tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7362663422037727028.post1182583081032952985..comments2024-03-25T14:09:25.720-05:00Comments on The Old Jarhead: Old Jarhead's Political SitRep for October 1, 2012Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7362663422037727028.post-47002057745396792782012-10-01T01:28:48.658-05:002012-10-01T01:28:48.658-05:00My change was the loss of the job I had always dre...My change was the loss of the job I had always dreamed of; the hope was that the opportunity would come again before I was too old to seize it.Tom Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00086374513274341471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7362663422037727028.post-17398017112466935252012-10-01T01:09:19.237-05:002012-10-01T01:09:19.237-05:00Re the Queen, who I once missed an opportunity to ...Re the Queen, who I once missed an opportunity to meet in person, I am reminded of a scene in Lord Alan Brooke's diary. During the Blitz, the sirens went off when Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, was visiting Churchill at Downing St. Sarah Churchill, Winston's daughter, was a volunteer at an anti aircraft emplacement, so Sarah Winston and Brooke piled into a car to deliver her. Imagine the John Doe guys at her gun when Sarah pulled up with Dad ( the Prime Minister) and pal (Chief of the Imperial General Staff) arrived to watch the fun. In modern terms imagine if Jenna Bush arrived at a defense position with Dad (Prez Bush) and Colin Powell in tow. What those poor ordinary cusses on the Ack-Ack gun must have thought. Tom Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00086374513274341471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7362663422037727028.post-463691167481302602012-10-01T00:57:32.534-05:002012-10-01T00:57:32.534-05:00How do we file a complaint with the International ...How do we file a complaint with the International Criminal Court overFast and Furious?Tom Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00086374513274341471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7362663422037727028.post-28086309370097368682012-10-01T00:55:26.143-05:002012-10-01T00:55:26.143-05:00I have a friend who is a trust fund baby and has n...I have a friend who is a trust fund baby and has never had to work a day in her life. Yet she thinks she is "poor" because her dad died young and she doesn't have the private jet or houses around the world like the man who stepped up to be her unofficial foster dad. He was a caring neighbor, who happened to be one of the richest men in the world, according to Forbes. <br /><br />When did America transform from a "can do" society to a "gimmie, gimmie, gimmie" society?Tom Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00086374513274341471noreply@blogger.com