[Peace-discuss] They found someone crazier than McChrystal

[C. G. Estabrook]

Not subjunctive: "knows..."

On 7/8/10 10:24 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> Tell her that her father quoted it because he know that the poets often get
> there first.
>
>
> On 7/8/10 9:36 PM, E.Wayne Johnson wrote:
>> Alice wants to know - "How did you know that we were listening to 'Alice's
>> Restaurant' just now ?"
>>
>> (Punctuation by Alice).
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "C. G. Estabrook" <galliher at illinois.edu>
>> To: "E.Wayne Johnson" <ewj at pigs.ag>
>> Cc: "Peace-discuss" <peace-discuss at anti-war.net>
>> Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 10:31 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] They found someone crazier than McChrystal
>>
>>
>>> And we should remember that like McChrystal this maggot was chosen by our
>>> maggot-in-chief. No one made him do it.
>>>
>>> It's pretty silly in these circumstances to pretend we've gained something by
>>> having "civilians, and not the military ... in charge of our defense and
>>> foreign policy decisions.'
>>>
>>> I'm sorry your Alice has to grow up listening to Alice's Restaurant (again).
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7/8/10 9:08 PM, E.Wayne Johnson wrote:
>>>> One of my teachers in vet school used to talk about having a trained maggot
>>>> on a leash.
>>>>
>>>> There really might be one day in a thousand that one could use a maggot like
>>>> this guy. What to do with 'im the other 999 days. I dont think these cats
>>>> sit around quietly and keep it all under their hat like Little Cat Z until
>>>> the time is ripe.
>>>>
>>>> ***
>>>>
>>>> ...And I went up there, I said, "Shrink, I want to kill. I mean, I wanna, I
>>>> wanna kill. Kill. I wanna, I wanna see, I wanna see blood and gore and guts
>>>> and veins in my teeth. Eat dead burnt bodies. I mean kill, Kill, KILL, KILL."
>>>> And I started jumpin up and down yelling, "KILL, KILL," and he started jumpin
>>>> up and down with me and we was both jumping up and down yelling, "KILL,
>>>> KILL." And the sargent came over, pinned a medal on me, sent me down the
>>>> hall, said, "You're our boy." *** ---If you want to end war and stuff you got
>>>> to sing loud.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "C. G. Estabrook" <galliher at illinois.edu>
>>>> To: "Peace-discuss" <peace-discuss at anti-war.net> Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010
>>>> 8:53 AM Subject: [Peace-discuss] They found someone crazier than McChrystal
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Antiwar.com Blog New CentCom Commander: It’s ‘fun to shoot some people’
>>>> Posted: 08 Jul 2010 11:24 AM PDT
>>>>
>>>> General James Mattis was just nominated to fill the post of CentCom
>>>> commander, has his own history of speaking out to the media.
>>>>
>>>> In 2005, Marine Corps General Mattis spoke of the fun he experienced in
>>>> Afghanistan:
>>>>
>>>> “Actually it’s quite fun to fight them, you know. It’s a hell of a hoot,”
>>>> Mattis said, prompting laughter from some military members in the audience.
>>>> “It’s fun to shoot some people. I’ll be right up there with you. I like
>>>> brawling.
>>>>
>>>> “You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years
>>>> because they didn’t wear a veil,” Mattis said. “You know, guys like that
>>>> ain’t got no manhood left anyway. So it’s a hell of a lot of fun to shoot
>>>> them.”
>>>>
>>>> His boss, Marine Corps commandant General Michael Hagee said Mattis should
>>>> have chosen his words more carefully, but defended him, calling him “one of
>>>> this country’s bravest and most experienced military leaders.”:
>>>>
>>>> “Lt. Gen. Mattis often speaks with a great deal of candor.”
>>>>
>>>> “Throughout our history, Marines have given their lives in the defense of
>>>> this nation and human rights around the globe,” Hagee’s statement read.
>>>> “When necessary, this commitment helps to provide us the fortitude to take
>>>> the lives of those who oppress others or threaten this nation’s security.
>>>> This is not something we relish, yet we accept it as a reality in our
>>>> profession of arms.”
>>>>
>>>> Added Marine Gen. Peter Pace, then-vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
>>>> Staff, “The last three times that that general has been in combat, when he
>>>> was leading Marines in Afghanistan and the two times that he led his division
>>>> in Iraq, his actions and those of his troops clearly show that he understands
>>>> the value of proper leadership and the value of human life.”
>>>>
>>>> This is one more illustration of why civilians, and not the military, need to
>>>> be in charge of our defense and foreign policy decisions.
>>>>
>>>> ###
>>>
>>
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