By: LL

LL — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:32:38 +0000

You know, I loved LT G's writing (the phrase "hetero lifemate" is now in my vocabulary cuz it perfectly captures some friendships). But really, you milbloggers are at the mercy of the rules. Just like people who get fired for writing publicly. He did not get his post vetted by his superiors. The sidebar of his site used to say that he blogged with his commander's permission cuz he was loved by the CO. Well, not so loved anymore. I'd buy that young man a beer and I'd thank him for being so freakin' REAL on his blog, but I'll not be writing to my Congressman on his behalf. He knew the rules and unfortunately, he violated them. I thought the post that got him into trouble was funny because seriously, we've all been there lookin' at the boss and thinkin' to ourselves NO F'ING WAY. He just said it out loud and his bosses saw it. One of the downsides to blogging.

I hope they unleash him but I doubt they will now that there has been a public outcry. It's hard to go back when everyone has seen the shutdown.

He can write a book when he's out from under the Military Machine.

By: akinoluna

akinoluna — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:41:32 +0000

That's nice of them to go to Congress to try and get Lt G
writing again but I doubt it will work. The issue isn't
about blogging. He broke a rule that every single servicemember
knows about and is taught from the first days of boot camp:
don't question or insult your superiors.

He just happened to use his blog to do it. Bloggers like him
are the exact reason higher-ups don't like blogs! Now they
will be thinking that if an officer can't control himself,
certainly the enlisted can't either...I think he just made
life more difficult for all milbloggers.

(Also, your comment box is messed up. I have to hit "enter"
when I reach the edge of the box or my sentence goes off
into never-never-land where I can't see it)

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