tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post5205312984581510773..comments2024-03-28T13:07:28.301-05:00Comments on Althouse: At the Circus Bear Café...Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30511958767864043242013-02-25T00:21:14.321-06:002013-02-25T00:21:14.321-06:00And that's something else you aren't.
I&...<i>And that's something else you aren't. </i><br /><br />I'm not sure whether that refers to:<br /><br />1) my lack of being a man<br /><br />2) my lack of being perspicacious<br /> <br />3) my lack of skepticism<br /><br />4) some combination of 1-3<br /><br />Would you consider clarifying, in detail?rcommalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301180339680504471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-89698481960580377522013-02-23T16:34:44.552-06:002013-02-23T16:34:44.552-06:00It looks like you were right Erika.It looks like you were right Erika.Lem the artificially intelligent https://www.blogger.com/profile/03569712564034666751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-80952305800860095112013-02-23T13:36:14.324-06:002013-02-23T13:36:14.324-06:00Just saying I agree completely and have no quibble...Just saying I agree completely and have no quibbles.<br /><br />This seems to be my week to be misconstrued.<br /><br />And, no, it's nobody's fault but mine.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67912492407378813602013-02-23T13:16:48.587-06:002013-02-23T13:16:48.587-06:00edutcher .... why would we have any argument? I co...edutcher .... why would we have any argument? I complimented your post as a succinct summary of what really is happening. <br /><br />As for "Mid-level HQ's"...don't get me started, just suffice to say most of them could be eliminated and no one would notice any performance loss, more like performance would improve. <br /><br />Don't hold any breath waiting for that to happen however. Aridoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18345930150667529742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-43352168176816349052013-02-23T12:23:59.496-06:002013-02-23T12:23:59.496-06:00I've read in several places a great number of ...I've read in several places a great number of mid-level HQs could be removed in the name of cutting the budget and would be to the betterment of the service, so we have no argument.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36520275492279696562013-02-23T12:07:26.889-06:002013-02-23T12:07:26.889-06:00edutcher said...
Been waiting for a cafe to put t...edutcher said...<br /><br /><i>Been waiting for a cafe to put this up ...</i><br /><br />Actually, better late than never. Your comment sums up well various opinions mentioned here previously. The Investor's Business Daily summary is pretty comprehensive, as far as it goes...e.g., relatively current events. <br /><br />Without debating who are yes-men and who aren't, there has been a pattern of <i>casual</i> reliefs or sudden retirements that is ominous. Among those not mentioned in the links is that of General Carter Ham of AFRICOM less than half way through the normal MACOM tour length, "coincidently" announced amid the Benghazi dust up.<br /><br />When I said "as far as it goes" I mean specifically that this pattern of political manipulation of flag ranks goes back before Obama, to Bush 43's administration upon the arrival of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. One of his first maneuvers was to not re-nominate USMC General Peter Pace for Chairman, Joint chiefs, allegedly because it would be too much of a fight in Congress over the <i>re-nomination</i> for a second term, the normal process. <br /><br />Bullshit...he wanted to nominate a more pliable guy, and did so with Admiral Mullens, a Navy guy to oversee two land wars no less. There is a reason Obama kept Gates around...he was an Obama kind of guy.<br /><br />Now in truth, going all the way back to my earliest military days in the late 60's, at least since Vietnam, there has been a practice within the senior military ranks of "ticket punching" with relatively short tours. Everybody it seems is a one battle hero now. No one serves for a duration, and when the rotation is a year or so, each new guy comes in looking to "make his mark"...then he leaves and the next new guy shows up. My experience, my opinion if you will, with that system is that it is inefficient and contributes to disasters more often than not.<br /><br />Leslyn, a poster who comments here occasionally, said it this way when we were commenting back and forth elsewhere: <br /><br /><i>Maybe if we forced a general to stay there until he was successful or removed for incompetence, we’d have a unified command idea of just what we’re there to do, and a strategy to carry it out.</i> <br /><br />I agree with that assessment. It certainly could help decrease the "need" for the ridiculous 800+ flag rank officers we have to oversee a active force of 1.4 million, so to shrink, which at most requires no more than 300 flag ranks.<br /><br />This very overabundance of generals and admirals makes it too easy for Obama to shuffle flag ranks whenever he pleases. Aridoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18345930150667529742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68722810186151238862013-02-23T11:43:55.373-06:002013-02-23T11:43:55.373-06:00Thank you.Thank you.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66127920100654983802013-02-23T11:31:27.922-06:002013-02-23T11:31:27.922-06:00Mr. Dutcher, I see you got a callout at Instapundi...Mr. Dutcher, I see you got a callout at Instapundit. Congratulations.tim maguirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07717622436074043099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-13956559261791726172013-02-23T11:10:56.429-06:002013-02-23T11:10:56.429-06:00Similar to Lem's issue, I've noticed that ...Similar to Lem's issue, I've noticed that my online experience is being highly filtered lately, and I don't like it. I see the same ads all the time, and they are directly related to stuff I have Google alerts set for. These are not things I want to buy, just things I want to hear about if there is news. On Youtube, no matter what I search for, it's polluted with what they think I might like based on what I have watched before. I want to see new stuff, not the same thing over and over. It's really diminished my exploration. Google, I know how to do a search, don't try to think for me.bagoh20https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915174575358413637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3285601981020183332013-02-23T11:08:58.995-06:002013-02-23T11:08:58.995-06:00I hear ya and I get ya. Cheers : ) I hear ya and I get ya. Cheers : ) I Have Misplaced My Pantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16170206151454145154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74462263870017275472013-02-23T10:53:25.740-06:002013-02-23T10:53:25.740-06:00OK, this is what I meant by saying I can be terse....OK, this is what I meant by saying I can be terse.<br /><br />I should have said, no, no hard feelings.<br /><br />And the reason I am sometimes a little more familiar with Ann (and I realize there's a line there that she may not always want crossed) is that I have written to her and Meade on several occasions in which they have offered answers to questions that were helpful to me.<br /><br />Nothing more.<br /><br />Didn't mean to give the wrong impression.<br /><br />edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83819328890408348622013-02-23T10:51:47.692-06:002013-02-23T10:51:47.692-06:00Krugman would say the Bear video fits his thought ...Krugman would say the Bear video fits his thought of a backward Latvia. <br /><br />MSM Dims always force the facts into their paradigm of life.FleetUSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08027592116431211933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-63346941648972957072013-02-23T10:50:53.344-06:002013-02-23T10:50:53.344-06:00The ducks didn't like the bread because they h...The ducks didn't like the bread because they have acquired a taste for vengeance meat, and the snail, well, they're a little slow.bagoh20https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915174575358413637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5986600439847982572013-02-23T10:42:39.662-06:002013-02-23T10:42:39.662-06:00Now we're even in misreading each other, perha...Now we're even in misreading each other, perhaps, as I pay very little attention to what you-know-who* has to say, and would never use her as my 'touchstone' or adopt her opinions on anything outside of, I dunno, nursing. I do enjoy her occasional wit, however. Anyway, to the point at hand, I've noticed your comments about Althouse personally have from time to time leaned affectionate rather than respectful--NTTAWWT, but it's odd because she takes a rather aloof tone with her readers which doesn't really inspire warmth and affection--NTTAWWT. I probably should apologize for saying your attitude toward her is creepy. <br /><br />(don't say her name! It's like summoning Beetlejuice!)I Have Misplaced My Pantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16170206151454145154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-92182640986854517062013-02-23T10:31:13.821-06:002013-02-23T10:31:13.821-06:00No, but you can go very wrong taking the She Devil...No, but you can go very wrong taking the She Devil of the SS as your touchstone.<br /><br />I'm a very straight-ahead guy, terse almost to the point that I leave out some of the more important details.<br /><br />If I was going in the direction you thought, there wouldn't have been any doubt in anyone's mind.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-59845571081265839912013-02-23T10:25:18.587-06:002013-02-23T10:25:18.587-06:00Hey Edutcher, u mad? No hard feelings, OK?Hey Edutcher, u mad? No hard feelings, OK?I Have Misplaced My Pantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16170206151454145154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-40462472319867388812013-02-23T10:12:24.061-06:002013-02-23T10:12:24.061-06:00I think they are repeating the mistakes from the 1...I think they are repeating the mistakes from the 1930's with just minor variations and should expect to get more or less the same results.Hagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03653025261513705773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83124603192691652392013-02-23T09:55:39.564-06:002013-02-23T09:55:39.564-06:00What the storyline lacked in grit the animation ma...What the storyline lacked in grit the animation made up for.ricpichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01321511130788764861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-21567518759460390722013-02-23T09:52:55.861-06:002013-02-23T09:52:55.861-06:00Erika may be right (on this one, anyway).
If all ...Erika may be right (on this one, anyway).<br /><br />If all the emails are for one post, that's probably it.<br /><br />Joe Schmoe said...<br /><br /><i>Is Bob Woodward calling Obama a liar? 'Cuz it sounds like he's calling him a liar.</i><br /><br />He is.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-60582473724679889752013-02-23T09:52:27.933-06:002013-02-23T09:52:27.933-06:00Erika may be right (on this one, anyway).
If all ...Erika may be right (on this one, anyway).<br /><br />If all the emails are for one post, that's probably it.<br /><br />Joe Schmoe said...<br /><br /><i>Is Bob Woodward calling Obama a liar? 'Cuz it sounds like he's calling him a liar.</i><br /><br />He is.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7280091319300292672013-02-23T09:09:02.599-06:002013-02-23T09:09:02.599-06:00Lem, once I accidentally checked the 'email fo...Lem, once I accidentally checked the 'email follow-up comments' box at the bottom of the page. You might take a look to see if that's your problem.<br /><br />Megan McArdle's article <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/02/21/america-s-new-mandarins.html" rel="nofollow">America's New Mandarins</a> is all over the web including Insty. Fantastic at identifying the problem. My response would be to politely ignore these people (the new mandarins) as the ignorant provincials they are, if they hadn't tasked themselves with making policy to run my life for me. <br />I Have Misplaced My Pantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16170206151454145154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33608355316768715922013-02-23T08:50:02.485-06:002013-02-23T08:50:02.485-06:00Its really just "Bear goes on vacation"....Its really just "Bear goes on vacation".Moosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10611979723230966040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-43985387435196941872013-02-23T08:49:48.447-06:002013-02-23T08:49:48.447-06:00 Rusty said...
All that dramitic tension.
It would... Rusty said...<br />All that dramitic tension.<br />It woulda been better if he ate the kid.<br /><br /><br />And then leave a giant steamer in the woods.Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00938263272237104128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-92124322053979973412013-02-23T08:48:22.481-06:002013-02-23T08:48:22.481-06:00I started to get emails from blogger after comment...I started to get emails from blogger after commenting last night, an email after I commented and an email from everybody after me...<br /><br />I think I Know what happened.<br /><br />I was at youtube the other day and a pop up asked me to reconcile the name I have as a youtube subscriber and the name I have as a google subscriber...they are not the same... I said no because I seem to remember saying no before and I was annoyed that they interrupted me with their trivial pursuits... but the pop up questions didn't stop and I wanted to get to where I was going... so I didn't read what I answering and just clicked away to make the little pops go away.<br /><br />Apparently I've asked for something.Lem the artificially intelligent https://www.blogger.com/profile/03569712564034666751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15749671418440157132013-02-23T08:18:30.408-06:002013-02-23T08:18:30.408-06:00I just finished my get back to nature moment this ...I just finished my get back to nature moment this morning when I plowed snow. Enough already!AllenShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08848966772462502893noreply@blogger.com