Really?

Now that we’ve agreed that your ideas have failed and we have to fix the mess we’re left with, sure.

There’s a lot of attempts for the hardened, most stubborn, most doctrinaire, most untyhinking right-wingers to try to “take possession” of this moment. To claim, somehow, that it belongs to them. That, somehow, they played a role. That when they were voting to support torture in 2004 and claiming that Obama was a Marxist Islamofascist who was going to herald a part in turning America into a socialist worker’s paradise that they are part of this day. That when they praise the “peaceful transfer of power,” they’re somehow doing something great. To which I say, paraphrasing Chris Rock, this: “What do you want? A cookie? That’s what you’re supposed to do you low expectation having motherf—er!”

This was the triumph of the American people over their darker nature. What that means is we reject that darker nature, SFCB’s nature and Jay Tea’s nature, in favor of our better ones.

That humor gene is still giving them trouble, I see.

Like I said, SFC B, we’ve been through all this countless times before over the last eight years. Your side lost.

We have sides now? I thought we were past partisan politics now and in an era of newfound cooperation and unity. Saying that my side “lost” is sure cynical, and I know the new First Lady has told me that the New President won’t allow you to cynical anymore.

Dude Fafaroo, get with the program man! Stop thinking of a two-sided world! We’re no longer in a zero-sum game with winners and losers! It’s like youth league soccer! We’re all winners!

Where’s my trophy and pizza damnit.

Gee? Really? I never would have guessed. So do most conservative morons. Trust me. You are not at all unique.

Like I said, SFC B, we’ve been through all this countless times before over the last eight years. Your side lost.

Get used to it.

May President Obama have an uninteresting term.

You sound like a conservative moron circa 2003, rehashing all the old crap: 9-11 was Clinton’s fault! Libruls are pussies! Suck on this Jane Fonda!

Did no one tell you, on awakening, that the eight year conservative suckfest is over? That the crap you were pushing then has since been roundly exposed and rejected?

We’ve all run through this crap before, man. You lost.

Welcome to the present — and the future.

The only person to ever tell me they were a conservative Republican who’d sign up in a heartbeat but couldn’t because of his service-related disability, and thus ineligible. But if he didn’t have a bad ticker he’d have been happy to sign-up again. Those Vietnam vets are tough and how they were treated upon their return was shameful.

And gosh, if removing the last excuse liberal traitors had for not dying in Iraq doesn’t brighten one’s day, making graphic sexual references about their mothers is certainly an awesome way to enjoy one’s lunch hour.

SFC B, so how about all those conservative republicans who told you that they’d sign up in a heartbeat if only they weren’t so desperately needed on the “home front” as a blogger?

Well, that time is over.

It’s not like any of them will actually change their mind and join (barring them being unemployed now or some other signifigant emotional event). But, really, it does brighten your day as a recruiter when you get the chance to really punk-out someone whose mom should have swallowed.

Honestly though, it’s a volunteer service. When I was still recruiting I really didn’t care why you didn’t want to join. All I did was talk to the next person and ask them if they wanted to.

Quaker, I’m curious if there is something wrong in the numbers put out by DoD. It says the Army accessed 860 new Soldiers, but the Army Reserve accessed 3,335. 860 RA acessions is about what you’d expect for a single brigade, not for the entire recruiting command.

Curious.

SFC B, seriously? This what you’re going with? Now liberals don’t have any excuses not to sign up for the military?

I am going to assume that all the conservative excuses for not signing up to fight under Bush will remain the same.

Woot! 150% available strength here we come! Yes We Can!

Rumor has it that Rush Limbaugh, staying in the White House just as the first Bush administration was winding down, left a note saying “we’ll be back” or words to that effect. And eight years later, the Republicans were back.

Now they’re out. The Democrats have all the marbles.

Until they screw it up and the people toss THEM out again.

How will it turn out in the end?

To quote Dr. Jon Osterman, “it never ends.”

J.

Not with riots, not with coups, not with insurrections, not with force.

If only we’d known that 5 years ago.

America wins. We’re back.