(10 hours ago)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(Yesterday at 7:53 pm)Paraselene Wrote: Sen. Mark Kelly: Trump and Hegseth don't 'understand the Constitution'
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/25/nx-s1-562...estigation
No shit.
I heard that on the radio while out running errands. That man is a leader. When he talked about demanding his subordinates to come forward with any skepticism, and how Trump surrounding himself with yes people can only lead to problems, he really hit the nail on the head.
I remember in Boot Camp that some poor sap in our midst was nominated to be the company's representative to the base commander. Company Commander called him, "The Commander's ratman". I'm certainly glad that I didn't get that task. But I wouldn't have been a "Yes Man", either. I worked for a major aerospace company (actually many, in the southern California area) and was told a bit of information about a process that had not been reported to the gov, that had serious issues. It had to do with the strength of a material when it aged. Stress analysts were all over that, as the delivered product depended on their analyses, and it didn't actually meet specs. It was an issue that the company (and quite likely the customers) had known about for decades, given the nothingburger that it turned into.
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
