On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 11:09:34PM -0800, DJA wrote:
Michael J McCafferty wrote:
Bwahahahahahaah now THAT's funny. Being that I know that is NOT true, I suppose
out's me as having worked there... so I guess that means that I can't be
trusted to tell you the truth on the matter, which means I guess you must be
right ! But, if I say that you are right, then I guess you can't be right,
unless your point of view fits with The Company Line.
The fact that you once worked there means absolutely nothing. I was once in the Navy. I don't know anything about the inner sanctum of the Navy. I was in Viet Nam for twenty-seven months. I don't have any knowledge of the top level strategy of the war.
If you'd been in for 27 *years*, though, and became an admiral (whenever I think of the world "admiral", I always hear Ricardo Montalban as Khan saying "Admiral Kirk"... :-D ), then you would have had a lot more info and contacts that would make you very, very valuable to just about any government contractor.
I said I was *Viet Nam* for twenty-seven months (last attached to Naval Advisory Group). I didn't say how long I was in the Navy.
That war didn't last twenty-seven years [1].
So, unless Michael is a former (or current Admiral) then I don't see how your point is relevant.
BTW, like any CEO, being an Admiral doesn't make one inherently valuable. You don't have to spend twenty-seven years in the military to learn that. There's more than one reason officers are often referred to by PO's (and their NCO counterparts) as "Zeros". /Every/ rank and rate has it's dumbasses.
This thread is providing a great deal of amusement, that's for sure... :-)
Indeed.
[1] Although, from the Vietnamese' point of view, that war had been going on for over one-thousand years. Literally. We were just the most recent occupier to eventually be driven out.
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