When I was teaching Braille at the Orientation and Training
Center(OTC), I used to lecture my students about the benefits afforded
those "lucky" young men and women who served in the armed forces.
Low interest loans with no down payment through the VA, lifetime
medical care, free schooling, commissary benefits, and on and on. I
said that if I were younger, I would volunteer to serve my country.
Then, when the recruiting office rejected me, I would sue, declaring
that my Rights had been violated. I would argue that Blindness was
being used to keep me from the many benefits I would receive if I
served. Not a single student of mine ever tried enlisting.
Today I would never encourage anyone to enlist. Not even with tongue
in cheek. But what I do advocate is a civilian service that offers
the same benefits as the military. Young men and women could join and
serve their country doing a multitude of jobs right here in the good
old USA. We've allowed our nation to slide into disrepair, and it
will take many years and many hands to put it right again.
Of course we will get absolutely no support from our Billionaires.
They only pretend to care for the nation, but when push comes to
shove, they are busy taking. So we also need to learn from them.
Taking their ill gotten gains would be plenty to get a good start on
returning our nation to those "Great Days" of the past. And if we run
a bit short, well there's plenty of billions falling out of the
Pentagon's coffers. Heck, they lose billions without even worrying
about it. And the good news is that there would be plenty of jobs
that could be handled by blind people. Yes, when Johnny comes
marching home again, maybe he'll trade in his rifle for a shovel, a
rake and a hammer.
Carl Jarvis
On 7/26/17, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
So, all those trans-sexuals and gays and lesbians and women, why do they
want to fight our wars, anyway? Well, they want to be like everyone else.
Also, there aren't that many jobs these days, You get food and a salary in
the military. Sometimes it pays for college.
Miriam
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[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
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Subject: [blind-democracy] Trump Tweets, "No Transgender shall be called
upon to protect America"
Dear Beleaguered Friends...and Others.
Things may be looking up, if we can just take the latest Tweet from Donald
Trump at face value. After discussing the matter with his generals, Donald
Trump, in his position as Leader of the Pack...Oops, as Commander in Chief,
has declared that Transgender Americans will no longer be allowed to serve
in the USA's Military.
Now if we can convince Mister Commander in Chief to declare Gay's to be
banned, followed by the Tender Sex(His term for Women), and finally all boys
under the age of 25, we might be onto something radical. I believe with all
of my brain, that those wanting their interests protected, should be the
first to head the charge into battle. No one in the Jarvis Tribe has
anything to gain, financially, from putting their lives on the line. But
the Koch Brothers? Now there's a bunch of folks who have everything to
lose. And along with the fellows down at the Billionaire's Club, including
the "Great Pretender" Donald Trump, those are the fellows who should be out
on maneuvers. Besides, shouldn't those who have the most to lose, and have
lived long enough to enjoy it, and have the interest of their own children,
grandchildren and beyond, at heart, be prepared to lay down their lives,
rather than the lives of my children, grandchildren and beyond, who have
little to gain besides a Heroes Death?
Well, I suppose someone by now is thanking their God that Carl Jarvis
doesn't have a Twitter account, or an Oval Office from which to Tweet his
rants.
It's going to be in the mid 80's today, out here on the Great Olympic
Peninsula. A perfect day to take these creaky old bones into the lovely
fresh air of this glorious Wilderness and fill pot holes in our quarter mile
road. Certainly this activity will be far more productive than standing by,
waiting for President Trump's next tantrum.
And by the way, if anyone can find today's Flashpoint, it's well worth
hearing Josh Green discussing his interviews with Russian President Vladimir
Putin. He presents a rather more believable image of what appears to be a
competent leader, rather than the comic character the Corporate Media
presents.
Carl Jarvis