Yes, I saw that in a History channel documentary and he was an arrogant SOB then. I do not think he was a genius general, General Vandegrift of the marines (who took Guadalcanal) was much more gifted and savvy.

Hardly surprising since MacArthur was apparently responsible for the bonus army massacre and he was rewarded for it when he should have been court martialed and executed.

Yep. I think everyone under 40 never had that bit of fun and just how crazy it was. I just saw a history special on MacArthur, who wanted to drop 54 nukes on the NK border to stop the Chinese.He thought it was a perfectly reasonable idea, which it was in their framework. One thing they pointed out was he could not adjust to the "new" idea of just what victory means, and we have never looked back...

Just watch a few early episodes of Mad Men to get a pretty accurate reminder of that time period. It was a very different world.

You got it!

spouse and I routinely observe inverse relationship between educational level and common sense.. Speaking of feeling superior, most obnoxious folks I've met are PhD consulting types.. just say'in

Hear Hear!
Engineering degree in 77, faster with my slide rule than peers with their new calculators!

That is true, but has not been reflected in the costs structure, with highly CG supported films costing more. JJ took the opposite turn with the new Star Wars film, building sets. While a few craftsmen are needed, it opens the door to a different group: CG artists. But they still have a place, if you go to Axanar's website and look at the Captains blog, you will see the awesome work a few craftsmen are doing making the hard sets needed. Very skilled and awesome work there.

CG technology now provides a way to do many things cheaply that once had to be done with many craftspeople often showing great ingenuity. Those people are still being employed to create illusions needed, but they have rarely been highly compensated individually. Some friends are such capable craftsmen, currently working on the Clint Eastwood film about Sully Sullenberger. Eventually their work will be done with CG.

Or just simple incompetence and corruption. Go to You tube and look at the video Axanar did for San Diego comic con and what Richard Hatch has to say. He basically says a 100 million movie is only because 75 million is wasted or lost. The movie companies do not control costs at all, and his point is you can make a great movie on a small budget when you have competent people. Big Business does not encourage competent people, just the opposite.

Luckily, I was able to do all my college online through UnivofPhoenix. If you actually need to know something, college is not the place to get it. Almost all the jobs I have seen at work that require Masters and Phds could be filled with smart people who have 4 years equivalent in the factory.The whole college thing is just a cover for everyone who went to feel superior to those who didn't. By far the people who I have run into who I respect as knowing what they are doing, gained their knowledge through experience. I do not doubt some classes have value, just the whole idea I do not think is valid.

Some of them, if caught early enough, will make good steaks - just enough marble to bring a premium over the local half-starved selection.

Liberty AND true love would be a nice combination anywhere.

I'll put up with cold winters for liberty or, if necessary, for true love, but not otherwise.

Bloated to reward actors and directors for their propaganda value?

I'll pass on any place that doesn't have mountains (which I define as hills not less than 12,000 feet high) and will put up with cold winters to be here.

Occasionally I had a college professor that actually cared about teaching, but that was rare. Although high school admittedly, in retrospect, included far too much propaganda and not near enough exposure to the real concepts of liberty, many more teachers understood what to teach and how to encourage me. I was sorely disappointed in college. I should have been allowed to take proficiency exams for all that drivel that I already understood from high school. At a minimum, 3 years out of 4 were wasted time. At least the cost in dollars was not so insane, and political correctness and diversity were not the priority then that they are now.
Today, if I had children, I would definitely make time to home school them.

I think the requirement only applied to MI. All others did not. Witness Carmen as a pilot and Carl as a researcher. I applaud RAH for his take, in this book, of allowing anyone who wanted badly enough to serve to do so. They would be slotted to a job which would fit their capabilities and abilities. I also applaud his use of veterans who were no longer combat capable to serve in other capacities, i.e. the recruiting sergeant, to allow those who were to serve as they had been trained. I wish our current DoD, and administration, had the same pragmatism. I would gladly be one of those numbers.

I do agree with you there. Star Trek Axanar is a perfect example of how you get a 75 million dollar movie for 1.2 million. You are correct about not doing it, which is why the Moon is a Harsh Mistress has been rumored for 10 years and never gotten off the ground. Pacific 201 is another fan film that will put Paramount to shame. But the two movies are an excellent example of how a bunch of producers (both the people who make the film and the thousands who contribute to fund it) can get together and do something really good, and effectively produced. Tells me that most movie budgets are bloated by about 95%.

Only spent about 5 weeks in Idaho summer, years ago, but just after spending 4 years in Houston, it was pretty heavenly. In 4 years in Houston I remember noticing only one day of really pleasant weather. It was startling to walk outside and experience it.

There was no possibility that hollywood would have done a movie of that book that RAH or his fans would like. They don't get it, and if they did would never admit it or tell that story. Too contrary to their altered reality.

Exactly. I saw that my last year of active duty, the E8/9s were only concerned with how the "E9 mafia" looked at them, and the junior officers showed up unable to tie their shoes. I refused to come out of 3 section watch standing when the COB of our boat refused to put them in 4 section, when every other senior watchstation was in it. I could have been in some ridiculous rotation as a diving officer (like one watch every 2 days) but my guys would still be 6 on 12 off. Te JO's were really bad, I had 3rd class POs with more common sense. That was when I came to realize college meant nothing, everything you knew you had to learn for yourself.

Indeed, Libby plays an important role in the Future History stories with LL. The Number of the Beast, Time Enough For Love are two of the more prominent ones. I was furious when his wife allowed them to butcher Starship Troopers and turned it into a travesty. It had so much to offer in the way of social commentary.

I will have to check that out. . gender changing in an
earlier time. . Robert H was my absolute favorite!!! -- j
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