Shoop De Whoop

I've been getting these via email.

Summertime

I haven't been blogging much, lately. I usually try to keep up with the once-per-week rule, but I've been moving. And beer brewing. And other, real life stuff.

Like fishing.

Just Moved

I just moved into a new house this week. Just got the cable and internet hooked up. I also mowed my own lawn for the first time in my life. Condo living made me soft.

er. I take that back.

Eating steak, drinking beer, and not exercising made me soft.

Most things are in boxes, and I can't find exactly what I want when I want it.

But I'm really happy right now. Also our association has a private, hilly, wooded running trail that loops around for about 2 miles. I just walked it tonight, and it seems fairly tough.

Now I have no excuse.

Also, check out this trailer.

It's Senator, you babykiller!

Barbara Boxer (D-CA) chooses to chastise a General for calling her maam, instead of senator. She's not even in his chain of command, and even he she were, 'Maam' is perfectly acceptable.

It's petty, snide and condescending. When addressing a General, who's devoted much of his life to service, she acts like this.

If I didn't know any better, I'd think that Democrats were hostile to the military.

And then she addresses him as "you"! He should have then demanded that she refer to him as Sir. Or to only speak in the third person addressing him as "The General".

Instead he acted with poise and decorum. Contrast that with her.

Without swearing, I think this sums it up best.

"Elections have consequences!" --Barbara Boxer (C-CA)

Jessie McBeth 2.0

Remember this guy?

Jessie McBeth

JESSE MACBETH: FORMER US RANGER IN IRAQ 1 OF 2
by Top-Notch112

Michah Wright



And now it's third verse same as the first. This guy was a rising political star in Colorado, basing his hard left anti-war views on his 3 Iraq deployments, being wounded by Fallujah, and being in the Pentagon on 9/11. Turns out it was all a lie.
It's hard to tell from the News articles which party he was in. Hmmm, weird.
Rick Strandlof


Oh, and in current events, you know that 9/11 Truther, Jew conspiracy theorist, who also targeted The Weekly Standard and Fox News? He was some kind of Holocaust Denier who shot up the Holocaust Museum, in DC. Two security guards opened fire on him, and one of them shot von Brunn in the face.

In. The. Face.

One of the security guards is a Marine who shot expert, on the pistol range.

You just know those 2 guys are sitting over beers this weekend arguing over who's bullet took em down. You know who my money's on.

Have an awesome and safe weeknd everyone.

MRAPs

OK, for 5 points can someone give me a compelling argument as to what the best armored car is? And not just based on what looks the coolest, cause I can decide that for myself.

And, yes, cost is a factor too. It seems like everyone is vying for contracts on this thing right now, and they all look the same to me. I don't know much about em.

There's a lot of talk about the Cougar, Caiman, MaxxPro, RG31, RG32, and who knows what else. I guess last year the Corps bought some RC31s.

It seems to me that a plain ole LAV would do just fine. Everybody likes a good ole trusty war pig, don't they?



And I know this is blasphemy, but maybe something like a BRDM or BMP? Eeeek. Forget I said that last part. You probably like BMPs, don't ya. Ya commie.

If it were based strictly on looks, I think I'd pick the Serbian Lazar.

Vroom Vroom

The next time you're at a cocktail party and you want to talk to the military guy about military stuff, don't pull out the ignorant ole "Saddam never had WMDs!", or the tired and broke "I'm for the Draft!".

Actually do some research and form an opinion based on something solid, and while holding your Maker's Mark on the rocks you can say something like "The RG33 might be more blast resistant than other MRAPs, but due to it's extreme weight many bridges won't be able to hold it, and helicopters won't be able to airlift it. And if you're worried about RPG threat, a lesser armored vehicle can simply use the Raytheon Quick Kill system and call it good."

Then you won't sound like a crazy dope.

It'll be a lot more fun than this:
Glaucon: "Saddam had no ties to terrorism. I promise!"
Brando: "What about Abdul Rahman Yasin then?"
Glaucon: "Who's that?"
Brando: "......."

Brando: "You're joking right? Forget it. How about Saddam paying $25K bonuses to families of suicide bombers? He upped it from $10K after 9/11. That's pretty direct support for terrorism, right?"
Glaucon: "That doesn't count. They're Jews."
Brando: "......"

Brando: "Let's just keep it pleasant. Can we just talk about MRAPs or Osprey or some other gear? "
Glaucon: "Sure. The troops don't have body amour, and the ones that do are from the Vietnam era!"
Brando: "Actually, I never saw anybody that had anything less than Interceptor Armour?"
Glaucon: "What's Interceptor Armour?!"
Brando: "....."

Brando: "The shrimp cocktail sure is good tonight."

This Morning

Have you ever read something and it was phrased exactly how you feel? The simple truth of it was so real and reflects on something you often think about. Yet it's written with a skill that exceeds yours? You can only say "I wish I had written it".

You know what I did this morning? Maybe it would be better if I told you what I didn't do this morning.

I didn't have to spend over 12 hours on a transport ship in choppy water, then clamber down a cargo net into a plywood landing craft, all while carrying up to 100 pounds of gear on my back. Then, I didn't ride through the rough surf in that little plywood target, only to have the steel ramp (the only part of the little plywood boat that was even remotely bullet-resistant) flop down and drop me into the cold ocean water in front of a beach filled with steel obstacles, mines, flying bullets & exploding artillery rounds.

D-Day

Normally I use Yahoo as my search engine, but I like going to Google to see what design they use to mark the day's historical significance. Sometimes I think they have skewed perspective about what's important, but today I think they got it especially wrong.