Do you understand the concepts of duty and responsibility?
Yes, I do understand the concepts of duty and responsibility and I do not see them in Sarah Palin.
See Post 32.
As the old saying goes, "When the going gets tough, the tough get going."
When the going got tough for Sarah Palin in the Governorship of Alaska that she was entrusted with ......
Instead of fighting the blackmail of nuisance lawsuits, she made it be known that the blackmail of nuisance lawsuits works to send a Governor running.
Running where?
To cash in.
To cash in doing stupid Reality TV shows with tabloid queens like Kate Gosselin.
Palin and Gosselin in the Mother of All Reality Shows
To cash in with $100,000 per pop speeches.
To cash in to the tune of $12 million two years after she quit.
April 15, 2010: Sarah Palin income 12 million dollars since leaving office
Yes, I understand the concepts of duty and responsibility. I have a Retirement Certificate from the U.S. Navy hanging on my wall but I get no retirement pay.
Why? How I can be "retired" but get no retirement pay?
Because, the Navy has me classified as "Honorarily Retired".
After completing my active duty obligations as a Navy Medical Officer, I never resigned my commission. Yet, I did not do the "weekend warrior" drills because I was on call 24/7 as the only one of my medical specialty in an under-served rural county.
The Navy warned me that, unless I resigned my Navy commission, I could get recalled to active duty in time of war and that I would not get retirement points if I did not weekend drill. I was taking all of the risks and getting none of the bennies.
I told the Navy that I could not leave my county uncovered, that I knew that I would not get retirement pay and that I knew that I could be recalled to active in case of war.
I told the Navy that I knew all that, that I did not need their retirement and that, if they needed me, I would be there for them.
When the Gulf War came about, the Navy called, and I reported as called.
Twenty years after I was commissioned, the Navy sent me my Retirement Certificate and took me off the rolls of Reserve officers subject to immediate active duty recall in time of war.
So, yes, I understand the concepts of duty and responsibility and I carried out my duty, as I saw it, above and beyond what the Navy expected ..... for NO money.
I did not QUIT.