[lbo-talk] AFP: Macho man look is out of style

[B.]

A female friend of mine has noticed, she says, that
you can't get into a group of more than 5 or 6 men
before at least one of them either 1) has claimed to
have been in Special Ops/Navy SEALS/CIA/Black Ops, or
2) "knows someone" who was in one of these bad-ass
groups, and who then begin to crow about all the
assorted accoutrements thereof, namely, assassination
training, special weapons training, etc.

Of course, I live in Texas. One's bad ass-edness seems
to be relative to one's proximity to some shady govt.
project. I'm sure an LBO get together would prove
differently.

Also, I began to have a weird theory about the movie
Predator having produced so many political figures.
Carl Weathers of Rambo fame is also in the movie. I
think he may be maneuvering for political office as
well?

-B.

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Andy F. wrote:


> Has anybody noticed in this type of movie that the
bad
> guys are often ex-CIA/Special Ops gone mercenary,
> often after engaging in some sort of fictional but
> historically-based viciousness?  I'm thinking of the
> CIA heroin smugglers in Lethal Weapon, the
> ex-"advisors" to the Latin military dictator in Die
> Hard II...  There was another one that involved Air
> America...