Comments for On being careful what you wish for...

On being careful what you wish for...

2009-07-17T12:41:47Z

Heartless Libertarian, deployed to Afghanistan, makes this observation regarding the story linked below:

Obama to young: aspire to surpass your role models

So...George Washington is one of my role models. So I should aspire to lead the military forces in a war of independence from the mother country, preside over the convention establishing the form of government, and become that nation's first president.

Maybe I should aspire to surpass him by making sure the form of the government is structured so the government isn't taken over by leftist twits 200 years after the founding.

Snerk.

Comment from Justthisguy on 2009-07-20

2009-07-21T02:58:14Z

Umm, I have just finished reading Toland's book, "The Rising Sun." I would hate for the U.S. army to get like the Japanese army was in the 1930s. I would hate even more the prospect of some of us considering such a situation a lesser of evils. Let us hope that the President remembers and keeps the oath he swore.

Comment from AFSister on 2009-07-17

2009-07-17T18:57:49Z

OH, that's beautiful, HL.

Comment from Grumpy on 2009-07-17

2009-07-17T17:34:19Z

As I see what you are writing, you're not writing to Heartless or Obama, you're writing to all of us. It has caused me to just step back, one step and take a look. From the, "One Step Back" position, I'm reading and writing, right now. John, *Thank You!*

Grumpy

Comment from Argent on 2009-07-17

2009-07-17T13:32:42Z

Who knows what joy the next 200 years will bring :)

I have very few big name role models I think. I tend to be inspired by more down to Earth people with a few exceptions.

Comment from fdcol63 on 2009-07-17

2009-07-17T13:31:59Z

Well, Bill, you have to remember the extreme arrogance and hubris of O. LOL

Comment from BillT on 2009-07-17

2009-07-17T13:03:51Z

If your aspiration is to *surpass* your role models, you may have chosen some pretty lame role models in the first place.