Posted on 11/27/2005 12:29:48 PM PST by kristinn
My son joined the Army Reserve and trained as a combat medic (he's a nurse). He really enjoyed the Reserve and they gave him lots of training, sent him on a bunch of missions.
He was working for a mental health clinic at night. Doing intake on people they need to hold overnight. It paid well and they needed his skill set - his ability to handle difficult patients in particular. Sometimes his schedule was such that he would come back from Reserve duty and go straight to work. He's have to change to civies at work.
One of his co-workers was very, very, very liberal and equally mouthy. I can remember how shook up he was the first time he came home and told me she was calling him a murder and a baby killer. She would call him names every time they were on shift together. I urged him to do something about it, but she was what you would call a "protected class" and management needed "proof". So he quit the job.
My daughter works for the parent company that manages that clinic. She told me "the rest of story" some months ago. The clinic eventually installed security devices that included cameras. Over time several patients had complained about this same woman who ill treated my son. The security camera caught her actually abusing a patient and she was fired.
Sort of confirms my feeling that the people who behave this way tend to be lower life forms anyway.
My son is on active duty now - he's pleased he is finally getting to put his training to good work. He misses home, but as he says "its a lot more fulfilling than treating guys who've blown up their meth lab".
Semper Fi!
If a civilian who's brother was in the Marines can say that :o)
Always like to see such "Combined Operations". Inter-service cooperation at it's finest.
Marines and Air Force. Ooo Rah! Semper Fi Marines! Captain Gato, USAFR(ret).
Negative. They need to focus on the war effort. We need to focus on the leftists. No passing of the baton...
The correct phrase is "joint operations." ;-)
Thanks for posting the story, Kristinn!
Truly a joint service operation!
Oooooh!
BIG ole bump!
That one is excellent!
What happens next? Do they skulk and squirm away in shame?
This inquiring mind wants to know!
Usually they just shutup realizing how stupid they look and walk away. Sometimes though they'll start getting even more hysterical.
"Baby killers", huh? They have not even got any immagination, but merely recycle the insults of the last war.
My Mama told me never to use the sort of language which is the only way to describe such persons.
VietVet
Hypocrisy is a hard thing to face. So is the truth.
It's called being a coward, which is a word rarely used in this day and age.
Good for another bump.
Probably some of Cindy Shehan's offal.
I don't think people have a right to attack American soldiers verablly or physically for serving their country.
By doing so, they are providing aid and comfort to the enemy which is clearly defined as TREASON in the Constitution.
Today they just got beat up.
A hundred and 50 years ago or so ago they would have been shot or bayonetted - something they richly deserve.
If I see one person attack a Vet, then they are going to be in a world of hurt.
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I concur. And major physical and mental pain. May nothing like that ever happpen in front of me or in my vicinity. That's all I can say about that....
With all respect, that term describes what the hippies must have been smoking before they attempted to re-live their (or their parents' ?...) VietNam days.
I would instead offer the term "combined-arms operation" to describe the good guys' actions here. :-)
Cheers!
Baby killer? Kind of weird coming from the Pro-Abortion crowd.... I wonder if they even realize their hypocrisy
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