So they'd stop bothering him.

In all fairness, he delivered a pretty sincere apology for that one.

An important distinction.

Weight lifting. You add the weight of the bar to the total.

You sign a contract that ties you to the military for a certain number of years.

Our men have been working under too restrictive (and oftentimes counterproductive) rules of engagement since Vietnam. They were trained to kill the enemy and win wars, but politicians can't stomach collateral damage and our forces have been ordered to leave fights unfinished too many times.

Close enough

It'd work in practice too if the politicians let our men do what they've been trained for.

Not ants. FIRE ants. I'd be inclined to agree if they were carpenter or sugar ants, but fire ants can burn in hell.

I am so glad you're gone

@tonkalegacy Thanks. I appreciate hearing that.
@metalman I respect you as well. And while we do have similar views on many subjects, it'd get stale if we agreed on everything.

Plenty of folks don't like me, many of them aren't so reasonable.

I think that's the Country dialect, but the question still stands

A lesson hard learned is a lesson remembered.

Still easier to find. Especially when you consider how many "neo-Nazis" are falsely labeled as such.

More than the Air Force, that is.

Someone doesn't like me

Are you suggesting that safety features never fail?

I think that's just in the Hood dialect, but the question stands.