This is just a sampling
of the detritus that floats around my head on any given day. It is the stuff
that sometimes substitutes for conversation between my wife and I, especially
when National Lampoon's Animal
House is on. It has been suggested, over the years, that I
cannot actually speak. I am only parroting the lines from movies an comedy
albums that I have encountered in my life: a constant stream of pop culture
references.
I pledge allegiance to
the frat...
Because that is the phrase that came so immediately to my narrow
mind when I read the headline "
US Air National Guard member fired over
woman who took enlistment oath with dinosaur puppet." Master Sergeant
Robin Brown, a senior non-commissioned officer with the Air National Guard, was
removed from her position at the Tennessee Joint
Public Affairs Office after video circulated of her taking her enlistment oath with
a Tyrannosaurus Rex puppet on her raised right hand. No, this is not a scene
from Stripes, though it could
be from the direct-to-video sequel that has yet to be made. Former Master
Sergeant Brown can be seen in a widely circulated video solemnly
swearing that she would support and defend the Constitution of the United
States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.” It was not immediately clear
if she was speaking for the puppet, or if the dinosaur was there as some kind
of moral support. No matter, since it was seen as making sport of God and
Country, and Ms. Brown will no longer be supporting the Constitution nor
defending it, at least from inside a set of snappy camouflage fatigues. The colonel, who gave the oath, while smirking, was forced to
retire, and several disciplinary actions are underway. I guess some soldiers
forgot they were on double secret probation. Or maybe these folks just haven't
seen enough movies: Kelly's Heroes. MASH. Private Benjamin. Hot Shots (Parts
One and Deux). Operation Petticoat. Good Morning Vietnam. Or maybe the
brass was just worried that letting in a T-Rex was just a slippery slope that
would put them in the position of having to allow trans-species volunteers of
all sorts into the armed forces. Well, it's time that somebody put their foot
down, and that foot is me.
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*giggle*
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