Comments on: Chocked and Chained

By: SCOTTtheBADGER

SCOTTtheBADGER — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:19:18 +0000

I remeber that there was a Soviet General who said that no one would ever defeat the US Army in war, as war is a state of chaos, and chaos is the US Army’s base state, so they have the home field advantage.

By: Liz

Liz — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:28:07 +0000

Thanks for the illumination, red. I didn’t know what happened. i agree that’s complete crap.
I only read something about him questioning the president’s ability to lead. Nothing to do with the school board should effect his career at all. We actually had a situation recently where they were going to shut down the base middle school…scores of military members showed up at the school board, many in uniform, protesting the closure.

By: redc1c4

redc1c4 — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:32:37 +0000

CJ didn’t speak against his boss or the chain. he was attending a school board meeting, speaking out against an action that affected his children.

the scum at the school board attacked him thought his chain, and the chain, rather than either a, investigate the situation themselves to see what was going on, or b. tell them to keep their sillyvillian crap off base where it belonged, came down on CJ.

By: virgil xenophon

virgil xenophon — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:45:25 +0000

Actually I left off the 1st sentence: “Oh we’re a helluva crew from LSU and we don’t give a damn…”

(Proving, I guess that I really AM an LSU graduate:) )

By: Liz

Liz — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:44:05 +0000

You’re exactly right, it is slippery to try and compare the two. The military’s structure is actually LESS TOLERANT, by design, than the civilian. Loose lips sink ships and all that. I do know (military) people who had their careers ruined over this matter. My opinion was always, “Well, what were you thinking?”

I do remember when my husband went off to war in the 90s…I was told absolutely to keep my mouth shut when the journalists came probing for information. Even spouses can effect careers. I would like to read this guy’s opinions, I’m sure he must be amazing to get this following…but the time to speak against your boss’s policies is upon resigning or retirement.

By: Ron Snyder

Ron Snyder — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:28:57 +0000

Liz, a bit slippery to try and have a direct comparison with military vs civilian, at least on some matters.

How many MS people are betting their lives, literally, that their boss (or Command Structure) is correct?

I’m not sure what the answer is, though the dictum of “do not look behind the curtain” is not one of them.

Would be helpful if you became familiar with “this person” and the blurred lines between his actions in the civilian world versus the military world.

Fortunately no one criticized the “command structure” leading up to the recent Ft. Hood events. Not crossing the line and all.

Respectfully,