I am an angry white male soldier and I don't care what you think

my head ^ | Freeplancer

[freeplancer]

No, this is not some generic white-man rant that is passed around on the internet and attributed to Ted Nugent. It is from me, FReeplancer and I doubt it is a piece of work that would be spread anywhere, except with the rest of life's manure. You see, I am now and again a soldier and a Cancer survivor and I don't want your encouragement or kind words about any of it because I don't deserve it, so don't even write to me with any thing nice to say.

You can do a search on me and see pretty much what I have been up to since before the 2000 election. While living in Portland, Oregon, I FReeped Gore and attended Dubya's rally. I have been a good boy in all the ways a "conservative" guy can. After years of service and crazy jobs that took me around the world, I finally got serious about my relationship with God and I got married to a great gal, and I even became proactive in politics and other worthy endeavors. And after 2 years of being good, I get Cancer, and I did not give my Cancer a little pet name and have a Mommy come to my rescue to hold press conferences and make me think the whole world will always help me with my problems like little David Dingman-Grover did that we are reading about today.

Nope, instead, my wife worked even more while I sank into a haze of intensive chemotherapy. Hair today, gone tomorrow, and I could not lift my head off of a pillow one time and I could not remember my middle name either for a day, but guess what? Things got worse. Since we moved away from her family and went to Kansas so I can take a good job with my Dad, my wife's Father died and he was a retired Green Beret (19th Group) Company commander and professor at BYU and the greatest man I ever knew. He was also out rock. Anyway, she was all alone this year and worried that her husband of only 2-3 years was not going to make it. I did, and we declared bankruptcy because of all the medical bills, and then when life seemed to settle down and there was a faint light at the end of the tunnel, Reactivation and Deployment papers.

I already had Reagan, Bush 41 for a CIC, but now I have Bush 43 as one. I am glad he is a good man, but things are different this time. I will keep the secrets of the 160 men I am now going to call my family, but never have I seen such bad attitudes.

I and my new family will serve, but one of the only reasons most of us will this time, is because we would be ashamed to not do so while still in the shadow of WWII and the rest of the wars that some of us have already served in. I have learned that it does not matter what gets American Men to war, because once they are there, they do it all for each other and that is the purest truth I know of.

Now, back to being angry. I am, I really am angry. Sue me.

[185JHP]

"I'm solid and running cool, and I'll consider you to be so also, unless you show that you're otherwise."

[metalmanx2j]

Um...does this post have any point?

[RightWinger]

Thank you for your service to our country.
I appreciate all of our soldiers, including my son, who are taking on this burden.

My father is a WWII vet, I am a Vietnam War vet and my son is a Gulf War vet. War is hell but somebody has to do it.

God bless you!

[Paloma_55]

Good quote. Thats kinda what I was saying about life being bootcamp for the ever after.

[Krodg]

I don't want your encouragement or kind words about any of it because I don't deserve it, so don't even write to me with any thing nice to say.

You sure won't get that from me.

I have been a good boy in all the ways a "conservative" guy can. After years of service and crazy jobs that took me around the world, I finally got serious about my relationship with God and I got married to a great gal, and I even became proactive in politics and other worthy endeavors.

This part of your post troubled me. As a sister in Christ, I don't understand why you would lable yourself 'conservative'. God doesn't lable His children and neither should we. I also don't understand why you chose politics over studying God's word.

And after 2 years of being good, I get Cancer, and I did not give my Cancer a little pet name and have a Mommy come to my rescue

Perhaps you need to get back to the relationship with God that you told us about earlier.

[kAcknor]

Git'em Chief

Post when you can.

[higgmeister]

You don't THINK so huh?! Well, I am not a liar, so how one of us does not know something.

I said I don't see how.....

In our modern parlance that means;
I don't understand how.....
I expected you to clarify if you chose to.
Then I asked if that happens often?

I'm sorry if that sounded to you like
I was calling you a liar?

[robowombat]

I agree the author was non-specific. Looking at the last section of his commentary, I think it has do with the current chaos caused by the personnel non-policy impacting certain groups in the Reserves and Guard. These include but are not limited to indeterminate mobilization release dates for a relative handful on occupation specialties, serial call ups of personnel with certain specialties, meager support infrastructure, short notice activation combined with 'I dunno' response to important questions relative to equipment shortages, deployment schedules, etc. and 'could care less' attitude from both CONUS bas personnel and theater reception groups as to fill of required equipment as well as lack of basic (very basic) soldier comfort items.

The GOWT has gone on (three years and five months) nearly as long as the Civil War ( four years and a couple months if you count until all former parts of the CSA were occupied) or WW2 (American phase three years nine months) and appears to be headed towards exceeding the duration of those conflicts and possibly the record of the Viet Nam War. Unlike the first two of those conflicts a relatively small slice of America has been carrying the long haul in this war. Also due to the 'peace dividend' downsizing of the regular armed forces from 1991 to 2000 the reserves and guard have been used in a way no one foresaw. Not mobilized for a specific conflict but used as hole fillers in an open ended conflict of indeterminate duration and geographic scope. The result is that the Army and marines in particular are badly stressed institutions and at the grunt level starting to show the wear and tare. So I am not surprised that there are a fair number of very angry middle aged men wearing the uniform.

[R. Scott]

Also due to the 'peace dividend' downsizing of the regular armed forces from 1991 to 2000 the reserves and guard have been used in a way no one foresaw.

It was foreseen. The Guard and Reserve was integrated into the regular forces to act as a brake on going to war. If a large segment of the population (guard and Reserve) were called on it should be politically unacceptable. In this case the brake didn’t work.
Being retired active Army, I find it difficult to empathize with those who did not read and head their contract.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

Exactly why did you feel the need to post this immature drivel on Free Republic? You're a douche.

[robowombat]

What was expected was something like the First Gulf War not a treadmill to infinity.

[R. Scott]

We learned to expect the unexpected.

[mamelukesabre]

Okey-dokey. well nice talking to ya.

[freedumb2003]

Nice rant.

8 out of 10.

Sorry, I said something good. How about "work harder to get the other 2 points"?