tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post1958141979483894147..comments2023-12-27T13:35:09.431-07:00Comments on Exile in Portales: Further...Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-49015694734685893832006-12-20T00:19:00.000-07:002006-12-20T00:19:00.000-07:00Laurie said: With all due respect...
Well said an...Laurie said: <i>With all due respect...</i><br /><br />Well said and point well-taken, Laurie. Thanks. I'll be quicker to edit next time. If there IS a next time, which I kinda doubt...<br /><br />:-)Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-17121208860326644962006-12-19T15:55:00.000-07:002006-12-19T15:55:00.000-07:00"By the way, the major carbon copied 55 other offi..."By the way, the major carbon copied 55 other officers in his reply to Cadet X. So I assumed he wasn't concerned with his privacy, and neither should I be."<br /><br />With all due respect, copying 55 other officers is not equal to posting on the open internet, subject to Google searches from anyone anywhere in the world who might be interested in obtaining the names and e-mail addresses of members of ranking US military personnel. And from site searches hitting my own blog, I do know that there are people searching for that kind of information. I am more concerned about his personal information in general than I am about his privacy in this matter.Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13453105465334116413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-53449729646895853302006-12-19T12:33:00.000-07:002006-12-19T12:33:00.000-07:00By the way, the major carbon copied 55 other offic...By the way, the major carbon copied 55 other officers in his reply to Cadet X. So I assumed he wasn't concerned with his privacy, and neither should I be. But that said, and this being your blog, I apologize for not respecting your own effort to protect his privacy. <br /><br />Thanks also for the "real world" perspective. The contrast between the way things should be and the what actually works is very interesting. <br /><br />I certainly share your frustration with political correctness. The Academy, especially in the aftermath of all of our scandals, seems to be one of the most politically correct and sensitive places in the Air Force. I get fed up with it myself. Especially the religious and gender related sensitivity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-42712754705753398622006-12-19T10:31:00.000-07:002006-12-19T10:31:00.000-07:00Buck, I guess it just isn't the same Ol'AF we grew...Buck, I guess it just isn't the same Ol'AF we grew to love and hate on occasion. Has it really become so sensitive. Granted, I agree that the Major's comments were probably a bit out of line and should have been kept between the two parties involved, but the Major had some very valid comments of his own. Like I wrote you in an e-mail those rides are hard earned and are a privilege and if that Cadet listened he learned a valuable lesson in that short e-mail he received. Those rides are an excellent way to reward those maintainers who take care of those pilots day in and day out. <br /><br />I sent this to a friend of mine who happens to have a son currently at the AFA. He said basically the same thing about the cadet in question, but he added that it had gotten a lot of attention school wide. Maybe, we all learned a little something here! "Can't we all just get along?" Nough said!Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06418707312588167974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-19583490073998108822006-12-19T10:05:00.000-07:002006-12-19T10:05:00.000-07:00Hey Mr B,
I like the "Further" post, but I wish th...Hey Mr B,<br />I like the "Further" post, but I wish that the names had been scrubbed, just to keep this all on the q.t.<br /><br />The General Jumper letter was outstanding. The final advice was priceless, and having read the Cadet's letter that preceded, made me shudder a bit.<br /><br />Having said all that, the great thing is that a whole company of cadets have relearned the first law of thermodynamics: Flame on YOU, is flame off me. Those two characters probably became the <br />%hit magnets for miles around!<br /><br />I still feel creepy, by proxy. Reminds me of what kind of identical idiot I was, when I was 20.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com