Originally posted by stringfelowhawk
I believe I'm being misunderstood with my point of view so let me clarify it real quick like....
"That didn't take long!"
Well, i thought my point of view would be clear about this. I didn't say or insenuate respect for the president. I said I can't work for someone I do not respect. When I said I took an oath and will live up to it I didn't mean that I suddenly agreed with him. The oath we take is to the "CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" not the president. Yes, it says I will obey the orders of those appointed above me etc.... And YES I will. As long as I am in uniform I will do what I'm ordered to do because I "SWORE" to. Even if I don't agree personally. I do not respect George W. Bush in any way. But I DO respect the title of "President".
There will no doubt be a few people who will jump on that and start preaching semantics. Preach what you must but "President" was around before W and will be around after W. In that regard it deserves respect. You can claim they are one and the same but I believe they are two entities that currently occupy the same space.
That is how I keep myself motivated to just finish my last 11 months in uniform.
If you re-read my post I cleary say Pride and Dignity have taken lumps.
Take careful note that I am not trying to invoke an arguement by being a smart ass. I'm simply clarifying a mistake.
“ Originally posted by Warham
That's not called flip-flopping, goober.
It's called correcting a mistake. ”
Bwahahahahaha
Can you teach that trick to The Chimp.?
Only if we'd gotten to him 5 years ago with a crate of bananas and a tranqualizer gun.
I believe I'm being misunderstood with my point of view so let me clarify it real quick like....
"That didn't take long!"
Well, i thought my point of view would be clear about this. I didn't say or insenuate respect for the president. I said I can't work for someone I do not respect. When I said I took an oath and will live up to it I didn't mean that I suddenly agreed with him. The oath we take is to the "CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" not the president. Yes, it says I will obey the orders of those appointed above me etc.... And YES I will. As long as I am in uniform I will do what I'm ordered to do because I "SWORE" to. Even if I don't agree personally. I do not respect George W. Bush in any way. But I DO respect the title of "President".
There will no doubt be a few people who will jump on that and start preaching semantics. Preach what you must but "President" was around before W and will be around after W. In that regard it deserves respect. You can claim they are one and the same but I believe they are two entities that currently occupy the same space.
That is how I keep myself motivated to just finish my last 11 months in uniform.
If you re-read my post I cleary say Pride and Dignity have taken lumps.
Take careful note that I am not trying to invoke an arguement by being a smart ass. I'm simply clarifying a mistake.
“ Originally posted by Warham
That's not called flip-flopping, goober.
It's called correcting a mistake. ”
Bwahahahahaha
Can you teach that trick to The Chimp.?
Only if we'd gotten to him 5 years ago with a crate of bananas and a tranqualizer gun.
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