March 25, 2008

I Misspoke

In May of last year, I announced on this site that I was running for president: 

T he time has come the GM said,
To talk of many things!
Of Congressmen, and Senators; of Governors and Kings!
And why current candidates ain’t so hot,
and whose candidacy has wings;
Of GM's run for President and other Silly Things!
And to be honest, no one seems to give a damn!  Oh sure, lots of people [lots... you gotta be kidding... only 10...--ed. --ahhh, shuddup] wanted to be in my cabinet, but no one set up funding mechanism, no one contributed a dime and then I realized - -  don't have a solid resume that I can lie about.

So, let me tell you why I'm executive material:  You see, it's like this, in 1970 I entered the army and was headed for Officers Candidate School at Fort Benning, Ga.  I finished my tour and was shipped overseas to Vietnam where in no time flat, I was assigned to clean out a vipers nest of Viet Cong and NVA in the Central Highlands.  In fact, it was the same area that my dad was assigned to when he was a Lt. Col. in 1961-62.  When I arrived, the fire base that I would call home for the next 24 months (I extended my tour) was under attack by the combined forces of two battalions of V.C. and 4 of the NVA.  Our Helicopter was hit in the tail rotor and we spiraled down into a hard landing.  I jumped out of the bird and immediately picked up an M-60 and began blasting away at the enemy.  No time for any greeting parties in that hot zone. 

As I was saying, with my overheated M-60 and several thousand rounds of ammo in belts around my torso, I marched forward against the enemy.  The motto of the Infantry School is "Follow Me!" and so the defenders of the fire base did.  We marched into hell killing thousands of VC and NVA in the process. 

Just as we thought that the battle was won and just as I shot the last round of ammunition and killed the last VC, a grenade was tossed by a dieing NVA Major.  I saw that the Grenade was going to kill a FNG private who was on the copter with me so I jumped on the grenade and smothered the blast with my body.  I was killed immediately and awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously.

Oh-oh, I just re-read the above, I must have been exhausted from typing and misspoke, I actually spent my entire Army career at Fort Polk, La. and Fort Benning, Ga. and never left the country.  But if Hillary can misspoke and Obama can misspoke, Hell you won't mind a little embellishment from me will you?  Nah, I didn't think so.

UPDATE:  Hey Hillary, Misspeaking involves something like calling someone George instead of Greg.  It does NOT involve making up a tale out of whole cloth!

Posted at 08:17 PM | Comments (21) | Add Comment
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1 Why do I have visions of Rambo here???

BWAHAHAH that is a funny post GM!!!

Posted by: Raven at Tuesday, March 25 2008 09:58 PM (AAUxA)

2 Vote GM-- he's war hero, you know.

Posted by: Ogre at Wednesday, March 26 2008 04:21 AM (f5zDL)

3 I can vouch for GM on this one and not because he promised to select me as his running mate.

I was In VN in 1970. Though only 9 years old, I lied about my age and was accepted in the Army. I trained at Special Forces school and then learned to drink beer from some young REMF pilot named Bush.

I deployed to VN and was on the chopper with GM when we had that hard landing. I was nearly killed when some guy named Cleland picked up a grenade that was on the ground and blew his legs and one arm off.

I lost a lot of my hearing because of that but I could see GM in front and I read his lips as he said "come on you Mother F***ers, it is time to get down and dirty. Stop lolly gagging and get your A$$es up here and fight like men. We are not going to allow a chopper crash and overwhelming forces to beat us."

I was captured fighting that day and spent time in a cell with some Navy twit named McCain. He kept talking about how his daddy was an Admiral blah, blah. GM organized a rescue party and rappelled into the prison camp and killed all the guards. He carried me 2 miles on his back (with my gear and his) and shot VC soldiers along the way. He offered to help McCain out but he said that he liked it there because it was quiet.

I recovered in Da Nang with some guys named Forrest Gump and LT. Dan. Those guys were a riot. Then the Army found out my real age and said that I had to go home. GM fought to keep me in the unit but it did not work so I had to go home and go back to school.  The flight home was terrible.  Some guy named Kerry kept saying he was JFK and going to be president some day.  He kept saying "I was in Vietnam you know" the whole way home.  He asked me to join some group of war protesters but I kicked his rear around the plane and told him to sit down and shut up.

I owe my life to GM and will never forget his can do attitude and bravery under fire.

That is my story and I am sticking to it....

Posted by: Big Dog at Wednesday, March 26 2008 05:37 AM (+q4Sb)

4 Rambo is a wuss, and I too can vouch for GM and Ogre's tales, as I was working at the Pentagon during those years running the sooper sekret campaign running drugs from cambodia and laos and us boys in the office used to pass around GM's reports as entertainment.  IN fact that guy that made Rambo worked with us too, and he toned down GM's reports and made that rambo movie......anyway I think GM would be a great president.....

So I wholeheartedly endorse GM for President, and not because he has said I can be Secretary of Vice (you should go with what you know....ya know?)

Posted by: kender at Wednesday, March 26 2008 10:19 AM (Tn3YJ)

5

"no one set up funding mechanism, no one contributed a dime"

What do you mean?  I contributed my entire salary from this blog to you.

Posted by: Woody at Wednesday, March 26 2008 04:30 PM (Eb/8J)

6 No one lies anymore - we ALL mis-speak!! Yikes! I'd write your name in for President GM - But - Ohio doesn't allow write in candidates!! You DO NOT forget something like being shot at and running for cover! A LIE is A LIE!!

Posted by: chrys at Wednesday, March 26 2008 06:11 PM (D8Fhu)

7 That's all you've got, Big Dog? Not only was I under heavy sniper fire, I didn't even have an airplane of any sort to watch my back! In retrospect, I was playing Russian roulette with six bullets...but I only had one in my gun, the trigger of which didn't work. So, thanks to my mad fighting skills developed scant years before with my three brothers (I, too, lied about my age and enlisted at age 10), I thought quickly, ducked for cover in the barren landscape of napalmed Vietnam, bent the gun into a boomerang, and threw it at the nearest enemy soldier. They fell like ninepins, all 28 of them. I moved on to the next company, but Big Dog et al. had already taken care of them. (raises eyebrows pugnaciously) Are you so sure now that Big Dog is the right candidate for VP? huh? huh?

Posted by: HannahJ at Wednesday, March 26 2008 08:10 PM (JAMx5)

8 I'll give you what my blog is worth...$23,146.14 (http://www.business-opportunities.biz/projects/how-much-is-your-blog-worth/)

Posted by: HannahJ at Wednesday, March 26 2008 08:11 PM (JAMx5)

9 I'm more than willing to support you GM - we like-initialed types must stick together.  Heaven help us all - the current selection on offer is not particularly appetizing.

Posted by: Gayle Miller at Thursday, March 27 2008 10:12 AM (zX5o+)

10

That's great.  I'll join you on the ticket.  My major accomplishments:

* Invention of lineoleum.

* Negotiation of the Peace of Humus, ending the 7 Years War against the cows.

* Guy that threw water on Bert Lancaster in From Here to Eternity.

* Threw the winning touchdown for the Silver Beavers in key 1927 Southern North Dakota State - Parkersburg School of Brain Surgery and Web Design game.

* Prevented secession of Rhode Island during the Civil War.

* Head writer for Our Miss Brooks, 1952 - 1954.

 

 

Posted by: Cappy at Thursday, March 27 2008 06:22 PM (ePH5d)

11 Hilarious!

Posted by: Obi's Sister at Thursday, March 27 2008 07:23 PM (W6KLU)

12 Did you get a hat? That is important, you know.

Posted by: OldeForce at Saturday, March 29 2008 12:01 AM (1hlIa)

13

Dear GM:

This whole thing reminds me of when I went up San Juan Hill with Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders. There we were, in our flippers and propeller hats facing 6 to the power of quod enemy snipers. Luckily I'd brought my Captain Kangaroo badge and well, you know the rest.

I was never prouder than when Teddy tearfully said to me "Cut those damn onions somewhere else or I'll bust you down to latrine Marshall!"

Colonel Neville.

 

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