Comments on: A Comedian In The New York Guard

By: General General

General General — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:20:36 +0000

The New York Guard is the finest group of soldiers I have the honor to serve with……keep it alive

By: Darkwolf

Darkwolf — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:34:27 +0000

Perfect! we can cut off their escape on the Northern front from Michigan's Upper Peninisula while you guys in Minnesota box them in from the West.

By: U2Dave

U2Dave — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:29:28 +0000

Could I get the Cliff Notes to this conversation because it sounds like legal'ies amusing and yet an absurdity of the law all at the same time.

Or…. am I better off not knowing some of the counter productive nuances of the legal system?

By: Tom Noonan

Tom Noonan — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:21:29 +0000

Continued from above…

Instead of talented people using their abilities to show the humorous human face of life in the military in this era, we get the likes of Gary Trudeau and Tom Toles whose snarky, sometimes vicious "humor" just replicates the liberal attack agenda. For example, that creep Trudeau lost me when he came up with "Phred the VC," a sympathetic, hapless guy just trying to survive when he actually represented a savage bunch who relished killing my buddies. Nice going Trudeau. I'm sure your work hangs in one of the war museums in Hanoi.

Instead of the MSM, we now have to go directly to the troops' own Youtube videos to counter this propaganda. It may not always be as slick and smooth as syndicated cartoonists, but it is infinitely more authentic and sincere.

By: Tom Noonan

Tom Noonan — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:17:45 +0000

How about writing something about "Humor in Uniform?" "Readers Digest" has (or had) such a section. One of the things I miss most about my time on active duty is the daily humor that percolated up from the ranks. It was usually clever, topical, original, and hilarious. The closer to difficulty and danger we got, the edgier and funnier it became.

There is a reason the "Willy & Joe" cartoons Bill Mauldin and the humor other commentators like him produced during WWII were so popular not only with the troops, but also with the civilians back home. It gave an unvarnished and human look behind the scenes of circumstances that were usually boring and grinding, but sometimes terrifying.

By: LawhawkSF

LawhawkSF — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:40:05 +0000

I don't see any reason why there shouldn't be a comic in the Guard. After all, we have a clown as commander in chief.

By: LawhawkSF

LawhawkSF — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:35:21 +0000

Don't forget Frederick the Great's three orders of battle: Attack, attack, attack. The other famous German battle philosopher was Revolutionary War icon, von Steuben, who said "vot da hell em I doink in dis crazy country?"

Wasn't the Clausewitz money quote "war is the continuation of diplomacy by other means."?

By: LawhawkSF

LawhawkSF — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:27:25 +0000

I'm having a senior moment right now, and I can't remember the name of the movie, or even who was in it. About ten years ago, someone made a Zucker-like movie with a courtroom scene. One attorney is cross-examining a witness. The other attorney has opened a burlap sack, releasing some nasty, snarling critters with bold stripes on their backs. As they head for the poor guy on the stand, the first attorney says (OK, do I really need to do this?): "Objection, your honor. Counsel is badgering the witness." Can somebody out there help me out with the name and cast of the movie? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

By: LawhawkSF

LawhawkSF — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:16:37 +0000

Hey, Dave, I'll let you decide. The Rule Against Perpetuities: "No interest is good unless it must vest within twenty-one years plus some life in being at the time of the creation of the instrument." Discuss. Now do you understand why most lawyers drink too much and "sober as a judge" is nonsense? I apologize on behalf of Andrew and myself. All legal beagles suffer from a form of Tourette's. We can't help ourselves.

By: Gary Graham

Gary Graham — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:48:05 +0000

I truly adore this website! Who needs law school? I hang around here…and can get just as confused as if i were studying for the bar! Thanks, A.P. and Lawhawk! Reminds me of why I didn't go to law school, Objection, your honor, counsel is badgering the witness! I'd like a sidebar, your honor…

And the Art of War, and mad Prussians… You guys all ROCK!