Subject: [smof-politics] Re: Current affairs and overreactions
From: "Benjamin Rhodes" ()
Reply-To: [url=mailto:smof-politics@smofcon.fen
Date: 3/18/2014, 9:34 AM
Okay, folks, I have no idea what the hell went down over at Venus, but here's the facts:
Yes, I did have Atalante ask for HRM's support in the highly unlikely event things went severely south.
Yes, I am just a teensy bit paranoid here.
NO! I am NOT about to deploy ANY forces. What. So. Ever. At the most, I'm just kicking the tires and making sure things on my end will be ready to move at a moment's notice.
All due respect to you, Mal, you're not going to be the last person they'll come after no matter what precedent is set in the hearings to come. In fact, you're hardly alone here - they sent a subpoena to Chris as well. I'm just waiting for mine to get here (I'm the one holding actual USG Property, after all).
I've looked at Senator Kellermans background and he is exactly the kind of person to try and start a witch hunt.
So, don't worry, I'm not going to do anything untoward. I'm not out to start another war - I'm just making sure I got my bases covered. If that looks like war mongering to you... sorry, just the Texan in us. You all know my Mother and even she's been known to take the 'Nuke the bastards' mindset now and then. We are, after all, a mostly military operation. We will always wait until the first shot is fired, though.
Benjamin M. Rhodes
Master and Commander of the Roughriders
Santa Anna: "It now remains for him to be generous to the vanquished."
Sam Houston: "You should have thought of that at the Alamo."
From: "Benjamin Rhodes" ()
Reply-To: [url=mailto:smof-politics@smofcon.fen
Date: 3/18/2014, 9:34 AM
Okay, folks, I have no idea what the hell went down over at Venus, but here's the facts:
Yes, I did have Atalante ask for HRM's support in the highly unlikely event things went severely south.
Yes, I am just a teensy bit paranoid here.
NO! I am NOT about to deploy ANY forces. What. So. Ever. At the most, I'm just kicking the tires and making sure things on my end will be ready to move at a moment's notice.
All due respect to you, Mal, you're not going to be the last person they'll come after no matter what precedent is set in the hearings to come. In fact, you're hardly alone here - they sent a subpoena to Chris as well. I'm just waiting for mine to get here (I'm the one holding actual USG Property, after all).
I've looked at Senator Kellermans background and he is exactly the kind of person to try and start a witch hunt.
So, don't worry, I'm not going to do anything untoward. I'm not out to start another war - I'm just making sure I got my bases covered. If that looks like war mongering to you... sorry, just the Texan in us. You all know my Mother and even she's been known to take the 'Nuke the bastards' mindset now and then. We are, after all, a mostly military operation. We will always wait until the first shot is fired, though.
Benjamin M. Rhodes
Master and Commander of the Roughriders
Santa Anna: "It now remains for him to be generous to the vanquished."
Sam Houston: "You should have thought of that at the Alamo."