ponderingtheessence

For those of you who did not see the exchange between Sen. Barbara Boxer and
a General in a Senate hearing, it was one of the most crass and rude
exchanges I’ve ever seen. She asked him a question and he answered with the
term ‘Ma’am’. She told him she was a Senator and to not call her ma’am. Thus
the following letter. Brilliant in it’s substance, so deserving in its
accuracy.
From a Guard Aviator and Captain for Alaska Air Lines. He hits the nail
directly on the head…. Enjoy.

Barbara Boxer; Stand at Attention in Front of Our Armed Forces

You were so right on when you scolded the General on TV for using the term,
“ma’am,” instead of “Senator.” After all, in the military, “ma’am” is a term
of respect when addressing a female of superior rank or position.

The General was totally wrong. You are not a person of superior rank or
position. You are a member of one of the world’s most corrupt organizations,
the U. S. Senate, equaled only by the U. S. House of Representatives.

Congress is a cesspool of liars, thieves, inside traders, traitors, drunks
(one who killed a staffer, yet is still revered), criminals, and other low
level swine who, as individuals (not all, but many), will do anything to
enhance their lives, fortunes and power, all at the expense of the people of
the United States and its Constitution, in order to be continually
re-elected. Many democrats even want American troops killed by releasing
photographs.

How many of you could honestly say, “We pledge our lives, our fortunes and
our sacred honor”? None? One? Two?

Your reaction to the general shows several things. First is your abysmal
ignorance of all things military. Your treatment of the general shows you to
be an elitist of the worst kind. When the general entered the military (as
most of us who served) he wrote the government a blank check, offering his
life to protect your derriere now safely and comfortably ensconced in a 20
thousand dollar leather chair, paid for by the general’s taxes. You repaid
him for this by humiliating him in front of millions.

Second is your puerile character, lack of sophistication, and arrogance,
which borders on the hubristic. This display of brattish behavior shows you
to be a virago, termagant, harridan, nag, scold or shrew, unfit for your
position, regardless of the support of the unwashed, uneducated masses who
have made California into the laughing stock of the nation.

What I am writing, Senator, are the same thoughts countless millions of
Americans have toward Congress, but who lack the energy, ability or time to
convey them. Under the democrats, some don’t even have the 44 cents to buy
the stamp. Regardless of their thoughts, most realize politicians are pretty
much the same, and will vote for the one who will bring home the most bacon,
even if they do consider how corrupt that person is.

Lord Acton (1834 1902) so aptly charged, “Power tends to corrupt and
absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Unbeknownst to you and your colleagues,
Mr. Power has had his way with all of you, and we are all the worse for it.

Finally Senator; I too, have a title. It is “Right Wing Extremist Potential
Terrorist Threat.” It is not of my choosing, but was given to me by your
Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano… And “ma’am” offended
you?

Cheers!

Jim Hill
16808 - 103rd Avenue Court
East South Hill, WA 98375