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2013-12-07 -Land of the Free

This Week in Guns, December 7th, 2013

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Posted by badanov 2013-12-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 I have met many officers like this fellow. His writings and excessive free time [to pontificate] betray him. He's more concerned about his next assignment bucket list than the one he currently holds.

The needs of the Army would best be met by his immediate assignment as Chief, Directorate of Mothballed Reactors, Fort Greely, AK.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-12-07 03:13|| 2013-12-07 03:13|| Front Page Top

#2 ..but if you're playing the promotion game, it marks him as 'politically reliable' for selection. The term 'careerist' is a suitable term, along with 'bootlicker' and 'brownnoser'. The simple reply is provided in the textual means of change -

Article V -

The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate.

Of course, if you know you do not have the political capital to make such a change, you seek other un-Constitutional means.

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-12-07 10:20|| 2013-12-07 10:20|| Front Page Top

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