct unbecoming. That really pissed me off and realized there was no way I would reenlist if this was happening which it was Corps wide. When the directive came down and first and major sausages started back dooring staff and regular ncos of the chain of command while holding Feet against it in 1996/1997 there were 10000 billets of 0311 sergeants open alone. Meaning 10000 Marine rifleman sergeants told the corps to piss off. Essentially the entire USMC cadre of sergeants left just those two years alone when prior you would have under 1000 separate.
If you are a civilian and you have a mental health diagnosis of any kind, from PTSD to Phobias, you are not allowed to purchase a firearm. Yet, a diagnosis of gender dysphoria and applying for a sex change doesn't get you kicked out of the military? What gives?
Why should a mentally ill soldier get to stay in and get handed a million-dollar weapons system?
This is not quite true--the question on the 4473 is "Have you ever been adjudicated as a mental defective OR have you ever been committed to a mental institution?" I have been diagnosed with depression in the past and own many firearms. Not even sure if "mental defective" is PC term anymore, lol.
Increasing the number of available sex partners. Always the Prime Directive.
Bingo. Men like to fv*k whether they're gay or not...lol
So . . . of all the *medical* reasons you can be ineligible for service, the need to constantly be on hormones that sabotage your health while needing to seek regular medical help for a fake vagina or a fake penis . . . is not a reason you can't serve in the military.
I'd say that Joe nee Janet with their fake phallic appendage that doesn't actually allow them to urinate so they're getting constant infections from the catheterizing probably isn't bringing a lot to the table and could, if I were being really uncharitable, be considered worse than dead weight, especially in a combat situation.
I know this seems off topic, but the whole thing is ridiculous. The fact that they can't count the "transgender" soldiers. The fact that we think that someone who is made sicker by using opposite sex hormones or having surgeries that alter their bodies in ways that cause infections and need constant care because they want to cosmetically resemble the opposite sex should be allowed to remain in the military drawing a salary from taxpayers for a job they can't possibly do, unless it's to be a walking "Hate Has No Home Here" sign for the US Armed Forces.
This is so very good point. Great comment
X1,000.
We both know this is a dodge. There are less than 800.
I said last week that I thought the number that would be affected by a trans ban would be "in the low 100s."
https://chrisbray.substack.com/p/about-the-supposedly-devastating
Exactly.
There's probably only 15,000 in entire US.
The defending Transexual rights was never meant to be altruistic. It was always to invent and promote a nonexistent social issue with the intent to sow division, ruin moral, and foster resentment among the ranks.
Damn you sound like an authentic journalist. The kind who used to write for the WSJ back in the day. Or even my hometown paper the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin. Journalism used to be a noble profession.
If someone in the military is trying to actively change their gender via hormones and/or surgeries, then they're not in top physical condition and the military is not for them.
However, common sense has gone out the window and few are asking what the function of a military is and the kind of soldiers needed.
The function of the US military is to promote equity, same way FEMA’s mission of equity is more important than providing actual disaster help.
…And to teach those citizens that display Trump 2024 yard signs a lesson.
The actual number of trans service members is not really the issue. That it’s even allowed is a more serious issue. That the Services spend so much energy, effort, money, and brain power is even more serious. That they engage in institutionalized and approved lying about it is the most serious. However Serious, it’s not surprising given their level of dishonesty, cowardice, and outright lies during the COVID DeathVaxx Mandate debacle. These are the signs of a dying regime.
The actual number is important as a sign of political manipulation. If there are a few hundred trans servicemembers, and they're mostly non-deployable and non-warriors, then the operational disruption caused by their removal would be minimal. But if the armed forces knowingly allow the constant misstatement in the public sphere, the recitation of the "at least 15,000" claim, allowing the false representation of operational danger to stand, then government officials are participating in manipulative fakery. The military is participating in a fraudulent discourse by allowing the fake number to be repeated when they know it's fake.
Chris, I agree it’s important. It’s just not the most important part of the problem. Allowing the fake number to be repeated when they know it’s fake is more important. (See my reply above about my own Naval service.)
As a Naval Academy grad (‘77)and former Naval Officer (until 1990) I clearly remember the ONE THING continuously stressed was NOT LYING. On the first day at USNA they taught us about the Honor Code. Repetitively and endlessly we were taught “If you lie, people die.” As a fighter pilot you could survive breaking the flight regulations… you’d be punished but would live to fly another day… unless you lied about breaking the rules. Lie about it and you were gone. It’s gut wrenching and powerfully sad to know that ethos has died and to see the blatant non-stop lying. What have we become?
The military as an institution problem stemming directly from the flag officers apparent personal lack of accountability and lack of integrity period. Those two topics are grounds for immediate dismissal period. I remember that those two topics are the foundations of our code of ethics and everything g is built upon them period. That the flag corps has abandoned all accountability and integrity is sickening. Even Col. North held up his end during the contra hearings. Righteous wrong he took accountability for what he was involved with. Now none of the perfumed princes would dare to fall on their dildos since swords would be using toxic masculinity words.
If a fully transitioned person is fit to serve- physically and mentally- fine, but this quasi- bullshit is wrong. As is enlisting solely to receive surgery.
Israel and Australia have allowed transgenders to serve for years, but they must meet the same requirements as every other soldier. They do not receive any special treatment. Nor is there “ DEI” training. Either you’re a soldier or not. Israelis receive the most rigorous training globally, including Krav Maga. They cannot even the slightest flaw. They have enough to contend with. Thing is, there are very few people who qualify as transgender.
What’s been done to our military is despicable.Deliberate. It’s a ploy to institute a permanent draft, male and female. A global one world police state under martial law
When we consider the societies of Israel and Switzerland and compare them to America, it is clear that all physically fit young people should serve their country in some manner. I was not a happy draftee during the Vietnam War, but I learned discipline and gun control. These are two things that every American should have.
Charles, Israel is the size of New Jersey, every household in Switzerland is required to have a rifle in possession and trained in its use as a prophylactic in the event of invasion. Most unfortunately for Israel, every day comes with the threat of annihilation.
I too, believe every American should have skin in the game, but Americans should also have a say in who we’re going to war with, why and how it will impact us. Unfortunately, we provoke and invade nations that are not in our best interest, but in the self interests of those profiting from them and not only do we not win, but lose our national treasure- our children and spouses. We kill countless thousands of civilians in nations whose culture is antithetical to ours and force ours on them where it was never wanted . And then the entire region explodes and turns its attention on us.
I the past several decades post ‘Nam, we’ve invaded Irag, Afghanistan, Somalia, Syria, Libya, Ukraine, Niger, Egypt,etc- continuously provoked Russia, funded the most virulent nations and for what? Somebody is benefitting and it isn’t “ We The People”.
Every time we embark on another “ adventure” in the Middle East and Africa, Israel bears the brunt of the retaliation and Islamist terrorism metastasizes globally. And of course, Israel is blamed. Yet the single nation that is the epicenter of terror, the nation whose leadership is hated by its people- Iran- is the only one we leave intact. And it is the nation whose people we screwed over that was modern , secular and an ally. Pre-Ayatollah Iran. The decision made by Dhimmi Carter and “ Zig” Brezinski to back the Marxist/Islamist pal of Osama Bin-Laden, Khomeini. Who had been expelled from every country he set foot in and was hiding out in Pakistan ( sound familiar?) before leading his savage revolution in Iran. Imagine, he wasn’t even Iranian. But Bin-Laden was Saudi Arabian. He was Turkish.
Traditionally, America invaded foreign nations to steal their resources. More recently, we have established a puppet regime in Ukraine to benefit the Biden Crime Syndicate. It seems that our main product in the USA is the creation of weapons, ammunition, and spies. And the people have no say in what the rapacious military/industrial complex has decided to do. We live under the thumb of a power-hungry gang of perverts and, without a functioning leader in the White House, I would not be surprised if Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and even Cuba choose to pounce before January 20, 2025.
I wish I didn't live so close to Oak Ridge: that is a natural target.
And who can forget the comic opera invasion of Grenada.
Plus the Glory that was Panama!
Right! How the hell did I let that one slip by?
Somalia where i was during America's tucking theirbtail and running away from savage Africans while whimp bring was all about the yellow cake uranium the Clinton's were selling to the highest bidders. Apparently the uranium deposits unther thebgroundninnsomalia are number three in the world as far as amount are concerned after the ones in Russia and the US. Our involvement there was to try and fully Somalian into giving us sole access to them instead of selling them toothed highest bidder
Absolutely, Charles. Now it is to steal their natural resources and sovereignty. Including our own.
this is complete and utter bullshit! there aren't that many "transgender" people in the entire world and any who exist certainly wouldn't gravitate towards the military, which, let's face it, is really the provence of high testosterone straight males. gay men and trannies want to be hair dressers, dancers and interior designers. any transgender "soldiers" in the military are activists in disguise and are just there to stir up trouble. the military will be just fine without them; recruitment will probably go up once the rainbows and pronouns are gone.
This makes me think of that great old Monty Python sketch in which Eric Idle’s character asks the military recruiter played by Graham Chapman if he can join an army unit that allows him to work with fabrics and create new concepts in interior design.
i LOVE this!
You're not wrong, but may I add another factor which explains it?
People with the type of personality (disorders) most common among those who call themselves queer, gay, trans, et cetera want to project power and dominate others, to make themselves feel better, their underlying anxiety and feeling of not fitting in being sublimated into domineering others.
And since they lack any ability to actually dominate through normal means: competence, being a good example to others, deeds, or really anything tangible and objectively measurable, they instead try to dominate via "soft" methods:
Moralism, scolding, playing the victim, and using emotional blackmail.
And that is why they gravitate to whichever arena they haven't yet come to dominate and destroy. They cannot help but doing it, and since actors used to rank lower than night-soil collectors and knackermen, acting is where they tended to gravitate towards until the 1950s, when they started to try and change all of society under the guise of demanding equal rights.
Personal observation:
I have yet to see one single cause for equal rights, that actually demand equality before the law, the only true measure of equal rights.
"I have yet to see one single cause for equal rights, that actually demand equality before the law, the only true measure of equal rights."
Strongly agree, R. In many jurisdictions members of the numerous designated victim groups have long since achieved full "equality before the law".
But that equality does not seem to be enough. They appear to want society to not only support their sad pathology, in every sense of "support"; but to actually adopt every twisted kink. "Drag Queen story hour" for kindergarteners for example.
Much of the screaming for "rights" is purely performative - "Look at me. Me. ME!".
Exactly - my old go-to example when debating with colleagues and students was piloting:
"I am, for several reasons, unsuitable as a pilot. But if I claim being able to become a pilot is a right, or else I'm being discriminated against, then what follows logically is that how airplanes and helicopters are designed as well as air traffic safety et cetera must all be changed to accommodate my right. Does that sound reasonable, justifiable or anything suchlike to you?"
Obviously, the answer was always "No". From there it was quite easy to demonstrate that you can't call something a "right" willy-nilly. Some things are earned privileges, some things are rights, and some things are based on ability and competition. "Everyone gets to step up to bat, but everything beyond that is down to the individual" - in Swedish I'd use something else than baseball, of course.
It became very clear with the younger crop of "diagnosis-children" (rather: lax and incompetent parents). They demanded their "rights" be catered to. I responded:
"If you are to be equal to all others when it comes to rights and such, then you must also be equal to all others in duty and in adhering to societal norms and laws; if you instead demand those duties be waived due to your diagnosis making it impossible for you to conform to those, then you cannot be granted equal rights since you lack the ability to respect those same rights when it pertains to others"
Many a heated argument was had over that. But that's the funny thing with working with HFAs: speak logically coherent, and speak truth, and they will understand and acquiesce unless they can construct a superior logically coherent and consistent argument for their own position.
Very different from normal students/people, who will most often resort to what amounts to "Because I wanna!", logic-wise.
Your post reminds me of Heinlein's idea of adjusting society in Starship Troopers which everyone misinterpreted as a human vs alien adventure storybwhen it was Heinlein's argument for a society built on being a citizen via the privilege through serving one's nation.
Agree completely JH.
Will re-read Starship Troopers, for about the 62nd time, in the New Year.
I have used that book, among other Heinlein titles, for decades, to remind myself that the person I was then still believed in duty, patriotism, and civic pride.
i spent this weekend with my very first real estate agent who brokered the NYC apartment i bought in 1994. he stayed a couple of nights in 2022 on his way to florida and, while he was flamboyant and eccentric and drank too much alcohol, he was within the the bounds of normalcy.
this time, i would say he was full blown psychotic! the paranoid delusions of grandeur were flying fast and furious. shouting and crying and overly explicit sex talk! no impulse control. definitely some substance abuse and not taking his meds while traveling. going to bed really early and waking up every two hours for a smoke on the front porch. it was harrowing. our cats hid under the bed for 2 days. he left early in the morning before we were awake. i watched him packing and leaving on our security camera videos. thank god!
i had many deja vu moments where his completely inappropriate behavior harkened back to others i have known who have crossed the line from eccentric but sane to certifiable insanity, one with a suicidal ending. 3 were homosexual men and one was a female employee of mine. i can think of 2 or 3 others (gay men) who have the potential under the right circumstances.
it occurs to me that what you said about "dominate by 'soft' methods" applies in equal measure to women and i do believe that the psychosis we see in our politics today is the result of too many women in inappropriate positions of power. why the hell was the head of the secret service a woman anyway? sloped roofs indeed!
i wonder if people who marry and raise children in "conventional" relationships are more tethered to reality. as gay men lose their looks, it's over for them unless they are rich enough to buy sex. i'm generalizing here and i know gay men who identify first and foremost as successful composers, artists, and performers. i don't feel that they are in danger of losing their grip on reality. but for men who trade only superficialities, the guys who march in pride parades wearing chaps and codpieces, as they age they tend to lose their minds. as do ageing women who were formerly able to rely on their youth and beauty.
when you work in professional theater, as i did for 3+ decades, you interact with a higher than average percentage of gay men. i always said that i used my psychology degree every day in my dealings with kooks, delicate personalities and fragile egos, even as a costume maker.
and yes, what you said about equal rights- we already have equal rights but the progressive movement needs to constantly move towards progress. there is no end point. these people want superior rights, they want in your face rights, they want revenge rights, they want corrupt your children rights. i once heard andrew tate say "they're not going to have any children, so they want to fuck yours." that seemed as good a summation as any.
As Ryan said - spot on.
Your real estate agent certainly displayed all the signs of chemical-induced (Cocaine) psychosis. I've seen it many times, in my youth. I'd recommend never being alone with him from here on out, since he may well become dangerous to himself and others, seeing as he seems unable to handle his medication and stay off the blow.
"move towards progress" - exactly, so well summed up! Which logically impossible, which sets of depressive/manic-behaviours seeking to compensate for dissatisfaction with self and reality. As the man sang:
"I want it all, and I want it now" - the mental maturity of the 0-2 year old.
that's so funny. he just texted me this morning, suggesting coming here to stay for 2 nights on his way back to ohio. i made some excuse. so your warning is perfectly timed.
he did talk about his old cocaine addiction while he was here.
at one point, he wanted a drink and needed fruit juice. all i had was freshly squeezed lemon juice which i keep to pour a splash into my kombucha. he asked if he could use it and i warned him it was very sour. i thought he would just take a small amount but he poured almost a cup into a large glass (i was pretty pissed off) and then proceeded to dump vodka over it, rendering the lemon juice unusable by me (i have never had any alcohol, cigarettes or coffee in my 71 year old life!) when it proved undrinkable.
he poured it down the sink drain!
he proceeded to try again, this time using my homemade cranberry sauce, the rest of the vodka and a ton of ice. he kept muttering "beggars can't be choosers" and "what can i do? i have to work with what i've got."
meanwhile, i was heating up thanksgiving leftovers for dinner (with only the bit of cranberry sauce that remained). there's no way we could take him to any of our fine local restaurants- not if we ever wanted to eat there again!
he drank a bit of his potion and left the glass, with ice melting, on the kitchen table. by morning it was gone so he either drank it during the night or tossed it down the drain.
he had gone out earlier in search of cigarettes and was too impatient to wait while we wrote directions for him. john offered to drive him to the store but that wasn't good enough apparently. he kept saying "no one is helping me" and john kept saying "i would have driven him there."
he got hopelessly lost and ended up at a hotel where he paid a maintenance guy $20.00 for a cheap cigar. on the security videos, we can see him outside at 2:00am and then at 3:00am to have a few puffs.
earlier that afternoon, he had tossed a few hundred dollars in john's lap, asking us to find him a driver for an hour so that he could take some pictures around town. we gave him the number of a limo company and they hung up on him (wonder why?) so he drove himself.
he comes from a large prominent family. the patriarch died a year ago and the will has been settled, with each of his 5 siblings getting $1.5 million and him being put on an allowance of $7000 a month. he's very bitter about it but they are obviously trying to protect him from himself! i can imagine it wouldn't take him but a few months to blow through the entire $1.5 million.
he is very obviously filled with self loathing that swings over wildly to self-aggrandizement, ashamed and boastful of his substance abuse and his homosexuality, resentful of his upstanding family.
it was not a weekend i'd want to repeat anytime soon!
Spot on
Gays like the Uniforms. Military service is Cos-play for them.
it's all cos-play until bullets and body parts start flying around.
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