I'm in the process of joining a veterans group that is similar to the American Legion. The veteran organization is called the 40&8. It started out in France and was named for the train box cars that could either hold forty passengers or eight horses. The veterans group still uses some French terminology, such as calling the club president the Chef de' Gar. I will be the youngest veteran member at 31 years of age, the closest in age to me are two gentlemen in their lower 60's. The man that recruited me has been a good friend of the family for quite a few years. I will find out some of their traditions and initiation rituals on the first Tuesday in October.
I've never had to go to any court room, because I'm a law abiding citizen and I haven't been in any car accidents with other people. I hit a deer once with a Geo Metro, but she couldn't take me to court. My aunt has been working for judges in the Bismark, ND Capitol building for 30 years though. I vote for her judges to stay in office whenever I get the chance. While I was in the U.S. Navy I learned a lot about the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Right before I got out of the Navy my supervisors told me to put on my dress blue uniform and stand in front of the command Captains office to prepare for Captains Mast for an unauthorized absence offence. After I stood in front of his office for a few minutes fearing possible jail time, they called me back down to our work shop and said they were just joking with me and that the Captain wasn't even on base. I was not impressed with this goodbye joke, but I didn't let my supervisors know that. I was extremely glad I wasn't really in any trouble so I could avoid prison, maintain my perfect behavior record and receive my honorable discharge.
Currently the New Tea Party has gained swift support in the forms of members money and power. They have already acquired senatorial and representative seats in several states and are on the verge of getting more elected. Even though I'm a republican I am impressed by what the have done and what the media predicts they will do in the immediate future as far as getting the people who represent their party elected. Whenever I think of this Tea party, the Boston Tea Party pops into my head and I picture people on little wooden canoes throwing tea into the Boston harbor.
I don't always understand the actions of certain individuals. Shortly after the World Trade Center Towers were destroyed by the terrorist attacks an African American Gulf war veteran brain washed a young man into helping him with his crazy plan to stop terrorism. This man became known as the Washington sniper. He trained the young African American teenager to shoot people from the inside if his car trunk. Washington was able to keep the fact that the murders were being committed by the same people secret from the public. After nine or ten people died the other citizens figured out what was going on and the entire city of Washington D.C. was living in fear. Everyone wondered if they would be killed while walking to their car or pumping gas. When the murderers were caught they said they were trying to make America strong in case of another terrorist attack. They later found out that they themselves became known as domestic terrorists.
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