bart: I was trying to continue your tongue in cheek observation, but I guess I fell short. I don't right a lot of comedy material. But I guess that shows!
If you know so much about politics then why be in aviation.? I thought so... As for value? I could care less about your personal comments directed towards me since I take your posts for face value and that is not too much. You tend to think that your "silver" writing style is going to win over people and their my friend you are wrong. Keep trying to sell yourself and if you have nothing better to argue then continue to attempt use "age" to your advantage. Every single one of your political posts come across with no substance whatsoever, they are nothing more than a personal opinion.
Why be in aviation? Good question. It was something that I did with my father when I was young, and I hadn't pursued it before. When I was in first grade, and the DC-3 was the primary "airliner" one would often see, I thought of how great it would be to fly one. If I have the chance, and the money to spare, I will at least get some instruction in one. But I got into aviation to explore my dream a little, which I did, and to enjoy flying, which I do.
Of course you wouldn't take my comments to heart. I'd be surprised if you did.
Silver writing style? Hmmm. That almost sounds like a compliment. In that case, thank you.
Age is like hours in a logbook. It doesn't have any guarantee of
experience. It DOES represent the
oportunity to build life experience that you might not have if your age is a
smaller number. When I see the cocky, the bitter, the "punkass" (a little strong there, Mar
) it reminds me of stages of life that I have already walked, stages that I try every day to avoid walking a second (or third) time. I'm not a mean person, and I'm not running for office, at least this year, so I'm not trying to "sell myself" to anyone. I don't have to.
I suppose one could argue that the value of my posts is in the mind of the reader, but I always try to pose a substantial logical structure when I argue a point. If I have something to say, I first have to decide if it is worthwhile. If so, then how can I be persuasive in my argument? Believe me, 350, age doesn't make anyone
right, it just gives you
more chances to get good input into your decision making process.
Let's veer back to the business at hand.
It is sad that we have a man in office who couldn't even win the majority of the votes of the American people.
I'm certain I don't have to explain the purpose of the electoral college to you, so we'll skip that. To my mind, the shame is that a great portion of the population didn't even care to vote in the election. If so, perhaps the percentage for Bush would have been higher. Perhaps not.
The economy is in shambles, the jobless rate is also "great", w of m destruction have been a joke in itself, can't find Osama, Saddam, etc, .... You surely have a lot to be proud of.... Nothing like having a maverick in office who is bringing this country down rather quickly.
All of this would be good criticism. Except that is, for one thing. You haven't produced any evidence, or even a
theory of how anyone else, ANYONE, could have done a better job. There is an economic recession, just like any other, but made worse by the "uncertainty" of 9-11. Bush's fault for the jobless rate?
No.
WMD a joke? Who could have done a better job? Algore? Why? Present your case. He would have had the same intelligence gathering and anylitical capabilities. Let's follow that idea a little. Say Al decided to do nothing. At this point, the WMD could still be in Iraq, instead of being moved to Syria, which is what I think happened to them. In this case, they are still in Iraq, still under Sadaam's control, and still ready for use. In this secario, I see the danger as being
greater than the current threat level. Now they are hidden, secured, and under wraps by someone other than Sadaam. It's hard for him to get to them, and hard to use them. His forces are scattered, and his loyal troops are reduced to the occasional helicopter attack, not the slaughter of hundreds.
Can't find Osama and Sadaam? Okay, then, who could do better? Name the individual.
This is what I mean when I observe that people can only throw stones. It's easy. And, it's vacuous.
If you know so much about politics then why be in aviation.? I thought so...
Well, I know what I know about politics because of what I have done in the past, for sure, but I also feel it is a part of our duty as citizens to be an informed electorate. As for part two, like I said....I like to fly. It's a lousy business, but I didn't get in expecting to amass wealth. I like the discipline (which i don't always see in a lot of people I've flown with) the intellectual stimulation (of the job itself, not neccessarily the captain) and the sheer joy of looking out the window with a bird's eye view of creation.
I don't know what you thought.
Surely you have quite abit of free time on your hands.. Media biz isn't going too well for you.?? I would think with as much intellectual ability, age, and skills that you attempt to prove that you have then surely you would be much sought after and a wanted individual throughout ...(maybee not)
Ow, I have been struck to the quick!
Actually, the media biz is already recovering with the economy. Since I spent a period of two full years without any media marketing, I have a process of several months duration underway where I will find and woo a Ney York agent, one who also has an LA office, to supplement my Philadelphia agent. I go into the studio in NY on the 17th to record a narration demo for General Motors, the DoD, and several cable channels.
skills that you attempt to prove that you have then surely...
Let me explain something, since you seem to harp on this point a little bit. In media and publishing, when someone writes, speaks, is interviewed, or made reference to, there is some sort of "credential" that is included with that identification. You have no doubt seen on CNN a short interview featuring, say, "John Smith (not his name), President of Greenpeace International" (a typical CNN kind of apearance) .
Now, in personal conversation, you may already know the credential. If I talk to Bob Dole, for example, I already know a bunch of stuff about him. I know not to put out my right hand, but my left hand instead, and I know who he is, his background, and his experience. Knowing this helps put what he says into perspective. I'm talking to Bob Dole, not the chauffer who drives him. It gives me perspective and insight.
Now if I post something here, and I think that maybe, just maybe, some of my background and experience might be relevant to what I am posting, then I will mention it. Why would this mention be relevant? It gives the reader a small taste of my specific background in the area I am discussing. For example, I don't just
guess about the motives and methods of liberal democrats, I spent over
two decades as a true believer. If I have something to say about the homosexual movement, it isn't because I got a pamphet in the mail from Jerry Falwell, it's because I have know dozens of such poeple and worked in close proximity with them for even
more decades.
So, I'm not so much
selling myself as I am trying to provide a little background, as the speaker, for what is being said.
At first I truly had admiration and respect for you and I even attempted to help you out with job leads and I guess that I probably shouldn't have even done that since I am so "young" and "cocky" in your opinion.. So soon we seem to forget things.
Perhaps you stopped having any kind of respect when you made the post that elicited my response. Mar and I for example, often cross swords, but nobody bleeds, at least not much. (no, I won't insert a "bleeding heart" comment here, but it was tempting). Even Mar used the word "punkass", which is suprisingly pejorative for Mar.
Good Lord, man, we're a community here! Didn't I thank you for that job idea? I'm 99% certain that I did. A lot of guys here have supplied job leads, and every one of them gets a thank you. Most leads require a current 8410, and mine expired in May. Most require higher TT, and I can't just go out and rent a Skyhawk and make that go higher. Falcon Capt remined me last week or so of an SIC job at TEB. Turns out it is a guy who posts here, and with whom I have spoken before. I need both the 8410 AND to move within one hour of TEB to take that job, and it's only a few hours of flying a week. So, I can't do it.
And yes, I do appreciate it when people try to help, just I tried to help when I was flying. I haven't forgotten any of the help I've gotten here. So, I try to give something back by remaining an active and somewhat insightful participant here on this site.
Keep believing that you "know it all" and I hope that you get some followers to join in on your slowly moving bandwagon.
I have come close to believing that I "know it all", but that was when I was far younger. The more I learn, the more I am certain that I know very little. I don't have a "bandwagon" of my own. The one I am interested in seeing everyone get on is having an understanding of the values and principles upon which this country was founded, and gaining something from my experience as a liberal to help them accellerate the process of thinking for themselves instead of swallowing the Katie Couric line right down to the sinker. That's the bandwagon of becoming an informed and knowlegable electorate.
And do keep laughing. It's good for your blood pressure.
