Echoes from the Campfire – Summer Edition

“He is…one man…who cannot and will not turn his back on trouble, especially if there are innocents in peril.”      –Lou Bradshaw (Blue)

“Mankind, He has told you what is good and what it is the Lord requires of you: to act justly, to love faithfulness, and to walk humbly with your God.”      –Micah 6:8 (HCSB)

I just don’t know anymore. I know there have always been the namby-pambies out there, but I just don’t know…. I was reading that SEAL training is now too harsh and horrible. There was a trainee who died. The article said that the instructor was harassing him too much which led to his death. It also mentioned in the article that he had asthma. My question in the world was he allowed to try for the SEALs? It was not the fault of the instructor, if anything it was the fault of the Navy for allowing him to try.
Then we have the journalist who now has PTSD from firing an AR-15. He will probably ask for compensation because his shoulder hurt so bad. The problem is that folks want protection, but they don’t want to know, or they don’t want to pay the price for protection. It’s an evil world out there and it takes tough men who might have to go through terrible ordeals to protect the namby-pambies.
There are folks out there that bleed, body and soul, to protect the innocent. Very few can see with their eyes, bleed through their wounds, and weep through their tears. However, we can become aware of their sufferings and discouragements. We can feel the burden of their task and be affected by their oft-time loneliness. Most people would do this, but there will be those naysayers who say training is too harsh, and the bleeding-heart journalists who proclaim they now truly understand. There are those who lie about the troubles in their life, such as one who says she came under sniper fire.
There is one person I for sure would like to see attempt any type of Special Forces training. In fact, I would like to see him in Basic Training. Imagine a DI in the face of a certain Barak Obama. Oh, that’s right. They are not allowed to do that anymore because of sensitivity training. It just might hurt someone’s feelings.
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One thing I have trouble with is “canned laughter.” If something is funny, it is funny. Laughter should not have to be manufactured. A former chaplain in the Air Force wrote, “‘Manufactured’ happiness, ‘put on’ comedy, is shallow, easily detected. The radiant. merry heart, however, cannot be faked, for it stems from God.” (Berge A. Hoogasian)
He further writes, “There is something infectious about a ‘merry heart.’ It buoys up the spirit of its owner and attracts others simultaneously. The disenchanted, the cynic, the pessimist languished in the mire of his self-induced prison. The vibrant, joyous, effervescent soul, however, soon permeates his surroundings and finds himself eagerly sought out by all. Others want joy to rub off on them. Surely they wonder, ‘What is the source of the gladness which emanates from his heart?'”
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“It’s better to be a has-been that a never-was.”
“The easiest way to eat crow is while it’s still warm. The colder it gets, the harder it is to swaller.”
“If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen are defrocked, shouldn’t it follow that cowboys would be deranged?”

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