Thursday, August 25, 2011

So True

This is the funniest back-and-forth we've read here in a long time. It was made regarding the popularity contest currently underway where exempts get to vote on who the next exempts are going to be:
  • Anonymous said...
    I wonder if Gen.Patton asked for a vote when he made promotions?
The reply:
  • If Patton was on CPD, he would have spent his entire career pushing a beat car.
Hilarious. And true.

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17 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Holy fucking shit! This is the most accurate comment I have ever read on this blog!

8/25/2011 12:55:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The PO's need a say in the vote. We are the ones who will either follow the leader, or laugh at the joke of the picked supervisor.

8/25/2011 06:31:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Gen Patton would be sharing a cell with Bill Cozzi, for doing what needed to be done.

8/25/2011 06:43:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

There are mnay over qualified POs on this job. Many have served in combatin the GWOT or in top leadership positions in the Army and Marines. They are the real deal, unlike our "warrior" command staff who have just been to the 3 month everybody passes FBI Academy and the right Phone call. They have no clue as to how to lead.

When there is terrorism or a true disaster(NATO Conf) we shall see the true skills of our current leadership. It will read like the Valor of Ignorance by Homer Lea.

8/25/2011 06:49:00 AM  
Anonymous Mime Cop said...

So true.

8/25/2011 06:53:00 AM  
Anonymous Mime Cop said...

So true.

So given not earned.

8/25/2011 06:56:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Now that is hilarious and TRUE.

8/25/2011 07:22:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I might have peed a little!!!!!!!

8/25/2011 09:35:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sorry, but I disagree. Patton would have been smarter than most of us and he would have left, started his own corporation and would have been wildly successful at whatever he undertook.

Just not here.

8/25/2011 10:50:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Dammit. I knew I should have signed my name. Now my 15 minutes of fame are being recognized anonymously LOL

8/25/2011 10:56:00 AM  
Blogger Rich Rostrom said...

If Patton was on CPD, he would have spent his entire career pushing a beat car.

Actually, no, Patton could be a very cunning political animal, an d had top social connections.

He was an energetic self-promoter, and could kiss superior ass and recite the the party line with the best of them. (He could also put his foot in it when he overdid his hard-charger attitude.)

His career included a lot of time and effort spent on things that were of no real military value, but got him favorable attention. For instance, he studied fencing in Europe, became the Army's "Master of the Sword", and designed a new cavalry saber.

Of course, he was a lot more than that - he was very able, and a real hard charger - and he used his political skills to promote new developments without openly challenging the "Old Guard". (Which was a good thing.)

If Patton was a CPD cop - he'd have social and political clout, be involved in ceremonies and other secondary activities that the brass like. He'd use his clout to get into some front-line unit, where he'd arrest or kill some serious bad guys and earn commendations for bravery. He'd get promoted to at least Lieutenant. He'd get himself in public trouble a few times with "excessive force" or "over-the-top" statements, but he'd stay on the right side of the brass.

Just A Civilian (who's read a lot of WW II history)

8/25/2011 11:02:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

How bout commanders who go outside their unit to nominate? Who did Carouthers select pick? If it was someone in 7 they aren't admitting it.

8/25/2011 02:12:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

8/25/2011 03:54:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I caught that--and snorted some lime Coke!

8/25/2011 04:03:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

If Patton was on CPD, he would have spent his entire career pushing a beat car.

Actually, no, Patton could be a very cunning political animal, an d had top social connections.

He was an energetic self-promoter, and could kiss superior ass and recite the the party line with the best of them. (He could also put his foot in it when he overdid his hard-charger attitude.)

His career included a lot of time and effort spent on things that were of no real military value, but got him favorable attention. For instance, he studied fencing in Europe, became the Army's "Master of the Sword", and designed a new cavalry saber.

Of course, he was a lot more than that - he was very able, and a real hard charger - and he used his political skills to promote new developments without openly challenging the "Old Guard". (Which was a good thing.)

If Patton was a CPD cop - he'd have social and political clout, be involved in ceremonies and other secondary activities that the brass like. He'd use his clout to get into some front-line unit, where he'd arrest or kill some serious bad guys and earn commendations for bravery. He'd get promoted to at least Lieutenant. He'd get himself in public trouble a few times with "excessive force" or "over-the-top" statements, but he'd stay on the right side of the brass.

Just A Civilian (who's read a lot of WW II history)

8/25/2011 11:02:00 AM

The last line says it all. You're just a civilian that has no idea what the CPD is like. Unless Patton was born into CPD clout, he would be pushing a beat car, no matter how cunning, smart, or hard working he might have been.

8/25/2011 06:11:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It was so much easier when the
19th Ward was picking the exempts.

8/25/2011 06:20:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Gen. Patton WAS on the CPD, or at least Maurer THOUGHT he was Patton.

8/25/2011 08:31:00 PM  

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