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I thank you for that. I am so tired, I am following this thread only because this is the breather I have had in 40 hours.

This Gen is something else. He was on speaker phone, and he lets fly. He said "I don't F--cking care! Get this here! Do that F--cking now!"

Not the most Christian approach, but he got things moving. I must say, it changed when he took charge.

We are moving tons of stuff in the next 24 hours. We are almost approaching a changing state of what the mission is. The people in NO are out, now we will change to recovering the dead, and rebuilding and reconstitution.

Not the most Christian approach, but he got things moving.

The most Christian approach IS to get things moving. Delicate sensibilities are irrelevant.

When a group of chaplains learned the Patton kept a Bible with him, they asked, "Do you read the Bible?", to which he replied,"Every G-- D--- day!"

The people in NO are out, now we will change to recovering the dead, and rebuilding and reconstitution.

Which is what could have happened days ago if the people of NO had evacuated when they were told.

but he got things moving. I must say, it changed when he took charge.

The mayor said the same thing in a presser yesterday. Called LTG Honore "this John Wayne dude." I get the impression that the mayor -- who, by the way, y'all, was Republican till he ran for this seat in a 90% democratic city -- is not a bad guy, just OBE as we say in the Army (Overcome By Events), and maybe not a born genius.

We are moving tons of stuff in the next 24 hours. We are almost approaching a changing state of what the mission is. The people in NO are out, now we will change to recovering the dead, and rebuilding and reconstitution.

I hope someone is going roof to roof in the flooded residential area under the highway... there were folks in there banging on the roofs from inside (a couple of days ago). Dumb MFs went up into the attic with no way out and are stranded there.

By the way, the Army tradition of working the staff until they drop and beyond is one tradition we can lose. Set up a rest plan, please. You will make better decisions, and someone can cover for you while you rest (and then you cover him). Yes, what you are personally doing is important, but the whole Army is built on the idea that any one of us can get tagged at any time and the rest of the guys will drive on. Charlie Mike as it were.

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F

This Gen is something else. He was on speaker phone, and he lets fly. He said "I don't F--cking care! Get this here! Do that F--cking now!" Not the most Christian approach, but he got things moving. I must say, it changed when he took charge.

Sounds like the right man, in the right job, at the right time. Good Gen's are like that...