Jim Hill has a way with words!
I don't know if you all saw the article last week about Barbara Boxer admonishing Brigadier General Michael Walsh (19 Jun 2009) because he addressed her as Ma'am and not Senator before a Senate hearing. Anyway, this is a letter from a Guard aviator and Captain for Alaska Air Lines. He hits the Senator about as hard as is possible. I would hate to have him mad at me.. Maybe we all should send a copy of his letter to the Senator. It seems she is hell-bent on challenging Pelosi on being the dumbest broad in Congress.
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Babs:
You were so right on when you scolded the general on TV for using the term, "Ma'am," instead of "Senator." After all, in the military, "Ma'am" is a term of respect when addressing a female of superior rank or position.
The general was totally wrong. You are not a person of superior rank or position. You are a member of one of the world's most corrupt organizations, the U.S. Senate, equaled only by the U.S. House of Representatives.
Congress is a cesspool of liars, thieves, inside traders, traitors, drunks (one who killed a staffer, yet is still revered), criminals, and other low level swine who, as individuals (not all, but many), will do anything to enhance their lives, fortunes and power, all at the expense of the people of the United States and its Constitution, in order to be continually re-elected. Many democrats even want American troops killed by releasing photographs. How many of you could honestly say, "We pledge our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor?" None? One? Two?
Your reaction to the general shows several things. First is your abysmal ignorance of all things military. Your treatment of the general shows you to be an elitist of the worst kind. When the general entered the military (as most of us who served) he wrote the government a blank check, offering his life to protect your derriere now safely and comfortably ensconced in a 20 thousand dollar leather chair, paid for by the general's taxes. You repaid him for this by humiliating him in front of millions.
Second is your puerile character, lack of sophistication, and arrogance which borders on the hubristic. This display of brattish behavior shows you to be a virago, termagant, harridan, nag, scold or shrew, unfit for your position, regardless of the support of the unwashed, uneducated masses who have made California into the laughing stock of the nation.
What I am writing, Senator, these are the same thoughts countless millions of Americans have toward the current Congress, but who lack the energy, ability or time to convey them. Under the democrats, some don't even have the 44 cents to buy the stamp. Regardless of their thoughts, most realize politicians today are pretty much the same, and will vote for the one who will bring home the most bacon, even if they do consider how corrupt that person is.
Lord Acton (1834 - 1902) so aptly charged, "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely." Unbeknownst to you and your colleagues, Mr. Power has had his way with all of you, and we are all the worse for it.
Finally Senator, I too, have a title. It is "Right Wing Extremist Potential Terrorist Threat." It is not of my choosing, but was given to me by your Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano. And you were offended by "Ma'am?"
Have a day. Cheers!
Jim Hill
16808 - 103rd Avenue Court
East South Hill, WA 98375
"IN GOD WE TRUST"
This is for you Jim.