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PostPosted: Mon May 27, 2013 12:17 am 
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Instead of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKaYOW9zMoY

I'm getting this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K44QTFEi5Io

Now why is that? Shall I tell you? It's the least I can do. I've studied military history for over 30 years. We are not mounting a coordinated attack, because our forces assemble piecemeal, if at all.

You know where the rendevous point is, and yet I find myself with, at best, 3 soldiers I can trust. This post is not about you who fought, it's about those who didn't, and aren't, but read on...

Concentration of veteran force is very important in establishing dominance at Riata. Dominance breeds respect, and trust in the rules. Without it, there will be only chaos. In the absence of any residents who are willing to chief up there, I've been doing it. And I got holes in my line, because a lot of you are not there. We lost today, LOST, to a bunch of scrubs. More than once!!! Because I didn't have 6 I could trust.

Those of you who were not there are jeopardizing the mission. Not sure what's going on, so let me speculate:

Pining for the Argosy. It's not coming back, get it?! We have exactly one place to play that I'm aware of right now, and instead of playing, there seems to be some quitting going on. Well, this is what I have to say to that:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7vtWB4owdE

Who's going to be there? Self fulfilling prophecy, pandas. The more you ask, and the later you are, and the more you give up on the project, the more there won't be enough soldiers, and you have answered your own questions by your own inaction.

I am not chief up there. All I can tell you is that I will show up, and given the current circumstances, earlier rather than later. More on that below.

Can we get in? Right now, absolutely. There is security, but their eyes are not on us. Mea culpa here: no doubt because of my experience papering the walls of my apt with complaints, I'm a little paranoid about security. But it's not a problem right now. I am a bit annoyed that no one but me is running Riata right now, but I'm working hard to build bridges with anyone and everyone who's worth a shit up there, so that, if and when the admission policy changes, all us hired guns will get past the velvet rope. Until otherwise instructed, I will be showing up at 3. 3 is the number of the counting...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOrgLj9lOwk

Why should I bother? Well, that's up to you. Everyone chooses their own level of involvement.

I can only speak for myself. I love watervolleyball. This is a building year, people, and only one place to play right now. There are folks we can work with up there, some of whom may one day be able to serve as a rifleman in our beloved corps. My strategy has always been to make it safe to surf any beach we choose to claim:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k26hmRbDQFw

Kilgore is wrong on one thing. The war will NEVER end.

I don't like playing with people who are not "our crew." Damn your exclusivity. Each and every one of you has been the "new guy" at some point. Since you're reading this, you survived training:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHInMusWJdY

I humbly request you give new people the same chance you were given. Because there will be no more Argosy players. Ever. All that can be done is to pass on the legacy, and a lot of you are not helping...

I'm old, which means my time is short. My goal is to start for 4 more years. I'm realistic--that will not be easy. What it means is that I don't have any time to waste. IMHO, neither do you. Every year of your career is precious, my children.

Get to fighting or get away. Maybe this will motivate you--if you show up late, or not at all, any reason you think you deserve to do anything except play on Riata shit boy teams all day? Food for thought...

Come and fight. I can't do this on my own. I've established a bridgehead at Riata, but battles are being lost or not going as they should, so I'm calling for reinforcements.

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