Comments for Practical State http://www.practicalstate.com Politics From The Florida Panhandle Sun, 02 Oct 2011 19:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Who do You Believe: “Sammy the Bull” Gravano or Jim Greer?…Answer: Both by Some Sound Advice For George LeMieux | Grumpy Opinions http://www.practicalstate.com/2011/09/06/who-do-you-believe-sammy-the-bull-gravano-or-jim-greer-answer-both/#comment-1177 Some Sound Advice For George LeMieux | Grumpy Opinions Sun, 02 Oct 2011 19:39:00 +0000 http://www.practicalstate.com/?p=882#comment-1177 [...] I like to refer you to this early post of ours that pretty much sums up the pickle you and Charlie Crist are going to find yourselves in:   Who do You Believe: “Sammy the Bull” Gravano or Jim Greer?…Answer: Both [...] [...] I like to refer you to this early post of ours that pretty much sums up the pickle you and Charlie Crist are going to find yourselves in:   Who do You Believe: “Sammy the Bull” Gravano or Jim Greer?…Answer: Both [...]

]]> Comment on Some Sound Advice For George LeMieux by Grumpy http://www.practicalstate.com/2011/09/06/some-sound-advice-for-george-lemieux/#comment-1175 Grumpy Sun, 02 Oct 2011 02:57:05 +0000 http://www.practicalstate.com/?p=6949#comment-1175 Nice Job-- didn't know you were back, I checked on you a few times during the summer.. Knew a gut who used to walk into bars with a raccoon on his shoulder.. He'd let it down on the bar and it would knock over a few peoples drinks,lap up the booze from the bar, get drunk and fall asleep. I think being drunk works best, It won't be hard to convince Floridians it wasn't intentional all he drank was water. Most of us are already convinced there must be something wrong with water up there Nice Job– didn’t know you were back, I checked on you a few times during the summer..

Knew a gut who used to walk into bars with a raccoon on his shoulder.. He’d let it down on the bar and it would knock over a few peoples drinks,lap up the booze from the bar, get drunk and fall asleep.

I think being drunk works best, It won’t be hard to convince Floridians it wasn’t intentional all he drank was water. Most of us are already convinced there must be something wrong with water up there

]]> Comment on Of Popinjays and “Colonel” Mike McCalister by James Beam http://www.practicalstate.com/2011/08/28/popinjays-%e2%80%9ccolonel%e2%80%9d-mike-mccalister/#comment-1171 James Beam Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:57:48 +0000 http://www.practicalstate.com/?p=7348#comment-1171 My dad was up in arms about this guy, stolen honors et al from (Dad's a leftie – I’m a righty) St. Pete Times. I'm not a leftie and really haven't heard of this guy. I am a military officer so I was intrigued I went to his Website (mikemccalisterforsenate.com) and about laughed my ass off. You never quote your OER as part of your resume, nor do you use your military awards as further props...The Legion of Merit, that was a retirement award if you look at the date. This guy made Major in the MO National Guard, was probably DA Selected for Lieutenant Colonel. When MO would not promote him, he moved to the FL National Guard, they wouldn’t promote him either so he went into the IRR where he was automatically promoted under DA policy. The rest of his career looked like he did Active Duty for Special Work assignments as a member of the IRR where boarded for Colonel, was selected, and then promoted. His work with USSOCOM I’m sure was very important, but there’s about 600 reserve LTC’s and COL’s running around SOCOM and CENTCOM doing much the same stuff. I was a planning expert at CENTCOM which meant that I was posted in the plans shop with about 40 other gents. Go-to guy for testimonies? Maybe the go-to guy for preparing the general’s briefing book or one-pager. No one remembers this man just like no one remembers 90% of the other action officers that go in and out. Mike needs to stick to teaching and not give the rest of us Colonels a bad name and more importantly, puts the Guard and Reserve in a bad light. My dad was up in arms about this guy, stolen honors et al from (Dad’s a leftie – I’m a righty) St. Pete Times. I’m not a leftie and really haven’t heard of this guy. I am a military officer so I was intrigued I went to his Website (mikemccalisterforsenate.com) and about laughed my ass off. You never quote your OER as part of your resume, nor do you use your military awards as further props…The Legion of Merit, that was a retirement award if you look at the date. This guy made Major in the MO National Guard, was probably DA Selected for Lieutenant Colonel. When MO would not promote him, he moved to the FL National Guard, they wouldn’t promote him either so he went into the IRR where he was automatically promoted under DA policy. The rest of his career looked like he did Active Duty for Special Work assignments as a member of the IRR where boarded for Colonel, was selected, and then promoted. His work with USSOCOM I’m sure was very important, but there’s about 600 reserve LTC’s and COL’s running around SOCOM and CENTCOM doing much the same stuff. I was a planning expert at CENTCOM which meant that I was posted in the plans shop with about 40 other gents. Go-to guy for testimonies? Maybe the go-to guy for preparing the general’s briefing book or one-pager. No one remembers this man just like no one remembers 90% of the other action officers that go in and out.
Mike needs to stick to teaching and not give the rest of us Colonels a bad name and more importantly, puts the Guard and Reserve in a bad light.

]]> Comment on On D-Day, 9/11 And The Case For A Simple Prayer by Susan Schwartz http://www.practicalstate.com/2011/09/03/d-day-911-case-simple-prayer/#comment-1167 Susan Schwartz Sat, 03 Sep 2011 23:40:31 +0000 http://www.practicalstate.com/?p=7362#comment-1167 Good post! I agree 100% and find Bloomberg's attitude both ridiculously politically correct and offensive to all decent Americans who have any heart. Good post! I agree 100% and find Bloomberg’s attitude both ridiculously politically correct and offensive to all decent Americans who have any heart.

]]> Comment on On “End of The Rainbow” and “Colonel Mike McCalister Has No Clothes!!” by Robert Nelson http://www.practicalstate.com/2011/08/19/on-end-of-the-rainbow-and-colonel-mike-mccalister-has-no-clothes/#comment-1166 Robert Nelson Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:30:15 +0000 http://www.practicalstate.com/?p=6459#comment-1166 Don't know how I have missed meeting you and just recently found your blog. You are spot on, when I heard Mr. McCallister speak in FWB, in uniform, at a REC meeting, I was shocked when he made a statement that would violate the Constitution of this country. But sadly, what are our choices, unless you truly believe Hasner has suddenly found his conservative credentials. Reminds me to much of CC, though. Don’t know how I have missed meeting you and just recently found your blog. You are spot on, when I heard Mr. McCallister speak in FWB, in uniform, at a REC meeting, I was shocked when he made a statement that would violate the Constitution of this country. But sadly, what are our choices, unless you truly believe Hasner has suddenly found his conservative credentials. Reminds me to much of CC, though.

]]> Comment on Of Popinjays and “Colonel” Mike McCalister by FL-SEN: Something’s Rotten in the State of Denmark | RedState http://www.practicalstate.com/2011/08/28/popinjays-%e2%80%9ccolonel%e2%80%9d-mike-mccalister/#comment-1165 FL-SEN: Something’s Rotten in the State of Denmark | RedState Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:54:09 +0000 http://www.practicalstate.com/?p=7348#comment-1165 [...] UPDATE: Royce White, who has been an outspoken critic of McCalister’s since early this year, wrote the following on his site yesterday: Practical State | Of Popinjays and “Colonel” Mike McCalister [...] [...] UPDATE: Royce White, who has been an outspoken critic of McCalister’s since early this year, wrote the following on his site yesterday: Practical State | Of Popinjays and “Colonel” Mike McCalister [...]

]]> Comment on Of Popinjays and “Colonel” Mike McCalister by The Minority Report Blog » FL-Sen: Something’s Rotten in the State of Denmark http://www.practicalstate.com/2011/08/28/popinjays-%e2%80%9ccolonel%e2%80%9d-mike-mccalister/#comment-1162 The Minority Report Blog » FL-Sen: Something’s Rotten in the State of Denmark Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:41:44 +0000 http://www.practicalstate.com/?p=7348#comment-1162 [...] UPDATE: Royce White, who has been an outspoken critic of McCalister’s since early this year, wrote the following on his site yesterday: Practical State | Of Popinjays and “Colonel” Mike McCalister [...] [...] UPDATE: Royce White, who has been an outspoken critic of McCalister’s since early this year, wrote the following on his site yesterday: Practical State | Of Popinjays and “Colonel” Mike McCalister [...]

]]> Comment on On Whales, Satan Worshiping, Bordellos and US Senate Candidate Colonel Mike McCalister by The Minority Report Blog » FL-Sen: Something’s Rotten in the State of Denmark http://www.practicalstate.com/2011/08/19/on-whales-satan-worshipping-bordellos-and-us-senate-candidate-colonel-mike-mccalister/#comment-1161 The Minority Report Blog » FL-Sen: Something’s Rotten in the State of Denmark Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:41:16 +0000 http://www.practicalstate.com/?p=6346#comment-1161 [...] Shark Tank | Mike McCalister Answers Abortion Question, Denies Stating He Testified Before Congress Practical State | On Whales, Satan Worshiping, Bordellos, and US Senate Candidate Mike McCalister Practical State | On “End of the Rainbow” and “Colonel Mike McCalister Has No [...] [...] Shark Tank | Mike McCalister Answers Abortion Question, Denies Stating He Testified Before Congress Practical State | On Whales, Satan Worshiping, Bordellos, and US Senate Candidate Mike McCalister Practical State | On “End of the Rainbow” and “Colonel Mike McCalister Has No [...]

]]> Comment on Of Popinjays and “Colonel” Mike McCalister by Sunshine State Sarah http://www.practicalstate.com/2011/08/28/popinjays-%e2%80%9ccolonel%e2%80%9d-mike-mccalister/#comment-1160 Sunshine State Sarah Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:33:53 +0000 http://www.practicalstate.com/?p=7348#comment-1160 LeMieux owes an apology to an increasingly-long list of veterans: http://www.sunshinestatesarah.com/2011/08/will-george-lemieux-apologize-to.html LeMieux owes an apology to an increasingly-long list of veterans:

http://www.sunshinestatesarah.com/2011/08/will-george-lemieux-apologize-to.html

]]> Comment on Of Popinjays and “Colonel” Mike McCalister by Ed Maxwell http://www.practicalstate.com/2011/08/28/popinjays-%e2%80%9ccolonel%e2%80%9d-mike-mccalister/#comment-1159 Ed Maxwell Mon, 29 Aug 2011 01:51:27 +0000 http://www.practicalstate.com/?p=7348#comment-1159 O.K. Bloggy, stop dancing around and tell us what you really think! (:>) Well done. O.K. Bloggy, stop dancing around and tell us what you really think! (:>)
Well done.

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