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I saw today that the remaining women that were enrolled in Ranger school were failed in phase one. All in all that is nothing to be ashamed of there is the intestinal fortitude that is required to even attempt to be a member of the top 3% in the Army. I have nothing but respect for anyone that gives it the effort that is required to be there. That being said I think there is a general misunderstanding about females in the military. There are jobs in the military that lend themselves to both genders. There are a lot of jobs while they may lend themselves to an average male it would take an above average female to be able to keep up. When you get into the jobs that require an above average male it would take an exceptional female to be able to do the same job. This is not sexist it is biology, there are very few women that can carry as much or as far. There are very few women that can do this and still be as explosive muscularly or be able to make the same ruck march as a man and still ...

At one point I was trying to understand how we progress to the absolute extremes of politics. I had never really given it any though before so some of this research was enlightening to me. First let me define what I consider the extreme ends of politics. I believe that the polar opposites that we must recognize are on one end Anarchy . The polar opposite of Anarchy is Totalitarianism. One is the absence of government intervention and the other is the government intervention in every aspect of life. The reason I wanted to do this research is that I wanted to make sure I understood the effects of the movement of political power in the US. It is important to first define the terms we will be using. Per Merriam Webster, where there did not seem to fill in enough information about the term other sources were used. Anarchist - a person who believes that government and laws are not necessary. Communism - a way of organizing a society in which the government owns the things that are u...

Ok, don’t judge me about this statement, I have heard the word Misogynist but I honestly had no idea what it meant. I looked it up and I am horrified that they came up with a word for me in my early 20’s. I found this on the web site. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-mysteries-love/201502/12-ways-spot-misogynist The following traits are typical of the misogynist: 1. He will zero in on a woman and choose her as his target. Her natural defenses may be down because he’s flirtatious, exciting, fun, and charismatic at first. 2. As time goes on, he begins to reveal a Jekyll & Hyde personality. He may change quickly from irresistible to rude, and from rude back to irresistible. 3. He will make promises to women and often fail to keep them. With men, on the other hand, he will almost always keep his word. 4. He will be late for appointments and dates with women, but be quite punctual with men. 5. His behavior toward women in general is grandiose, cocky, controlling, a...

My sons are obsessed with the zombie apocalypse. I understand that the Zombie Apocalypse is more of a metaphor of the idea of all of the trappings of modern civilization failing and having to survive in a world where everything that we have become accustomed to is gone. No more grocery stores, no electricity, having to hunt and gather your own food. It is assumed that there would soon be fewer people to compete with for the vastly reduced available resources. I remember on my last trip that I had to take for work my youngest son asked me if the zombies come while I am away what should they do. I had no answer for that, as a matter of fact I was kind of at a loss. If everything fell apart and I was unable to get home as easily as I once was what would I do? That opened a lot of questions as to how I would get back to SLC from Washington DC If I could not fly or drive. I guess I would look for a bicycle. I would avoid as many heavily populated areas as possible. Getting to Salt Lake Cit...

Scary to me and this is how I see it (My Pessimistic Self). The US is in the process of undergoing some very serious and very dangerous changes to the way we do business every day. One of the most alarming is the way that we will endure through rough financial times. Throughout the history of the US we have been a nation of entrepreneurs, survivalist and ingenious handymen. When times were tough we made due with the things that we had. From the time of the pioneers though out modern era the ability to adapt and make our own way has defined the American spirit. The early days of the United States fostered the concept of the handyman. The ability to fix a broken wagon wheel or to hunt and kill the food you needed, to cheek a cabin to keep the weather out, were important to surviving a tough winter and making a life that was your own. Through out our history and into the modern age these skills have changed from fixing wagon wheels to replacing the brakes on your car but they have not b...

I have heard a few jokes in my time with the Government that have been directed very poignantly at some of the problems that the supervisors and management deal with on a daily basis. One of my favorites is “The Giant Orange Head” A man goes to work on Monday morning and walks by his friend’s office. He looks in at his friend and is startled to see his friend with a head that looks like a 3 foot giant orange with a face on it. He franticly asks his friend what in the world happened. His friend replied, “Its kind of an interesting story. I was walking along the beach Saturday morning and saw a bottle lying in the sand. I picked up the bottle and rubbed some of the sand off of it an out popped a genie”. The genie said “Thank you for releasing me from that bottle, for your kindness I will grant you three wishes.” I said “Sweet, My first wish is to be rich, I don’t ever want to have to work again”, “done” said the genie. The genie then asked what I want for my second wish. I thought ab...

It has been more than a year since my last post. It is hard to believe that time has moved as fast as it has. I did not get the new job that I was trying for the last time I posted. I kept motoring on though. I had finished my masters degree and I felt like things were about to change for me. I was right it took a little while but I have had some major change at work. I have had two new positions since I last talked. I am much more at ease in the position I am in now. I have goals again and I hope to be able to move up in my position. Through it all nothing really changes though. It is the same old thing. I work hard to provide so I can go home and live my life. I do not trust the people that I work with and do not think I will ever be able to again. I am so paranoid, I listen to every conversation because i think that things will happen the way they did before. I know that I should not be but I hear them plotting and planning the fall of others. it is never far from my min...

It has been quite a while since I last posted here. A lot has happened since then. I have finished my MBA and have started the process of moving on. My brother has a wonderful new wife. My new house is finally finished. I will post more soon I hope to have a new job so hopefully soon. thanks Anti Hero!

There have been a lot of changes in the overall last year. I was essentially censured at my place of work for what I feel were dubious circumstances at best. I have moved my family to accommodate work and commuting. In this I feel that I have made some very large mistakes. 1. I went down without a fight. I took the advice of a superior in the work place and bit the bullet. I think that I made a very serious mistake by doing this. It has taken me a long time to get over that. I have had a hard time looking at myself in the mirror. I feel as if I have lost any semblance of self respect. I should have stood up for myself as a man and not begged for my job. The primary reason I did what I did was for what I perceived was the good of my family. I have since discovered that they would have rather had me explain where they could stick the job then to live for a year with me moping around. I made a mistake that I will not ever forget. I will never kowtow to a person to preserve a...