- From the “Dickhead of the Week” Department – The mayor of Osaka, Japan, has made assertions that the Korean and Chinese women who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese government were instead volunteers. He also asserted that the use of women from conquered territories in brothels was a “necessary evil”, and advised the commander of US forces on Okinawa that the Marines there need to start visiting prostitutes to let off a little steam. Apparently Psychosan feels it’s a good thing to rip the scab right off the festering wound of Asian history, but I’m sure he’s a good person at home. You know, between ripping the wings off of hummingbirds and slapping puppies around, he’s probably a sweet guy with the kids.
- From the “Balls versus Brains” Department – A teacher in Colorado is being hailed for picking up a suspicious bag and taking it outside of the school. It was later found that the bag held a real pipe bomb, not a training aid left over when the local constabulary was playing reindeer games. While I applaud this teacher’s bravery and dedication to safety, I don’t think I’d have done the same in their shoes. It’s just too easy for something to be unstable to be safely moved or for the miscreant who put it there to have put an anti-tampering mechanism on it. Better to just get the kiddies as far from it as possible as quickly as possible and let the men in armored suits and their pet robots investigate.
- From the “And One for Your Mother” Department – When asked by the IRS to detail what they were studying at their book groups, a TEA Party group that was applying for non-taxable status replied with a copy of the Constitution. Ladies and gentlemen of American Patriots Against Government Excess, I raise my glass at your mastery of the art of smartass. Hopefully someone at the IRS took the time to actually read it before they threw it in the burn bag.
- From the “Proving the Adage” Department – A woman in Florida got the surprise of her life when she looked down and realized that she was bleeding while she was having coffee with her friend. Imagine her shock when she found out she’d been shot by the .25 pistol her friend was keeping in her purse. Somewhere in heaven, Jeff Cooper is looking down and nodding his head in an “I told you so” kind of way. This is yet another example of why when you buy a gun, you should also buy a holster. It’s amazing what can get into a trigger guard.
- From the “Who Watches The Watchers?” Department – One of the soldiers responsible for the Army’s sexual harassment and sexual assault prevention program at Fort Hood, Texas, has been arrested and charged with abusive sexual conduct, forcing a subordinate into prostitution, and sexual assault. Remember how I called for public floggings for those who are found guilty of sexual misconduct in the military? Well, I stand by that position. If true, this means a senior NCO (You don’t get to that kind of position as a Specialist) was abusing his position to FORCE ANOTHER SOLDIER INTO PROSTITUTION. Exactly how screwed is the vetting process for the program if you don’t catch a guy who’s going to pimp out his fellow soldiers during interviews and background checks? Whoever is in charge of this needs to be sacked, along with a few layers of leadership who not only screwed up in the personnel selection process, but also let this continue. I’m sorry, but you can’t say “I didn’t know my subordinate had a side job peddling flesh” unless you’re just not paying attention to what your troop is up to. I know the sexual harassment pendulum can swing way too far the other way and people can get implicated in stuff they didn’t do if the climate gets too strict, but someone’s head needs to be put on a pike in front of III Corps headquarters, preferably in full view of every soldier on post.
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Posted by daddybear71 on May 16, 2013
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Old NFO
/ May 16, 2013That last one is truly sad…
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Anonymous
/ May 16, 2013Sigh….so early and I’m already pissed off.
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daddybear71
/ May 16, 2013Yeah, something’s rotten in the military right now. Hopefully it can be cleaned out without hurting innocents.
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wildriver
/ May 16, 2013Well, when you allow in a little perversion, I guess you let it all in. Our military doesn’t have a slight problem, it has a huge problem, at least from a Christian perspective.
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AndyN
/ May 16, 2013Unless the UCMJ has changed, rape is a capital offense in the military. The death penalty is only effective as a deterrent if there’s a credible belief among criminals that it will be carried out. Start shooting rapists and I bet soldiers will start behaving themselves.
That said, I’m curious what you have to do to get charged with forcing a subordinate into prostitution. It could be exactly what it sounds like, or it could be that he forced a subordinate to have sex with him then paid her in hopes of shutting her up. It’s not uncommon for prosecutors to throw every conceivable charge at someone in hopes that some of them will stick.
Either way, if he’s convicted, put a bullet in him.
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daddybear71
/ May 16, 2013I’m interested to see the details when this comes out in court martial. I’m hopeful that this will give someone who cares the power to clean house a bit, but I’m not holding my breath.
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