Mako,
I love almost all your post and would love to hang out with you without a doubt.
The other point is that we have a bunch of new hires that really are excited about being here. We don't need to rain on their parade. Let them be happy and enjoy their place in time. Most posts on these forums turn into ****ing matches between the two groups and/or we have to "educate" the young pups with life sucks and blah blah. See it in the Marines all the time. Let them experince and when the hard times come they'll turn to the real leaders and we can direct them and they will follow.