First Cup with Jeremy - 20211021 The Martial Arts Morning Show from whistlekick
Channel: whistlekick
Date: 21/10/2021

Thursday!

Today on First Cup with Jeremy (The Martial Arts Morning Coffee Vlog Show from whistlekick):

This past Monday October 18th, 2021 one of our nations great warriors passed away Colin Powell was 84.
1. "The freedom to do your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best." ~ Colin Powell
2. "A mirror reflects a man's face, but what he is really like is shown by the
kind of friends he chooses." ~ Colin Powell
3. "Don't be buffaloed by experts and elites. Experts often possess more data than judgment. Elites can become so inbred that they produce hemophiliacs who bleed to death as soon as they are nicked by the real world." ~ Colin Powell
4. The last quote you read is from page 102 of My American Journey by Colin Powell. Many years ago he served as an officer in the Vietnam war. He said this quote in reference to the experiences he had with intelligence officials and a cocky pilot. The intelligence official spent a lot of time doing regression analysis to determine when mortar attacks were more likely. Mr. Powell had just been taken off of field duty due to being wounded by a booby trap. The interesting thing is that Mr. Powell knew any grunt out in the field could have told this intelligence official what the conclusion from all that math would be. Mortar attacks happen more frequently at night. As for the cocky pilot, he resented that a non-aviator was in charge of his airfield. So he took Mr. Powell up for a wild ride in one of the aircraft. During the flight, Mr. Powell noticed some landmarks that didn't seem right. He asked the pilot, "you know where we are?". The pilot confidently announced "A little north of Quang Tri.". Mr. Powell's response "You damn fool. Turn this thing south and get us out of here were over North Vietnam!".

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