Military is not fanboy of Ron Paul

This was issued just prior to a Ron Paul rally............
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—–Original Message—–
From: Weger, Joel A CIV OGC, Ethics [mailto:joel.weger@NAVY.MIL]
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 8:17
To: ETHICS@LISTSERV.LAW.NAVY.MIL
Subject: [ETHICS] Partisan Political March
Importance: High
It has come to our attention that a partisan political march targeting military personnel is being organized for February 20, 2012. See link below:
http://www.facebook.com/events/192677970828185/?ref=notif&no…
As a reminder, active duty personnel are prohibited by DoD Directive 1344.10 paragraph 4.1.2.10 from marching in a partisan political parade regardless of whether they are in uniform or civilian clothes. Reservists not on active duty and retirees may not march in uniform pursuant to paragraph 4.1.4. Reservists not on active duty and retirees may march in civilian clothes provided that they do not otherwise act in a manner that could reasonably give rise to the inference or appearance of official sponsorship, approval, or endorsement.
The directive is a lawful general regulation. Violations of paragraphs 4.1.
through 4.5. of the Directive by persons subject to the Uniform Code of
Military Justice are punishable under Article 92, “Failure to Obey Order or
Regulation.”
In addition, DODI 1334.01, paragraph 3.1.2 prohibits the wearing of the uniform by members of the armed forces (including retired members and members of reserve components) during or in connection with political activities.
You may wish to advise your command regarding this particular event because of the apparent solicitation of active duty personnel.
Joel A. Weger
Senior Attorney
Department of the Navy
Office of the Assistant General Counsel (Ethics)
703.614.XXXX

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Q: Have you ever seen a soldier in uniform at a political rally ?
99guspuppet

Unemployable .... Working life in a post-robot era

There is lots of talk about American job creation in the year 2012.  Everyone has a solution but all I have is questions.

#1   There is no retreating from a world economy and jobs market ( Short of Armageddon ).   Q: How can any solutions take into account the uncertain events in other parts of the world ?

#2   A pundit for  *Design News* ( to paraphrase ) said there was good news and bad news about jobs.  The good news was that the U.S. had remained flat in industrial output over a given period.  The bad news was that the workforce had declined by more than 100,000 jobs.   Q:  How will people find meaning for themselves in a world where 10% of the population can provide for the other 90%.  How will this affect politics ?  We already see in America that 45% of the population is on the dole ( gets more largess than they pay in taxes ).  99.9% of U.S. dwellers receive some government handout.  The average wage in America is slightly exceeded by the average amount of received by someone on the dole.

Certainly there is more opportunity now that ever before to be creative.  The cloud ( internet ) has opened up the floodgates to collaboration and access to resources.  So what does it mean when most of this creativity is completely unnecessary for survival ?  Some people will throw themselves off the planet and look for adventure in space ( stellar , virtual, ..... )  I confess I do not have a clue as to how it will play out for the majority of humans on the planet.

Here is what one group is doing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MejbOFk7H6c&

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