Comments on: Archives http://www.neptunuslex.com/2006/09/23/archives-9/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:07:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Byron Audler http://www.neptunuslex.com/2006/09/23/archives-9/comment-page-1/#comment-16470 Byron Audler Sun, 24 Sep 2006 16:48:48 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2006/09/23/archives-9/#comment-16470 Believe me, CAPT, I'd much rather see my grandson go to Annapolis. BUT...I perceive a nasty trend towards fluff over substance, and I'd rather Zach go to a school where "Duty, Honor, Country" is at the top of the list right along with "Leadership". At this point, I don't believe the Naval Academy holds these principles as primus over political correctness. Believe me, CAPT, I’d much rather see my grandson go to Annapolis. BUT…I perceive a nasty trend towards fluff over substance, and I’d rather Zach go to a school where “Duty, Honor, Country” is at the top of the list right along with “Leadership”. At this point, I don’t believe the Naval Academy holds these principles as primus over political correctness.

]]> By: lex http://www.neptunuslex.com/2006/09/23/archives-9/comment-page-1/#comment-16463 lex Sun, 24 Sep 2006 14:52:39 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2006/09/23/archives-9/#comment-16463 Well, there's a rich and continuing tradition in the Navy for bashing the Academy as somehow being not what it was twenty-odd years or so ago, or not what it ought to be in the here and now. That tradition has analogues in the way people think about all kinds of ideas and institutions. Consider America, for example, our island home. I'd go there again, if I could still get in, even given the school's acknoweleged failures to measure up against perfection. It wasn't always fun, but it was always worth it. Well, there’s a rich and continuing tradition in the Navy for bashing the Academy as somehow being not what it was twenty-odd years or so ago, or not what it ought to be in the here and now. That tradition has analogues in the way people think about all kinds of ideas and institutions. Consider America, for example, our island home.

I’d go there again, if I could still get in, even given the school’s acknoweleged failures to measure up against perfection. It wasn’t always fun, but it was always worth it.

]]> By: Byron Audler http://www.neptunuslex.com/2006/09/23/archives-9/comment-page-1/#comment-16462 Byron Audler Sun, 24 Sep 2006 14:46:07 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2006/09/23/archives-9/#comment-16462 Ah, "libs". I'm certain the young man will spend all of his "libs" enjoying his time with his mother and father, the ugly squid himself...not ;) Seriously, after some of the things that CDR Salamander has had to say about the Academy, I'm urging him to select the Citadel instead. If by chance the Academy finds an even keel by then, we'll re-think that position, as the Academy was his first choice. That would be a good thing too, since his mother and grandmother are Marylanders by birth, though much further to the west where steep inclines are the rule. I also hope that he develops an interest in team sports soon, too, since he is 5'4" in height and 140pds, a strapping young linebacker if I ever saw one, and a wonderful addition to the Academy backfield. Ah, “libs”. I’m certain the young man will spend all of his “libs” enjoying his time with his mother and father, the ugly squid himself…not ;) Seriously, after some of the things that CDR Salamander has had to say about the Academy, I’m urging him to select the Citadel instead. If by chance the Academy finds an even keel by then, we’ll re-think that position, as the Academy was his first choice. That would be a good thing too, since his mother and grandmother are Marylanders by birth, though much further to the west where steep inclines are the rule.

I also hope that he develops an interest in team sports soon, too, since he is 5’4″ in height and 140pds, a strapping young linebacker if I ever saw one, and a wonderful addition to the Academy backfield.

]]> By: Steeljaw Scribe http://www.neptunuslex.com/2006/09/23/archives-9/comment-page-1/#comment-16456 Steeljaw Scribe Sun, 24 Sep 2006 13:03:22 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2006/09/23/archives-9/#comment-16456 "libs" = shorthand for liberty, including the eyeball variety :) -SJS “libs” = shorthand for liberty, including the eyeball variety :)
-SJS

]]> By: Byron Audler http://www.neptunuslex.com/2006/09/23/archives-9/comment-page-1/#comment-16454 Byron Audler Sun, 24 Sep 2006 12:54:15 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2006/09/23/archives-9/#comment-16454 SJS, for a moment, I was confused by the "libs"...until I realized you meant "Libations" ;) Somehow, I doubt my grandson will find this is true, as he is a very disciplined young man for all of his 11 years of age, who outright scares me at times with both his maturity and intelligence. Of course, there is also all those fine Charleston women for him to chose amongst, and I'm sure he'll find himself meandering Meeting Street for targets of opportunity ;) SJS, for a moment, I was confused by the “libs”…until I realized you meant “Libations” ;) Somehow, I doubt my grandson will find this is true, as he is a very disciplined young man for all of his 11 years of age, who outright scares me at times with both his maturity and intelligence. Of course, there is also all those fine Charleston women for him to chose amongst, and I’m sure he’ll find himself meandering Meeting Street for targets of opportunity ;)

]]> By: Steeljaw Scribe http://www.neptunuslex.com/2006/09/23/archives-9/comment-page-1/#comment-16416 Steeljaw Scribe Sun, 24 Sep 2006 01:55:15 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2006/09/23/archives-9/#comment-16416 Byron: I'd ratify that choice -- besides, the libs are better in genteel Charleston than hicksville Lexington ;) - SJS Byron:

I’d ratify that choice — besides, the libs are better in genteel Charleston than hicksville Lexington ;)
- SJS

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