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Let's tie him up in Southie, give everybody one punch at a time, and the person to deal the final blow gets a free bottle of Jameson.

I would like to see some actual evidence linking this kid to the bombing. But, since they decided to take away his rights, guess we might not get a chance to. Take note, your rights are no longer endowed to you by your creator, they are partitioned to you by your government, all they have to do is use the "T" word. Plus, I've seen "combat" zones in Afghanistan with less firepower allocated to them than what we sent after a single teenager. I don't think we're asking the right questions here.

Shenanigans, Jill Metzger was previously mentioned in this thread.

Newsflash: the machine will continue to grind on. Take care of your family. Take care of your bros. And take care of yourself.

The enemy combatant thing is bullshit and much scarier to me than any of the gun control stuff going on lately.

I was wondering the same thing...and quite frankly, it disturbs me a bit. The fact that they have not read him his Rights (also I'm hearing this includes the Right to an attorney when being questioned) when he is American citizen is fvcked up...especially when Obama said they're going to treat him as a suspected criminal vs enemy combatant (and that decision whether you're for or against it raises a bunch of other issues). I understand the 'public safety' exclusion in The Constitution, and NY vs Quarles SOCTUS case...but then I ask the question: How long can they detain this guy without actually reading him his Rights, letting him speak to an attorney, getting him before a Judge, etc? I have read a little bit (and also heard a US Senator say on the news) that they can do this for 48 hours...but that seems to be when you are under military custody. I'll admit I'm fairly ignorant on the legality portion of the issue but it just doesn't seem right...and yes, I've heard the arguments of 'he might have placed another bomb somewhere, etc'...but again I ask--when do they have to treat him like an ordinary citizen accused of a crime?

Very common view of police in FSU countries.

WOLVERINES!!!!

It's all Kosher.

The father of the boys is claiming that they were framed and the "cops being cowards shot him, they're are cops like that." Good luck proving that one. The uncle seems to have the most the most common sense among them.

Yeah, those in charge surely aren't so retarded that they would pass over 11Fs with clean records for major. Or RIF and then do a recall to active duty the same year.

Not Anymore...

With a hatchet?

They got him. Edit: It's official.

I hope he felt all of those wounds...

Move to Kansas and you'll see it everyday in the legislature. I was unaware David Sirota was a fiscally conservative, socially liberal libertarian.

Seventy-one years ago today Lt. Col. Richard Cole was the co-pilot for General Doolittle on his famous raid over Japan. On Tuesday, at age 97 he flew a Mitchell bomber again. Via the DAV Flight Team on Facebook: You may notice that Dick Cole is in the pilot seat of the B-25 "Panchito" during his flight with Larry Kelley and Syd Jones. He says he finally got a promotion from co-pilot! "Oh yeah, he did most of the flying today. He did the landing. He's dead on," said Larry Kelley the B-25's owner.

I get the "culture" argument, but the problem is that the ability to truly LEAD really has been taken back up to the highest possible level. There is a definite feeling of always having to ask "mother may I" for just about anything. This isn't just a "culture" thing either. If a guy sticks his neck out to change something, and it doesn't work the dude is HAMMERED for not getting "permission" first. The concept of centralized control/decentralized execution is dead. The strategic level of leadership is DEEP into the tactical level of execution, and I'm not just talking about combat ops. You just about need MAJCOM guidance just to figure out which cheek to lift when you have to fart. If you guess wrong, you're on the hook for "speeding" and not getting the thumbs up from the "appropriate" level of leadership. Your punishment can come in many forms, perhaps as simple as falling down the strat list, which sounds painless until you realize that the strat list is apparently the most important "leadership" tool out there. Most guys are content being a faceless middle third guy because taking a gamble and losing can drop you to the bottom third because the only thing the boss knows you for is your "bad" idea. THIS is what needs to change, but it is easier said than done. Until there truly is a "no harm/no foul" culture, guys will be content being graymen.

Weird Japanese trials riding. Edit for stupidity. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD