So long ago but seems like yesterday in some ways. Just found these stuffed away in a storage box. From the Amazon to Africa...to some of the worse shit holes that occupy this planets surface. Each mission a gut twister. Each return a search for its purpose. But I learned to live and to appreciate my life even more. To this day I live by that purpose of appreciating and living my life on my terms and to it's fullest.
In order to live, man must act; in order to act, he must make choices; in order to make choices, he must define a code of values; in order to define a code of values, he must know what he is and where he is – i.e., he must know his own nature (including his means of knowledge) and the nature of the universe in which he acts – i.e., he needs metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, which means: philosophy. A warrior is a philosopher. There is no better witness to the full gamut of human experience than the warrior. A warrior is also a Renaissance man or woman...someone who is able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, cut down a tree, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, plant a garden, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. I can say (with the exception of the last)...been there done that. Hence my title. In my life now...my military career taught me to be a jack of all trades...but a master of none. Specialization is for insects.
@davidaxelrod@POTUS Piss of Baizuo...your party is the sole reason why faith in our institutions is crumbling. Your party's support of Platner is a ideal example of the demoRATs hypocrisy & lust for power. Your party & your leaders will clearly go down as the most ineffectual & dishonest known.
@WhiteHouse So another Obama deal? They kill their own people, bomb their neighbors...etc...etc...and you're letting them remain...sell their oil and get billions? WTF over? So now...what about a deal for your citizens? Sorry Mr. President...I've seen everything increase since you arrived.