SEAL Math

The Times notes that some SEALs think that discretion is the better part of SEALdom:

Rift Among Navy SEALs Over Members Who Cash In on Brand

This illustrates a bit of over-promotion:

Eric Greitens’s bid for governor of Missouri hinges on his experience as a Navy SEALs member, which he has chronicled in three books and promotes on his campaign web site, where he is pictured wearing his combat uniform, holding a rifle. “In the SEALs we learned, ‘there is no prize for second place in a gunfight,’ ” he said recently on Twitter.

Golly, he learned that in the SEALs? I picked that up as a casual viewer of westerns, although as a student of the classics I would note that the rule has exceptions.

 

Comments

[Miss Marple 2]

I am uncomfortable with that SEAL who keeps popping up on Fox and who shot bin Laden. I can't explain why, either.

[Miss Marple 2]

Off topic already, but this just popped up:

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/275033-massive-document-leak-exposes-offshore-accounts

[Jack is Back! (As An Officially Declared Islamaphobe)]

Rift Among Navy SEALs Over Republican Members Who Cash In on Brand.

It is a non-story for anyone but the prog media. Once they found out that an ex-Navy SEAL was running as a republican for governor then its important to know this. Everyone knows that SEALS are only these mythical war fighters because of the courage of Obama and Biden to elevate their ability, visibilty and success to everyone in the world.

[Miss Marple 2]

Link to central repository for all articles on the Panama Papers, mentioned in The Hill article I posted above:

http://panamapapers.sueddeutsche.de/en/

Jack, there is stuff there about FIFA.

[Miss Marple 2]

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/03/2016-elections-al-franken-vice-president-213756

Just shoot me.

[Captain Hate]

When does Biden getting members of a SEAL team killed with his big mouth become a story worthy of the MFM's attention?

[daddy]

Thanks for the new thread, TM!

[GUS]

Miss Marple I'm getting very tired of your inaccuracies. Obama shot Bin Laden, and you are only uncomfortable with that, because he is black.

[Gentlejim]

I think making the case for the gorilla keeper for VP would be exponentially easier than making the case for either Hilligula or Bern for Pres.

[GUS]

See Miss M. I have proof.
http://a4.files.biography.com/image/upload/c_fit,dpr_1.0,h_1200,q_80,w_1200/MTE4MDAzNDEwOTQ3NTczMjYy.jpg

[Jack is Back! (As An Officially Declared Islamaphobe)]

MM,

Thanks for Panama Papers link. Shared with my friend in London, where the Brits are ever so thankful for our FBI finally nailing these criminals to the wall. Awarding the world cup to Russia and Qatar were so blantenly fraudulent that the Brits went ballistic.

Next I hope we can deal with the IOC. If was FIFA and IOC that I think are the template for the Clinton Criminal Enterprise.

[daddy]

I am surprised that President Obama in his ESPN picks did not tout my University of Alaska Anchorage Lady SeaWolves to win the Division II National Basketball Championship tomorrow in Miss M's 'berg of Indy at 3 PM Eastern, 2 Central, on your local CBS Stations.

In their magnificent run-up to the Finals, my gals whipped the Christians of California Baptist University, pummeled the "Swamp Foxes" of that Southern College named after a militant White Revolutionary Slave Holder, Francis Marion University, and are now set to clobber the Christians of Lubbock Christian University.

One might have thought that'd be enough for the president to give a nod to my gals, but I guess he's still bitter, since in the opening round we demolished the Social Justice Warriors of Cal State University---Dominquez Hills, and at a time when their professors are threatening a strike, it's during Cesar Chavez Week, and it's smack in the middle of their Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Watts Riots.
Sometimes I guess there just ain't no pleasing a "Race Monger."

Go 'Wolves!

[daddy]

Question: Which phrase do you think has been more buried this week by the local, national, and international Media?

French President Hollande's statement:

"ISLAMIST TERRORISM",

or the Havana Newspaper Headline:

"NEGRO, ARE YOU STUPID?"

I think I'd give it to the "Stupid Negro", but feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

[common man]

What are you talking about, Daddy? None of that happened, I monitored the main stream media, and they would have told me if it did...

[common man]

Stupid Black, translating directly into Spanish. I cant think of a better diss, coming from a country that would never deride him for being a socialist...

[Buckeye]

http://youtu.be/NwgEELSShrU

change of pace onthe music front

a little Jacsonville cool.

[GUS]

I'm sorry, but can't we just discuss the MFM's fixation with Rodhams cunning linguistics and fetal attractions???

Or is that type of talk only for the GOP??

I think she needs to be asked POINT BLANK, whether she has been faithful to B.J.BILLY.

[daddy]

Just shoot me.

Miss Marple, Re: Al Frankin running as Hillary's VP.

I vaguely recall that back during the 2nd Clinton/Gore Election campaign that Frankin on some SNL or Comedy Show suggested a joke Campaign ad titled something like "Clinton/Gore" with the subhead
"We never robbed a Liquor Store!"

And I also recall that during the affair Lewinsky, he and an SNL buddy put out a funny poster for some upcoming fictional Show, that was a photo looking from the rear thru the spread apart legs of a guy who was supposed to be Bill Clinto. Clinton's trousers were down around his ankles, and in the distance was a startled Monica look-alike gal, staring with dropped jaws, at "Willy."

That said, it makes perfect sense for Frankin to now be the enablers, enabler.

Unsurprisingly I am unable to find either of this images on Google.

And for the record, do you think if Trump was to immediately start mispronouncing Cory L's last name as "Lewinski" instead of "Lewindowski" the MSM would instantly drop the topic?

[Gentlejim]

Daddy,
TM might need to start a new thread after that post.

[daddy]

What are you talking about, Daddy? None of that happened, I monitored the main stream media, and they would have told me if it did...

Common Man,

So what I think I hear you saying is that there's no difference whatever between the "Islamist terrorist" and the "Stupid Negro."

Did I take that correctly?

:)

[Truthbetold]

Trump invited them to his wedding!

[jimmyk]

TK, to answer from the last thread (and I'm sure this is fascinating stuff for everyone else :) ), I'm very careful not to touch the halogen bulb when I put it in. There's no dimmer, the fixture is not enclosed (so that the heat can escape. In the past I've had those bulbs last for years in this fixture. I was thinking something was dodgy in the wiring because before the bulbs blew, I'd flip the switch and sometimes the light wouldn't go on, then I'd try later and it would go on. But as I said, what I know about wiring and electricity would fit on a postcard. Or maybe a postage stamp. In any case, I just replaced the one that blew out after a week, we'll see what happens.

[sbw]

Quick! Blank posts to reach a new page!

[GUS]

What a pathetic fukwad.

[The Rest of The Story]

And it was there the deal was cut that The Donald would run in 2016 as a republican to clear the way for Queen Hillary and her courtage of evil lesbians, abortionists, Bildenburgers and Davos attending Beluga cavair eaters and hedge fund managers.

[daddy]

"since neither was reported by the Press there was no difference." That's what I meant of course.

I do hope no one took the misperception that I was saying there was no actual difference between an "Islamist Terrorist" and the "Stupid Negro."

I was talking about the difference in the MSM reporting of the 2 phrases, not the meaning of the 2 phrases.

Geez. Get your minds out of the gutter folks:)
Surely we're better than that sort of guttural thinking around here! F'er shame.

[JeanD]

daddy! Go to your room! Right now, young man! You stay in there and think about what you have done!
:)

On topic: My MIL gave me one of E. Greiten's books for Christmas a few years ago, and I enjoyed learning something about the SEAL training process. He came across as an earnest, well meaning guy who really wanted Peace On Earth, but who also recognized the need for US muscle where it was required.

[jimmyk]

Not sure if this was discussed earlier, but Hillary looks horrible in this video clip where she declares that "the unborn person" does not have any constitutional rights. Don't say you weren't warned:

https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/716654695717212160

The lighting makes her same even more harridan-like than usual, like she's just floating above the fires of hell.

[daddy]

Daddy,
TM might need to start a new thread after that post.

Posted by: Gentlejim

GJ,

Beats me why that pic popped up in Google images when i typed into the search bar "bill clinton with his trousers around his ankles "

I blame Google.

This one also popped up under that same search bar:

[JeanD]

jimmyk,

Equally amazing is that her hair can look as lousy as mine just a few short days after she locked up traffic to get a $600 cut! I don't spend any on mine, but if it looked like that 3 days and even $40 later, I'd want my money back.

[Threadkiller]

A Grifter thread??

::groan::

[squaredance]

JIB has it just right: It is only about Republican (or anyone slightly right of center) who was ever a SEAL. Actually, it is not just SEALs, but anybody whoever served the country as a member of a group that has any sort of good repute with the general public at all, though military combat units rank high here.

It could be about being in the USMC, a fighter pilot, or a Ranger.

It could be a fireman.

BTW, telling voters of one's SEAL experience is hardly "cashing in", but it does show the Dems notion of what politics are really about. If there were Democrat candidates who were SEALs, you can bet that we would never hear the end of it. No why is it that we do not have many Democrat candidates who were SEALs? How many Purple Hearts did Kerry get? I cannot remember.

Mummm...

[squaredance]

Only Yesterday?

Well Willy, seems like eons to the rest of us.

[Threadkiller]

I'd flip the switch and sometimes the light wouldn't go on, then I'd try later and it would go on.

Time for a pro to come over. The fixture may have a thermal protection device that is taking a dump, but it could just as easily be a loose wire or a bad switch.

If you have a good sniffer, you can root out a switch that is on its last legs by the zorched smell alone, but I strongly advise getting this looked at sooner than later.

Did you see MT's recommendations? Good stuff.

[Miss Marple 2]

Gus,

HA! you made me laugh!

Jack, You are welcome for the link to the Panama papers. When I saw that big article, I thought of your friends in Europe.

I've been gone because I had to run granddaughter to work.

[daddy]

Here's some other shots from the Google image page if you type into the search bar "bill clinton with his trousers around his ankles"

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I did not know that Hillary had swapped spit with Klan Leader Robert Byrd.

Can I come out of my room yet miss Jean?

[Miss Marple 2]

daddy,

You are going to get in trouble with some around here. LOL!

[daddy]

Here's Former Navy Seal and Medal of Honor winning former Democrat Senator Bob Kerry.

[Buckeye]

Anybody that can't see that having Melania Trump in the WH would be a GOOD thing clearly has a vision problem;)

[squaredance]

Well that's one. He also was at The New School in Manhattan, which amazes.

An outlier, if you ask me.

[Gentlejim]

Daddy,
BillyJeff's face in your 5:41 makes me think someone had just whispered to him "hey, check your 5 o'clock. You'll be married to her forever".

[Momto2]

jimmy and TK - I'm just waiting for someone to inject a comment about how many JOMers does it take to change a light bulb? :)

[jimmyk]

Good one, Momto2 :)

[Threadkiller]

LoL!

[AMR]

'There is no prize for second place in a gunfight,’ needs to be said nowadays since everyone seemingly gets a prize for merely participating.

[daddy]

Just started catch-up, and see this about post presidency speculation on Obama from the prior thread.

I wouldn't be surprised if he (Obama) got an hour-long talk show on MSNBC.

Yesterday caught the last hour of Kudlow on weekend Talk radio. Was too angry to post about it last night, but in short, he was exasperated that Trump would go on a Show with Chris Matthews. When his panel agreed and criticized Matthews, then Kudlow rose to Matthews defense, claiming he was a great guy and a really good friend, who just happens to have liberal opinions. (Guess he forgot about Chris making his guests contribute to Matthew's sisters campaign) Kudlow sees no malice whatever in that slime ball.

Then the guests ask Kudlow why isn't he doing the interviews on CNBC with Trump instead of letting that jackass Matthews do them. Kudlow mumbles, "we're working on it, we're working on it." What the Hell? He's been at that stupid network for 20 years and he can't get off his duff to do TV interviews so the Right can get their economic plans or talking points etc out there to the public---instead he letting Chris Matthews do it and then criticizing people for going on Matthews show?!? Why haven't you done it Larry?

I wanted to ring Kudlows neck. Still do.

Then in the next segment he has on Betsy McCaughey (she's great) and Moore and the others, and when Betsy brings up all these great points about New York State killing themselves with new Taxes, and Trump being endorsed by the Border Patrol, and the White House censoring French Prez Hollande's use of the terms "Islamist Terrorism", Kudlow, befuddled once again, asks in exasperation why the MSM isn't bring thing this go stuff up that helps Republicans and only concentrates on stuff negative to Republicans?

I guess he should go ask his good friend Chris Matthews that question---I hear he's a really great, great guy.

Kudlow delenda est. He's a moron:(

[narciso]

wow, this is like hacking spectre's files, the current king of KSA, the former pm of qatar, the aliev clan, who keep the armitages and powell's in good stead, fmr iraqi pm allawi, the favorite benefactor of the current mexican president, some of volodya's men, interesting who was not included, the preferred bete noire of the left and the arabists, the late mr, chalabi, this is yuge,

[clarice]

Anyone know anything about this poll? http://therightscoop.com/breaking-new-wisconsin-poll-affirms-ted-cruz-has-huge-lead-over-trump/

[JeanD]

yes, daddy, you can come out now. Though it doesn't look like sending you in there slowed down the stream of "interesting" images any...;)

[clarice]

http://therightscoop.com/breaking-new-wisconsin-poll-affirms-ted-cruz-has-huge-lead-over-trump/

[common man]

Women back Cruz over Trump by a 19-point margin (46-27 percent). The two candidates are much closer among men: Cruz gets 40 percent to Trump’s 35 percent.

So as much as I have heard from certain posters about Cruz not being likeable, especially among the distaff voters, what does this say about Trump and likeability?

[daddy]

Though it doesn't look like sending you in there slowed down the stream

Why did the JOMer cross the road streams?

To get the hell out of detention in his bedroom:)

[henry]

Clarice, that confirms the Marquette numbers. Given turnout is expected to be the highest since 1980... not sure how the polls are handling that.

[narciso]

now one of the partners to the bank vault breach is cpi, which is a tentacle of the wiley hungarian,

[glasater]

Geez, I'm crying with Jim Herman winning his first golf tournament after 130 some tries..

[common man]

I know who Wiley E Coyote is. Is Wiley Hungarian, Soros?

[narciso]

yes, that guy, this makes bcci, look like a second rate piggybank,

[Threadkiller]

http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2016/04/03/donald-trump-golf-pro-jim-herman-pga-shell-houston-open-winner/

[Dave (in MA)]

Shout out to Joe Medicine Crow, who has gone to see the big chief in the sky.

[Threadkiller]

I am being a dope here. I don't see where the breakdown says how many women were part of the poll:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/interactive/2016/03/31/fox-business-network-poll-wisconsin-presidential-primary/

It has to be there.

[henry]

CBS poll from yesterday is closer. Still Cruz +6.

[narciso]

this is why I would be on team ibrahim, over najib,

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3522002/More-100million-funding-Wolf-Wall-Street-came-Malaysian-state-fund-meant-spur-local-economic-development-FBI-says.html

[The Rest of The Story]

glasater,

Jim Herman is a Bearcat from Cincinnati. Fellow Alum and a great story of persiverence. Like Rolfing said, it could be the greatest win of the year so far. His drive on 18 with all that pressure and waiting for the fairway to clear was a thing of beauty.

[Destiny Ignatz]

--breaking-new-wisconsin-poll-affirms-ted-cruz-has-huge-lead-over-trump--

Clarice, why are you in the tank for Cruz?
Do you think Cruz is going to self fund his campaign?
Why haven't you shot Richard Perle?

[common man]

Yall be way behind. NT up. You gotta wonder how TM can stand to read the NYT like he does, it never ends with the liberal talking points...

[Centralcal on iPad]

OMG! Destiny Ignatz I nearly spewed my cocktail out over that parody comment! It was parody - even if you deny it!! LOL

[narciso]

what is striking is how small this list is, like the dc madam, only a partial account,

[Truthbetold]

Iggy

Is that all you got?

[jimmyk]

Incidentally, for fun I answered a phone poll today, by some outfit in Virginia with a name like RPC. The structure of the questioning was ostensibly: 1. Demographic info; 2. Party identification and voting preference; 3. Impact of information about candidates' policy views or statements on voting preference.

It turned out that item 3 consisted entirely of a series of controversial statements by Trump presumed to make him look bad: "Women who have abortions should be punished," "I am a big fan of single-payer health care," etc. After each of these, there was a question: "Does this make you more, equally, or less likely to vote for Trump?" Since I had already said I was most likely voting for Cruz, I generally said "equally."

So I'm guessing this was a Cruz or Kasich operation, though I don't know what would have happened if I'd answered the question about party ID with "Democrat."

[jimmyk]

Incidentally, these demographic questions really bother me now that I've crept into the 55-64 category. Of course if that's now a sports competition category I should clean up.

[henry]

Jimmyk, just answer randomly on age & income brackets. They get the full value of all that compensation they give you for helping them.

[Beasts of England]

Jim Herman also punched his ticket to The Masters - possibly his first appearance. The Shell Houston Open isn't a bad paycheck, either!! Great story all around...

[narciso]

if I didn't know better, one would think it's a cross promotion with the night manager, which deals in this overworld, and the fiction of david hare's
worricker tales,

[Momto2]

Ha ha! That poll comment reminds me of a story my old neighbor told me. He fits the term "curmudgeon" to a T.

So when the pollster asked his highest grade of education he answered 9th grade. (He has a college degree) Later when they asked his income he answered over $$$$(one of the highest brackets).

Telling me the story he laughed and said, "Let them put that in their pipe and smoke it!"

[jimmyk]

They didn't ask about income, just age, race, gender. I have a hard time lying even to a machine.

[MaryD]

Momto2: Your curmudgeon neighbor made
my day! Long may he curmudge!

[narciso]

the mind of the moonbat,

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/hardtalk/9568555.stm

[Gentlejim]

Destiny Ignatz covered tbt's entire schtick in one concise post. Well done.

Is that all you got? Puhleeze......

[GUS]

The left is COMPLETELY dishonest.
Trump didn't say women should be punished for having an abortion. He said women who BREAK THE LAW, should be PUNISHED for BREAKING the LAW.
Then he said he could see BERMUDA from TRUMP TOWER.
The LEFT is my enemy.
Are you listening Mr Kudlow. If Kudlow thinks Matthews is his friend, Kudlow is not very smart.

[GUS]

It's libtard MANIPULATION gentlejim. It's an attempt to CREATE and CONTROL the narrative. Ig synopsized the sissy quite well.

[clarice]

PPL had Cruz and Trump just 1 pt apart.

As I say---who knows? It's not a winner take all state and Trump just needs 18 delegates to stay the course.

[Texas Liberty Gal]

Clarice - that PPL poll is an outlier. All the other polls have Cruz with a 5 - 10 pt. lead.

[Tom Veal]

Speaking of the Classics, in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Jimmy Stewart finished third in the gun fight but got first prize anyway.