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Consider this analog for a moment in time:
The Tandem master has spent quite some time and money doing a number of things that will allow someone to trust them with their lives. They have made many jumps, they have undergone training for the normal and the many emergency situations, they have been purposely placed in environments replicating, as best is possible, those bad conditions to see how they will react. They are certified to then carrying paying “passengers” for these tandem jumps. He/she is: Accountable, responsible and ready to do all the work, planning a positive experience, but ready for the negative one.
The fake “skydiver” on the front…well, they get about 15 minutes of training, which entails showing them “position 1″ and “position 2″ and when to use them. They show they can do that a time or two to the tandem master They see a short video by Bill Booth (damn lawyers!), get suited up (with help) and are on their way to check the life experience block of being a “skydiver.”
(Note to reader: Fill in here with your best imitation of Ice Man at the first TOPGUN meeting with the hot contractor being told about international relations for the full multimedia experience of this post)
The “pony rider” can keep their eyes shut, put their hands over their face, they can pass out, they can panic and try to grab the arms of the tandem master, but…in the long run, the tandem master makes sure they “arrive alive” at the end of the gravity powered entertainment ride.
So, Hillary would have you believe, because she was strapped to someone, that she is fully experienced as the guy in the back, with years of effort and also the many jumps under many circumstances.
My point is Hillary is merely a poser. She got zip for experience, and all the charity work doesn’t count toward Presidential qualifications, because you can walk away from those “duties” at any time and you’re not accountable.
Life is so much more nuanced when you are the last word, especially when millions and millions of lives are at stake.
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If a man puts on a uniform he’s never worn rightfully and adds metals he’s never earned, it is called stolen valor, when a woman claims credit for knowledge and skills gleened from the most morally challenged, disreputable and worst President to ever occupy the White House would it be considered “stolen ineptitude and corruption”??????? LOL!!! Sorry XFORMED, I couldn’t help myself. Nice article and quite true.
Comment by HoosierArmyMom — 1/1/2008 @ 3:19 am