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Ashmaele  Title: Pastor of Muppets
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Altra_Shadowstalker posted:
If you don't know how to filter who sees your Facebook posts by now, you probably shouldn't be leading men into battle anyway.
I think the whole point in creating a FB page for "TEA BAGGERS FOR MILITARY AWESOMENESS AND FREE SPEECH AND FOCK OBAMA AMIRITE?" was to get people to see what was posted, not hide it. It sounds like he's on some kind of crusade.
I fully expect him to be running for congress as Joe the Ex-Marine in 2014 (as a Republican of course because the Tea Party has nothing to do with the GOP). Either that or he'll be caught driving a van packed full of fertilizer headed toward Annapolis.
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Mastara Posts: 1,446
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It happens all the time. The only reason its a big deal is because its facebook and it speaks of Obama. When Bush was in, this crap never got attention.
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Ashmaele Title: Pastor of Muppets
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For reference:
Oath of Enlistment posted:
I, (NAME), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.
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Ashmaele Title: Pastor of Muppets
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Mastara posted:
When Bush was in, this crap never got attention.
Like when for example?
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Mastara Posts: 1,446
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I'm a walking example. I was in under President Bush. All of us talked trash about what he was doing, but never once got in trouble for doing it. Of course we liked it that he was for the military and gave us raises and what not but we didnt like his policies. The whole Iraq war and Oil and all that mess. But when it comes down to it our personal feelings never stopped us from following orders. We did what we were told despite our opinions. We could voice our opinions just not when the brass was around.
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Marine in hot water for badmouthing his commander in chief on Facebook |
Ashmaele posted:
Altra_Shadowstalker posted:
If you don't know how to filter who sees your Facebook posts by now, you probably shouldn't be leading men into battle anyway.
I think the whole point in creating a FB page for "TEA BAGGERS FOR MILITARY AWESOMENESS AND FREE SPEECH AND FOCK OBAMA AMIRITE?" was to get people to see what was posted, not hide it. It sounds like he's on some kind of crusade.
I fully expect him to be running for congress as Joe the Ex-Marine in 2014 (as a Republican of course because the Tea Party has nothing to do with the GOP). Either that or he'll be caught driving a van packed full of fertilizer headed toward Annapolis.
Oh , my fault. Thought it was his personal page. Yeah, court marshal him .
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Date Posted:
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Marine in hot water for badmouthing his commander in chief on Facebook |
Oh , and I distinctly remember stuff like this happening under Bush and getting the same response.
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Ashmaele Title: Pastor of Muppets
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Marine in hot water for badmouthing his commander in chief on Facebook |
Mastara posted:
I'm a walking example. I was in under President Bush. All of us talked trash about what he was doing, but never once got in trouble for doing it. Of course we liked it that he was for the military and gave us raises and what not but we didnt like his policies. The whole Iraq war and Oil and all that mess. But when it comes down to it our personal feelings never stopped us from following orders. We did what we were told despite our opinions. We could voice our opinions just not when the brass was around.
So you're angry that you never got in trouble for it? Or angry that the media ignored you?
I have a feeling that if FB had been around when you and I were in (and it sounds like we served at about the same time) things would have been different.
ETA: Oh wait you're talking about GWB nm
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Yukishiro1 Posts: 3,243
Registered: 2002-9-20 23:52:57
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He swore an oath to obey orders, not to say he would obey orders.
Talk is talk. I don't think he's in violation of any oath just by SAYING he isn't gonna follow orders.
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Ptilk Title: Creepy old pirate
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Registered: 2002-2-13 14:52:58
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As I said earlier in this thread, most of the time people are just told to shut up and everyone goes on.
People in the military have been bitching about their commanding officers, the government in general, and the President since George Washington was in office. Running your mouth almost never gets you more than a "shut up", occasionally, if you have bad timing or are especially loud about it, it gets you an official "shut up".
I served under 4 different Presidents. I heard a lot of bitching about all of them. Sometimes I heard me bitching about them. I was never stupid enough to put it on paper and try to convert people to my way of thinking however...not until I retired that is. Bitching by itself isn't a big deal. It's part of the life.
Putting your bitching on paper however and distributing it....that gets you a very special "we will shut you up". The interweb just added a new form of distribution. Same penalty applies. You can bitch almost as much as you want, but once you start proselytizing that bitching....you get smacked down.
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