FIGMO

May 5th, 2006 at 8:42 am thaumaturgist 40, FIGMO is also another military term for short-timers: “F–k it, got my orders.”

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I remember when I was a young man in the military, that some of my buddies celebrated a new assignment, or nearing the completion of a tour of duty, for weeks, sometimes months by "going FIGMO."

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With respect to a couple of FIGMO symptoms, indifference and lack of interest, Joe Klein, in TIME, has some pertinent observations on Bush's

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With our nation's number one problem, the financial and economic meltdown, growing worse by the day, Bush has become increasingly detached, ineffective and irrelevant, to the point of almost being negligent-in other words, a typical lame duck, FIGMO attitude.

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Nevertheless, almost any military or ex-military will immediately tell you that FIGMO stands for "F*** - it, I Got My Orders," an event that generally ushers-in for some a period of lackadaisicalness, self-centeredness, lack of interest, etc.

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Bush's FIGMO attitude may not be so noticeable for at least a couple of reasons.

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After George W. Bush received his muster-out orders mandated by the Constitution, he has shown signs of being FIGMO.

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Second, when one objectively examines Bush's presidency, this man has been FIGMO from virtually Day One.

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