Some times all one can do is laugh…
And other times all one can do is shake their heads in wonder…
Anyone that thinks the left isn’t out to get us, REALLY needs to take off the rose colored glasses, and get a reality check…
Gonna be offline for a couple of days, minor surgery to fix the ongoing knee problems.
Go read the folks on the sidebar, and I’ll get an update up as soon as I can coherently put thoughts together.
PP has flown in to boss me around (again)… Sigh…
The war started in the 7th century and lasted through the 17th. I would contend it never stopped but historically the facts below are correct. This is why I choke when I hear someone say we will defeat or contain these Islamic terrorists in a few years or even 30 years as recently stated by Leon Panetta.
If the latest batch of murders, beheadings, and killing of innocent Christians has shocked you, maybe you should read this compilation of historical facts about the hatred of Muslims.
WE, THE STUPID
This is all factually (and historically) correct – and verifiable:
- In 732 AD the Muslim Army which was moving on Paris was defeated and turned back at Tours, France, by Charles Martel. In 1571 AD the Muslim Army/ Navy was defeated by the Italians and Austrians as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to attack southern Europe in the Battle of Lepanto.
- In 1683 AD the Turkish Muslim Army, attacking Eastern Europe, was finally defeated in the Battle of Vienna by German and Polish Christian Armies.
…this crap has been going on for 1,400 years and half of the politicians don’t even know it.
- If these battles had not been won we might be speaking Arabic and Christianity could be non-existent; Judaism certainly would be… And let us not forget that Hitler was an admirer of Islam and that the Mufti of Jerusalem was Hitler’s guest in Berlin and raised Bosnian Muslim SS Divisions: the 13th and 21st Waffen SS Divisions who killed Jews, Russians, Gypsies, and any other “subhumans”.
Reflecting:
A lot of Americans have become so insulated from reality that they imagine that America can suffer defeat without any inconvenience to themselves.
- In 2002, reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and beheaded by—you guessed it was a Muslim male. (Plus two other American journalists were just beheaded)
- On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked; two were used as missiles to take down the World Trade Centers and of the remaining two, one crashed into the US Pentagon and the other was diverted and crashed by the passengers. Thousands of people were killed by Muslim males.
- In 1993, the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by Muslim males.
- In 1985, the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and a 70 year old American passenger was murdered and thrown overboard in his wheelchair by Muslim males.
- During the 1980’s a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon by Muslim males.
- In 1973 a Pan Am 707 was destroyed in Rome, with 33 people killed, when it was attacked with grenades by Muslim males.
- In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and massacred by Muslim males.
- Pause a moment, reflect back. These events are actual events from history. They really happened! Do you remember?
- In 1968, Bobby Kennedy was shot and killed by a Muslim male.
- In 1972 a Pan Am 747 was hijacked and eventually diverted to Cairo where a fuse was lit on final approach. It was blown up shortly after landing by Muslim males.
- In 1979, the US embassy in Iran was taken over by Muslim males.
- In 1983, the US Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by Muslim males.
- In 1985, TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens, and a US Navy diver trying to rescue passengers was murdered by Muslim males.
- In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by Muslim males.
- In 1998, the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by Muslim males.
- In 2002, the United States fought a war in Afghanistan against Muslim males.
- In 2013, Boston Marathon Bombing 4 Innocent people including a child killed, 264 injured by Muslim males.
No, I really don’t see a pattern here to justify profiling, do you?
So, to ensure we Americans never offend anyone, particularly fanatics intent on killing us, political correctness mandates we will no longer be allowed to profile certain people.
So, ask yourself “Just how stupid are we???”
h/t JP
The usual suspects made their appearance(s), at the WV shoot, sadly some of the regulars were unable to attend due to sickness, family or school obligations. Y’all were missed!!!
Old school vs. new school… SP-1 vs. Jay G‘s custom build that he did!
Turning $$ into smoke and noise… One bullet at a time, 100 yard range… Steels were shot, fun was had, and I didn’t get any pics of the holes put in the steel by the Barrett M-82, but DAYUM that thing is loud!
I’m almost embarrassed to post this target, but this is what happens when one doesn’t practice… sigh… 10 yards, 1/4 size target. I was all over the place…
Note to self- Get to the @#$R&$ range!!!
And as always, we adjourned for food and conversation… Which went everywhere… đ
Thanks to Murph for the hosting, and we raised a little over $600 for charity today. His pics and report are HERE!
Funniest thing (to me), Larry the Historian (who owns the Barrett), shooting my tricked out suppressed .22 with subsonic ammo… He was giggling like a little kid as he dinged the steel at 100 yards and the ding was louder than the rifle… đ
Now the cleaning starts… sigh…
Y’all stay safe, and shoot ’em good!
Who knows, Maybe Murph got this one finished… đ
First up- Pravda has an interesting take on Trump- HERE
And Marcus Luttrell in the new NRA ad, HERE
Feel good stories of bad guys getting their just desserts thanks to good guys AND girls! HERE
And one more video… 100 years of Parris Island… If you ever wondered what Marine Corps boot camp looks like…
Parris Island: Cradle of the Corps from David W. Miller on Vimeo.
And one from Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man, HEREÂ a quiet hero…
For those planning to attend the NRAAM, DaddyBear has a list of hotels, HERE!
And the ending of an era… ASW patrol planes have been based in Hawaii since the 1930s… That will end in 2017… HERE
Found this the other day in the move…
July 21, 1969…
We’d spent the night in a bar on Via Veneto in Rome, watching the whole thing on Italian TV. Picked this up on the way back to the pensione the next morning, and I don’t know who the wise ass was that drew the Keds on the footprint.
Somehow I’ve managed to hang on to this one and a few other ‘interesting’ papers/headlines from over the years.
Now if I can just get the dog to stop… Sigh…
Why is it you take a week off and suddenly you’re TWO weeks behind? And s**t is blowing up (parenthetically speaking) left and right?
It’s not like I couldn’t be reached… But nooooo…
I’m not saying I’m indispensable by any means, because I’m not, but dang it, it would be nice if folks actually stepped up and made DECISIONS!
Gah…
So rather than getting ready for the blogshoot this weekend, I’m ass deep in alligators and the rain is pouring down. Just heard today there are ‘rumors’ that BO et al are going to force yet another year of sequestration on the military.
AND he’s keeping at least 6,500 of our finest stuck in Afghanistan at least through 2016, to be used as targets for kidnapping etc. Â He’s apparently also looking (quietly) at places like SuperMAX to move the Gitmo prisoners to, congress be damned…
Grumble…
Sorry, go read the folks on the sidebar, I’ll try to get caught up soon!
This is just getting more and more ridiculous…
Anti-Second Amendment advocate and Hillary for President 2008 Co-Chair Terry McAuliffe issued Executive Order 50 in Virginia yesterday morning. Knowing that he can’t get his gun control agenda through the Virginia General Assembly, Governor McAuliffe appears to be following President Obamaâs model of bypassing the legislative process by using executive order.  In a plan that masquerades as a âtough on crimeâ proposal by parroting the National Rifle Associationâs call to enforce existing laws, the Virginia Governor openly attacked law-abiding gun owners by prohibiting concealed and open carry of firearms in executive office buildings throughout the state.
And more from the NRA on Hildabeast’s gun confiscation statements…
| Hillary Admits Gun Confiscation is âWorth Looking Atâ | |
| Fairfax, Va.â Hillary Clinton said at a New Hampshire Town Hall today that gun confiscation is something âworth looking at.â Discussing the firearms confiscation program in Australia, Clinton admitted she would consider implementing such a system in America.
 A voter asked, âRecently, Australia managed to get away, or take away tens of thousands, millions, of handguns. In one year, they were all gone. Can we do that? If we canât, why canât we?â  Mrs. Clinton responded by describing Australiaâs program, and then said, âI think it would be worth considering doing it on the national level, if that could be arranged.â  Chris Cox, executive director of The National Rifle Associationâs Institute for Legislative Action, said, âThis validates what the NRA has said all along. The real goal of gun control supporters is gun confiscation. Hillary Clinton, echoing President Obama’s recent remarks on the same issue, made that very clear.â  Clinton’s call for gun confiscation follows recent comments she made at a private fundraiser late last month. While expressing support for a ban on commonly owned semi-automatic firearms, Clinton stated her belief that the Supreme Court wrongly held that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to self-defense.  In her own words: ââŚthe Supreme Court is wrong on the Second Amendment. And I am going to make that case every chance I get.â  “Hillary Clinton just doesnât get it. The NRAâs strength lies in our five million members and the tens of millions of voters who support the Second Amendment,â Cox said. âA majority of Americans support this freedom, and the Supreme Court was absolutely right to hold that the Second Amendment guarantees the fundamental, individual right to keep and bear arms. Hillary Clinton’s extreme views are completely out of touch with the American people.” |
And this IS verified… HERE! Sigh…
I’m just going to go curl up in the corner until 2017….
h/t JP
There has always been, and always will be infighting between the fighter drivers, and the rest of naval aviation… đ
Sir, I am DJ Bxxx and I would appreciate it if you could tell me what It takes to be a fighter pilot in the US Navy. What classes should I take in high school to help the career I want to take later in my life? What could I do to get in the Academy?
Sincerely,
DJ Bxxx
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From: XXXXXX, X.X. CAPT USN
Anybody want to help this poor kid from Cyberspace?
“Charlie Oscar”
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A worldly and jaded P-3 Pilot, LCDR X, rose to the task!!
Dear DJ,
Obviously, through no fault of your own, your young, impressionable brain has been poisoned by the superfluous, hyped-up, “Top Gun” media portrayal of fighter pilots. Unfortunately, this portrayal could not be further from the truth.
In my experience, I’ve found most fighter pilots pompous, back-stabbing, momma’s boys with inferiority complexes, as well as being extremely over-rated aeronautically. However, rather than dash your budding dreams of becoming a USN pilot, I offer the following alternative:
What you REALLY want to aspire to is the exciting, challenging, and rewarding world of Maritime Patrol. And this, young DJ, means one thing….the venerable workhorse, THE P-3 Orion! I can guarantee no fighter pilot can brag that he has flown a mining run at 300 ft above the water, at 300 knots, while trying to calculate a means of justifying an emergency divert to Pattaya Beach, Thailand, avoiding shipping, and yelling at the TACCO, all while eating a box lunch, with the engineer in the back taking a piss and the navigator puking in his trash can! I tell you, DJ, Maritime Patrol is where it’s at!
Where else is it legal to throw hazardous material out of the aircraft, and not even give a crap what Greenpeace and the other tree huggers think! No where else can you crawl in the back of the aircraft and take a nap because you are so hung over that focusing your eyes takes to much effort!
And talk about exotic travel? When P-3’s go somewhere, they GO somewhere (usually for 6 months, unfortunately). This gives you the opportunity to immerse yourself in the local culture enough to give any natives a bad taste in their mouths for the USN and Americans in general, not something those jet jocks can do from their airport hotel rooms! As far as recommendations for your course of study, I offer these:
Take a lot of math courses. You will need all the advanced math skills you can muster to enable you to calculate per diem rates around the world, and when trying to split up the crew’s bar tab so that the co-pilot really believes he owes 85% of the whole thing and the NAV believing he owes the other 20%.
Health sciences are important, too. You will need a thorough knowledge of biology to make those educated guesses of how much longer you can drink beer before the tremendous case of the shits catches up to you from that meal you ate at that place that had the belly dancers in some God-forsaken foreign country whose name you can’t even pronounce!
Social studies are also beneficial. It is important for a good Patrol Plane Commander (PPC) to have the cultural knowledge to be able to ascertain the exact location of the nearest titty bar in any country in the world. Then be able to convince the local authorities to release the RADAR operator, after he offends every sensibility of the local religion and culture.
A foreign language is helpful, but not required. You will never be able to pronounce the names of the NAVAIDs in Italy, and it’s much easier to ignore them and go where you want to anyway. As a rule of thumb: Waiters and bellhops in France are always called “Pierre”, in Spain it’s “Hey, Pedro”, in Puerto Rico it’s “Juan”, and in Italy, of course, it’s “Mario.” These terms of address also serve in other countries interchangeably.
A study of geography is also paramount. You will need to know the basic location of all the places you’ve been when you get back from your deployment and are ready to stick those little pins in that huge world map you’ve taped to your living room wall, right next to that gigantic wooden giraffe statue and beer stein collection.
Well, DJ, I hope this little note inspires you. And by the way, forget about that Naval Academy thing. All P-3 guy’s know that there are waaay too few women and too little alcohol there to provide a well-balanced education. A nice, big state college would be a much better choice.
Good luck and see you on the Data Link! (if it works!)
Actually not far from the truth…
h/t Timmy