I GET THE WEIRDEST EMAILs . . .

I kid you not, this came in the Sean Linnane Inbox . . .


We are looking for someone to get the children ready in the morning, prepare and clear up the family's breakfast, make the beds, and take the children to school, which is about a 1.5km walk away. The Au pair would then need to pick them up at 3.20 and look after them until we get home. We will ask the Nursing assistance/Au pair to babysit 1-2 evenings a week.


There is a cleaner, so there wouldn't be any heavy housework; a bit of light cleaning and laundry which would take about 90 minutes a day in total. There would be plenty of time free in the day to go to language school, and there are a lot of good ones in the area.

The Nursing assistance/Au pair would have her own room, which is huge, and has a double bed, with sitting area and TV/DVD/Video/Hi-Fi. There is wireless broadband internet in the house.


Working hours: 0730 to 0900 and 1520 to 1930 plus about 60-90 minutes of housework a day to fit in with the Au pair's schedule. 25-30 hours a week.

Benefit: 1400 Pounds every four weeks plus a pocket money of 300 Pounds per week for the buying of some things for your self and I will also be responsible for some of the funds for your traveling documents.

Send your resume to _____________@gmail.com



Okay, lets see if they like what I have to offer here:


Twenty-five years US Army, served on Special Forces Operational Detachments ‘Alpha’ (SFODA's) as Senior Engineer Sergeant, Intelligence and Assistant Operations NCO, and Operations Sergeant (Team Sergeant).


QUALIFICATIONS:

18C Special Forces Engineer (Demolitions), SFARTAEC (Breacher)




Special Forces Combat Diver, USMC Combatives Instructor, US Army Jumpmaster.


Extensive operational experience, languages include French, Spanish, Thai and a working knowledge of Arabic.

Instructor, Survival/Evasion/Resistance/Escape (SERE) Level C, US Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center & School, Ft. Bragg NC.




Trained US and foreign Special Forces in tactics, marksmanship & Close Quarter Battle (CQB)

Rifle Expert, Pistol Expert, passed Army Physical Fitness Test. Current Security Clearance.

EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science (cum laude)


ABOUT MYSELF:

As a Special Forces Engineer, I can "change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, con a ship, operate and pull maintenance on any kind of vehicle . . .




. . . design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently and die gallantly."



Let's see . . . 2600 Pounds = 4,270.86 USD a month . . . hmmm . . .

. . . I dunno . . . sounds like an awful lot of work for that kind of scratch . . .






. . . S.L.

I HOPE SO . . .

CIA Had Plan to Assassinate Qaeda Leaders - NY Times



"Since 2001, the Central Intelligence Agency developed plans to dispatch small teams overseas to kill senior Qaeda terrorists, according to current and former government officials"

. . . for some incredible reason we're told the plan was never carried out!

The concept seems to have gotten mired down in organizational CYA overkill:

"Officials at the spy agency over the years ran into myriad logistical, legal and diplomatic obstacles. How could the role of the United States be masked? Should allies be informed and might they block the access of the C.I.A. teams to their targets? What if American officers or their foreign surrogates were caught in the midst of an operation? Would such activities violate international law or American restrictions on assassinations overseas?"

HEY! Earth to Langley, VA: SINCE WHEN DID WE START GIVING A RAT's *SS ABOUT BUNCH OF INTERNATIONAL LAWYERS ? ! ? ! ? ! We're at WAR here, RIGHT? US targeted killings of Al Qaeda terrorists is a legal act of self defense, point blank and simple - I mean, if it's OK to launch Hellfire missiles off Predator drones into multi-family dwellings in remote corners of Pakistan, what on Earth is wrong with taking out your targets with surgical precision?

OK - Problem identified; allow me to suggest a solution:

You throw enough money out there to hire a dedicated group of pissed-off ex-Green Berets like myself, and finance our operations. We know how to plan long-term operations, we speak foreign languages, we know how to live incognito overseas, and we have a certain motto when it comes to this sort of thing: "If it bleeds, you can kill it." We'll get the job done.

For planning guidance, check out GENERAL PATTON'S MAXIMS. Here are a few to consider:

o A good solution applied with vigor now is better than a perfect solution applied ten minutes later.

o Take calculated risks.

o Do not fear failure.

o In case of doubt, attack.

o No one is thinking if everyone is thinking alike.

o The only thing to do when a son-of-a-bitch looks cross-eyed at you is to beat the hell out of him right then and there.

And there's this beauty, of course:

o No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.