News Roundup
- From the “Get a Rope” Department – An Army non-commissioned officer, who was responsible for the care and feeding of 125 cadets at the West Point military academy, is being investigated on charges that he surreptitiously took videos of female cadets when they were in locker rooms and showers. That sound you just heard off in the distance was my head exploding. What part of “Duty, Honor, Country” includes voyeurism and sexual harassment? The sad part of the matter is that pieces of crap like this are a very small minority in the Army, but they are prevalent enough to make even me question whether I want my daughter to sign up. Something is rotten in the military, and if it doesn’t get fixed paco tiempo, it’s going to become fatal. An organization that can’t trust its leaders to not violate the trust of its most junior members needs cleaning out in a most public and embarrassing manner.
- From the “It’s a Joke!” Department – Apparently some find the latest commercial from Samsung offensive. In the commercial, a woman dreams that upgrading her husband from a couch wart to a renaissance man was as easy as upgrading her Samsung TV from one set of software to another. Yes, the guy on the couch is a stereotype that wouldn’t be allowed for any other race or gender, and yeah, it’s a worn-out cliche, but you know what? It’s funny. Every man, and let’s be honest here and say woman too, has those days where all they want to do is sit on the couch, eat junk food and veg out on the boob tube. Maybe it’s sports, maybe it’s Dr. Who, maybe it’s trash TV, but we all have that urge and sometimes we indulge. Yes, caucasian males are the last people it’s OK to make fun of, and it gets tiresome, but some people need to grow some skin and a sense of humor.
- From the “Kharma” Department – A man in England recently painted his brother’s house pink with white polka dots in retaliation for the brother building a brick wall across his driveway. This could escalate quickly, and I hope the two can bury the hatchet before one of them has kids. It’s all fun and games until Uncle Tony takes little Ricky to the tattoo parlor.
- From the “Anniversaries” Department – Recently, the Nixon Library held an event to commemorate the anniversary of the Vietnam POW’s coming home. The event included tours, a military fly-over, and a recreation of the dinner held at the White House by President Nixon for the POW’s in 1973. The event was followed by a plane trip to Georgia, where the former POW’s took crowbars and baseball bats to the party commemorating the return of draft dodgers from Canada at the Carter library.
- From the “Frequent Flyer” Department – Due to a mix-up in routing, a couple recently ended up in Dhaka, Bangladesh, instead of Dhakar, Senegal. Turkish Airlines has compensated the couple by flying them to their correct destination and giving them two economy class tickets to the destination of their choice, which I’m sure makes it all better. One would hope that the couple enjoy their vacation, and knowing that they have their choice in airlines, I’m sure they’re glad they chose Turkish Airlines, whose motto is “Fly with us, we might get you there”.
Posted by daddybear71 on May 28, 2013
https://daddybearsden.com/2013/05/28/news-roundup-191/
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Old NFO
/ May 28, 2013Saw the clip on the Nixon dinner, that was outstanding!!!
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Spider Elliott
/ May 28, 2013Hey, I could use an upgrade myself. Maybe not in the “couch wart to a renaissance man” sense, but to improve on my not-always-stellar character.
Meanwhile, if I ever start to act like the couch wart, please someone shoot me.
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daddybear71
/ May 29, 2013“Hey, I could use an upgrade myself.” Couldn’t we all?
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TinCan Assassin
/ May 29, 2013I have one quibble. That was NOT a Non-Commissioned Officer. NCO’s have honor and integrity. That was a stripes wearing dirtbag.
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daddybear71
/ May 30, 2013Good call. Like my CSM said once (Not to me) “You are not a soldier. You are a man in a uniform, like the Good Humor man”.
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