I was talking with a Korean gentleman yesterday. We were talking about the need to be proficient in multiple languages in today’s modern economy.
He commented that a person who is proficient in the grammar, spelling and enunciation of two languages is called “bilingual”. Similarly, a person who can do the same with three languages is called “trilingual”. Then he asked me, do you know what one calls a person who is incapable of proper grammar, spelling or enunciation of even one language?
An American.
Ouch!
But won’t Common Core cure all that.
ERJ- True! Sad, but true…
Margi- Sure, if you consider NOT being able to speak even ONE language proficiently… Sigh…
There are worse things than relying on air power for retaliation, but then you knew that. 🙂
My units retaliation was (depending on distance-to-enemy) a couple of Ma Deuces, four 5″ guns, and an ASROC or two for good measure. It’s the surface Navy way: “too much is never enough”, right?
The second breaks my heart. I’m not racist. I just know about the fight and the dream and how it has been squandered. There are so many nameless black people whose sandels Obama is not worthy to tie…
I have read reports from German veterans that would say the same thing..”The American way of War is unique, they will expend profligate amounts of ammo to kill a target.”
The second one is true….I keep wondering what Dr King would say about what obama has done to the dream.
Rev- Good point and the FURTHER away the response the better!
PH/WSF- Agreed!
WN- LOL true!
Bob- Concur on both!
Rev. King would be appalled at the evil Obama has done to his dream
Speaking of Americans:
I was talking with a Korean gentleman yesterday. We were talking about the need to be proficient in multiple languages in today’s modern economy.
He commented that a person who is proficient in the grammar, spelling and enunciation of two languages is called “bilingual”. Similarly, a person who can do the same with three languages is called “trilingual”. Then he asked me, do you know what one calls a person who is incapable of proper grammar, spelling or enunciation of even one language?
An American.
Ouch!
But won’t Common Core cure all that.
ERJ- True! Sad, but true…
Margi- Sure, if you consider NOT being able to speak even ONE language proficiently… Sigh…
There are worse things than relying on air power for retaliation, but then you knew that. 🙂
My units retaliation was (depending on distance-to-enemy) a couple of Ma Deuces, four 5″ guns, and an ASROC or two for good measure. It’s the surface Navy way: “too much is never enough”, right?
The second breaks my heart. I’m not racist. I just know about the fight and the dream and how it has been squandered. There are so many nameless black people whose sandels Obama is not worthy to tie…
+1
Heh. Kill two birds with one stone. USAF Space Command takes care of the battlefield and dumb voters at the same time:
http://www.impsec.org/~jhardin/OADS/anvil_chorus.html
Orbital Anvil Delivery System FTW.
Hey Old NFO;
I have read reports from German veterans that would say the same thing..”The American way of War is unique, they will expend profligate amounts of ammo to kill a target.”
The second one is true….I keep wondering what Dr King would say about what obama has done to the dream.
Rev- Good point and the FURTHER away the response the better!
PH/WSF- Agreed!
WN- LOL true!
Bob- Concur on both!
Rev. King would be appalled at the evil Obama has done to his dream