Post by yippee on Dec 13, 2007 10:56:34 GMT -6
;D
Drafting Guys over 50
> Here's a thought..........
>
> Drafting Guys over 50
> New Direction for the war on terrorists from a veteran.
>
> I am over 50 and the Armed Forces thinks I'm too old to track down
> terrorists. (You can't be older than 42 to join the military.)
>
> They've got the whole thing backwards. Instead of sending 18-year-olds off
> to fight, they ought to take us old guys. You shouldn't be able to join
> a
> military unit until you're at least 35.
>
> For starters:
> Researchers say 18-year-olds think about sex every 10 seconds. Old guys
> only
> think about sex a couple of times a day, leaving us more than 28,000
> additional seconds per day to concentrate on the enemy.
>
> Young guys haven't lived long enough to be cranky, and a cranky soldier is
> a
> dangerous soldier. "My back hurts! I can't sleep, I'm tired and hungry!"
>
> We are impatient and maybe letting us kill some nether-region of a donkey that desperately
> deserves it will make us feel better and shut us up for a while.
>
> An 18-year-old doesn't even like to get up before 10 a.m. Old guys always
> get up early to pee so what the hell. Besides, like I said, "I'm tired and
> can't sleep and since I'm already up, I may as well be up killing some
> son-of-a-pregnant dog.
>
> If captured we couldn't spill the beans because we'd forget where we put
> them. In fact, name, rank, and serial number would be a real brainteaser.
>
> Boot camp would be easier for old guys. We're used to getting screamed and
> yelled at and we like soft food. We've also developed an appreciation for
> guns. We've been using them for years as an excuse to get out of the
> house,
> away from the screaming and yelling.
>
> They could lighten up on the obstacle course however. I've been in combat
> and didn't see a single 20-foot wall with rope hanging over the side, nor
> did I ever do any pushups after completing basic training. I can hear the
> Drill Sgt. now, "Get down and give me ... er ... one."
>
> Actually, the running part is kind of a waste of energy, too. I've never
> seen anyone outrun a bullet.
>
> An 18-year-old has the whole world ahead of him. He's still learning to
> shave, to start up a conversation with a pretty girl. He still hasn't
> figured out that a baseball cap has a brim to shade his eyes, not the
> back of his head.
> These are all great reasons to keep our kids at home to learn a little
> more about life before sending them off into harm's way.
>
> Let us old guys go after the enemy. The last thing an enemy would want to
> see right now is a couple of million pissed off old farts with attitudes
> and
> automatic weapons who know that their best years are already behind them.
>
>
> If nothing else, put us on the border and we will have it secured the
> first
> night.
>
> Share this with your senior friends. It's purposely in big type so you
> can
> read it .
Drafting Guys over 50
> Here's a thought..........
>
> Drafting Guys over 50
> New Direction for the war on terrorists from a veteran.
>
> I am over 50 and the Armed Forces thinks I'm too old to track down
> terrorists. (You can't be older than 42 to join the military.)
>
> They've got the whole thing backwards. Instead of sending 18-year-olds off
> to fight, they ought to take us old guys. You shouldn't be able to join
> a
> military unit until you're at least 35.
>
> For starters:
> Researchers say 18-year-olds think about sex every 10 seconds. Old guys
> only
> think about sex a couple of times a day, leaving us more than 28,000
> additional seconds per day to concentrate on the enemy.
>
> Young guys haven't lived long enough to be cranky, and a cranky soldier is
> a
> dangerous soldier. "My back hurts! I can't sleep, I'm tired and hungry!"
>
> We are impatient and maybe letting us kill some nether-region of a donkey that desperately
> deserves it will make us feel better and shut us up for a while.
>
> An 18-year-old doesn't even like to get up before 10 a.m. Old guys always
> get up early to pee so what the hell. Besides, like I said, "I'm tired and
> can't sleep and since I'm already up, I may as well be up killing some
> son-of-a-pregnant dog.
>
> If captured we couldn't spill the beans because we'd forget where we put
> them. In fact, name, rank, and serial number would be a real brainteaser.
>
> Boot camp would be easier for old guys. We're used to getting screamed and
> yelled at and we like soft food. We've also developed an appreciation for
> guns. We've been using them for years as an excuse to get out of the
> house,
> away from the screaming and yelling.
>
> They could lighten up on the obstacle course however. I've been in combat
> and didn't see a single 20-foot wall with rope hanging over the side, nor
> did I ever do any pushups after completing basic training. I can hear the
> Drill Sgt. now, "Get down and give me ... er ... one."
>
> Actually, the running part is kind of a waste of energy, too. I've never
> seen anyone outrun a bullet.
>
> An 18-year-old has the whole world ahead of him. He's still learning to
> shave, to start up a conversation with a pretty girl. He still hasn't
> figured out that a baseball cap has a brim to shade his eyes, not the
> back of his head.
> These are all great reasons to keep our kids at home to learn a little
> more about life before sending them off into harm's way.
>
> Let us old guys go after the enemy. The last thing an enemy would want to
> see right now is a couple of million pissed off old farts with attitudes
> and
> automatic weapons who know that their best years are already behind them.
>
>
> If nothing else, put us on the border and we will have it secured the
> first
> night.
>
> Share this with your senior friends. It's purposely in big type so you
> can
> read it .