tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31102024.post2742666588615513465..comments2023-09-01T03:05:20.236-05:00Comments on The Missal: Sanford's Real SinJackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10940703663598608926noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31102024.post-79012863889355460312009-06-28T04:54:52.452-05:002009-06-28T04:54:52.452-05:00Jack-
You're absolutely right about the choice...Jack-<br />You're absolutely right about the choices and prioritization (or failure thereof).<br />My wife and I met on 1 August 1994; we were married 9 July 1995. From the time I met her I knew she was right for me and never considered dating anyone else. Like Jeff (the Sandman), I made choices that were career limiting. Probably the most limiting was the decision to retire... (LOL)... because when I explained about what promotion would mean, etc., for base pay and housing and retirement over time, she asked, "So your retirement paperwork is still submitted, right?" She really wanted me out of the Army. Can't say I blame her - I was away from home over 50% of the time due to deployment, short tour, field exercises, TDY as a liaison officer, etc. <br />During the year I was in Bosnia the Company Commander was joking about his issues with his family, and said his senior rater was HouseHold 6 (his wife) -- and that she had told him "You've got a lot of unrated time." Yeah... it was a joke... sorta... it was also a statement of frustration, dissatisfaction, etc. Once in a while it's useful for men to listen to their wives, and clue in to what they are really saying... especially when "joking".<br /><br />Anyways... yes, a disappointment for the state, for the party, etc., but hopefully a wakeup call for the man, his family, and others.<br /><br />-delAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31102024.post-10819250609334668342009-06-25T06:51:25.494-05:002009-06-25T06:51:25.494-05:00I wish more people got what you get Jeff. Especial...I wish more people got what you get Jeff. Especially if they are gonna try and be leaders.<br /><br />Lead by example and not ex post facto.<br /><br />JackJacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31102024.post-51363859286381590342009-06-25T00:59:13.843-05:002009-06-25T00:59:13.843-05:00Jack,
I have had a successful twenty four year pr...Jack,<br /><br />I have had a successful twenty four year professional career. I am also still married to the same woman I fell in love with over twenty years ago and have been faithfully married to ever since. At several points in my career I've made choices that limited my upward mobility in my career so that I could do what was best for my family. At the time, those choices seemed like painful sacrifices. Now, those choices seem more like pitfalls that I avoided.<br /><br />Our culture values worldly success so much that often the only people to make it to the top are dysfunctional sociopaths like Bill Clinton. What good is it for a man to gain the whole world but to lose his family?<br /><br />Sanford was a good (I would say great) Governor, but his political career is over. The honorable thing for him to do is to resign. Three or four years from now, when he's gotten his family back together, he may even be glad that he got out of politics when he did.<br /><br />I'd write more, but I'm about to leave to take my son to the gym to lift weights. He's fourteen.<br /><br />El JefeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10266841100295531034noreply@blogger.com