Mags is the Stephen Baldwin of the Trump campaign...who played Barney Rubble with Rosie O'Donnell as Betty in that classic Flinstones movie
I don't remember much of anything else, just holding a guy while another whacks him with a club. Full Nelson no less. Weird shit to remember.
Glad you did not get into trouble over this incident. The military spends so much money training their people. And then assign them to jobs with no training. I did a 4 month temp assignment in the Marine Corps MPs, with no training, while waiting for my slot to open. To make a long story short, we had a car run the main gate at Camp Lejeune NC. When the alarm went off, I was doing my night shift at the divisional MP HQ. The MP Officer of the day grabbed me to ride shotgun with him. He told me my job was to watch his back and keep him alive, since we had no idea what we were dealing with, and I had no training on how to apprehend anyone. We and two other MP chase cars cornered the gate crasher. We drew guns and had the man in civilian cloths get out of his car and kiss the ground. It turned out he was a full bird Marine Colonel, and so drunk he could not walk. Said he ran the gate because if he got caught drunk one more time, they were going to kick him out of the Corps. Which was stupid because the gate MPs would have waved him right in after seeing his ID. They could care less if you are driving drunk through the gate. This was way above my ODs pay grade, so we radioed the Divisional HQ OD (Colonel) and we got out of there as soon as he arrived. This incident makes me appreciate every time I hear about the police having to draw their weapons, and not knowing what they are getting into until it happens.
I started the damned thread and haven't gotten a mention. I don't even think Mag's could right my ship.
@DarthVader Wait, he isn't a poster here? See this is our problem... this forum doesn't have enough Sith Lords... #SithLordsMatter
I would like to be selected for VP. I could circumvent sensitive political issues, invest in off shore accounts and companies, get premium seats at any sports event, and pick my nose on national television without a second thought.
If I were president, I'd end the NSA's and other agencies' spying programs first thing. Then I'd do my damnest to extract ourselves from overseas military actions. I'd certainly end the drone bombings of everywhere but ISIS targets in Syria and Iraq; even then I'd look to Muslim nations to take over the fight that's in their back yard. My health care plan would be for the government to build hospitals and clinics and hire doctors and other staff, and then provide the services at cost (pro bono for those who cannot afford it). I would open the borders, tear down any walls between the US and Mexico, and I'd accept refugees. I would ban the sale of weapons to foreign nations or individuals by companies that have government contracts.
If I were President I would have all government information become public knowledge after 5 years, by that time it would be assumed there would not be active intel still attached to the information. If the information still needed to be classified, it would have to go before the courts who could add an additional 5 year span. Point is, every politician would know that every email, every strategy and every conversation would eventually make it to the public. I would increase the pay of all politicians many-fold so there was more incentive to just be a politician for the people, then I would make it illegal for any ex-politician to work as a lobbyist ever again. I might also go with term limits. redistricting would be done by computer not the party in charge. Healthcare would begin and health insurance would end. that's a start for my platform
If I were president I'd make the environment a huge priority....I'd have incentives for downsizing cattle operations...bring back the buffalo, put large areas of the Midwest into soil bank programs....rebuild a modern and efficient energy grid...provide healthcare funded by a consumer tax and alter the education system to gear young people into life skills and professions that provide opportunities in all fields....not just academia...I'd like to see America become the prime recreation destination for the world....we're good at entertaining...I'd explore vertical agriculture and use of the tides to generate power ...I would have the best coast guard, navy and air force on the planet and eliminate the need for many ground troops at all....close military bases overseas and work towards a better version of the United Nations for global cooperation and response to disaster.....I'd have the prison population doing daily public service. You'd have to have a squeaky clean history to become a govt official and once elected would have to lose any affiliation with lobbyists or political parties....a govt employee would have to be a public servant without partisan allegiances.....their only allegiance should be to betterment of the nation.
If I was president I'd appoint Riverman as sec of state, Jade sec of defense, Denny as press sec, and Sly as Kellyane Conway (whatever the fuck her official title is). Then I'd golf incessantly. And try to be nice to people.
