are you kidding me?

There was a letter to the editor in the Monterey Herald titled "Get the Military Out" that is blowing everyone's mind around here. Apparently some moron woman wrote in saying that DLI is just a conspiracy to cover up that it really is a place where the FBI is training men and women to kill other people. (are you kidding me?) And that Ft. Ord and POM are tricks by the government to buy up all of the land out here to make it so the military members are the only ones who can afford to live out here. (again, are you kidding me?) Sincerely, moron woman

Well I would like to use this to reply to Ms. Moron.
Let me start off by saying that your letter did not have one ounce of truth to it. It is obvious to me that you have never seen past the gate of POM. If you ever did manage to slip in, you would notice that there are no firing ranges, no grenade training, no anything cool like that. It is a school, you blubbering idiot. The FBI is an organization that can be described as the top police of the country. They do not care what is going on at DLI. They have very little to do with our military. Especially, the military out here. As far as your second rambling, there is nothing I would like better than to pack up and move. I would give up most of my possessions to tell you and all of the people like you to kiss me between the back pockets as I drive out of town, but right now my husband has a job to do. Never mind that the job he is doing will probably take him away from me very soon so that he can go and fight to protect your dumb butt. Lets just forget for a second that people like my husband train and train hard while they are in a school like this so that one day they can spend at least 10 hours of their day every single day working to make sure that we are safe. And that this is a 24/7 job. Do you think that I am bitter when people like you start running your mouth without taking into consideration all of these things? You better believe it sister. We miss holidays, birthdays, anniversarys, ball games, and family gatherings all the time so that you have the liberty to say ignorant things that critcize my husband and our friends. With all of that out of mind for a sec, I will simply point out the fact that we are not millionares. While you sit writing your huffy-puffy letter in your 2.5 million dollar home, we sit over in Seaside making an E-5 paycheck stretch as far as it can possibly go. And we are the only ones who can afford this place? Military members shop in special stores like the Commisary, because groceries at Albertsons are too damn expensive. Yes, Monterey is beautiful, but what is the point when we can't spare the money to buy gas to go and see all of these beautiful things? Lady, let me close with this: the day that we get to pack our house and say goodbye to this place forever will be one of the greatest days of my life. Not because it is so expensive. Not because it isn't beautiful. But because we will finally be rid of a city that is so chocked full of their own self righteous beliefs that they can't see that these are real people that are fighting, and these are real people that are dying, and these are real family members left behind. So when you go and rest your little head in your safe and comfy bed tonight I hope you can't get out of your mind the picture of men and women over seas standing gaurd, sleeping on cots, and getting shot at every day just to make sure you feel safe writing hate mail from your dining room.
Sincerely, Proud USAF Wife