Military Wives

I feel now is the perfect time to address the conflict service-members face when balancing between what they feel are infringements upon their civil liberties cast down by their president.�

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I have never been one to get involved with inter-service rivalries because I have always felt we must remain, �We band of brothers� and support and defend our own constitutions against all enemies, either foreign wives or domestic.� (I am of course referring to wives in the singular sense.)�

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So let us, as Abraham Lincoln said, �Cast aside our differences� and as the modern day philosopher Marshall Mathers raps, �Let�s get down to business.� I�ve got no time to play around what is this.��

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You may be the senior man at work, but your wife is the Commander in Chief of the House or (CINCHOUSE).� You say this because you believe in the immortal words of our 16^th CINC, Abraham Lincoln when he said, �A house divided against itself is sure to fall.��

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You also know that it�s not always advisable to follow the advice of our 1^st CINC because, �Honesty is (NOT) always the best policy.�� If you chop down a cherry tree, in order to preserve good order and discipline, you don�t tell the truth.� You blame it on the kids because if you don�t, she might draft a Declaration of Independence, throw you in the harbor, and declare a revolution.����

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You realize you have �No convening legal authority.� �If something goes wrong at home or a bill needs to be paid, Harry Truman summed it up best when he said, �The buck stops here.�� The buck always stops with you.�

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You need to �Walk softly and carry a big stick,� of money because if you don�t she�s not afraid to drop the bomb on you.� Two, if she has to and you�re liable to be put, not in the White House, but impeached to the dog house.� All the while proclaiming like Nixon that, �I am not a crook,� and �You won�t have me to kick around anymore.�

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It�s at this stage you realize you serve at the discretion of the President and need to �Read her lips� and �Ask not what she can do for you but what you can do for her.�

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There�s no need to, �Tear down that wall.�� Do your best to fit into her �Great Society� because you won�t be getting a �New Deal.�

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You must sing, �Hail to the Chief� because in the immortal words of the great disco song, �She�s a CINC ���..HOUSE!���

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What military men need to realize is when you get married you pledge an oath to support and defend the constitution, but she will amend your constitution?� There will be no hearings, and there will be not one vote.� She has the bully pulpit and the mandate.� All you can do is cry to your buddies, "Man, this is an infringement upon my rites."�

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There comes a time in every military man�s career, usually the first day of boot camp or marriage when you realize you must �Obey the orders of the president and all officers (Her mother) appointed over me.���������

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Needless to say, as it pertains to the institution of marriage.� I have decided not to be a lifer.� Someday a recruiter might be able to sell me on a lifetime self-commitment to the CINCHOUSE, but for now I prefer to be a conscientious objector.

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