Comments on: Thank You For A Job Well Done http://firedoglake.com/2006/10/08/thank-you-for-a-job-well-done/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:46:15 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Anais http://firedoglake.com/2006/10/08/thank-you-for-a-job-well-done/#comment-329918 Anais Mon, 09 Oct 2006 16:39:24 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/10/08/thank-you-for-a-job-well-done/#comment-329918 <p>Really, is anyone surprised by this shameful administration’s shameful treatment of Lt. Commander Swift? It’s just SOP.<br /> That said, thank you, Lt. Commander Swift, for taking seriously your pledge to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States and for your hard work in so doing. We as a country are better for it, though some would disagree. You honor us all.<br /> Would that your superiors did EITHER: took the pledge seriously, or worked hard. It is they, not you, who dishonor us all.</p> Really, is anyone surprised by this shameful administration’s shameful treatment of Lt. Commander Swift? It’s just SOP.
That said, thank you, Lt. Commander Swift, for taking seriously your pledge to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States and for your hard work in so doing. We as a country are better for it, though some would disagree. You honor us all.
Would that your superiors did EITHER: took the pledge seriously, or worked hard. It is they, not you, who dishonor us all.

]]> By: Pilar Rodriguez-Rexach http://firedoglake.com/2006/10/08/thank-you-for-a-job-well-done/#comment-329809 Pilar Rodriguez-Rexach Mon, 09 Oct 2006 14:56:47 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/10/08/thank-you-for-a-job-well-done/#comment-329809 <p>Passing over an officer of this caliber for a promotion to Commander is disgraceful. Whoever had a hand in this decision ought to be ASHAMED of his/her being an American. </p> <p>Reward the inept, give the Freedom medal, etc. seems to be the measure. It is scary…</p> Passing over an officer of this caliber for a promotion to Commander is disgraceful. Whoever had a hand in this decision ought to be ASHAMED of his/her being an American.

Reward the inept, give the Freedom medal, etc. seems to be the measure. It is scary…

]]> By: Chief http://firedoglake.com/2006/10/08/thank-you-for-a-job-well-done/#comment-329670 Chief Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:27:43 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/10/08/thank-you-for-a-job-well-done/#comment-329670 <p>windje @ 105,</p> <p>Much thanks. I knew he was “inCurious George” but did not know that he was mean.</p> <p>The reality for LCdr Swift is that after he retires from the Navy next Spring, he will be able to make some big bucks. So maybe this cloud has a silver lining.</p> <p>As an old retired Navy Senior Chief, I willingly and proudly salute LCdr Swift as he has upheld the finest traditions of the Naval service.</p> windje @ 105,

Much thanks. I knew he was “inCurious George” but did not know that he was mean.

The reality for LCdr Swift is that after he retires from the Navy next Spring, he will be able to make some big bucks. So maybe this cloud has a silver lining.

As an old retired Navy Senior Chief, I willingly and proudly salute LCdr Swift as he has upheld the finest traditions of the Naval service.

]]> By: Churl http://firedoglake.com/2006/10/08/thank-you-for-a-job-well-done/#comment-329664 Churl Mon, 09 Oct 2006 11:57:25 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/10/08/thank-you-for-a-job-well-done/#comment-329664 <p>Some months ago I put a background post on Swift up. If you’re interested, it’s here <a href="http://madinthemiddle.blogspot.com/2006/07/some-background-on-lt-commander-swift.html">http://madinthemiddle.blogspot.....swift.html</a></p> <p>Sorry. I may have screwed that up. I don’t know quite how to get the link and I have to get to work. Later.</p> Some months ago I put a background post on Swift up. If you’re interested, it’s here http://madinthemiddle.blogspot…..swift.html

Sorry. I may have screwed that up. I don’t know quite how to get the link and I have to get to work. Later.

]]> By: prostratedragon http://firedoglake.com/2006/10/08/thank-you-for-a-job-well-done/#comment-329637 prostratedragon Mon, 09 Oct 2006 10:40:09 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/10/08/thank-you-for-a-job-well-done/#comment-329637 <p>May I add my thanks to Lt.Cmdr. Swift. Many of us citizens appreciate what his service meant to the rule of law in this country—especially on a day of such upsetting news as this Monday—even if our dubiously valid government does not. At such times, it is vital to remember what we at our best are about, as we center ourselves.</p> May I add my thanks to Lt.Cmdr. Swift. Many of us citizens appreciate what his service meant to the rule of law in this country—especially on a day of such upsetting news as this Monday—even if our dubiously valid government does not. At such times, it is vital to remember what we at our best are about, as we center ourselves.

]]> By: cando http://firedoglake.com/2006/10/08/thank-you-for-a-job-well-done/#comment-329399 cando Mon, 09 Oct 2006 03:44:08 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/10/08/thank-you-for-a-job-well-done/#comment-329399 <p>What a privilege it was to see Lt. Cdr. Swift on C-SPAN when he testified before Congress on the Supreme Court decision. He was quite remarkable, and I thanked God that there are attorneys like him in the military willing to defend Handam. And bravo that he ‘ll continue to defend. He deserves many thanks from Americans because unlike members of this administration, he is a true American.</p> What a privilege it was to see Lt. Cdr. Swift on C-SPAN when he testified before Congress on the Supreme Court decision. He was quite remarkable, and I thanked God that there are attorneys like him in the military willing to defend Handam. And bravo that he ‘ll continue to defend. He deserves many thanks from Americans because unlike members of this administration, he is a true American.

]]> By: Malcolm http://firedoglake.com/2006/10/08/thank-you-for-a-job-well-done/#comment-329385 Malcolm Mon, 09 Oct 2006 03:30:43 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/10/08/thank-you-for-a-job-well-done/#comment-329385 <p><a href="#comment-328984"><em>VJB @ 27 </em></a></p> <blockquote><p>I would like to thank Lt-Cmdr Swift for his service to the Constitution he swore to serve.</p> <p>Nicole Belle at Crooksandliars quotes an early American terrorist today:</p> <blockquote><p> <b>If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land,<br /> it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.</b></p> <p>James Madison </p> <p>Amazing how our Founding Fathers figured this out 200 years ago, and yet there are still 36% of Americans now that don’t get it? </p></blockquote> </blockquote> <p>I would like to echo VJB and others in thanking Lt. Cdr. Swift for his outstanding service to our country and its legal principles. It is disgusting and disgraceful that Lt. Cdr. Swift was deprived of the significant promotion he so richly deserved by this miserable administration. I hope he finds happiness and more success at Perkins Coie, although the likelihood of anyone with principles finding happiness at a large law firm is not substantial.</p> VJB @ 27

I would like to thank Lt-Cmdr Swift for his service to the Constitution he swore to serve.

Nicole Belle at Crooksandliars quotes an early American terrorist today:

If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land,
it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.

James Madison

Amazing how our Founding Fathers figured this out 200 years ago, and yet there are still 36% of Americans now that don’t get it?

I would like to echo VJB and others in thanking Lt. Cdr. Swift for his outstanding service to our country and its legal principles. It is disgusting and disgraceful that Lt. Cdr. Swift was deprived of the significant promotion he so richly deserved by this miserable administration. I hope he finds happiness and more success at Perkins Coie, although the likelihood of anyone with principles finding happiness at a large law firm is not substantial.

]]> By: jukesgrrl http://firedoglake.com/2006/10/08/thank-you-for-a-job-well-done/#comment-329381 jukesgrrl Mon, 09 Oct 2006 03:28:34 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/10/08/thank-you-for-a-job-well-done/#comment-329381 <p>Many thanks to Lt. Cmdr. Swift for his honorable service and a kick in the ass to his superior officers who DIShonor the Constitution.</p> Many thanks to Lt. Cmdr. Swift for his honorable service and a kick in the ass to his superior officers who DIShonor the Constitution.

]]> By: Wigwam http://firedoglake.com/2006/10/08/thank-you-for-a-job-well-done/#comment-329327 Wigwam Mon, 09 Oct 2006 02:38:36 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/10/08/thank-you-for-a-job-well-done/#comment-329327 <p><a href="#comment-328956"><em>Jane Hamsher @<br /> 6 </em></a></p> <blockquote><p>This is a national disgrace.</p></blockquote> <p>What Jane said!</p> Jane Hamsher @
6

This is a national disgrace.

What Jane said!

]]> By: 14justice http://firedoglake.com/2006/10/08/thank-you-for-a-job-well-done/#comment-329320 14justice Mon, 09 Oct 2006 02:32:04 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/10/08/thank-you-for-a-job-well-done/#comment-329320 <p>I was just at NAS North Island, today…what a backdrop to this story. Meritocracy - my _ss!</p> I was just at NAS North Island, today…what a backdrop to this story. Meritocracy – my _ss!

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