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How did that murderin' muslim major at Ft. Hood slip by the various checkpoints?

WildBill wrote:

Oldgringo wrote:Aging is a curious thing, I can remember my parent's lessons of yore but I can't remember what, if anything, I had for lunch.
Why is that?

Which is more important?

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Someone give WildBill an e-cigar and an e-brandy...hurry now.

The "accountability" that I recall does not pertain just to the military.

The "accountability" that I remember pertained to all age groups in all walks of life. It knew no racial, social, religious or economic boundaries. It sometimes walked hand in hand with those things my Mother referred to as "manners and respect".

Aging is a curious thing, I can remember my parent's lessons of yore but I can't remember what, if anything, I had for lunch.
Why is that?

seamusTX wrote:Through most of the 20th century judges would give young men who had gotten crosswise with the law the option of enlisting in the military or going to jail. It was only with the all-volunteer forces that the military could establish higher standards.

- Jim

This is true.

I remember Parker's Midway Drug Store, the hangout of my youth (circa 1956) in Harrisburg, IL, was broken into by a jerk who was a couple years ahead of me in HS. Sam Parker, a WWII marine veteran of the PTO, gave the jerk the choice of jail or the marines. He chose the marines...

There used to be this thing called "accountability". Where did it go?

She's a girl! You sure coulda' fooled me.