Sunset Storm
by emlbaker

Comment:
You really should sell these. People would buy them.

4WD Sunset
by emlbaker

Comment:
You have great sunsets where you live -- and you have a talent for capturing them.

Northern Sunset
by emlbaker

Comment:
Really nice! You should make this a print and sell it.

Sun of a Gun
by emlbaker

Comment:
That's a magnificent shot! Poster quality!

johannes
by nephiniven

Comment:
Something about his eyes and the tilt of his head makes him look insane to me.

Exquisite Mystery
by seenosun

Comment:
Wonderful lighting.

Day Twenty Three - MARK STEVEN FLOYD
by idnic

Comment:
I'm sorry all this happened to you and I'm glad you're ok and that no one was hurt. I also apologize for being too argumentative. I just feel bad for the poor guy; look at how his life has turned to crap -- apparently full of pain with no relief that has led to drug and alcohol addiction and now a 30 year career down the tube. It makes me really sad.

Day Twenty Three - MARK STEVEN FLOYD
by idnic

Comment:

Originally posted by idnic: While I'm firmly convinced his doctor did not know about the gallon of liquor he brought into his home every day, I do know that the doctor is a military one and I know that because of by the 30+ prescription bottles I had to help his CO remove from his home. I didn't have a complaint against him, I never had a problem with him, never knew him; just happened to know his habbits because he lives directly across the street and I work from home. The day he came into my existance he stood screaming drunk at noon on a saturday and threatened to kill the kid who was collecting for lawn money and pulled a gun on the adults who overheard. Again, I never suggested he or any serviceman was lacking any American rights.. what I am saying is .... if the Navy created this monster its theirs to deal with. He's an officer of 29 1/2 years. I was told he had an injury, the navy docs operated and made it worse. That's why he's been at home with morphine for the last 18 months. I don't want to cause hurt feelings here, I know little of Navy regulations. What I do know for fact is that what he's done is enough to get him confined to base for the forseeable future and that's okay with me, he isn't across the street from my children.

So, it seems you should be thanking the Navy; if it was Home Depot he worked for, they wouldn't be confining him to the lumber yard. You're not a doctor, so you're jumping to conclusions about the quality of care he received based on the bad outcome you witnessed. And, yes, you very much did suggest that he has fewer Constitutional rights than everyone else. You did that when you suggested that his employer had the right to address how he keeps his house and whether he has guns (and how many). None of this we've discussed has anything to do with Navy Regulations, by the way. We're talking the basic rights of an American citizen, including the Healthcare Privacy Protection Act. For the Navy's sake, I hope it wasn't someone in the Navy that permitted you to enter his house.

Day Twenty Three - MARK STEVEN FLOYD
by idnic

Comment:

Originally posted by idnic: The Navy is who gave him an unlimited morphine prescription and sent him home to down it with alcohol for over a year without checking to see if he was using the prescription properly. If Home Depot gave him at-home morphine, I'd sure as hell blame them if they didn't supervise and he abused it. I'm not specifically blaming "The Navy", I AM blaming the parties responsible for his condition and in this case it just happens to be the Navy. I'm sorry if you find that offensive.

No, his doctor gave him the morphine. And how would you know that it was an unlimited supply? That would be extremely unusual. I've never run into any military doctor who would do such a thing? And what makes you think the doctor knew about his alcoholism?

I've had to deal with this kind of complaint before. Someone has some complaint against someone else and thinks that, because that person is in the military they can just dial up their Commanding Officer or the base and have the right to have the employer straighten it all out at the expense of the servicemember's constitutional rights. YES, I DO find it offensive -- in the extreme -- because it paints U.S. servicemembers as something less than full American citizens, something less than the person complaining.

Day Twenty Three - MARK STEVEN FLOYD
by idnic

Comment:
Why do you keep blaming the Navy? Would you blame Seven Eleven if he worked there? Would you blame Home Depot if he worked there? The Navy can't keep him from owning guns -- they're legal. And, unless this is Navy-owned housing, the Navy can't do anything about how he keeps his house. Moreover, the Navy, including his Commanding Officer, can get sued by this guy for talking to you about his health matters -- psychological, psychiatric, or otherwise. About the most you can expect from them is to address his crimes if civilian law enforcement doesn't. Do you seriously think that when we join the military we lose all of our constitutional rights?! Do you seriously think we SHOULD? Comments like yours really frustrate me.
It also sounds like this poor guy has serious psychological/psychiatric problems (you mentioned that he thought it was March). Unless he turns out to just be a criminal, your photo and your commentary strike me as unkind.

Message edited by author 2007-05-03 16:03:45.