Was, Not Was

From: "nu-monet v5.0" <nothing@succeeds.com>
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Date: Fri, Aug 16, 2002 8:21 PM

What if you wanted a police state, but nobody came
on your hankie?

Back during the Clinton years, with the "put 100,000
policemen on the streets" program that was maybe
able to recruit a tenth of that number, nationwide,
was the first inkling that 'dammit, there just aren't
enough jack-booted thugs to go around!'

Now, there are strong suggestions that a lot of the
"authority" types in the government--the rank and file
*and* their mandarin leaders--are getting fed up with
the constant "go, go, go!" of the "War on Terrorism."

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2002-08-15-fbi_x.htm

Morale is slipping. Sure, there are critical National
Guard units that do interesting stuff and have now been
on active duty so long they are *like* active duty
soldiers; but how many are just guys--used car salesmen,
fast food restaurant managers, etc., who are just standing
around, doing dumbshit duty like guarding airport terminals
with empty rifles, as their *real* jobs go to hell and at
a fraction of the pay? Boy, that would make *me* want to
re-up!

The numbers are interesting. The INS is losing people
in droves--tired of the bullshit, harassment and demands
that they always be on their toes. Unwilling to do the
"rah, rah, sis-boom-bah" of Homeland Security along with
their regular jobs.

And that's just the bottom line: It's *not* an adventure,
it's *just* a job. I'll do the damn job, but not if you
keep insisting that I say over and over again how much I
fucking love to work and be patriotic and shit.

--
Oh, what tangled webs we weave,
When first we practice to deceive.
And so, my friend, the simple fact is,
You've got to have a lot of practice.

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From: Legume <none@yerbiz.com>

nu-monet v5.0 wrote:
> Morale is slipping. Sure, there are critical National
> Guard units that do interesting stuff and have now been
> on active duty so long they are *like* active duty
> soldiers; but how many are just guys--used car salesmen,
> fast food restaurant managers, etc., who are just standing
> around, doing dumbshit duty like guarding airport terminals
> with empty rifles, as their *real* jobs go to hell and at
> a fraction of the pay?

All of them.

> And that's just the bottom line: It's *not* an adventure,
> it's *just* a job.

And a SHITTY job at that. I've been a busboy and a mall janitor, but
SOLDIER was the shiitiest. The pay sucks, the hours suck, and they nickel
and dime you to death. All in all, I'd rather be a black cotton picker in
1825 than a soldier in 2002.

It's just a better deal.
--
Legume

"Civilization will not attain to its perfection until the last stone from
the last church falls on the last priest" - - - Emile Zola

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