Another YGTBSM Moment…

Well, the Obamallama did it again yesterday…  In his comments about gay marriage, THIS slip of the tongue (or brain fart if you prefer) occured…

‘On My Behalf’

Really?

6:35 PM, MAY 9, 2012 • BY ELLIOTT ABRAMS



But Mr. Obama actually did bare his soul unintentionally today (perhaps the Biden disease is catching) with his astonishing characterization of American fighting men and women, whom he referred to as “those soldiers or airmen or marines or sailors who are out there fighting on my behalf.” Really?

Most Americans thought they were fighting for the country, not on Barack Obama’s behalf.  Slip of the tongue, to be sure, but can one think of another president who’d have made it?  They are fighting under his command, under his orders, to be sure, but this particular locution is offensive and solipsistic.  Mr. Obama has switched his position on the sanctity of marriage back and forth and has a new one, again, today, revealed when politics made that advisable to him and to his campaign.  Whether this is the end or he will “evolve” some more is anyone’s guess.
But let’s leave our soldiers out of this. They aren’t fighting for Mr. Obama and his campaign, and no one sent them out to risk their lives to win same sex “marriage.”

You can read the full article HERE in the Weekly Standard online…


I have to agree with Mr. Abrams… And if he gets re-elected, can you imagine what he will do? 


I can’t…  Or maybe I should say I don’t want to…

And just to put things in a little more perspective, here is a Marine’s answer to who killed Bin Laden

” America is not at war, the US Marines are at war;  America is at the mall.”
Let’s be clear on this: OBAMA did NOT kill Bin Laden. An American sailor, who Obama, just a few weeks before, was debating on whether or not to PAY, did!
 
In fact, if you remember a little less than two years ago, his administration actually charged and attempted to court-martial three Navy Seals from Seal Team Six, when a terrorist suspect they captured, complained they had punched him during the take-down and bloodied his nose. Obama’s administration further commented how brutal they were. The left were calling them Nazis and Baby Killers.
 
Now all of a sudden, the very brave men they vilified are now heroes when they make his administration look good in the eyes of the public. Obama just happened to be the one in office when the CIA finally found the And our sailors took him out. Essentially, Obama only gave an answer, Yes or No, to him being taken out.

OBAMA’S OWN WORDS TRAP HIM:

2008: “Navy Seal Team 6 is Cheney’s private assassination team.”
2011: “I put together Seal Team 6 to take out Bin Laden.”

2008: “Bin Laden is innocent until proven guilty, and must be captured alive and given a fair trial.”
2011: “I authorized Seal Team 6 to kill Bin Laden.”

2008: ” Guantanamo is entirely unnecessary, and the detainees should not be interrogated.”
2011: “Vital intelligence was obtained from Guantanamo detainees that led to our locating Bin Laden.”
 
This is NOT an Obama victory, but an AMERICAN victory!!
Ed Schreiber
Col. USMC (Ret.)
“Semper Fi”
Just remember in November, flippity-flop…

Political Correctness Run Amok (Again)…

This one came over the transom at the office today… Sigh…

Air Force Wing Phases Out Flight Suits
New Directive Designed To ‘Create Synergy’

Airmen at Peterson AFB in Colorado who have been issued flight suits will need to hang them up for good May 1. A policy letter released from Gen. William L. Shelton, commander of Air Force Space Command, directed personnel assigned to AFSPC to stop wearing flight suits, the green flight jacket and the A-2 leather jackets, no later than the end of the fiscal year.

“At the end of the day we are all Airmen, it doesn’t matter what we’re wearing. We’re all the same.” At the end of the day we are all Airmen, it doesn’t matter what we’re wearing. We’re all the same,”the end of the day we are all Airmen, it doesn’t matter what we’re wearing. We’re all the same,”Standardization among the entire command prevents the perception of a ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’ situation; the very meaning of the word ‘uniform’ should drive us toward standardization.”

“We want to create synergy among all personnel across the command,” Shelton said in the letter. “When personnel wear the same uniform it has a unifying effect toward mission accomplishment. Standardization among the entire command prevents the perception of a ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’ situation; the very meaning of the word ‘uniform’ should drive us toward standardization.”

Not only will requiring all Airmen in AFSPC to wear the uniform of the day create standardization, it will also save an estimated $670,000 per year. According to Chief Master Sgt. Thomas Trottier, 21st Space Wing command chief, most Airmen within the wing have already stopped wearing the flight suits and will not wear them past the end of the month under the direction of Col. Chris Crawford, 21st Space Wing commander.

Trottier encourages any Airmen needing more Airman Battle Uniforms to stop by any military clothing sales store sooner rather than later. “It should be an easy conversion, so personnel don’t need to worry. If they don’t have ABUs, they have the option to wear blues until they get their ABUs,” he said.

Airmen in the wing have an additional month to replace the A-2 leather jackets, which will be phased out beginning June 1. “By then the weather’s going to be nice, so they’re going to have plenty of time to get their authorized jackets,” Trottier said.

A few grumbles have been heard around base, but Trottier said the change is a positive one. “At the end of the day we are all Airmen, it doesn’t matter what we’re wearing. We’re all the same,” he said.

And they wonder why folks are leaving the Air Farce in droves…

If that is not bad enough, there is this one too!

THIS IS A MESSAGE FROM AN APPALLED OBSERVER:
Today I went to visit the new World War II Memorial in Washington , DC . I got an unexpected history lesson. Because I’m a baby boomer, I was one of the youngest in the crowd. Most were the age of my parents, Veterans of ‘the greatest war,’ with their families. It was a beautiful day, and people were smiling and happy to be there. Hundreds of us milled around the memorial, reading the inspiring words of Eisenhower and Truman that are engraved there.

On the Pacific side of the memorial, a group of us gathered to read the words President Roosevelt used to announce the attack on Pearl Harbor:

‘Yesterday, December 7, 1941–a date which will live in infamy–the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked’

One elderly woman read the words aloud:
‘With confidence in our armed forces, with the abounding determination of our people, we will gain the inevitable triumph.’
But as she read, she was suddenly turned angry ‘Wait a minute,’ she said, ‘they left out the end of the quote.

They left out the most important part. Roosevelt ended the message with ‘so help us God.’
Her husband said, ‘You are probably right. We’re not supposed to say things like that now.’
‘I know I’m right,’ she insisted. ‘I remember the speech.’ The two looked dismayed, shook their heads sadly and walked away.
Listening to their conversation, I thought to myself, ‘Well, it has been over 50 years; she’s probably forgotten.’

But she had not forgotten. She was right..
I went home and pulled out the book my book club is reading — ‘Flags of Our Fathers’ by James Bradley. It’s all about the battle at Iwo Jima .

I haven’t gotten too far in the book. It’s tough to read because it’s a graphic description of the WWII battles in the Pacific.

But right there it was on page 58. Roosevelt ‘s speech to the nation ends in ‘so help us God.’

The people who edited out that part of the speech when they engraved it on the memorial could have fooled me. I was born after the war! But they couldn’t fool the people who were there. Roosevelt ‘s words are engraved on their hearts.

Now I ask: ‘WHO GAVE THEM THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THE WORDS OF HISTORY???’

They powers that be are DETERMINED to take God out of everything…

This reminds me of the kerfluffle that surrounded the Enola Gay when the Smithsonian was going to display the fuselage downtown at the Air and Space Museum a few years ago.  The revisionist historians had the display placards written in such a way that WE were at fault for dropping the bomb “without provocation” etc…

That prompted Col Tibbets to speak publicly about the mission for the first time since WWII, and all the WWII veterans caused such and uproar they never put the fuselage on display…

Where does this revisionist crap end???

One that got away…

Thirty-mumble years ago I was home on leave and myself and a friend took a side trip down to Houston for the gun show. Back in the day, it was one of the largest gun shows in the US, and I ‘believe’ the only larger show was at Pomona, CA…


Anyhoo, we’re walking the aisles perusing various and sundry; like Uzis on one table (I think they were $89), sear conversions on the next table, and suppressors on the third table.  AKs and SKS were $29 each you pick it, new in the box, and off in the corner were a few single tables with a few folks selling just a few guns each.


At one of those tables was a Colt New Service, that looked like somebody’d taken a hacksaw to it…  Missing half the trigger guard, little bitty rounded front sight, barrel ‘maybe’ two inches long, and a bobbed hammer…

It looked kinda like this one… But not nearly as good a shape
Photo from American Rifleman May 2012, pg 77 



I think the ol’ boy wanted something like $50 or $75 for it… And in talking to him, he’d picked it up in a pawn shop somewhere out West.  We looked at it, and it was actually pretty well done; but he didn’t know the history, and we weren’t “that” knowledgeable back then. I do remember we got the serial number and somehow figured out it was a pre-war pistol. But that was a LOT of money for us in those days, and I’d just plunked down something like $125 for a Python.


So… We let it go by…


And we get back home and start perusing the gun mags, and lo and behold, we’d missed what was either one of THESE,  or a Fairbairn- Sykes modified pistol from Shanghai!!!


Or maybe it was just a pistol that somebody had ‘modified’ the way he wanted it. Who knows…


Thanks American Rifleman for reminding my how stoopid I was!


And I’m STILL kicking myself in the ass for letting that one get away… Sigh…

A Few Posters…

A few from the Mil-email chain…

Since this is what I felt like after being back in the office for the first time in two weeks… I needed a little pick me up…

Self-Explanatory…
As a few (hundred) bad guys found out…

And our best kept secret 🙂

And sadly, the Navy is just getting in worse and worse shape, contrary to what the Administration is saying… HERE is the truth, and the reality of a 254 ship Navy when we need 500 just to maintain current requirements!!!

Now I just wonder if they will fire the CNO over this honesty…

Has anybody heard even the first peep about cutting ANY entitlements?  I sure as hell haven’t…



h/t JP and Frito

Two Things…

First, go over to AOA‘s blog and read THIS post…

It’s worth the time, and puts everything in a frame all of us can understand about being a victim (or not)!

Secondly, Congressman Allen West pretty much blows this clown from CAIR away in this confrontation… 🙂

You can bet the Jihadists are after West, but everything he says is true and he’s done the time to research Islam (and actually did that BEFORE he went into combat to better understand the enemy)…

Now the other side of the coin is the BS going on in Gitmo, with one of the female defense lawyers (I thought they didn’t trust women???), pulled this crap…

Cheryl Bormann, a civilian attorney for bin Attash, appeared in a conservative Islamic outfit that left only her face uncovered and she asked the court to order other women present to wear “appropriate” clothing so that defendants do not have to avert their eyes “for fear of committing a sin under their faith.”

You can read the whole POS HERE

As far as I’m concerned, they don’t want to play, then throw their asses in front of a firing squad and be done with it.  It’d save us a LOT of $$…

A Little Humor…

For all you Catlicks out there…

This information is for Catholics only…OK, you Episcopalians, too (the Catholic-like ones).

It must not be divulged to non-Catholics.  The less they know about our rituals and code words; the better off they are.

AMEN:
The only part of a prayer that everyone knows.

BULLETIN:
Your receipt for attending Mass.

CHOIR:
A group of people whose singing allows the rest of the Parish to lip-sync.

HOLY
WATER
: A liquid whose chemical formula is H2OLY.

HYMN:
A song of praise usually sung in a key three octaves higher than that of the congregation’s range.

RECESSIONAL
HYMN
: The last song at Mass often sung a little more quietly, since most of the people have already left.

INCENSE:
Holy Smoke!

JESUITS:
An order of priests known for their ability to find colleges with good basketball teams.

JONAH:
The original ‘Jaws’ story.

JUSTICE:
When kids have kids of their own.

KYRIE ELEISON:
The only Greek words that most Catholics can recognize besides gyros and baklava (for you non-Catholics it means Lord have mercy).

MAGI:
The most famous trio to attend a baby shower.

MANGER:
Where Mary gave birth to Jesus because Joseph wasn’t covered by an HMO (the Bible’s way of showing us that holiday travel has always been rough).

PEW:
A medieval torture device still found in Catholic churches.

PROCESSION:
The ceremonial formation at the beginning of Mass consisting of altar servers, the celebrant, and late parishioners looking for seats.


RECESSIONAL: The ceremonial procession at the conclusion of Mass led by parishioners trying to beat the crowd to the parking lot.

RELICS:
People who have been going to Mass for so long, they actually know when to sit, kneel, and stand.

TEN
COMMANDMENTS
: The most important Top Ten list not given by David Letterman.

USHERS:
The only people in the parish who don’t know the seating capacity of a pew.

Little known facts about the Catholic Church in Las Vegas:

There are more churches in Las Vegas than casinos. During Sunday services at the offertory, some worshipers contribute casino chips as opposed to cash. Some are sharing their winnings – some are hoping to win. Since they get chips from so many different casinos, and they are worth money, the Catholic churches are required to send all the chips into the diocese for sorting. Once sorted into the respective casino chips, one junior priest takes the chips and makes the rounds to the casinos turning chips into cash. And he, of course, is known as The Chip Monk.


Now THAT is funny… 🙂


Rock and Roll…

This one is for MSgt B 🙂  It should bring back a memory or two…





F-15s out of Kadena vs. Marine F-18s!


Playtime in the air, and a good look at how busy it gets up there, in addition to some good footage of how much space a dogfight/furball really takes…


h/t JP

Old Airplanes…

I know there are quite a few folks that like the old airplanes, and especially the WWII birds.  One I have always been fascinated by is the P-61 Black Widow.


A family friend flew one out of Guadalcanal in 1944, after flying Havocs in the ETO.  He admitted it was an unusual bird, and he didn’t make Ace flying it, but he said it was as good as it got for night intercepts.  Ralph had lots of stories, and lots of patience with a kid asking questions…


He went on to be an airline pilot, retired from that, and died two years ago while walking out to get the morning paper.


Here’s a video of a P-61 ‘training’ flight, and it truly shows the complexity of the old recip birds…


When I first came in the Navy, I worked on and flew in various recips and honestly always loved them.  They are/were much more complex than jets; and on their way out or not, they took a LOT more attention to detail to fly well, much less get one started…LOL

The other thing is, honestly I can’t think of a damn thing to write this morning that makes any sense… 

Sigh…

EDIT- Thanks to Angus, a link HERE to the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum which is rebuilding the last P-61 to flyable condition!!!

Getting Old SUCKS…

So I finally get home and sleep in my own bed, not worrying about getting up every four hours to medicate the daughter, and what happens?


I don’t think I ever moved, and woke up this morning with one hellva crick in the neck… dammit…


So much for going to the range, if I can’t straighten my head up, not much point in trying to go shoot the new rifle.  Sigh…


So I’m cleaning it and checking the sight alignment, etc. and I notice this is NOT a NM rear sight, e.g. 1/2 min clicks vs. 1/4 min clicks, so off I go to try to find a new rear sight.  NOT easy, as there appear to be a lot of  ‘so called’ NM sights out there…


I called around and various folks pointed me to Creedmore and I finally found a real one at Creedmore Sports (HERE), Andy, if you happen to read this and are in the same situation, this is the real deal… And not a bad price either!!!


On another note- I went out to my favorite gun store to look for a spare sling for the HBar, and the store was slam full! I’ve seen them busy before, but today it was literally packed!  Men, women, kids, all in a buying mood; and I saw at least 6-7 cases of ammo going out the door.  Pistols seemed to be the biggest draw, but I saw families trying/discussing shotguns for home defense, and I did note the salespeople pointing out that a 20ga was just as effective and easier for a woman or younger child to handle, and they were recommending ALL get training. All I got was a brick of .22  sigh…


As y’all know, I’ve pretty much stayed away from the political commentary (Mainly to keep my BP down), but I’m sensing a real change in the silent majorities’ attitudes lately… And what is coming through is “we’re tired of this mess and we won’t put up with much more”. And they are voting with their wallets to buy guns, ammo and more importantly, training on how to use those tools…


And that is not just around here either, it’s happening and SC, AR, NC, and FL based on the calls I made this morning.  The critters in DC better look at their hole card and start turning this country around before it gets turned around FOR them…


Remember in November- Re-Elect NONE!  

It’s FRIDAY…

Random things…


Daughter is doing well, no apparent bruising, redness, infection at the three incisions for her surgery.  BUT, she’s not even close to mobile, and is NOT having fun getting up and down, much less going to the bathroom…



And no I wasn’t kidding about the stitches looking like tie wraps…


So she’s spending most of the day asleep on the couch or getting fed, or getting her pain and other meds…


And she said to say thank you to all those who texted, emailed, and called, even if she doesn’t know y’all 🙂


And speaking of meds, DO take pain meds as prescribed, to actually mitigate the pain so that healing begins.  Toughing it out does no one any good… And take the anti-nausea pills too, they are prescribed to keep you from throwing up the other meds!


Of note, I didn’t mention it earlier, but one thing you want to make sure is in place is a limited power of attorney for medical when anyone goes in for surgery.  Thankfully, it was not needed; but safe is better than sorry if something had happened.  


The deck is ‘almost’ done (thank you RAIN, I got a day off)…

More piers for the ‘step up’

First part of the stepped section finished!

Strong backs knocking down the slope…

Last portion awaiting the decking and wall…

And it’s raining so no work for me 🙂

Back on the airplane and back to the salt mines… sigh…  And I’ll leave you with a movie trivia question.

Who was the original star that was supposed to play Bullitt, and what was the original location supposed to be???