No squid could stand that heat (Heh!).

http://twitchy.com/2013/02/07/disturbing-supporters-admirers-leap-to-alleged-murderer-christopher-dorners-defense/

I just thought today was the wrong day for that comment and got a bit carried away reliving my return. Maybe I’m the one that owes you an apology.

Details announced for Navy SEAL’s memorial service at Cowboys Stadium

He was trying to help out a brother who was having a hard time coping and got shot.

This murder I’m sure they’ll politicize. The scum.

I think you may be taking my sense of humor the wrong way. I spent 20 years in the Navy. We poke fun at ourselves (you should hear the jokes I’ve got about submariners)as well as the other services all the time. And they give it right back. That enlistment oath parody has no doubt been floating around longer than I was. Actually, the first time I saw it was in an email a friend in the Marines sent to me back in the early 90s.

It’s not meant as an insult, and I don’t know anybody in the service who takes it as an insult. The Marine who sent me the email thought the Marine enlistment oath was hilarious. These kind of jokes are in their own way a token of respect.

Like all humor there is a grain of truth in it. The Navy, for instance, does somewhat deserve its reputation for being a gang of criminals. It’s hard not to notice when an entire battle group gets kicked out of a country.

I’m actually surprised we don’t get kicked out of more ports. My carrier nearly got kicked out of Diego Garcia. We definitely got kicked out of the O club. At that time the uniform of the day on Dodge included Pith helmets. So everyone went to the uniform shop to buy Pith helmets.

Then we went to the club. If you walk into an Navy officer’s club covered (wearing a hat) you have to buy the entire bar a round of drinks. People somehow forgot the rule and kept walking in showing off their new Pith helmets. One guy had five of them stacked on his head; he had to buy five rounds.

Discretion being the better part of valor I decided to leave when the A-7 drivers piled onto the hotdog cart and crashed it through the porch railing and onto the beach. The British Indian Ocean Territory police already had a dim view of Sailors, probably because of stuff like this. I didn’t want to stick around until they showed up. The next morning all the squadron COs were invited to inspect the damage and figure out what each one owed.

Some things never change. Back in the 70s they were giving out good conduct medals based upon who had spent the least amount of time in the brig.

In any case I can’t get offended when other people joke about certain aspects of Navy culture. At least, as long as they served. It would be more insulting if they thought we were delicate hothouse flowers who couldn’t take a joke.

I hope I didn’t say anything that gives further offense. But you asked for either an explanation or apology. I’m not going to apologize because that would imply I meant that comment as an insult. It was nothing of the sort.

If you want to see an actual insult to those serving in the military, here it is:

FIRST ON CNN: Panetta to recommend pay cut for military

It’s just another in a series of middle fingers Obama has directed at the military.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7c3_1249582446

JOURNALISM: MSM covers up Christopher Dorner’s hard-Left political views.

Master murder-politicizer Piers Morgan: Don’t politicize Dorner murder spree.

Disturbing: Supporters, admirers leap to alleged murderer Christopher Dorner’s defense.

UPDATE: It’s worth taking Piers Morgan off TV if it saves a single life.

I also worry about the example set by gun-scofflaw David Gregory. Think of the children!