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"The whole atmosphere is that people are very angry but they want to protest peacefully.

Posted by Nukevet at 12:22 PM | Comments (0)

Today is the day, boys and girls

Monday, I sent in my mail order to J&G; Sales (which can be found in my links section) for the following:

20 - 10rnd boxes of S&B; 12ga 00 Buckshot
$55.00

What a deal! As I like to say, you can never have too much buckshot.

And,
5 - 50rnd boxes of S&B; 380ACP
$36.25

They should be recieving and processing my order today and it should land on my doorstep in 7-10 days.

Feel free to post your ammo purchases in the comments section as well as letting Kim and Connie know.

You might also scan my links section for other ammo wholesalers such as Cheaper Than Dirt and Natchez Shooters Supply. They are fast and reliable sellers of quality products.

UPDATE:

Here we go.

500rnds of S&B; 45ACP

3150rnds of 22LR

100rnds of 12GA (I didn't notice until I got home that I accidentally p/u a box of #4 instead of #8. But neither did the cashier).

100rnds of 38SPL (My Win 94 is in thshop now, so I kept it light)

100rnds of 380ACP (hey, it was too cheap to pass up)

Posted by Nukevet at 02:59 AM | Comments (3)

Letters to the Editor

I believe that it was Raging Dave who mentioned yesterday, the local 'Letters to the Editor' that were filled with whining from the left.

"Your fine article, "Unit headed to Iraq is cheered", clearly outlined the dangers "from within" that our Constitution warns us to defend against. Supporting family and friends who serve our country is great. The actions of some of those pro-war people outside Fort Lewis are not."

I can't think of any of the actions or intentions of the anti-troops folks that were worth a pot of piss.

"Using intimidation, threats, slanderous speech, and attempting to physically block American citizens from expressing their constitutional rights of free speech is exactly the opposite of what our troops are supposed to be fighting for. Those pro-war, pro-Bush anarchists either have never read the Bill of Rights or simply want to throw it away. True patriots are outraged by attempts to intimidate and harass those holding different opinions."

They were not trying to block your freedom of speech. They were joining you in doing the same. Works both ways pal.

"It is heartening that at least one local policeman on the scene understands what America really stands for, and told the bullies trying to block a patriotic American's way: "He has as much right to go where he wants as you do."

sarcasm on/ Yes, those other mean and bullish policemen were happy to see your rights violated. /sarcasm off

"Why is it that those people waving the flag most fervently often seem to be the very ones using the most un-American, unpatriotic methods?"
Larry Owens, Shoreline

And why is it that those who do not wave the flag with ferver would rather piss on it after they've wrapped their self-righteous asses it in?

Please sir, may I have another?

"The fury directed at Iraq war protesters by its supporters seems ironic. Wrapped in red, white and blue, many of these supporters raise the rallying cry that the U.S. is on foreign soil to defend democracy. Yet, respecting the beliefs of others and acknowledging the right to express them without harassment are fundamental tenets of democracy that war supporters might recognize."

While your freedom of speech does entitle you to wave your ignorant signs and shout vile things at soldiers, it strikes most people as being a bit wrong.

"Another democratic imperative is the necessity to disagree with the policy set forth by the government, if you perceive your country is creating a grave error. I believe the U.S., upon its Iraqi invasion, set into motion disasters that it has not foreseen or found ways to solve."

But why then do you want to take it out on the soldiers who are doing the fighting? That is an argument you should take to D.C.. Not to Camp Murray.

"I also feel a commitment to my children, who do not plan to enlist in military service, and whom I do not want to see drafted into combat, as existing forces become increasingly pressed."

The only person to suggest a draft in recent memory, sits on the othe side of the isle from those in the President's party in Congress, hon. You might want to go protest him

"This war requires solutions that cannot be found on the battlefield, or from the cockpits targeting missiles over Iraqi sites. It requires a vision of diplomacy and leadership that this administration has not shown the ability to offer. It requires us to demand leadership that is willing and able to serve the greater interest of our nation with means other than bullets and bombs."
Nancy Dickeman, Seattle

What it requires is that you stop supporting those who would gladly, if given the opportunity, level the entire USA under numerous mushroom clouds.

There are more here (same link as above). Including one very wise man who sees the bias in the article linked to in the link.

"Regarding "Unit headed to Iraq is cheered," specifically about the "angry pro-occupation demonstrators," in all fairness, either refer to the other side as pro-Saddam demonstrators or leave your opinions on the op-ed pages."
Steve Baus, Seattle

You're a good man, Mr. Baus.

Posted by Nukevet at 01:34 AM | Comments (0)

Letters

Work day boring?

From The Guardian:
It's not often that we get the chance to speak directly to the most powerful man in the world. So as George Bush lands in Britain for his first state visit, we asked 60 Brits and Americans to make the most of it

Some of the letters are, of course, a tad nasty.

Dear President Bush,

I'm sure you'll be having a nice little tea party with your fellow war criminal, Tony Blair. Please wash the cucumber sandwiches down with a glass of blood, with my compliments.

But some aren't,

Dear George,
Thank you for the leadership that you have given to the free world. Your father's decision not to topple Saddam in 1991 started a decade in which America looked weak, and unwilling to defend itself and its values. Escalating terrorism from al-Qaida went unpunished, encouraging further outrages. It was not American arrogance that led up to 9/11, but American feebleness. In parallel, Saddam came to represent the most successful defiance of the US and of the UN by a rogue state.

Read on.

Also found at Right Thinking on the Left Coast.

Posted by Nukevet at 01:09 AM | Comments (0)

A belated posting

I wanted to post this on Monday, but I was having a hard time just keeping up with my thank you's to the folks who linked.

This letter was sent to Lee at Right Thinking on the Left Coast by a reader of his in the UK on the subject of Bush''s visit. A damn fine summation of what is wrong there.

A snippet,
"I know he's no idiot. But the man stumbled over his words here, there and everywhere. This is quite unheard of in England where our politicians on the whole can speak excellently. I could see in certain places how some of his words could be taken out of context and used against him. I could see how Bush has been portrayed as a fool."

"This disease makes us ignore a man because he has trouble articulating his thoughts out loud. It makes us label him an idiot. And yet we pay full attention to the politicians in England (and pundits) because they can speak properly. We leave ourselves open to being hoodwinked, misled and tricked by well-speaking politicians -- the sophists of old. We claim sophistication yet we dismiss your president because of his lack of linguistic skills; and yet we fall every time for that smooth-talking man who seems to be making sense."

While it may be true, I got two words for this guy's 'Big Ears' comment.

Prince Charles

All I am asking for is video footage of Chuck singing R. Kelly's 'I believe I can fly'.

Posted by Nukevet at 12:58 AM | Comments (0)

I wonder if maybe they think

That Hitler was a good guy?

I mean, they are promoting this movie "The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight it" about conscientious objectors to WWII.

And are praising the resurgence of the Progressive Party. You remember them. They staged anti-war protests after Pearl Harbor.

Maybe they just don't think?

Posted by Nukevet at 12:51 AM | Comments (1)

November 18, 2003

Confirmed

I will be a father again, due date July 28th 2004.

I'm such a beast...............................I'm so proud of myself.

But even more proud of her.

Posted by Nukevet at 01:14 PM | Comments (9)

Someone should ask the "Not in Our Name" folks

if these guys get a vote?

You know, I still can't get over some smelly hippy NION'er driving around in an old beater telling AK to "get a job".

Posted by Nukevet at 10:28 AM | Comments (3)

But of course, you still need a little leftist

grandstanding.

The mayor of London, speaking his mind and getting national press. Bush bashing is a great way to earn your 15 minutes of fame. Some of the better bits - taken from that well known political publication "the ecologist":

Mr Livingstone recalled a visit at Easter to California, where he was denounced for an attack he had made on what he called "the most corrupt and racist American administration in over 80 years".

Mr Livingstone, who is holding a "peace party" for anti-war groups in City Hall tomorrow, added: "I don't formally recognise George Bush because he was not officially elected. So we are organising an alternative reception for everybody who is not George Bush."

Ahhh, sterling and insightful commentary, indeed. Of course, a few more people take their shot at the spotlight:

Richard Wanless, co-ordinator of the 'Sedgefield Against War' protest: "The visit is a massive security risk and for those living in the area, it jeopardises our safety. No matter where he goes, there will be protests from London to the North-east to make sure he knows he is not welcome. To me, he is a war criminal that has illegal occupation of Iraq. To add to the insult, there are families here who lost their children to the war."

The Rev Martin King, rector of Sedgefield: "A lot of people here are very angry with the way the US administration is putting itself above the law. One person in my congregation said if President Bush wanted to look around the church, he would be welcome because it is a place for sinners, but he hoped his henchmen would leave their ironware at the door. His policies are very unwelcome in the region - I have not heard anyone voicing support for him."

Of course, when he sayd "I have not heard anyone voicing support for him", what he really means is "I have chosen to ignore those who support him".

Posted by Nukevet at 10:17 AM | Comments (1)

Hehe. It must have really hurt the Guardian

to publish this poll. But give them some credit - I bet a similar poll in the US, commissioned by, say, CNN, would never see the light of day.

Posted by Nukevet at 10:07 AM | Comments (1) | TrackBack

Nope, not anti-American, just anti-Bush

Thats why she defaced our flag,

It's the man, not us, that's the lie that keeps getting repeated by the lefts apologists. The pictures say different. That's not a picture of Bush, not an image of him or his works. That's our symbol that whore has defaced, our's,... not any one man's. She damn well knows she just spit on a whole people, and I'd really like the facade of lies to stop.

The anti-war left is what it is, insanely anti-American to the core. You have to be blind as Hell not to see it. I hope that wench fell right on her big plush British ass climbing down.

Might suffer brain damage that way............If it wasn't already too late.

Posted by Nukevet at 03:52 AM | Comments (5)

Huh,.......

An utterly forgettable experience, proving once again that crack smoking and keyboards don't mix. Just one little thing.

According to European polls Bush is tied with Kim Jong II for the number-two position for greatest threat to world peace, and is considered by 37 percent of Britons to be, well, "stupid." Protests are expected to bring tens of thousands of people from all over Europe, and intelligence shows a major threat of al-Qaida violence creating a daunting challenge for British security and prompting the christening of "Fortress London."

Let's see here, the last numbers I saw said there were something like 400 million Europeans. They can scramble a MERE tens of thousands? What a bunch of candyassed halfwits............Come on bright guy, if he's roundly hated by so many you can't even scrap together a half mill? Hell we get more people at one of our own lefty loveins. You asswipes can't organize a fire drill, and you want to lead?

BBBBWWWHHHHAAAAaaaaaaaahhaaaahaaaahaaahaaahaaaaaaaaaa.......

Posted by Nukevet at 03:25 AM | Comments (0)

Thanks

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who stopped by yesterday to look at the Rally post. I would also like to thank all of those who linked to it (if I haven't stopped by your site to do so personally, please stand by, I'll be there tonight or tomorrow morning).

I was hoping for, but not expecting this size of widespread distribution of that post. I forgot to put it in the post itself, but if you want to snag any of the pics posted yesterday to send to others please do so. Especially if you will be sending them to a GI, Marine, Airman, Seaman, Guardsman, etc.

Again, I want to thank all of you for your "thank you's", but also remember that I was just one of thousands of people there that day who support our men and women in all uniforms. If you really want to thank some folks, please, thank a few of them too.

Posted by Nukevet at 01:57 AM | Comments (3)

Rally Literature

Below this post, there are four others. They were typed verbatim from papers that were handed out at the Support the Troops rally last Saturday.

Except for the last one, it was all being handed out by a lady who was having difficulty doing so. She had to tell the people she was offering it to that it wasn't Marxist propaganda. I don't know why. All they had to do was look at the pins on her hat.

She is one of "The Bridge People" you will read about later.

Enjoy!

Posted by Nukevet at 01:20 AM | Comments (1)

Quotes of the day

These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; 'tis dearness only that gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed, if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated.

From "The American Crisis". Written by Thomas Paine for General George Washington on December 23rd, 1776.

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of a moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing he cares about more than his own safety, is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

From an article in Fraser's Magazine, Feb 1862, titled "Contest in American Dissertations and Discussions" Written by John Stuart Mill

Posted by Nukevet at 01:14 AM | Comments (0)

An invitiation

Don't be surprised to see posts from me starting in the next couple of weeks with pics documenting my days with these folks.

Since mid-January, we have maintained a weekly presence at what has come to be known as "Outpost 122" - the overpass area between Camp Murray and Madigan Hospital, near Fort Lewis. We have rallied every Saturday, often other days, in support of our wonderful Armed Forces who, with all domestic law enforcement and emergency services personnel, comprise the brave spoken of in "The Land of the Free, Because of the Brave."

An hour on "The Bridge" will blow away the negative effects of a leftist-based media. It will refresh your faith in our great nation. It will strengthen your determination to stand for the Constitution, speak out for the troops and to work for liberty everywhere. Until a vast majority of our military are home safely, we will remain at "Outpost 122" every Saturday, supporting the troops, their mission and their Commander in Chief. Love your freedom? Why not say thanks to our armed forces by bringing a flag or a sign and joining us on "The Bridge" some Saturday morning? You won't be sorry!

Posted by Nukevet at 01:06 AM | Comments (1)

A request for assistance

If any folks are able to lend a hand to these folks, let me know and I'll get in contact with them.

Madigan Hospital's Family Readiness Group (FRG) is assisting many newly arriving troops coming to Madigan for medical treatment. Often, these soldiers reach this destination well ahead their bags and personal effects. Many come with literally nothing.

Sincerely, with gratitude for your participation in this effort,
The Bridge People Regulars of Outpost 122

Posted by Nukevet at 01:04 AM | Comments (0)

I want your take on this

I do not know exactly what to think of this letter. I am not one to deny a man his feeling of duty or the opportunity to fulfill said duty. Someone I didn't know at the rally on Saturday handed this to me. It was filled with many misspellings and grammatical and punctual errors and, at first, I took it to be some sort of joke letter (IMC propaganda, angry ex-wife of an SF member, etc). I have corrected the obvious ones, but left the letter 99% intact.

Please give it a read and let me know what you think. If you think it is real, let me know. If you don't, also let me know.

"I write this letter with hope that someone in a position of authority will get wind of this. Many people do not know about the morale problem in Special Forces. Mainly because we are such a small part of the big Army. The morale problem stems from many small issues within the unit. Every unit in the Army has some sort of issue. Ours are different. You see, our sister SF groups have been fighting this war on terror since the beginning. And doing a job, if I may add. They are tired. Many haven't seen their families in months. Many are choosing to get out after their time is served. These are seasoned soldiers, professionals, and we're losing them because someone up top isn't taking care of his men. OK, here's the other side of the story coming from another side of Special Forces. 1st Special Forces. Here at Ft. Lewis, has done absolutely nothing since Vietnam. You've got so much anger, piss and vinegar over in that compound you can smell it. Angry that they are being left out. Angry that they are not being allowed to go help their brothers. The chain of command will boast the Philippines, but they did nothing down there either. Just ask one of them. They are beginning to wonder if the Army and the President is even aware that they exist. Are they just a forgotten unit shoved away up in the corner of the country? Commanders will say that the reason we are not there is because it is not 1st groups are of operations. Well, 7th group was in Afghanistan, their AO is South America. 3rd group was there. Theirs is Africa. 10th group AO is Europe. An even bigger slap in the face is that there are two SF National Guard, the 19th and 20th groups. They have been involved in everything. These guys have full time jobs back here, and they are being sent while active duty SF guys are watching them on CNN. Does this make any sense? Please get the word out. These guys are getting out by the dozens and we can’t afford that. They just want to do their job. Fly some banners where Colonel Smith will see them. Maybe he'll understand why he's losing so many soldiers."

What do you think?

Posted by Nukevet at 01:00 AM | Comments (3)

November 17, 2003

Well done, AK, Well done!

I want you to know this my friend, you and all the others have earned a place in the hearts of good and decent people. I would give you all this medal for real if I could. There are many ways to serve, this one shines AK,.......it just shines.

God Bless you all.

UPDATE;--from the news article AK linked to.

Within weeks, he'll be in Iraq.

For the next 18 months or so - 545 days, according to their orders - the 3,500 men and women of Washington's 81st will be active-duty soldiers.
They will undergo training at Fort Lewis, Yakima Training Center in Eastern Washington and probably in Southern California before heading for the Middle East.
Saturday, as men like Stroup packed duffel bags with clothes and gear, some 4,000 supporters stood on freeway bridges spanning Interstate 5 from Fort Lewis to McChord Air Force Base.
There were also about 20 antiwar protesters, according to law enforcement officials.

A sea of flags and smile to send them off, now that's an image I would have loved to have seen in my day. But it was five years after Vietnam and idiots like Frogguts held the microphones, no counter opinions were tolerated. The snarkiness of his post attests to the bile he carries for those of us who don't share his distorted, defeatist attitude. There are far, far better men involved,

Thomas, 47, has served 20 years in uniform. He could have retired and not gone to Iraq. But he decided not to.

"I told her I loved her," he said, "and that I'll be back."

Posted by Nukevet at 12:05 PM | Comments (3)

A little help:

OK, you MT gurus - is there any way to view all of the comments that a blog has?

I've tried to get the mail notification system for comments to work, but can't get it to cooperate. I know I'm doing something stupid, but still haven't figured it out.

Oh, Yeah:

AK Rocks!

Posted by Nukevet at 08:54 AM | Comments (2)

Pro Troop Rally

Let me tell you a little story 'bout a kid named Analog,
Who wrote with Mark and Neal at RNS (a blog),
He heard about a protest by the Not In Our Name crew,
So he called up Dave and Sondra, he knew what they had to do.

Counter protest.
Piss off the Socialistas.

That is basically the story. This last Saturday, over 3000 National Guard/Army Reserve soldiers were reporting for duty. Not In Our Name-Seattle found out about this and decided that it would be good for their cause to show the troops off with a bunch of signs telling them to disobey orders.

As was told here, our local radio stations got wind of this last Tuesday night and asked for a turnout at a Pro-Troops rally to counter the NIONers. Even though I was partially attached for that day, I cancelled those plans and got to making up my sign. Raging Dave and Sondra K had also heard the radio broadcast, and we got in touch with one another and got our plan together. I would like to take a moment to stop and thank Sondra�s husband, Joe, for both bringing a camera that takes much better pics than mine and for using it to supply about half the pics for the posts today. Thanks Joe.

The entrance to the National Guard HQ was right off the exit from I-5, across the freeway from Madigan Hospital. We arrived at the freeway overpass at 9:30 and found 400 people already there. By 10:00 there were at least 1000 people and at 11:00 I stopped counting. Since we arrived a little early (the rally was supposed to start at around 10am) we got ourselves a prime spot on the north side of the over pass looking over the southbound traffic.

(All of the pics can be clicked for supersize)
Here is the north side of the over pass

And here is the south side of the overpass

Here are a couple of other pics taken at the overpass

And who are these two friendly types? That�s Raging Dave and Ms. Sondra K.

There was nearly no parking along the mile long strip of frontage road near the overpass we were on when we arrived. There were reports that hundreds of folks migrated to the two overpasses to the north and one to the south because of this. Sadly, I was not able to get down to those places for pics.

Of course, while standing on the overpass, we were able to see the citizen soldiers as they arrived for the first day of active duty. It would take more fingers and toes than I personally have to count how many of the men and women reporting I could see smiling and mouthing the words �Oh My G*d� as they made their way through the throng of people. I never did get this man�s name, but he and his wife seemed to have gotten out of their car to thank a certain few folks.

Since this IS Washington, we did have to deal with the intermittent rainsquall. The umbrellas came out but the smiles didn�t come off.

At round 1:30, the NIONers finally arrived (the original start time for their event was supposed to be noon). There were about 30 of them with signs and their �Earth� flags. They assembled on a corner semi-reserved for them by the police. But it didn�t take long for folks to recognize and head on over to dilute the Socialista message.

The final result

They were accompanied by folks driving around in cars with signs either on the roof or taped in the windows. This woman told me to �get a job�. Umm, I have one (and a half, almost) and it was Saturday. It's the mary jane, I tell ya.

It took about an 45 minutes to an hour for the Socialistas to get the message that today was for the men and women serving their country, not for them. Here they are in retreat.

At around 2:30 - 3:00, we gathered up to leave. One last photo for any anti-war types who may stop by to see this report. This is what is called a Police Officer.

If you look closely you will see that A. He is smiling and B. The only special gear he needed for a pro-troop rally was a rain guard for his hat. As opposed to full body armor and helmet for your �Peace Protests�.

UPDATE: Here is a link to the local papers story.

UPDATE #2: Here is a link to some more pics taken by the Bleeding Heart Conservative at his Blog-City site.

Posted by Nukevet at 01:06 AM | Comments (99) | TrackBack

Signs Seen

I wanted to make a separate post for a few of the signs I saw and got decent pics of.

First the Pro Troops signs,

This was so true.

Now, the anti-troops signs,

Nope, no hate here.

See, Socialistas.

And here is Ms. Sondra showing off her Gadsen tattoo next to an unsuspecting (read:clueless) protester.

I know this isn�t a sign, I just figured you all might get a kick out this guys Goldwing.

Across the front it reads �This We�ll Defend� Across the back it has a pic of the Naval Gadsen and the license plate frame reads �Don�t � On Me� with the plate itself reading �Tread�.

There were a couple of signs that I couldn't get good pics of that I would like to tell you about. I'm hoping that Dave might have gotten some pics of them.
Anti-Troops;
"Be My Hero. Refuse To Kill and Die"

Pro-Troops;
"Visualize Peace Through Your AN/PVS4" (with a very good hand drawing of said PVS4 Heavy Weapon Night Vision Scope)

Posted by Nukevet at 12:21 AM | Comments (8)

Great Shirts

AKA:Capitalism in Progress.

This is Quentin.

It is actually only Quentins backside. He was at the rally wearing one of his shirts. I found it quite ingenious and funny. I hope you do too.

This is Quentin�s website, Get Politi-Sized.Com. Step on in and take a look around. Read his column. Remember money makes the world go �round.

And don�t be surprised to see me wearing one of his shirts after I get done with �National Ammo Day�. Only two days left.

(Hey, I�ve only got so much $$$, you know)

Posted by Nukevet at 12:11 AM | Comments (0)

One more thing

I would like to ask Dave, Sondra or Joe for some help here. I wanted to put this man�s pic

on the main post above, but I don�t remember his name. If any of you remember it, please let me know.

Ladies and gentlemen. While standing on the overpass we met this man. He is a Vietnam Veteran (66 thru 69). When he arrived in Oakland on July 3rd 1969, he was spit on, multiple times. He had no words for how humiliating it was (not that we pressed him for any) and was very happy and proud to see the turn out on Saturday. He re-upped in 1971 and stayed in thru March of 1980. In 1982, he re-upped again and stayed in thru 1993.

Look at the hat and look at the years. I may have forgotten his name, but I�m glad I didn�t forget to thank him when he left.

If you look in the main post, in the first pic

His is the tallest flag in the pic with the MIA-POW flag below it. After National Ammo Day and Quentin�s shirts, I may have to get me a telescoping flagpole like the one he had (click the link for a random description I found on eBay. Or don�t).

Posted by Nukevet at 12:01 AM | Comments (0)

November 16, 2003

as long as they've known us, they still don't get it.

Cowboy is often used as an insult by Europeans, they seem to think we would take it that way, they might as well say something like stop acting like a man of character. It makes as much sense to American ears. When we hear the words cowboy or sheriff, this is what we think about, most of us over 30 anyway.

So this is how the lunatic fringe left expresses it's displeasure at our president, and by extension to us as well. They can say that "no, really, we like America, we just want your leader to die" as often as they like and it still comes across exactly as it sounds. It's an insult and beneath the dignity of a world power, You can imagine the reaction of the British left if their man of choice was burned in effigy on the Washington Plaza. They would be offended, insulted and wouldn't really care if every other speaker said we really "love" the UK, but you idiots elected a monster. A backhanded disclaimer is worse than a direct slur.

From even before our founding as a nation, the Brits never understood who we were, or what they were dealing with. With events like this I doubt they ever will.

There were and are exceptions certainly, Churchill understood, and Blair seems too. Various writers at various times have been very perceptive about us, strangely though those resources never seem to be accepted by the British left.

Our symbols tell our story.

Merely symbols yes, but they are uniquely our own. There is no Cockney counterpart to the Duke, no British version of The Shootist. There can't be, because we aren't the same, and they should stop thinking we wish to be just like them, because we don't. We chose a different path over two centuries ago, and haven't looked back.

We fought the greatest army in Europe to a bloody stalemate, then to victory, defeated their best generals. We did this when we were tiny and weak, barely a nation at all. That experience colored much of our history. We have refused limits, denied constraints from outside, and had the stones to make it stick. In all our history the only limit to our power and reach has been the restraints that we have placed on ourselves. When we stepped out from Europe's shadow, they spent a century pretending it was all just a big mistake, a hoax. They expected us to fail, to come crawling back, that we succeeded beyond all expectations was a rather rude shock to them. We are a mongrel race to them, they've said as much. Talented tinkerers and businessmen, but not serious players. We had no nobles, no ruling class, no cultural bias against change. We just didn't conform to their rules of class and culture.

The 20th century saw that dynamic change. The first global war, where we broke a stalemate that had ravaged Europe, a generation later when we emerged from the carnage of another European disaster the most powerfull nation on earth forever switched roles between the US and Europe. They can't seem to forgive us for that. As much as it pains them, the fact is we don't really want the job. We have inherited the position of hyperpower from the failures of the Europeans to succeed and to cope with the new world. The price is too high, and the Honors lacking, we would rather see another benevolent power assume the burden........

Just somebody point one out that could do it.

It becomes a simpler matter in that we just have no one we trust enough, or is strong enough to assume the mantle. There is nobody else.

9/11 came and the dynamic changed again. We were just beginning to lull ourselves into thinking that the big fights were all over, that we could coast for awhile. The smoking craters of New York, Washington and Pennsylvania showed us different. As bad as Pearl Harbour was, it was a military defeat. 9/11 was different, very different. They didn't attack our military, they murdered our citizens, .......men, women, children..........All sacrificed to the delusions of a dead culture based on past glories and blood fueds. A culture of spite and resentment. A culture that very often, finds common ground with the faded Empires of a selfneutered Europe, talking tough, but ashamed at it's lack of global power. The fall of the Soviets added to the mix. Western leftists found themselves cut adrift, cast off as the freed people of the Warsaw Pact soundly rejected their beloved path and came to embrace America as the only real opponent to what had enslaved them for so long. They haven't forgiven us for that either.

In esscense we are facing the bitter remnants of failed regimes, failed cultures. The more astute in Europe percieve that hating America for everything is irrational and short sighted. That success can only come from their own doing, not from our failure, .......and they're being drowned out by clowns with buckets of red paint.

So be it, their blindness to reality just ensures that they will continue to fail. That's their choice.

If they really want to ask a relevant question, it isn't why is America hated? It's why are they so bitter and angry? Why do they insist on trying to succeed by tripping us when they should be trying to run faster instead?

I see it this way, in the end we will succeed because we have no choice. Failure to win the War on Terror, the War in Iraq will put our children at risk, it will damn our people to being targets of oppurtunity by a bastard death cult patted on the head by halwitted losers from the west. We will win because we can't fail and still live our lives. We will win because we don't know how to crawl, won't learn and refuse to be taught. Understand that about us if nothing else.

I'm truely sorry so many in Britain have learned to crawl on their bellies. Have learned to deflect their own prejudices on us. Have learned to turn a blind eye to horror because they won't let go of a failed idea. They were stronger than that once, ...........in the past.........Blair knows what we can accomplish, what we wish too. Is he the only Brit to remember what it is to be proud,.......to do the right thing?

I hope not.

Whatever the outcome we fight on. Our critics will just have to get over it. As to the War on Terror? .......".You called down the thunder".

Be careful what you ask for.

Posted by Nukevet at 10:57 PM | Comments (2)

resenting a younger, stronger, smarter brother.

This has been building for a while I believe, long before Mr. Bush ever even thought of running for president. It showed some early signs back in Thatcher's days.

Fewer than a quarter, 24%, had confidence in Mr Bush on Iraq, while 74% did not.

Some went further, with 14% saying Britain should no longer regard America as a close ally and should pursue its own interests irrespective of what Washington thinks.

First I do not believe any online poll is really reflective of any nations sentiment, they are subject to self selected groups which may badly skew the numbers. Secondly we really don't know how it was conducted or how the questions were worded, so I have some doubts as to it's accuracy.

I do believe it shows something that we should be aware of. That the leftwing's constant screeeching for the last thirty years over there has an effect. Elitists and snobs from across the pond have always disliked us, always blamed us for everything from the weather to athletes foot, that's not new. What's different now is the added bonus of irrational and bitter feelings over one man.

Blair is a Labourite, if he where running in the states I would oppose him just on principle, but I hardly would scream he was dumb and evil, a great threat to mankind, that would be as blatantly stupid as what a sizeable group of Brits are doing now. The antidote to this is from of all places the Guardian, most specifically it's token intelligent person, David Aaronovitch.

But our enemy is not America. It isn't America that gives the most effective support to Sharonic intransigence - it's Israeli insecurity that does that. It isn't America that sends ambulances to blow up aid workers or Istanbul synagogues. It is America, above all, that is bearing the cost of helping to create a new Iraq - a new Iraq which, despite the violence, is being born in towns such as Hilla and cities such as Basra. And yet some of our writers and protesters - betraying their own professed ideals - identify with bombers and not teachers, administrators and policemen who are building the country.

Where is the red paint to protest against the blasts at Najaf, of the UN in Baghdad, of the Red Cross, of the synagogues, of the Bali night-club, of the Arab-Jewish restaurant in Haifa? Where are the 'No Suicide Bombings' posters in the Muswell Hill windows? Or do you really believe we can save ourselves by constructing a huge wall around these islands, or around America, and painting it with smileys? That maybe then the ills of the world will leave us alone?

The left which is so loudly beating it's chest in outrage over the visit has been silent in the face of real monsters, real murderers, their hypocrisy seems to know no limits.

From both Drudge, and Instapundit.

Posted by Nukevet at 07:12 PM | Comments (1)

Just a quick note.

My profound apologies for the greater than normal typo's. I was in a rush yesterday trying to get the house ready for my son's 2nd birthday party, and was posting largely on the fly between projects. Sadly too, my vision is blurring a lot more lately and I suspect that my right eye is still deteriorating rapidly. (Old service injury, a stupid accident, clearing debris from a security fence in a high wind and caught some in the face, tore the cornea). Time for new lenses again.

Everybody will be here in a couple of hours. His birthday is the 19th, but this is the only day before when we could get everyone together.

I'll correct the more glaring ones as time allows.

Update, some corrections are now made, sorry, I know that typo's happen to all of us, but I try to not do it this often most of the time.

Posted by Nukevet at 10:44 AM | Comments (0)

The Kingfisher Legacy Lives

Nice guys finish last.

Smear your opponent, promise people anything and everything (especially in New Orleans), and ride that formula to victory on da Bayou.

Posted by Nukevet at 09:49 AM | Comments (2)

Sigh,.......why does a small idiot always lead to a bigger one?

I was simply reading a post at IMAO and went here, which in turn led me here. I don't know how Frank J. restrains himself at IMAO, the first one, Treason online is simply the ravings of a Jew hating nut/closet Nazi. The Zionists are gonna getcha!.......................Whhhuuuoooooo,....I'm so afraid now.

This little line,

There should be no question now that The League of Liberals is unbearably Liberal. We are truly the "party of inclusion" and we may see applications from LITTLE BROWN POOHBALLS and the INSTYPOOHBAH.

should haunt him, seeing as how he linked to this. Which led to this Nazi c**ksucker!

When this tide finally comes it, it will resemble the Iranians who walked over tall mountains in order to get at the Shah�s men in Tehran. Remember, they walked over big tall mountains, not a silly little wall. The red tide will be unstoppable, because it will carry with it not only the living, but also the ghosts of the women and children that the Zionists Jews have tortured, raped and killed since they first invaded the Middle East.
Exactly when the red tide will arrive is impossible to say, just as it was impossible for the CIA and the Mossad to forecast that Iran was about to be freed by its own people. On the morning of 11 February 1979, Savak torturers were happily electrocuting their Iranian citizen victims, but by late afternoon the same day, were having the electrodes attached to their own testicles by the citizens themselves. It really was that fast for Iran, and so it will also be for the Jewish State.
Some Zionist Jews will escape, because as always the big bosses have a plan. Yes, there is yet another ambitious Zionist plan for the greater good of themselves. As many as 250,000 may escape the Middle East under the auspices of this top-secret �Fortress Americas� initiative, but that is the absolute maximum figure. The rest will be left in Palestine, the land they defiled, as a mass sacrifice for the angry red tide.

As I was saying, Nazi cocksucker.

There is no answer to this kind of lunatic hate, save a straight jacket. I bet his nickname is giggles, because that's the mental image of himself that he creates for me. A demented Peter Lorre giggling hysterically as he contemplates mass murder.

He claims to be on a partial disability, fine, I'm not in top form either but even if he was entirely fit, I could take him in less than a minute. Stuff him in a yamaka and take him to temple. I hate a bigot, a nazi bully and terrorist sympathsizer, so maybe I'll just circumcise him instead. Course the knife might slip............oops.

Posted by Nukevet at 01:24 AM | Comments (0)

November 15, 2003

A moment of your time.

The next time someone tells you that you live in Amerikkka, show them this.

Imprisoned since 1999 for his involvement in student demonstrations against government sanctioned attacks on Tehran University students, Batebi has been serving the forth year of a 15 year prison sentence. Convicted on spurious charges of �counter-revolutionary activity� that were leveled against him after his picture appeared on the cover of The Economist, Batebi was initially sentenced to death. While Batebi�s death sentence was overturned as a result of widespread national and worldwide outrage over his case, he was not spared from torture and the horrible conditions in Iran�s notorious Evin Prison.

Now how exactly are our protesters repressed again? Speak up, there's screaming in the background...................................

Do the right thing and sign, I'm number 675 on the list. It probably won't do any good, but it certainly can't do any harm.They need our help.

Posted by Nukevet at 11:08 PM | Comments (0)

A few dozen jobs lost.....

How about thousands? I'm in general sympathy with most people who lose a job through no fault of their own, it is a part of modern life. This however annoyed the Hell out of me.

WASHINGTON - Dozens of Forest Service employees in Utah and Montana were told last March they would be among the first victims of the Bush administration decision to bid out work by government employees to private contractors, who could do it cheaper.

Bad enough, but it soon becomes apparent that we are talking about high paid jobs with marketable skills. Everyone knows government jobs are soft and cushy, but damn it why should I pay for this, why do I have to subsidize someone to make twice what I do? Especially when something like this happens.

At an auction scheduled Dec. 3, other companies will have a chance to outbid Kroger for the 11 stores, as well as other Big Bear assets including stores, store leases and warehouses.

Penn Traffic last month requested permission to close 41 of its less profitable stores in four states by mid-December, eliminating 2,000 jobs.

I have some personal knowledge of this, I worked for Big Bear for 14 years, I took my military leave while working for them. I resigned in 89, several months after Penn (the fuck) Traffic took over in a hostile buy out. I have since put in 14 years with a competiter. The point is simple, those people are screwed, no fancy government union to go to court for them, they get shown the street, some with over 40 years on the job. On Dec. 3rd. three weeks before Christmas.

I have a lot of friends among them. So what happens when you are 40 with no transferable skills and get dumped? What company will hire you for a novice position?

It's how the world works, I understand that, our system is harsh, brutal sometimes. The only answer is that all the other systems suck even harder. I asked an old aquiantence who's fairly high on the corparate food chain wether we could absorb some of them. He said yes, we would try to pull in that core of experienced people. The catch, is that they will be starting all over again, at the bottom. But it's a job. I'm doing what I can, locally, calling in favors with people I know, tweaking some guilt, twisting a bit. Just to try and get some of them hired where I work. I know my influence is tiny, miniscule, but if I can get even a few some work, it will be a good thing.

If I hadn't resigned then, I would be with them now. I believe in our system, our economy, but I'm realistic about it. People get hurt, The only comfort is that we need to look out for eachother. Not a government gimme, just one worker offering a helping hand to another. It's community, helping our own without being told too, or being taxed to absolve of us responsibility. It's not a difficult concept.

It used to be common, maybe you have to be small town to remember that.

Posted by Nukevet at 10:29 PM | Comments (1)

I get really tired of the wishful thinking and lies

We are coming apart at the seams, another Vietnam, quagmire, hopeless, oh Hell let's just friggin surrender then. That's the hope they have anyway. That we'll run home crying and turn to socialism for comfort. How can they be that stupid? Enterview some malcontents and urbanites and pass it off as majority opinion.

Where I live the outlook is different.

Those showdowns included Operation Peach, the taking of a bridgehead at the Euphrates River where Morseth's unit fought for 24 hours straight against the Medina and Hammarabi Divisions, the most formidable of Hussein's units next to the Republican Guard.

Morseth shared his packages with the 40 men under his direct command and when he told his parents to "send more food" in a letter before the combat operations began, they came up with the idea for the package drive.

Sure we're ready for revolt, .........sure we are. A handful of pussies does not a movement make. This is heartland, flyover country, the people who voted FOR Mr. Bush, and it's our young that serve.

Our opinion counts only at the ballot box, where leftwing spin is worth less than dust. Where the hysteria of defeat is shown for what it is, panic and cowardice by fools and lefty partisans.

Posted by Nukevet at 09:37 PM | Comments (1)

I volunteer to lead the boarding party

I'm ready,

I humbly request of my Captain the privilege of storming the enemy bridge. I promise no survivors, no quarter. Oh, I also found a target list. Many pretties to be collected here, much good killing.

Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam --Today is a good day to die.

War isn't for the weak willed, you must be ruthless. No quarter, no hesitation. You must become Shiva, the bringer of death.

Always a warrior,

Posted by Nukevet at 08:25 PM | Comments (6)

Why plan when Allah will prevail.

USS Clueless has this take on what Bin Laden's tragedy was. I say was because I seriously doubt he's more than cave wall temperature right now. I largely agree with Mr. Beste's views on the way religious faith has shaped what Bin Laden has done.

Falwell and Robertson were roundly denounced even by other Christians, but that's because most American Christians don't think that way. It's the fundamentalists, the zealots for whom that is the only acceptable answer, because even the post-Enlightenment loving and non-meddling God, is heresy. It's no accident that they both also believe in Biblical inerrancy, and refuse to accept the findings of science which contradict the Bible. It's all part of the same pattern. They have an entirely different world view. They don't live in the same universe that most of us live in.

Earlier in the essay he said this.

Zealots see no contradiction or problem in praying to God for direct miracles that would benefit themselves, or in praying that God smite their enemies. It's the equivalent of front line riflemen using a radio to call for artillery support during a battle. It's part of what prayer is for. Prayer isn't conversation, or confession; it's how you tell God what you need from Him. It's the ultimate radio, and God is the ultimate artillery.

I think that he's dead right on this, I've known a fundementalist or two and they do indeed seem to think like that. That God HAS to comply as long as you dot all the i's and cross all the t's. It's a simplistic understanding of God at best, barely above tree whorshippers chanting spells to invoke mystical forces. It raises two points for me.

1. It's good that they are this deluded, in that it means we don't have to worry so much about brilliant chess like moves of strategy laying us low unexpectedly. They have no real plan, other than divine intervention.

2.This is bad in that we are fighting a group of zealots for which there is no setback or defeat that they will not turn on it's head as a sign that they just haven't believed hard enough yet.

If correct it suggests to me that aside from purely military victories, we might want to consider trying harder to find ways to shake that faith. Hurt them where it counts, by driving them to despair of ever being pure enough, or devout enough to warrent the help they seek. Try a little harder on the phsy-ops maybe.

Whatever the answer, it's worth a read.

Posted by Nukevet at 05:52 PM | Comments (0)

Oh,

THAT connection between Al Qaeda and Saddam.

Posted by Nukevet at 05:21 PM | Comments (0)

The anti-war left is offended, again.

I came across these little back and forths at Instapundit. It appears that they are in a huff over the "unpatriotic" thing again. (Via t a c i t u s). Poor babies, their sensibilities are offended by the suggestion that they are acting like a traitous fith column (which many are indeed doing). The examples are legion,

Rall (Red as a baboon's ass) commie revolutionary.

The Democratic Underground (also known as dimwits united).

A columnist or two.

I could give a rat's ass that they are offended. They offend me by being usefull idiots to America's enemies, I don't expect that to shut them up, which is what they are demanding. "I will scream Hitler, Nazi, baby killing warmonger as much as I like,....but don't you dare be mean to me!".

Pussies.

The complete hypocrisy of their position is as plain as the point on their cone shaped heads. "chickehawk, warblogger" is common enough, they demand the right to say coward, but get insulted over being called traiter. Double standards anyone?

People like Rall are like rats, parasites feeding off something far bigger and grander than their tiny little minds can concieve of. He'll never make anything on his own, he's not that smart, he simply exists at the sufferance of others. He spews hate as many of the others do, but has a skin as thin as a butterfly's wings. For the record do I think someone can disagree about military action and still love America?

Yes.

But that's not what's happening here, our people are sacrificing their lives and idiots like these applaud because it damages Bush. Filthy traiter sounds just about right.

As does hanging.

Posted by Nukevet at 04:33 PM | Comments (2)

an old memory

I found this while doing some research on a different subject. It's the pin I wore on my beret while serving so long ago.

Amazing how little things aquire a special life of their own. It's just a simple piece of metal and enamel and yet I think of things half forgotten when I see it. The protest AK plans to attend in rebuttal, I've been thinking about that too. I believe AK has selected the right aproach, the thing that will mean the most to the soldiers shipping out is a simple request, Remember me, they know what they are going to face, what's waiting for them.

When a man goes through his combat training, the most jarring thing that gets to you is the little trick of lacing up one of your dog tags in your boot laces. You may lose them, may get your head blown off, may never be identified. That is a fact of combat. One that they do not sugar coat for you. You will have no childish illusions when you ship out about being immortal. Death comes for all eventually.

Which is why this is so important, I can't say it enough, or stress it more strongly. They are young men who above all else need to know that someone cares about them and what they are doing. Ask at least one of them their name, it doesn't matter who just pick someone and ask. John Doe, I will think of you, I pray for your safe return, I will always remember what you are giving for us. I will remember you.

A soldiers greatest fear is to be forgotten, buried in an unmarked grave. That's why the tag in the boot, why some have their social security number tattooed on themselves. The fear is a little less with DNA technology, but the fear remains. They know they risk death, they also need to feel our support.

That's why I'm glad AK and the others are going, taking the high road, yet prepared for trouble. The last sight of America they carry with them should be of concerned faces, caring ones,.....................not those learing monkeys from NION.

Posted by Nukevet at 03:18 AM | Comments (2)

November 14, 2003

Once again, a leap into faith

Parenting is one of the greatest challenges life can offer, we've done twice now, and if all goes well, we are doing it again. A daughter, a son, so we are in agreement that we'll recieve our next gift from God with a smile whatever the gender turns out to be. We're lucky, most people have more money, more stuff, greater jobs or careers, less humble beginnings, but we have something many of them lack. We have a happy home. No screaming fights between parents too caught up in their differences to think of the we rather than the I. We enjoy our children, do as much as we can together, a family.

I know that among my friends, that other paths are chosen. That's fine, I respect the position of being responsible and not carelessly bringing children into the world. Maybe someday but not today is good plan for many. Maybe parenting is something best left to those who crave it, rather than those who have it thrust upon them. Most all people I believe do their best, but it's difficult even for us. Walking the floor for six hours in the middle of the night because your baby is teething, worrying over fevers, fearing even mundane household items as threats to the safety of your child. Sitting up without sleep sometimes for days because you are afraid to sleep with your newborn so tiny and fragile. Frustration and raw nerves come with the package, as do fatique and discomfort. There are other things too that come with it.

As I held my children in the moments of their fear, felt them clutch me tight for daddy's protection, I made the journey from confused and joyful bystander to full fledged father. Your wife handles the physical part, the pain, the burden and the joy of carrying your child, she pays a greater price by far. The dad starts out happy, but clueless and confused, the terms and medical definitions come at you fast and furious, you love her, love what you are doing, and sort of end up playing catchup. But you have to be strong, she will need your love and support, no matter what the cost, and you give it. Then when they are born, you hold them close and are afraid that maybe it's too great a responsiblilty, that maybe you could fail. That's a fear you should have, because it makes you stronger than you ever knew you could be. When you look into your child's eyes and see the peace that comes to them when they realize Daddy's holding them, the security of knowing you will shield them from harm, then you realize what a father truely is, then you realize what you have become.

I wouldn't trade that feeling for anything. Nothing else save my union with my lady even comes close. It changes your outlook somewhat, making you look back on your own parents with a new understanding, a new insight. You start to understand why they did some of the things they did, why unconditional love is a very real thing.

So we take another blind leap into faith and hope. Taking a risk on love and facing what comes. A richman can keep his money, I have all that life can give that is precious. Something that can't be bought or traded for, only made,.... one gentle touch at a time.

Posted by Nukevet at 04:22 PM | Comments (3)

Nukevet's day off

OK, so I never really take all of my annual leave - which means that I lose vacation days every month. But, I am on the road so much for conferences and the like, that there doesn't seem to be much time to take all of my vacation. However, unlike AK's boss, the state of Louisiana is perfectly willing to let me work for them for free. So, I decided to take an annual leave day today. What does the Nukevet do with a beautiful Friday off? Why, play with orange things, of course. No, not the orange things that AK and his Krew played with recently, but I had just about as much fun (or as much fun as one can have without a firearm and/or a woman being involved, I suppose).

The orange things I played with today have strange and exotic names. Names like Husqvarna and Kubota.

Rock was moved, trees were felled and harvested, and roads were grated and flattened. All in all, a VERY good day.

Now, it is time to go in search of the wary fall bass on the streamer fly. As the logo says, it is good to be the king, even if it is only of your very own little kingdom in Louisiana.

Posted by Nukevet at 03:30 PM | Comments (2)

Update on the rally signs

I'd like to thank Eric for reminding me to keep it simple. I'm going with the standard, but effective "God Bless America" on one side and "God Bless Our Soldiers" on the other. I'd like to give you pics of both today, but my felt tip pens are dying and I need to go grab a new set before I can finish them. I am also making a third sign just for the NION folks. It will be red, white and blue letters on a white background that says 'Socialista Whiners Go Home'. It'll be on my person, folded up but easily accessible.

Anyway, here's the one I have almost completed,

Do you like my "Ergonomic Sign Stick"?
Nothing like a good piece of hickory for sign holding.

Posted by Nukevet at 03:55 AM | Comments (8)

I'm just a death machine....

Tomahawk Collector's Motorcycle

"Motorcycle" isn't really the best way to describe this single-passenger powerhouse. "Boundary-breaking masterpiece" is more appropriate.

� With an out-of-this-world frameless design, the revolutionary Tomahawk is sculpted out of aluminum and powered by a Dodge Viper 505 cubic-inch V-10 engine that cranks out 500 horsepower.
� Became an instant collector's item when it debuted at the 2003 North American International Auto Show.
� Has the muscle to potentially achieve speeds of up to 300 mph.
� Dual wheels at both ends.
� Four-wheel independent suspension for stability and traction as well as speed.

Available at Neiman Marcus for the tidy sum of $555,000.

� This little gem is being offered as a true collector's piece and is not intended to be street legal; nor is it meant to be driven.

Screw that. If I'm spending over half a million dollars on something, I'm going to Willow Springs, Road America or at least the Salt Flats and riding the damn thing. This is the attitude that got me banned from sports cars.

Posted by Nukevet at 02:49 AM | Comments (3)

A little quiz.......

What kind of bird is this, and what is it the symbol of?

Snakes and snails,

and everything nice.

Have I mentioned my wife and I were working on a "little" project?

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EPT says yes, yes, yes........We now await medical confirmation.

Posted by Nukevet at 02:20 AM | Comments (8)

They're coming to take me away!

Haha!

Beware! The FBI are putting radio frequency tags in your cars tires so that they can track your movements!

They're coming to take me away!

PS If these guys were half as keen as they think they are, they would know about this thing you can buy called a 'magnet'.

Posted by Nukevet at 01:44 AM | Comments (2)

zoobombing

AKA Stupid Hippie Bicyclists

I was wandering around the Portland IMC site and found an article on a new sensation sweeping the bicycling population of Portland called 'Zoobombing'.

Basically, there is a big hill by the Portland zoo and these dweebs derive great pleasure from rolling down it at as high a rate of speed as they can. Sounds innocent enough, except that it is illegal to do so as it creates a traffic hazard to vehicles and draws crowds of people to the suburban neighborhoods at night.

I find two things extremely funny about this.

Since these pedal pushers believe that all cars are a threat to bicyclists (even though it was their choice to ride a bike rather than drive), if this activilty was being done by people in cars, they'd be dead set against it. For safety reasons.

And that when the cops come and tell them to disperse and/or write citations for their activity and their bikes get impounded, they whine and call it 'theft'.

This is just too strange. I got tired of rolling down hills real fast on my bike at about the age of twelve.

Posted by Nukevet at 01:29 AM | Comments (1)

Free for the taking, like Rall's mother.

At some point a chump happens by bringing up contempt of such overwhelming levels that words simply fail to convey the depths of disgust he causes. Rall is such a piece of waste, a filthy chunk of vomit.

The only thing his image should be used for other than scaring away rats. Inside the red is fifty points, a clear bullseye is one hundred, but don't expect a kill shot.

His brain is in his ass.

No I do not advocate his death, that's too easy, to soft. I want him to feel pain for a good hundred years first. So by casting my special voodoo spell I borrowed from Wednsday, any sharp objects lodged in this are all to the good.

If he had a full body shot online, the bullseye would be on his nuts.

Posted by Nukevet at 12:51 AM | Comments (5)

22 Thinks that are true

Found at Curmudgeonly and Skeptical

1. Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.
--Mark Twain

2. We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.
--Winston Churchill

3. *A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
--George Bernard Shaw

4. A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money.
-- G. Gordon Liddy

5. Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
--James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)

6. Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.
--Douglas Casey, Classmate of W.J.Clinton at Georgetown U. (1992)

7. Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
--P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian

8. Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.
--Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)

9. Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
-- Ronald Reagan (1986)

10. I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
--Will Rogers

11. If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free.
--P.J. O'Rourke

12. If you want government to intervene domestically, you're a liberal. If you want government to intervene overseas, you're a conservative. If you want government to intervene everywhere, you're a moderate. If you don't want government to intervene anywhere, you're an extremist.
--Joseph Sobran, Editor of the National Review at one time (1995)

13. In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other.
--Voltaire (1764)

14. Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you.
--Pericles (430 B.C.)

15. No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.
--Mark Twain (1866)

16. Talk is cheap-except when Congress does it.
--(Unknown)

17. The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other.
--Ronald Reagan

18. The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.
--Winston Churchill

19. The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.
--Mark Twain

20. The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.
--Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)

21. There is no distinctly native American criminal class save Congress.
--Mark Twain

22. What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.
-- Edward Langley, Artist 1928-1995

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November 13, 2003

Hmmmm, and here I thought Americans

were supposed to be the xenophobic ones.

You can certainly see where JarJar gets his compassion from, can't you?

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If you want something to wash the taste of excrement

from your mouth that undoubtedly occurred after reading Ted Rall's little screed below, then go read this.

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It all depends

On what you think the meaning of the word "is", is.

So, if you're "less than truthful", doesn't that make you a liar? I seem to remember some military personnel getting in trouble for criticizing Clinton, back in the day.

Posted by Nukevet at 05:44 PM | Comments (4)

Hey, Look

Ted Rall wrote a little piece for Veteran's Day. Isn't that sweet.

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Side by side comparo

Paul Jackson of the Calgary Sun lines 'em up and shoots them down.

Lib-left members of today's so-called entertainment world spend as much time hurling slurs at Bush and his officials as they do making bad movies or records.

Of the Dixie Chicks, their less than melodious voices and warped notes surely speak for themselves. Searching for academic assessment would be superfluous.

Found at The Smarter Cop.

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From pissant to media darling, for the cost of a bucket of wheat paste.

Hey kids! Let's put on a show, I got crayons and Jimmy's got stilts, we have lot's of make up and Halloween costumes from the dumpster out back................

AN anti-war group has found itself the centre of national and international media attention as members planned to publicise their cause during a visit to Britain by the U.S. President.

To help get their anti-war message across, they intend to re-enact one of the most memorable events of the war in Iraq, when a giant statue of former president Saddam Hussein was toppled.

What a spunky crew, to bad they can't claim an entire friggin brain from the whole group combined, but what the hey, it's folk art,...........Look any retard that equates toppling that saddistic demon Huessein with an American president is to stupid to be worthy of notice, it's a circus, and they're the clowns. The sad part is they really believe they are the ringmasters of this little farce of a protest.

Our mistake was letting communists and socialists off easy when they lost the cold war, they seem to think that this is their second chance. In a democracy you have the right to be intentionally brain damaged, we have the right to point out that they should run with scissors, knives, ice picks, razors and sundry sharp objects. Their politics account for a hundred million dead in the last century, it's time they just died out.

I'd like to help them along, I need more pretties for my collection. Protohuman examples are hard to come by normally, there seems an abundance here.

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Keeper Essay

I found this over at Jewish World Review. if you only read one essay this week, make it this one.

Anti Semitism; Graffiti On History's Walls

Excerpt
This phenomenon has its origins in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. Since then, the image of the Jew has been transformed. Shylock, suddenly, has been replaced by a new Jew, cartooned as an aggressive, all-powerful collective called Israel. "Rambo Jew," as the writer Daniel Goldhagen put it, "has largely supplanted Shylock in the anti-Semitic imagination." With the territories seized at the end of the war, the "plucky little Jewish state" was no more. In the years since, as it responded again and again to Arab attacks, sympathy for Israel eroded further still as the world's TVs broadcast images not of terrorists but of armed Israelis responding to terrorism. Only somehow the word "responding" too often got lost in the chaos. The TV pictures seemed to imply that the Israelis were guilty of a disproportionate use of force, for they were rarely accompanied by an understanding that a country with just 6 million in a sea of over 120 million Arabs could never fight a war of equal attrition.

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Thanks

I would like to thank everyone for your suggestions yesterday for my 'Pro-Troops' rally sign. I will be posting pics of what I'm taking to the rally tomorrow.

Here are some of the suggestions that NION is giving to their mentally masterbating followers:

No More Troops for an Unjust War

Let Iraq Live, Bring the Troops Home

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A new addition to the VRWC

That I have never heard of.

OK, so it is actually just the moonbats/morlocks making up groups to make themselves feel important, but you should go and take a look if you need a laugh.

Just to let you know, I have gotten both of my IP's banned from the Seattle IMC since I announced plans to try and get inside of their operation. This is not good for them, but OK for me. I was planning on walking in the front door and announcing who I was and my plans. Now, they will have to deal with me being a termite.

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Do they come 'pre-stained'?

A small clothing manufacturer in eastern China says it hopes to sign the former U.S. president to represent its brand, citing his "worldwide charisma.''

I guess they don't know too much about hs ability to sicken at least 1/3 of America Just by breathing.

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November 12, 2003

Now I wish I'd taken an art class

The local chapter of Not In Our Name is planning on doing something incorrigible.

On this Saturday the 15th, 3000 members of the 81st Armored Division of the National Guard are reporting to Fort Lewis for deployment in Iraq. The NION weenies are planning on showing up to send them off. They want their members to make and bring signs to encourage the troops to disobey orders, desert and generally lower moral before the soldiers even leave the ground.

One of the local talk radio hosts (John Carlson of 570KVI) got wind of this and is calling up what he calls "The Fighting 570th". They are members of the KVI 570 listening audience who get out and counterprotest things that groups like NION do.

I am going. There is no way in hell I am going to let our men and women go off to protect America thinking that we do not support them. KVI has been very successfull in the past with these things and it would not surprise me if a couple of thousand people show up in support of the troops just on KVI's asking.

The NOIN kids plan on starting their rally at noon (I guess that is as early as they figure their potheaded bretheren can get up on a Saturday), but the KVIer's plan on arriving at least two hours earlier.

Now here is my question;

What should my sign say?

I was thinking of the standard "Freedom isn't free. Support our troops" or "Like your freedom? Thank a vet", but I want to try and be original.

We will, most likely, be standing on a freeway overpass looking over I-5 so it will have to be short and sweet so that I can write it big enough for the cars below to see it.

And because the NOIN group is known to get rowdy, especially since we are crashing their party, I will be including a trick I learned from the Teamsters and stapling my sign to an axe handle.

UPDATE: One thing I forgot to mention in this piece was that Mr. Carlson read an e-mail from Political Pulpit. I knew he was local, but I didn't know he listened to KVI. PP said that even though there are things that he and Mr. Carlson disagreed on, he does agree that NION are a bunch of dirtbags and that he will be at the rally.

My question is; Does anyone know how to get ahold of this guy? I've been to his place, Political Puzzle.org, but I can't find a e-mail addy for him. Maybe I'm missing something there, but any help would be appreciated.

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Here's some Monopoly money

You whacky bastards.

North Korea demands US pay penalty for not building power plants

North Korea is again pledging to take action over what it claims is a breach of contract.

Never mind that you've shown us that you will use the plants for material to make nuclear weapons.

North Korea is threatening to seize equipment for two nuclear plants that had been under construction in the country to generate badly needed electricity.

Electricity for Kim Jong Ill's new "Wall of Sensu-Sound" porno theater.

A North Korean foreign ministry spokesman says the U-S should pay damages over the suspension of the construction work. He says if that doesn't happen, the North won't let the US retrieve the equipment and materials.

"Let us" retrieve it? Excuse me?

I don't think the Marines would mind being 'Repo Men' for a bit. Especially in your turdpile of a country.

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Can Dean spell "sugar daddy"?

Drudge brings this skunk to the picnic.

NEW YORK -- George Soros, one of the world's richest men, has given away nearly $5 billion to promote democracy in the former Soviet bloc, Africa and Asia. Now he has a new project: defeating President Bush.

Soros, who has financed efforts to promote open societies in more than 50 countries around the world, is bringing the fight home, he said. On Monday, he and a partner committed up to $5 million to MoveOn.org, a liberal activist group, bringing to $15.5 million the total of his personal contributions to oust Bush.

That's nice, so I presume Mr. Moneybags will promptly cut his wrists when Bush wins in 2004....No?

Pussy.

"It's incredibly ironic that George Soros is trying to create a more open society by using an unregulated, under-the-radar-screen, shadowy, soft-money group to do it," Republican National Committee spokeswoman Christine Iverson said. "George Soros has purchased the Democratic Party."

That ass has been on the auction block WAY too many times for Soros to help much. A dried up ten dollar whore with a mink and a diamond is still a dried up ten dollar whore.................Soros can spend himself into poverty and he will not be able to buy the White House, Perot couldn't, and he at least wasn't a head up his ass leftist fool.

So please feel free to pump your money back into the economy, as much as you like. And when the FOX headline reads,..."Billionaire finances democratic frontrunner, donates millions." you can bet the best politician money can buy line is running through everybodies head.

Package shit as pretty as you like, it's still not gonna sell.

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I think 'shelved' is too nice a term

Plan for UN to run internet 'will be shelved'

I prefer burned at the stake while being hung and shot on the firing line. Afterwards, the remains will be stomped by a local Weight Watchers Club, buried, dug up again, let feral dogs run around on top of them, buried again, dug up once more and then nuked.

But I guess that would make for too long of a headline.

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CNN sought to "lighten" the tone.

Read this, and ask yourself a simple question, why did CNN feel that it was under any obligation to control or direct the tone of a political debate? Whould they have felt the need to lighten the mood if it were republicans going at it in a national debate? I doubt it very, very much.

Tobe Berkovitz, a communications professor at Boston University, said campaigns generally try to plant their own sympathizers in audiences.

"It's sort of considered an acceptable dirty trick by campaigns," he said. "But for the media to set someone up, it's vile."

Yes it is, and they wonder why they are losing to FOX. The FOX new network may have a conservative tone, but they do openly seek contrary opinion, you know exactly where they are coming from. CNN has played the uninterested bystander ploy way to often for anyone to buy it anymore. Items like this confirm what many of us long suspected, they slant the news, oddly enough despite denials, always to the left.

Time to bury this network and move on. They sold out to Huessein in Iraq, and they still play these kiddy games with real issues of national interest. Enough, enough already, America doesn't need a BBC.

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Make my day

Here's the story line;

Your dog barks. A lot. Your neighbor has complained about this. You come home from work to find that your dog was hit with a pellet shot from a pellet gun.

What do you do?

Well, you sure as hell don't go over to your neighbors house carrying a 2 by 4, accusing him of shooting your dog and yelling threats to burn his house down if he doesn't step out so you can kick his ass. And when he doesn't step out, you do not break the window out of his front door with your 2 by 4.

This is what happened in Ault, Colorado. Guess what, the guy who got his door glass broken had a shotgun. I think you can figure out the rest. Colorado has a law called the 'Make My Day' law.

Make My Day Shooter Walks

Now the family of the guy with the 2 by 4 is complaining that the DA is letting the guy defending his home go free. What a bunh of morons.

Now don't get me wrong. If my neighbors dog barked constantly, I wouldn't shoot it with a pellet gun. There are city ordinances in place in almost every town to take care of thinkgs like that and I don't support the guy who they accuse of doing so. But my front proch is the entry way to my home. If you are on it and pissing me off (especially if you are threatening to burn my house down) you might as well bring a pen to draw a bullseye on your forehead for me.

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November 11, 2003

My president

The words of Mr. Bush on today, our day.

Every veteran has lived by a strict code of discipline. Every veteran understands the meaning of personal accountability and loyalty and shared sacrifice. From the moment you repeated the oath to the day of your honorable discharge, your time belonged to America; your country came before all else. And whether you served abroad or at home, you have shared in the responsibility of maintaining the finest fighting force in the world.--George Bush

When you leave the service, you never quite ever put those years behind you. They help you define the rest of your days, remembered lessons, remembered Honor, remembered sacrifices. We swear an oath to protect and serve the Constitution of the United States,.................you are never released from that oath. Your service continues, only the form changes.

I have to work today, I'm tired, the kids were sick all night, and there is no rest until late tonight. A handful of prescriptions, always the damn pills, suck it up, and just do it.

Millions of veterans will join me, this is our day, but life goes on and the daily chores of husband and father continue. I will be thinking of the brethren today, of the sisters. Veterans are a kind of family, the only family for some. We remember and care for our own. We all swore the same oath, we all gave years of our lives, we all are marked now. Twentyfive million of us are so marked. Nearly every single one of us bears the mark with pride, pride and sorrow for those that weren't so lucky as to survive to be veterans. Only when those lost are mourned, by their families, by fellow veterans, by the nation, do we acknowledge the debt. It's one that can't be repaid, only Honored. Honored as it is on days like today.

Like some, I wear a veterans pin. It's a tiny thing, cheap brass and acrylic, and it has little value to anyone else. It was given to me by a friend, a man who now serves in Iraq, I hope to see him again someday but fate is rarely that kind. I hope he serves there without incident and returns to his family, his grandchildren. We are the same age, he's been in a long time. I offered to go in his duffel bag, and he laughed, then he told me not to worry, he'd be fine.

I still worry, and still feel shame that I can't go. Not because I love war, not because I love death, few actually could hate it more than I do. But that's where the need is, the need for someone to make a difference, to matter. The need for someone to look out and fuss and worry over our people. I mourn every loss, and cheer every homecoming. How could any of us do less and still look into the mirror in the morning............

Another day, another special day and life goes on. It's worth it though don't you think? I think it was and is, very much worth it.

God be with our men and women, today, and every other.

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Remember

This

This

This

And even this

Exist because of this

This

This

Them

And them

Remember

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Deja vu? Please lord, not again.

This is monsterous.

FORMULA baby milk found to lack an essential vitamin was yesterday linked with the deaths of three children in Israel.

Israeli police sources said a criminal investigation had been launched after the soy-based kosher infant formula was pulled off shelves in shops across Israel and parts of the United States.

The frightening part,

Israel�s health ministry said the product - made by the German firm Humana GmbH and sold locally by Israel�s Remedia Ltd, whose majority shareholder is the United States food giant, Heinz - caused a B-1 vitamin deficiency in the children that led to acute beriberi, a deficiency disease marked by inflammatory or degenerative changes of the nerves, digestive system and heart.

Baby formula,.........MOTHERFUCKING BABY FORMULA!

I want blood, on the floor in huge freaking rivers, I need to see guts on the walls. If it's a mistake, an error then someone needs to rot in jail for a long freaking time, if it's neo-nazis or their islamicist ass monkeys ...........

Take the damned gloves off. Piss on the "feelings" of AI we need to hunt harder and kill every human cockroach to have even a hint of participation in this. If this is deliberate they are targetting our BABIES for Christ's sake. Justice will be a rending by gunfire, swift and horrible. Administered with a hearty dose of Fuck you, fuck you and fuck you.............you miserable stinking sack of puss..

Excuse me while I have a cigarette over your slimy corpse.

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tripping through life, carefree and clueless.

The character from the films of George Lucas that everyone loves to hate. The infamous Jarjar Binks.

His profile;

Jar Jar eventually became a Senior Representative for Naboo, serving alongside Padm� Amidala in the Galactic Senate. While his compassion spoke volumes of the quality of his character, his inherent gullibility and trusting nature were easily exploited by the less scrupulous in the field of politics. For many, Jar Jar was but a joke, the subject of derision, but in the corrupt inner confines of Senate, his lanky frame stood as a rare example of non-corrupt politician interested only in the greater good of the Republic and his people.

A retard with a heart of the gold, the movie Jarjar that is. Our Jarjar?........

It can be revealed, Jarjar is an eater of GunGan energy balls..........EEEeeeeeewwwwwww.

Well, lacking his own pair, it seems he has to compensate somehow.

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November 10, 2003

By all means, let's not let Iraq turn into another

Vietnam.

I picked this paragraph as the teaser, just for JarJar Moron:

Does Iraq bring back memories of Vietnam? The president's critics say yes, and they are right. Vietnam came to mind when we saw Saddamites torturing their captives on camera. Do President Bush's opponents grasp that those are (or were) real people getting beaten to a pulp, mutilated, tortured, murdered? (If they did, wouldn't they be overjoyed now that the smug murderers have been thrown out, and radiantly proud of America?) Our moral obligations as the world's most powerful nation come strongly to mind when we hear about rape rooms and children's prisons; when we read about captives fed into industrial shredders, and swaggering princelings dragging women off the street to the torture houses.

'Nuff said.

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The Gop isn't winning in the south

So much as the democrats are gift wrapping and hand delivering it to us. Obviously I'm not a southerner, but this would be a no brainer, you don't insult the voters you hope to attract by being so ponderously tone deaf. What sells in the union halls of Vermont isn't what sells in Baton Rouge or Columbus for that matter. Republicans campaign and get hecklers, so we have no illusions about being universally loved. Democrats go to these lefty love fest rallies and come away thinking that everybody smart HAS to agree with them, they just have too..it's in the rules or something.

Stupid,....but I hope they keep it up.

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would you like some fries to go with those--

Twenty milimeter cannon shells in your ass? Perhaps a nice shake or soft drink?

Joyriding in an airplane is not a healthy passtime these days. It shouldn't be. I'm glad even if the Homeland Security people can't quite get their act together, the blue suiters are on it.

Go Air Force.

Update, ask and ye shall recieve Radtec, some additional information. It appears to be a pilot with a case of brain fart. A nearly fatal one, I bet he has trouble getting insurance after this.

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Is it just me?

Or do all Japanese leaders now look like the guy from the Iron Chef?

I watch the food channel too much...........

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Screw this place

No, that's not a sentiment I am currently expressing. It's the name of a blog that has linked to RNS for a while now, and I see it pop up on the referrer's list quite a bit. The blog itself is unusual, personal, and often unnerving. Go check it out and see if you don't agree.

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Am I the only one that sees the irony

In this headline?

Now, I have said repeatedly that I have no problems with "alternative lifestyles". I think that what you do, and who you do it with, are no one's business as long as those involved are consenting adults not breaking any laws.

But, aren't the members of the Episcopalian Church that are threatening to break away taking a "moral stand". And I love this quote from the new Bishop:

"How dare we in this country spend $87 billion on war when 44 million people have no health insurance?" he said.

I guess the fact that we're spending 87 billion on RECONSTRUCTION, not war, is lost on the good Bishop. Plus, that statement seems a little bit at odds with another of his statements:

"Think of all the kinds of blindness right outside this door: not seeing people in need, or turning the other way when we do."

Ohhh, I get it. He means AMERICANS in need. I suspect we spend a LOT more than $87 billion a year supporting those in need. And those to lazy to support themselves, of course.

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Now THAT'S Bellicose

One shot, 2 dead bad guys.

Found over at Instaman's place.

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Even with their heads fully inside their rectums

The two ends of 'The Guardian' can't get their story straight.

Found by the sharp eye of David Carr (London), of the Samizdata Crew. Two headlines.

"Official: fat epidemic will cut life expectancy"
Claiming that people, namely young people, are too fat.

And

"Cruel pursuit of stick women"
Claiming that young people are too thin.

I don't really care either way. For dinner tonight, it was spinach ravioli with ham in a heavy cream sauce with asparagus and corn on the side.

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Oh the Humanity

As I mentioned early last week, I was fortunate enough to procure some leftover pumpkins from my local grocer. And as promised, I present to you the pics from The First Annual "Analog Kid's Pumpkin Splaughter". Along with fellow bloggers and their friends, I invited some of my co-workers to the event. More guns is always better.
Click away, my friends

Here is the pic of the group from the Saturday session standing atop some of the early members of the invading gourd horde.

L to R: Bill, Joe, Raging Dave, Ari and Ms. Sondra

And here is the crew from the Sunday session doing their best to oppress the gourd menace.

L to R: Chris, Brian, Brett and Erik (Mollbot).

Of course, I would be doing you all a great disservice if I did not show a pic of the armament used to fight The Great Pumpkin Invasion of 2003.

Sadly, I did not remember to take a pic of the Sunday armaments. They included a Ruger Mini-14, a Stevens 12ga., a second Ruger 10/22, a Ruger Blackhawk in 357Mag, Beretta 92 9mm, a Taurus PT-111 in 9mm, S&W; K-22, and another Remington 870 in 20ga. Not pictured in this shot (because I'm a dork and forgot to lay them out) was a Ruger 22/45, my new CZ 83 and my 1911 carry piece (it was still on my hip, duh).

And lastly, here is all that remains of the combined armies of Gourdia and Pumpkinastan. Mollbot and I set forth upon them with axe and machete at the end of the day to make sure that there were no survivors to report information from the front.

They never knew what hit them. Mostly because we didn't yell things like "Twelve Guage!!" before we pulled the trigger. Maybe in future invasions they'll send more pumpkin soldiers. We hope. Hehehehehe.

Total pumpkins splaughtered: over 100
Total bloggers injured: 0

Advantage: Blogosphere

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We have been declared their enemy

So the least we could do was return the sentiment.

Mollbot had a wonderful idea as the day getting over on Sunday. Take a look.

And here is the end result (a clicker).

That is what a 20ga looks like after travelling about 6ft from the barrel to the target. And I can't think of a better item to stick into a representation of the moonbat infested IMC than and axe with an American flag on the head. Why is there a flag on it? Because it was made by American Industries Inc.

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Finally, a decision

Not only was this weekend for fun, it was also for testing new ammo.

I was trying to decide on a defensive round for my CZ83. It is chambered for the 380ACP round and, luckily, there are plenty of choices to choose from. I had narrowed it down to three. The Federal 95gr Hydra-Shock, the Winchester 95gr Silvertip and the Remington 102gr Bonded Golden Saber.

I have used both the Silvertip and the Hydra-Shock as defensive rounds before for both 45ACP and 38 Spl. I liked both of them, but had decided about two years ago to drop the Silvertip from my first line of defense. I replaced it with the Winchester 230gr SXT Black Talon (because bank robbers wear body armor too) and have had nothing but good results since then.

Unfortunately, the Black Talon has been banned from new production, and therefore, is expensive and a little hard to come by. That was ok. My local shop had just refreshed their stock of the Remingtons, and after looking at them, I decided that they would do nicely for the test.

All of the contestants performed very well. No feeding problems from any of them and they each did impressive damage to both the front and the back of the pumpkins. But in the end, there could be only one.

My pick: The Golden Saber

Why, you may ask?

First of all, I'm a sucker for a heavy projectile. I carry 230gr in my 1911 just in case I need to punch through something like a car door. 'Why would you need to shoot through a car door', you may again ask? Hey nosey, knock it off with the questions.

Secondly is the round's leading edge. The shape is the most 'ball-like' of the bunch, leading to more reliability in feeding.

And third, at $10.99 per box of 25, it is one of the least expensive. Which means I can include 200rnds on my list of purchases on National Ammo Day, November 19th.

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November 09, 2003

A Magnificent Desolation

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UhOh,

The "Arab street" is angry again.......

Except this time, it's not at America.

So, the Saudis are angry that 11 Arabs were killed by al-Qaeda during Ramadan. But we weren't supposed to be angry that 3,000 Americans were killed on 9/11. Instead, we were supposed to introspective and ask ourselves "why do they hate us?". Well, the answer to that has always been perfectly clear - because we are not like them. Plain and simple.

Yep, makes perfect sense to me.

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rejoice my brothers

I'm more than happy with the new header and in keeping with the spirit of it I offer this.

Strength and Honor.

A warrior is born the moment a child looks on injustice and knows what it is. A warrior is born when the fire in your blood cries out for justice, when you will not sit back and just let it go on. A warrior is born, and things will never be easy ever again.

Some of us were born to it, others came by choice but the result is the same. Once you set on this path there is no turning back, no backing down. Wether you have ever worn the uniform or not a warrior is what he is by virtue of his heart. Strength of heart, of spirit marks you, setting you apart from other men. You will fight for what you believe and never forsake it. You will pay the price, and not complain, you will bear the scars and not hide them. You ignore the scorn of fools and cowards because you have nothing left to prove. You wear the badge of honor in your eyes, and all other men of Honor will see it and know. Lesser men will fear. You will fight for justice as you see it, and all others will benefit. You will be praised when needed, and forgotten when not.

But you, we, will always be there.

Being a warrior isn't a profession, it's a way of life. A way of approaching adversity and planning it's defeat. We possess many more warriors than most can imagine, from the trembling child holding his mothers hand to comfort her tears to the wizened old man broken in body but not in spirit, walking because he's too stubborn to fail.

Of all the things men can choose to be, I choose this, and I'm not looking back.

Strength and Honor.

Update, a correction as pointed out by Emily. Many thanks.

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Sometimes, the universe surprises you.

From Drudge, this story of the impossible.

ANAHEIM, Calif., Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Doctors Saturday were monitoring a California toddler who began breathing 40 minutes after she was officially pronounced dead.

I know only one thing for certain, we will never know why, or how, we should just be greatful and wonder. My mother, my grandmother spoke of miracles, my grandmother was born with a veil over her eyes and was reputed to have "second sight". My grandfather Joseph was the seventh son of a seventh son, so I was raised steeped in the mystery of sudden unexplained acts of grace.

Don't try to explain it, or blow it off, just accept, smile for that spared child, and move on. Science is a great thing, it allows man to understand his world in better and more intelligent ways, it advances and renews itself at a faster and faster rate as each year passes. Maybe somethings will never be fully understood, maybe we aren't meant or allowed certain knowledge, maybe we are presented with things like this sometimes,.......just to let us know just how little we yet understand.

As far as we have come, we still live in our own cradle. Humility, and a little awe of the universe are in order I think.

Grow and live well Mackayala, you have been graced.

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November 08, 2003

The Monster that killed

K-Mart

Posted by Nukevet at 11:52 PM | Comments (1)

You had to know

that this was coming. Right?

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OK, what's wrong with this sentence?

The beating suspect was arrested by police and charged with battery and disruption of an educational institution and he could be expelled

Posted by Nukevet at 11:42 PM | Comments (0)

Overreacting, my ass.......

I guess this means that the US was right to be on alert in the Kingdom of Saud.....

I guess the mujahadeen weren't too discriminating in their latest attack (unlike 9/11, where only evil Americans were killed, of course)

Saudi officials said however virtually all the residents at the bombed compound were Arabs. One resident said most were Lebanese, Egyptians and Syrians.

"This is a crime against innocents which is in the style of al Qaeda. It is an al Qaeda operation," a security source told Reuters. "This is a suicide operation."

Too bad the residents of this compound didn't hang a few nuclear Barbie Mujahadeen wards at the gates.

Happy Ramadan, everyone!

Posted by Nukevet at 11:36 PM | Comments (0)

Nope, Still No WMD's

But hey, who's counting?

Posted by Nukevet at 03:29 PM | Comments (2)

An old sin, with new excuses.

Once again, the arguement arises, what is Evil, and whatever it is, the Americans got it wrong. A Canadian engaging in the usual sport of second guessing us, this time the globe and mail.

It is often hard to take evil seriously: When Ronald Reagan spoke of the "evil empire" in 1984, or when George W. Bush referred repeatedly to "the evil one" and "the evildoers" two years ago and briefly and regrettably tried to locate an "axis of evil," the words made these presidents sound childish and pathetic. Shouldn't world leaders have a more nuanced view of morality?

Oh, that's how it works.......The Soviet's weren't the Evil Empire. The North Koreans, Iraqi's and Iranians were all just nuances and shades of grey, just subtle missunderstandings of perception. The author has the understanding of a child, he rejects the religious then scrambles to define and name something that's already as old as time.

The American concept of evil, rooted deep in the old theodicy of religion, is in danger of preventing good from being done. This is no longer, in most respects, an evil of big men with big ideas. Once the last of the big tumours have been eradicated, Mr. Rumsfeld's underlings must face the much more patient, gentle and expensive work of allowing the dank layer of fungus to evaporate from otherwise decent and good societies.

This is the mind of secular philosphy, that it's less a matter of Evil than of cultural conflict and poor education. In the rush to distance themselves from the religious they make the fundemental mistake of thinking they have come up with a shiney new idea. Not so new, not so shiney. Lord Chamberlain probably thought as they do, Hitler can be "managed".

You have to have way too much education and a strong sense of selfhate to believe that. Some people, some ideas are just damaged goods, utterly beyond of any serious consideration. We know it when we see it. The graves, the bodies, the haunted children. His redefining evil as something that just happens to ordinarily good people like the flu or a cold is slanderously stupid. If it were true we would have seen a rash of confessions and suicides from among the Nazi's, the Soviet's and now the Taliban when forced to face what they had done.

We haven't.

They ran and hid when not caught out and exterminated, then pecked from the sidelines, killing, bombing, making more orphans, more sorrow. Evil isn't something that can be talked away or convinced that violence isn't the answer.

Common people aren't so foolish. After having seen some of the things they have done, the horror they leave in their wake, only a really stupid man could say that they are the same as we. That it'll all be better from just some kindness and understanding. The last century has taught us different.

It will not end until the excuses stop, till the handy reasons for sitting on their hands go away. There aren't any observers, no safe seats in this, if you don't support the fight then you give the evil your support by default, I should think an educated person would realize that.

Posted by Nukevet at 01:57 PM | Comments (3)

November 07, 2003

More scenery pics

Ahhh.

Remember, clickety click.

Taken today while out researching the splaughter location.

Posted by Nukevet at 04:55 PM | Comments (0)

Quiz

True or False?

Pumpkins are bullet resistant.

Answer below.

False. Pumkins are not bullet resistant.

At least not against 45ACP. More testing will need to be done over the weekend and I am thinking about applying for a federal grant for this research. Hey, if someone can get one to measure cow flatulence, why not me?

You should all be receiving an e-mail from me later today. There have been changes. Nothing drastic, just some odd weather patterns moving in.

Posted by Nukevet at 04:52 PM | Comments (5)

You know what?

I really, really, really hate the BBC. Note the sneer quotes (what else can you call them?) around the word raped in the headline.

Posted by Nukevet at 09:03 AM | Comments (9)

Sometimes all you can do is

laugh. Hysterically.

Posted by Nukevet at 08:48 AM | Comments (0)

Update on an earlier post

Remember this post a couple of days ago?

It spoke about the Dow hitting 10,000 sometime next year, 7.2% growth in the GDP, and basically the 'Bush' economy looking up except for the 'jobless growth' quotes from the news operators.

Well, all I can say is, don't rely on preliminary reports.

"New claims for unemployment benefits fall to lowest level since January 2001, trouncing forecasts"

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Wednesday's Roadtrip Pt. 2

I hope you all enjoyed yesterday's post of Pt.1 of Wednesday's roadtrip. Here we go with Pt. 2.

After finishing walking along the Dungeness Spit, we headed over to Port Townsend. It is also a quiet little harbor town as evidenced by this picture,

Four deer just kind of moseying around the neighborhoods and eating up the grass in someone's parking strip. My immediate reaction was to whip out my 1911 and bag one, but I soon recovered myself and left them alone.

After having the obligatory lunch of 'Fish and Chips' (ale battered. Mmmm), we headed out to my favorite spot in Port Townsend, Fort Worden State Park. Here is a statement from one of the reader board displays inside the park.

"During the late 1800's, the United States began construction of one of the most extensive systems of coastal fortifications ever known. As a result, every important harbor was defended by powerful cannon mounted in heavy concete emplacements. Fort Worden remains as an important reminder of these defenses of the last century."

"Fort Worden was named after Admiral John L. Worden, commander of the Union vessel Monitor during its historic battle with the Confederate Merrimac in the Civil War. The post was the headquarters of the Harbor Defenses of Puget Sound. From here, Coast Artillery officers would direct the battle with any invading fleet. Thousands of troops trained here during both World Wars I and II, and Fort Worden was the only fortification in Puget Sound continuously manned between the wars."

Here is a map of the gun emplacements at the fort. If you click on the small pic, a bigger one comes up that I have enhanced, showing the size and number of cannon at each emplacement.

Here is a pic of the mounting spot for one of the 12 inch guns. The grassy area in the center is 15 feet across. You can see out into Strait of Juan de Fuca. Fort Casey is out of the shot to the right (east) and Fort Flagler is to the south.

And here is a pic of the mount for a 6 inch gun. Again Fort Casey is just out of shot to the right. I would have hated to have been an invading Japanese Naval Officer. Just east of Fort Casey is Whidby Naval Air Station. So even if they'd sent carrier aircraft they'd have been out numbered, out gunned and out classed.

Both of these shots were taken from the to emplacements in the upper right hand corner of the map shown earlier.

While we were getting back to the vehicle, we came across some shorebound whale watchers who pointed out a large pod of Killer Whales that were goofing off out in the Straight. Sorry, no shots of whales here.

It was starting to get dark and we headed home. We got to the Hood Canal Floating bridge where we found that a pack of State Patrol officers had made mincemeat out of the speeders. So I stopped to take a pic.

And here is another shot from the same location looking south.

All in all a very good two days stuffed into one. Maybe when the wife's work lets here have a couple days off in a row, we'll do this again. Thanks for looking.

Posted by Nukevet at 03:33 AM | Comments (1)

Here it comes

As I remember my Civil War History, the Union was foundering in the early days of the war. Battles were frequently lost, public support was slipping and Lincoln's critics smelled blood. The reasons for the war and for simply not just allowing the southern states to leave the Union were not compelling enough after so many casualties. Lincoln concieved a masterstroke. The Emancipation Proclaimation elevated the war from a trade dispute, and war over taxes to a holy crusade to end slavery and free men from bondage. Of course it wasn't really that simple, but the speech gave a moral clearity, a moral purpose to supporting the United States during that dark time. It also made any thought of interferrence by European powers unthinkable, with their strong abolitionist movements.

This may well be the effect of Mr. Bush's speech yesterday. Now the parallels are not exact, I understand that, but what this does is draw a clear line, publicly. This is what many of us hoped and believed he was up to all along, and now it's out in the open. It turns the debate on it's head. It's now not about WMD's (which was important, but not the main issue) or oil, or anything else now except one thing,.....Freedom.

Let ANSWER explain why that is a bad thing to give people.

In the beauty of the lilies
Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom
That transfigures you and me;
As He died to make men holy,
Let us die to make men free;
While God is marching on.

The smaller issues are set aside, Mr. Bush has called us back to what made us great, back to what we aspire to be, back to focusing on the fight for the only thing that truely matters...........Freedom.

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November 06, 2003

As they say

Timing is everything.

A definite candidate for the Bellicose Women's Brigade

VIA GHR

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Wednesday's Roadtrip. Pt 1

The wife had Wednesday off, so we decided to go for a little roadtrip. She wanted to go to Port Angeles and I wanted to go to Port Townsend. They are relatively close to one another and we were able to do both. Today I'll be posting pics of Port Angeles and the Dungeness Spit. All you military buffs will definitely want to tune in for Friday's installment of pics. I went to a place in Port Townsend called Fort Worden.

So get your favorite map program out and follow along, won't you? Or just enjoy clicking the pics.

Anyhoo, we took a ferry from downtown Seattle to Bainbridge Island. It is possible to drive around but, scenic as it is, we had a limited amount of time.

The white dot in the foreground is the Bremerton ferry heading to Seattle.

Once we got to Bainbridge Island it was about a 45 minute north by northwest drive, crossing the Hood Canal Floating Bridge (pics tommorrow) to Port Angeles. We drove through the seaport area to what is known as a 'spit'. A spit is basically a natural twig of land that juts out into the water making a natural harbor. The north coast of Washington has two of these. The first is located in Port Angeles and the other has been made into a wildlife refuge/park just outside of the town of Sequim (pronounced Squim).

This pic was taken from the Angeles Spit. The land in the distance is Japan. Ooops, sorry. That is incorrect. That would be China. Ooops, wrong again. That is actually Canada. Victoria Island, British Columbia to be exact. Looking north across the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Victoria is a good spot for 'High Tea' and a hub for gardening fans. You can't get much more authentically british without crossing the Atlantic. There is a ferry you can take from Pt Angeles to Victoria, but since I haven't gone in such along time, I will just have to leave you with the links for any info.

This pic was taken from the Angeles Spit facing south. The Olympic Mountains ramp right on up from sealevel and you don't have to go too far inland to get to them. One of my favorite spots in the north Olympics is the Sol Duc Hot Springs.

After we were done tooling around Port Angeles we headed back to the east to Sequim. Here we visited the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge and the Dungeness Spit. If you have ever gone to a restaurant and seen 'Dungeness Crab' on the menu, the species was discovered and probably caught on the north coast of Washington.

Here is a map of the park. It is about a 5 mile walk from the parking lot to the lighthouse on the end of the spit.

Here is a pic of the spit taken from a lookout alongside the trail. Sorry about the big ass trees in the middle of the pic, but the trail is heavily wooded all the way down to the beach. Speaking of the beach,

Here is a pic from the beach, facing west towards Port Angeles and those wonderful Olympic Mountains again.

Sequim also contains an attraction called the Olympic Game Farm. If you have ever felt the want to have a bull elk stick his head into the cabin of your vehicle until the eye guards on his antlers hit your doorframe while he eats out of your hand and drools all over you, this is the place to go. But, honest and truly folks, it is a wonderful place to visit. Especially for the kids.

That concludes today's installment of "Day Trip with Analog". Join us tomorrow when we visit the town of Port Townsend and Naval Gunnery Station, Fort Worden.

Posted by Nukevet at 05:30 PM | Comments (2)

Yippee!

Howdy all. Just wirting to show off the new pistola.

click

It is wonderful. It does things like this at 30ft, offhanded.

La, la la, la la la la la.

Bring 380 ammo on Saturday guys and gals. You won't be diaappointed.

Update: I've torn the gun down and taken a look at the parts. The guy who traded this gun in was either more anal about his guns than I am, or he never shot it. I have examined the feed lips on the second mag and I cannot see any wear.

This means that I'll be putting about 500-750 rounds through it before I give it it a trigger job. It really doesn't need much of one, but I'm picky. The gun is a wonder to shoot, the craftsmanship is excellent, and it ate 50 rounds of American Eagle (Federal) ball ammo and 10 rounds of Federal Hydra-Shocks without so much as a burp.

I'll be trying out more different brands and types of ammo this weekend. Now all I need is for someone to make some aftermarket grips for this thing to make it perfect. I just don't like smooth plastic grips is all. They fit well, both to the gun and to me. I'm thinking Cocobolo or Rosewood.

Posted by Nukevet at 04:13 PM | Comments (2)

Yeah, he may be Citizen Smash now

But that doesn't mean you shouldn't go read him. Well, what are you waiting for, skippy?

Posted by Nukevet at 02:46 PM | Comments (0)

Surely Amnesty International

Will condemn this in the strongest possible language.

Oh, that's right - anything an American does to an enemy combatant in a time of war is a war crime,whether it is or not. Any true war crime perpetrated against an American during a time of war is just payback for our ruthless aggression and visions of world domination, and to be ignored. Silly me, I got carried away in the heat of the moment.

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Home at last

Got back a little while ago from the day-trip to some scenic parts of Washington (as opposed to the non-scenic parts like my neighborhood). I have downloaded the pics from the day (here is one), but I am so whupped that I don't really think I am up to thumbnailing them at this time. I'm getting a vision of them being done later today.

Of course, I finally get to pick up my new pistol today, so maybe later, later today would be more accurate.

Have you ever heard ammunition talk to you? If not, it says "I got this primer stuck in my butt. Could you set it off and put me out of my misery?"

I must oblige at least 50 of their requests. I'm sure any of you would do the same.

Posted by Nukevet at 02:11 AM | Comments (0)

But the dems said they're winning the arguement.

If I were a democrat right now, I would be so depressed.

WASHINGTON - A year before Election Day, the number of people who identify themselves as Republicans is significantly larger than when George W. Bush was elected president, particularly in several pivotal states such as Florida and Michigan that often prove decisive in close contests.

But everybody hates the GOP, the dim underground says so.

In 15 swing states, which hold no consistent historic allegiance to either party and are up for grabs in every presidential election, the two major parties are split virtually evenly, with 33 percent overall for Republicans and 34 percent for Democrats. At the outset of the 2000 campaign, the Grand Old Party was at a 6-point disadvantage in the bloc. Since then Republicans have gained in 13 of the 15 states.

Yep, nobody would lower themselves to vote republican.

As a consequence of this dramatic shift, President Bush enters the campaign year with a stronger underlying partisan base than he or other Republicans have enjoyed in recent decades. Countering that, however, is rising discontent with the economy and Iraq.

Kohut attributed much of the improved standing to Bush's leadership in the war against terrorism. He noted that Republicans didn't gain in the initial months of Bush's presidency, before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. "The Republicans have made progress because of President Bush's popularity," he said.

Read all of it, it puts the lie to what the NYT's and others have been saying. George's message is getting out, is being accepted. The only poll that counts is the one on election day, and now we know. If Iraq stablizes further, and progress continues both in the economy and in the war on terror, the democrats might as well stay home next year. Because these trends are damning.

Expect them to get even more manic as the year goes by. If they stay true to form, they won't learn a friggin thing from yesterday. They'll get louder and more irrational, but not a whit smarter.

So how many times do you need to kiss a brick with your face to learn the facts of life? Stay tuned and find out.

Posted by Nukevet at 02:08 AM | Comments (0)

November 05, 2003

I think Hell just froze over

The Instapundit points to this. An Arab News columnist has changed his mind and now supports the war for Iraq.

No, I don�t believe that by going to war, America had dark designs on Iraq�s oil or pursued an equally dark conspiracy to �help Israel.� I believe that the US, perhaps willy-nilly, will end up helping Iraqis regain their human sanity, their social composure and the national will to rebuild their devastated nation.

Posted by Nukevet at 10:20 PM | Comments (2)

I'm going to get brutal here.

I found this just a few minutes ago on instapundit. Andrew Sullivan was kind enough to hold it up for all to see.

Warning, this is NOT going to be family safe, or very PC, it's going to be what I would say face to face.

I Hope the Bloodshed Continues in Iraq
Well, that should bring the bats out of the attic with fangs dripping. I won't be hypocritcal. It is politically correct, particularly in any Dem discussion to hope and pray and feel for our troops and scream "bring them back now". I'm fighting something bigger.
I'm a 58 year old broad and I can tell you that what is going on in our country isn't the usual ebb and flow of politics where one party is in power and then another; where the economy goes through ups and downs.......yawn, yawn--just wait a bit and things will turn out peachy keen. That stupid la-la land is over.
I realize that not every GI Joe was 100peeercent behind Prseeedent Booosh going into this war; but I do know that that is what an overwhelming number of them and their famlies screamed in the face of protesters who were trying to protect these kids. Well, there is more than one way to be "dead" for your country. They are not only not accompishing squat in Iraq, they are doing crap nothing for the safety, defense of the US of A over there directly. But "indirectly" they are doing a lot.
The only way to get rid of this slime bag WASP-Mafia, oil barron ridden cartel of a government, this assault on Americans and anything one could laughingly call "a democracy", relies heavily on what a shit hole Iraq turns into. They need to die so that we can be free. Soldiers usually did that directly--i.e., fight those invading and harming a country. This time they need to die in defense of a lie from a lying adminstration to show these ignorant, dumb Americans that Bush is incompetent. They need to die so that Americans get rid of this deadly scum. It is obscene, Barbie Bush, how other sons (of much nobler blood) have to die to save us from your Rosemary's Baby spawn and his ungodly cohorts.

Two words.--Ignorant cunt.

I can tell you now that if this raving idiot shared a cell with ten male gorillas and got herself gangfucked to death, I would sleep just fine. She has crossed the line. This isn't politics anymore, she openly calls for the deaths of our service people so she may forment revolution, she spits on everything 98% of us agree on.

This is a time for the gloves to come off, no niceties for her, no novicane, no pads, she gets the full crowbar of justice.

Gavin was by all accounts a good man, a decent kid, and he's gone now. A member of my wife's family and he is no more. How did he die?....What the papers didn't say, he had half his head blown off by an RPG. Not a pretty bloodless movie death, but a horrible rending realtime death in combat. That this sow draws oxygen from a world that nurtured boys like him offends me. I, God help me, can't help but think if granted God like powers for only a second she would be cast screaming into the deepest bowels of Hell. These are our blood for Christ's sake, our brothers, our sisters, our kin. These aren't some faceless corperate boogeyman she can rant about while sipping her herbal tea and rolling her eyes at the people of her own nation. These boys and girls are our life, our hope, the best of us all. Damn her to Hell, she would rot slowly if there were real justice. Evil is the word, manifest drooling and slavering evil.

This is what she fears.

The future of Iraq is joined with ours now. Every baby saved, every school built, every hunger fed, are a bridge to a region where fear and death are as alien and repugnant as this putrid old cow. A region where jihad is greeted with horror and not joy. More of her fear,

Rotting wretchs like her are rarely seen in the daylight, for good reason. There isn't a deadman or woman in all of Iraq that wouldn't be of greater value than a thousand of her. I pray she has the stupidity to say these things in public, so that she can be the subject of the fury of the boys and girls families who worry themselves sick with fear.

I once spent a time talking to a woman who was shopping late, she was tired, so tired. She fumbled everything, dropping her keys, her wallet, speaking almost incoherently. Finally I walked over and asked if I could help, what was wrong.

Her son had just arrived in Iraq with the 82nd.

So I pulled her aside, and we talked for a bit. About her children, nearly all grown, and mine. We talked of a parents fears, we talked of her son's bravery, of her husbands service, of mine. We shared a bit more than strangers should, but by God I would give anything to take the place of even one of those kids going over. She said her husband felt the same, but we're both to old, to busted up to be accepted anymore.

So the children will continue to go.

I gave her the only thing I could, my prayers for her son, and my thanks for me and my family. I couldn't ease her fear any, but for a moment anyway, I let her see her son as I and many others do,....a hero. A smile and tears of gratitude are what she gave me, and do you know I still think about her and her son, whom I'll never see. I still worry about them.

A right thing, not the frivilous politics of progressive trend and college greens, but the common sense of a rancher. We are trying to do what is nearly impossible, free a people of tyranny and ourselves from fear. It isn't rocket science, evil must be rooted out, driven from it's hole and killed.

That Dem underground wench can stand aside, and hate until it eats her up like cancer. But we are on the side of the angels here, of that I have no doubt.

Gavin did his part, that nameless boy is doing his, I won't suffer an insult to them. Not now, not ever.

Posted by Nukevet at 09:41 PM | Comments (6)

When is a lie considered "art"?

When perpetuated by the left. The media is once again in full handwringing mode, the nerve of people daring to tell a network that slander is unacceptible as either art or as supposed history.

"Are we as Americans looking into a future where dramatic representations are merely PR puff pieces that have met with approval of the people involved? If so, that's dangerous and propaganda," says Matthew Felling, media director for the Center for Media and Public Affairs in Washington. "It is unseemly and uncomfortable that a project would get pulled in response to a constituency that has never even seen the film."

Democratic lawmakers reacted negatively to the decision Tuesday, with Senate minority leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota saying, "it smells of intimidation to me."

Yeah, we should all remember this for the next time their oxe gets gored. Daschle of the two faced Iraq policy. Of the if Clinton did it I'm for it, if Bush does it, I'm agin it. Oh,....that Tom Daschle. Well Tom, show me one instance, just one, where people objected to using Reagan's actual words, or events that really happened and not the hocus pocus dialog from Babs inc.

I'm waiting.

Clearly, say observers, the network was unprepared for the Reagan constituency's passion for its president. "He has been mythologized in a way that only JFK or Lincoln has," says presidential historian Michael Birkner, a professor at Gettysburg College. "He has a meta-image, and his followers are not interested in inconvenient facts, they're interested in things that fit the mythology."

These guys can't even discuss the issue without slandering people and lying about the film. The qoutes for Brolin that were wholely fiction are now "inconvenient facts" to conservatives. I'm sorry, I tried to be generous but this is utter horseshit. You make a film about real events, real people, mix it with fiction written by people who wouldn't have voted for him at gunpoint and call it artistic License? Is that how it works?

Fine, somebody dial up Rupurt Murdoch, I got some movies I wanna hock about Clinton, Gore, Carter, Johnson and a whole bunch of others. We don't even have to hire historians, check records, hell we'll just make up whole pages of dialog out of thin air (designed to make them look like asses) and just film it. Tough shit if Daschle don't like it, what is he? some kind of nazi philistine? THIS IS FUCKING ART. MEANING I CAN SLANDER WHOEVER THE FUCK I FEEL LIKE, SO GET THE FUCK OVER IT ALREADY.

Leftwing bullshit served up hot and fresh, and they just keep piling it on.

Posted by Nukevet at 06:41 PM | Comments (1)

Our brave little avatar

Voyager I is now leaving the solar system behind, beginning it's long journey into the gulf between the stars.

This image is the one I would like everyone to think about. We've seen the glorious pictures that Voyager I and II have sent back to us. This image however is the most important. In the eons to come, wether mankind lives on, or dies out, our story will not die with us. We have attained the impossible here, a young primitive species has dared to cast a note in a bottle into the heavans. We have put a letter, a voice, into the cosmos proclaiming we are here. We existed, that we mattered.

Chances are that the disc and message born by Voyager will long outlive humanity. In the vast distance between the stars our faithful servant will glide silently, watching, learning, until finally it's power cells will give out. Then it will die a machines death, but it will continue it's journey bearing our message. Unslowed by gravity or time, relentless.

Will some distant civilization ever hear or read the message? That we will never know. But that isn't really important, it's the journey that's important. In doing this we are expressing the hope manifest in life itself. Imagine the wonder of it all. The human mind is a humble thing, the numbers in the vastness of space stretch to infinity and we are so young, so small. There is so much we will not, cannot ever know.

That will not stop us from trying. In the trying we will grow, and learn. So maybe someday, if we are very lucky, we may contact others in the universe. In the trying maybe we will have made our selves worthy to the responsibility of it.

So Godspeed to you Voyager, keep the sun to your back. Never in the tradgedy and triumph of our history has mankind been so noblely served by one so small and humble.

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It's out,......it finally out!

DODGE THIS!

'The Matrix Revolutions" has made it's debue, we'll definitely go see it. I LOVE big shiney metal things that go....BOOM!

Just remember one thing, be prepared.

Posted by Nukevet at 04:57 PM | Comments (2)

You know the old saying

One person's "artistic freedom" is another person's "character assassination".

Posted by Nukevet at 01:21 PM | Comments (0)

A Question

When the Dow hits 10,000 again in the middle of next year, do you think there will be much hoopla from the press about it?

I mean, they're touting the 7.2% growth as a 'jobless growth' even though unemployment claims did drop slightly overall.

Discuss.

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The Belly of the Beast

While I am taking today off for a little road trip, I figured I'd leave you all with a couple of links so that you may know who we're up against.

I should have put them up on Halloween, they're that scary.

The Political Perspective of the Democratic Socialists of America

And just in case your wondering who are the DSA, exactly? Here's their membership list. My crazy Uncle Jim McDermott is on the list.

Congressional Members of the Progressive Caucus of the Democratic Socialists of America

I don't remember exactly where I found these at, but it was a while ago. Whomever it was, thanks for posting them.

Oh, and pics from today's trip will be posted throughout the rest of the week.

Posted by Nukevet at 12:10 AM | Comments (2)

Stampede

Only three more days. Run, little gourds, run!

Oh wait, you don't have legs. That'll just make it easier for all of us.

Mwahahahaha!

P.S. You all should be receiving e-mails with the time and location in them.
So what do you say Doc, can you get a conference up here? I'm sure Fred Hutch can use an extra hand. How 'bout you Mark? We just got some new sideloader resi trucks in. Maybe your boss could spring for a 'test drive' out here?

Posted by Nukevet at 12:03 AM | Comments (3)

November 04, 2003

Why thank you, and I'm sure your mother enjoyed it too.

Does anyone think the looney left isn't a drooling pack of hate filled retards?

Kind of them to clear it up for us like this.

I found this while following cross links from a page I found at Bsti's Chapel Furnace.

If you thought they had hit bottom, guess again. Now b and I will never agree on politics, that's not why we are friends. I'm also sure he does not endorse this kind of thing, he dosen't trust Bush no, but Jesus this stuff is extreme.

I am a Chaplier, I have posting privileges at the Furnace. It's pretty much politics only so check it out if you care to. Warning, all views are aired there, from libertarian to progressive, to wicked little ol me, Cait is there as well. It's neutral ground so to speak, like Holy ground in the Highlander series. Please no harsh words, some of us are friends even though we disagree totally on issues. Speak your mind though, I do.

But as far as these pointy headed ass bandit commie targets of oppurtunity are concerned, feel free to give em a broadside. With the power vested in me by no one except the Satanic part of my nature, I declare them a free fire zone.

No limit, toe tags are provided.

Posted by Nukevet at 12:43 PM | Comments (1)

Hey guys

And when I say guys, I mean 'The Men'.

If you haven't wandered on over to Mr. du Toit's place and seen his weekly essay, head on over now. Don't forget to comeback here though.

Title:
"The Pussification Of The Western Male"

Excerpt:
"There was a time when men went to their certain death, with expressions like "You all can go to hell. I'm going to Texas." (Davy Crockett, to the House of Representatives, before going to the Alamo.)"

"We're not like that anymore."

Yep.

Posted by Nukevet at 10:48 AM | Comments (9)

My kind of girls

These sound like future "Bellicose Women"

There is nothing sweeter than revenge. And that is what the "Goretti girls" of St. Maria Goretti High School in South Philadelphia got yesterday when they chased down and beat up a man who allegedly had exposed himself to the students for the last month.

Police and neighborhood residents said between 20 and 30 girls, all dressed in their uniforms, dropped their book bags and jumped in after the man allegedly began to expose himself again. Onlookers and neighbors cheered the girls on and shouted "Pervert!" at the man.

Posted by Nukevet at 02:56 AM | Comments (2)

Tattoo Ideas

Have you been to Al Qa'ida's website yet? If you haven't, don't worry, you haven't missed much.

Except for money quotes like this one (found at MEMRI),

"2nd Issue of 'Voice of Jihad' Al-Qa'ida Online Magazine: Strategy to Avoid Clashes with Saudi Security Forces, Convert the World's Countries to Islam"

Or how about this mouthful,

"Sheikh Nasser Al-Najdi: Jihad Must Continue Until All Infidels Convert to Islam or Pay a Poll Tax"

"Therefore, the crime of the tyrants in infidel [i.e. non-Muslim] countries, who do not rule according to Allah's law, is an enormous sin� and we are obliged to fight them and initiate until they convert to Islam, or until Muslims rule the country and he who does not convert to Islam pays Jizya."

And one last article headline and intro,

"Two Options for Allah's Enemies - the Jews and Christians: Conversion to Islam or Death"

Abu Hajjer stated that his goal was "to wave the banner of monotheism� and expel the enemies of Allah � the Jews and the Crusaders � from the land of the two holy places, to conquer the Muslim nations and restore them to their previous state. And may Allah lengthen our days to allow us to infuriate the enemies of Allah, kill them, and strike them by the sword until they either join the religion of Allah or we kill every last one of them. Our model is [the Prophet] Mohammad, who said to the infidels of Qureish: 'I have brought the slaughter upon you.'"

These words should be tattoed onto the foreheads of every last person who was at the protest in DC two weeks ago. So that every time they look into the mirror they see that they are supporting their own murder by these creeps.

Posted by Nukevet at 02:53 AM | Comments (1)

They are only irrelevant now

If these guys get into power, they'll literally be "The Twilight Zone".

France faces turmoil after new alliance of Trotskyists

I found this at the ever insightful Samizdata, but I also saw this at Kim's Joint

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My Crazy Uncle Jim

Everybody's got one. That crazy relative who just spouts off dumb ass crap and expects everyone to listen. They don't even have to be intoxicated.

Well, Jim McDermott isn't really my uncle, but he is my Congressman. And thats about as close as I care to get to the codger.

Check out this bile,
"McDermott argued that our invasion of Afghanistan was not to rid the country of the Taliban, but to establish an oil pipeline from Turkmenistan to Pakistan."

Heres a link to the entire article.

Last week while I was shopping with the wife's parents, we were in a little Irish shop in Ballard and I overheard a couple of bourgeoisie elitists (a man and a woman) fawning over Michael Moore. It seems that one of them went to see his stage act the last time he was in Seattle.

They were prattling on about things that Moore spoke about and they wandered onto the subject of 'War for Oil'. It got so insipid that I couldn't really stand any more of it.

There was one problem. This Irish shop used to be a house and I was in 'The Scottish Room' which used to be a bedroom, and the 'Insipid Twins' were standing just inside the doorway. I was going to have to at least say 'excuse me' to them to make it to the doorway so that I could get to the 'Imported Food' room for my favorite crackers. And if you've hung around me, you'll know that I have a tendancy speak my mind quite readily. So what was a guy to do?

I waited until one of them said something about the civilian deaths and popped in with my favorite question of the braindead. I said "Excuse me, it was a shame that some civilians died, but which Sharia law is your favorite, the stoning to death of adulterous women but not adulterous men, or the gang rape of 12 year old girls when their 4 year old sister leaves the house with out a male escort?'

As they stood with their mouths agape as if I'd just dropped my pants, I said "I said excuse me and I do need to move on to the next room. Thanks." The zombified MoveOn members parted and I was stared at as I passed through them.

Oddly, I heard no more chatter from them for the rest of my visit to the Irish shop.

Posted by Nukevet at 02:25 AM | Comments (10)

Interactive Childhood Memories

As a kid (or even as an adult), I'm sure you've done this. When you get a straw for your drink at a restaurant, you take the paper wrapper off at one end, leaving the straw in the remainder of the wrapper, and then use the straw to shoot the wrapper at your favorite target (sibling, mom or dad).

Well, when I was young, I always had the bad luck of getting a straw wrapper that was blown out at both ends or opening the wrong end. Either way, I always got 'The Misfiring Straw", while dad got a good straw. I can't say that he sabotaged my straws because I thought of that and would either switch straws with him or go get my own. It was just bad luck. And man, was dad accurate.

I once complained about this dilemma and this was dad's comment, "It's because of Jimmy Carter. All he does all day is sit in the Oval Office and poke holes in the ends of straws".

Just thought I'd share.

I know there is a Clinton joke in there somewhere (with all the blowing and poking comments), but I'll leave that to you all.

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Rat Pack

Everyone say hello to Frankie and Dino.

They're the 'Rat Pack'. The wife rescued them about a year ago from a co-worker whose 10yr old daughter had tired of taking care of them. They love leftovers (of course).

The orange tube you see standing out of the top of their cage is a shoe organizer from Ikea that goes all the way to the ceiling. They like to climb through the holes we made in the bottom of each layer and nap.

They don't venture out of their area at all even though it is left open 24/7 and the cat is only interested in their tails. Or so she says.

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November 03, 2003

Don't Disrespect Physics

Ever.

We saw the most horrific wreck on the way back from Houston, where we had spent a few days with my folks. I didn't see what caused the wreck, although I was told by an eyewitness that a small car (which spun out and ended up on the median, unscathed) cut off a big rig. That rig locked up her brakes, and jack-knifed. Two other rigs (and possibly 1 small pick-up - we couldn't tell, from the wreckage) plowed into the jack-knifing rig at full speed. This happened in the westbound lane of I-10; we were in the eastbound lane, heading for Baton Rouge, and just saw the huge plume of smoke and dirt caused by these trucks leaving the highway and plowing into the ditch along the outer edge of the roadside.

I pulled over and stopped. Would you rather have a veterinarian help you or someone with no medical skills, if an MD isn't available? As I ran toward the smoldering wreckage, what I saw was absolutely horrible. There was a severed foot and a leg amputated just below the knee, sitting in the middle of the road, along with a Texas Driver's license that showed who these detached limbs belonged to. There was an entire truck engine, ripped out of something, sitting in the road as well. The trucks were a huge smoking ruin. As I got to the first truck (there were already many people there, trying to help), all we could see was disaster. There appeared to be 2 bodies inside the cab - these 2 people's injuries looked pretty bad, and they didn't respond to any calls or when we touched them. There was diesel fuel splashing all over everything, and one of the truck's fuel tanks was ruptured and leaking at a prodigious rate. The guy that had both of his legs amputated was hanging upside down, still in his harness. He was still alive, although he must have lost a ton of blood. We were undecided what to do - should we leave him or move him? Finally, someone cut him down and we moved him away from the truck. I don't know if he was still alive at that point or not. They were still looking for the driver of one of the trucks when the paramedics and police started pouring in. I also heard someone say that there was a car or light truck crushed underneath the big rigs, but I don't know if that was true or not. I gave my information to the police - nothing to say, really, because I didn't see anything except the aftermath. Then I got back into my truck with my wife and pets and drove very, very, very carefully home to Baton Rouge.

Don't disrespect Physics - because she will fuck you up if you do.

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There is No excuse, no defense

Ignorance and dogma over facts and compassion.

Hours after their pastor bailed them out of jail, Vanessa and Raymond Jackson returned to their church yesterday and were greeted with a roaring ovation.

"Jesus you are the center of my contentment. Jesus you are the center of my joy," he sang in a rich baritone, balling his hand into a fist and squeezing his eyes shut. The sanctuary of the Come Alive New Testament Church in Medford resounded with claps and whistles from the nearly 300 people in attendance.

What the eyes see,

Bruce was so thin that the bones in his face moved as he spoke. His teeth were nearly black. He weighed just 45 pounds.

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Recycling Pumpkins

Welcome to the first annual "Analog Kid's Pumpkin Splaughter"

The day before Halloween I went to my local grocer and made a deal with the store manager to take his leftover pumpkins off his hands. The day after Halloween I picked up three 5x5x4 bins of pumpkins.

I would like to cordially invite Seattle area blogger folks to join me in helping put these leftover gourds out of their misery. It will be taking place on Saturday, November 8th in a mystery location in the hills behind Enumclaw.

I think I have somewhere in the range of 100 pumpkins and I will fit as many as my truck can safely haul (approximately 60 or 70) for you to shoot.

The event is free but donations will be gladly accepted. If this goes well (meaning I break even) I could easily be persuaded to rent a U-Haul truck next year and fill it with pumpkins. The grocer I dealt with this year had more than I could haul in two loads (and my truck was very overloaded with one of them).

There are a couple of caveats though,
1. I am only providing the pumpkins and guiding you to a place where you can unload on them. No food or water. So remember that you may get hungry.

2. If you want to shoot one of my guns, you are welcome to, but I have a limited supply of ammo. 45ACP, 357Mag, 38Spl, 380ACP, 22LR, and 12 guage shells would fit the guns I plan on bringing with me.

3. You will need to provide your own transportation. A four wheel drive vehicle would be a good idea, but my two wheel drive F-150 can make it up to the shooting spot. Then again, I drive these roads often.

4. It will be cold and there will more than likely be snow, so dress warmly.

5. This is not an 'Official Event'. If you hurt yourself I can give basic first aid and directions to the hospital 30 miles away, but that is all. If I sense that you may become litigous, I may give you the wrong directions.

6. Sadly, I have no control over the weather. I will try to bring some type of cover (poles and tarps), but my only back up plan is a more secluded secondary location.

I will be going. Rain, shine, solar flares, meteor shower or the second coming of Muhammed, I will be in the woods on the 8th recycling pumpkins. I would greatly appreciate some like minded company.

Leave a note in the comments or e-mail me as an RSVP. I will let you know the time and the place we will all meet.

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A Tale of Two Pistols

Heya all.

Last week I spoke about the possibility of a new arrival to the Kid's firearm family. Well, I found and bought a KBI/FEG AP MKII like the one I spoke about in this post.

And since this is a cruel world, I went throught the NICS check as mandated by the John Hinkley inspired Brady Bill and got a delayed 'OK to purchase'. "Concealed Pistol License" be damned.

Here comes the cruel part, since I started the purchase on a Friday, and Saturday and Sunday don't count as 'business days', I have to wait until Thursday morning to 'officially' count the gun as mine.

This is not the first time I have gotten a 'delay' on my purchase. You see, grandapa and I have the exact same name and close birth dates, so this causes the double digit IQ'd employees at the processing center to scatch their heads while I wait three business day to pick up my property.

I have tried to alleviate the confusion by including my Social Security number on the form (yes, I know all about the provision that says the government isn't supposed to use it to ID citizens, but since when has the governement followed its own rules?). Since my grandfather didn't have an SSN, this should make the process easier, right? Nope.

Oh yeah, and there is one other clue that ol' grampa Phil and I aren't the same person. You see, HE'S BEEN DEAD SINCE F*CKING 1982.

I guess these two clues just aren't enough for the quality of employee that gets hired at the NICS.

Anyway, I was talking with the shop owner while I was waiting to get delayed and commented on a CZ83 that he had in the case. He let me take a look at it even though I let him know it was out of my price range, and I must say, it was a nice gun. It fit my hand better than the FEG, holds 10 rounds of .380 ACP, has an ambidextrious safety and mag release and can be safely carried 'cocked and locked'.

Here is a pic of a CZ 83

And here is a link to CZ's site.

And here is a link to some kind words about CZ said by Kim du Toit.

After that, he got the 'delay' from the processing center and I left him with my phone number to call me just in case one of the NICS folks gets a clue.

Well, he called me yesterday. But not because he'd heard from the NICS weenies, but to tell me that someone came in on Saturday and traded in a CZ83 in excellent shape that I might want to take a look at.

Can you say divine intervention? I went to look at the thing. When he said 'cherry condition' he wasn't kidding. The second mag was still in the sealed wrapper. Since I would have had to wait until Thursday whether I made the purchase on Friday or Sunday, I took the money from the FEG purchase and put it toward the CZ. I have to give him another $50 when I pick it up, but I can live with that.

I'll let you know when the drop is made and issue a range report.

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Range Weekend

Ahhh. I'm relaxed. I spent a majority of my weekend either shooting firearms or cleaning them. Have I mentioned my addiction to the smell of Hoppe's #9?

Anyway, on Friday I spent some time with the very kind Leigh at a range in Bellevue. That evening she went on to win her Women's Pistol League. Everyone give her a big round of applause! Way to go Leigh!

On Saturday I went to meet up with Raging Dave, this time at a range in Everett. Dave had a couple of recent aquisitions he wanted to play with. A Marlin Glenfield and a '03 Springfield. And while his girlfriend (the Mrs. Raging Dave) couldn't make it, his friend Ari made the trip up and we all had a wonderful time.

Dave also brought a special guest with him. His girlfriend's son, Jake.

He took that Marlin like a fish to water and was peppering the bullseye regularly all afternoon. Everyone give Dave and Jake a round of applause as well.

Posted by Nukevet at 12:16 AM | Comments (6)

A thought on Halloween

I have a question.

I am not a purveyor of horror films. I like comedies and/or a good action film over the scare/gore genre. But over the last few days the wife has watched, either on TV or on tape, a large number of the fright fest style films including the first couple of Friday the 13th's and John Carpenter's Halloween.

I sat idly by while she did this (cleaning firearms from a weekend at the range), and as I watched Michael Myers (sp?) and Jason get shot, stabbed, crushed, burned, etc, and not die, I was beginning to wonder if maybe there was a simpler way to put an end to these guys. So my question is,

Has anyone ever tried to 'Dutch Oven' either of these guys?

Posted by Nukevet at 12:01 AM | Comments (2)

November 01, 2003

killing a dragon.

Bless all who brave death in fire to save us.

For you AnalogKid, from American RealPolitik. I remember your words from before.

My mother worked for the Washington Dept. of Natural Resources for 20 some odd years. As soon as I was old enough, I convinced her that I would be ok working on a fire line and she got me signed up. I worked two fire seasons before almost getting s'mored and my mom begged me to not re-up.

If you pray, please do for the brave men and women on the line and in the aircraft. And also for rain.

There's not much for me to say now, bravery has been revealed, sacrifices made, destiny..........

All that's left to us is to mourn the lost, and help to heal the injured.

Thanks AK, for your time on the line.

Posted by Nukevet at 10:17 PM | Comments (3)

a riddle.

You are charged with protecting the president, terrorists would love to get to him. Then something like this happens. Suggestions are being made that the president was left vulnerable to a car bomb style attack. It's not that simple. They could have stopped the car sure, by killing everyone in it. But in this case it's a disturbed woman and three innocent children. This opens a whole can of worms.

Totally safe is a myth, I think the cops did as best they could. The only thing they could do better would be to park a ring of cars around the exits, blocking entry. That way, even a car bomb would have had to detonate away from the building. Depending on the size of the blast, even that isn't a necessarily a safe bet. An 18 wheeler would roll over cars, and how big could the bomb load be?

No simple easy answers. I suspect the Secret Service is well aware of the example set today. There will be changes, just not ones you read about in the papers. They do not discuss procedures.

Posted by Nukevet at 09:51 PM | Comments (1)

Touching the immortal

Thanksgiving will be here soon enough, this Norman Rockwell represents the ideal, I'm afraid that life is rarely so pristine. My family is very much real, not everyone so pretty, or wise, or happy, sometimes we don't even speak for a time. But this is one of the best of our holidays.

It's also a bittersweet time, regrets, oh so many scars, some selfinflicted, some not. The rush starts soon, the buildup to Thanksgiving, then the immediate jump to Christmas. I'll take this time for some deeper reflections.

The literal meaning is evident of course, a time to take stock of blessings. I have many, more than a tired bastard like me deserves. My wife, my children, friends, extended family. These are all precious, but I can't help but look back sometimes.

My parents never lived to see their grandchildren. The proudest achievement of my life, and they can't know the generations before except through me. I won't tell them of the way they died, the pain and horror of my mothers death, the wasted emptiness of my fathers. That I stood the death watch on both alone, my sister already passed, my brothers too overcome to watch. Sometimes I still hear echo's of my fathers labored breathing, my mother's screams in agony as the cancer took her. Those memories I won't pass to them. They will know of the good things I remember.

The warm days in the kitchen of a humble, modest home, watching mom prepare the dinner. The jostling and rumbles of four brothers and a sister, all trying to be first to taste, to help mom when she baked for us. Running to the cold glass of the window to see in the overcast sky wether dad had come home from work yet. Pressing our noses on the glass, feeling the frost, and being scolded by mom for doing so. My fathers mother, stern and solemn, would sit quietly reading and singing a hymn to herself. Even her prescence, was somehow warmer then than it would seem. My mother loved her children, we were everything to her, and she would sit and talk to us. Telling us of what her life as a girl in the forties and fifeties was like. Funny little tales of poodle skirts and saddle shoes. Of her brothers and sisters, of her father. We would sit and begin to get antsy as children do, finally released to grab a game, or watch TV. Unaware of lessons that had already taken deep roots. Unaware that many years later, this is how I would remember her. When dad came home, a headlong rush to the door, a blast of cold air, and he would stand there looking down to us. A stoic man of few words, he was in many ways very hard, but on this day he would smile, if only briefly. I still remember the way he smelled, of Old Spice, cold air and tobacco. He always smoked a pipe, a habit I indulge in sometimes. I was too young then to see faults or flaws. Disillusion would come later, when I would be older and full of youthful arrogance. Not yet. No this memory is the one I cherish most of my first family.

My mother would show me how she did all the little traditions of the day, teaching me. I'm so greatefull she did, my brothers took no interest, my sister,....But I'm the keeper now of the traditions. The feast, the activities, the stories. My wife has her own traditions as well, and we do both, blending, merging them into a new tradtion. Our tradition. We will put up our Christmas tree on the Evening of Thanksgiving, her contribution, and one I happily endorse. These are important because the memories our children will pass on are made here. The smell of roasting turkey, of allspice and sage, of pumpkin and cinnamon, if I close my eyes,.......for a fleeting moment I'm ten again, standing in my mothers kitchen. Then the nuzzle of a wet nose and warm muzzle will break the spell, or one of the kids eternal "what are ya doing daddy?" ...............I don't mind though, it's time then to set ghosts aside, the present needs tending.

A bittersweet time, more sweet than bitter these last seven years. I wandered for so long, aimless and without purpose, I have my purpose now. I've come to realize that immortality exists in the form of a tiny pair of faces with their fathers dark burning eyes, their mothers warm smile and laugh. Their Pop pa's humor, their mah ma's curiosity. Looking deeper, I see some of my mother too, maybe a touch of dad. So maybe the past isn't entirely lost. I look forward to watching them grow, stretching out, reaching for the destiny in front of them.

What wonders will they see?

Someday, way into the future, will there be a home on another world? A humble one, not overly big, but one with children laughing and parents busily putting together a holiday meal. One where at least one child will sit close, watching, learning, helping. One where the child has an all to familar pair of dark eyes, and a special smile? One where memories of the good are shared, are made...I suspect there will be, just as those same eyes, same smile appeared in centuries past. The part of him, or her, that is me, my wife, that part will find peace in that home. At least for a time.

Prehaps this is what it is to be immortal. A passing of the baton. The past renewed by the granting of new life.

The quest for meaning is eternal I suppose, far, far greater people have struggled with the meaning of life and death, past and future. I think this answer is the closest to the truth. Maybe you have to be closer to the ground to see it, to feel it. I have no interest in living forever, that's the Holy Grail of an arrogant, selfish man. I'm at peace with the niche I fill, with my tiny part in the universe. I hold a flame, tend it for a while, then hand it on when I become to tired to bare it any more.

My children will take it, and tend it for me, keeping it going till the next new life needs it.

Posted by Nukevet at 08:08 PM | Comments (0)

USS JOHNSTON (DD 557)

I used to read history a lot, WWII mostly. The one piece of that history that always stuck with me was the story of Taffy III in the action off Samar during the battle of Leyte Gulf. Often today we are criticised for being "too strong" if such a thing were possible. That day in Oct. of 44 we were the weak underdog, badly out gunned, out numbered, with the enemy bearing down with no way to escape.

We won.

The Captain and crew of a gallant ship were part of the reason. The Captains and crews of Taffy III were the entire reason. Heroism isn't something that can be measured, or rationed. It's an intangible, one of the mysteries that define humanity. Greatfully, we have never lacked for men like this when we need them.

We shouldn't forget them either,

JOHNSTON outfought the entire Japanese destroyer squadron, concentrating on the lead ship until the enemy quit cold, then concentrated on the second destroyer until the remaining enemy units broke off to get out of effective gun range before launching torpedoes, all of which went wild. JOHNSTON took a hit which knocked out one forward gun, damaged another, and her bridge was rendered untenable by fires and explosions resulting from a hit in her 40mm ready ammunition locker. Commander Evans shifted his command to JOHNSTON's fantail, yelling orders through an open hatch to men turning her rudder by hand. Still the destroyer battled desperately to keep the Japanese destroyers and cruisers from reaching the five surviving American carriers. "We were now in a position where all the gallantry and guts in the world couldn't save us, but we figured that help for the carriers must be on the way, and every minute's delay might count...."

"By 0930 we were going dead in the water; even the Japanese couldn't miss us. They made a sort of running semi-circle around our ship, shooting at us like a bunch of Indians attacking a prairie schooner. Our lone engine and fire room was knocked out; we lost all power, and even the indomitable skipper knew we were finished. At 0945 he gave the saddest order a captain can give: 'Abandon Ship.'..."

This website is dedicated to the battle, to the men, to the memory. In harsh times, it helps to remember that there was a time when our survival wasn't certain. When our losses were far greater. When we found the strength to hold the line.

We prevailed then, we will again.

Posted by Nukevet at 05:10 PM | Comments (8)

Reality rears it's head again.

Remember the wide spread condemnation of the US military after the Bagdad bombing of the UN headquarters? It was all our fault, we screwed up the security or somesuch nonsense from people who wouldn't understand security procedures if they smacked em in the face with a coal shovel.

The independent report is in, the verdict?

UN report slams Canadian for lapses in Baghdad blast
Steven Edwards
The Ottawa Citizen

Report: U.N. Responsible in Baghdad Blast
Saturday November 1, 2003 10:46 AM
By EDITH M. LEDERER
Associated Press Writer

Annan responds to 'dysfunctional' security in Iraq
By Evelyn Leopold
November 1, 2003 - 11:47AM

Panel to look into U.N.'s lax security
Annan
By Edith M. Lederer
Associated Press

The last one has this liitle jewel.

The report on the Aug. 19 truck bombing criticized the United Nations for shunning protection from U.S.-led coalition forces and for ignoring "credible information on imminent bomb attacks in the area." It also accused the United Nations of violating its own security rules.

This is not a case of I told you so. This is a case of sit down and shut up you moron.

Posted by Nukevet at 02:59 PM | Comments (1)

Maybe we can find a way to help them.

The students in Iran have been leading in a different kind of fight. One against real oppression, real tyrany, real terror. This flash movie shows their struggle, if it doesn't load the first time, try again, it took me three tries to get through. But you'll find it worth it.

If they win, we all win.

Posted by Nukevet at 02:11 PM | Comments (1)

You Might be a Leftist if....

"You believe John Ashcroft poses a greater danger to America than Osama bin Laden.

"You believe Saddam Hussein, Kim Jong Il, and Yasser Arafat were fairly and democratically elected, but President Bush was not."

I don't know where this originally came from, it was just sent to me via e-mail with no attribution.

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