Comments on: Sea Stories: Nicknames Are Bad

By: Jack

Jack — Sat, 22 May 2010 00:46:48 +0000

I was also on that GWBG deployment, and I respectfully disagree with nearly every word you have said, with the exception of the “he worked his staff quite hard” theme. Which sounds naughty. But I will leave it as written.

By: 68RS

68RS — Fri, 21 May 2010 00:04:11 +0000

I spent a cruise with Commodore Sestack and RMDL Mullen on the USS GEORGE WASHINGTON. I was on the Battle Group staff so Sestack worked for Mullen. Never have I seen a sorrier officer. He took the SWO community eats their young to a new level. In reality as the SCC he had no job, had constant oversight from the staff in TFCC (two frames forward) and provided nothing to the situational awareness of the Battle group. He did however work his staff to exhaustion to feed his overblown sense of self importance. He added nothing.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 19 May 2010 14:49:52 +0000

Senator Sestak, soon?

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:44:16 +0000

Yes we were. Feel free to shoot me an email at the site’s contact address, and I will reply with my personal email.
- Jack

By: CarneyOPS

CarneyOPS — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:47:38 +0000

Jack, I was in the same squadron at the same time… Where we on the same ship?

Carney OPS

By: Rojas

Rojas — Thu, 07 May 2009 03:41:53 +0000

Heh…in the interval between initially reading this post and Brad’s latest comment, I have read the requisite novels to catch the Pratchett reference. :)

By: Brad

Brad — Wed, 06 May 2009 23:58:33 +0000

Rojas and Jack’s comments in particular will be bronzed soon.

The man may soon be locked in the biggest race in the country. The grumblings in PA and the liberal blogosphere in general lead me to believe they’re ready to rally (and fund) an ABS candidate, and that any day now that dam’s going to burst, and Smokin’ Joe is right there ready to ride the wave. If it were just some congressmen I might say it was too long a shot. But given the comments here, I’d be scared shitless if that was the guy on my tail (he also ran a hell of a race in 2008).

By: Cameron

Cameron — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:18:00 +0000

Your post today inspired me to re-read this one. There's a marvelous gem in the Wikipedia article of Smokin' Joe.

Sestak has also "developed a reputation for being a temperamental and demanding boss" due to reports that thirteen staffers have quit his employment in 2007. Aides are purportedly expected to work seven days a week, including holidays, for 14 hours a day. Sestak justifies these hours, which are considered long even by the standards of Capitol Hill, by presuming to instill a military-minded "toughness" in his civilian staff.

The article from which that is derived from states the same thing and is called "Rep. Sestak�s staffers keep jumping ship". Awesome.

By: Jack

Jack — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:05:11 +0000

Thanks Cameron. I have a couple more like this in the hopper, but none involve anyone quite as famous as Smokin’ Joe Sestak.

By: Cameron

Cameron — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 07:42:02 +0000

Fantastically told.