Two on the military:
Almost certainly too good to be true. But wouldn’t it be wonderful? (Tip o’ hat to JS.)
Definitely true and far less good, particularly in light of the onrushing National Defense Authorization Act
ADDED: Speaking of the NDAA, why are they continuing to be so secretive about it even now that it’s gone into conference committee? (Another h/t JS.)
And speaking of “too good to be true,” if you were encouraged by the Obama administration’s threat to veto the bill if it contained the military law-enforcement and limitless detention provisions, you can stop now. Our Glorious Leader hasn’t suddenly developed any Ron-Paulian reverence for the Bill of Rights. It’s all just a power struggle over which branch of government should be “authorized” to do the worst things to us.
As disappointing as the MOS for an interment/resettlement specialist, seems, there is reasonable justification for it. Yes, it can and will be used for nefarious purposes (just like any other military job it will require leadership with integrity)P It should provide skills so that Soldiers will be properly trained to run military prisons, internment camps and refugee resettlement, which is a fact of what they do, regardless of how evil it may seem. Various analysts have proposed that the U.S. leaving IRAQ will cause civil war and an enormous displacement of non-combatents into refugee camps. U.S. Soldiers will probably be called on to initially establish and and run those camps and need to know how. The U.S. Army will probably called to at least assist in running the dreaded FEMA camps in light of a mass refugee iflux, such as we might see when Mexico tilts into full civil-war.
Needing that kind of MOS really does suck, but it is a reflection of the world our Army is serving in right now. Having a well trained Soldier that is at least nominally accountable to a chain of command and the UCMJ is still a vast improvement over a faceless FEMA beauracrat, or an unaccountable contract gurard or CIA operative.
Hahaha! You nailed it Claire …well said!
Hard times for a formerly free country.
A little OT but this was just too good to pass up. Everywhere I look the solution to our collapsing world economies is “confidence”. Our elitist overlords are either trying to restore it, or manage it. If you’re being raped I’m not convinced that having confidence in your attacker will help. Although, the attacker might think it a good idea? Read the entire post. It’s worth it!
http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2011/12/unwinding-europe.html
“The solutions being proposed are either a) more confidence (through bailouts) and b) more confidence (through more deficit spending). In other words: the problem is merely psychological and all you and I need to do is take some anti-depressants to eradicate any lingering pessimism (why worry, let’s party!). In short: there aren’t any real solutions being offered.”
A promising sign: http://americanvisionnews.com/571/local-sheriff-defends-farmer-from-fda-intrusion
A not-so-promising sign: http://intelwars.com/2011/12/09/report-federal-agents-demand-customer-lists-from-food-storage-facility/
Being “nominally” subject to the chain of command and the UCMJ worked well at Abu Ghraib and Bagram.