We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/06/round_four.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:29:29 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification I think I’ve got a pretty good sense for the absurd, but I couldn’t get this loony if I went without sleep for a week (and I have -- on several occasions). Rounds One, Two and Three are here. I’ll hang loose until you catch up... Got all that? Okay, here’s Round Four: Subject: RE: Last Notice Action Required - CAC Reverification Warning - ticket [redacted] From: [pentagonal dot mil addy redacted] Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 10:35 [note the date] To: [my dot mil addy redacted] , [same pentagonal dot mill addy redacted – yup, I guess they wanted... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/06/round_four.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/06/round_four.html Sun, 15 Jun 2008 04:38:30 -0600 BillT, As my Father, said in the past, "Government wanted a perfectly square building, this is how we got the Pentagon." You figure it out. Grumpy http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/06/round_four.html#comment-74318 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/06/round_four.html#comment-74318 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:18:45 -0600 BillT, As my Father, said in the past, "Government wanted a perfectly square building, this is how we got the Pentagon." You figure it out. Grumpy http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/06/round_four.html#comment-74317 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/06/round_four.html#comment-74317 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:17:33 -0600 If they don't unfark this soon, they will need someone to fill your duties. I suggest the farking idiot (and/or their boss). Let them teach the Iraqis to fly whop-whops and not prang any of the birds in the process. Please provide their unredacted address if it comes to that, so we can all help with their education and shopping needs. IDIOTS! The one thing I don't miss! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/06/round_four.html#comment-74309 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/06/round_four.html#comment-74309 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:11:47 -0600 I use V/r as "Virtually retired." In this case, it's "Vituperatively resentful"... Working on locating an O-6 with a brain who can unfark the situation, but the *Air Force* runs this place... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/06/round_four.html#comment-74294 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/06/round_four.html#comment-74294 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:39:51 -0600 One thing I got away from fairly quickly as an O-6 ALO was closing with "V/R." I have very little respect for buffoonery, especially when it comes to USARMY administration. They (and I didn't care who "they" were) want my respect? Then earn it. Otherwise, "Sincerely" works just fine. Can you find an O-6 with a brain around there to help un-f**k this? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/06/round_four.html#comment-74293 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/06/round_four.html#comment-74293 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:00:28 -0600 Sure, kat. One at a time, all three consecutively or should I send you a cover with one as a .doc, one as a .jpeg and one as a .pdf? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/06/round_four.html#comment-74290 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/06/round_four.html#comment-74290 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 05:01:14 -0600 Can we have that email in triplicate? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/06/round_four.html#comment-74289 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/06/round_four.html#comment-74289 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 04:07:14 -0600 I just love Bureaucracy. It smells like Idiots in the Morning. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/06/round_four.html#comment-74288 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/06/round_four.html#comment-74288 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:40:30 -0600