After seeing several comments on the Interwebz about how the Right was “pouncing” on the errors made in the misreporting of the Covington Kids harassment story, I clicked on the Dictionary widget on my Mac and found this as part of the definition of pounce—
notice and take swift and eager advantage of a mistake, remark, or sign of weakness: reporters who are just as eager to pounce on a gaffe as on a significant news story.
Well, I suppose we are taking advantage of the Left’s mistake. Their whole pitch was based on lies. It was their drummer who invaded someone else’s space. It was their “elder” who tried to provoke children, and it was they who cyberabused the youngsters. And it was their “elder” who may not be a respectable veteran, but a liar who misrepresented a military service record that appears to include stateside AWOL rather than service overseas.
Yeah, we pounced on that, and in the process, turned the Left’s fake news gaffe into a significant real news story.
Some of them may have to pay teh piper.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/01/libels_of_and_threats_to_covington_kids_will_face_kentucky_justice.html
The Native American drummer is claiming “Vietnam times” veteran status. Wow. That’s familiar.
By this standard, I am a disabled Vietnam-era elementary school student…{Not really disabled, but I hurt my foot and the doc gave me a temporary parking pass w/a picture of a guy in a wheelchair on it.)
If you didn’t actually go to Vietnam…that word does not belong in your biography. For years journalists have said he was a Vi9etnam vet. Apparently he didn’t correct them.
I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt regarding “Vietnam times”, but apparently he’s recently told CNN he’s a Vietnam vet.
He also claimed at various times to have been part of the Marine’s “Ranger Recon”. Yeah, totally not a thing. They got his DD214 (sounding familiar yet Bill?) and found out he was a refrigerator repairman stationed in Kansas and California, and that he was AWOL 3 times. He earned 1 medal and left the service the same rank he entered. He might have been even a bigger slacker than Schmalfeldt.
The latest word I’ve seen is he is Vietnam-era but served 100% CONUS as a HVAC tech with multiple UAs on his record. Discharged after 4 years as a Private (E-1) which means he was probably busted down from E-2 a few times.
Not a combat troop and never served in country. REMF and a screwup to boot.
Many of the vets from that era are considered Vietnam era vets. That’s what the military branches call us. If you don’t like it, complain to the Pentagon.
Hi Bill!
Your identification is suspect, to say the least. BJ54 is correct. A Vietnam “Era” [not “war”] veteran includes everyone who served between 1964 and 1975. The
recon rangerrefrigerator mechanic makes the cut, despite his three stretches of AWOL and never leaving the US.Very true, but HE identified himself as a Vietnam Vet. He only starting adding Vietnam Times after people started to dig. He also said he was a “Recon Ranger”.
He also recalled being spat on after returning from overseas, where he had never been.
Yes, “Vietnam era” is proper usage. But Phillips didn’t use it. “Lying sack of buffalo sh*t” is also proper usage, especially when referring to apparent sociopath Nathan Phillips.
Seems to me, there’s a large difference between serving in “The Marine Corps” and “The Marine Reserves.” For one, the latter allows a lot more time to be spent bouncing in and out of civilian jails.
ALSO a large difference, that is.
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“Pounce” is duckspeak for fact checking.