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Sorry, the beret thing must have temporarilly diminished my rationality...
but as for alt.stark.raving.loonies, lighten up! "Dale" wrote in message ... Jim, Could you please not include "alt.conspiracy" and "alt.stark.raving.loonies" when initiating posts to the sci.space groups? I clicked "reply to all" and just assumed the post would only go to, well, the more rational regions of usenet. My fault, though- I should have been more careful. I hope you don't consider us all to be in the same boat... Dale |
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On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 14:46:43 GMT, "Jim Oberg"
wrote: Sorry, the beret thing must have temporarilly diminished my rationality... but as for alt.stark.raving.loonies, lighten up! ....Yeah, but by crossposting over there, you allowed those sick trolls automatic access *here*! It's almost as if you personally asked J*** M***** and his brood to troll post here :-( OM -- "No ******* ever won a war by dying for | http://www.io.com/~o_m his country. He won it by making the other | Sergeant-At-Arms poor dumb ******* die for his country." | Human O-Ring Society - General George S. Patton, Jr |
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Rand Simberg wrote:
Yup. Instituted during the Clinton administration (by Shalikashvili, I believe) with much unhappiness from the Special Forces. The idea was to make everyone feel "special." And none of the regular Army I've talked to are very happy with their new headgear either. |
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On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 07:19:22 GMT, in a place far, far away, Douglas
Berry made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: Bruce Gagnon has long been known as an anti-nuke whiner at Cape Canaveral, where his name is mispronounced 'Bruce Gag-Me'. Seems he's getting on the call-Bushies-all-nazis meme pretty enthusiastically. And his photograph on his website shows him wearing a BERET -- enough said!! The standard headgear of the United States Army is the beret, moron. Yup. Instituted during the Clinton administration (by Shalikashvili, I believe) with much unhappiness from the Special Forces. The idea was to make everyone feel "special." |
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On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 20:08:15 GMT, h (Rand
Simberg) wrote: On 3 Mar 2005 09:01:21 -0800, in a place far, far away, "Cecil Trotter" made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: Yup. Instituted during the Clinton administration (by Shalikashvili, I believe) with much unhappiness from the Special Forces. The idea was to make everyone feel "special." And none of the regular Army I've talked to are very happy with their new headgear either. There was also the little issue that they ended up being manufactured in China... ....And originally designed in France. Talk about two strikes out the door. OM -- "No ******* ever won a war by dying for | http://www.io.com/~o_m his country. He won it by making the other | Sergeant-At-Arms poor dumb ******* die for his country." | Human O-Ring Society - General George S. Patton, Jr |
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"Rand Simberg" wrote in message . .. On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 07:19:22 GMT, in a place far, far away, Douglas Berry made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: Bruce Gagnon has long been known as an anti-nuke whiner at Cape Canaveral, where his name is mispronounced 'Bruce Gag-Me'. Seems he's getting on the call-Bushies-all-nazis meme pretty enthusiastically. And his photograph on his website shows him wearing a BERET -- enough said!! The standard headgear of the United States Army is the beret, moron. Yup. Instituted during the Clinton administration (by Shalikashvili, I believe) with much unhappiness from the Special Forces. The idea was to make everyone feel "special." Gen. Eric K. Shinseki. I saw a cute photoshopped picture of him online modeling the "new Army Headgear", a Mickey Mouse hat. It only went into effect in 2001, under the Bush administration. The Black Beret had only been official Ranger headgear since 1975. Prior to that, it had been worn by various units throughout the Army, until it was quashed in the late 70s. During the 1970s, many units wore a beret. See http://usmilitary.about.com/cs/gener...rethistory.htm for a good thumbnail history of the beret in the U.S. Army. |
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"Fred J. McCall" wrote in message ... h (Rand Simberg) wrote: :Yup. Instituted during the Clinton administration (by Shalikashvili, :I believe) with much unhappiness from the Special Forces. The idea :was to make everyone feel "special." And so now no one is. sigh Rangers wear tan berets, Special Forces Green, and Paratroops Maroon. |
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Mike Flugennock wrote:
We are all morons...? No, dude, for the last goddamn' time, we are all _Oberg_. The OP called Oberg a Moron. So, now what is your answer? Sam |
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