LVSteve
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All I see is a pointless flex at our expense.
It’s War
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Words matter.
Ask an attorney, they use language as a tool every day in their craft.
Politicians use language as a tool to gain favor or increase discontent among the public depending upon their agenda. Unfortunately, the average folks aren't in the business of identifying language subtleties and are blatantly mislead.
I think politicians should be held accountable to the same standards as banks and insurance companies requiring written communications must be easily understood with very little education.
Simple direct language is a thing of the past, but it needs a re-birth. George Carlin did a great comedy routine about what he deemed soft language that takes the life out of life. He was spot on. He described us going from shell shocked, to battle fatigue to post traumatic stress disorder.
Ask an attorney, they use language as a tool every day in their craft.
Politicians use language as a tool to gain favor or increase discontent among the public depending upon their agenda. Unfortunately, the average folks aren't in the business of identifying language subtleties and are blatantly mislead.
I think politicians should be held accountable to the same standards as banks and insurance companies requiring written communications must be easily understood with very little education.
Simple direct language is a thing of the past, but it needs a re-birth. George Carlin did a great comedy routine about what he deemed soft language that takes the life out of life. He was spot on. He described us going from shell shocked, to battle fatigue to post traumatic stress disorder.
Trivial baloney. How are we coming on lowering drug costs and solving the hunger problem in this country? Oh, and by the way, gas is going up!
Same! And for over 20 years I've kept the tradition alive. It's fun thrift shopping with my wife and of course we want to look at different things. Later when I go to find her a staff member will sometimes see me looking around and say "Can I help you find something?" I love the confused look I get when replying "I'm looking for the War Department" lol.
Todd
My Dad loved Harry Truman. He was on a troop ship headed to Japan after two years in Europe when Harry dropped the bomb. Might be the only reason I'm here!
The late Don Jones, one of our elders at church, was a Marine Raider who had been wounded at Guadalcanal and again at Tinian. He was fresh out of convalescent leave and en route invasion of Japan. He was also pleased with Truman's decision.
I thought I divorced her...
...BenSame here. For your Dad to be in Europe two years, he must've been in one of the units that started out in North Africa, then went to Sicily, Italy, France, Germany and was in Austria when the war ended.
I respect your opinion. Yet, I like President Washington for establishing the Dept of War.
You'll find that 'dove' thing a hard sell in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia, Libya, Yemen, Pakistan, and a host of African countries.
Just think of all the money it saved!
Billions wasted every year, nothing new.
The faux hysteria here reeks of politics.
As one who should know has said. "Can anyone by worrying add a single hour to their life".
The faux hysteria here reeks of politics.
As one who should know has said. "Can anyone by worrying add a single hour to their life".
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My dad, WWII South Pacific, always called it the War Department. I actually thought they were different for a long time. Peace!
It was good enough for me dear old mum.
I didn't realize it was still called "The War Department" a month after I was born. Man, do I feel old. JoeIt was good enough for me dear old mum.
No fighting in the War Room!
And we must not allow a Mine Shaft Gap!
Might have my time line off. My Dad landed after D-day. He was a medic with the 66th Field Hospital. (First medical unit into Dachou.) He was in flight school in Miami when Hap Arnold washed everyone out to get bodies to Europe.
smithman 10
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An honest answer would violate the forum ban on political content I'm afraid.
Our fathers were essentially in the same place at the same time. Mine was with the 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion, attached to the 3rd Infantry Division when it liberated Dachau. Your dad's unit was probably called in immediately to tend to the inmates the Germans left behind.
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